Thank you all for giving a bit more insight into sims behaviour.
@ScarletSimEater Thanks for pointing out the bugs. Even with the emergency patch yesterday, I will still hold of a few days to see people's reactions before updating. I am in no hurry for the high school pack, if I will get it at all
"Daephene;c-18162909" wrote:
I don't think woohoo partners is an autonomous option. If you initiate the conversation you can have woohoo without romance but it shouldn't happen on its own as far as I understand.
I think the Sims start out with no gender preference for romance but open to exploring so that they will respond to whoever you have flirt with them and develop preferences from there. They are just set to woohoo with anyone so that when you get the romance bar high enough they don't reject you based on gender.
Thanks for elaborating. it is reassuring to read that woohoo without romance only happens after a player allows it through a conversation.
"DaWaterRat;c-18162962" wrote:
Sims, by default, have always been aromantic - but willing to explore - and pansexual. This has not changed with the update. The update simply codified it in a way that the player could see and, more importantly, influence outside of gameplay.
Now, I don't have HSY yet, and I've only been playing with a dedicated married couple and their kids, but none of the premades have made a move on them, nor have they expressed much interest in making a move on the other sims. There was one want to flirt with another sim (who matched the played sim's orientation in my head) but the only woohoo wants I've seen have been "try for baby" with each other. (they have three. I'm done even if they're not. Yes, one of the two is family oriented.)
Your playstyle sounds similar to mine in regards of couples. If this is how they react after the patch, then it will be fine I guess.
"catmando830;c-18163200" wrote:
Since all my Sims are old fashioned and traditional, I haven't noticed anything unusual.
Sounds like my sims should be ok then since most of them would probably also be considered old fashioned and traditional by modern standards. :)
@Jyotai this all sounds very confusing. I hope you can get it to work. I only have one big mod, mccc and only a few tuning mods for the rest. And in mccc I left a large portion of the settings on default, I don't use story progression at all. so I don't expect (or hope I don't) to run into mod related issues concerning the LGBTQI+ options.
"catloverplayer;c-18163227" wrote:
Even though most sims stick to their orientation you have sims of a different orientation becoming romantic interest on the social bunny site.
Social bunny is exclusive to the pack, right? In that case it shouldn't bother me. If i ever get the pack, I don't think I will use the social bunny feature. I dislike having to keep up with social media in real life, so I don't want to do this for my sims either. Is there a way to turn it off in the game options?
