So Yay, in that I'm glad we finally got something like, the likes and dislikes feature meant to enhance gameplay. Only now, just like with some things EA adds to the game, it comes with an annoying issue. Such as during gameplay, the game keeps stopping to open a message box asking if you want to work on some random (or not so random) sims likes and dislikes. Which makes no sense. Now imagine if you have family of sims along with the Parenting Sim Game pack where you already get annoying message boxes asking how you want to discipline or advise your kids every few minutes. Ughh...Not sure if EA play tested this likes and dislikes feature before adding it or not. But I hope they will adjust this new feature so it stops doing that. Also, the game seems to be also now acting more buggy and lagging in a way I haven't experienced before. I tried to play it the other day and gave up after twenty minutes of it freezing and seeing all of these message boxes keep coming up every five to ten minutes.Does anyone else find this part of the likes and dis-likes addition annoying, lol? Problems with this addition may have been brought up before, but not sure if anyone mentioned this particular issue.

The pop-ups usually annoy me, too. I wish it was an option within a notification instead and didn’t interrupt the game. I get these pop-ups when any of my played sims are doing activities that trigger them on the lot, even if they are visiting. I’m glad to have that level of control but it takes me offguard and I would rather it happen less intrusively. I think this kind of thing definitely contributes to lag. I notice the game slow down and then a bunch of things happen all at once, like multiple chance cards for sims at school or work, plus those career phone calls. It’s like they were all coded in to happen at the same time of day instead of randomly at other times. Recently there has been a new thing happening for me where it gets choppy even when paused or in bb. But if you click the ellipses where the save options are, do nothing and go back, it clears it up for whatever reason.

Pop ups less so than sims still autonomously doing things they dislike and then being tense about it. I love that there seems to be more autonomy with the likes but gosh can they stop doing things they don’t like lol. Pop ups can be a pain as well though but I haven’t had enough of them to really bother me. But they should do something more than once for the pop up to occur. Cooking or working out once doesn’t mean your sim likes those things. I also don’t like the odd glitch where you pop ups for unplayed sims nearby. As far as lag I haven’t noticed much worse than normal other than the occasional random spike. But I could see lag worsening with this.

They probably could have been notifications but many wanted their sims being more lively, for their actions to matter more so if they are switched that would be better than not being there at all. Things like that don't bother me so hard to say for anyone else.

I wouldn't mind the pop ups so much if they were for sims in my active household.Problem is, in my game, I rarely get pop ups about likes/dislikes for my active household. Instead, I get them every few seconds for households I don't actively play. This past weekend, I clicked through pop ups for close to an hour asking if every sim in my town liked fitness - none of the other likes/dislikes, JUST fitness, and ONLY for sims I wasn't actively playing. This happened while my active family was on a community lot, specifically a park. I wasn't able to actually play the game with that happening every few seconds. Gameplay became all about clicking through pop ups about what my NPCs like and dislike, so...I gave up and sent my sims home. At least there, the kids could play in the backyard in peace. It happened again when they went to a club. I had an influx of pop ups about whether or not every sim on the lot I WASN'T playing liked dancing.I've gotten ONE like/dislike pop up for my active household. The rest have been for NPCs. Yes, they're sims I created...but not sims I actively play.They need to tweak like/dislike pop ups to trigger based on the ACTIVE household only and not every household you've ever created. I created replacement households for all the premades, so I'm constantly spammed with pop ups about the likes/dislikes of every sim I created to replace premade NPCs. I kept them all marked as "played" households so they wouldn't get culled, but that's going to be problematic now since likes/dislikes pop ups seem to be tied to all played households instead of the active household. Seems like getting pop ups for the active household only would have made a little more sense. #DoingItWrong, amiright? :/

