"Amapola76;c-18220341" wrote:
"catloverplayer;c-18220116" wrote:
Maxis needs to fix or tweak this.
Agreed. If they have to have the archetypes, they should still give priority to player choices with respect to asking another sim to go or accepting an offer to go. At the very least, the number of sims allowed on the event for the lot should be mandatory sims + X number of additional sims, with priority given in the latter group to sims we have chosen to attend.
Doing a little experimenting, it seems that the promposal sentiment virtually guarantees that your prom date will be selected for prom attendance, but certain other sentiments can outweigh that one as far as the game is concerned. For instance, if your werewolf teen sim has a Lycan Bond sentiment with another werewolf student, that sim will almost certainly show up at any school functions your played sim attends. It could be that the promposal sentiment just needs to be given additional weight, in terms of how the game makes these decisions. (Amusingly, in the one test scenario where I got this problem to present itself, it was like a "packmates before dates" mindset decided the outcome.)