Disable game features such as the welcome wagon and vampire break-ins

Had to laugh at the title of this! :D

I know that TS4 does not have burglars but the thought of Vampires replacing them is hilarious! :bawling:

The welcome wagon can be cancelled early by clicking the X button on the event UI in the top left corner. This will give your sims a negative relationship point with the neighbors though.

There is no way to cancel a vampire visit/breakin as far as I know. You could hang garlic around, but I don’t know if that will stop them from visiting entirely. I usually use MCCC on the Vampires that stand outside the front door for hours and make them leave. Otherwise they will stand there for hours and disable super speed 3, which is very annoying.

Having vampires break in is one reason I haven't bought that particular expansion, which is a pity because I would really have liked some of the objects included with that particular pack. The welcome wagon isn't too bad for me although it can be annoying. I discovered that you can cancel it anytime by clicking on it to end early, but what annoys me most is that darned fruit cake which makes my sims uncomfortable. I say, get rid of the fruit cake!

In San Myshuno I locked the door for everyone but the household and the vampire just stood in the hall outside gesticulating for several hours so locking all doors to the outside might be enough.

Damn vampires stole the wheels off my welcome wagon...


The welcome wagon goes away if you don't answer the door. Don't interact with them, and they'll know they're not welcome.

I've never had a vampire break into a home where there were sims up and doing things. They'll turn up on the lot but they won't stick around for long.

"Chazzzy;c-16119404" wrote:
There are mods for both and I use them both. They work beautifully.

What mod prevents vampire break ins?

just as chazzzy say, there is mods for that.. I use one that stops the vamps from bothering my sims.. I also seen some mods that disable or 1 I seen that changes the welcome wagon to a party with friends... If you need links, I or some other will post them..

Tips left on other forum topics include: do not talk about vampires, do not study them - online or books, do not go to their neighborhood, do not interact with any you may encounter on the street, and otherwise act as though they don't exist. Have followed this procedure once I learned it and have had no problems with the buggers in the relevant game saves. The 2 or 3 before are essentially unplayable.

Thank you all for your feedback. Unfortunately I don't use mods in my game. I guess I'm looking for a game "options" feature like enabling or disabling free will for sims.

Thank you for the reminder that I can mod away the welcome-wagon. That makes my life so much easier :)