Regular townies turning into spellcasters?

"telemwill;c-17239465" wrote:
And hopefully if Bob is the played father of my favorite alien toddler, he won't show up in the magic realm at all. Because Bob has quite enough to deal with in my game already.

The Goths, however, are welcome to put in an appearance.

In your case, Bob shouldn't show up as a Spellcaster, because he's been played.

"EmmaVane;c-17239461" wrote:
I've asked how Favourited sims are treated with regards to this and am awaiting a response.

Thanks, I'm waiting for that response..if favorite sims cant be spellcasters, it'd be easier to handle..

Maybe someone will be kind enough to code an Opt Out radial, like they did for Get Famous, so that not everyone can be spellcasters. Then again, I try to be an optimist. :expressionless:

"graventhe;c-17239474" wrote:

"EmmaVane;c-17239461" wrote:
I've asked how Favourited sims are treated with regards to this and am awaiting a response.

Thanks, I'm waiting for that response..if favorite sims cant be spellcasters, it'd be easier to handle..

I know it sounds like just a little prep before going in the Realm for certain saves for me if that is the case.

Lol.. it could even be useful. I could play or favorite everyone I don't want to be a spellcaster and then leave the townies alone that I'd like to pursue it. It would have to be on a new save though.

"EmmaVane;c-17239458" wrote:

"Pamtastic72;c-17239427" wrote:

"EmmaVane;c-17239364" wrote:
They only autonomously practice magic in the Magic Realm. Extra spellacasters aren't needed until you go there, so just don't visit and your save will be fine.

There will be premades in the world though, and these will likely regenerate as randoms if you delete them.

The way I understand this is in the Magic Realm you may see Bob Pancakes or some other pre-made autonomously practice magic, but in the other worlds outside of the realm you won’t am I correct?

So for example he might be spell casting his little heart out in the realm, then you see him 2 minutes later in WC and he’s just plain old mild mannered, hen pecked, gloomy Bob. Is that correct?

Correct. While Bob will be a Spellcaster in both realms once he is chosen to be one at random, you won't notice it in the normal world.

Thanks Emma, just wanted to clarify for those in the back. I personally don’t mind in game surprises. But I just hope this is understood so that maybe there’s a chance that spell casters aren’t patched out of the game like all of the other randomness already has.

it's not always as simple as "don't want it? don't buy it." witches have been my most wanted feature since day one, i even have an old thread about them from years ago. i'm obviously buying the pack, but it's still disappointing that random sims will become spellcasters once i enter the portal.

removing stuff like random spellcasters, or alien abductions & vampire visits from the game shouldn't be the only option anyway. why not just have an on/off or frequency (often/not often) toggle like TS3 did with occults, strays, horses, etc.? or like the fame system in get famous. that's a total win/win for the fantasy & family types of players, and those in between.

i'm stoked for witches and i always like having the supernatural in my game, but i like it confined to my sims household lol. the fact that they aren't supposed to practice magic outside of the realm doesn't change that it's irritating and was a poor choice.

"EmmaVane;c-17239461" wrote:
I've asked how Favourited sims are treated with regards to this and am awaiting a response.

I asked @SimGuruNick how long I had to play the full pack I will be paying for before spell casting will be nerfed almost entirely and am also awaiting a response.

why would they nerf something? This isn't an mmo...? @Pamtastic72

"WolfNate;c-17239594" wrote:
why would they nerf something? This isn't an mmo...? @Pamtastic72

Do you have any idea what they've nerfed/changed/toned down/gotten rid of since the beginning of the series and what they've sold to us?

"WolfNate;c-17239605" wrote:
Nope started playing 4 last year and didn't hang out with community again till this pack

It's a ton. People who don't want occults but want the packs rule and get their way and things have changed so much in the game from the original intentions of the packs. Those of us who want the weird and wacky and pay full price for it based on a promise of delivery have been shafted when those things get "tweaked" because of doll-housers. It's been happening since GTW and aliens.