Packs you don't use at all?

So, hey everyone! There is apparently a bowling alley in this game. I've never seen it, seen screenshots of it, or used it. I know I own it.

I try to make sure I use all the packs I have - which is most of the game and expansion packs (except the most recent) and a few stuff packs. I don’t have any kits except the one we were given for free. I play rotationally and have at least one played household in each of the habitable worlds, and those households will try to focus on the theme of that world (so DSV families do acting/fame, Evergreen Harbor families are into eco stuff, etc). They all go on holidays frequently to the vacation and other worlds. I also have a list of which Sim is working on which career and aspiration, the aim being that I’ll eventually have played through all of them. I do something similar with skills (I have each Sim targeting specific skills beyond the everyday ones) so that I don’t forget some of the less obvious skills. I love all the content the packs bring and I don’t regret buying any of them - though I do only ever get them on sale.

And I really love Dine Out! I’m sad that some players find it too buggy to use - I have restaurants everywhere and meals out are frequent occurrences in my game. I used to have the problem of the chefs hanging around outside and not doing anything, but I learnt that that can be fixed really easily by resetting them. So when my Sims arrive at a restaurant, the first thing I do is to find the chefs and reset them (I think it’s from the menu you get with shift+click, with testingcheats enabled?). They then get on with their jobs more or less immediately, and my Sims can get on with finding a table. Of course, they don’t always stay sitting down at their table :) But I find that just slightly annoying and work round it - it never ruins the occasion.

@FreddyFox1234 i love dine out too. it needs a refresh and it is buggy but there are workarounds like resetting as you noted. i've always used restaurants in my saves. i highly recommend carl's dine out reloaded mod. his mod made me break my "no mods" rule. it makes restaurant gameplay what it should've been and includes a lot of bug fixes.

Get To Work is utilized the least for me...Never use the careers, my Sims always "Go to the hospital" alone and I never interact with Aliens or go to Sixam anymore.

The camping one. It's not my idea of fun.

Some of the CAS I use, but never gameplay.

Journey To Batuu. I don't even use the items.

I have bought or been gifted every single pack TS4 has to offer with the exception of four kits. Of those I own, I can't think of any that I haven't used at least a few assets in them. They all bring something to the table to make my gaming experience more enjoyable. Granted, some more than others, but I've played with or used something in all of them.. I bought these packs or requested them as gifts because I wanted to play with what they had to offer. Why would I have a pack I wouldn't use at all? It would just be a waste of money and RAM usage possibly contributing to lag otherwise. :)

"KHS12;c-18224106" wrote:
Get To Work is utilized the least for me...Never use the careers, my Sims always "Go to the hospital" alone and I never interact with Aliens or go to Sixam anymore.

Forgot about that one. Tried it once as a very brief experiment shortly after it came out. Only other time was when I wanted to play one of own sims and she was at the police station. Must have been some sort of background thing while playing a different sim. Was curious so checked it out. Sim had nearly full police functionality and could roam the lot at will. That was several years ago and not happened since.

I like to play active elements of the medical career in GTW now and then but I rarely use the police or scientist careers - I think the police one might be somewhat bugged, and aliens (my least favourite occult in the game) constantly show up if you play an active scientist. I enjoy playing actor sims in Get Famous but that one has been bugged for me as well so I've had to use it sparingly.

Only one I don't use is the modern "menswear" kit. Got it for my female sims but since it doensn't show up in the female categories I forget it exists.