"babajayne;c-17903262" wrote:The pop-ups usually annoy me, too. I wish it was an option within a notification instead and didn’t interrupt the game. I get these pop-ups when any of my played sims are doing activities that trigger them on the lot, even if they are visiting. I’m glad to have that level of control but it takes me offguard and I would rather it happen less intrusively. I think this kind of thing definitely contributes to lag. I notice the game slow down and then a bunch of things happen all at once, like multiple chance cards for sims at school or work, plus those career phone calls. It’s like they were all coded in to happen at the same time of day instead of randomly at other times. Recently there has been a new thing happening for me where it gets choppy even when paused or in bb. But if you click the ellipses where the save options are, do nothing and go back, it clears it up for whatever reason. Exactly. Hey, that's a good idea. If it popped up in the notification, that would definitely be less intrusive than having the screen frozen.

Likes and Dis-likes, Yay! But there's at least one problem

29 Replies

babajayne
Seasoned Ace
4 years ago
The pop-ups usually annoy me, too. I wish it was an option within a notification instead and didn’t interrupt the game. I get these pop-ups when any of my played sims are doing activities that trigger them on the lot, even if they are visiting. I’m glad to have that level of control but it takes me offguard and I would rather it happen less intrusively.

I think this kind of thing definitely contributes to lag. I notice the game slow down and then a bunch of things happen all at once, like multiple chance cards for sims at school or work, plus those career phone calls. It’s like they were all coded in to happen at the same time of day instead of randomly at other times.

Recently there has been a new thing happening for me where it gets choppy even when paused or in bb. But if you click the ellipses where the save options are, do nothing and go back, it clears it up for whatever reason.
akl1226
Seasoned Ace
4 years ago
Pop ups less so than sims still autonomously doing things they dislike and then being tense about it. I love that there seems to be more autonomy with the likes but gosh can they stop doing things they don’t like lol.

Pop ups can be a pain as well though but I haven’t had enough of them to really bother me. But they should do something more than once for the pop up to occur. Cooking or working out once doesn’t mean your sim likes those things. I also don’t like the odd glitch where you pop ups for unplayed sims nearby.

As far as lag I haven’t noticed much worse than normal other than the occasional random spike. But I could see lag worsening with this.
Reddestiny921
Legend
4 years ago
They probably could have been notifications but many wanted their sims being more lively, for their actions to matter more so if they are switched that would be better than not being there at all. Things like that don't bother me so hard to say for anyone else.
BitterBubbly
Rising Veteran
4 years ago
I wouldn't mind the pop ups so much if they were for sims in my active household.

Problem is, in my game, I rarely get pop ups about likes/dislikes for my active household.

Instead, I get them every few seconds for households I don't actively play.

This past weekend, I clicked through pop ups for close to an hour asking if every sim in my town liked fitness - none of the other likes/dislikes, JUST fitness, and ONLY for sims I wasn't actively playing.

This happened while my active family was on a community lot, specifically a park. I wasn't able to actually play the game with that happening every few seconds. Gameplay became all about clicking through pop ups about what my NPCs like and dislike, so...I gave up and sent my sims home. At least there, the kids could play in the backyard in peace.

It happened again when they went to a club. I had an influx of pop ups about whether or not every sim on the lot I WASN'T playing liked dancing.

I've gotten ONE like/dislike pop up for my active household. The rest have been for NPCs. Yes, they're sims I created...but not sims I actively play.

They need to tweak like/dislike pop ups to trigger based on the ACTIVE household only and not every household you've ever created. I created replacement households for all the premades, so I'm constantly spammed with pop ups about the likes/dislikes of every sim I created to replace premade NPCs. I kept them all marked as "played" households so they wouldn't get culled, but that's going to be problematic now since likes/dislikes pop ups seem to be tied to all played households instead of the active household.

Seems like getting pop ups for the active household only would have made a little more sense.

