I am scared now to play any other household like ever reading this stuff. I didn't realize Sims could cheat without the correct prompts. My two fellas are married and the only time I ever had a problem with the romance bar thing was because one decided it was a good idea to run outside and try out his newly discovered "enchanting" charisma trait. He gave the guy a small pink romance bar as a result, but to me that doesn't exactly mean cheating per say. It just means that was a plum thing in the system hah. My boys haven't woohooed or kissed on anyone other than each other. I did have the gardener of all people flirt with one of them who got seriously upset and embarrassed about it and his modlet thing said he didn't appreciate what he was asked. His husband overheard and even though his other half wasn't comfortable or reacting positively towards the question, he still got seriously angry about it all (I cheated and went to a previous save I"m not having unfair conflict).
I guess my question in all of this is what is honestly considered cheating? Hugging another Sim? Talking to them?? To me having that romance bar come up would be that but doesn't that take some time and work? Especially when it comes to woohoo?
It can turn into cheating if they have the 'pink bar' with another Sim no matter the gender etc. Because if you rotate you may see those two out somewhere and they engage in romantic interactions even though one or maybe even both are your own Sims and you just aren't playing them at the moment. If they have a pink bar with another Sim they will start doing romantic interactions when you see them out somewhere. They build this pink bar with another Sim on their own when you aren't playing them. Your Sim and a townie etc.
Yuck, so it's probably better to leave them under my control? I thought the autonomy or whatever that word is could be shut off when you play other households? Maybe I misunderstood the mechanics of it. I had seemed to have recalled you can control a new home, but shut off others from doing their own thing? To me that's a bit mean to have married characters have the ability to cheat if you don't want that sort of thing going on in your game. I've been cheated for real and know what it's like. I certainly don't want my Sims to deal with that.
No. Setting autonomy off for a singular Sim doesn't even work while they are under your control. These Sims are supposed to be living some sort of time continuance/story progression. That's why the game gives them fake romances outside your control if you aren't playing them. And fake friendships etc. So, if you see your Sim out and the other townie is there they have the fake relationship/romance is still in the 'pink' they will engage in romantic actions right in front of you. Or even if that Sim is still in your control they will get up and try to do romantic interactions with that 'fake townie relationship' if they show up, too.
What do you mean by Fake romances and friendships? Does this mean then that they'll honestly cheat if you're not controlling them or is that what you mean by fake where they'd do those things, but it doesn't affect them once you have them in your control?
If you rotate away from a household then return back to them in about a Sim week the game has given them friendships with townies, and romances with some others. It is possible when you play them again if you see that fake romance Sim out in public your Sim will autonomously do romantic interactions with them. If it's unwanted you have to cancel those actions. In the beginning of TS4 it seemed they had never even met, (that was a bug) where you had to introduce them to the Sim they had a fake romance with, but it seems they have tweaked that and they actually do have a romance with them.
They may show up at your Sims house (like a visiting neighbor) and they start romance interactions with your Sim, like hand holding, blowing kisses, being flirty etc. Because they upped the number of 'met' Sims that stay in the relationship panel, this causes lag (per SimGuruNick) if too many relationships are in the Sim panel. But we don't know how many is too many. Wouldn't it be better for the game to stop giving our Sims fake relationships and causing us all sorts of problems including lag? It's a known fact too many relationships in panel cause lag. First, get rid of the fake ones, EA.
"Games Are Not The Place To Tell Stories, Games Are Meant To Let People Tell Their Own Stories"...Will Wright.
What do you mean by Fake romances and friendships? Does this mean then that they'll honestly cheat if you're not controlling them or is that what you mean by fake where they'd do those things, but it doesn't affect them once you have them in your control?
Fake means the romances and friendships are created at random. There is no interaction actually happening. They are just randomly added to the relationship panel for the sake of making it seem like something's happening when it's not.
Would this happen if one Sim was out and about and the spouse is at home to care for self? Like, would the one that stayed home be bad and cheat or is this only happening for when you play another household?
What do you mean by Fake romances and friendships? Does this mean then that they'll honestly cheat if you're not controlling them or is that what you mean by fake where they'd do those things, but it doesn't affect them once you have them in your control?
Fake means the romances and friendships are created at random. There is no interaction actually happening. They are just randomly added to the relationship panel for the sake of making it seem like something's happening when it's not.
Would this happen if one Sim was out and about and the spouse is at home to care for self? Like, would the one that stayed home be bad and cheat or is this only happening for when you play another household?
I don't think so, it happens if you play different households. Or what many call rotating between households. Like if I play household A for a Sim week then switch and go play household B, when I go back to either household etc. they have gained new friends and new romances with townies.
"Games Are Not The Place To Tell Stories, Games Are Meant To Let People Tell Their Own Stories"...Will Wright.
I hate how you can't control if the relationship is exclusive or not. My sim once complimented the appearence of another sim like twice &. flirted a couple of times but never actually kissed since the other sim was married, a couple of sim months later my sim got married to another sim (created by me) I invited the other sim that my sim had hardly, "flirted" with in the past to my sim's wedding. The guy sat there &. applaused when they were actually getting married, yet when they woohooed in the hot tub they threw a fit even though *he's* the one who's married, &. they never even made out...or kissed. I would just love the game to have more logic.
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If you rotate away from a household then return back to them in about a Sim week the game has given them friendships with townies, and romances with some others. It is possible when you play them again if you see that fake romance Sim out in public your Sim will autonomously do romantic interactions with them. If it's unwanted you have to cancel those actions. In the beginning of TS4 it seemed they had never even met, (that was a bug) where you had to introduce them to the Sim they had a fake romance with, but it seems they have tweaked that and they actually do have a romance with them.
They may show up at your Sims house (like a visiting neighbor) and they start romance interactions with your Sim, like hand holding, blowing kisses, being flirty etc. Because they upped the number of 'met' Sims that stay in the relationship panel, this causes lag (per SimGuruNick) if too many relationships are in the Sim panel. But we don't know how many is too many. Wouldn't it be better for the game to stop giving our Sims fake relationships and causing us all sorts of problems including lag? It's a known fact too many relationships in panel cause lag. First, get rid of the fake ones, EA.
Would this happen if one Sim was out and about and the spouse is at home to care for self? Like, would the one that stayed home be bad and cheat or is this only happening for when you play another household?
I don't think so, it happens if you play different households. Or what many call rotating between households. Like if I play household A for a Sim week then switch and go play household B, when I go back to either household etc. they have gained new friends and new romances with townies.