My main Sim, fortunately a woman, has now been abducted 3 times. I'm rather tired of it as it interferes with her getting things done (such as working on her aspirations.) Is there any way to turn it off? (And I'm not adverse to using a mod to do it, but I haven't found one of those either!)I'm not a fan of "supernatural" things like aliens or vampires. I'm very glad that for TS4 they made it a separate download so I don't have to have vampires. And I liked it in TS3 that they made it so that you could turn off the ones you didn't like (but still have the interesting clothing and objects that come with such packs.)

"Nikkih;c-17782976" wrote:It actually quite hard to get abducted in the sims 4 I wish it happened more often, your sims have to show interest in aliens and theres a hidden abduction meter that can take ages too fill, if your sim doesn't show interest they wont get abductedThat is because- there were complaints like the one that started this and so the programers made it harder to get abducted.

"Pamtastic72;c-17785662" wrote:"KatAnubis;c-17785651" wrote:"Nikkih;c-17785445" wrote:"KatAnubis;c-17784589" wrote:"SERVERFRA;c-17783763" wrote:Tell me about it. I have to have my male sim be a Scientist with a Satilight Dish & Alien Portal to contact Aliens just so he can finally be abducted to have his Alien babies.I am thankful that all the times my male scientist Sim got abducted, he never did get pregnant. I hated that they got pregnant. Lack of consent doesn't belong in *my* game!Although I understand where your coming from, I personally wish men got pregnant more often and understand us women pain ??, it gives me great delight that men get preggers by aliens *evil laugh*I would be perfectly fine with men getting pregnant in the game. My *only* objection is lack of consent when it comes to the alien pregnancy. I do not believe that a T for Teen game think it's ok for someone to essentially be ❤️❤️❤️❤️ and get pregnant. This is pushing the boat out too far. How do you know there’s no consent? I bet those Pollination Technicians can be very very charming. Perhaps the men who come back pregnant are the only ones who do consent, since it doesn’t happen very often, even if they’re abducted frequently.I feel that our culture has a responsibility not to participate in being ok with lack of consent. And that includes making sure that there is no "appearance of evil" when it comes to such things. Otherwise people are far too likely to discount it when I woman says she's had a problem with a man. "Oh, you're over thinking it." "You must have thought he was cute but changed your mind. That's your problem" and all the other things that people say when a woman has gone through that. (Apparently, we're not allowed to say what really happened or it gets words removed.)There can be *no* consent if someone is coerced or is intoxicated. No matter how "cute" or "charming" the Pollination Technician is, the abductee was coerced into being abducted and when they return they are "dazed" not fully coherent. That means there can be *no* consent. If he went to Sixam and met the Pollination Technician there and decided to woohoo to have a baby that would be totally different. (As I've said, I have no problem with male pregnancy, if it is by consent.) But a coerced abduction where the person returns "dazed" says that there can be no consent.Fortunately, since 2019 when I first posted this there have been changes made. Abduction doesn't result in unwanted pregnancy anymore. (I've had a scientist abducted 5 times so far and no pregnancies, thank goodness.) I had a mod that prevented abduction from happening at all, but unfortunately it hasn't been updated and causes problem. I do have the satellite installed (two, in fact) but it's a pain because you have to turn it on *every* day, rather than having it done once and sticking until you turn it off. And I have no desire to have a major mod like MCCC in my game. But for those who want a male pregnancy, MCCC would certainly work for them. Then you could have alien babies (consensually) to your heart's content.But I'm glad that it's not happening now. It *is* a lack of consent and the fact that so many people are saying "you're overthinking it" or "pushing the boat too far" shows how there is a total lack of understanding of how such attitudes get into our society and how such a "simple thing" can lead to someone saying the same thing to someone who has gone through that type of "abduction" or "drunk date" experience. I'm thankful it has never happened to me. However, I've held the hands of too many women over the years who *have* gone through it to have any support for lack of consent for any woohoo, even in a game. (Especially a popular game that so many impressionable men and women play.)

