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Festival and dance events... How do you make them interesting?

Okay. Back in the sims 2 and 3, I just let my Sims do stuff by their own and enjoyed the mayhem whenever there was a party or something.

But in Sims 4, sims don't do... anything.

How do you keep the dance parties and festivals interesting?

I try hard, but seriously, it's mostly a borefest for me.

I'm mildly amused by ghosts nights or bear nights at the bar, but beside that...
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  • AriaMad2AriaMad2 Posts: 1,380 Member
    Get a whole bunch of your sim’s friends to go with your sim to a nightclub! If they’re in Windenburg, they’ll do the rest and the DJ will help.
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  • NRoweNRowe Posts: 7,898 Member
    edited March 2019
    I find the festivals unique. My Sims really enjoy sampling the food at the Spice festival and get into the spirit of Humour and Hyjinks. I’ve been known to take two Sims and one joins the jokers and one the pranksters.

    I mostly use the dance party to socialise. They dance the whole time while talking and sometimes looking for an interesting new someone to flirt with.

    I personally don’t worry too much what random other Sims are doing. There’s always plenty of them and they mill around happily enough.
  • xPIXLxxPIXLx Posts: 34 Member
    I have a hard time getting the top tier prize with any of my parties. I can have drinks, music, a pool, whatever. Which reminds me, I really want to see "pool party" as an option. As for festivals, I get bored. You drink the tea, you "win." You prank someone, you "win." I also want to see the sim that invited me out to interact with me more. They always walk away and do their own thing! I want to see them hold hands at the romance festival. I also really want to see more of those "love bushes" for those spur of the moment flings at the romance festival, but that's just me.
  • ChazzzyChazzzy Posts: 7,166 Member
    I really wish there was a way to disable festivals.
  • HejixHejix Posts: 1,056 Member
    Me too. Like the calendar events. Why aren't they figuring in there? Or I'd like to create my own festivals... Harvesting of the *ahem* glowing fruit.
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  • TropicanaCatTropicanaCat Posts: 93 Member
    xPIXLx wrote: »
    I have a hard time getting the top tier prize with any of my parties. I can have drinks, music, a pool, whatever. Which reminds me, I really want to see "pool party" as an option. As for festivals, I get bored. You drink the tea, you "win." You prank someone, you "win." I also want to see the sim that invited me out to interact with me more. They always walk away and do their own thing! I want to see them hold hands at the romance festival. I also really want to see more of those "love bushes" for those spur of the moment flings at the romance festival, but that's just me.

    I had a sim invite me to a lot and basically ditch me, the lot she invited me to had nothing to do at that time, it was pretty much a waste of time.
    It's odd to have a Sim invite me over to just go to bed or something. I tend to avoid their invitations now.
  • SharoniaSharonia Posts: 4,853 Member
    I had a sim invite me to a lot and basically ditch me

    This happens in my game a lot.


  • KirbySkywalkerKirbySkywalker Posts: 511 Member
    The worst must be the charity event. There is no reward and the only special interaction I could find was to donate 500 simoleans to the event organizer. I thought maybe I was supposed to convince others to donate as well but I couldn’t find any interaction like that.
  • VanderhootVanderhoot Posts: 192 Member
    xPIXLx wrote: »
    I have a hard time getting the top tier prize with any of my parties. I can have drinks, music, a pool, whatever. Which reminds me, I really want to see "pool party" as an option. As for festivals, I get bored. You drink the tea, you "win." You prank someone, you "win." I also want to see the sim that invited me out to interact with me more. They always walk away and do their own thing! I want to see them hold hands at the romance festival. I also really want to see more of those "love bushes" for those spur of the moment flings at the romance festival, but that's just me.

    I had a sim invite me to a lot and basically ditch me, the lot she invited me to had nothing to do at that time, it was pretty much a waste of time.
    It's odd to have a Sim invite me over to just go to bed or something. I tend to avoid their invitations now.

    Many times I have literally had them leave the lot entirely. And while they are on the lot together, I don't see why Sims in that 'Group' don't stay near one another. The festival lots are huge, so one will be inside the karaoke bar and the other is at the festival. Its a bit absurd.
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  • Samsonguy9000Samsonguy9000 Posts: 755 Member
    NRowe wrote: »
    I find the festivals unique. My Sims really enjoy sampling the food at the Spice festival and get into the spirit of Humour and Hyjinks. I’ve been known to take two Sims and one joins the jokers and one the pranksters.

    I mostly use the dance party to socialise. They dance the whole time while talking and sometimes looking for an interesting new someone to flirt with.

    I personally don’t worry too much what random other Sims are doing. There’s always plenty of them and they mill around happily enough.

    I love the Humor and Hijinks festival, especially if my sim is living in that area. If they don't go, they still get to see the fireworks at the end.

    Groups are a great way to really get sims active in an event, party, or festival. When such occurs, start a gathering and get your members into the spirit by tweaking the group activities to fit the theme. Humor and Hijinks? Encourage mischief. Get all your members on one team and decimate the other side. It does require active involvement, but does get the spirit into the events. Have fun with it.
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