I am someone who is very squicked out by what I have come across of the Strangerville storyline. I know my limits and frankly, the gameplay will take me into places I’m not going to enjoy. No disrespect to anyone who enjoys it--it is just definitely not my jam.However, I really, really like what I’ve seen of the CAS and the build items so I’d like to get the pack. But I have questions: Is it possible to turn off the storyline without ever playing any of it? Like any of it? If so, how? I am open to cheats/mods. Will I have to do this per save?If I can turn off the storyline, Spoiler (Highlight to read)do those plants specific to the pack do those plants specific to the pack stick around?Assuming I never put my sims in Strangerville, Does the storyline leak into other worlds? Will those Spoiler (Highlight to read) plants specific to the pack show up in other worlds? (For instance, I often have sims who go about harvesting plants and such and would hate to have to stop that because those Strangerville plants show up in another world). plants specific to the pack show up in other worlds? (For instance, I often have sims who go about harvesting plants and such and would hate to have to stop that because those Strangerville plants show up in another world). Do I have to deal with the impacted sims in other worlds? Oh, and if I put a sim in the military career, does it require me to deal with the Strangerville storyline?Thanks so much!

Hi @CommaSplice! I played at least 5 hours in strangerville yesterday but I haven't touched the mystery story yet. I have to play my family for a while to set up the story that I want to tell. So far, the weirdness hasn't really affected much. The welcome wagon is weirder than normal, but once you get past that all that happens is that there are stranger plant in the neighborhood and a few possessed sims wandering around. It seems like you don't have to interact with any of it if you don't want to. I haven't had any strange weather, and I made a club with a native strangerville sim, and they were totally normal during the club gathering. I also haven't played in any of the other worlds since downloading the new pack though, I'm trying to take my time and enjoy the new story while also not messing with the rest worlds until I know what the storyline requires to function. I hope this helps!

Yes you can play the military career without any involvement. Don't chose the aspiration or follow it to the next level. I think you can progress without doing the aspiration but you have to do some digging to do so.Spoiler (Highlight to read)The strangerville plants will not just appear in any other worlds.. I haven't tried it but guess you can bring them there and make use of what they do but you don't want to do that anyway :). The plants in strangerville stay at starter level until you progress the story.The strangerville plants will not just appear in any other worlds.. I haven't tried it but guess you can bring them there and make use of what they do but you don't want to do that anyway :). The plants in strangerville stay at starter level until you progress the story.No mods yet but I'm sure there will be one very soon.

Okay, these are both very helpful answers. Thanks so much!

Wanted to get more detailed answers on this as well as I wanted the pack stuff but not the story. Can someone confirm outright that all the unusual stuff with the plants and Sims are contained exclusively in Strangerville unless you start the story? Do you see any of it (and I do literally mean ANY of it, right down to Sims acting weird if they didn't prior to the pack) in other towns if you don't participate in the story? It'll determine whether I go with this pack since I want the items (laptops in particular) but don't want anything super unrealistic starting up in my world (I turned off abductions via mods, never go into space or downloaded Vampires, avoid the Jungle in Jungle Adventures for examples of what I mean). I want as close to realistic Sims as possible, anyone who can answer this would be awesome.

@infinidragon I played through the story and completed it, Strangerville is now a nice normal town. Prior to completing it though I didn't notice any of the plants or weird sims in other towns. They were walking around Strangerville, but didn't interact with my sim other than the initial welcome wagon.

Avoiding the storyline in Strangerville - Looking for advice and answers (No spoilers)

mariefoxprice83
Seasoned Hotshot
6 years ago
I'm still not sure whether I want to pay full price for this so I'm thinking about getting it as part of a bundle, depending on what the next expansion pack is. If the pack is an EP I want, I will definitely get Strangerville in a bundle. The only EP I don't currently have is Cats and Dogs, but I never use the pets EP as much as I think I will, so I was not planning to get that one this time.
belpita
6 years ago
"Bobisbae;c-17113750" wrote:
Does anyone know if deleting all the premades from Strangerville will stop them from showing up randomly through out my world?

Well, if you delete any pre-made they will be gone from the game, but the game will always generate random townies of any game pack you have. The devs have said that infected townies won't show up anywhere else, though, but I can't confirm that.
Kain_Drakan
6 years ago
> @belpita said:
> You know, I'm really ambivalent about buying this pack not only because of things mentioned above. But it also worries me that the devs don't seem to be bothered with all the bugs anymore. The latest I heard was that there would be no patch in March, which means that the Seasons/City Living festival issue and the Get Famous make-up fail will not be addressed for another month. And these are issues that have been reported for a long time, making gameplay essential for completing a career really difficult to complete.
>
> Why would you focus on bringing out a pack that nobody has asked for, instead of making sure the previous packs are compatible with each other? The quoted tweet above is like a bad joke. "You have to play the storyline to get rid of a storyline that you don't want to play."
>
> ETA: Just wanted to point out that I am generally very enthusiastic about all new content for Sims4. I really enjoy playing the game and Strangerville as a new world seems like it would suit my style of play. But the sloppiness and inconsistencies of the latest additions make me concerned.

I don't blame you. The bug that has annoyed me the most so far is the vampires not recognizing the dark meditation command. It makes it such a pain to train low rank vampires for long periods of time. I know there are a lot of other bugs more annoying, I just haven't encountered them yet first hand.

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