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    How is painting not fun??

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    sublimelfsublimelf Posts: 8 New Member
    in The Sims 4 General Discussion
    My painter sim's fun bar keeps getting depleted, why is painting not considered a fun activity?? If playing chess is fun, painting should be too.

    Just had to get that off my chest, it's so annoying.

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    • KayeStarKayeStar Posts: 6,715 Member
      edited September 2014
      Maybe one of their traits is causing it? Painting works for my sim. Or it's another bug.
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    • NomPlayNomPlay Posts: 219 Member
      Painting increases fun in my game, bug?
    • PurpleNightOwlPurpleNightOwl Posts: 205 Member
      Yeah, my female Sim does painting because she's in the Painter career (and I like having creative Sims use the easel) but her fun need depletes? A glitch, perhaps, or maybe emotions or traits or aspirations plays a part in this.
    • safersavioursafersaviour Posts: 507 Member
      The phrase 'tortured artist' was invented for a reason. I suppose the pressure of needing to create and having to force that creativity for the sake of a job makes painting less fun than it might be.
    • simIrrevirresimIrrevirre Posts: 763 Member
      The act of painting does not generate fun anymore

      http://www.simslegacychallenge.com/sims-4-creators-camp-paintings-decorations-mood-auras/
    • MsPhyMsPhy Posts: 5,055 Member
      One of my Sims has the "painter extraordinaire" aspiration, and her traits include creative and childish. She doesn't have an outside job but makes a ton of money painting, and it always fills her fun bar.
    • 06Bon0606Bon06 Posts: 11,614 Member
      I believe that said before launch that those activities wouldn't fill the fun bar. I remember someone telling me that. Anyways, I don't think it's a glitch but very ridiculous, if I paint or draw I find enjoyment from that or I wouldn't be doing it.
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    • Zolt65Zolt65 Posts: 8,272 Member
      I noticed my sim...

      - paints lefthanded
      - has no paint pallette


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    • OldFashionedDonutOldFashionedDonut Posts: 108 Member
      > @Zolt65 said:
      > I noticed my sim...
      >
      > - paints lefthanded
      > - has no paint pallette

      Your sim is probably left handed then
    • Mariefoxprice83Mariefoxprice83 Posts: 8,108 Member
      I couldn't use it as a fun activity either. I was really disappointed. I hope they patch it in some day.
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    • Zolt65Zolt65 Posts: 8,272 Member
      OldFashionedDonut wrote: »
      > @Zolt65 said:<br />
      > I noticed my sim...<br />
      > <br />
      > - paints lefthanded<br />
      > - has no paint pallette<br />
      <br />
      Your sim is probably left handed then

      She flips pancakes right handed :D


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    • MsPhyMsPhy Posts: 5,055 Member
      I really do think it's trait/aspiration dependent (the fun thing). My Sim LOVES to paint, is happy all the time, and has made tons of money.
    • OldFashionedDonutOldFashionedDonut Posts: 108 Member
      > @Zolt65 said:
      > OldFashionedDonut wrote: »
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      > She flips pancakes right handed

      LOL, thats funny. Maybe they made it possible for Sims to be ambidextrious? I haven't paid too much attention to the hands my Sims choose to use but now I'm going to watch them!
    • SherrrSherrr Posts: 82 Member
      This urgs me, its the same with gardening, really if my sim loves the out doors, and wants to spend time planting stuff, it should raise her fun bar!
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    • sublimelfsublimelf Posts: 8 New Member
      > @MsPhy said:
      > I really do think it's trait/aspiration dependent (the fun thing). My Sim LOVES to paint, is happy all the time, and has made tons of money.

      She is happy when she paints, and has made tons of money, but her fun bar gets depleted.
    • CinebarCinebar Posts: 33,618 Member
      MsPhy wrote: »
      I really do think it's trait/aspiration dependent (the fun thing). My Sim LOVES to paint, is happy all the time, and has made tons of money.

      You might be right. I play tested a genius Sim and he didn't have fun at all. It wasn't challenging his brain enough I guess, because he got bad buffs for doing things that didn't challenge his mind. It's a totally different setup in TS4 I guess.
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    • LightestsLightests Posts: 853 Member
      i dont like to paint unless i feel like painting ... so maybe your sim feels forced to paint .. lmao
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    • EvalenEvalen Posts: 10,223 Member
      edited September 2014
      My sims is very happy painting, I am now having him view 30 painting, he is almost there.
      He has been selling his painting, but now I am having him keep them to have the 25 painting.
    • ladylonglegs84ladylonglegs84 Posts: 6 New Member
      I think it's bull that painting depletes the fun bar. But playing the piano or chess increases the fun bar. Ugh! This game is so frustrating! HUGE step backwards with this game.
    • JuanaJuana Posts: 840 Member
      This bothers me.
    • hmae123hmae123 Posts: 1,912 Member
      My painter sim has the creative, perfectionist and loves art traits and she loved painting. It always fills her fun bar and it always puts her in either and inspired or confident mood.
    • kirajmpkirajmp Posts: 385 Member
      It's the creative trait that makes painting fun. If you don't have that trait, painting doesn't raise fun. It's not a glitch, it's just the way it was designed.
    • horrorfan1980shorrorfan1980s Posts: 2,900 Member
      To me it kind of makes sense - if you're not very good at art, you might not enjoy it. It could ruin your mood if you're aiming to be the next Leonardo Da Vinci, but it turns out you have the art skills of a toddler.
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    • PurpleNightOwlPurpleNightOwl Posts: 205 Member
      kirajmp wrote: »
      It's the creative trait that makes painting fun. If you don't have that trait, painting doesn't raise fun. It's not a glitch, it's just the way it was designed.

      That's fair enough, and makes a lot of sense. I suppose not everyone likes painting, even Sims.
    • GBlucherGBlucher Posts: 157 Member
      My painter sim does (often) have fun while painting, but not always. Not sure exactly why this is.

      However, speaking as an artsy-type myself, I can safely say that painting/drawing is not always a fun activity. In fact, it can be a very stressful and un-fun experience even if the end result is more-or-less satisfying.
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