Point of alien disguises?

The disguises are never really required, but it is nice if a sim does choose to keep other sims from figuring out who they really are. I know in the past sims games players have wanted this as an option.

I sometimes use disguises for my alien sims, especially since undisguised aliens don’t seem to leave the house when I’m playing other households unless it’s a club gathering.

I think they’re mostly there so unplayed aliens can look human? It’s partially so they can be discovered, and I know a loud minority of players really hate sims that are obviously not human.

What they said.
I wish there was an option to delete the disguise like you can the vampire dark form. I don't use the dark form and I didn't use the alien disguise. I make my Sims the way I want them to look all the time.
We should also be able to opt out of the whole alien discovery thing if we want to. I had a married couple with 100% relationship, two kids, never disguised my alien. And one day out of the blue her wife "discovered" she was an alien and divorced her. I haven't played with one since and won't unless I can disable that. Totally ruined a life state for me that used to be a favorite. They are the only reason I bought GTW too.

"Simmerville;c-17272947" wrote:
I never played ts4 aliens. The disguise - does it mean that some non-played sims that my sims meet can actually be aliens in disguise? I hope not...

Yes it does. Although I've really only encountered them on Sixam or Alien night at a bar. I haven't come across any (that I have noticed) just around town.

"lisamwitt;c-17272925" wrote:
What they said.
I wish there was an option to delete the disguise like you can the vampire dark form. I don't use the dark form and I didn't use the alien disguise. I make my Sims the way I want them to look all the time.
We should also be able to opt out of the whole alien discovery thing if we want to. I had a married couple with 100% relationship, two kids, never disguised my alien. And one day out of the blue her wife "discovered" she was an alien and divorced her. I haven't played with one since and won't unless I can disable that. Totally ruined a life state for me that used to be a favorite. They are the only reason I bought GTW too.

I agree. It’s especially annoying because since the Island Living pre-patch they always show as their disguise in the manage world/library.

And yeah I needed to get a mod to stop the xenophobia. It’s especially annoying because sims are all “how dare they not tell me!” but I don’t think there’s actually a way to tell sims?

I love the disguises. I have mccc set to force aliens into their disguise. I don't mind the existence of aliens but at the same time I don't like seeing green and blue people walking around in my game.

"QueenMercy;c-17272966" wrote:

"lisamwitt;c-17272925" wrote:
What they said.
I wish there was an option to delete the disguise like you can the vampire dark form. I don't use the dark form and I didn't use the alien disguise. I make my Sims the way I want them to look all the time.
We should also be able to opt out of the whole alien discovery thing if we want to. I had a married couple with 100% relationship, two kids, never disguised my alien. And one day out of the blue her wife "discovered" she was an alien and divorced her. I haven't played with one since and won't unless I can disable that. Totally ruined a life state for me that used to be a favorite. They are the only reason I bought GTW too.

I agree. It’s especially annoying because since the Island Living pre-patch they always show as their disguise in the manage world/library.

And yeah I needed to get a mod to stop the xenophobia. It’s especially annoying because sims are all “how dare they not tell me!” but I don’t think there’s actually a way to tell sims?

You got that horrible bug too, I miss seeing my aliens in household management. Dividing a group of aliens in to different groups is so frustrating.

I just recently “clicked” the me too-button over on EA bug-section. We were 30 simmers last time I checked. Will come back to this post and link to it when I get home. On the bus now.

Wish we could disable disguises because I have never used them and now they are really making aliens difficult to play with.

Thanks everyone. Seems like it's a personal preference to use them and not really needed.

@SilentKitty , thank you for offering to provide the bug link. I haven't had GTW very long and wondered why the aliens showed in their disguises in household management. I will do the Me too also.

"SilentKitty;c-17273065" wrote:

"QueenMercy;c-17272966" wrote:

"lisamwitt;c-17272925" wrote:
What they said.
I wish there was an option to delete the disguise like you can the vampire dark form. I don't use the dark form and I didn't use the alien disguise. I make my Sims the way I want them to look all the time.
We should also be able to opt out of the whole alien discovery thing if we want to. I had a married couple with 100% relationship, two kids, never disguised my alien. And one day out of the blue her wife "discovered" she was an alien and divorced her. I haven't played with one since and won't unless I can disable that. Totally ruined a life state for me that used to be a favorite. They are the only reason I bought GTW too.

I agree. It’s especially annoying because since the Island Living pre-patch they always show as their disguise in the manage world/library.

And yeah I needed to get a mod to stop the xenophobia. It’s especially annoying because sims are all “how dare they not tell me!” but I don’t think there’s actually a way to tell sims?

You got that horrible bug too, I miss seeing my aliens in household management. Dividing a group of aliens in to different groups is so frustrating.

I just recently “clicked” the me too-button over on EA bug-section. We were 30 simmers last time I checked. Will come back to this post and link to it when I get home. On the bus now.

Wish we could disable disguises because I have never used them and now they are really making aliens difficult to play with.

Here: https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/UNSURE-GTW-V-Non-disguised-Occults-showing-disguise-in/m-p/7958833#M92320

It’s probably so mermaids don’t show up in their true form, especially since they’re not revealed by default like vampires. I still don’t like it though.

Also why don’t the new lifestates show up as part of a relationship panel thing? It’s weird that even if you know someone is a mermaid it still doesn’t say that, but you can immediately know a vampire’s rank, and if you “discover” an alien that also shows up.

"lisamwitt;c-17272925" wrote:
What they said.
I wish there was an option to delete the disguise like you can the vampire dark form. I don't use the dark form and I didn't use the alien disguise. I make my Sims the way I want them to look all the time.
We should also be able to opt out of the whole alien discovery thing if we want to. I had a married couple with 100% relationship, two kids, never disguised my alien. And one day out of the blue her wife "discovered" she was an alien and divorced her. I haven't played with one since and won't unless I can disable that. Totally ruined a life state for me that used to be a favorite. They are the only reason I bought GTW too.

Interesting, I didn't know in all this time TS4 has story progression and can make your Sims get divorces. I know one of the mods does this but didn't think the game would. I wouldn't want that type of SP.