TS4 Totally Random Comments and Questions

"SailorCeti;c-17881795" wrote:
I’ll join. Why the heck can’t they label face types in game in a little tooltip. Say what you want but I often can’t tell which faces are intended for which races. -.-

I'm uncertain if different races have any particular face shape. There are only so many. Mostly, the eyes are indicative of race. Just pick the shape closest to what you want to enable yourself to push and pull it into what you want. Other than that, I'm mystified.

I regret giving my Sim, Layla the hotheaded trait because now she's always angry for no reason.

Yes, I can change her trait with cheats but I'm not going to change her. She is who she is.

"Wolfium;c-17904052" wrote:
Why is it possible for sim to romance their stepparent who was their caregiver, and who is mentioned in relationship panel as daddy/mommy dearest? :s

I just found this thread, which is why my comment is late, but ew. Just, ew. :unamused:

Thanks for making this thread!

I have not figured out which university degree counts towards the dream home decorator career, or if any degrees even does.
Do any of you know if there is a degree for that career? :blush:

"calaprfy;c-17912199" wrote:

"Fairy_Happy;c-17912082" wrote:
I regret giving my Sim, Layla the hotheaded trait because now she's always angry for no reason.

Yes, I can change her trait with cheats but I'm not going to change her. She is who she is.

I have a club for hot headed sims. They get teased by a club of mean sims.

That sounds like fun actually. I keep forgetting about clubs in this games. So much of this game that I have yet to explore.

My Sim developed the Vain Fame Quirk and at first I thought about getting rid of it but decided against it. I decided to let my Sims be who they are, even if some of their quirks or traits are annoying.

Also, painting is very lucrative. My Sim is earning a lot of money (and Fame) from just painting alone. Although I can do without the constant "Emotionally Mindful" +4 Fine moodlet I think.

Did they add more “styled looks” (is that what the outfits are called) recently? I’ve noticed a few more, definitely under kids, which we have desperately needed.

In every sims house I always add a Thermostat and set it to auto. And then some solar panels on the roof. 699 for the Thermo, and 800-something for each panel.


Right now in real life some guys are in my backyard replacing my AC system. That would be a $20,000 job if I didn't have a warranty on the broken one. Instead it's 1/10th of that to cover permits and some off-warranty portions.

My home solar on the other hand was about $40,000, and just like those Sims houses, it lets me go off-grid. Sims is missing the battery backs I got from Tesla, but seems to have folded that feature into the panels themselves (without a battery, RL solar shuts off anytime there's a power outage to prevent your solar from sending juice up the line and shocking a tech working to fix an outage. With a battery, when the power goes out your solar and battery go into their own isolated loop. In Sims, you're in the isolated loop just by setting the 'off the grid' lot trait).

It just makes me think of these two things side by side. Some costs in the Sims seem to have been set at random, rather than any RL scale.

I wish I could just fork out 699 simoleans and be done with it in RL... but I'm also glad I don't have to find a spot behind every sim's house to fit an AC condenser... :smiley:

On the other hand, I never paid for my solar - the juice it generates above my needs is paying it off over time. But my Sims always have to pay for their panels upfront.

Now I guess I need to add grass straw wall paneling to my real life living room so I can watch the neighborhood magically turn greener. Or will that not work in real life? ;)

Random question time. When a Sim comes to visit my Sim at their house, the conversation always ends up taking place on the front porch. I can't get the visitor to come inside and chat. I've tried the Sit Here and Chat command, hoping to get them to relax on the couch, but my visitor never takes the cue. They always stay on the porch, waving their hand as if to say "Hello...I'm over here."

What am I doing wrong?

"MoonlightGraham;c-17913259" wrote:
Random question time. When a Sim comes to visit my Sim at their house, the conversation always ends up taking place on the front porch. I can't get the visitor to come inside and chat. I've tried the Sit Here and Chat command, hoping to get them to relax on the couch, but my visitor never takes the cue. They always stay on the porch, waving their hand as if to say "Hello...I'm over here."

What am I doing wrong?

That's really odd. It sounds like what Sims do when they are stuck, but if your own Sim can move in and out of their house without problems, and this keeps happening with each visitor, then that doesn't make sense. One thing to check: click on the front door and make sure you didn't set it to lock for household only or to specific Sims only. Make sure it is set to "unlocked."