Put away the cell phone!

I don’t know if there’s a way to stop them. I’d love to set browsing habits or playing games.

When I really get into the household I’m playing I yell at them to stop using their phone and talk to the Sim that’s just come to visit! ?.

I think you can disable the autonomy with MC Command Center, MC Tuner. If you go to https://deaderpool-mccc.com/#/doc/mc_tuner and then click on "here" and scroll down they have a list with phone actions that you can disable for autonomy. You need to add those to the mc_tuner.cfg file or add them manually in the game through the mc tuner settings.

I wish there was a way to do it without mods, because the phone thing is really annoying

You know, I just recently had this moment of "this is getting too close to real life" when I had a club gathering and they just wanted to fiddle around with their phones instead of doing club activities or socializing. Me and my closest friends have this "no phones" principle when we have a meeting (except if we need to google something or take a photo) because we all agree it's annoying/rude someone's just messing around with their phone when we actually have an opportunity to have face-to-face conversations. Then I have a social gathering in the Sims and they are like immediately glued to their phones and I'm like "Don't be like that".

Those two are a couple too.
https://i.imgur.com/tgVDvQC.jpg

I still don’t understand why mobiles were made attached to Sims, rather than an object. Not everyone has a mobile.

Does anyone think if the mobiles were separate that would work better? I don’t know if it’s possible to change the mobile layout in 4. Actually have the mobile as an object they can pick up or put down. Maybe forget it and have to find it.

I don’t like the fact the phone is part of the panel even in 3.

*sees the title*
*stops scrolling forum*
*puts phone down*
*raise hands above head*

You got me
I plead guilty to the crime

okay jokes aside mood.

I wish sims didn't browse their phones all the time i do enough of it myself

though lately i don't even mind that so much because all walkby sims are using drawing pad thing or molding clay which is even more offensive

I so want a toggle to turn off the phones, who's with me?

Ugh. I've literally never installed any mods outside of some CC. And I haven't even done that for this game though I've been wanting some better eyes (mostly expanded colors) and additional hairstyles. But beyond that I typically prefer to play vanilla. But this might be the thing that pushes me over the edge. LOL

I wish there was an "uninstall all apps" function on the phone so ALL it would be is a phone then. Then your Sim would only use it for calls and texts.

I hear ya. I wish I could disable phones completely. They annoy the HECK out of me. No, I don't want to join your club! No, I don't want to come to your birthday party (and now I feel like a jerk for turning you down)! And I don't care if you know that I made friends with someone!

Although I will say, I don't get texts inviting my Sim to a birthday party anymore. Muting the phones seems to help with *some* things.