Does anyone use the Memories thing?

"liko211;15487719" wrote:
Memories? where is it located then :)?

Screenshot capture manager:

https://simsvip.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/TS4_x64-2015-12-04-14-58-57-89.png


See this: https://simsvip.com/2015/12/04/the-sims-4-screenshot-capture-manager/

No, I just make lots of screenshots and reminisce by looking at them. That's basically what I did in TS2 too, except there was an automatic timeline. The automatic timeline was neat but included lots of things I didn't care about too (like the family reunions or all the Sims they have ever met)

PLEASE bring it back like in The Sims 2. This was such a huge deal for me, I remember wanting all green (positive) memories for my sims. I remember this also being a challenge on the forums back in the day.

well I never knew this. I used to use it in 3, but I didn't know we had it in 4.

Ha ha ha! I've never even really noticed that! I've never used it- clicked on it, nothing. Or if I did it was so far back I don't remember. I'll have to check it out and see what it does.

I used to use it before that patch completely overhauled it. It took all the fun and usefulness out of it.

I was actually thinking about this the other day. Not only would it build upon the relationship that players have to their Sims, but it would also map out the sort of "psychology" of a Sim, and influence how they interact with the world.

I thought it would be good to have a memory system where users can choose to keep the memory or get rid of it. I think the game should auotmatically create memories, and the user should also be able to use it to create their own custom memories. I think that the current memory system isn't utilised enough and people don't even realise that it's there half the time, as is evident in the thread.

I also thought that it could work in conjunction with the traits of the Sim as well, and that instead of creating an emotional tie to the Sim, that it also creates a tie to the traits that they have and influences whether or not trait is exhibited more because of the memory or if it is downplayed due to the lack of memories concerning that particular trait. I thought that this could work by categorising the memories in generic terms like TS2, and then from there, categorising the memory into more defined terms if applicable. This would mean that traits would have to at least be able to affect this system ... So if a Sim is noncomittal but gets married, maybe the memory they have of their wedding is bad, because they aren't naturally inclined to get married or even want marriage. But this is why it would be a good idea to let the player ultimately have the final say in the memory.

The game should autonatically provide memories for Sims based on their traits. This would allow the game to have the traits be more impactful. But also so that players don't have to manually always assign memories to Sims they don't play. And it would also be good to create the option to turn memories on/off for the current household and another option to turn memories on/off for the townies, kind of like how you can do that with age.

This is tricky though, because TS4 doesn't have story progression ... so if they didn't really do anything with this feature in the first place, they probably aren't going to rework it that much.

I take a lot of screenshots, but the memory system in TS4 seems useless to me. I think they could do so much better.

I have never used this feature in Sims4, found it a bit annoying in 3, but absolutely loved memories in Sims 2! I wish we could have those back..

No, it's messy and pointless for me. I would like my sims to be able to remember and acknowledge important family events on their own.

These sims have memories of a goldfish and are not too reactive sometimes.

I miss the Sims 2 timeline stuff. :disappointed: And good AI.