Why can't sims make beds anymore?

> @fullspiral said:
> Is it a big deal?


For me it is. This is a life simulator game, making beds is part of people's lives. My lazy sims shouldn't make their beds instantly and my neat sims should have something to clean besides dishes.

Yes that would be great for more differences in the personalities- as mentioned, a slobby sim wouldn't bother doing the sheets. but a neat and energetic one would do that swoop and stride.

Actually, here is a quick question about how the other games were set up regarding autonomous actions. Did they behave like their set personalities? Quick example, I have a good, cheerful and neat sim. I decided to max all her skills to 10 apart from the mischief one, because I thought it would be a nice contradiction to the household she's in.
Now I have noticed that whenever she does stuff on her own with the computer, it is always the 'troll teh forums choice'. I have also noticed things like this must have been happening quite a bit because her mischief stat is on 5 now.

So I was wondering if it is normal that the way a sim does things is based on what is the lowest skill in her stats (in this case mischief) and therefore it's a decideing factor on how they act? Another words do their activities play out in the same way needs do? Is this a programming shortcut that they act on the lowest stat figure untill all bars are full, instead of using the personality traits they have to do things related to those traits? Or has the sims always used this method?

I can't say I really miss being able to make beds. I mean.... I never make my own bed, why do I want to make my sims make their beds? And this conversation has really brought into light was a strange looking saying it is.... making a bed. The more I look at it the more it just looks wrong.

But in any case... in my sims 3 game I had a neat sim and unmade beds always brought down his mood and he was literally the only one in the household that ever made beds. So not having to send him around to make all the beds in the house, for me at least, is a good thing. It's bad enough he has to clean up all the dishes, clean the benches, the plumbing and the mopping since noone else will do it.... the poor guy.

"EmberDahl;13314228" wrote:
Yes that would be great for more differences in the personalities- as mentioned, a slobby sim wouldn't bother doing the sheets. but a neat and energetic one would do that swoop and stride.

Actually, here is a quick question about how the other games were set up regarding autonomous actions. Did they behave like their set personalities? Quick example, I have a good, cheerful and neat sim. I decided to max all her skills to 10 apart from the mischief one, because I thought it would be a nice contradiction to the household she's in.
Now I have noticed that whenever she does stuff on her own with the computer, it is always the 'troll teh forums choice'. I have also noticed things like this must have been happening quite a bit because her mischief stat is on 5 now.

So I was wondering if it is normal that the way a sim does things is based on what is the lowest skill in her stats (in this case mischief) and therefore it's a decideing factor on how they act? Another words do their activities play out in the same way needs do? Is this a programming shortcut that they act on the lowest stat figure untill all bars are full, instead of using the personality traits they have to do things related to those traits? Or has the sims always used this method?

I don't know what determines what they do, but yeah, most of my Sims seem to be obsessed with trolling teh forums, and yeah it's annoying because it doesn't have anything to do with their traits.

"bythedreadwolf;13314216" wrote:
> @fullspiral said:
> Is it a big deal?


For me it is. This is a life simulator game, making beds is part of people's lives. My lazy sims shouldn't make their beds instantly and my neat sims should have something to clean besides dishes.

That's fine, but for me, I don't want to spend my time in game doing exactly what I do irl. I honestly think people are getting carried away with this "life simulator game" thing.

> @strangestfruit said:
> I can't say I really miss being able to make beds. I mean.... I never make my own bed, why do I want to make my sims make their beds? And this conversation has really brought into light was a strange looking saying it is.... making a bed. The more I look at it the more it just looks wrong.
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> But in any case... in my sims 3 game I had a neat sim and unmade beds always brought down his mood and he was literally the only one in the household that ever made beds. So not having to send him around to make all the beds in the house, for me at least, is a good thing. It's bad enough he has to clean up all the dishes, clean the benches, the plumbing and the mopping since noone else will do it.... the poor guy.



You mean like in real life? I don't understand when people complain about the sims being too similar to real life. This game was dumbed down because of that. Now it's boring and too easy. But oh well, opinions.

@‌bythedreadwolf

I'm not complaining about it being too similar to real life. LOL. I'm just saying that, by not having to make sims make beds, it's one less thing I have to worry about and I can focus more on other things there are to do in the game. I don't play the sims for reality. ^_^;;

"bythedreadwolf;13314262" wrote:
> @strangestfruit said:
> I can't say I really miss being able to make beds. I mean.... I never make my own bed, why do I want to make my sims make their beds? And this conversation has really brought into light was a strange looking saying it is.... making a bed. The more I look at it the more it just looks wrong.
>
> But in any case... in my sims 3 game I had a neat sim and unmade beds always brought down his mood and he was literally the only one in the household that ever made beds. So not having to send him around to make all the beds in the house, for me at least, is a good thing. It's bad enough he has to clean up all the dishes, clean the benches, the plumbing and the mopping since noone else will do it.... the poor guy.



You mean like in real life? I don't understand when people complain about the sims being too similar to real life. This game was dumbed down because of that. Now it's boring and too easy. But oh well, opinions.

I find the more they make it like rl, the more boring it is. Sorry, but I drag my dishes to the sink and drag the leftovers to the fridge. I have better things for my sims to do.

> @fullspiral said:
> That's fine, but for me, I don't want to spend my time in game doing exactly what I do irl. I honestly think people are getting carried away with this "life simulator game" thing.


And it's fine that you feel that way. But this IS a life simulator game. There should be fun things like parties, bars, etc. but also things that are a part of everyday life, like cleaning the house. Why is there a neat trait if we barely put it to use? Why is there a maid, if she comes to my house cleans the dishes, a toilet and she's done?

"beccz96;13313699" wrote:
They cant because people complained about it being annoying

I love the hair on your avatar!