Gender Preference in The Sims 4?

Ah yes that one, I have forgotten about that trait out of many available in Sims 3, gotta bet back playing it some time. :D

While part of me want the choice in CAS I just know that I'd constantly be driven mad by finding a cute townie for my sim and they'd have the wrong gender preference.

My favourite is sims 2, all sims were BI by default and based on the players interactions they earned positive point in either dirrection. If they did romantic interactions with only one gender they would only autonomously flirt with that gender but if they did interactions with both genders they'd stay Bi.

I wish we had the option to choose this in cas, including the option to set a sim not attracted by anyone.

"kirby356;12894267" wrote:
Is there a need for one? I always liked how sims have been fluid with their sexuality, and we haven't been forced to label them a certain way. I'd like to keep it that way.

THIS!

I would love this feature, maybe if they ever added Turn ons and Turn offs again they could implement it?

There should be checkboxes; and it should be possible to check neither of the boxes, or both.

So, specifically bi/pan sims, straight sims, and gay sims should absolutely be a thing. Asexual sims too, actually. That's a thing. That should be a thing in the Sims; not everyone is into that kind of stuff, believe it or not. This would be the "neither" option.

Like me; I'm asexual. I'd like to have some actual ace sims, ones who would not autonomously flirt with random people, just because they accidentally watched a romantic tv show while I wasn't paying attention.

And no, Unflirty is just a trait that makes sims awkward at flirting, it does not count. Besides, it's an entire trait slot taken up by a thing I wouldn't even be interacting with. There are three trait slots. That's 33% of the trait space.

"Magdaleena;c-16873444" wrote:
There should be checkboxes; and it should be possible to check neither of the boxes, or both.

So, specifically bi/pan sims, straight sims, and gay sims should absolutely be a thing. Asexual sims too, actually. That's a thing. That should be a thing in the Sims; not everyone is into that kind of stuff, believe it or not. This would be the "neither" option.

Like me; I'm asexual. I'd like to have some actual ace sims, ones who would not autonomously flirt with random people, just because they accidentally watched a romantic tv show while I wasn't paying attention.

And no, Unflirty is just a trait that makes sims awkward at flirting, it does not count. Besides, it's an entire trait slot taken up by a thing I wouldn't even be interacting with. There are three trait slots. That's 33% of the trait space.

As a second ace all I can say is yep, non-flirty is not a great substitute.
I have been frequently annoyed when rotating families to see my stories messed up by random love interests. Would love to set preferences for my sims. I would be fine if by default it remained the same as is so those who don't want to label or worry about rejection from townies have nothing to fear, I just want more control over the sims I play so they stop breaking the character I thought they were in my story...

A whopping 90% of my sims are LGBTQ+ in some form. It’s nice being able to have games like The Sims 4 that I feel can represent me properly!

Something I think could help with the attraction system is if in the customisable gender settings they add an option of what your sim is attracted to; male, female, both or none.

"StarryEyedSims;c-16875153" wrote:
I like that all my sims are bi and I can hook anyone up with anyone. The last thing this game needs is more constraints , the gameplay is already limited enough as it is.

Bi/pan can still be the default for everyone you don't specify anything for. It can still be the default for townies.

It's just that sometimes, we might have something more specific in mind for our own sims. Some of us play our sims as if they are characters, more fleshed out in our mind than what the game allows for. And sometimes, these character sims may have specific orientations, so in those cases it's kind of jarring to see them autonomously flirting with the wrong gender, you know?

So having this option available for player-made sims would be nice.

ETA:
Basically straight sims would be hard to woo by the same gender but can be successful if given enough effort, the same goes for gay sims.
Neutral/Bi-sex sims are easy to woo by both gender

I didn't know Bi is a censored word, hope I didn't offend anyone. :(