toggle on/off vampires

I wouldn't even play this game until there were vampires. But since players overwhelmingly asked for a toggle to turn off Supernaturals in TS3 and they EVENTUALLY enacted population controls by type (for everything but zombies and aliens which I found endlessly annoying) I am astonished they didn't just add that as a standard feature with the Vampires Game Pack here in TS4. Adding this feature means people will buy it JUST TO GET THE STUFF EA! Figure it out and make yourselves some more money already!

"Dannydanbo;15556032" wrote:

"Angela1000;15556005" wrote:
I got the vampire game & don't like it. I cant seem to remove it. My daughter uninstalled all my games on EA & then reloaded them except the Vampires, & all is well until I get off & then go back the next day to play & it's back. Is there something we are doing wrong? Or can it not be removed at all. If so please tell me how, I am not good with technology at all.

You need to post in the tech issues or gameplay problem sections. Maybe someone or a guru can help you there.

thank you I will.

You can "turn off" vampires by deleting the vampire pre-mades. Go to "Manage Households" and delete them from the Unplayed Household category. I've had no problems in my no-vampire saves. Also, make sure your sims don't research vampire lore, etc. This should stop the game from creating new vampires.

I took a peek at the unplayed households and the game had generated vampires anyway. Never saw them around. Doesn't help they blend in with City Living clothing. Anyway, I guess the only toggle so far is deleting them constantly. Luckily, I play with MC Command so I don't get many townies. Can't imagine what default generation is like.

I'd like it if there were a toggle because then I'd probably get this game pack. I'm not majorly into supernatural stuff but I do like vampires, witches, etc, in certain contexts. I'd just want to decide what game/save I play them in.

I'd rather have a separate save where I'd just play as vampires. It would be very different than the game I'm currently playing. I'd focus completely on being the vampire and I'd try to avoid loving the "human" Sims. A romantic vampire? Yes. A Twi.li.ght vampire, no. More An.ne Ri.ce or the kind of vampires that worried Victorians. I can see how this would be pretty fun and interesting as a change. I just don't want that in every game that I play. I don't want them cannibalizing my generational Sims. "No, not him! I remember his grandfather!"

If I really do get bored of the game I am currently playing, maybe I'll go for that, but I'd be much more certain to do so if I could switch them on or off in a game. I'd rather have this contemporary, realistic game and then have a separate one where I'm just in the perspective of the vampire. Yes, I know that the vampires aren't killing the human Sims but I don't want to deal with garlic or anything if I don't want them in a specific game at all.

I thought this over a little more after writing it. Without a toggle, I'm pretty unlikely to get the vampires. Yeah, it'd be great fun to play a vampire but I definitely don't want to do it all the time and I would feel like it would wreck my regular playing of the game. I'd like to be able to switch off the aliens too. I've deleted them from the game, sent alien babies back to Sixam and I always stop abductions now by resetting the Sim. I don't judge anyone else for having a different playing style. I would just need to have a toggle in order to really enjoy the vampires.

I don't think you really need to toggle vampires off because they're not that intrusive.

I started a brand new game last night with Steve Vogel, one of the promo-Sims. I used the aspiration and traits listed for him on Wiki. He moved into Sandtrap Flat where he met Johnny Zest right away. They clicked because they both want to be entertainers. Shortly after Johnny arrived, Caleb Vatore knocked on the door. Steve and Caleb clicked because they both have the Foodie trait. At the same time I noticed that Steve had also become acquaintances with several Sims that were simply walking or jogging past his lot. Sims that he didn't actually talk to - Katrina Caliente, Geoffrey Landgraab, Mortimer Goth and Don Lothario. Now that, to me, is intrusive.

Steve went to work on day 2 as an Entertainer. After work he went to the Onion Juice Bar where he met several more Sims - no vampires. Caleb zipped in around 10pm and zipped out around midnight.

On day 3 Steve came home from work, watched TV for a bit and read a book. I have him working on aspiration goals as well as work-related tasks. He was busy writing jokes at 11:30pm when Lilith Vatore came to visit. Steve and Lilith were chatting and watching TV when Vlad arrived around midnight. The three chatted for a bit then Vlad went to play Sims Forever on Steve's new computer while Steve and Lilith continued to chat while watching TV. Nothing out of the ordinary except that Lilith and Vlad came to visit at at night instead of during the day. I could have easily opted for Steve not to answer the door but I didn't.

So, now he knows all three of the pre-made vampires and he has two new friends - Johnny Zest and Caleb Vatore. One of the vampires might surprise me later and pull a vampire "I want to bite your neck" thing but it's my understanding that the Sim can choose not to be turned. That would probably be my choice for Steve.

It's a very new game. I like Steve. He has an aspiration that I've never tried and traits that I usually avoid so we'll see how it goes. I mostly needed it to harvest pre-made households to clean up for my main game.

So far, I really don't think that vampires are as bad as some people have made them out to be. It seems to boil down to choices made by the player. Believe me, I made some pretty bad ones in another of my saved games.

