I play one adult and and 4 alien children/toddlers and have never used the disguises, as I enjoy seeing them in their alien form. Is there ever a time when a disguise would be required or preferable?

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?

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SilentK008
Seasoned Newcomer
5 years ago
Ahh :)

Swung round to add the link and hey it is already here. Awesome!!

Looks like it is 34 of us now so I guess it isn't a common thing, or people don't know it is a bug. Oh well, I will visit this page again every now and then so that people know that it exists and can go by the EA-site and add their voice.
GalacticGal
Seasoned Ace
5 years ago
My Sims 4 Legacy Challenge Gen. 3 Heir was abducted. He had a set of twins, a boy and a girl. These two were very nervous and felt way more comfortable in disguise, until their father's brother took them out to Alien Night at the bar to meet others who looked like them. Problem was the twins were a lovely shade of lavender, whereas the others were either green or blue. His 'plan' worked in that the twins didn't use their disguises so much after a few trips to said bar on the designated night.

I don't see a point in the disguise, myself. To me it's just about as useful as the 'celebrity disguise' which never worked for my celebrity Sim. LOL His fans knew him, no matter what he wore. ;)
RouenSims
Seasoned Rookie
5 years ago
Disguises seem pretty useless to me. I like my Sims to look like themselves. Plus I played one alien who actually tried to disguise himself, and someone figured out that he was an alien within about ten minutes anyway.
Hermitgirl
New Spectator
5 years ago
I love the disguises. I usually have my aliens wear their human suits. Mostly because I'm playing take over the world or infiltrate and pass on their genes kind of storylines with them.
I wish they weren't discovered so easily though. I actually wish they would never be discovered unless they chose to reveal themselves because it's kind of irritating when it happens and doesn't happen in a way that helps or hurts my world domination story lines.. it's just an irritant mostly, so if they took that discovery away completely I wouldn't mind.
Freechheit
5 years ago
"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.

This issue should be fixed with the latest patch. :smiley: @QueenMercy @SilentKitty
gamertherapy
5 years ago
Haha, I had a Sim married to an Alien lady and had two kids before I even knew there were disguises! I wouldn't want to cover up the aliens in my game. I like having blue and green peeps out and about, making life more interesting. :) But my male human sim was dead in love with her, as she was, and knew she was an alien from the start. Not sure how or why a "discover" thing didn't happen, or else it happened when he met her and was for him, part of her charms.
ck213
Seasoned Scout
5 years ago
"CaprianaB;d-967410" wrote:
I play one adult and and 4 alien children/toddlers and have never used the disguises, as I enjoy seeing them in their alien form.

Is there ever a time when a disguise would be required or preferable?

I like to keep my supernaturals "underground".
They keep their supernatural abilities hidden from society, so my aliens are always in disguise and only reveal themselves to people they trust.
Simmerville
Seasoned Ace
5 years ago
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...
Freechheit
5 years ago
"CaprianaB;d-967410" wrote:

Is there ever a time when a disguise would be required or preferable?

I think there is a work task in the science career, where you have to discover disguised aliens. But that's all I can think about, gameplaywise.

"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?

There is a bug report for the thumbnail issue @QueenMercy , in case you want to add feedback:
https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/UNSURE-GTW-V-Non-disguised-Occults-showing-disguise-in/td-p/7958833
Personally I think it's not a real bug, but still it's very frustrating and annoying.

I never use the disguise of my aliens. In the beginning I used for alien kids, because they always felt ashamed when they met someone new, but now I give them the shameless reward trait as early as possible and let them be who they truly are. ♥

Edit: I am waaay to slow. :wink:
Cinebar
5 years ago
"CaprianaB;d-967410" wrote:
I play one adult and and 4 alien children/toddlers and have never used the disguises, as I enjoy seeing them in their alien form.

Is there ever a time when a disguise would be required or preferable?

So you can play as an alien and then wipe Sims minds, show them your freezer thing and surprise! I'm an alien. It was great when the GTW was first released, but since then they rarely wear them (especially townies are never in disguise in my game) and the fun wore off because they no longer wore the disguise not even my own. ETA: Answer, so your Sim can do alien stuff and never be found out, and if they are you wipe the other Sim's memory. It's supposed to be a parody of what we think aliens would do if we ever found out about one.