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"Confess cheating" + your reputation
StrawberryYogurt
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While playing my game the other day I was imagining my sim confess to cheating on him, but then remembered there is no option for this. You have to cheat in front of your sim for them to notice.
Also, Im not sure, if your sim is (for example) married and has kids, if you cheat in front of your kids, do they react strongly to that? I cant remember. But it would be interesting to have some sort of reputation and have friends and family follow your love interests.
Like for example once youve claimed someone as bf/gf, now if you flirt with another guy in front a best friend of yours, you'll get an embarrased moodlet from being exposed, things like that.
Id like this to be added, under the romantic section (or should it be under mean? Break up is under mean).
Also, Im not sure, if your sim is (for example) married and has kids, if you cheat in front of your kids, do they react strongly to that? I cant remember. But it would be interesting to have some sort of reputation and have friends and family follow your love interests.
Like for example once youve claimed someone as bf/gf, now if you flirt with another guy in front a best friend of yours, you'll get an embarrased moodlet from being exposed, things like that.
Id like this to be added, under the romantic section (or should it be under mean? Break up is under mean).
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If they are high enough in the mischievous skill, they called also spread rumours about another sim cheating, or grass their friend up to their partner for cheating even if they hadn't - this would likely cause either the couple to break up, or the friend to fall out with you... I just want more mean interactions to destroy relationships
I like these ideas!
I don't remember that as an option in TS3? I do remember having to gain enough LTP to acquire social traits that would wipe reputations clean, and there's a "no jealousy" trait, which never works (at least not in my game). Generally, I'm fine with the cheat/rep system, I just wish it didn't affect my polyamorous sims.
In The Sims 2, this could literally exterminate the relationship between the child and the cheating parent. At least with the extreme: Child caught mother woohoo with other guy.
Here in The Sims 4 however, it's just like any normal "came in while people woohoo", so they simply go outside of the room and get embarrassed. Or, in case it's not directly woohooing they stand their like it's normal.
This addition would be ideal with monogamous/polyamarous distinction of some kind. Two mono sims will care about if the other is romantic with others, while two poly sims won't care. Or at least some further distinction between relationships. Like a "lover/romantic interest" may not be too picky about their SO sleeping around but if your in a committed bf/gf (or beyond) relationship they would be mad as hell.
Granted worse comes to worse, there would be mods that could fix it/allow options. But itd be nice if the game could feature some real distinction with relationships. I never understood the purpose of romantic interest vs committed relationship since they treated them more or less the same.
I'd really would rather the reputation system not return cause it made things super hard to play in Sims 3 for me. And if i remember right broke a reward trait or something. Also you couldn't get away with NOTHING.
Don't want to see that again. I think it's hard to implement a cheating reputation system because morality around that issue varies so much.
The system in 3 was far from perfect however. Their SO would just non stop rage at them over it if you so much as flirted with another sim one time. I can see that happening with the jealous trait but overall it seemed a bit much.
Y'know kids absorb what their parents do, so if they see mom or dad kissing someone other than their husband/wife they're going to think that's okay to do.
Cheating on your kids to me sounds like having children with another person, and giving those kids more love than your first family I call that cheating.
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Well most children above 6 or so will realize from society that usally you have one mate. What i mean by cheat on front of is that you choose a romantic action in front (literally physically in the same room as them) theyll recognize you as cheating and will be upset.
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If a Sim catches another one cheating, but the "catcher" isn't directly affected by it (as in, no romantic relationship between them), they should be able to tell ANY of the cheater's boy/girlfriends or their husband/wife about the cheating.
And if a child/teenager catches one of the parents in bed with a Sim that isn't its other parent (unless the child doesn't know or even hates that one, in which case this would do nothing), then there should be much more severe effects. And telling the other parent about the cheating should also be an option here of course.
I also don't want to go the extreme where your sim can't have a second lover at all without the first finding out. It needs to stay balanced. I recall in previous sim series where sims could gossip and would do autonomously ruining many relationships, and stories in my game. I had an open marriage couple who basically couldn't play that story out because of the gossip. Not to mention the non-committed types like Don. I think having the option of confessing cheating with one's significant other is great, as long as it's optional.
1: I also don't think that it should always have too much influence on everybody. My phrasing was a bit bad there. But I could imagine some children to not really like it if their parents cheated on eachother, and this should also somehow be reflected.
Even if it's just a 24h Sad moodlet (+3 maybe) because the child or teenager fears that the parents would break up. And of course the possibility to tell the other parent about the cheating, which does have more severe consequences.
2: Gossip about someone cheating should clearly not be autonomous, and only available on the lover(s) (that the "catcher" knows) anyways. And they might not believe it if under a certain friendship threshold too.
It would be more like the "only player vampires can turn other Sims into vampires, and only if directed to do so" thing. So you, as the player, can take that as a chance to change up other's lives a little bit, but you can also choose to never tell anyone.
okay if they're older and that's what they were raised to believe, then that technicality needs to be addressed.
if those around your sim truly hold that morality then it could hurt your reputation.
I just want to make it clear, I define who my sim is, not the game.
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Yes! There needs to be more consquences. But possibly optional consenquences - for example if its a social interaction "confees about cheating" "confront about cheating" mono simmers can get the reactions they want.
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I want to make it more dramatic for simmers who play monogamous relationships, but with the optional for that having to be player (induced? Is that the word? You have to make it happen yourself). Right now its very blah for mono simmers to play because there arent appropriate reactions for cheating. In this sense, the game has also defined for me what my sims morality is since my sims don't react how a mono sim should. And i should be able to futher define my sim.
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