"KatAnubis;c-17793108" wrote:"comicsforlife;c-17792373" wrote:"KatAnubis;c-17792371" wrote:"comicsforlife;c-17792369" wrote:this is an old thread and the op doesn't have the trouble anymore it really needs to be closed I agree completely. bfoI know after all this thread was made two years ago I'm sure you weren't expecting it to come back to life this month be well happy simming I certainly wasn't. And I certainly wasn't expecting people to have the attitudes that I'm seeing (that really worry me.) They don't seem to understand how games like this form the attitudes that people have in real life (as much as we'd like to *think* it's all "fantasy.") it doesn't worry me people have always liked alien abduction in the sims I'm one of them as far as things in games causing people to do things in real life its been proven not to be a thing there have been studiesI say let people have there fun if there are people that it bothers I'm sure most of them aren't playing the sims anywaybut I know that this is not the subject that you made this thread for so I want take it anymore off topic

I usually just click to cancel the "investigate strange light" whenever I don't want a sim to be swooshed away. Especially when I don't want a specific vampire to have yet another glitchy hybrid child.

You could lock the doors (or put furniture in front of them) between 9 pm and 4 am. That way, your Sim won't be able to walk outside to investigate the light. I don't think it's possible to cancel the action unless you have MCCC.

Is there any way to turn off alien abductions?

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EnkiSchmidt
Hero
4 years ago
"MissSweetViolet;c-17934334" wrote:
> @EnkiSchmidt said:
> Here's how to stop abductions without mods:
>
> When your sim goes outside to "investigate strange light", pause the game.
> Open the cheat console, type testingcheats on, hit enter
> Now shift-click on your sim, look for "reset sim" or "reset object", select this option and the abduction will not happen.

All well and good if your a player who wishes to cheat, but what about those that don't? I don't feel they should be forced to just to avoid something that given the protentional sensitivity of the topic should not be forced in to.

I didn't mean to belittle your issue, but offer you a way to continue to play Sims 4 until (if ever) this problem is addressed by the developers. There used to be a thread about this before, where I already spoke up in favour of toggles, because I'm very torn about this feature.
MissSweetViolet
4 years ago
> @EnkiSchmidt said:
> I didn't mean to belittle your issue, but offer you a way to continue to play Sims 4 until (if ever) this problem is addressed by the developers. There used to be a thread about this before, where I already spoke up in favor of toggles, because I'm very torn about this feature.

I understand. Currently what I do is lock the doors and only let one of my sims outside to do something during the day. I really wish they would address it, it's such an important topic, to important to just ignore in my opinion. I do feel a toggle is the fairest idea. it would let those who like play as normal, and those who don't to avoid that part. I still don't quite understand why it wasn't there in the first place. Especially since I think they did add it at one point to sims 3 because of that. But I don't own any EP on sims 3 but pets, so not 100% sure.
SheriSim
Seasoned Ace
4 years ago
"KatAnubis;d-964303" wrote:
My main Sim, fortunately a woman, has now been abducted 3 times. I'm rather tired of it as it interferes with her getting things done (such as working on her aspirations.) Is there any way to turn it off? (And I'm not adverse to using a mod to do it, but I haven't found one of those either!)

I'm not a fan of "supernatural" things like aliens or vampires. I'm very glad that for TS4 they made it a separate download so I don't have to have vampires. And I liked it in TS3 that they made it so that you could turn off the ones you didn't like (but still have the interesting clothing and objects that come with such packs.)

That’s a lot of times for the same person. I I think I have had only 3 abductions altogether since get to work came out, all different households. I have a large rotation, and I do play a female scientist who met aliens when she was sent to sixam at work.
luthienrising
Hero+
4 years ago
"troshalom;c-17934331" wrote:

Also I would be very upset it they removed abductions from the game, it is one of the reasons why I purchased GTW. If it upsets you that much disable the EP.

I really don't think anyone's looking for anything more than a toggle in Gameplay Options. We have them for other things -- dust and NAPs, for example. It seems a reasonable request to allow some people to turn off a feature as a tool for PTSD management. It's hard enough to manage PTSD as it is (a member of my immediate family has PTSD, so this is something I see a lot of); a key to management, especially early on, is controlled, chosen exposure. Maxis could help with that, without impacting anyone else's gameplay in the least, and while allowing people affected by this one corner of the pack to enjoy playing at the careers and retail ownership.
KatAnubis
Seasoned Ace
4 years ago
"comicsforlife;c-17934448" wrote:
I like my aliens and there abduction the way they are this thread shouldn't haven't been bought up at all
because its from 2019 and its against the rules and also you saying you want to go to the media instead of just leaving feed back makes me think your just attention seeking

As much as I wish people hadn't brought this thread back to life, it has shown that people are still upset about the fact that we *still* have no toggle to turn off something that can be so triggering to people.

