WAAAAHHH NERF DUST BUNNIES (No, Don't!)

"Marinuttonen;c-17828435" wrote:

"Zeldaboy180;c-17828377" wrote:



Most people don't want the dust bunnies removed, they want them balanced and not literally game breaking.

And I will iterate on the point that we have never gotten tuning options, only near complete removal of features when people ask for nerfs.


Also I have a thread on the official bug report forums on the fire thing, it has all of 14 me toos. People literally do not care. I had one person come tell me on the thread I should prefer the way things are now, too.

I also made a bug report about the paranormal specter spoiled food gifting, since I thought it was ridiculously cheesy, but I had people tell me "It's not some contest, I want it easy!"

You and Me and 2 other people caring about having a modecum of dificulty without having to actively limit ourselves of the features that we paid money for, is not going to make a dent.


So while I'd love for the tuning options for overall gameplay dificulty, we won't get that, and as I said before, removing features is easier to mod than adding them.

It's difficult to get people to use Answer HQ.

It might please people to know though that sims receiving money from dust bunnies randomly has been reported and an EA representative has also responded that they are looking at the feedback with an apology as well.

Still, I would have preferred a little more playtesting instead and configurations that allow us to turn things off, apparently from what I have read the toggle to turn the dust off is not even working properly, sims still get inspired and the dust can return.

All in all I do like the dust concept. It adds an extra dimension to chores in the game. Plus adds some more much needed tension to the lives of Bob and Eliza Pancakes! My gripes are:

1- Now everyone's obsessed with cleaning. The inspired moodlet overpowers all over emotions regardless of your personality traits. Eliza might feel inspired by a clean house but Bob certainly shouldn't!
2- Dust builds up everywhere in a matter of hours. As I said I like it to be a required chore and for things to build up but for it to build up *hours* after I made the house pristine feels like the feature will get boring.
3- There are dust bunnies everywhere generating money. I get that they wanted to make this a prominant feature and its a lot of fun but couldn't this be something that comes up after a few days? Again within *hours* my house generates at least 3-4 dust bunnies making money which after a while just becomes a distraction.
4- I know that you can upgrade the hoover to work off the grid but couldn't they have also introduced a broom/dustpan and brush? Not every off the grid household will have the skills to upgrade the hoover and for consistency would benefit to work like laundry day does. I'm making a particular nod to Sims that develop the technophobe lifestyle too!

Overall a good kit. Just needs some tweaking!

"chickenow;c-17828535" wrote:
All in all I do like the dust concept. It adds an extra dimension to chores in the game. Plus adds some more much needed tension to the lives of Bob and Eliza Pancakes! My gripes are:

1- Now everyone's obsessed with cleaning. The inspired moodlet overpowers all over emotions regardless of your personality traits. Eliza might feel inspired by a clean house but Bob certainly shouldn't!
2- Dust builds up everywhere in a matter of hours. As I said I like it to be a required chore and for things to build up but for it to build up *hours* after I made the house pristine feels like the feature will get boring.
3- There are dust bunnies everywhere generating money. I get that they wanted to make this a prominant feature and its a lot of fun but couldn't this be something that comes up after a few days? Again within *hours* my house generates at least 3-4 dust bunnies making money which after a while just becomes a distraction.
4- I know that you can upgrade the hoover to work off the grid but couldn't they have also introduced a broom/dustpan and brush? Not every off the grid household will have the skills to upgrade the hoover and for consistency would benefit to work like laundry day does. I'm making a particular nod to Sims that develop the technophobe lifestyle too!

Overall a good kit. Just needs some tweaking!

I play tested this to death yesterday, 1.5 IRL hours, it doesn’t work. Which makes me sad. Even if they could clean the floor with their ever handy pocket mop in sections like after a fire, that would be great. But, I up graded all vacuums with the power cell and let the house get dustier and dustier, and nothing the vacuums didn’t work off the grid, and there was no option to remove the dust film from the floors. I could pick up piles and stomp bunnies but the filmy layer remained. Finally I gave up and let the fiends burn it all down.

The only way I have heard the vac work off the grid is with solar panels or windmills but then that’s not exactly completely off the grid. Because stoves, fridges, lights, tubs, showers, and sinks all work without those things, albeit at a lower functionality and that’s fine because they still work, and it’s realistic. Cooking, bathing, etc is harder and less efficient without electricity. So I just want the vacuums to work off the grid as promised or give us the option to do it manually even if it takes more time, because frankly that’s how it would really work.

I've modded all the annoying stuff out... I paid for the vacuum pack and there is no way I'm turning the feature off.

I feel bad for the players that can't use mods and just wanted vacuuming and got all these obnoxious extras that they can't remove without turning off the whole feature they paid for. It's not right to just tell people "Don't like it, Don't use it". People paid money for vacuuming. They should be allowed to enjoy vacuuming without all this bad designed broken silliness if they choose. Maxis should of included a toggle for the autonomous dust bunny collecting. Not everybody wants an easy game where everything is just handed to them for nothing.

I just want to mention how amazing Tmex live drag mod is. It's perfect in this situation where I can move the vaccume around to inacassesble locations without going into build mode.
I love clutter too and it has become my most used mod because it's easy to relocate stuff.
Need to hide the vaccume? Clutter in your way? Not enough chairs at the table and you wanna grab one from another room?
I made a doorless room with teleporter statues, vacuumes, computers, and anything else I want to drag back and forth without going into build mode, which have become a bit slow from all the cc ??

Just throwing the option out there.

https://www.patreon.com/posts/python-patch-mod-22711619

"logion;c-17828444" wrote:

"Marinuttonen;c-17828435" wrote:

"Zeldaboy180;c-17828377" wrote:



Most people don't want the dust bunnies removed, they want them balanced and not literally game breaking.

And I will iterate on the point that we have never gotten tuning options, only near complete removal of features when people ask for nerfs.


Also I have a thread on the official bug report forums on the fire thing, it has all of 14 me toos. People literally do not care. I had one person come tell me on the thread I should prefer the way things are now, too.

I also made a bug report about the paranormal specter spoiled food gifting, since I thought it was ridiculously cheesy, but I had people tell me "It's not some contest, I want it easy!"

You and Me and 2 other people caring about having a modecum of dificulty without having to actively limit ourselves of the features that we paid money for, is not going to make a dent.


So while I'd love for the tuning options for overall gameplay dificulty, we won't get that, and as I said before, removing features is easier to mod than adding them.

It's difficult to get people to use Answer HQ.

It might please people to know though that sims receiving money from dust bunnies randomly has been reported and an EA representative has also responded that they are looking at the feedback with an apology as well.

Still, I would have preferred a little more playtesting instead and configurations that allow us to turn things off, apparently from what I have read the toggle to turn the dust off is not even working properly, sims still get inspired and the dust can return.

Thanks for the links.

My Sims will drop job-tasks to vacuum an already pristine room.

Definitely bugged and unbalanced as it needs to be fixed. Other households getting money from dust bunnies that are not there or are there and never interacted with in the least so it affects more than one household it looks like. :#

Wait, so there are people who are saying just turn off the dust gathering if you don't like it? So, you paid for a kit ($5 to whatever conversion rate) for a vacuum? EA sure got you good. Sims 3's store had better deals.

"Rouensims;c-17828946" wrote:
I’m confused about the handheld vacuums. Whenever I click on them, I only get the option to empty them, even if I just emptied them. When I try to vacuum with them, nothing happens. Are they supposed to be used only in certain circumstances?

They only work for me if I click on surface like a desk or kitchen counter. They won’t work on the floor but it cleans the floor as well if you click a surface.