Neighborhood Stories

Question

Since the update with neighborhood stories. I can see all the other sims getting pets and having children but I am unable to modify the settings. I can turn them on and off from gameplay settings but can't modify the settings for all or one family.

I have updated and removed all my mods and that does still not work

coley666 · Answer

The below is sourced from:&nbsp;https://www.ea.com/en-gb/games/the-sims/the-sims-4/news/neighborhood-stories-system &nbsp;Configuring Neighborhood StoriesA critical part of the Neighborhood Stories System is a set of new gameplay controls that allow you to&nbsp;tune which life changes Neighbor Sims can and cannot have.Tada!It all starts in the Manage Households panel:You choose how Neighborhood Stories affect your game, so the Neighborhood Stories System can be configured in a few ways:Independent configurations for My Households vs. Other Households.&nbsp;For each group of households in a particular tab, you can choose to enable or disable each type of life change and even disallow all Neighborhood Stories for those households. This provides a fast and easy way to decide what happens to played households in My Households, versus Other Households out in the world. (Rotational players, we see you!)By default, Neighborhood Stories is enabled for Other Households and disabled for My Households.&nbsp;Above all else, we want to avoid unintended changes to long-running games that we know you’ve put a lot of love into!&nbsp;When you’re ready to configure Neighborhood Stories, use this button under the respective tabs for My Households and Other Households.Household-specific configurations.&nbsp;Want even more control? Do you have a vision for which households need which types of life changes? You can make it happen! Each and every household can have its own configuration, allowing you to tailor life changes that make sense to that household’s storyline.Global enable/disable setting.&nbsp;If life changes happening all over the world are just not your thing, that’s okay! Neighborhood Stories can be entirely disabled under Game Options using the “Reset Custom Configurations” Button.**Neighbor Sim friends will still occasionally call asking for advice about life changes unless your Sim’s phone is on silent.Like other game options,&nbsp;Neighborhood Stories configurations exist on a per-save basis.&nbsp;Because each of your saves has its own settings, you can switch back and forth between them without having to re-configure anything. Just load up and let the stories roll!

jonao703 · Answer

@Shalarean&nbsp;Hey!&nbsp; Well that sux!&nbsp; I just tested this in my game.&nbsp; I was able to disable stories for Other Households and I was able to configure stories for the BFF household.&nbsp; I even got an icon that showed there was a custom configuration.&nbsp; In the images below, you can see the disabled households have blue configuration buttons, while the enabled one is green.&nbsp; What happens when you click the configuration buttons?&nbsp; Are you not seeing these options at all?

shalarean · Answer

It's not working for me either. It worked the other day, but now I can't make any changes at all. I even disabled, saved, closed the game, rebooted, re-enabled, saved and tried again, but it's just not letting me do anything with the stories. Not for individuals, or for the world at large. It's like the button is broken. :/ Including an image so responders know I feel confident in which button to push to make it work...on my PC (FYI). Thanks!

charlotte200125 · Answer

Every time I try to click the button to customise the household/stories nothing happens. The pop up does not work and can't see the options

jpkarlsen · Answer

@charlotte200125&nbsp;Move your Mods folder to the Desktop and delete localthumbcache.package. Then test the gameIf it works now check for updates to your Mods and CC. Add it back a little at a time while testing until you have found all that are broken.