WAY to many pop-ups in game

I find some notifications useful, just not the ones that are more tutorial-like. Once you've learned where screenshots go, or that fish details are in your notebook, or how off-the-grid lots work, you don't need to see that every time. The specific ones telling you about what is happening in your game right now, like when sims get home and what their grade is, etc, are helpful.

"graventhe;c-17701718" wrote:
Don't forget the phone notifications too! Even if you silence your phone, the pops up for jobs never stop when you have great reputation (because you got friends with your spouse and kids ?) also you get constantly asked for blind dates even you're married, the game needs to evolve..

The phone is a whole other issue and one that bothers me much more. The endless job offers cause my sims have good reputations drive me insane. The texts and calls from ghosts can get lost as well. The only thing I liked about the phone was the invites out and they went and nerfed those so they don’t happen anymore.

I normally don’t have my notifications panel extended, and it bothers me when new ones hang on the screen. It would be better if it appeared for a few seconds and then disappeared- I know where to find it if I need it.

I also wish they had a timestamp from the in-game clock, not real time. Sometimes that’s relevant to me but it just says “a few minutes ago” or whatever. But I often “check trends” on the video station and go back to look at them again, forgetting exactly when they were checked so it’s less helpful than it could be.

There are way too many and they are so repetitive. I especially dislike that when you have a lot of kids in a family - each one gets their own notification to go to school. Why can't there just be one to say it is time for school? I also dislike the ones about learning a fish - um, I don't care and that is why we have a notebook on the phone and a collections menu in the inventory.

Not to forget the green "You've taken a screenshot" popup :s

The fishing ones do annoy me. Like I don't care if Victor Feng learned about a new fish when I'm not even playing that family.

I only want to get notifications concerning the household I'm currently playing, not for members of other played households who happen to be visiting the lot. How many times can one Sim learn the recipe for fabricated eco upgrade parts, anyway?

"Sharonia;c-17702566" wrote:
The fishing ones do annoy me. Like I don't care if Victor Feng learned about a new fish when I'm not even playing that family.

I've always thought these ones were a bug because they're so irrelevant :D

Personally I think sims 4 is an improvement on the sims 3 notifications as they would always pause my game whereas sims 4 doesn’t and I just delete the whole lot in the box every so often.

Pop ups to me are in the middle of the screen and game play does not continue unless I choose something. Jungle adventures added a lot.

The most annoying are the job ones from EL. The toddlers even get them. I can handle notifications over on the side. I delete those every time my auto saves pops on. These EL messages go to all household members who are not even in that Eco career. With a household of 8 I have to respond 8 times twice a day. This has to be a bug or a mod but have not figured it out yet.

Then the parenthood pop ups. I have no use for these and it should be in game options to tick off like fame. I usually do not play with kids or teens because of parenthood pop ups.

To be honest with everyone I almost ready to stop playing TS4. I get so down every time I come to the forum because I am reminded about how much is wrong with this game. I like helping players and love the information/creative side of the forum but most of it drags me down. It's no ones fault. I feel that I have lost my passion for the Sims when I am on here. I either have to give up the forum and just play the game or quit both. I have not made up my mind yet. I have played TS4 almost 6000 hours and it just gets worse. They changed the new expansion pack for political reasons. (basically I feel EA was bullied) I fear for what is coming and what my money for packs is supporting!