#DoingItWrong, amiright? :/
Zmias1
Seasoned Ace
4 years ago
"babajayne;c-17903262" wrote:
The pop-ups usually annoy me, too. I wish it was an option within a notification instead and didn’t interrupt the game. I get these pop-ups when any of my played sims are doing activities that trigger them on the lot, even if they are visiting. I’m glad to have that level of control but it takes me offguard and I would rather it happen less intrusively.

I think this kind of thing definitely contributes to lag. I notice the game slow down and then a bunch of things happen all at once, like multiple chance cards for sims at school or work, plus those career phone calls. It’s like they were all coded in to happen at the same time of day instead of randomly at other times.

Recently there has been a new thing happening for me where it gets choppy even when paused or in bb. But if you click the ellipses where the save options are, do nothing and go back, it clears it up for whatever reason.

Exactly. Hey, that's a good idea. If it popped up in the notification, that would definitely be less intrusive than having the screen frozen.
Zmias1
Seasoned Ace
4 years ago
"BitterBubbly;c-17903370" wrote:
I wouldn't mind the pop ups so much if they were for sims in my active household.

Seems like getting pop ups for the active household only would have made a little more sense.

#DoingItWrong, amiright? :/

Right, that's what I mean. It would at least make more sense if it's about the sims household you are already playing and you may even feel encouraged to fill out their likes and dislikes while playin that household
BitterBubbly
Rising Veteran
4 years ago
"MsKatieRose;c-17903499" wrote:
"BitterBubbly;c-17903370" wrote:
I wouldn't mind the pop ups so much if they were for sims in my active household.

Seems like getting pop ups for the active household only would have made a little more sense.

#DoingItWrong, amiright? :/

Right, that's what I mean. It would at least make more sense if it's about the sims household you are already playing and you may even feel encouraged to fill out their likes and dislikes while playin that household

That MIGHT get fixed eventually. I'm betting it's something (one of many things) that didn't get tested prior to release.

There's a post in this thread of a Twitter conversation between a fellow Simmer and a SimGuru about this issue, and the Guru's response was "eeeks, no - you're not supposed to be getting those from Sims you're not actively playing. We'll look into that."

Just depends on whether they consider "actively playing" as the current active household or any household marked as a "played household." Hoping it's the former, because getting pop ups for every sim I've ever created is a touch disruptive. I completely replaced the entire population of Windenburg with a bunch of 8 sim households I created - like, I filled EVERY lot. I loaded each of those families long enough to assign beds, set skill levels, etc., so they all count as "played" households.

I'll pop in on those "minor character" families once a week or so just to make sure everything's cool, but aside from that, I only actively play my main family, so I'm getting pop ups for over 100 sims I don't actively play right now. It's not OK. :p
LadyGray01
Seasoned Ace
4 years ago
Strange, I have 3 played households and I haven't seen a single popup for this.

Maybe it's affected by how many Sims have likes/dislikes assigned? I've only assigned them to my main Sim that I'm actually playing with and I've made a point to NOT ask townies theirs because I didn't want them all having the same ones.
Or maybe it's because I picked all 20 and didn't leave any open? I also have autonomy off for the selected Sim, so she can't do things she hates.
Or because I don't own the new pack? Or it's just my luck so far...
Zmias1
Seasoned Ace
4 years ago
"Akl500P;c-17903275" wrote:
Pop ups less so than sims still autonomously doing things they dislike and then being tense about it. I love that there seems to be more autonomy with the likes but gosh can they stop doing things they don’t like lol.

Oh wow, I haven't noticed that in my game so far, lol.
BitterBubbly
Rising Veteran
4 years ago
"Akl500P;c-17903275" wrote:
Pop ups less so than sims still autonomously doing things they dislike and then being tense about it. I love that there seems to be more autonomy with the likes but gosh can they stop doing things they don’t like lol.

I had this happen last night actually. My active household ran into my SimSelf at a club while they were out and about. SimMe dislikes dancing, but I was dancing anyway, looking all grouchy and complaining to Bella Goth the whole time. :D