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I knew this could break existing Clubs, and limit others, when I first tested the Small Business system. Club requirements, specifically Traits (maybe others too), could be selected in more than one slot, but this changed either with the pre-patch or the new pack (I haven't tested without B&H). This change was likely made for, and also effects, Small Business Target Customers too.
Trait requirements (since the release of the Club system) used work as follows:
- If a single Trait is selected in a slot, it's a specific requirement to join.
- If multiple traits are selected in one slot, it's an OR situation. Sims must have any of the Traits to join.
- If Traits are selected in more than one slot, it's an AND situation. So sims need a Trait from each slot to join.
So I could make a Book Club with one slot containing only Bookworm (required for all sims), and another slot with social Traits (like Outgoing, Insider etc) to ensure they weren't a Loner who wouldn't want to join random, non-Friend Clubs or someone ambivalent to socialising over a hobby.
Now my choices are:
- ONLY Bookworm - Bookworms join/visit Small Business, but so might Loner sims that likely wouldn't want to do that.
- Bookworm & social traits in one slot - Some of the joining/visiting sims won't be Bookworms.
Neither of the above options works for what I was trying to achieve. Additionally, during the promotion of Get Together, this AND/OR system for Club Requirements was directly mentioned, but is no longer a feature.
If this was an intentional change by the dev team, I cannot imagine why. This change to clubs is bordering game ruining for me personally.
I'm hoping this was an unintended side effect of the B&H system and can/will be rectified if it is noticed.
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- EA_Cade11 months ago
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