I saw a couple topics on this when I used the search, but they were over a year old and I know that gets threads closed for necroposting. So, I started a new one.
My Sim is, obviously an alien. It's the first time I've ever played with one. I've never used her disguise because I like just having her as an alien. I've used her abilities once or twice, but not in awhile, and never on or in front of her spouse. She married Summer Holiday, and their friendship and romance were all the way up. They've been married for a long time now and my sim is currently pregnant with their first child. While on a date, they were chatting and happy. Then suddenly their relationship plummeted so much that they aren't married anymore and Summer hates her. I switched over to Summer and saw that she had was angry because she'd discovered my Sim was an alien.
WTplum?! That's a bit severe, especially given that I've never disguised her.
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edit: looks like this one needs all the me-too's it can get! The report is still current even though no one has made a new post in awhile. You could maybe breathe a little new life into this!
I'll do that, thanks!
I think it would be a nice twist to the game, if they are disguised. You could craft some interesting stories for your sims. But you should have the option to apologize and see if they will forgive you for hiding it, restoring some of the lost relationship.
And there should definitely be a check by the game to see if your alien is disguised in the first place. It doesn't make sense to "discover" what the Sim could plainly see.
This was my first time playing an alien, and I'm not likely to play one again. Unless there's a fix for this. I like to be more in control of my Sims' lives.
Also, it was weird to suddenly have my Sims not married anymore. No notice or warning. There used to be an option to break up/get divorced when relationships fell low enough, or you could try to fix it. That's not a thing in Sims 4??
I'm pretty sure I had this problem right after GT and the alien night events a the bar. It stayed that way the whole time I played this game until I stopped in 2017 so it's a really old problem.
But I really enjoyed when Sims at the bars were in disguise before GT and my Sim found out the guy she liked was an alien. Led to some interesting stories, like erasing her memory.
I didn't know either. I knew that alien "discovery" was a thing they could do, because I've seen people in the forums talk about it. But I thought it was just something to do with one of the aspirations, that maybe you went to Sixam or unmasked a townie in disguise. I didn't know that just having your own Sim walking around, being an alien, was going to be an annoyance.
That's where I have a problem with the game now. If aliens are walking around undisguised, other sims should recognize them as aliens. Disguised aliens used to be discovered if they got caught doing Alien interactions like mind reading but more often by glowing when their emotions got out of hand. I like to play a somewhat realistic game so undisguised aliens that go around unnoticed really bug me. My sims seem to be more upset with sims at festivals using the bubble blower than the aliens among them.
@Cinebar Yes, when I think back that is probably when they lost their disguises and it still isn't fixed.
It's my first ever alien, so I don't have anything to compare it to. But it definitely seemed extreme. I've had Sims be outright mean to each other and their relationships didn't drop that much.
If anything, it's more drama. Summer is a Xenophobe Get your alien someone who accepts her true self lol
I don't currently have any mods in Sims 4 except no mosaic. But, I had several for Sims 2, so I'm not apposed to them. I'll take a look, thanks!
So aliens... I was surprised to find they have disguises, and then surprised to find out that my first alien sim met people who didn't seem to care. I don't have GT, so I don't know why this is.
I just made a new family for a new game, to try out Island life, its mum and daughter alien, and their close friend who is a mermaid. So .. idk how this is going to go but I have a feeling I'm going to need to learn how to post screenies :D