8 years ago

Let Sims wear their assigned CAS outfits instead of weird situational ones, please

So ever since the latest patch (on November 7) was released, Sims have been wearing these strange, all but ridiculous outfits at nightclubs. I immediately made a bug report about this; I didn't care much about these outfits being worn at festivals as there was an easy fix and I didn't visit festivals that much anyway, but to have these outfits be worn by our own Sims at nightclubs, I really did not like that. So I was entirely sure that this was a bug - after all, every Sim was forced to wear strange hats and glasses and they simply looked utterly ridiculous. However, I was then told that this was actually "by design." I don't mind townies walking around in strange clothes, but premades and our own Sims actually have outfits assigned to them in CAS, so WHY are they forced to wear these clothes? Why can't they just wear their assigned outfits instead of these ones, which I think I can say with certainty nobody asked for nor wants?

Here's the bug report on EA: https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/OPEN-Weirdly-dress-NPCs-at-festivals-night-clubs-parties/td-p/6403878

I'm quite angered by the fact that these outfits are "by design," as I DON'T want to see my own Sims walk around in such ridiculous clothes. I was told that since this isn't a bug, I should post my opinion about this in the feedback section. So my opinion here is: please, for the love of god, let Sims wear the outfits we assigned for them at nightclubs but also any other venue, instead of these situational outfits with forced hats and glasses that look like circus wear. Why do we even have the option to assign outfits to our Sims if they aren't going to be used?

https://i.imgur.com/oGBJvDQ.png

I'd much rather my Sim (the guy on the left) look like this...

Spoiler

https://i.imgur.com/b7n6yho.png

...than this, which is what he initially showed up. I had to let my Sim ask to see his assigned party outfit to change it.

Spoiler

https://i.imgur.com/YqWx9O3.png

EDIT: A SimGuru has confirmed that this was not actually intentional, and they are currently working on a fix where Sims show up in party outfits at nightclubs.

ANOTHER LATE EDIT (sorry for being so horribly lazy with keeping this post up to date): The issue where Sims wore ridiculous outfits at nightclubs and parties was fixed in the last patch (Dec. 12); Sims should now be wearing their assigned party outfits. Romance festivals outfits also don't look as horrible anymore, but there are still Simmers not happy about the fact that their Sims' outfits are changed at all (for the Romance festival).

rucolasheep
8 years ago
ABSOLUTELY !!!
nicklebuh
8 years ago
This is one of the worst design decisions the team has made. Seriously, what were they thinking? If it weren't for MC Command Center, I would probably uninstall the game for this ridiculous "feature" alone.
simooon2002
8 years ago
You said there is an easy fix for the weird outfits at festival. What is that fix?
fullspiral
8 years ago
It has to be stopped! I am tired of all the strange outfits. Now at clubs too!

It should NOT be a game feature or "by design" !

Please fix this!

This is what they did to my well-dressed, quiet but friendly, owner of a fine dining establishment! He would NEVER go out in public like that!

Leave MY sims alone!!

https://i.imgur.com/eQxR2Y2.png
GenesizTaz
8 years ago
This is my first post. I'm usually just a lurker but I really had to say something about this.

I absolutely agree with everything the OP has said. This "design" is unnecessary, ridicules and forced on players. This makes the party outfits mostly obsolete now. More options and more customization will always be a win for me, which I think most simmers will agree with.

I always wanted customized dress codes for venues in the sims. The way we can customize a dress code for our restaurants is what I want for all public venues (nightclub, lounges, bars, etc). If modders can make this possible for simmers with dress code mods, I cant see why paid professionals at EA can not do the same.

Please fix this. I am one of those simmers who cares a lot on how all my sims look in town. This game design feature is forcibly assaulting my eyes and my way of playing.

I just want to dress my sims the I want them to dress.
GenesizTaz
8 years ago
I wanted to edit my last post because of typos but I can't. So I'll say it here. It is ridiculous and I just want to dress my sims the way I want them to dress.
Fierande
8 years ago
"simgame;c-16155627" wrote:
You said there is an easy fix for the weird outfits at festival. What is that fix?

If you have MC Command Center, there's a setting to make sure Sims wear their normal everyday clothes at festivals. I haven't put MCC back into my game after the patch broke it so I'm not sure, but I sure hope that I can use MCC to change these outfits at nightclubs too. But like others have said, I'm very disappointed that we need modders at all to make our Sims look actually decent. :expressionless:
astridentanja
8 years ago
I’m 100% with you here and your example pictures should convince the devs without a second of hesitation. Is there even one simmer who likes this in their game? Maybe you could start a poll, see how that turns out and present it to the creators. I really genuinely don’t understand what they are thinking sometimes.
unseenlarks
8 years ago
thank you for creating the thread, @lottevdbrug.

i've brought this up recently and was told that it was by design, that it was how NPCs always behaved when the game spawned them. well. all i can say is, i take my Sims to the same venue almost daily (storyline rules, ha) and never before this patch have i seen this ubiquitous hat-glasses combo on everyone. i don't understand why the game has to generate an extra outfit. it seems like more (unnecessary) work.

many of my unplayed households meet my active Sims there, so i certainly remember the outfits i chose for them. also, since i only own the base game and the Fitness SP, you can imagine it gets boring in there soon. i'd rather avoid a "how dare you wear the same feather hat as me?" fight.

thank you.
Faridah69
8 years ago
O.k., that's it. I'm done !

I cancel my preorder for the console version, because we won't be able to use mods. And I would like to have a sim game, where I CAN CHOOSE the way my sims are looking !!!

This is disgusting, honestly. If the devs love to have clowns in their game, fine. They can have them, but why I have to play it the same way ?