Please: Remove the "Idle Chat"!

The "Idle chat" is when a NPC starts a chat with any sims (your played sims or another NPC). I know many simmers know what I'm talking about. Many of them use this definition: Idle Chat. I do not like this feature, it was added at some point. I was waiting for EA-Maxis team to fix it or remove it! But nothing. I'm tired of it and with DU I really had enough. Here are some of the issues with this Idle Chat:

1. The idle chat is useless, your sims do not make acquataince of the sims who start this empty chat, it will not fill your social needs.

2. Worst: the idle chat breaks your action queu. If you are at a huge map (Sulani, Windenburg, Uni maps) and your sim is target for a idle chat, well, go and make you a cup of coffee because even if you cancel the action it will take some sims minutes to be actually canceled. Usually the chating sim is at the most distant point from your sim.

3. At huge maps the idle chat is the culprit of some lag issues and weird glitches (Sulani, wink, wink!)

4. At University idle chat is a culprit for your sims going late to their classes. Worst: if your sims try to do their work a roommate is ready to start the idle chat! (OMG even the librarians are doing this).

5. At Foxbury (DU) idle chat is a culprit for the glitchy stairs!

6. Are your sims on a date! Forget about it, the idle chat will ruin the event.

7. Idle chat is an infamous net at bars and nightclubs: I saw up to 10 sims trapped in this idle chat in front of the DJ or the barman. This sims do not do anything but bla bla bla chat, they do not dance, listen to music, drink their beverages or use any other stuff that is at the lot. Worst: if the barman or any sim needs to go out, bam! all the trapped sims are reset (T shape), they throw their drinks or look like they are lost. As I'm playing Sims 4 since day one I know this lots were really fun before, and sims always, ALWAYS, used all the stuff before the idle chat feature.

All of these are some examples, they are many features that are interrupted because of the idle chat. I want to believe this feature was implemented to give "more life" to the game. It is not working! This feature is killing the gameplay.

Please, Ea-Maxis, anyone, fix it, lower it down, but if this is not possible just remove the Idle Chat from Sims 4.

Thanks.

feedback

Nindigo79
Seasoned Novice
5 years ago
My biggest problem with idle chat is that it happens among hated enemies in between insults, and also overwrites a Sim's action queue as well.
CherryBerryCloud
5 years ago
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CherryBerryCloud
5 years ago
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logionX
Seasoned Hotshot
5 years ago
I worry that if Maxis removes idle chat, then that would break the immersion even more because most sims does not know each other. The mod "Have some personality please" does remove idle chat, so I would use that.

I completely agree on the issue where sims want to idle chat with you from a mile away though... if closing the conversation by clicking on it in the lower left does not work, then if you play with testingcheats on, you can try shift-clicking your sim and click reset, that will solve most issues where the game locks your sim from doing anything.
Nindigo79
Seasoned Novice
5 years ago
One thing that infuriates me is when an NPC decides to chat your Sim up, but you cannot cancel it from the action queue. That gets me twitching. I don't want any forced actions on my Sim.

I don't mind regular idle chatter in a public space where it would be normal, as I find that pretty natural and immersive. I'm not a control freak. It's just a few specific situations that bother me.
DeKaythePUNK
Seasoned Vanguard
5 years ago
I've never had a bit problem with this idle chat thing. When did they add it in? I thought npcs coming to chat with my sims have always been there at community lots since the beginning. ?
loubyloulou
Seasoned Novice
5 years ago
The idle chat drives me nuts too, particularly in restaurants and gyms. To manage it, I use MCCC (the cheat that forces a Sim to leave a lot) and Zero's mod. But here's hoping that Maxis tunes this down at some point.
Babykittyjade
Rising Observer
5 years ago
I sadly have to agree. It's not that i want them totally anti social but all they want to do in community lots is chat chat chat. And I cancel cancel cancel. Which takes forever. The worst is when enemies idle chat after mean interactions and I desperately try to cancel but they start making friends again. ?
Other times I'm trying to set up poses for my storyline. Idle chat idle chat.
I don't think they should take it away entirely but tone it down. That's why I feel like townies have no life. They just want to chat which dominates everything else. It just needs balance. I might download that mod but I try to keep mods and cc to a minimum to avoid problems and last exceptions. So that's annoying ?
LiELF
Seasoned Ace
5 years ago
I agree, it's so annoying! Trying to get two Sims to have arguments or get into a fight is a struggle because the idle chat keeps trying to make everyone friends and live happily ever after. I had a Sim from the opposing University come onto campus to deface the statue and I sent one of my mean Sims to pick a fight but between every interaction they were suddenly pleasantly chatting. It's ridiculous.

And I've had the group T-pose reset a few times in my dorm as well. The idle chatting just escalates until it's out of control.
ChampandGirlie
New Spectator
5 years ago
Ok, I'll admit that I like this. It makes places feel lively and I like to have various sims interact with each other. I get the frustration at awkward moments like heading to a class but venues are supposed to be lively. I'd rather they are chatting than that they just sit around silently.

Sure, it might be good to add new random animations for them. That might make the game feel a bit fresher. I don't mind some chat though.