Neighborhood Stories OFF button

This was only a sort of preliminary patch. The custom options will be coming in the next couple of patches, as I understand it. Right now, Sims who are friends with the current played household will call here and there asking if they should or shouldn't change something and the player makes the choice. The calls aren't any more frequent than before. I'm also a rotational player and I've been playing with various households and so far I haven't found anything aggressive nor any unwanted or unexpected alterations.

I also hated SP in Sims 3 so I'm very critical about this new development but so far everything is fine and for now, I feel okay about it.

Someone in another thread said you can silence sims phones and not get any phone calls that way. Maybe that can act as an off button?

"elanorbreton;c-18017438" wrote:
Someone in another thread said you can silence sims phones and not get any phone calls that way. Maybe that can act as an off button?

Silencing the phone won't prevent your sims from receiving phone calls and text messages. It just won't make a sound when they come.

Just say 'no' and nothing will change.

I believe an 'off' toggle will be coming at a later date.

"LiELF;c-18017376" wrote:
This was only a sort of preliminary patch. The custom options will be coming in the next couple of patches, as I understand it. Right now, Sims who are friends with the current played household will call here and there asking if they should or shouldn't change something and the player makes the choice. The calls aren't any more frequent than before. I'm also a rotational player and I've been playing with various households and so far I haven't found anything aggressive nor any unwanted or unexpected alterations.

I also hated SP in Sims 3 so I'm very critical about this new development but so far everything is fine and for now, I feel okay about it.

I agree it hasn't been too much for now. My problem is when they continue to add stuff to this system. I hope there is an awareness that not everyone wants story progression in their game. Frankly, I don't want to be bothered with the phone calls and I shouldn't have to deal with it. When implementing things like this on a base game level, they should always make it optional.

"loubyloulou;c-18017498" wrote:
Just say 'no' and nothing will change.

I believe an 'off' toggle will be coming at a later date.

Does no affect the relationship between the one who called and the one who answered? There were times I answered it is up to you and the other sim was like thanks for nothing. I didn't check to see if the relationship changed but I really hope they consider an off button sooner rather than later.

"keekee53;c-18017537" wrote:

"loubyloulou;c-18017498" wrote:
Just say 'no' and nothing will change.

I believe an 'off' toggle will be coming at a later date.

Does no affect the relationship between the one who called and the one who answered? There were times I answered it is up to you and the other sim was like thanks for nothing. I didn't check to see if the relationship changed but I really hope they consider an off button sooner rather than later.

I haven't updated my game yet but they should make an ignore option. These "thanks for nothing" replies sound like the game throwing a tantrum because you didn't play along. Someone posted this reply in another thread: "Make my own decisions? With no one to guide my actions? Why does this feel weird?"

"lunaoddity;c-18017548" wrote:

"keekee53;c-18017537" wrote:

"loubyloulou;c-18017498" wrote:
Just say 'no' and nothing will change.

I believe an 'off' toggle will be coming at a later date.

Does no affect the relationship between the one who called and the one who answered? There were times I answered it is up to you and the other sim was like thanks for nothing. I didn't check to see if the relationship changed but I really hope they consider an off button sooner rather than later.

I haven't updated my game yet but they should make an ignore option. "Thanks for nothing" replies sound like the game throwing a tantrum because you didn't play along. Someone posted this reply in another thread: "Make my own decisions? With no one to guide my actions? Why does this feel weird?"

Yes, this is a good point. I think the one thing the devs didn't offer is an "ignore" option or a way to "X out" of the pop up window. Then again, I suppose we don't actually have to answer the phone at all. Still, it would have been nice to have a failsafe way to just close the window with nothing changing, no decisions at all.

"LiELF;c-18017554" wrote:

"lunaoddity;c-18017548" wrote:

"keekee53;c-18017537" wrote:

"loubyloulou;c-18017498" wrote:
Just say 'no' and nothing will change.

I believe an 'off' toggle will be coming at a later date.

Does no affect the relationship between the one who called and the one who answered? There were times I answered it is up to you and the other sim was like thanks for nothing. I didn't check to see if the relationship changed but I really hope they consider an off button sooner rather than later.

I haven't updated my game yet but they should make an ignore option. "Thanks for nothing" replies sound like the game throwing a tantrum because you didn't play along. Someone posted this reply in another thread: "Make my own decisions? With no one to guide my actions? Why does this feel weird?"

Yes, this is a good point. I think the one thing the devs didn't offer is an "ignore" option or a way to "X out" of the pop up window. Then again, I suppose we don't actually have to answer the phone at all. Still, it would have been nice to have a failsafe way to just close the window with nothing changing, no decisions at all.

Then again, we can't ignore the chance cards from school/jobs/parenthood. :D

Edit: Those are different from sims "communicating" with each other. So hopefully we do get an option to simply close the pop up window.

"loubyloulou;c-18017498" wrote:
Just say 'no' and nothing will change.

I believe an 'off' toggle will be coming at a later date.

Saying No is not the same. For example, in another thread someone reported Jacques Villareal asking Morgan Fyres whether he should change his career. That man is a criminal mastermind and Morgan could be his daughter. The phonecall is character-breaking and therefore poses a serious problem for story-oriented players.

That's why I want an option for the game to skip households marked as played. A complete off switch would be even better, of course.