Is there a list of actions that count as creating loud noise in apartments?I'm asking because I was doing some testing that required my sims to sit and stand still and do nothing. They sat for hours in the kitchen, that was okay with the neighbors apparently. But then, shortly before midnight, they walked a few steps and proceed to stand still in the floor, next thing I knew was the apartment neighbor hammering at my door and berating my sims for being inconsiderate. Does the game check if my sims actually lie in bed? I got into trouble before for my simchild flushing the toilet in the night (as well as a few deserved cases where I simply forgot to check the clock before bringing out the instrument, my bad). I also suspect that relationship plays a role, because neutral neighbors are far more inclined to complain than friendly ones. But that my be confirmation bias on my part.

I’m wondering this too, my vampire sim is archnemeses with his neighbors for having the audacity of writing his term paper and reading at 3 am. (No stereo or tv or anything else was on)

I've been yelled at for cooking. I usually get into a war with the neighbors by playing a instrument when they're making noise or playing the tv and stereo loud. Then we have a yelling match in the hallway.

Is this in San Myshuno or the new apartments that came with Eco Life? Because I've never had a neighbours come to complain to a household I am actively playing unless they either use musical instruments or the microphone in the late evening and at night and very rarely. It is usually the other way around. My Sims have to bang on neighbours doors and yell at them. I find that if I manage to keep friendly relations (a few dinner parties and invitations to tea helps alot) with the neighbours it does keep the neighbours from creating disturbance.I did have an apartment landing that was turnt into a war zone but then everybody hated each other. Even the kids got in on it.Now I haven't played in San Myshuno for a while and not since the new patch and I don't have Eco living so maybe things have changed, either a bug or some new 'feature'.

"EnkiSchmidt;d-977484" wrote:Is there a list of actions that count as creating loud noise in apartments?I'm asking because I was doing some testing that required my sims to sit and stand still and do nothing. They sat for hours in the kitchen, that was okay with the neighbors apparently. But then, shortly before midnight, they walked a few steps and proceed to stand still in the floor, next thing I knew was the apartment neighbor hammering at my door and berating my sims for being inconsiderate. Does the game check if my sims actually lie in bed? I got into trouble before for my simchild flushing the toilet in the night (as well as a few deserved cases where I simply forgot to check the clock before bringing out the instrument, my bad). I also suspect that relationship plays a role, because neutral neighbors are far more inclined to complain than friendly ones. But that my be confirmation bias on my part.Walking can be loud, if the person is wearing high heels and walking on tiles or hard wood floors. Do neighbors complain if you have a barking dog?

"crocobaura;c-17543580" wrote:"EnkiSchmidt;d-977484" wrote:Is there a list of actions that count as creating loud noise in apartments?I'm asking because I was doing some testing that required my sims to sit and stand still and do nothing. They sat for hours in the kitchen, that was okay with the neighbors apparently. But then, shortly before midnight, they walked a few steps and proceed to stand still in the floor, next thing I knew was the apartment neighbor hammering at my door and berating my sims for being inconsiderate. Does the game check if my sims actually lie in bed? I got into trouble before for my simchild flushing the toilet in the night (as well as a few deserved cases where I simply forgot to check the clock before bringing out the instrument, my bad). I also suspect that relationship plays a role, because neutral neighbors are far more inclined to complain than friendly ones. But that my be confirmation bias on my part.Walking can be loud, if the person is wearing high heels and walking on tiles or hard wood floors. Do neighbors complain if you have a barking dog?Some will, some won't, people have different tolerances for noise. That's why I was asking specifically for the sensibilities of the sims in this game. I don't want to debate realism, I want to make a list of actions that are allowed/disallowed. Does the game take into account my sims' footwear? The type of flooring? Wheter my sims run or walk? I doubt it's that complex, but what do I know. It very well might. Maybe it's checking broad categoties like the light still being on.

(Apartments) Walking is loud noise?

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crocobaura
Legend
6 years ago
"EnkiSchmidt;c-17543828" wrote:
"crocobaura;c-17543580" wrote:
"EnkiSchmidt;d-977484" wrote:
Is there a list of actions that count as creating loud noise in apartments?

I'm asking because I was doing some testing that required my sims to sit and stand still and do nothing. They sat for hours in the kitchen, that was okay with the neighbors apparently. But then, shortly before midnight, they walked a few steps and proceed to stand still in the floor, next thing I knew was the apartment neighbor hammering at my door and berating my sims for being inconsiderate.

Does the game check if my sims actually lie in bed? I got into trouble before for my simchild flushing the toilet in the night (as well as a few deserved cases where I simply forgot to check the clock before bringing out the instrument, my bad).

I also suspect that relationship plays a role, because neutral neighbors are far more inclined to complain than friendly ones. But that my be confirmation bias on my part.

Walking can be loud, if the person is wearing high heels and walking on tiles or hard wood floors. Do neighbors complain if you have a barking dog?

Some will, some won't, people have different tolerances for noise. That's why I was asking specifically for the sensibilities of the sims in this game. I don't want to debate realism, I want to make a list of actions that are allowed/disallowed. Does the game take into account my sims' footwear? The type of flooring? Wheter my sims run or walk? I doubt it's that complex, but what do I know. It very well might. Maybe it's checking broad categoties like the light still being on.

I thought the different floors made specific noises when sims walked on them, didn't they?
EnkiSchmidt
Hero
6 years ago
"crocobaura;c-17543843" wrote:
I thought the different floors made specific noises when sims walked on them, didn't they?

They do! I'll need to keep an eye on whether that affects neighbor complains, thanks for the pointer :) The family in question has linoleum in the kitchen and hardwood in the floor.

I also checked the tuning files, but honestly have no idea what I am reading. But there were several files that dealt with child noise. Several of the occurences I cannot explain indeed involved kids, so maybe my game is glitching a little and interprets every child action as loud play? Although that doesn't explain why the adult vampire mentioned in this thread was yelled at.
crocobaura
Legend
6 years ago
"EnkiSchmidt;c-17543878" wrote:
"crocobaura;c-17543843" wrote:
I thought the different floors made specific noises when sims walked on them, didn't they?

They do! I'll need to keep an eye on whether that affects neighbor complains, thanks for the pointer :) The family in question has linoleum in the kitchen and hardwood in the floor.

I also checked the tuning files, but honestly have no idea what I am reading. But there were several files that dealt with child noise. Several of the occurences I cannot explain indeed involved kids, so maybe my game is glitching a little and interprets every child action as loud play? Although that doesn't explain why the adult vampire mentioned in this thread was yelled at.

Don't know how the game is programmed to react to neighbours' noise. In real life some noises appear louder at night because everything else is quiet. Some sounds don't have to be particularly loud to be heard, but it does depend on the neighbours' tolerance to sounds, I guess.
Felicity1169
6 years ago
The only thing I can think of for my case is computer=loud noise regardless of the activity?

The relationship might also play a big part in when neighbors complain because he was already on not great terms with the neighbor.
EnkiSchmidt
Hero
6 years ago
"crocobaura;c-17543891" wrote:
In real life some noises appear louder at night because everything else is quiet. Some sounds don't have to be particularly loud to be heard, but it does depend on the neighbours' tolerance to sounds, I guess.

Definitely. I've had a downstairs neighbor who heard me just walking to bed normally, so I placed down carpet in my bedroom. My current upstairs neighbor flat out explained she was doing fitness exercises and asked me to tell her when it would be too loud. Two situations easily fixed by talking to each other, what our sims sadly cannot do.

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