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@Pick-a-boo_doo No worries! Just wanted to clarify that those particular pieces of game play didn't really apply the way it sounded like you expected. I absolutely agree that the flirty moodlet system is more annoying then anything - I can never get a pair of happily married Sims to socialize with friends together and actually stay happily married. Because they'll get the flirty moodlets just from being near each other, and then proceed to flirt with everyone in the room.
I really, really wish moodlets had some sort of target to them. So if you're flirty because you're in the same room as your spouse, then you can be flirty at your spouse rather than with the random delivery guy or whoever. If you're angry because Nancy Landgraab just implied your mother is a llama, then you can be angry at Nancy rather than wandering away from her after inviting her in, then going to scream at your kid or knock over your own trash can. Sure, emotions can spill over - even when angry at Nancy, you could still have the option to vent/rant to other Sims, and maybe be more likely to dislike interactions or react to dislikes faster - but the strongest reaction/interaction could be with the person or thing that actually caused the emotion. This is not a dimension the Sims actually has right now, and I bet would be difficult to add if not impossible... but I just really wish it existed.
Hi, there
"I really, really wish moodlets had some sort of target to them."
Yes. It really is. I agree.
But as I wrote in my reply to daikoyu, I am sure that it will require a lot of modifications and will have the potential to create a lot of bugs. So I don't think it will happen in Sims4.
Unfortunately, there may not be any Sims in the future who will end their marriage happily ever after. We, the players who want a happy marriage, will continue to be plagued by cheating Sims...
Shortly before writing the OP, my Sim and her spouse welcomed Welcome Wagon. The couple's sims have been married for over a year sim time, but as usual, they were in a state of Flirty Moodlet when their spouses were around, and my sim's spouse had a Flirt action with a neighbor he had never met before, and my sim got a hurtful memory.
At this point, my sim just looks sad, and no menu item like "Object to Mischief" appears in the conversation pie menu. I had to wait until my spouse sim's conversation menu had a menu related to the apology. After the neighbors left, the spousal sim tried to treat my sim as if nothing had happened, but my sim, being a Werewolf, got very angry because of the hurt memory.
It makes me sad and frustrated to see these sims.
I really wish Moodlet, especially Flirty Moodlet, had a specification that allowed them to limit their targets.
It's great to hear so many opinions and learn about so many different ideas.
Thank you for your comment.
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