My Wedding Probl.... err, stories

"PriestessDreadful;d-1012271" wrote:
I did a search and could only find really out-of-date discussions regarding the My Wedding Stories pack, and rather than necro-posting, I thought it appropriate to start a new one.

I only bought the pack very recently after hardly playing Sims at all for months.

And I don't seem to be able to get it to work. Like some of the comments that I found in older threads, the guests don't seem to do what I want them to do. The panel at the top left of the screen that explains the activities that you should try to do is handy, but I simply can't work out HOW to do some of those things (like putting in the aisle before you can do the aisle walk etc). Some options didn't even seem to be there, like trying to do a toast.

I could not work out how to get the cake there either. And when I tried to send them to do their first dance, they wouldn't.

For those playing with My Wedding Stories, what hints did you pick up along the way? Did you need any mods to help things run more smoothly (I'd rather avoid that if possible)? And any other comments?

Hi @PriestessDreadful
I only got the pack after the problematic bugs were fixed, so this is my not-buggy experience :)
I like doing weddings with very few traditions. Usually I only have "say vows". And then we may or may not do other stuff during the actual event, if it seems like fun, but I don't have to worry about whether it happens or not.
I LOVE walking down the aisle! I just love it! I always felt like it was missing from basegame weddings.
I have not delved into the other events much at all (bach party, engagement party).

As to your questions:
Aisle, toasting bucket and other options are in build mode
The cake afaik has to be brought in the inventory of one of your played sims. If someone else knows another way feel free to share :) I have never used the cake as one of the official traditions so I may be missing something
First dance: this requires a lot of space, like, a lot. Use the largest of the dance floors. And even then they might still elect to go outside or something to find more free space. If the lot doesn't have much space anywhere the action will just fail
Getting guests to do what you want: these options are available by clicking on the aisle or the wedding arch ("take your seats", "time to eat", "gather for first dance" etc). However, be careful of the premade wedding lots, some of them have multiple aisles or multiple wedding arches and that creates confusion when trying to get the guests to do things. If you have a wedding at one of these lots go through it in build mode first and make sure there's only one aisle and only one arch.

The only bug I'm experiencing is that sims don't show up in the outfits chosen for them in the wedding event planning UI. I'm now in the habit of creating a second formal outfit for wedding wear, and changing them into that outfit when they arrive at the venue, it's pretty easy.