Sims really will flirt with anyone.

"Pegasys;c-16330633" wrote:

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).

I can definitely see what you mean. I love that the whims can lend the player some storyline inspiration, and I wouldn’t want that to be taken away entirely. Ideally, if they ever work on whims, autonomous flirting, gender preferences, etc., they’ll be able to cater to all types of players. Personally, whenever I’ve played a sim couple and watched their relationship grow, I become so invested in them that I’d rather the game not imply through whims or otherwise that one (or both) of them wants to flirt around. It just ruins the story I’ve set up for the sims and sometimes directly contradicts the sims’ traits and personalities.

A faithful trait would be awesome! It might even be better if they made it an option in CAS. I’d love to see a way to set gender preferences for the sim and a way to indicate whether they’re faithful, unfaithful, etc., in their relationship(s). That way, once they’re labeled as “faithful”, the sim will no longer autonomously flirt or receive whims to do so. Then, other settings would produce different results with the whims and autonomy. As for gender preferences, it just doesn’t seem like the sims have them currently. Before, my sims would never roll whims to flirt with sims they didn’t have a romantic relationship with; but now, everyone they meet is being factored into the whims no matter gender or relationship. There doesn’t seem to be a rhyme or reason why they’re randomly rolling these “flirt with...” whims. It makes me wonder if it’s just a bug or if there’s some deeper system of preferences, attraction, etc., going on beneath the surface that’s starting to become more apparent.