Sims really will flirt with anyone.

"klestrella;c-16330609" wrote:
I’m a bit relieved to see I’m not the only one noticing an odd increase in random flirting and “flirt with...” whims. TS4 sims have always been a bit too flirty for my liking, but over the past few months or so, it seems their flirty tendencies are getting a little out of hand.

It’s difficult to tell whether it’s the randomness mixed with the emotions triggering it, or if it’s actually a bug. Bug or not, something in the coding seriously needs tweaking. First of all, what’s with all the “Flirt with ______ (from being near a friendly relationship)” whims? I’ve seen these whims since the launch of the game, but why does it seem like any sim my sim knows is popping up on these whims lately? Why, oh why, can’t my sims know another sim or be friends with another sim without at one point and seemingly out of nowhere, wanting to flirt with them? Plus, why is a friendly relationship triggering these types of whims? Why are my “soulmate” sims attempting to flirt with their friends or even strangers versus their own spouse if on the same lot? Why is it that once a sim is “flirty”, it seems like they’d flirt with a chair if they could? I know they’ve always had trouble keeping it in their pants, but it seems a bit more obnoxious now. :lol: Oh, and why were adult sims rolling whims to flirt with children not too long ago?

I know that the devs quietly tweak things in patches and don’t always directly address them in patch notes, but I really hope they’re working on the whims and autonomy. It’s immersion-breaking to see your family-oriented sim rolling whims to flirt with one of her good girlfriends who she’s always held a strictly platonic relationship with, while also rolling a whim to kiss her husband, supposed soulmate, and father of her children. I don’t even care if the sims have gender preferences or not; in my opinion, if they’re in a devoted, strong relationship, they should only ever autonomously seek out romance with their partner and never have whims to flirt with sims outside the relationship. If the player wants their sim to pursue other relationships and stir up scandal, that should be completely up to the player and shouldn’t even be implied by little whims, cancelable or not.

I don't agree they should never have whims to flirt outside their relationship. If there was a faithful trait we could assign our sims, yes, I agree, but otherwise it throws some interest into the mix if they get the whim to flirt with someone else. It doesn't mean they have to act on it and if they are in a strong relationship they shouldn't start autonomously flirting. In other words, I think it's okay to have the whim but not autonomously act on it... and... ideally, gender preferences should be factored into these whims (I don't think they are right now).