Remove the lactose intolerance trait from cottage living

I’m surprised this is a trait if they wanted to add it as one maybe it would have been better to buy it with points in the trait store (sorry can’t remember it’s official name in sims 4)

"Mw93;d-991684" wrote:
welp I'm ticked, my allergy to milk isnt some cutesy little trait you can add to the game as a personality quirk, to a sim. Not to mention with the current trait count lmao it would take 1 out of 3 slots available for sims a personality, and while its nots really like a dietary choice in the sense you can be vegan or eat bugs, nope lol I cant eat milk or severe health issues. This feels like this is mocking me because you only added asthma to eco lifestyle, but didn't give sims a chance to die its basically a negative moodlet, and thats it, I mean really, I dont want to get in to detail but if a modder can get disease and illness right, why the heck are you making a mockery of irls conditions? I mean I wish I can choose to not be not lactose intolerance, and I wouldn't care if lmao you added actual in game consequences like a sims not being able to poop for over a month, and severe stomach pains and chance of death. whats next are going to mock autism? chrons disease? etc.

Groan.
I'm lactose intolerant too. You don't speak for all of us.

The gameplay offered by the Lactose Intolerant trait is exactly how I live my life: eat cheese, darn the consequences.

Stop being so sensitive, it's not that big of a deal.

As usual it's the people complaining about others being triggered that are triggered the most...

ANYWAY, Dietary needs, as said, are interesting and ads much needed debt to Sims. But as has also been pointed out Three trait slots in CAS just doesn't work anymore if you are going to put them as personality traits. As said above a Sim that avoids dairy and therefore go full vegetarian only have a SINGLE additional trait available. That is way too little.

I, like most Simmers, are already struggling to fit in the "personality" we want with three traits to begin with: "Okay she likes jogging and being outside, but she is also vegetarian, a loner, and loves composing music... Which ones of those traits do I have to make up in my head, since they can't fit in CAS?"

"Mw93;d-991684" wrote:
welp I'm ticked, my allergy to milk isnt some cutesy little trait you can add to the game as a personality quirk, to a sim. Not to mention with the current trait count lmao it would take 1 out of 3 slots available for sims a personality, and while its nots really like a dietary choice in the sense you can be vegan or eat bugs, nope lol I cant eat milk or severe health issues. This feels like this is mocking me because you only added asthma to eco lifestyle, but didn't give sims a chance to die its basically a negative moodlet, and thats it, I mean really, I dont want to get in to detail but if a modder can get disease and illness right, why the heck are you making a mockery of irls conditions? I mean I wish I can choose to not be not lactose intolerance, and I wouldn't care if lmao you added actual in game consequences like a sims not being able to poop for over a month, and severe stomach pains and chance of death. whats next are going to mock autism? chrons disease? etc.

Do you want the trait and moodlet removed completely so others can't play with this trait because you are offended or do you want them to create a different category for such things as lactose intolerance or allergies to chocolate, nuts and other things? It's not clear by your post if you want this completely removed from the game though others with this allergy may not be offended and or if you want a complete overhaul of the lack of depth to TS4 by slotting it in a wrong category of personality/genetics.

I wasn't aware it causes constipation since someone in my family is also lactose intolerant and just the opposite seems to be the main problem of not being able to eat dairy foods in 99% of people thou it can probably cause problems in different ways for others such as constipation but rarely and usually it's the other all the time.

Should body types be removed? I mean couldn't someone be offended if people can create really heavy Sims, really big or really, really thin Sims? How is this any different? Think on what you get offended over. Should a big nose get removed because it might offend someone because they too might have a nose they are uncomfortable with? And others creating big noses could possibly offend them? If I have a 'flaw' it's better to laugh and go on than to expect the whole world to bow to me because I get offended over every little glitch the human body gets. Should I not want an allergy to nuts in the game which can be life threatening immediately..? I think the game is too childish as it is. Life happens. But really do answer if you want this stripped completely and or if you are just playing us or if you want separate categories for genetics. Because I can't take you seriously when you write lmao every few sentences.

Not really a fan and would probably never use it on my sims. But I don't think it should be removed. We need options y'all.

Much like the vegetarian trait it does so little to take up a whole trait slot. And with sims that are already lacking on the personality front - yeah, no thanks.

But leave it alone.

"EliteGirl;c-17930328" wrote:

"dearie_blossom;c-17929293" wrote:

"Babykittyjade;c-17929055" wrote:
No. My sister has been lactose and tolerant her entire life. She's excited to play this and so am I. We are always asking for more individuality. More challenge. More struggle. And when they try to give it to us we beg for it to be nerfed. Like no. Stop.

Now I do agree we need more trait slots. I'm using a mod by the pancake1 free on patreon for more trait slots. And there is another modder, Vicky I think he's called, who offers even more trait slots but I didn't need that many.

We should have this official. And it is odd for this to be a "trait" but I still love the idea of added challenge. No more nerfing some of my favorite features were nerfed and I'm still sour about it?‍♀️?‍♀️?‍♀️

This. I‘m so tired of people asking everything that isn‘t bubblegum pop to be removed from the game. No wonder the game plums with a community like this. Can‘t have vampire break ins, can‘t have alien pregnancies, can‘t have murphy bed deaths, can‘t have bowing at a shrine, can‘t have lactose intolerance,…

Edit: I have 26182 allergies myself. I definitely wouldn‘t cry like a baby if they added cat allergy to the game.

