Has there been any recent news or speculations about this "dead" feature? Oddly enough, it's still pretty useful to me. The broken randomness can sometimes spice up the gameplay/story. I've heard that it's been a veeeeery long while since they last updated it. Is this true?Also, I'm aware of the whimsoverhaul mod. But, I'm a vanilla + MCCC player so there's that.

They haven't added ones that don't involve buying things for years, sadly. :disappointed:

I don't check the whims regularly, but I was a tad surprised recently that some whims actually did relate to a pack I did not expect to have any dedicated whims at all. I also see the whims are very different from sim to sim, looks like many factors ae taken into account. Yupp, I so wish they could have added more to this feature, it is a cool way to get new ideas for your sim's activities and interests etc.

I don't get any broken randomness. It's always the same seasons whims so I just have the whimsoverhaul mod

Ah we Whims fans need to stick together. I find it a bit harder to focus on the aspirations that were introduced without whims backing them up than the ones that did before. The Realm of Magic ones especially.Also I hold the opinion that people would have figured out what the Adventurous trait actually did faster if they attached some whims to it.

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35 Replies

mklamb56
5 years ago
They haven't added ones that don't involve buying things for years, sadly. :disappointed:
Simmerville
Legend
5 years ago
I don't check the whims regularly, but I was a tad surprised recently that some whims actually did relate to a pack I did not expect to have any dedicated whims at all. I also see the whims are very different from sim to sim, looks like many factors ae taken into account. Yupp, I so wish they could have added more to this feature, it is a cool way to get new ideas for your sim's activities and interests etc.
bleachjpeg
5 years ago
I don't get any broken randomness. It's always the same seasons whims so I just have the whimsoverhaul mod
handelgamer
Seasoned Ace
5 years ago
Ah we Whims fans need to stick together. I find it a bit harder to focus on the aspirations that were introduced without whims backing them up than the ones that did before. The Realm of Magic ones especially.

Also I hold the opinion that people would have figured out what the Adventurous trait actually did faster if they attached some whims to it.
comicsforever
5 years ago
yes bring back whims
Sharooonia
Seasoned Ace
5 years ago
I love whims. I use them all the time in my gameplay. I have been using the Whim Overhaul mod because EA seem to have completely abandoned them and I got so sick of every single sim wanting to buy a bee box. It’s such a shame that they have received no updates for such a long time. I consider them to be a very important game feature and I think they add a lot to the gameplay when they work properly.
babajayne
Seasoned Ace
5 years ago
I have been a vanilla player for long enough, I’m tired of waiting in vain for simple stuff like this to be fixed. I finally got the Whim Overhaul mod yesterday and some other mods to get rid of the many, many annoyances. Bless these modders.
DizzyDi33
5 years ago
whimsoverhaul mod?
babajayne
Seasoned Ace
5 years ago
"DizzyDi34;c-17817690" wrote:
whimsoverhaul mod?

It’s by Bienchen, here is a link to the page it’s on: https://deichschafblog.de/bienchen/sonstige-mods-misc-mods/

Just make sure you install only the files for packs you have, I got an error message because at first I didn’t remove the ones for packs I didn’t have.
jasons_chic80
5 years ago
^^^ I'm totally checking out this mod because Im tired of buying bee boxes and having yards full of 1x1 pools because the Sims team can't be bothered to give us more whims.

I mean honestly, if this is supposed to be a life simulation game I can count on zero fingers how many times I've had the same whim twice in a week irl. (Ok, thats a stretch because I am now addicted to Chinese dramas but y'all get my point.)

Eta: it's 1x1 pools, not 1c1 pools,geez