Hello!I don't know if you remember that, but before The Sims 4 was released, producers said that Sims could be either left or right-handed. And it atcually worked, but I remember that it was only for eating and drinking.Now I noticed in my game that Sims which have the left-handed hidden trait are eating with the right hand, when it was supposed to be on the left one.Also, all the other interactions that could have handedness variations are only made with the right hand.Probably most of the people won't care about it as only 10% of people are left-handed (including me), but I would love if left-handed Sims could eat and drink with the left hand, and more interactions made with the left hand.

"matheus_mar_1999;d-983157" wrote:Hello!I don't know if you remember that, but before The Sims 4 was released, producers said that Sims could be either left or right-handed. And it atcually worked, but I remember that it was only for eating and drinking.Now I noticed in my game that Sims which have the left-handed hidden trait are eating with the right hand, when it was supposed to be on the left one.Also, all the other interactions that could have handedness variations are only made with the right hand.Probably most of the people won't care about it as only 10% of people are left-handed (including me), but I would love if left-handed Sims could eat and drink with the left hand, and more interactions made with the left hand.Agreed. They mention in the past that converting right handiness animations are easy because they will just mirror the animation. However it feels that interaction from recent packs forgets about that. Wands in Realm of Magic is an example

Lefty here! I think handedness as a conscience characteristic would be a cool detail to have in-game.

Last time I played TS4 was one patch before, and my left handed sims still do everything with their left hand, probably bug in the last patch?

Wait, wait, wait. Since when could sims be left-handed or right-handed?

"Schmoloop;c-17710226" wrote:Wait, wait, wait. Since when could sims be left-handed or right-handed?It was known at the release of the game and quiet a big deal since this was new.

I think producers forgot that Sims can be left-handed...

14 Replies

TS1299
Seasoned Ace
5 years ago
"matheus_mar_1999;d-983157" wrote:
Hello!

I don't know if you remember that, but before The Sims 4 was released, producers said that Sims could be either left or right-handed. And it atcually worked, but I remember that it was only for eating and drinking.
Now I noticed in my game that Sims which have the left-handed hidden trait are eating with the right hand, when it was supposed to be on the left one.
Also, all the other interactions that could have handedness variations are only made with the right hand.

Probably most of the people won't care about it as only 10% of people are left-handed (including me), but I would love if left-handed Sims could eat and drink with the left hand, and more interactions made with the left hand.

Agreed. They mention in the past that converting right handiness animations are easy because they will just mirror the animation. However it feels that interaction from recent packs forgets about that. Wands in Realm of Magic is an example
NationalPokedex
5 years ago
Lefty here! I think handedness as a conscience characteristic would be a cool detail to have in-game.
timurjr96
5 years ago
Last time I played TS4 was one patch before, and my left handed sims still do everything with their left hand, probably bug in the last patch?
Schmoloop
5 years ago
Wait, wait, wait. Since when could sims be left-handed or right-handed?
Cinebar
5 years ago
"Schmoloop;c-17710226" wrote:
Wait, wait, wait. Since when could sims be left-handed or right-handed?

It was known at the release of the game and quiet a big deal since this was new.
MarioBabyLuigi
5 years ago
Lefty here! I was really surprised to find out that my favorite Sim was a lefty as well, I didn't set the characteristic for him! I haven't checked the detail of how he eats though, I will next time I boot the game up. Do Sims even write in this game any more, now that most of the stuff can be done with a computer?
mmartinsdemoura
Seasoned Veteran
5 years ago
"Schmoloop;c-17710226" wrote:
Wait, wait, wait. Since when could sims be left-handed or right-handed?

Since the game was released, but you only can notice it if your Sims are doing something with the left hand or checking their hidden traits with debug mods.
Azzera
5 years ago
Was looking up mods for this and wow, super impressed: https://modthesims.info/d/576053/show-search-sim-info-mod.html
With that said, I wonder if equip.trait trait_handedness_right would work?
stewby8
5 years ago
I noticed this in the latest pack. I was really disappointed (as a very left-handed person) to find that I can't put the fancy new watch on my left wrist.
Skaazilla
Rising Hotshot
5 years ago
The only thing I've noticed that switches to using the right or left hand depending on a Sim's handedness, is darts. I was disappointed to see juice pong doesn't even have a left-handed version, since it's a modified darts animation. It seems it sadly has been forgotten about.