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Who thought these Pets were a good idea?
Olivesplum06
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I’ve played every sims Pets expansion so far. I just started really diving into C&D for TS4. I adopted a stray because it was sick and I wanted to get it treatment. So we did that, and I started noticing the weird Pet mechanics. He’s hairy, so he leaves hair all over, he gets sick constantly, he’s always digging in the trash, begging to go on a walk and lines my Sims cue with 20 “Petting Mojo” making it priority over whatever they were doing. The food bowl has to be refilled almost 3 times a day, and he hardly plays with his toys. So, I decided maybe he needed a companion. I found a female stray and adopted her, thinking maybe they could have puppies. Nope. They BARELY interact without my guidance and now I have two bowls going through food like crazy, twice as many “Pet me” lined up in the cue and for what? The dogs just kinda wander around, it’s just weird. I love the way they look, it’s spot on in that area but everything else is a mess. I remember how tight knit my dogs were in TS2. The dogs would lay next to the baby crib a lot, they’d play with each other, go dig outside. This is just such a disappointment.
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They lack personality! They look nice but thats all.
The TS2 pets was awesome, you just reminded me of how great it was!! TS4 the Animals are super needy, even if the bowl is filled the game tells you your animal is hungry, my Dog just doesn't seem happy unless I am taking him for a walk, throw Children in the mix and I can only handle a couple of hours of it.
When my Sim did not have a family I could spend every moment with my Dog, but now I can't..just wish they'd tweak it to where the animals have their own thing going on and more of a personality, and not always in need of something. I also now get an exclamation mark on my Dogs face in the sims family queue and when I click on my Dog he really needs nothing..but the game says he needs attention.
Never had a problem with my dog not playing with the toys I buy him and with food seems like he eats less more than anything. Food tends to go bad majority of the time.
It completely entraps whatever Sim the pets set their sights on and fills their queue up so much they can't click on anything else.
I've had to take to locking sections of the house off for pets to live and roam around in, so Sims can go about their non-pet-related activities in peace.
That and just plain not having pets at all until this issue goes away. (again, until it comes back for like... what the 4th/5th time)
Cats are better. At least they play with toys and chase each other. Having one dog for a single sim is also okay.
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