Fix Townies! - Disable accessories for random!? Should EA do this?

I never want to see another sim who decides that they need to wear socks and leggings.

I don't want boring Sims townies. Sims fashion is a thing in my saves and it's fun.

I like weirdness!

I wouldn't mind more mundane accessories being applied randomly, like eyeglasses - things that'd be realistically expected for real people to wear. The crazy/loud accessories I could do without (or MUCH lower probability to be chosen), like some of the hats and that horrible eyeball ring that every sim ends up wearing.

I like using mods to have more control over the randomly applied accessories, but in terms of what would be practical for *EA* to do and what they're actually capable of, disabling random accessories for townies wouldn't be a bad idea.

Yes please! This would improve the game so much for me.

For me it would be a huge improvement.

Another approach would be to let us turn it on and off.

Here's the thing- I like being able to tell is a sim is near-sighted, likes piercings (and where), or likes jewelry (and where) based on how many of their outfits spawn with such, but given how often it occurs that they spawn looking like they just won the lottery and lost all sense in the same day, I feel they should at least only have townies spawn with one accessory item only (of any type), and copy it across all outfits (save sleep and swimwear). Sure, some could end up with the eyeball ring, but it would also make it so we'd see more sims spawn with glasses, which only tends to happen in a few outfits, and rarely is it not accompanied by an ensemble from a thrift store raid.

I don't care if grandma has a septum piercing. I care if grandma has ice cream cones in her ears, scientist glasses, mismatched socks, formal gloves, a spiked collar, the hand-thing from RoM, and glowing bracelets. Pick one, for crying out loud!!!

Sadly with EAxis, it's all or nothing, and I'd rather they have none, than every last slot filled.

If it is too hard for some sort of moderation, than yeah, please just disable accessories. That randomizer is always spitting out something hideous, even when we aren't talking about townies. It is so annoying when a Sim ages up or a premade doesn't have a set outfit and the randomizer spits out something to burn my retinas. Then I have to fix it, with burning retinas.

What I prefer would be accessory limits. It seems like sort of a shame for all accessories to pretty well disappear when the real problem is accessory overload. At least for me. I don't mind townies looking run of the mill ugly, just not like caricatures. I would argue one, maybe two, would be enough. That way it is just earrings and socks or glasses and a bracelet. I can certainly handle that.

Better yet, disable townie generation altogether. I have complained about that random save file clutter since launch day.

I like seeing random townies proudly flying their freak flags, it adds fun and flavour to my game... plus the crazy fashion statements help me to remember who's who in town.

I don't need to be in full control of absolutely every little detail of the game, but (as always) the best solution would be to give us a toggle to turn on/off random accessories so we can make that choice for ourselves based on personal gameplay preferences. This way we can all be happy with how our games look.

Yes, that would really improve how townies are generated.

Let's be honest. The townie system which randomizes clothes are broken, there is no reason in how they are wearing their glasses, piercings, rings etc. The game is just randomizing everything and then Maxis are pretending that they doesn't exist. Disabling those would improve their outfits a lot.

I have sometimes, very rarely found a townie which looks okay with how they look and that's a townie that did the lucky roll in not getting any accessories in their everyday outfit.

Disabling socks, piercings, leggins, glasses and hats will improve them a lot.

Otherwise, just take a look at the townie fashion police thread. That's what sims look like in your game Maxis.