I am currently playing Coral Island, it is a new farming game on Steam and I really like it.My little character can grow crops, dive and go into caves. There are fun characters to romance and have a friendship with. Okay, it is pretty lowkey but this game has caught me when Stardew Valley failed. It works for me.Modern tech, Love for all and not a cellphone in sight. The game is not devoid of representations of technology. They have npc's setting up Kickstarter campaigns, I remember seeing a flatscreen computers. There is a nice little robot that follows you around when you are out on adventures underwater. There are male and female npc's that can romance any player, they are not divided into straight or gay. There are single mom's and I it looks like you can have pets in the future as well.The only thing missing is the cellphone, absolute bliss!!I want to go out on adventure, not watch my sim watch a cellphone. I want to water plants, not watch my sim watch a cellphone. I want to invite my sim's friends over. Not watch my sim watching their friends watching a cellphone.How will cellphones work in Sims 5?I can mod Sims 4 into whatever I want it to be when it will no longer be updated but I wonder what Sims 5 will be like. How you will approach technology. It is possible to make a game set in the present day without cellphone and I like playing that version a good deal more. Or please make it possible to just leave the phone in the pocket, backpack, handbag, something. It is distracting and not fun, it doesn't add anything enjoyable to me.

we want that in real life also.. we do the same thing stay looking at a cell phone

Yeah there is enough phone addiction irlin fact i am typing this on phoneI just wish i could sometimes turn my sims phone off or something so i wouldn't have notifications n stuff for time being"but it isn't realistic" actually it is as battery life of these gadgets is nonexistent irl and my phone is turned off 60% of day anyway why can't my sims turn off their phones too?

Exactly! And if they wanted it to be so "realistic" because a lot of RL people are addicted to them ..... then why doesn't the battery ever run down?Why don't our sims need to charge their phone or they won't be able to use it? That would be a super simple fix for those that don't want the cell phone usage.Phone dies ..... never charge itNeed to travel? Plug cell in for a few minutes (enough to get a charge to make that call for the uber) then let it die again

I still so wish they had a toggle to turn the blooming phone off. :s However, I do have all my sims dislike video gaming & turned off their social bunny & notification. ;) Now, if only there was a way to stop the sims from browsing on their phones. :'(

I think we can all agree that overall too much technology just does not equal fun gameplay in a game no matter how realistic it may be. It's not "fun" to watch virtual people doing virtual things. The virtual reality thingy in sims is one of the items I haven't touched in years. I think much like real life modern technology is very cold and isolating and that's the feeling it translates in game. What warms the heart and makes you smile at the game is the same things that warm the heart in real life. ❤ Holding hands with a family, friend or loved one, spending time together without the distraction of technology like the way sims can cook together is really nice. Piggy back rides, playing and building things together rather it be cardboard forts, tree houses or anything creative and fun. Human to human, sim to sim contact. You don't know how many little little children I see sitting together on their tablets and phones without even acknowledging eachother's presense. It feels very cold and robot like. My parents never allowed anyone in the house to own cellphones or computers and I'm actually grateful for it. I feel like it played a big part in me and my siblings growing such a close relationship. We had nothing but eachother, our creativity and our imagination and it truly shaped some of my fondest memories of all the things we invented and did?Those are the feelings players want in sims. It makes you smile and it's much more fun to watch.Although I've never played it I think ts2 came the closest from what I seen. When we had the stuff pack vote I remember technology coming in last lolRandom memory: I remember years ago before I was allowed interne I first saw a picture of mickey mouse, and disney world in relation to the internet. And for years after that I dreamed of having the internet because Iegit thought it = Disney world. ? Fast forward to when my uncle brought my first computer and I got internet, the anticipation was so high and then all of my dreams were crusheed. All I saw were web browsers and I'm like what happened to mickey mouse? What happened to Disney world?? what I'm I supposed to do with this search bar? ?Then I got the idea to search mickey mouse and disney world but it was just pictures and links ? Don't ask me what I thought I was going to find ?

I really dislike the cellphone and how much time and idles it has in Sims 4

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AncientMuse2
Seasoned Ace
3 years ago
@LiELF

The mod I use for that problem is from lazarusinashes No Constant Phone mod (free to download on their Patreon page). It works great and gets rid of all autonomous cell phone usage. Your sims will only use the cell phone if you direct them to.

Note:
- You need to put the mod in the main Mods folder (root directory), don't put it in a sub-folder.

Also, there's two files to choose from and you can only use one or the other:
- NoConstantPhone: This will get rid of the constant phone usage that came in a pre-patch for the High School Years pack.
- NoConstantPhone_AutonomousInteractions: This will get rid of the constant phone usage PLUS the autonomous web browse and play games usage. So if you want to get rid of all autonomous cell phone usage, this is the one to choose (this is the one I use, it works great and your sims will no longer use their cell phone unless you specifically tell them to).

No more walking, talking, running, fighting, routing, sitting, cooking, swimming, lounging, exercising, etc autonomous cell phone usage. All gone! :)
LiELF
Legend
3 years ago
"AncientMuse;c-18211294" wrote:
@LiELF

The mod I use for that problem is from lazarusinashes No Constant Phone mod (free to download on their Patreon page). It works great and gets rid of all autonomous cell phone usage. Your sims will only use the cell phone if you direct them to.

Note:
- You need to put the mod in the main Mods folder (root directory), don't put it in a sub-folder.

Also, there's two files to choose from and you can only use one or the other:
- NoConstantPhone: This will get rid of the constant phone usage that came in a pre-patch for the High School Years pack.
- NoConstantPhone_AutonomousInteractions: This will get rid of the constant phone usage PLUS the autonomous web browse and play games usage. So if you want to get rid of all autonomous cell phone usage, this is the one to choose (this is the one I use, it works great and your sims will no longer use their cell phone unless you specifically tell them to).

No more walking, talking, running, fighting, routing, sitting, cooking, swimming, lounging, exercising, etc autonomous cell phone usage. All gone! :)

That sounds absolutely awesome, thank you!
gloomfemme
3 years ago
same. i wish there was an option to turn off your sim's phone. i'd also appreciate more idle animations like daydream, contemplate, check nails, tidy self etc.

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