Likes and Dislikes

My sim wont like something if they do it while they're in a bad mood... and mostly it has nothing to do with the activity but more with the environnement or what happened before. So I go with the flow according to how I imagine the sim and what he seems to really like or not.

I set them up when I make the sim. My first response I mixed up the wants and desires with the likes and dislikes.

I turn them off every time I play. I would leave them on but I'm not going to spend reward points to cancel the ones I won't have my sim do.

usually I just have already set all their likes and dislikes as i want them and i don't want to make changes as i play because it often is not in alignment with their traits and lore n such

therefore that pop up mostly gets spam treatment

it drives me crazy when sims sometimes gain likes and dislikes when I am not playing them and game comes up with nonsense things like Marcus Flex that dislikes fitness like hmn? why tho?

I use Lotharihoe's Automatic preferences mod. It decides for me.

I never, or very very rarely, give my sims likes or dislikes in CAS anyway. Once their in the story and the popup comes along I will decide then based on personality and story. I probably dismiss more than I allow, especially dislikes. Any like or dislike that is about decor is automatically thrown out. It drives me nuts when sims drop what they're doing to rant or rave about the furniture or decorations. Let's stay focused here guys and gals, the story isn't about the mid-century sofa or French country dining set.

I have a pretty clear picture of what my Sims strive to achieve, what skills they need to reach that goal so if I have someone who need to be handy to fill its role in the household, I can't have them dislike handiness. On the other hand I might not care what kind of music they like

I don't even feel bad for my sims that I pick everything, I give my sims a long life, I'm a nice god now with an older head ? and I don't trap them In pools and lock them in a room when it's burning anymore ??, at 12 years old I was a wee murderous psycho with my sims ??

I assign Likes in each category when Sims are in CAS. They each get one favorite color, two music types, and five to seven activities based on their aspiration and traits. I don't assign any Dislikes for colors or activities. I do say no to music styles that I don't like.

:) wowwww

@PenguinFoop The way I do it is to set likes/dislikes manually but leave room for the game experience to suggest something. For example, if it's a child I will manually pick about 10 likes/dislikes if it's an adult I will pick 12 to 15 likes/dislikes. This leaves room for the game to suggest things that I can either deny or allow.