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    What's the microphone symbol that periodically appears over my sim's head?

    shadedgrey63shadedgrey63 Posts: 44 Member
    in The Sims 4 General Discussion
    I think it's new to yesterday's patch, but I'm not sure why it happens... It's green and pops up over their heads similarly to character values when increased/decreased, after an interaction.

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      StarfreeStarfree Posts: 1,458 Member
      It might be an indication of eco friendliness or something. Is the symbol actually like the eco lifestyle icon?
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      JeanJean Posts: 1,243 Member
      I believe it has to do with the influence system of Eco Lifestyle.
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      shadedgrey63shadedgrey63 Posts: 44 Member
      That's odd, as I don't have Eco Lifestyle. :/
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      Sketch793Sketch793 Posts: 1,218 Member
      I think the green symbol means your sim's influence has increased. Influence is used to vote on neighborhood action plans and influence other sims to vote on them. I don't know why you'd have it without Eco Lifestyle but such is the mystery of sims.
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      SmellincoffeeSmellincoffee Posts: 968 Member
      Sketch793 wrote: »
      I think the green symbol means your sim's influence has increased. Influence is used to vote on neighborhood action plans and influence other sims to vote on them. I don't know why you'd have it without Eco Lifestyle but such is the mystery of sims.

      I believe the patches prepare the foundation of everyone's games for new expansion packs --- when I bought TS4 in June '18, I could choose my Sims's hot weather and cold weather clothing on day one. They never switched into them because there was no hot and cold weather without my buying and installing Seasons. The 'influence points' that shadedgrey63's sims are accruing are probably something like my sim's hot and cold weather clothing.
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      HillyBethHillyBeth Posts: 3,505 Member
      Sketch793 wrote: »
      I think the green symbol means your sim's influence has increased. Influence is used to vote on neighborhood action plans and influence other sims to vote on them. I don't know why you'd have it without Eco Lifestyle but such is the mystery of sims.

      I don't have the pack either and was wondering the same thing earlier. Thanks for clearing that up!

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