Remove the lactose intolerance trait from cottage living

Allergies and intolerances. Apologies. :)

"carpe_diem;c-17966579" wrote:
They could make a SIM CHALLENGES tab in CAS (similar to Lot Challenges but on Sims).

Example: (I'm not English speaking. so there could better wordings)
1. Non-resistant for illnesses (if you want illnesses in your game)
2. Sensitive Immune system (more often ill / bigger illnesses consequences)
3. Lactose intolerance & or ex. Pollen allergy / other intolerance
4. Infertility (Difficulty to become pregnant)

That way Players that don't want certain things could avoid it (no NPC will radomize with the Lactose trait) and Players that want Realism / Challenges / Representation could have this in the game.

They could do a rebranding and overhaul of the entire Sim. Give them attributes like the vampires can get and that would be better. Each Sim would have a set of basic things and the player have to figure out how to give them those points like we do with vampires to resist illness and or lactose intolerance and or whatever. But then that is a whole lot like any rpg game that does those sort of things. It would end the arguments about difficulty levels, too. Just give the Sim a list like the vampire has and work from there, of course these would be human things instead of things like resistance to sun etc. perk.

And those who don't want to play like that won't have to? Love this idea and hope to act see this take place!

No thanks.

After using this trait I enjoy it. The moodlet isn't that long and they don't always run to the bathroom like morning sickness, so it is actually a quite tame trait. As someone who can't have dairy due to no gallbladder I am having a blast using it. Really cool Sims can milk lactose free milk from the cows too. I can guarantee real lactose intolerance is far worst than it is simulated in the Sims 4. It is like the kiddy version of it at best.

I do get how intolerance towards content happens. Like when the hijab came out it showed how EA's marketing was with their game changer program with promoting was sorely lacking in inclusiveness which they later admitted. Some spotlighted their own intolerances with that update and when I mentioned the marketing while I supported the update with my then neurodivergent nephew being half middle eastern and with origins of my beliefs of angels that used to wear them. Inclusivity is so important and makes me happy to see Simmers being represented with the Sims 4 now because it wasn't always that way and took some time to get there. It has been neat to see Sims 4 come so far in 7 years, but still quite awhile to go. Just learned that there is a thalassophobia moodlet that happens recently too. Still waiting for a gluten intolerant trait.

I really enjoy likes and dislikes too. Vampire system is really limited and linear. I actually prefer the spell caster system that is more freeform and far more complex. Lot challenges I enjoy too so that would be a nice base to use for negative traits since they are limitless. I mean goal is to make the Sims 4 more sandbox not less.

Now, if the devs would add two new trait slots to the game...

Read all of page 1 and then jumped to the end because I'm dying to put some of my ideas down. I'm sure many people agree on the pure concept that intolerance and diet choices are not a trait. Being lactose intolerant and vegetarian myself, I refuse to get rid of two of my personality traits just to make my sim sick when they eat these things. I'm of course glad they made an effort to consider people would want them in the game, I just wish it was a system much like the likes and dislikes. But with the Spa day refresh, we have a lot to be hopeful about. There was a codeing leak about preferences found by the modder Turbodriver (Wicked/Wonderful Whims) that seems to imply they are working on fashion preferences. Maybe if Dine out gets a fix/refresh it's an opportunity for them to add food preferences in that, then they could do a base game update to diet preferences in the same game update. I would love to know if anyone agrees or has any other ideas in this area. The more noise we make, the more likely we will be listened to. There is so much potential and I really hope we can help the sims team understand why it matters to people it affects.

Thanks for this post, it's lovely to see the support for this!

"carpe_diem;c-17966579" wrote:
They could make a SIM CHALLENGES tab in CAS (similar to Lot Challenges but on Sims).

Example: (I'm not English speaking. so there could better wordings)
1. Non-resistant for illnesses (if you want illnesses in your game)
2. Sensitive Immune system (more often ill / bigger illnesses consequences)
3. Lactose intolerance & or ex. Pollen allergy / other intolerance
4. Infertility (Difficulty to become pregnant)

That way Players that don't want certain things could avoid it (no NPC will radomize with the Lactose trait) and Players that want Realism / Challenges / Representation could have this in the game.

@SophieLogic