However, if you really are upset that something is "against the rules" the way to handle it is to report the thread, not complain that something is "against the rules."
KatAnubis
Seasoned Ace
4 years ago
"troshalom;c-17934331" wrote:
@MissSweetViolet My sim, an Elder and a celebrity writer, is not in the science or astronaut career and he was abducted 3 times and impregnated twice. He hates children and enjoyed being abducted. Made a killing off the books he wrote about his experience. So, sometimes the game just randomly abducts folks.

I have another male sim that I was planning to make a hobo that just lives off the land when the game just abducted him and impregnated him. #GoFigure??‍♀️ I just roll with it, but is jarring when it wasn't what you intended.

My first male sim that was abducted was an astronaut. It was when I first started playing TS4 winter 2019. I was shocked and excited. So Malcolm Landgraab (I changed him, made him good & biracial) became the father to an alien daughter.

I've had females abducted too, they are in the science career. When Dahlia Snooboo was abducted she came back started a rocket club and impregnated male sims. Bob Pancakes and Jako's wives just rolled with it and accepted the babies.

Also I would be very upset it they removed abductions from the game, it is one of the reasons why I purchased GTW. If it upsets you that much disable the EP.

No one is suggesting that they be completely removed. People are asking for a toggle so that they can choose to turn it off.

And it's unreasonable to expect someone to "disable the EP" when there are so many other far more important things in the EP. What's surprising is that you bought it *for* the abductions.
comicsforever
4 years ago
"KatAnubis;c-17935012" wrote:
"troshalom;c-17934331" wrote:
@MissSweetViolet My sim, an Elder and a celebrity writer, is not in the science or astronaut career and he was abducted 3 times and impregnated twice. He hates children and enjoyed being abducted. Made a killing off the books he wrote about his experience. So, sometimes the game just randomly abducts folks.

I have another male sim that I was planning to make a hobo that just lives off the land when the game just abducted him and impregnated him. #GoFigure??‍♀️ I just roll with it, but is jarring when it wasn't what you intended.

My first male sim that was abducted was an astronaut. It was when I first started playing TS4 winter 2019. I was shocked and excited. So Malcolm Landgraab (I changed him, made him good & biracial) became the father to an alien daughter.

I've had females abducted too, they are in the science career. When Dahlia Snooboo was abducted she came back started a rocket club and impregnated male sims. Bob Pancakes and Jako's wives just rolled with it and accepted the babies.

Also I would be very upset it they removed abductions from the game, it is one of the reasons why I purchased GTW. If it upsets you that much disable the EP.

No one is suggesting that they be completely removed. People are asking for a toggle so that they can choose to turn it off.

And it's unreasonable to expect someone to "disable the EP" when there are so many other far more important things in the EP. What's surprising is that you bought it *for* the abductions.

lots of people like the abductions just like they like killing sims and burglars
if you don't like them thats fine but be nice to other people on here
KatAnubis
Seasoned Ace
4 years ago
"luthienrising;c-17934319" wrote:
"MissSweetViolet;c-17934303" wrote:
I'll contact every news outlet I know, and start my own petition if I have to. This is serious, it's about the mental health of players who also happen to be assault victims. I will not be letting it go, if they think they got backlash over the shrines in snowy escape, just wait.

Given the really important PTSD context, I highly recommend contacting a SimGuru on Twitter to initiate a conversation about this, ask them who best to talk to about it. If you have personal experience, all the better. It's been a game feature since 2015, but later than that they started to take a more serious interest in equity issues and might well be more interested in a toggle addition now than they were. Do point out, if you contact them about this, that adding a mod is not an option for Console players.

I did that several days ago but have heard nothing (even though I sent it to multiple Gurus.) Sigh.
MissSweetViolet
4 years ago
Same, I tried posting a tweet asking if someone could message me, nothing.
qz4rmd0styky
Newcomer
4 months ago
I pressed M even while I was going up to the shuttle. I travelled to another place and returned. The aliens were gone.
I had to do this because one of my mods (too much work to find out which) crashed the game (end 2014).

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