I disagree. As someone who has allergies as well as disabilities, I would like my sims to NOT suffer from the allergies I have, as well as allergies I don’t have. It would make my sims game awful. I choose to play “The Sims 4” as an escape to my problems, with the sims as my puppets and I get to choose how to play with my sims.

We all feel different about this topic, some want realism and their own struggles represented in the game, others do not. How do you feel about turning on / off options in the settings instead? That way, players who want representation can have it, and if you don't want it in your game, you can simply turn it off.

"EliteGirl;c-17930328" wrote:

"dearie_blossom;c-17929293" wrote:

"Babykittyjade;c-17929055" wrote:
No. My sister has been lactose and tolerant her entire life. She's excited to play this and so am I. We are always asking for more individuality. More challenge. More struggle. And when they try to give it to us we beg for it to be nerfed. Like no. Stop.

Now I do agree we need more trait slots. I'm using a mod by the pancake1 free on patreon for more trait slots. And there is another modder, Vicky I think he's called, who offers even more trait slots but I didn't need that many.

We should have this official. And it is odd for this to be a "trait" but I still love the idea of added challenge. No more nerfing some of my favorite features were nerfed and I'm still sour about it?‍♀️?‍♀️?‍♀️

This. I‘m so tired of people asking everything that isn‘t bubblegum pop to be removed from the game. No wonder the game plums with a community like this. Can‘t have vampire break ins, can‘t have alien pregnancies, can‘t have murphy bed deaths, can‘t have bowing at a shrine, can‘t have lactose intolerance,…

Edit: I have 26182 allergies myself. I definitely wouldn‘t cry like a baby if they added cat allergy to the game.

I disagree. As someone who has allergies as well as disabilities, I would like my sims to NOT suffer from the allergies I have, as well as allergies I don’t have. It would make my sims game awful. I choose to play “The Sims 4” as an escape to my problems, with the sims as my puppets and I get to choose how to play with my sims. I don’t play the game to be too realistic to the point it’s NOT enjoyable. I don’t want my sims to die from food allergies. That would ruin the fun of the game to me.

Well you can just not give ur sims the trait...

They didn't need to make Lactose intolerant a trait as lactose free milk is available everywhere these days. I drink it myself. It's something us with Coeliac disease have to beware of too. It often comes with it. I take lactase enzyme tablets occasionally as lactase diminishes as you get older and some researchers think doctors should prescribe them. Heaven help us if they put gluten intolerance in. It would take the programmers months to sort out the food choices!

Anyway, what about cheese? Nobody complained about that in the game and that is made from milk. It doesn't go with Vegetarian or Vegan as a right.

"Simburian;c-17930353" wrote:

"Babykittyjade;c-17929109" wrote:
But it's not a disease. It's literally an enzyme lacking in the body. The body cannot "tolerate" the sugar in dairy.
My sis lives a perfectly normal life. We are vegetarian and we only consume soy products. Sometimes she gives in for an ice cream in place of a little stomach pain but it passes and she's perfectly normal.
It's not cancer, aids or any of those things. The person literally just has to avoid dairy. That's it.
Some people's body may react worse than others. Like she had it really bad as a child because we had idea what it was until the doctor discovered it. He said stop dairy. Life has been normal ever since.

They didn't need to make Lactose intolerant a trait as lactose free milk is available everywhere these days. I drink it myself. It's something those with Coeliac disease have to beware of too. It often comes with it.

Anyway, what about cheese? Nobody complained about that in the game and that is made from milk. It doesn't go with Vegetarian or Vegan as a right.

Personally I would be happy if they add a vegan cheese (and some more things o.c) if they add a vegan trait. I hope that we can get an update to favorite/dislikes with a diet option (with like/dislike options: vegetarian, vegan, Lactose/gluten intolerant, No pork, No fish, No eggs, No milk). It makes more sense as a diet, not a personality.

"carpe_diem;c-17930357" wrote:

"Simburian;c-17930353" wrote:

"Babykittyjade;c-17929109" wrote:
But it's not a disease. It's literally an enzyme lacking in the body. The body cannot "tolerate" the sugar in dairy.
My sis lives a perfectly normal life. We are vegetarian and we only consume soy products. Sometimes she gives in for an ice cream in place of a little stomach pain but it passes and she's perfectly normal.
It's not cancer, aids or any of those things. The person literally just has to avoid dairy. That's it.
Some people's body may react worse than others. Like she had it really bad as a child because we had idea what it was until the doctor discovered it. He said stop dairy. Life has been normal ever since.

They didn't need to make Lactose intolerant a trait as lactose free milk is available everywhere these days. I drink it myself. It's something those with Coeliac disease have to beware of too. It often comes with it.

Anyway, what about cheese? Nobody complained about that in the game and that is made from milk. It doesn't go with Vegetarian or Vegan as a right.

Personally I would be happy if they add a vegan cheese (and some more things o.c) if they add a vegan trait. I hope that we can get an update to favorite/dislikes with a diet option (with like/dislike options: vegetarian, vegan, Lactose/gluten intolerant, No pork, No fish, No eggs, No milk). It makes more sense as a diet, not a personality.

I don't want my "disease" to be in the game as it exists all over the world and tends to show up in many, later in life, as it did with me, whereas lactose intolerance is something that occurs mainly for those in the East where milk is not part of the basic diet and is from birth. Genetic in other words.

I can just about cope with vegetarianism or vegan in the game but otherwise can't your Sims just avoid those dishes with such things in them? The amount of time programmers would have to spend on this would waste money better spent on dealing with bugs and improving gameplay from my point of view.