I remember someone here telling me sims 4 sims have gender preferences and that it was found in the code. Well after coming back to the game after a long hiatus I'm not only not convinced but I'm annoyed that in a game that allegedly is about MY sims the following example shows how flawed and empty these sims are.I have a Legacy family on generation 3. All stay under the same roof. Family are elderly Dad and my founder sim who is days away from aging to elder. Their young adult daughter and her husband. They have a toddler and the young adult Lily is pregnant with her second child.None of the sims have the romantic trait. My founder female has the jealous trait. Lily was invited to the Bluffs by her older brother who has moved out so I accepted and made her take the whole family along as they all had nothing better to do. The toddler was making a mess so I was having her Mum interact with her whilst watching the others who were all in the pool.I happened to notice that Lily's husband was feeling very flirty. Wondering why I switched to him find him flirting with his father in law.In front of his jealous mother in law. I mean what is it his wife is out of sight so the game picks the nearest sim for him to target with romance? I mean come on EA, flirting with your father in law whilst having whims to kiss and flirt with your wife? Second of all since when was my sim gay? He's got a wife, newly married and a child. If I wanted him to be gay I would have made him so but hitting on his elderly father in law? I rule? I think not.Mother in law was fine with the flirting by the way. I mean her little box said angry but her whims involved kissing her husband and trying for a baby with him so clearly no hard feelings there and she is still good friends with her son in law despite witnessing him flirting with her husband. Clearly demonstrating the excellent, not at all flawed emotion system.I don't have mods or cc. And people wonder why I don't play this game much? Is this what EA mean by weirder stories? I wouldn't mind if I had set that scenario up but I didn't.*Goes back to the sims 1-3 where I actually do rule*

I just found a mod that makes all my sims straight. I found it to be a huge problem for me in my game. All my sims, no matter how I made them, would end up flirting with anything with two legs. Really drove me a bit batty. Never had this issue in the previous games. But I can't see the devs "fixing" the issue. Not sure they even see it as a problem, the random flirting with any sim.

It have heard this from TS4 for a few years now. It seems after all f the 'improvements' that the game has made since 2014 many of the so called dynamic behaviours from the Sims themselves are as flawed as in day one! Needless to say I have never seen this in TS3 and I don't remember it in TS1 or TS2 either. I haver nothing against people liking the same gender and I can imagine that a few players might play that way but some players wouldn't and thus this would need to be looked at. That and hitting on you father in law is not cool anyway regardless of circumstances!

"Chazzzy;c-16266986" wrote:"GoldenBuffy;c-16266954" wrote:I just found a mod that makes all my sims straight. I found it to be a huge problem for me in my game. All my sims, no matter how I made them, would end up flirting with anything with two legs. Really drove me a bit batty. Never had this issue in the previous games. But I can't see the devs "fixing" the issue. Not sure they even see it as a problem, the random flirting with any sim.Now you’re speaking my language. Name of this mod?I had to hunt it down, lol Because I forgot to add it to my Pintrest:HERE.

"king_of_simcity7;c-16267749" wrote:It have heard this from TS4 for a few years now. It seems after all f the 'improvements' that the game has made since 2014 many of the so called dynamic behaviours from the Sims themselves are as flawed as in day one! Needless to say I have never seen this in TS3 and I don't remember it in TS1 or TS2 either. I haver nothing against people liking the same gender and I can imagine that a few players might play that way but some players wouldn't and thus this would need to be looked at. That and hitting on you father in law is not cool anyway regardless of circumstances! It's not him hitting on the same gender that bothers me. It bothers me the game has just decided he's gay when that was not the story I had planned. It's the fact he was hitting on his elderly father in law of all people. Like you say it doesn't happen in the sims 2 +3. Hitting on your father in law is just a tad icky when his wife and your pregnant wife is nearby.It just seems to me they didn't bother to add in something as basic as gender preference. In the sims 2 once you set your gender preference you can change it but it takes a lot more than a simple flirt interaction. Between this, endless bugs and lack of gameplay I'm ready to throw the towel in.

