a notification pop up would be my first go-to but i wouldnt mind a quick door bell since it wont be like the phone ringing which gets on my nerves cause it just wont stop until i make it stop.
I’d love to have the option for some of my homes to have doorbells, that I could manually add. I’d probably use them for most of the houses, honestly. It’s nice to be able to hear when Sims visit.
They should add a doorbell object that fits next to doors which enables doorbell rings. You should also be able to change the doorbell sound by clicking on it.
Typically i play as a hermit as i don't like to mingle to much with other Sims one of the reasons i adore the celebrity house trait from 4, my family usually keeps to themselves tho dina loves to socialize so i mostly allow her friend's in the house apart from that i love the quiet and just keeping to myself in the Sims.
I've talked about wanting doorbells in other threads so I'm a big thumbs up on the idea! My Sims are always missing visitors because the knocking is just too soft. However, I do think it should be an option for those who don't want them. I love the idea of handiness Sims being able to upgrade them with different tones/tunes too.
If doorbells are not possible to add, I'd settle for a PIP popping up to show there's someone at the door. I used to love those PIPs to focus on little events happening in TS2 such as; when a burglar was creeping about, Claire the Bear kicking over your trashcan, etc. They were fun! We do have some similar special full screen vignettes the same as TS2, such as proposals, woo hoo, births, etc. But we don't have PIPs for other/smaller things.
However, some people might not like that either. It was a little window, but the notification music was usually a bit jarring/scary depending on the circumstances, so perhaps that could be an option as well? Or maybe no sound, just the PIP popping up in addition to the knocking. Just a thought...
I like it that my sims don't have to wake up to the sound of a doorbell. I think they did wake up to it in TS2 and TS1 because I remember that when I invited someone to visit I had to wait for them to show up, so that I could greet them before they rang doorbell. It perhaps was fixed later in TS2, so that the sims wouldn't wake up.
If the doorbell wouldn't wake them up and I could turn it off if I wanted to, then it could be ok. Some of my sims have quite many random visitors and I just don't like the idea of them ringing doorbell every time they try to visit. Their knocking is already annoying enough
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If doorbells are not possible to add, I'd settle for a PIP popping up to show there's someone at the door. I used to love those PIPs to focus on little events happening in TS2 such as; when a burglar was creeping about, Claire the Bear kicking over your trashcan, etc. They were fun! We do have some similar special full screen vignettes the same as TS2, such as proposals, woo hoo, births, etc. But we don't have PIPs for other/smaller things.
However, some people might not like that either. It was a little window, but the notification music was usually a bit jarring/scary depending on the circumstances, so perhaps that could be an option as well? Or maybe no sound, just the PIP popping up in addition to the knocking. Just a thought...
If the doorbell wouldn't wake them up and I could turn it off if I wanted to, then it could be ok. Some of my sims have quite many random visitors and I just don't like the idea of them ringing doorbell every time they try to visit. Their knocking is already annoying enough