"Angela1000;15556005" wrote:
I got the vampire game & don't like it. I cant seem to remove it. My daughter uninstalled all my games on EA & then reloaded them except the Vampires, & all is well until I get off & then go back the next day to play & it's back. Is there something we are doing wrong? Or can it not be removed at all. If so please tell me how, I am not good with technology at all.

@Angela1000

You can prevent purchased packs/content from re-downloading if you disable Origin In Game for The Sims 4. You can do this by clicking on The Sims 4 in your Origin Games Library:



Under the Play button, you will see two circles. One for making TS4 a favorite game, and one for changing settings. What you want is the button on the left - which changes settings:



Click on Settings, which will drop down a menu:



Select Game Properties. A box will open up and you will see "Enable Origin In Game for The Sims 4:"



Make sure that box is NOT checked. That will ensure that whenever you load your game, it will not try to download and install any content you bought that you no longer wish to play. You will have uninstall everything and reinstall again - I don't know of any other way to remove a currently installed pack on its own, unfortunately. When all of your purchased sims content is set to start downloading, make sure that the Vampire pack is not included in the download queue. With the Origin In Game feature disabled for TS4, it shouldn't reinstall again.

Umm why would you buy a pack revolved around vampires if you don't want vampires in the game?

"pepperjax1230;15561448" wrote:
Umm why would you buy a pack revolved around vampires if you don't want vampires in the game?

Most common reasons i here is some want the furniture packs to have additional sorta victorian gothic building structures etc. Others i hear want to play vampires at times in their game play, but like with aliens don't want them to be overly dominant in the social areas, as to when not playing vampire storylines not have their other ones interloped with vampires in them.

"DKguruArtist;15561507" wrote:

"pepperjax1230;15561448" wrote:
Umm why would you buy a pack revolved around vampires if you don't want vampires in the game?

Most common reasons i here is some want the furniture packs to have additional sorta victorian gothic building structures etc. Others i hear want to play vampires at times in their game play, but like with aliens don't want them to be overly dominant in the social areas, as to when not playing vampire storylines not have their other ones interloped with vampires in them.

That makes no sense because the stuff in the game isn't worth 20 dollars to even buy and I would hope they won't have a toggle I bought the pack for the vampires. So your biggest solution is not to buy it because IT'S A VAMPIRE GP it revolves around vampires if you don't want them it's stupid to buy the pack.

"pepperjax1230;15561541" wrote:

"DKguruArtist;15561507" wrote:

"pepperjax1230;15561448" wrote:
Umm why would you buy a pack revolved around vampires if you don't want vampires in the game?

Most common reasons i here is some want the furniture packs to have additional sorta victorian gothic building structures etc. Others i hear want to play vampires at times in their game play, but like with aliens don't want them to be overly dominant in the social areas, as to when not playing vampire storylines not have their other ones interloped with vampires in them.

That makes no sense because the stuff in the game isn't worth 20 dollars to even buy and I would hope they won't have a toggle I bought the pack for the vampires. So your biggest solution is not to buy it because IT'S A VAMPIRE GP it revolves around vampires if you don't want them it's plum to buy the pack.

Eh that depends on the person. and I guess being a fashion/interior designing obession-ist it's natural apart of me <3 (and honestly $20 isn't a big deal to me :lol:. $60 is a different story lmbo). You'd be surprised how many people bought Supernatural, but actually never played with 'supernaturals' (the food and furniture was actually great). A lot of simmers actually do this. Heck I remember some people bought Generations and neever had families..the power of 'stuff' is really epic lol. Why do you think some people still buy soo many 'stuff packs' regardless of what they might not like? Welcome to the funny way of simmers :D it's been like this for years, but people have always made alternatives. Like I remember 2 days before Supernatural came out, someone came out with a "No Zombie spawn". And once that mod came out, everyone who didn't want zombies were like "thank goodness! I'll get this expansion pack now!" and I could imagine it also made Supernatural even more popular due to it.

Oh! Also, here's another thing I forgot to mention. A lot of simmers I hear who didn't want vampires had also bought this pack fooorr....the new town. Yes I actually heard a few comments on other sites about it. And in a way it makes sense. I mean in comparison to supernatural, the game gave: food, furniture, unique features, annd a town. Yes, Yes forgotten hollow is rather small-ish, but so are many places in TS4, some simmers are willing to take what they can get for extra home spots :lol: . So, new furniture/build option + a new town to use them that feels about $20 worth to me.

Sometimes actually doing this makes the expansion/gamepack even more popular and would possibly allow EA to think that vampire/supernatural are even more appealing to simmers since soo many buy the pack, even if necessarily not all simmers actually played with them. They know now the pack itself is a good cash grab. So it's a win/win for vamp fans and EA right? :wink:

That being said, in this case I would never expect for a 'toggle'. I'm fine with a mod especially if I'd rather go see them in forgotten hollow than them see me in my town <3. Plus if their usually in disguise it's also a plus for my son incase he's not a fan of them :lol: So I don't exactly see a reason for it. However I could totally understand why some may buy this but aren't huge fans of vampires.