"GoldenBuffy;c-16266954" wrote:I just found a mod that makes all my sims straight. I found it to be a huge problem for me in my game. All my sims, no matter how I made them, would end up flirting with anything with two legs. Really drove me a bit batty. Never had this issue in the previous games. But I can't see the devs "fixing" the issue. Not sure they even see it as a problem, the random flirting with any sim."GoldenBuffy;c-16267781" wrote:"Chazzzy;c-16266986" wrote:"GoldenBuffy;c-16266954" wrote:I just found a mod that makes all my sims straight. I found it to be a huge problem for me in my game. All my sims, no matter how I made them, would end up flirting with anything with two legs. Really drove me a bit batty. Never had this issue in the previous games. But I can't see the devs "fixing" the issue. Not sure they even see it as a problem, the random flirting with any sim.Now you’re speaking my language. Name of this mod?I had to hunt it down, lol Because I forgot to add it to my Pintrest:HERE.Seriously, thank you. The save I was playing on before I started a new one had way too many gay Sims running around. Not only that, but my Sim has multiple wives and whenever they are flirty, they'd flirt with each other rather than their husband. Very annoying. And at one point, my Sim's son got engaged to a woman and I had him bring his fiance over as a sort of "meet-the-parents" scene. His father started hitting on my Sim's fiance. And she liked it. They'll flirt with literally anyone, regardless of the relationship they had with that Sim. One forum member here reported that their male Sim had the ability to flirt with his father."king_of_simcity7;c-16267749" wrote:It have heard this from TS4 for a few years now. It seems after all f the 'improvements' that the game has made since 2014 many of the so called dynamic behaviours from the Sims themselves are as flawed as in day one! Needless to say I have never seen this in TS3 and I don't remember it in TS1 or TS2 either. I haver nothing against people liking the same gender and I can imagine that a few players might play that way but some players wouldn't and thus this would need to be looked at. That and hitting on you father in law is not cool anyway regardless of circumstances! It's the same for me. I don't despise people that partake in that sort of thing, but I definitely don't want it in my game. While I do enjoy the game, the emotion system is just absolutely ridiculous and perhaps one of the worst things about the game. You don't seem to have a lot of control over how you want your Sim to be unless you're constantly micro-managing them. Emotions are just randomly thrown at you and you have to make your Sim do something to get rid of that emotion. Or use cheats\mods. This is why folks ask for a romance GP. So Sims will have more of a reason to being attracted to another Sim rather than just the Sim being flirty and there was just another Sim nearby.

Sims really will flirt with anyone.

GoldenBuffy22
7 years ago
I just found a mod that makes all my sims straight. I found it to be a huge problem for me in my game. All my sims, no matter how I made them, would end up flirting with anything with two legs. Really drove me a bit batty. Never had this issue in the previous games. But I can't see the devs "fixing" the issue. Not sure they even see it as a problem, the random flirting with any sim.
king_of_simcity
7 years ago
It have heard this from TS4 for a few years now. It seems after all f the 'improvements' that the game has made since 2014 many of the so called dynamic behaviours from the Sims themselves are as flawed as in day one!

Needless to say I have never seen this in TS3 and I don't remember it in TS1 or TS2 either. I haver nothing against people liking the same gender and I can imagine that a few players might play that way but some players wouldn't and thus this would need to be looked at.

That and hitting on you father in law is not cool anyway regardless of circumstances!
GoldenBuffy22
7 years ago
"Chazzzy;c-16266986" wrote:
"GoldenBuffy;c-16266954" wrote:
I just found a mod that makes all my sims straight. I found it to be a huge problem for me in my game. All my sims, no matter how I made them, would end up flirting with anything with two legs. Really drove me a bit batty. Never had this issue in the previous games. But I can't see the devs "fixing" the issue. Not sure they even see it as a problem, the random flirting with any sim.

Now you’re speaking my language. Name of this mod?

I had to hunt it down, lol Because I forgot to add it to my Pintrest:HERE.
MidnightAura86
New Spectator
7 years ago
"king_of_simcity7;c-16267749" wrote:
It have heard this from TS4 for a few years now. It seems after all f the 'improvements' that the game has made since 2014 many of the so called dynamic behaviours from the Sims themselves are as flawed as in day one!

