Yes!!! I love making my sims have a wedding I think there fun to set up and get dressed for lol! I would love a wedding day stuff pack or something like that cause they definitely need more stuff like dresses , cakes , veils , flower/bouquets , maybe even you can set who’s your bridesmaids or groomsmen and a Wedding venue lot , and also a fix for then to sit during a wedding would be nice lol
I rarely have weddings. They're a pain in the butt and need a serious update. My wedding guests have spent more time crowding the bartender than the happy couple that've Ive had to take away the bar in all future weddings. And would it kill the guests to sit down before the vows start? By the time the newlyweds are done, half the guests are just now getting to their seats.
I almost always have weddings. And I think they fixed the bugs where guests don't sit down or don't show up at all. I haven't had any problems with weddings in a long time.
I do wish they would introduce more things for weddings. I'm hoping for a stuff pack at least.
But I can see how not everyone cares about weddings. If you're not a family player they probably don't mean much.
I like having weddings, I wish they would add more things for weddings to. We finally have the option to have hats separate from the hair styles, it would be awesome to have wedding veils and more wedding dresses and suites.
I’ve only had three weddings. The first was outdoors and almost got rained out. The second one, the bride got locked out of her own reception. The third, the groom didn’t show up! I think my Sims will mostly be eloping in the future.
They are a pain to get the hang of. It definitely took a few of them before I managed to get one go mostly as I intended. I love the eloping option, too. It all depends on whether it would make sense for a specific sim to have a small wedding, a big one or none at all. And then of course, sometimes I just need a wedding to go wrong (though probably not in the way the do go wrong by themselves with the caterer standing around doing nothing; having the caterer posion everyone with pufferfish would be more like it, but mainly I mean like having a drunken brawl on the dancefloor or something).
It depends on the state issuing the marriage license.
Without that, regardless what your temple, church, mosque, synogogue or whatever may say, you don't get to receive the benefits of marriage. It is a civil institution.
Pulling off a wedding in TS4 is like trying to get a bunch of squirrels to stage a production of Henry V. You can try but it’s probably not going to work out the way you hope.
Pulling off a wedding in TS4 is like trying to get a bunch of squirrels to stage a production of Henry V. You can try but it’s probably not going to work out the way you hope.
I just had my first wedding in the sims last week (to test a wedding venue for some kind of silly challenge or something I don't want to admit I participated in). I don't think I've ever had sims marry in any of the previous games either (the only married couples I have were assigned marital status in CAS). I've always heard that it was a huge chore and hassle, especially getting the guests to sit. Some of the tips and 'rules on planning the event' mentioned by y'all are very helpful, and plain necessary to make a wedding in this game actually work and look like a wedding. I did enjoy seeing two of my sims get married though, probably because these were new interactions and animations for me. I did find it a bit weird there was no sim officiating the event. The game poops out NPCs for pretty much everything else. My biggest gripe were the wedding arches though. There seems to be only three. A very basic one, a better looking one but with a very sexist name (what same sex male couple would want to be wedded at an arch with the name 'Daddy's Girl Formal Wedding Arch'? Why is there no 'Daddy's Boy Formal Wedding Arch'? Or a 'Momma's Boy Formal Wedding Arch' for that matter?), and the Island Living one which, while I'm sure people will find use for outside of a tropical beach setting, to me mostly fits a tropical beach setting. The wedding venue I made was actually meant to be for vampires and there's isn't even a black swatch for any of these arches.
I do weddings sometimes it depends on the sims. If I'm doing a generational gameplay than I'll usually have a wedding to have an excuse to get the whole family together but usually I just elope
Yes it is. Depending on the person. For me marriage is very much religious and how it originated. Only in more modern times has it been decided by civil authorities. Historically, though, it wasnt needed to be set by a civil authority and the congregation / community would acknowledge the marriages. For me its very much a religious status as well as legal but in TS4 as of current there is not religious function or feature, so people make their own buildings of faith and roleplay it.
The Sims has currently lost its identity. Bring it back for TS5
Yes it is. Depending on the person. For me marriage is very much religious and how it originated. Only in more modern times has it been decided by civil authorities. Historically, though, it wasnt needed to be set by a civil authority and the congregation / community would acknowledge the marriages. For me its very much a religious status as well as legal but in TS4 as of current there is not religious function or feature, so people make their own buildings of faith and roleplay it.
It's a very good thing to have church and government separate. A lot of people were stuck in abusive marriages because of the church beliefs.
It's a very good thing to have church and government separate. A lot of people were stuck in abusive marriages because of the church beliefs.
Im not an advocate for continuing to be in an abusive marriage. People should seperate from their mate that is abusive to them. I do think religion should not be involved in gov & vice versa. I dont think religion should be involved in politics. But as for TS4 neither really plays a role in the game, and thankfully abuse doesnt either.
