30% sale on Origin - still unsure whether to purchase 'Get Famous'

"Francl27;c-16870577" wrote:
I got it at 50% off and I don't think it was worth any more than that IMO. I don't find the gameplay additions interesting at all (really... it doesn't add much to your game to be a celebrity) and the acting career is slow and repetitive.

Where did you score the 50% off. I am still hoping Origin will have a 50% off before Christmas.

"CrystalAbyss1;c-16869858" wrote:
My sims whom are five star celebrities have been to restaurants and haven’t had npcs halt their actions. Yet at least. I’ve been to other areas such as gyms and other sims who celebrities do appear and steal the spotlight but not as much as others have said. The only only thing so far is my sim keeps reacting in disgust and only a mod has been able to fix that so far. Other than that GF is really fun and enjoyable, though my sim hasn’t been exactly flowing in wealth with her gigs.

On a side note thanks for letting us know about the 30% discount, just bought Laundry day stuff!

@CrystalAbyss1 Can you link the mod you have that stops that? I found a mod that said it was to stop the react in disgust, but my sims keep reacting that way, even with the mod. So it's obviously not working. I'd love one that does work.

The only way I will spend money on that pack is if they make it possible to add more of my sims to it. They either need to clean up some of the fake houses for real usable ones or allow us to build our own multifamily apts on the lots they have - other wise they could give it away and I won't buy it. I am that annoyed with the size of usable space for that world.

The game and creativity is for us - we don't have enough room for many of us to play the way we are used to as it is - never mind offer gp size room for us to play in a world that is said to mirror LA which is one of the largest USA cities and one of the largest 100 cities in the world. Ridiculous.

But if cities and lots aren't at least half your enjoyment of playing and the one main acting career is enough for you then I say take advantage of the sale - It all depends on the players priorities and what I may or may not do should not influence what your choose to do. 30 percent off beat paying 40 bucks - if you can be happy with that size world.

I cannot lie - people, even some of my own family members who live elsewhere and who have it for the most part love the new play. It all depends on how you feel - I think.

I can't say much for GF yet because I'm doing CAS makeovers with the new clothes (AYK they're gorgeous and work well with many other packs) but I've read that the best way to ensure invading celebs don't happen is to simply turn off Fame acquirement in Game settings, preventing more celebs from spawning. That means only the premade celebs and celebs you create yourself will be the only celebs. If you delete them all though, more celebs will spawn so long as you always have a lot with one of the celeb hotspot traits on them; it spawns new celebs if you don't have any as it's a lot trait requirement like a bartender to a bar. I believe the actor career will also spawn some celebs too to fill the jobs in the studio.

Thanks for the tip about that sale though, I finished my Sims 4 collection by buying the last 3 SP's I didn't have! :smiley:

Update: The 'save30' coupon code also works at the Sims official site store online!

I tried it out a bit last night, and it was pretty fun. I was able to get my actor promoted a few times and he became a 1-star celebrity.

So far, I've seen people crowd around Thorne Bailey and Brittany Cho, but it hasn't been disruptive. Maybe if I play a bit more it'll show, but last night it wasn't a problem when my sims ate out and went to that lounge in Del Sol.

I also haven't played my regular saves yet so I don't know how it affects the game when you're not pursuing fame.

Oh, and I also have to mention that I turned fame off, so that only sims actively seeking the spotlight will get famous.

Also, this might be due to MCCC, but funnily enough, the first time my sim met Dustin Broke, he was a businessman. The next time I saw him, the "ask about career" option showed up again and he was unemployed.

"ChelleJo;c-16871150" wrote:

"CrystalAbyss1;c-16869858" wrote:
My sims whom are five star celebrities have been to restaurants and haven’t had npcs halt their actions. Yet at least. I’ve been to other areas such as gyms and other sims who celebrities do appear and steal the spotlight but not as much as others have said. The only only thing so far is my sim keeps reacting in disgust and only a mod has been able to fix that so far. Other than that GF is really fun and enjoyable, though my sim hasn’t been exactly flowing in wealth with her gigs.

On a side note thanks for letting us know about the 30% discount, just bought Laundry day stuff!

@CrystalAbyss1 Can you link the mod you have that stops that? I found a mod that said it was to stop the react in disgust, but my sims keep reacting that way, even with the mod. So it's obviously not working. I'd love one that does work.

Was recommended on the sims reddit
http://simsmodelsimmer.tumblr.com/post/180199507921/no-react-in-disgust-mod-for-the-sims-4-get

I like the pack actually. Its fun! A lot of the features you do not want can be turned off so that is nice.

"Plainevil;c-16870984" wrote:

"Netzspannung;d-952729" wrote:
As the title says, there is a storewide sale with the promo code "SAVE30" (until 18 December). But I am still unsure whether to get "Get Famous" due to the many reports of invading celebrities. Anyone else having second thoughts?

Get famous, i certainly found the celebrity's invading but i am hoping the distraction is toned down outside there own world. I like the premades that live in that world. Unfortunitly the game does not seem to reconise celebrity off, if they excist

In my non celebrity saves i found deleting all the pre made celebs and removing the celebrity traits worked, had no celebrity's spawn at all in that save, only thing that was overlooked was the paparazzi. Which continue to spawn. All paparazzi have the kleptomaniac trait and my unmodded game continuously spawns them when i travel to a different lot, even though i have no celebrity's in that game. Unless you want a world overrun with kleptomaniac Sims, i suggest you delete them regularly as the game does replace them regularly, even if not deleted.

Ugh. That sounds like a drag. You have to wonder why the game would keep generating paparazzi, if there are no celebrities around. I guess I could delete them along with the newly generated vampires, which I do approx. once a Sim week.
Thanks for the info, this is good to know!