Needless to say I have never seen this in TS3 and I don't remember it in TS1 or TS2 either. I haver nothing against people liking the same gender and I can imagine that a few players might play that way but some players wouldn't and thus this would need to be looked at.

That and hitting on you father in law is not cool anyway regardless of circumstances!

It's not him hitting on the same gender that bothers me. It bothers me the game has just decided he's gay when that was not the story I had planned. It's the fact he was hitting on his elderly father in law of all people. Like you say it doesn't happen in the sims 2 +3. Hitting on your father in law is just a tad icky when his wife and your pregnant wife is nearby.

It just seems to me they didn't bother to add in something as basic as gender preference. In the sims 2 once you set your gender preference you can change it but it takes a lot more than a simple flirt interaction.

Between this, endless bugs and lack of gameplay I'm ready to throw the towel in.
WrathfulAgony
7 years ago
"GoldenBuffy;c-16266954" wrote:
I just found a mod that makes all my sims straight. I found it to be a huge problem for me in my game. All my sims, no matter how I made them, would end up flirting with anything with two legs. Really drove me a bit batty. Never had this issue in the previous games. But I can't see the devs "fixing" the issue. Not sure they even see it as a problem, the random flirting with any sim.

"GoldenBuffy;c-16267781" wrote:
"Chazzzy;c-16266986" wrote:
"GoldenBuffy;c-16266954" wrote:
I just found a mod that makes all my sims straight. I found it to be a huge problem for me in my game. All my sims, no matter how I made them, would end up flirting with anything with two legs. Really drove me a bit batty. Never had this issue in the previous games. But I can't see the devs "fixing" the issue. Not sure they even see it as a problem, the random flirting with any sim.

Now you’re speaking my language. Name of this mod?

I had to hunt it down, lol Because I forgot to add it to my Pintrest:HERE.

Seriously, thank you. The save I was playing on before I started a new one had way too many gay Sims running around. Not only that, but my Sim has multiple wives and whenever they are flirty, they'd flirt with each other rather than their husband. Very annoying.

And at one point, my Sim's son got engaged to a woman and I had him bring his fiance over as a sort of "meet-the-parents" scene. His father started hitting on my Sim's fiance. And she liked it.

They'll flirt with literally anyone, regardless of the relationship they had with that Sim. One forum member here reported that their male Sim had the ability to flirt with his father.

"king_of_simcity7;c-16267749" wrote:
It have heard this from TS4 for a few years now. It seems after all f the 'improvements' that the game has made since 2014 many of the so called dynamic behaviours from the Sims themselves are as flawed as in day one!

Needless to say I have never seen this in TS3 and I don't remember it in TS1 or TS2 either. I haver nothing against people liking the same gender and I can imagine that a few players might play that way but some players wouldn't and thus this would need to be looked at.

That and hitting on you father in law is not cool anyway regardless of circumstances!

It's the same for me. I don't despise people that partake in that sort of thing, but I definitely don't want it in my game.

While I do enjoy the game, the emotion system is just absolutely ridiculous and perhaps one of the worst things about the game. You don't seem to have a lot of control over how you want your Sim to be unless you're constantly micro-managing them. Emotions are just randomly thrown at you and you have to make your Sim do something to get rid of that emotion. Or use cheats\mods.

This is why folks ask for a romance GP. So Sims will have more of a reason to being attracted to another Sim rather than just the Sim being flirty and there was just another Sim nearby.
MidnightAura86
New Spectator
7 years ago
"GoldenBuffy;c-16267781" wrote:
"Chazzzy;c-16266986" wrote:
"GoldenBuffy;c-16266954" wrote:
I just found a mod that makes all my sims straight. I found it to be a huge problem for me in my game. All my sims, no matter how I made them, would end up flirting with anything with two legs. Really drove me a bit batty. Never had this issue in the previous games. But I can't see the devs "fixing" the issue. Not sure they even see it as a problem, the random flirting with any sim.

Now you’re speaking my language. Name of this mod?

I had to hunt it down, lol Because I forgot to add it to my Pintrest:HERE.

Thank you for this. If I continue playing this may be necessary.
WrathfulAgony
7 years ago
^"Between this, endless bugs and lack of gameplay I'm ready to throw the towel in."

