How Soon Is Too Soon to Purchase the Bride's Bouquet?
I had my young couple go off to Tartosa to taste cakes. I had the groom find the trailer that sells flowers. He bought her bouquet and then gave it to her as a gift before they left. This was Sim days ago. They still have two days before the wedding. I was wondering if he should purchase another bouquet? Or if it will be found just as fresh as the day her bought it?
"crocobaura;c-18082950" wrote: The bouquet doesn't wilt, so you can use it during the wedding. After the wedding you can keep it as permanent decoration around the house.
Thank you. In the meantime I went over to play the bride's household with the full intention of checking to make sure she had the bouquet, as gifted, and what shape it was in. Seems fine. Yay, good to go. Phew!
Turns out it didn't matter. I was playing this from the groom's family. I should have done things from the bride's family. There was no way for me to have her hold her bouquet, let alone toss it. It almost is steering players to have the couple cohabitating before the wedding just so you can control them both. My groom steadfastly refused to give a spousal kiss, even though the action was listed in his menu. Took ages, but I finally got the couple to slow dance together. So much went wrong, it was even more of a joke than the past weddings I've thrown in this game. Don't get me wrong, I can see the possibilities, if they get the bugs fixed. I totally missed how to have the guests be seated during the wedding ceremony. I tried clicking on the wedding arch. I discovered through reading the lessons, to click on the runner to send different Sims up the aisle and then back down. But what aggrieved me the most was that most of the wedding activities were accessed through clicking on the wedding cake! Who has a cake right there in the wedding hall? Am I supposed to find the cake on my own and click it to have the guests be seated? That's crazy-insane. The logical place would be either the wedding arch or the chairs/pews. I'm pretty exhausted at the moment, since it took all day long just to have the Rehearsal Dinner (which went pretty good all-in-all). That gave me some hope the wedding wouldn't be the unmitigated disaster it turned out to be. Sheesh. I may roll back a save and start from right before they left for the wedding venue. Try this again. Oi! And just for grins and giggles, I may have the bride move in so I can control her.
Thanks for sharing your experiences. I have yet to try any weddings (MWS or no). But, when I do get around to it, I think I'll build a lot (set it as residential) that will act as a getaway/resort/hotel for the bride and groom and their family to stay at so they will all be together in the same household prior to the ceremony. I'd need more than the allowable 8 sims, but I'll make do with that and invite the rest. Does MCCC allow you to raise the current 8-sim per household limit?
"GalacticGal;c-18083110" wrote: Turns out it didn't matter. I was playing this from the groom's family. I should have done things from the bride's family. There was no way for me to have her hold her bouquet, let alone toss it. It almost is steering players to have the couple cohabitating before the wedding just so you can control them both. My groom steadfastly refused to give a spousal kiss, even though the action was listed in his menu. Took ages, but I finally got the couple to slow dance together. So much went wrong, it was even more of a joke than the past weddings I've thrown in this game. Don't get me wrong, I can see the possibilities, if they get the bugs fixed. I totally missed how to have the guests be seated during the wedding ceremony. I tried clicking on the wedding arch. I discovered through reading the lessons, to click on the runner to send different Sims up the aisle and then back down. But what aggrieved me the most was that most of the wedding activities were accessed through clicking on the wedding cake! Who has a cake right there in the wedding hall? Am I supposed to find the cake on my own and click it to have the guests be seated? That's crazy-insane. The logical place would be either the wedding arch or the chairs/pews. I'm pretty exhausted at the moment, since it took all day long just to have the Rehearsal Dinner (which went pretty good all-in-all). That gave me some hope the wedding wouldn't be the unmitigated disaster it turned out to be. Sheesh. I may roll back a save and start from right before they left for the wedding venue. Try this again. Oi! And just for grins and giggles, I may have the bride move in so I can control her.
This is all/most of the things they’re supposed to fix in an upcoming patch.
"GalacticGal;c-18083110" wrote: But what aggrieved me the most was that most of the wedding activities were accessed through clicking on the wedding cake! Who has a cake right there in the wedding hall?
That really does seem like a weird design choice. I hope that gets fixed/changed. How do you do the wedding things if you chose not to have a cake at all?
I'm interested in getting this pack once the major bugs are fixed, but all my sims that currently are planning to get married are vampires. With all their guests who have the "withered stomach" weakness, I can't really be including cake in the proceedings.
@GlacierSnow, There are no wedding activities which require the cake in order to be done, other than those which truly require the cake in the first place (such as...cutting the cake). Your vampires will be fine.
@Stormkeep Am I misunderstanding this comment from @GalacticGal ...?
But what aggrieved me the most was that most of the wedding activities were accessed through clicking on the wedding cake! Who has a cake right there in the wedding hall? Am I supposed to find the cake on my own and click it to have the guests be seated? That's crazy-insane. The logical place would be either the wedding arch or the chairs/pews.
It sounded to me like in order to get the guests seated for the wedding, she had to click on the cake. If there is no cake present, how do you do it?
@GlacierSnow, no, you aren't misunderstanding, but rather she was mistaken.
Her implication was that the cake is the only way to get guests seated for the ceremony, and that is not correct. The "Ceremony Activities" sub menu wherein that interaction sits is available on literally every wedding related object. The Arch, the Aisle, the seating, the buffet table and even...the ground. Yes, the bare ground.
The only wedding activities that are tied to a specific object are those tasks that actually do need that object. So you can't cut a cake without a cake, you can't have a toast without a toasting bucket, etc. But all of the rest are in a sub menu called "Ceremony Activities" which shows up on almost everything during a wedding.
You can see it below in the images which show me just clicking the bare ground:
