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WAY to many pop-ups in game
shokorose
Posts: 66 Member
Is it just me or is there just WAY to many pop-ups in the game now. I’m constantly have to empty the box. It totally breaks my immersion in the game sometimes. I wish there was some way to manage them like a “never show this again” option. YES I know I live on an off the grid lot. I selected all items on the lot with that in mind. You don’t need to tell me every time I come home. YES a I know my baby or toddler is hungry. His/her sim mom has put her in a high chair and taken them back out before the poor little things could even eat 3 times In a row now. I’m working on it darn it! Yeah yeah I know I made a chair and it’s gonna be in the family inventory. You told me that the last 87 times I crafted something. *mutter mutter*
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For example, I really don't need to know every time a fish lands in my inventory. I already know I told my character to fish, and I know where to see what lands in my inventory. The play-by-play really explains the obvious, there's no need for that. This goes for any activity or endeavor, not just fishing.
I do, however, find the popups for work and school, etc. helpful when I'm playing multiple sims, or focused away from the sim that I'm playing at the moment for one reason or another. Those I don't mind as much.
I've always wished we could get a panel where we could toggle on or off which notifications we would like to get, because a blanket policy either way might affect needed function in one way or another.
Another game I play has a log that you can open and check whenever you want to see any notifications. That would work too, as long as there's no darn popups all of the dang time. It really is super frustrating.
I think we get the screenshot notification so that you know that you have taken a screenshot, the text in it is irrelevant. Not that I know myself that I have taken a screenshot because I intentionally lined up my camera and pressed c. *sigh
This is just like those annoying messages that you get when you click "quit game" from the main menu in most games and the game asks you "are you sure?" Why else would I be selecting that?
I do like the ones that keep me informed also. However they tend to get lost in the notification spam. I would give a kidney or have the option of “never show this again.” If you’re having a day of “let’s all up our skills” for example the pop-ups make me crazy 😜
Oh gawd the phone thing is ridiculous. If you silence your phone it shouldn’t wake you up 3:00 am! I do that with my real life phone
. It’s set to “do not disturb” from 10:00 pm to 7:00 am
The phone is a whole other issue and one that bothers me much more. The endless job offers cause my sims have good reputations drive me insane. The texts and calls from ghosts can get lost as well. The only thing I liked about the phone was the invites out and they went and nerfed those so they don’t happen anymore.
I also wish they had a timestamp from the in-game clock, not real time. Sometimes that’s relevant to me but it just says “a few minutes ago” or whatever. But I often “check trends” on the video station and go back to look at them again, forgetting exactly when they were checked so it’s less helpful than it could be.
I've always thought these ones were a bug because they're so irrelevant
School
Phone
Career
Festivals
Etc
It’s too much
The most annoying are the job ones from EL. The toddlers even get them. I can handle notifications over on the side. I delete those every time my auto saves pops on. These EL messages go to all household members who are not even in that Eco career. With a household of 8 I have to respond 8 times twice a day. This has to be a bug or a mod but have not figured it out yet.
Then the parenthood pop ups. I have no use for these and it should be in game options to tick off like fame. I usually do not play with kids or teens because of parenthood pop ups.
To be honest with everyone I almost ready to stop playing TS4. I get so down every time I come to the forum because I am reminded about how much is wrong with this game. I like helping players and love the information/creative side of the forum but most of it drags me down. It's no ones fault. I feel that I have lost my passion for the Sims when I am on here. I either have to give up the forum and just play the game or quit both. I have not made up my mind yet. I have played TS4 almost 6000 hours and it just gets worse. They changed the new expansion pack for political reasons. (basically I feel EA was bullied) I fear for what is coming and what my money for packs is supporting!