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What's the most fun day you had in Sims 4.
Stormsview
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The most remembered day for me on the Sims is when we got pools, I exchanged all my ponds for real pools that was the best Sims 4 day ever.
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I got the cute Chinese family I also gave them a big beautiful home.
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Example: I had one mom sim that would cancel every single action I gave her to go check on the toddler. It was so frustrating because her bladder bar was red, her hunger bar was red, her sleep bar was bright orange and I was afraid she was going to die of starvation before she would eat. The toddler's needs were all in the green because mamma just kept going to care for her, but at the expense of her own health. I get that in the real world, we tend to do this... skip meals and rest to make sure our children are well cared for, but in real life we're more resilient than sims. We can survive skipping meals and sleep. They...just die. I very nearly cheated her needs with the 'make happy' cheat because I was getting very nervous that grim would visit and leave her little toddler motherless. (the father was already dead. He got struck by lightning.
So, the only thing I can think is how cold hearted/caring they are depends majorly on which traits and hidden traits they have.
First off, the parents play a game of hit and miss every time when it comes to helping their small child with a need. Second, the parents are obsessed with feeding the toddler regardless of the problem. Sad? Here's food. Dirty diaper? Here's food. Need attention? Here's food. And not just any food, right? No, it has to be chips and crackers which send the child's blood sugar sky rocketing. And so then we go again: Lather-rinse-repeat.
Moreover, if the parents (and I) aren't in toddler worship mode 24/7, we get threats from the game and the finger of neglect is being pointed at us just because the child has to wait a friggin' moment for that attention, because I can't/won't drop everything instantly to make the parents take care of it.
Well, that was my two cents. Sorry about the negative outburst. But I know exactly what I like and don't like in this game
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If you think the parents should be programmed to be more watchful of their kids in bad weather or that there should be an option for "cook a meal for toddler" that prevents any other Sim from taking the food, you should absolutely suggest it. But in the meantime, you can also just make bigger meal portions or store food in the toddler's inventory. Harvestables like strawberries and bananas don't go bad and make a great toddler snack when they're waiting for a meal.
Hope this helps!
I always keep some harvestables in every Sim's inventory for a quick hunger fix, and it's especially useful for toddlers - they often wake up needing both potty and food, and if you feed them a meal, it's going to be too late for the potty.
Storms are a missed opportunity in the programming - parents do grab their toddlers in a fire and should do the same when 'running inside'. Quite often, there's a collision of people trying to care for the toddler, but they somehow manage to sort it out in a fire. (I get a bit annoyed with the 'run inside' action - if my Sim has enough wellness to teleport, I want her to teleport into the house, not run through the storm. I can cancel the 'run inside', but it reappears.) I've never been in a situation in which my Sims were out-of-doors with their toddlers when a storm started, but I can see the problem - you have to get them to grab the toddler and then go inside, and in between, you've got that 'run inside' popping up. In a fire, 'grab toddler and run outside' overrides 'stand in front of fire and panic'.
(Now, I'm wondering what would win in a fire during a thunderstorm.)
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I like your idea for a parent to grab a toddler in a storm the same way they would in a fire. You should definitely suggest that.
I thought "Call to Meal" basically did what you're suggesting--the Sim makes a meal with four or eight servings, and then once they're called, everyone in the family comes and takes a serving. Or maybe I'm misunderstanding what you mean?
@Nindigo, I'm with you on the toddlers. The game sometimes feels too close to reality there. Toddlers do not understand "wait," and they have this magical way of making you feel like a terrible parent for not dropping everything you're doing to attend to them. (Even when the thing you're doing is making them dinner!) This is why I have no interest in the Parenthood game pack. Though I totally get that other players love the challenge of realistic game play. To each their own.
I will agree though that in the middle of a bad storm, it's incredibly sad and annoying when all Sims run inside but don't do anything about toddlers, and this should be fixed. Also when it's very cold/hot out parents should check toddlers, making sure they're dressed warmly enough or giving them sippy cups if it's hot.
Overall, I find in my gameplay that toddlers actually get the most attention out of all the child life stages. Parents never wake to a baby's cry, and basically ignore kids and teens altogether unless they happen to end up in the same room or need to chat to someone while eating. I like the kids and teens to be a bit more on their own, but automatic things like waving when they went to school or hugs when the parents get home I miss. And I could go on for ages about all my problems with TS4 babies.
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Yes, it's terribly annoying that you can get animal crackers for a 'quick meal', but you can't give that meal directly to the toddler. I can tell the parent to have a quick meal, but it's almost impossible to stop the parent eating it, even if the parent isn't hungry. By the time it gets to the toddler, only a few bites are left. (And you know it's all the broken crackers, with no heads.)
I love to make up stories for my sims families.
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So true!
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You play the parents and have them do it. It's a freaking game. You are supposed to play the game. You are supposed to make them do things. Sims are not real. They are characters. You play the characters. Play the toddlers. Have them ask the parent Sims for what they need. Play the parent Sims. Have them do things for the toddlers. If the parents wont bring the toddlers outside, then have them go back out and get them and have the toddler walk inside. If you wait for the Sims to do everything on their own then you will be severely disappointed. The whole point of the Sims is to play God. You create a d world and live it your way. It's supposed to be fun. I dont understand what you are getting worked up about.
I used to love that trait, but it seemed to get buggy, and I haven't used it in a while. My Sims would be constantly sad about 'missing family', even when they'd just interacted with family members. The only thing that would stave off the moodlet was to have them chat with each other, and I tend to limit that to a bit of chat during dinner to keep the social bar full. Helping with homework or teaching their toddlers didn't qualify as interacting with family members.
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