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MidnightAura86
Seasoned Ace
8 years ago

Sims really will flirt with anyone.

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*

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  • Faithful trait would be helpful, but I think, that we need more.

    When our marriage couple are "soulmates" they should be faithful no matter what. Sorry, but when you are in love you don't want to flirt with others... But, when our marriage is not very happy (they are not friends for example) they can act like the Sims now - flirting with everyone around. I think, that the game will be more interesting, more "human like".
    One exception - the non commit trait or/and romantic trait - they could be unfaithful now matter what.

    Of course, we can made our Sims to flirt with others when they are happy in marriage, but they can't do it automatically.

    And the second part is preferences of our Sims. I have huge family - my married Sim vampire invited home his daughter... And the stepmother of this girl is crazy about her - she want to flirt with her... All the time! It's annoying, because they are soulmates with her husband (two bars are full). I'm 100% sure, that they do have hidden preferences - maybe it is based on traits, looks, or maybe incidental, I don't know! - but there is something. So, maybe this is a time to make a good, simple attraction system? Or maybe, at least, to explain how does it works. Maybe the guru could say something about that?

    Honestly, I like this game very much, but sometimes it is very hard for me to play. I like complicated stories, but at the end I want "Walt Disney" love for my Sims. I searched so hard for a good mate for my Sim (first wife was a huge mistake, they ignored each Other all the time!), the second was decent but not perfect (and right now I have problem with this daughter).

    Please, do something wit love aspect of the game.

    Regards and sorry for my mistakes in English.
  • I actually have the opposite? My sims used to flirt with anyone in sims 3, like their father in law..... but now in sims 4, they never flirt with anybody. Like, never, unless they already have a romance thing going on.

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