I am all for this! It really drives me nuts the crazy outfits that my townies show up in. Once a month, I just go in an change their hair and clothes. It would really help for story telling.
I think this is a splendid idea. I really find it annoying after playing a few generations, and all the EA made npcs are dead the neighborhood is then left with ugly randomly generated sims. It really just kills the immersion imo.
I just thought of the same idea and I am glad I found this topic. It is a great idea to assign NPC roles to townies. It would provide a greater sense of continuity, something I think the Sims 4 is currently lacking. It would also give us more power over who is playing which role, which is great for storytellers.
I am sorry if me responding is troublesome given that the last reply was from May 30th, but now more than ever do we need a Townie Creation Control, especially when it deals with NPC roles, and especially since all Townies are randomly generated, breaking immersion, and these Townies are pretty hideous.
I don't mind you posting again! I very much want this to happen too! One thing I'd like to control is that while I LOVE Jungle Adventure overall, I don't like that when my Sim went home from vacation, so many of the townies from there are all filling in my NPC roles back home. If I had control over NPC roles, I could stop that from happening, since it makes the experience of meeting locals in Selvadorada feel less different if they all follow me back home.
As more packs come in, it feels like this becomes more and more relevant. I don't want Vlad randomly being a bartender, or aliens working at my restaurants unless it's space themed. And I want it easier to see which households are the still living stray cats and dogs so I can give them to dog and cat loving households if I want. I want to be able to create, set up, and edit clubs from manage worlds without having to play the leader of those clubs, so I can make Vlad the leader of an exclusive vampire club and pick vamps to join without playing him, or have Cassandra Goth easily join the Renegades without playing either her or Max. As the game becomes more complex, we really need greater options for control to keep it cohesive.
@FanPhoria - I know what you mean! The way the game pulls NPCs can really bork any story even the default setting designed for them. Sometimes you can make it work but it gets old in every story. It would be nice if we could mark a Sim unable to be chosen for the NPC job pool at the very least...
I also agree we NEED a 'manage clubs' option so that you don't have to play the club leader to edit the club. I've had glitches where a club leader dies and a ghost is running an empty club, for example... headache.
bumping this because even i find this so annoying!! i wanna make a berry-only world, but then i get these cheap mofos strolling in with 1; not only bad dress sense, but also bald or just my modded hair (they love one particular hair.. its so annoying!) but also the fact that it just feels like it takes a lot away from the storytelling part of the sims 4 - its bad enough they took away create a world and create a style, but at least give us an option to cull these ugly townies, please! if anyone knows about mods that help with this, that'd be so nice ;;
Thanks @kally_space - I am glad there is still support for my ideas! If your main problem is that you don't like what the townies are generated wearing, you can use the MC Dresser module from MC Command Center to blacklist certain CAS items from appearing on randomly generated Sims.
@FanPhoria - I know what you mean! The way the game pulls NPCs can really bork any story even the default setting designed for them. Sometimes you can make it work but it gets old in every story. It would be nice if we could mark a Sim unable to be chosen for the NPC job pool at the very least...
I also agree we NEED a 'manage clubs' option so that you don't have to play the club leader to edit the club. I've had glitches where a club leader dies and a ghost is running an empty club, for example... headache.
I wish we could hire our own staff for retail. Like say my sim owns a boutique and he/she wants his/her niece to work there. It would really be nice for storytelling purposes & realism.
Being able to delete clubs would be much appreciated.
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I don't mind you posting again! I very much want this to happen too! One thing I'd like to control is that while I LOVE Jungle Adventure overall, I don't like that when my Sim went home from vacation, so many of the townies from there are all filling in my NPC roles back home. If I had control over NPC roles, I could stop that from happening, since it makes the experience of meeting locals in Selvadorada feel less different if they all follow me back home.
@Terra I know that they can patch NPCs in the game, they did it with Alex Moyer when they added the new tutorial. TBH i felt a little offended that there were no locals in Selvadorada like in Sims 3 World Adventures... Felt like latin/indigenous people didn't deserved representation in the game. Not sure if any simguru will read this thread but in the case of anyone reads, i would like to suggest some premade sims from the maxis gallery that would work really well as Selvadoradians.
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Add Manage Neighbourhood Options - assign your own Sim to NPC jobs!
The Problems with Death in The Sims 4
Distinguish Elder gameplay with Elder-only reward traits
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Add Manage Neighbourhood Options - assign your own Sim to NPC jobs!
The Problems with Death in The Sims 4
Distinguish Elder gameplay with Elder-only reward traits
Filter Rugs by Room Size
Add Manage Neighbourhood Options - assign your own Sim to NPC jobs!
The Problems with Death in The Sims 4
Distinguish Elder gameplay with Elder-only reward traits
Filter Rugs by Room Size
Add Manage Neighbourhood Options - assign your own Sim to NPC jobs!
The Problems with Death in The Sims 4
Distinguish Elder gameplay with Elder-only reward traits
Filter Rugs by Room Size
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I also agree we NEED a 'manage clubs' option so that you don't have to play the club leader to edit the club. I've had glitches where a club leader dies and a ghost is running an empty club, for example... headache.
Add Manage Neighbourhood Options - assign your own Sim to NPC jobs!
The Problems with Death in The Sims 4
Distinguish Elder gameplay with Elder-only reward traits
Filter Rugs by Room Size
Add Manage Neighbourhood Options - assign your own Sim to NPC jobs!
The Problems with Death in The Sims 4
Distinguish Elder gameplay with Elder-only reward traits
Filter Rugs by Room Size
I wish we could hire our own staff for retail. Like say my sim owns a boutique and he/she wants his/her niece to work there. It would really be nice for storytelling purposes & realism.
Being able to delete clubs would be much appreciated.
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@Terra I know that they can patch NPCs in the game, they did it with Alex Moyer when they added the new tutorial. TBH i felt a little offended that there were no locals in Selvadorada like in Sims 3 World Adventures... Felt like latin/indigenous people didn't deserved representation in the game. Not sure if any simguru will read this thread but in the case of anyone reads, i would like to suggest some premade sims from the maxis gallery that would work really well as Selvadoradians.
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