Agreed, to an extent. I like the Sims 4 and I'll probably continue to play it even after the Sims 5 is released ( if it is ), but I'm definitely ready to see some Sims 5 stuff.

When I heard "weirder stories, smarter Sims", with the former, this isn't what I had in mind. With the latter, I've yet to see any evidence of that.
astridentanja
7 years ago
"MidnightAura;c-16267796" wrote:
"king_of_simcity7;c-16267749" wrote:
It have heard this from TS4 for a few years now. It seems after all f the 'improvements' that the game has made since 2014 many of the so called dynamic behaviours from the Sims themselves are as flawed as in day one!

Needless to say I have never seen this in TS3 and I don't remember it in TS1 or TS2 either. I haver nothing against people liking the same gender and I can imagine that a few players might play that way but some players wouldn't and thus this would need to be looked at.

That and hitting on you father in law is not cool anyway regardless of circumstances!

It's not him hitting on the same gender that bothers me. It bothers me the game has just decided he's gay when that was not the story I had planned. It's the fact he was hitting on his elderly father in law of all people. Like you say it doesn't happen in the sims 2 +3. Hitting on your father in law is just a tad icky when his wife and your pregnant wife is nearby.

It just seems to me they didn't bother to add in something as basic as gender preference. In the sims 2 once you set your gender preference you can change it but it takes a lot more than a simple flirt interaction.

Between this, endless bugs and lack of gameplay I'm ready to throw the towel in.

I once visited a party in my Sims 3 game with my sim and witnessed her father - being in a very steady and happy relationship - French kissing with her son in law ;) Both father and son in law were gay, so in that respect the game had it right. Didn't save though. Reopened the game and kept those two too busy this time around to do anything I would regret :p So it's not entirely true this is a Sims 4 thing only.

edit:
There, I knew I kept a picture somewhere, for the family album :D

https://i.imgur.com/RZqD0Xx.jpg
Perthelia
Seasoned Novice
7 years ago
All my sims can be gay/bi for all I care (in fact half of them probably are) but what irritates me is that two sims in a long term happy relationship can tank it in second when someone flirts with some random sim. There's no reason for them to do that.
MidnightAura86
New Spectator
7 years ago
"JoAnne65;c-16267984" wrote:
"MidnightAura;c-16267796" wrote:
"king_of_simcity7;c-16267749" wrote:
It have heard this from TS4 for a few years now. It seems after all f the 'improvements' that the game has made since 2014 many of the so called dynamic behaviours from the Sims themselves are as flawed as in day one!

Needless to say I have never seen this in TS3 and I don't remember it in TS1 or TS2 either. I haver nothing against people liking the same gender and I can imagine that a few players might play that way but some players wouldn't and thus this would need to be looked at.

That and hitting on you father in law is not cool anyway regardless of circumstances!

It's not him hitting on the same gender that bothers me. It bothers me the game has just decided he's gay when that was not the story I had planned. It's the fact he was hitting on his elderly father in law of all people. Like you say it doesn't happen in the sims 2 +3. Hitting on your father in law is just a tad icky when his wife and your pregnant wife is nearby.

It just seems to me they didn't bother to add in something as basic as gender preference. In the sims 2 once you set your gender preference you can change it but it takes a lot more than a simple flirt interaction.

Between this, endless bugs and lack of gameplay I'm ready to throw the towel in.

I once visited a party in my Sims 3 game with my sim and witnessed her father - being in a very steady and happy relationship - French kissing with her son in law ;) Both father and son in law were gay, so in that respect the game had it right. Didn't save though. Reopened the game and kept those two too busy this time around to do anything I would regret :p So it's not entirely true this is a Sims 4 thing only.

edit:
There, I knew I kept a picture somewhere, for the family album :D

https://i.imgur.com/RZqD0Xx.jpg

Lol her Face!

Least they were gay though. Had my sims husband hit on his mother In law I could understand it. I don’t mind the game having some control but big decisions like their gender preference is my choice not the games. If I was going to make him gay he would have been hitting on her brother as they would make a nice pair.

I’ve never noticed it in the sims 3but my current save my sim flirts with everyone and anyone. And I mean everyone! She even got a wish to kiss Agnes Crumplebottom after she invited her to a pool party.