"PHOEBESMOM601;14798541" wrote:
"MocaJava;14798526" wrote:
"PHOEBESMOM601;14798498" wrote:
"SimplySimazing;14798397" wrote:
A couple days ago, I started a new fresh file (and lost all my old saves & hard work :'( )
The first time I had my Sim cook, a simple meal at that, this is what happened.
What gets me ticked off, is no firefighters - because unless I tell them to extinguish themselves, they die! :/
(has happened in the past, more than once)
In the past games I've played, they NEVER start a fire IF they have the trait for cooking (forgot the exact name).
That trait purposely is designed so they never start a fire while cooking, and I used to like it for that (besides the better cooking quality).
This time I wanted to try different traits, so there came the fires.... :s
I first noticed it in my game yesterday. The stove turned off when she walked away. I had to test it today to see if it was a glitch with one Sim. I have three adults in the house and the stove turned off for all three of them when I had them walk away to do something else. They actively turned the stove back on to finish cooking when they returned to it.
I hadn't played the previous Sims games before, and when I started playing Sims 3 this past fall I was shocked when I interrupted their cooking to answer the phone and suddenly I had a fire, because in 4 that never happened. I didn't realize a lot of the shortcomings 4 has until I played 2 and 3, and now I can't unsee them. I just can't go back to the level of contentment I once had with 4 now that I know how hollow it really is.
I'll bet you've noticed a lot more than lack of kitchen fires. I really do want to like TS4. They are just making it so difficult.
Oh yes, I noticed a lot more. The older games made me realize how dull and lifeless the TS4 Sims are. I want to still like TS4, and I still hold out some hope things will improve, but lately I log on, play for maybe 20 minutes, get frustrated by what's missing and go play one of the other games.
