How many people use this system, i am really curious to know. I think it has great potential! The way it works is that you take a screenshot of the moment you want to turn into a memory and then your sims can remember it and their mood gets affected by the mood the memory has. It is great in theory but i think i would like a way for sims to recall these memories by themselves without my directing them. Maybe it works like that but i havent noticed, does anyone know for sure? I also kinda want memorie's mood effects to be a little stronger, i made my sim recall a sad memory but she was still very happy because she had three happy moodlets and they narurally overpowered that one sad moodlet. Yes it makes more sense for her to be happy in this senario but i would have loved if the memories had stronger mood effects even if just for a short while to make them more noticable.What do you think about this system? Do you like it and make use of it? and how would you improve it?

I thought it wasn’t working anymore because I heard it broke at one point and I couldn’t find it the last time I tried.I like automatic memories. I used to find them interesting when bringing a new sim into the family, or looking back upon their lives. Right now it doesn’t matter if someone cheats for example and the couple makes up. It’s like nothing ever happened but I want a memory for things like that. Of course it would be great to have the custom memory option, too, and I do like the idea that a screenshot can accompany a memory. I wish screenshots were managed better to begin with. I’d want them easily sorted by current household, I’d like to incorporate them with the photographs they take, too. It would be nice to flip through them all in a large scrapbook UI they can interact with as a book. Then definitely have a place in their regular UI for the individual memories.

Well, since it's just a moodlet they get, you could obtain the same effect with any other moodlet inducing object. I'd like memories to have a deeper effect than just moodlets. Like if you anger a sim, they remember and will not talk to you or take your calls until you apologize or something. Or remember that they know you and send you gifts or texts or call you on your birthday or wedding.

"crocobaura;c-17580146" wrote:Well, since it's just a moodlet they get, you could obtain the same effect with any other moodlet inducing object. I'd like memories to have a deeper effect than just moodlets. Like if you anger a sim, they remember and will not talk to you or take your calls until you apologize or something. Or remember that they know you and send you gifts or texts or call you on your birthday or wedding. This. I do not use them as they are nothing that glorified moodlet givers. Sims don't have memories. The memory system is just a play pretend type of memory.

Are you sure this still exists in the game? I thought it was removed after the overhaul.Personally I love memories but not like in the Sims 4 or Sims 3. I only liked them in the Sims too because the Sim would judge if they were positive or negative depending on their personality.Also going to the memories tab always felt like you could read your sims lifestory which I thought was awesome. If you didn't know a lot about a premade sim you could just go to their memories and learn all interesting facts about their life before you started playing them. The photo album was also a great way to keep photos of your gameplay and go back to every now and then. I think they could take the Sims 2 memory system and expand it more since it is a bit outdated. The concept itself though is the best one for me though. The Sims 4 system just felt so meaningless.

"babajayne;c-17580141" wrote:I thought it wasn’t working anymore because I heard it broke at one point and I couldn’t find it the last time I tried.I like automatic memories. I used to find them interesting when bringing a new sim into the family, or looking back upon their lives. Right now it doesn’t matter if someone cheats for example and the couple makes up. It’s like nothing ever happened but I want a memory for things like that. Of course it would be great to have the custom memory option, too, and I do like the idea that a screenshot can accompany a memory. I wish screenshots were managed better to begin with. I’d want them easily sorted by current household, I’d like to incorporate them with the photographs they take, too. It would be nice to flip through them all in a large scrapbook UI they can interact with as a book. Then definitely have a place in their regular UI for the individual memories.Yes, that's what i love about it, you can make custom memories for each sim. It still works, i actually just started using it."crocobaura;c-17580146" wrote:Well, since it's just a moodlet they get, you could obtain the same effect with any other moodlet inducing object. I'd like memories to have a deeper effect than just moodlets. Like if you anger a sim, they remember and will not talk to you or take your calls until you apologize or something. Or remember that they know you and send you gifts or texts or call you on your birthday or wedding. "TS1299;c-17580175" wrote:This. I do not use them as they are nothing that glorified moodlet givers. Sims don't have memories. The memory system is just a play pretend type of memory.Agreed with you both! The effects need to be more than just a moodlet but i still think the concept of creating memories this way is good. I think it has potential to be something great!@SimmerGeorge I just used it before making this thread. I did not play sims 2 that much but i liked the idea of its memory system. How would you update it? or how would you alter sims 4 system to make it more impactful in your opinion?

Your thoughts on the current memory system?

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marea_a_moon
Seasoned Ace
5 years ago
"SilentKitty;c-17671329" wrote:
I have no interest in it if it is just me handing out a moodlet. If the game does it there is some surprise in it.

Exactly! It is why i am asking it becomes the way you suggested too. I dont mind having control over it but the game should not leave all of it to me, imo.

Also, so many sarcastic comments, guys XD I get what you all mean that it is not a real memory system as it stands and i agree, but i am saying it can become more like one with tweaks.
peterskywalker
5 years ago
I don't use it as it doesn't feel as natural or impactful as memories in the Sims 2.

In the Sims 2, sims thought of memories (both randomly and when sleeping), and would also cry about recent bad memories.sims also would talk about them or gossip about memories to other sims.

In the Sims 2, it is just a buff that gets added to the player, which would be fine if the game randomly has Sims remember these events and apply the buff. As of now, it is all user generated which takes the run out of it.

One example of memories in the Sims 4 I kind of like is the ones from slice of life mod where the game tells you they will remember this event and they occasionally get a buff about recent big memories like first kiss, peed self, and more.
Azzera
5 years ago
"Mareah;c-17670100" wrote:
"MLadyAzzera;c-17669771" wrote:
I use the memory system with both screenshots and journal entries (I heard you can reminisce with the rocking chair too, but I don't have the Knitting pack yet). I have the Meaningful Stories mod installed so usually they are feeling the right emotions at the time I take the photo/write in journal. Sometimes my sims will "Auto Reminisce" and put themselves in a good/bad mood, which makes gameplay more interesting for me.

@MLadyAzzera Oh, that sounds interesting indeed and one of the things i said i wanted to happen in my op. Is this because of the mod or is it a mechanic in-game too? i haven't noticed anything like it in my game yet.

I think it's random and based on how many memories they have stored (at least this is my best theory). My journaling Sims sometimes randomly go through their journals if they had used it often when they were younger, and I haven't seen it lately, but elder sims would remember a photo if I had tagged a lot of them. I wonder if there is a mod to increase this?

I often trigger the journal one just bc I'm impatient lol.
SimmerGeorge
Seasoned Ace
5 years ago
I just wish the Auto-reminisce system would actually tell you which memory made the Sim sad, angry, happy or whatever.
I remember in the Sims 2 when a Sim started crying because they remembered something, it would usually show in a thought bubble what memory triggered the crying.
Same happened when the Sims were angry at another Sim. When they did that angry stomp and face the thought bubble would show you which Sim they are mad at.
comicsforever
5 years ago
"SilentKitty;c-17671329" wrote:
"Cinebar;c-17671138" wrote:
I tried to use it when they first implemented it. (pictures). lol It was ok to make some Sims mad all the time, but it's no more than a mood emitter is it. I mean my Sim doesn't have any idea what they are looking at, do they? Do they know that is their long lost love in that painting?

It's nothing more than mood emitters and from what I read recently it has been broken for a very long time.

Jupp, there is no knowledge of what made the sim feel that way.

If there is an automatic-feature I would be interested in it as a way to introduce some negative moods for some of my sims.

I tried it when it came out as well and I have no interest in it if it is just me handing out a moodlet. If the game does it there is some surprise in it.

I agree I would use it also if the game gave the moodlet not me

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