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Irerising
Seasoned Observer
2 days ago
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Under Investigation

Excessive Idle Phone Animations

So, while admittedly not anything game-breaking, the frequency of the idle phone-tapping animations in this game is quite disruptive to a sense of immersion, and also just extremely annoying. This is especially the case when trying to play a household that's very nature-oriented (off the grid, or just not particularly into tech), since there is no reason for such sims to be glued to their phone at all times. In fact and in my opinion, there's not really a reason for ANY sim to be glued to their phone at all times, unless it's, say, a celebrity with that fame quirk. 

In terms of when this happens, I see it mostly when sims are routing from one place to another, though jogging seems to be a particularly consistent trigger for this behavior. Attached are screenshots of my werewolf sim, who somehow managed to use both front paws while rampaging, since apparently checking that Simstagram feed (or texts, or whatever) was just that important. Even if this universal phone addiction that sims have is by design, I somehow have a feeling that it is not meant to be happening in situations like the screenshots lol. Similarly (though I don't have an image of this), my sims have also been known to use their phones while half-submerged in the ocean. Which, again, seems like that's probably not the intended behavior. 

I tried looking around to see if anyone else had reported this bug, but the last one I saw was from 4 years ago and was marked as solved, so... Here we are. I can live with it, as I have been for the past 3 or so years, but I would certainly rather not have to. Thanks!

 

15 Comments

  • I have this issue too, I believe werewolves should not anyway do this while running on four, just like when they hold their umbrella... umbrella is another story also annoying for all sims, like the phone. Short story, I think this is good criticisme, but werewolves in my opinion is not criticisme, but rather, its expected that they dont defy the gravity law... I know they are werewolves but they are subject to the same worlds, that has gravity in it. 

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    Irerising
    Seasoned Observer
    2 days ago

    Exactly! And I've used a mod for this in the past as well because it was so obnoxious and out of place, but I'd always rather not have to use (and maintain) mods in my game. So I definitely agree that they should just take all phone idling/interactions out for everyone except for those with the fame quirk. My little hermit sims have no business messing with their phone at all hours lol.

  • I honestly made a mod to stop all phone idling, but what needs to be done is remove all phone idling/interactions unless they make a trait that is for "phone junkies", and only they would have these idles. I even don't like that Plant Lovers show their plant children via phone, which why? this is a nature pack why would you enforce phone use?!  X /