Stealing

"DJNS;c-17530796" wrote:

"Simmerville;c-17530772" wrote:
Will personal items like unique paintings and photos also be stolen? I suppose if someone steals a table the photo on it will go to the household inventory?

Not sure. I do know that when my kitchen cabinets were stolen everything that was sitting on top of them went too. And no, it didn't end up in my sims' inventory. I have had tables with lamps stolen, the chess table complete with the chairs, paintings, potted plants, etc. And sinks. So many sinks. It is not cute.

Most of my homes have historical paintings of ancestors, spanning several generations. If they get stolen so much of my game play will go, too. I'm surprised if EA thinks everybody just pop in to play a bit ere and a bit there and start a new save every other week. My save is from the basegame release. So, I guess the only way is to toggle off Neighborhood Activity Plans then. With nearly all worlds it's just too much trouble keeping track on each hood's plan constantly. Wish we could select what Plans we want in that list. Know we can add, but that requires keeping an eye on everything in 31? hoods... constantly.

This explains a lot! I came here to find out why my sons stuff kept disappearing and now I know. I thought they'd befriended a klepto or something. This is a completely ridiculous feature and needs to be fixed. Immediately.

"Simmerville;c-17530772" wrote:
Will personal items like unique paintings and photos also be stolen? I suppose if someone steals a table the photo on it will go to the household inventory?

Yes, my sim had a painting he made stolen.

"Simmerville;c-17530888" wrote:

"DJNS;c-17530796" wrote:

"Simmerville;c-17530772" wrote:
Will personal items like unique paintings and photos also be stolen? I suppose if someone steals a table the photo on it will go to the household inventory?

Not sure. I do know that when my kitchen cabinets were stolen everything that was sitting on top of them went too. And no, it didn't end up in my sims' inventory. I have had tables with lamps stolen, the chess table complete with the chairs, paintings, potted plants, etc. And sinks. So many sinks. It is not cute.

Most of my homes have historical paintings of ancestors, spanning several generations. If they get stolen so much of my game play will go, too. I'm surprised if EA thinks everybody just pop in to play a bit ere and a bit there and start a new save every other week. My save is from the basegame release. So, I guess the only way is to toggle off Neighborhood Activity Plans then. With nearly all worlds it's just too much trouble keeping track on each hood's plan constantly. Wish we could select what Plans we want in that list. Know we can add, but that requires keeping an eye on everything in 31? hoods... constantly.

I am like you. I have been playing in the same game for five years and, yes, I have had generational items stolen. I have started putting my most precious items on the second floor because I can usually catch a sim before they go upstairs to loot. And, although you can avoid some of that stuff by locking your doors, it is a free for all if you invite sims over unless you spend the entire time talking on your porch and corralling sims there. Because if you don't watch them closely outside they will steal your trashcan and harvestables.

I can't even enjoy playing because I spend all my time making sure sims don't steal my stuff. It's ridiculous!

> @AquaGamer1212 said:
> That’s literally what is supposed to happen. I don’t understand this coding error or fixing it. It’s one of the NAPs to steal things around the world and even from yourself...

It's so stupid! My Sim is at Uni and has no sink because they were stolen and because it's university housing I cant replace it without cheating to open the build editor. I also keep having to replace half the common area because it sims just wonder round stealing stuff. The NAPs broken!

"Grimjowl;c-17531462" wrote:
> @AquaGamer1212 said:
> That’s literally what is supposed to happen. I don’t understand this coding error or fixing it. It’s one of the NAPs to steal things around the world and even from yourself...

It's so stupid! My Sim is at Uni and has no sink because they were stolen and because it's university housing I cant replace it without cheating to open the build editor. I also keep having to replace half the common area because it sims just wonder round stealing stuff. The NAPs broken!

It’s not broken, cheat the sharing is caring NAP away and things will stop getting stolen. Or turn it off so NPCs can’t vote. You have options, pick one.

My town doesn't have the sharing is caring NAP activated and I don't have issues with others stealing, but I do have a problem with my sim stealing her own stuff. She has swiped herself clean. I have to babysit her to catch her. I play with moveobjects on and I set an object on her to make her error out if it. It's quite annoying. She doesn't have the Klepto trait. I would think it's funny if she was stealing the new stuff I bought her because she gets mad about that, but no, she is stealing her garbage finds. I have to keep spares in the bin. She even stole her garbage can ?

What I find broken is that they can steal basically anything and my sim is limited. It doesn't show up on that I can steal it for something then an NPC will come right behind me and swipe it. If I can't steal it, they shouldn't be able to either.

Somewhere along the line someone stole a barstool at the Arts Center. I knew because I got the message something was missing and I had to add it back. My family with the Sharing NAP never got stuff taken when they were off lot, but I did get rid of it after a bit, not my cup of tea to have my stuff taken. The repeal, get signatures was way to difficult, so I just used testingcheats on the mailbox and deleted the NAP.

"AquaGamer1212;c-17531543" wrote:

"Grimjowl;c-17531462" wrote:
> @AquaGamer1212 said:
> That’s literally what is supposed to happen. I don’t understand this coding error or fixing it. It’s one of the NAPs to steal things around the world and even from yourself...

It's so stupid! My Sim is at Uni and has no sink because they were stolen and because it's university housing I cant replace it without cheating to open the build editor. I also keep having to replace half the common area because it sims just wonder round stealing stuff. The NAPs broken!

It’s not broken, cheat the sharing is caring NAP away and things will stop getting stolen. Or turn it off so NPCs can’t vote. You have options, pick one.

"Pamtastic72;c-17532667" wrote:

"CelSims;c-17531683" wrote:
https://i.imgur.com/HUJVFrk.png
Game Options - Eco lifestyle. Disable it and ONLY your active household can vote. There is no reason to ever have a NAP active anywhere that you don't want.

"CelSims;c-17531683" wrote:
https://i.imgur.com/HUJVFrk.png
Game Options - Eco lifestyle. Disable it and ONLY your active household can vote. There is no reason to ever have a NAP active anywhere that you don't want.

The problem we have here is nobody reads the actual thread, they just read the title and then start griping. This is 100% within the player’s control as quoted above. If you untick that box you, and only you decide what N.A.P is in effect so you never have to have the sharing is caring nap again.

For both of these, yes, you do have control over voting and whatnot, but this is clearly not working as it should have been intended to. Public lots like bars, museums, dorms, and parks shouldn't be part of the "Sharing is Caring" NAP. They're not privately owned like a home, they're businesses or theoretically government funded lots. For me, the "Sharing is Caring" should ONLY be applicable to residential lots, not public lots. So if I go to Bob Pancakes, and I want his grill, I can take his grill - he votes, so he has say one way or another in the neighborhood plans. A public park though? Not so much. No one owns the park except the invisible government, and they're not voters in neighborhood plans. It's not in the spirit of sharing with your neighbors to loot community lots, because there are no neighbors on community lots that have given you permission to take stuff from them.