The Sims 4 needs an option to adjust the random events frequency

"Sk8rblaze;c-17859688" wrote:
They need to first figure out how to make random events fun, IMO.

We definitely need more random events, and we should have the ability to control the frequency, but the game as a whole is just too predictable. You go to a lot, and you can pretty much know what will happen from the moment you enter to the moment you leave.

I wouldn't mind random events being a whole feature expanded upon in an expansion pack. Spontaneity is sorely needed in The Sims 4.

I totally agree!

I would like something like that. I would tune them down. So far my way of avoiding aliens being in the open, and their abductions is to not have a sim in the scientist career; I avoid vampires by not buying the pack, which I really would like for its build buy items; I avoid spellcasters riding on brooms by not going to the magic realm. It would be nice if any features added with new packs were not so invasive to a save, especially since the large packs contain so many different things to attract different kind of players.

Yes! Please! I definitely want the ability to adjust the frequency of random events. And I want it to be on a per save basis so I can adjust them up or down for different saves depending on what kind of story I'm playing in each save.

"GlacierSnow;c-17859778" wrote:
Yes! Please! I definitely want the ability to adjust the frequency of random events. And I want it to be on a per save basis so I can adjust them up or down for different saves depending on what kind of story I'm playing in each save.

That would be perfect!

I would really like this

Honestly wish putting the cell phone on silent would work for events.

Yeah I agree, that would be great. They have added pack options for recent packs where we can turn on or off certain things in the pack, it would be nice if we could tune it too.

"Scobre;c-17860228" wrote:
Honestly wish putting the cell phone on silent would work for events.

Agreed, you can do this in MC Command Center if you don't mind using mods. (MCCC > MCCC Settings > Notification / Console / Menu Settings > Phone Texts)

We really need some sort of story progression. The Sims 2 did better without it because how in depht the lore is. The Sims 4 is just there.

I think another reason we really need the ability to adjust the frequency of random events is that, currently, their frequency does not scale with length of lifespan.

I play with aging turned off, and also with seasons set to their longest setting. So a sim "year" for me is 112 days. And I play with the same sim for many sim "years". It fact, in most cases, I never age them up at all. And if I do, I base it on the real-life number of years in an average human's lifespan. So my sims can live for thousands of sim days.

My scientist sim has been abducted by aliens at least 4 times so far in about about 80 days. For me, that feels like a lot of abductions, because that's less than three quarters of one of his "years". If I got abducted by aliens 4 times in 9 months, I'd be like... "Maybe I should quit this job and stop contacting aliens." :lol:

But it's an average of one abduction every 20 days. For someone playing with aging set to the short lifespan, that is a huge chunk of a sim's young adult to elder stages, and because it's random, there is a decent chance it won't ever happen before your sim dies. So it feels way too seldom for someone who's playing on short lifespan and actually wants it to happen.

So, not only do I want the ability to change the frequency of events in different saves for different story ideas, I also think this feature is needed so that players can adjust the events to fit the length of their sims' lives.