The Sims has currently lost its identity. Bring it back for TS5
Why is there no 'Daddy's Boy Formal Wedding Arch'? Or a 'Momma's Boy Formal Wedding Arch' for that matter?),
I'm sure you could find CC ones that people made. I'd be surprised if there wasn't hundreds out there. I could make a Daddy's Boy arch and Momma's Boy arch if you like. In s4s you can name anything whatever you want.
That being said, you make insightful points on stuff that could have been included in a Wedding Pack.
Personally, I never even noticed the names of the arches, didn't even notice there was more than one, lol!
I do have weddings in the game of various types. Every couple is different, but yes, weddings are in need of an overhaul and I'm surprised that this hasn't arrived sooner. It does seem like something is missing.
Some of my couples elope in a quiet place at home or near their homes. I've also made the museum in Willow Creek duly function as a popular turnkey wedding venue. Likewise, the park in San Myshuno has hosted multiple weddings. I have several churches that can also be wedding venues but a lot of sims get married in other venues. Sofia Bjergsen was married in the Van Haunt Estate.
If I'm really into it, the sims might meet their new families beforehand or have a group dinner or wedding breakfast.
Recently, I've allowed most of them to have honeymoons or more recently to choose some benefit instead of a trip. This means that maybe I got them upgraded appliances or allowed them to just spend more days with aging off to enjoy just being married. Some of them do travel. I try to make everyone a bit different but I have several venues where I can just send them for easy weddings or honeymoons.
I'm now gradually building a resort in Sulani so when that's finished, I am sure it will be an option as well. I started building it but play other households and come back to work on it.
Yes it is. Depending on the person. For me marriage is very much religious and how it originated. Only in more modern times has it been decided by civil authorities. Historically, though, it wasnt needed to be set by a civil authority and the congregation / community would acknowledge the marriages. For me its very much a religious status as well as legal but in TS4 as of current there is not religious function or feature, so people make their own buildings of faith and roleplay it.
Exactly. Yes, marriage is a legal status. But for many people the religious aspect (whatever that religion may be) is just as important, if not more important.
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I do wish they would introduce more things for weddings. I'm hoping for a stuff pack at least.
But I can see how not everyone cares about weddings. If you're not a family player they probably don't mean much.
That depends on the people getting married.
No, it doesn't.
It depends on the state issuing the marriage license.
Without that, regardless what your temple, church, mosque, synogogue or whatever may say, you don't get to receive the benefits of marriage. It is a civil institution.
Like this?
(Though the happy couple is there too)
Haha! Good way of describing it!
Yes it is. Depending on the person. For me marriage is very much religious and how it originated. Only in more modern times has it been decided by civil authorities. Historically, though, it wasnt needed to be set by a civil authority and the congregation / community would acknowledge the marriages. For me its very much a religious status as well as legal but in TS4 as of current there is not religious function or feature, so people make their own buildings of faith and roleplay it.
Personality,depth,humor,consequences,lore,customization.
It's a very good thing to have church and government separate. A lot of people were stuck in abusive marriages because of the church beliefs.
Im not an advocate for continuing to be in an abusive marriage. People should seperate from their mate that is abusive to them. I do think religion should not be involved in gov & vice versa. I dont think religion should be involved in politics. But as for TS4 neither really plays a role in the game, and thankfully abuse doesnt either.
Personality,depth,humor,consequences,lore,customization.
That being said, you make insightful points on stuff that could have been included in a Wedding Pack.
Personally, I never even noticed the names of the arches, didn't even notice there was more than one, lol!
Got "cold-feet" at the last minute I guess!
it was my first planned wedding i didn't know he would go to work anyway.
Some of my couples elope in a quiet place at home or near their homes. I've also made the museum in Willow Creek duly function as a popular turnkey wedding venue. Likewise, the park in San Myshuno has hosted multiple weddings. I have several churches that can also be wedding venues but a lot of sims get married in other venues. Sofia Bjergsen was married in the Van Haunt Estate.
If I'm really into it, the sims might meet their new families beforehand or have a group dinner or wedding breakfast.
Recently, I've allowed most of them to have honeymoons or more recently to choose some benefit instead of a trip. This means that maybe I got them upgraded appliances or allowed them to just spend more days with aging off to enjoy just being married. Some of them do travel. I try to make everyone a bit different but I have several venues where I can just send them for easy weddings or honeymoons.
I'm now gradually building a resort in Sulani so when that's finished, I am sure it will be an option as well. I started building it but play other households and come back to work on it.
I know. I was making a joke.
That kind of thing has happened to me too in-game where a Sim goes to work and I'm thinking, "Whoops!".
Exactly. Yes, marriage is a legal status. But for many people the religious aspect (whatever that religion may be) is just as important, if not more important.