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Some Likes/Dislikes stuff that need fixing
thatpinkcoconut
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The following are some stuff I find irritating and tedious (and lowkey bad UX design) about the new Likes and Dislikes system that I think can easily be fixed by the devs (or even modders).
1. Having to go to CAS to change the preferences. Come on, we have popups everywhere. Why not stick to that? Do you want to get rid of 1 dislike? Too bad, here's 30 seconds of paused gameplay.
2. Popup messages for likes/dislikes suggested by the game for a Sim pause the game and get too distracting, especially on large households. I think we can use the notification system for this since it's just a simple yes or no, and we can just totally ignore it. Mundane gameplay features like this don't have to pause the entire game.
3. Randomizer on CAS rolls only one preference per category? Too meh. I'm deep into gameplay, and I like to see what challenges and opportunities this new system can bring. I suggest 1-2 or 2-3 for this.
That's all. What are your thoughts, guys? If there's something you like to add, feel free to leave them below.
1. Having to go to CAS to change the preferences. Come on, we have popups everywhere. Why not stick to that? Do you want to get rid of 1 dislike? Too bad, here's 30 seconds of paused gameplay.
2. Popup messages for likes/dislikes suggested by the game for a Sim pause the game and get too distracting, especially on large households. I think we can use the notification system for this since it's just a simple yes or no, and we can just totally ignore it. Mundane gameplay features like this don't have to pause the entire game.
3. Randomizer on CAS rolls only one preference per category? Too meh. I'm deep into gameplay, and I like to see what challenges and opportunities this new system can bring. I suggest 1-2 or 2-3 for this.
That's all. What are your thoughts, guys? If there's something you like to add, feel free to leave them below.
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Oh, same!!! i was looking forward to likes / dislikes but now i find them incredibly annoying as i like to build up my world with lots of NPC's
Right now, you have to either go into each household and give them Likes/ Dislikes, or you have to go all over town and ask every sim what their Likes/ Dislikes are so the game will generate them. What a waste of time.
The game should just set up ALL UNPLAYED sims' Likes/ Dislikes when starting the game.
Yeah, that's just ridiculous. I don't know if the game can't handle sims with more Likes/ Dislikes, but that's really disappointing. I hope they fix that.
....And the fact that you have to go every sim in town and manually ask them what they're Likes/ Dislikes are because the game won't generate them before. How annoying!
Gotta post my mod here as it fits the theme:
http://bienchen83.bplaced.net/s4/mods/sims4me_npcsdontgainpreferences.rar
npsdontgainpreferences mostly stops the popups from coming up for Sims that aren't part of the active household
gainpreferencepopupsdisables stops the popups completely.
Only install one of the two files.
Thank you so much, the NPC popups have been really intrusive.
I've given all of my sims 'dislikes dancing'. One of them decided to spend their entire evening autonomously ... dancing.. resulting in their fun plummeting to zero. This is my big issue with this system. Why is a sim that hates dancing choosing to do so for hours?
I know it's a step in the right direction but it's always a lame step!
I've actually been working on a mod that fixes this issue. I'm still busy testing, but if you'd like to try the beta version, you can download it here:
http://bienchen83.bplaced.net/s4/mods/sims4me_activitypreferencestweak.rar
Thank you, I'm downloading that now
All of the Eco Living hobbies and skills (candle making, fizzy juice or whatever it’s called) + Knitting + Reading were just a few that I was looking forward to using for my Sims.
I can see why Reading wouldn’t be included since we have the Bookworm trait. But by that logic, why would we have a Fitness like/dislike if we have an Athletic trait?
I’ve seen a few people posting across Reddit and Twitter about Knitting/Eco Living hobbies being excluded so I thought I’d post here, and see if anyone has noticed any other overlooked hobbies and skills.
It would tie in with the Lazy trait, or a good counter for Loves Outdoors. Also, it could have put the Movie Hangout pack to some good use.
And for future reference, we could/should have a subcategory for Food/Drinks. This could replace the Vegetarian trait, put all the cultural recipes from City Living into more use, and if people have Get Together they could like/dislike Coffee/cafe food.
If you create a sim through story, you can't assign them likes and dislikes in CAS (just like with traits and aspirations).
Yes cleaning needs to be added. Neat Sims like to clean! I’m glad you posted that. 😎👍
I didn't notice this, but I haven't gotten that far yet. Hope they fix this.
I don't have the issues others/OP are talking about or they don't matter to me. What does matter is:
1. I want the likes questions of color/hobbies/music to stay on the menu 24/7 regardless of relationship. Once I go to the place to decorate, If I don't ask the color question or it gets dropped
2. Once I ask the color/hobby/music question, I want it to be added to their pic in the relationship panel. I can't keep up with that and shouldn't have to ask more times if I forget.
3. Add favorite foods to the likes dislikes.