What odd habits do you have when playing? I don't mind playing slob sims but I still force them to wash their hands every single time they use the bathroom. I thought one of my non-slob sims left the bathroom without washing his hands (when in fact he was going downstairs to wash his hands in the kitchen because logic) and it gave me a literal panic attack, my chest got tight and I felt like I was going to scream (I contained myself, don't worry). I have absolutely no reason to care so much about what these virtual people do with themselves but yeah, cannot handle dirty handed sims. Like, at. ALL.

I can't use the "OBLITERATE" option in apartments with mice/rats because mouse traps are just so inhumane. I had pet rats some years ago and they were the most special little girls I've ever had the pleasure of knowing. I know it's just a video game and no real rats/mice are being harmed, but... I just can't. Why can't the solution be to board up the hole with the rodents eventually chewing through it? Why a mouse trap? :(

Sometimes I play in first person mode. Though I often regret it. ._.

I cannot stand letting my sims make their own choices! They are all terrible decision makers. I constantly hit pause and line up a huge amount of tasks in the queue and shuffle through ALL of my sims and do the same. Then I press play and shuffle through the sims watching very closely. I freak out at the ones who disobey.

I play and or start to play wayyy too many evil sims that are criminals or scientists or some combo. They usually have some plan to gain riches or take over the world through genetics (especially if alien) or use other manipulation tactics to get their way. I do play other ways (I swear) but it's like my fall back for cackles. Send help!

"Chazzzy;c-17166433" wrote:I actually turned off autonomous washing of Sims hands. It seemed annoying to me and it felt like they took too long doing it anyway lol so they haven’t been washing their hands in my game for years now. So glad I'm not alone! There are NO sinks in any of the houses I play. 23 saves with at 3-12 families each, that is a lot of houses. With no sinks. Washing hands is a waste of time (same as letting them brush their teeth), and it hardly does much for hygiene at all. I usually send them to the shower after toilet anyway. So its even more a waste of time. Sim days are short enough.

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Vispasial
6 years ago
I can't use the "OBLITERATE" option in apartments with mice/rats because mouse traps are just so inhumane. I had pet rats some years ago and they were the most special little girls I've ever had the pleasure of knowing.

I know it's just a video game and no real rats/mice are being harmed, but... I just can't. Why can't the solution be to board up the hole with the rodents eventually chewing through it? Why a mouse trap? :(
Rizzy159
6 years ago
Sometimes I play in first person mode. Though I often regret it. ._.
onelittlelight
New Rookie
6 years ago
I cannot stand letting my sims make their own choices! They are all terrible decision makers. I constantly hit pause and line up a huge amount of tasks in the queue and shuffle through ALL of my sims and do the same. Then I press play and shuffle through the sims watching very closely. I freak out at the ones who disobey.
Hermitgirl
Seasoned Ace
6 years ago
I play and or start to play wayyy too many evil sims that are criminals or scientists or some combo. They usually have some plan to gain riches or take over the world through genetics (especially if alien) or use other manipulation tactics to get their way.
I do play other ways (I swear) but it's like my fall back for cackles. Send help!
Kathykins
Seasoned Ace
6 years ago
"Chazzzy;c-17166433" wrote:
I actually turned off autonomous washing of Sims hands. It seemed annoying to me and it felt like they took too long doing it anyway lol so they haven’t been washing their hands in my game for years now.

So glad I'm not alone! There are NO sinks in any of the houses I play. 23 saves with at 3-12 families each, that is a lot of houses. With no sinks. Washing hands is a waste of time (same as letting them brush their teeth), and it hardly does much for hygiene at all. I usually send them to the shower after toilet anyway. So its even more a waste of time. Sim days are short enough.
Beckablitz
6 years ago
I also often cancel out hand washing if it takes too long.

Once my sim had a baby that wouldn't stop crying even for a second no matter what I tried. It was well fed and clean and had a quiet room but probably glitched. I couldn't age it up as it was one of my 100 babies children. So I put the baby outside right down the back of the sims lot until it was time to age up (feeding it at regular intervals).

I felt very evil but the other sims in the house were able to sleep and function and I couldn't hear that awful crying. It seemed the only solution. It grew up to be the one child who just couldnt seem to get an A as a teen, 3 younger siblings aged up first.
pRoGaMeR5000000
6 years ago
> @Lilsim1013 said:
> I cannot stand letting my sims make their own choices! They are all terrible decision makers. I constantly hit pause and line up a huge amount of tasks in the queue and shuffle through ALL of my sims and do the same. Then I press play and shuffle through the sims watching very closely. I freak out at the ones who disobey.

I do the exact same lol
It's especially annoying when they are hungry or have to use the toilet und then disobey me when I want to take care of them. It's their fault if they're unhappy then :/
AdharaKyelth
6 years ago
This is weird, but I make my sims sleep until 6 A.M. and they can't get up any earlier.
GalacticGal
Legend
6 years ago
"SmileSlunt;c-17166450" wrote:
I can't use the "OBLITERATE" option in apartments with mice/rats because mouse traps are just so inhumane. I had pet rats some years ago and they were the most special little girls I've ever had the pleasure of knowing.

I know it's just a video game and no real rats/mice are being harmed, but... I just can't. Why can't the solution be to board up the hole with the rodents eventually chewing through it? Why a mouse trap? :(

Why a mouse trap, and no dog house?
Nindigo79
Seasoned Ace
6 years ago
When I used to played Caleb Vatore, who is a foodie and loves to drink tap water despite that its plain quality makes him feel uncomfortable, I never had a single sink in the house.

I got so aggravated by his constant want for tap water that a some point I fenced him in and placed sinks all around the enclosure that he could see, but not reach. Boohoo.

Also drowned him a few times - happy with your friggin' water now, Caleb?? Hah, I'm getting tense now just thinking about the frustration he caused me.

I've also had my frustrations about Don Lothario. He was famished this one time and at the Sand Simoleon Beach in Sulani. The bonfire was lit and he kept abandoning his plate of food in order to do fire dance and hang out.

Something snapped. I caged him up there on the beach with the bonfire lit and food all around him. Until almost all of his needs were in the red. That quivering lip in adult Sims because mama didn't teach them the basics... *seethe*