Kind of annoyed at the scared emotion
Anyone else isn't crazy about the new scared emotion? If you don't play the new stuff pack, the sims just get scares for dumb reasons and start screaming at others. I rather have them go back to being...
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The entire point of having your Sim live in a haunted house is to challenge their fears and find a way to overcome them to be able to live acceptably with the ghosts.
That's the purpose and design of the Paranormal pack. Not to live with Caspar the friendly ghost while life continues as normal.
If you're not doing anything to ease your Sim's fear or de-escalate the hauntings, like taking a cautious shower, hiding under the bed covers, removing spirit symbols and objects, trying to appease ghosts with gifts, etc...you are going to have a hard time controlling what's happening and things will be chaotic. This is by design. You, the player, must put effort into resolving these challenges in order for your Sim to live a somewhat peaceful existence. If you allow Guidry to hang around nightly and talk to him, he will not only give you tips, he will sometimes help get rid of haunted objects. But if you were expecting to be able to just have your Sims live in a haunted house and have everything be fine and normal, you were mistaken and this pack isn't for you.
I've had Sims going to school just fine. Sometimes their needs are lower and they're a little stressed out, but this actually makes complete sense. I do not play with any mods in my game. If you do and you've been having issues despite putting in the proper efforts, it's probably something in your mods. If you've been putting in the proper efforts to get your Sims' fears under control and their work/school is still consistently disrupted, you might have a bug. If you just don't like having your Sims be scared all the time, this pack isn't for you, change the lot type back to a normal residential, and move on.
The Scared emotion is fine and if I think it needs any tuning, it's because I think Vampires and Spellcasters need to also inflict fear with their aggressive actions and Sims need more fears and phobias to choose from. I think it needs more influence, and more options for playing with it, not less. It's the most fun and challenging emotion in the game.
That's the purpose and design of the Paranormal pack. Not to live with Caspar the friendly ghost while life continues as normal.
If you're not doing anything to ease your Sim's fear or de-escalate the hauntings, like taking a cautious shower, hiding under the bed covers, removing spirit symbols and objects, trying to appease ghosts with gifts, etc...you are going to have a hard time controlling what's happening and things will be chaotic. This is by design. You, the player, must put effort into resolving these challenges in order for your Sim to live a somewhat peaceful existence. If you allow Guidry to hang around nightly and talk to him, he will not only give you tips, he will sometimes help get rid of haunted objects. But if you were expecting to be able to just have your Sims live in a haunted house and have everything be fine and normal, you were mistaken and this pack isn't for you.
I've had Sims going to school just fine. Sometimes their needs are lower and they're a little stressed out, but this actually makes complete sense. I do not play with any mods in my game. If you do and you've been having issues despite putting in the proper efforts, it's probably something in your mods. If you've been putting in the proper efforts to get your Sims' fears under control and their work/school is still consistently disrupted, you might have a bug. If you just don't like having your Sims be scared all the time, this pack isn't for you, change the lot type back to a normal residential, and move on.
The Scared emotion is fine and if I think it needs any tuning, it's because I think Vampires and Spellcasters need to also inflict fear with their aggressive actions and Sims need more fears and phobias to choose from. I think it needs more influence, and more options for playing with it, not less. It's the most fun and challenging emotion in the game.
