Sharing is caring is canceled!!!

"Sharonia;c-17674499" wrote:

"zensluv;c-17674348" wrote:
I love a challenge in the game, but this NAP is game breaking, especially for commercial lots. Even festivals! The Geekcon was totally emptied before it was even over! I'm sure this is not what the developers had in mind, and it's a shame they released the EP with this kind of issue with it

TIP: You can remove the NAP instantly by shift-clicking mailbox and choose instant repeal the NAP. For neighborhoods you don't live in, select a household that does from Manage Worlds to play, then shift-click their mailbox, repeal the NAP, replace it with another NAP so all 4 slots are full (so Sharing is Caring cannot be voted in again), and then go back out to Manage Worlds. In Manage Households, you can make that household unplayed again if you want to keep them unplayed.

I've systematically repealed SIC in most of the neighborhoods by doing the steps above. Today I just encountered a neighborhood with SIC NAP in effect but it has no residential lots. So, I'm going to try converting one of the lots to residential and move in a random Sim temporarily so I can try the shift-click mailbox trick to repeal the NAP. Then I will change the lot type back and delete the random Sim from manage households.

Some cheats you might need to complete these steps above:
Shift+Control+C and type in
testingcheatsenabled true
freerealestate on


Pretty ridiculous and not my idea of fun at all!

I don't really understand why this is taking so long to fix. Like have they even acknowledged that it's a problem anywhere? I'm taking a break from the game currently until they release a decent bug fix patch. My game has to many mods in it now and most of them are for fixing the bugs that they don't fix, it's frustrating. I want to remove some of these mods but I can't enjoy my game without them.

I don't think they view it as a bug but a designed feature. Honestly they should have that sign as optional and remove it from the world and just have it as a placeable item instead like mailboxes. I don't think any version of voting in the game should be a forced feature.

"Scobre;c-17674594" wrote:

"Sharonia;c-17674499" wrote:

"zensluv;c-17674348" wrote:
I love a challenge in the game, but this NAP is game breaking, especially for commercial lots. Even festivals! The Geekcon was totally emptied before it was even over! I'm sure this is not what the developers had in mind, and it's a shame they released the EP with this kind of issue with it

TIP: You can remove the NAP instantly by shift-clicking mailbox and choose instant repeal the NAP. For neighborhoods you don't live in, select a household that does from Manage Worlds to play, then shift-click their mailbox, repeal the NAP, replace it with another NAP so all 4 slots are full (so Sharing is Caring cannot be voted in again), and then go back out to Manage Worlds. In Manage Households, you can make that household unplayed again if you want to keep them unplayed.

I've systematically repealed SIC in most of the neighborhoods by doing the steps above. Today I just encountered a neighborhood with SIC NAP in effect but it has no residential lots. So, I'm going to try converting one of the lots to residential and move in a random Sim temporarily so I can try the shift-click mailbox trick to repeal the NAP. Then I will change the lot type back and delete the random Sim from manage households.

Some cheats you might need to complete these steps above:
Shift+Control+C and type in
testingcheatsenabled true
freerealestate on


Pretty ridiculous and not my idea of fun at all!

I don't really understand why this is taking so long to fix. Like have they even acknowledged that it's a problem anywhere? I'm taking a break from the game currently until they release a decent bug fix patch. My game has to many mods in it now and most of them are for fixing the bugs that they don't fix, it's frustrating. I want to remove some of these mods but I can't enjoy my game without them.

I don't think they view it as a bug but a designed feature. Honestly they should have that sign as optional and remove it from the world and just have it as a placeable item instead like mailboxes. I don't think any version of voting in the game should be a forced feature.

I wish we could have the option to remove the ones we don't like from the options altogether. I quite enjoyed the voting before it turned out to be a complete nightmare for the game. It upsets me that I have to keep the voting turned off and mods in my game just to keep this from disrupting my every day play. I also don't like a few of the other N.A.P's like we wear bags and the one that turns my sims to into flirty demons.

The NAPs are why I will never buy that pack.

I made a mod to address issues I had with Sharing is Caring and sims swiping objects from public areas. They were taking things I don't think the SimGurus intended, like festival furniture, picnic tables from off-lot areas and apartment mailboxes which you can't replace. It also fixes some issues with every other NAP. If you're on PC/Mac and use mods, you can get it here: Eco Lifestyle Interactions Fixes.

It blacklists common items like tables, sinks, chairs, TVs, computers, etc. from being stolen from venues to help stop them being made invalid. The mod doesn't stop sims stealing from residential (home) lots though. I believe that the SimGurus intended that to be the way the NAP works, so I left it like that (all the fixes in the mod just make the game work the way I think the SimGurus intended).

If you don't like the stealing period, there are other mods from other creators (that are compatible with my mod so you can use them in combo) that stop stealing such as Zero's No Swipe mod.

If you're not comfortable with using mods in your game, you can still help get a bug linked to Sharing is Caring fixed officially in a future patch by adding your comments and experiences, to the official bug EA thread. The issue is that sometimes sims can get NAP behaviour stuck on them, including the stealing behaviour from Sharing is Caring, and do that everywhere. If you have that bug, make sure you click "Me Too" on the first post so that they have an accurate count of how many people have the bug.

What is NAP?

"catmando830;c-17675251" wrote:
What is NAP?

Neighborhood Action Plans. It is a feature that came with Eco Lifestyle EP. They are plans that are voted on and once the plan passes the whole hood acts in ways that support the plan, so Sharing is Caring is a plan where people can swipe objects from the Neighborhood at will, even on residential lots. It is getting out of control though which is why people are complaining about the feature.

"Wyrren;c-17614875" wrote:
I can't pay attention to this discussion while Jimin is staring at me... :blush: ;) <3

I uh, think. maybe. there's some ummm... mods to fix this. somewhere...

Once you Jim-IN, you can't Jim-OUT... which is why I'm in this thread too lmao. He's too young for me, but I can still look :D

Ahem, but on to the actual thread - Sharing is Caring is complete trash. I had the neighbors clear out the whole bar until there was an exclamation point on the map screen because the bar had been marked as incomplete... the lot no longer had the required items to even be considered a bar anymore.

I turned it off so the neighbors can no longer vote on NAPS.

"Sara1010P;c-17675294" wrote:

"catmando830;c-17675251" wrote:
What is NAP?

Neighborhood Action Plans. It is a feature that came with Eco Lifestyle EP. They are plans that are voted on and once the plan passes the whole hood acts in ways that support the plan, so Sharing is Caring is a plan where people can swipe objects from the Neighborhood at will, even on residential lots. It is getting out of control though which is why people are complaining about the feature.

Thanks for the info. Haven't got that EP yet and after all I've read about the bugs it's caused I don't think I will.

I have no idea what MAXIS where thinking while making Sharing is Caring. There are legitimately good NAPs out there, this....this is just game breaking. Devs! If you are reading this - which I doubt - please please PLEASE remove it. Just remove it.

I've thought that we want burglar in the game. So, they come out with this. :p

Anywho, about this NAP. I have at least 2 NAPs that I'll try to avoid. Sharing is Caring & Free Love. I'll get my Sims to repeal & locked the house before I can get it repealed and avoid "unnecessary" contact with other Sims. :#