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My Wedding Probl.... err, stories
PriestessDreadful
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I did a search and could only find really out-of-date discussions regarding the My Wedding Stories pack, and rather than necro-posting, I thought it appropriate to start a new one.
I only bought the pack very recently after hardly playing Sims at all for months.
And I don't seem to be able to get it to work. Like some of the comments that I found in older threads, the guests don't seem to do what I want them to do. The panel at the top left of the screen that explains the activities that you should try to do is handy, but I simply can't work out HOW to do some of those things (like putting in the aisle before you can do the aisle walk etc). Some options didn't even seem to be there, like trying to do a toast.
I could not work out how to get the cake there either. And when I tried to send them to do their first dance, they wouldn't.
For those playing with My Wedding Stories, what hints did you pick up along the way? Did you need any mods to help things run more smoothly (I'd rather avoid that if possible)? And any other comments?
I only bought the pack very recently after hardly playing Sims at all for months.
And I don't seem to be able to get it to work. Like some of the comments that I found in older threads, the guests don't seem to do what I want them to do. The panel at the top left of the screen that explains the activities that you should try to do is handy, but I simply can't work out HOW to do some of those things (like putting in the aisle before you can do the aisle walk etc). Some options didn't even seem to be there, like trying to do a toast.
I could not work out how to get the cake there either. And when I tried to send them to do their first dance, they wouldn't.
For those playing with My Wedding Stories, what hints did you pick up along the way? Did you need any mods to help things run more smoothly (I'd rather avoid that if possible)? And any other comments?
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It's a very micromanagey wedding exprience and I wish they would have kept the option for simpler wedding. The pack is the very reason why I haven't had a wedding in a while. I get stressed when I think about arranging it.
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I still like most of the content, especially the dancing floor, food/drink buffets and flowers, t mention a few. Most of those wedding stuff can be used with celebrities and my nobility. For weddings I tend to use pose player (mod) to get the guests locked to their seats during the ceremony
I did have some lag for the first dance which eventually happened. The awkward part was that while I was setting up the first dance, some random guest made a flirty wave at the groom which 🐸🐸🐸🐸 off the bride and kind of ruined things. They're either going to have a vow renewal later or split up, I haven't decided. Anyway, I switched to the next song on the stereo and they did start dancing but by that time, the bride hated the groom. Some people would have done the whole thing over, I don't tend to do that so I'll see if they can patch things up or break them up.
Anyway, I learned the mechanics of that type of wedding but I did not bother with the cake yet. I think you can travel to Tartosa for it and go to the cake shop in the town. These sims were in Uni and it was a Sunday before classes so I didn't have time for that. The right thing to do would be to place those items that you need at any wedding venue before the ceremony or use one of the dedicated wedding sites that come with the pack. I was running multiple wedding venues before I got the pack so I just need to update those but I could go into build mode by pausing during the ceremony and I could add what I needed to reach the goals. If you don't want to bother, you can still elope anywhere or at the courthouse in Tartosa. I still have a lot of elopements but I'll use this again for some of the bigger weddings. I also noticed that they added multiple pre-made wedding venues for different cultures or different styles of weddings. Search the library and you can probably add one that has the items you need already to complete the milestones.
I have more love for the pack I have tried it since it came out so I did actually notice a massive difference, I have done a wedding since their patch of it with and without mods. Now yes, while it still seems to be not everyone has bugs to the same severity level for me it helps if I turn off free will and do the main focus of what I choose for events before just letting them hang out or whatever else they might want to be. Also when leading people in events for both the bride and groom it helps to split up the guests into groups, I think that's base game or it may be get together don't remember but it does help a lot to wrangle them. Lastly when going to areas it seems that having only one arch helps, and having different rooms to pull people in so they aren't so distracted is also helpful.
Should nothing work it might help to do a repair of your game.
Going with some of what I said usually you can click on the items, either the table, floor, or the bride and groom might pull up the options and you can call guest to do X or to watch x. You can click on the aisle and send people down which will also force them to collect there if you have a large family and they are taking time to arrive.
Whatever tables you are using for them to eat or a different one up to you have another one with no chairs and put the cake on that then click on it for cutting.
First dance does work but it can be moody, meaning it may work but not as expected.
Sometimes if sims or decoration happen to be in the way you may need to tell them dance more than once just to refresh the queue which may make them go into another room or outside all together if they don't or can't reach the dance floor. Not like they wave at the screen but if sims just won't stay off of it. I believe if you use slow dance with or dance with one of them it should also count as a first dance if the main wedding option is being too difficult. I hope that wasn't a bug but yeah worth a try.
Also when planning the ceremony some items you want to make sure are available, like the party bucket thing, I don't remember the name but it should have bottles coming out of it and sometimes they may not be able to ask for a toast or give it without it I have seen it both ways.
here is a wedding I had somewhat recently it takes me a while to have more but I got the first dance with no issue because I didn't have anyone gather to watch it I built the area around it so they could eat and couldn't bother the dance floor.
This is a slightly older wedding I couldn't get the guests to listen even though I only had two but where the roses are that is an aisle, clicking on that seemed to have forced them to behave. In the second picture, I could only get one guest at a time to stop dancing, so I let them party and again cancelled the first dance and redid it so they made their way outside instead. Yes it was cut short because i didn't originally have music out there but I just brought up the boombox and they were all good with nothing in the way. If I remember right toasting worked fine but I also had that on a separate table away from the cake.
Lastly, going further back, I remember this one again went well because as you can see, small rooms they have to be properly wrangled they didn't have much space to do much else. The second pic is the newer one where I crammed a lot of sims and didn't have enough seats so they sat on the aisle as well. For that one I had a mod to invite anybody and have longer parties, not specifically for weddings but they were updated.
Okay sorry for the long post hopefully someone else will get the pack and need this too but it's just what I've seen, the pack was genuinely really terrible when first came out and I tried anyways. It did not make me give on it and can be worth having depending on what your struggle is, so I hope I helped.
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Hi @PriestessDreadful
I only got the pack after the problematic bugs were fixed, so this is my not-buggy experience
I like doing weddings with very few traditions. Usually I only have "say vows". And then we may or may not do other stuff during the actual event, if it seems like fun, but I don't have to worry about whether it happens or not.
I LOVE walking down the aisle! I just love it! I always felt like it was missing from basegame weddings.
I have not delved into the other events much at all (bach party, engagement party).
As to your questions:
Aisle, toasting bucket and other options are in build mode
The cake afaik has to be brought in the inventory of one of your played sims. If someone else knows another way feel free to share
First dance: this requires a lot of space, like, a lot. Use the largest of the dance floors. And even then they might still elect to go outside or something to find more free space. If the lot doesn't have much space anywhere the action will just fail
Getting guests to do what you want: these options are available by clicking on the aisle or the wedding arch ("take your seats", "time to eat", "gather for first dance" etc). However, be careful of the premade wedding lots, some of them have multiple aisles or multiple wedding arches and that creates confusion when trying to get the guests to do things. If you have a wedding at one of these lots go through it in build mode first and make sure there's only one aisle and only one arch.
The only bug I'm experiencing is that sims don't show up in the outfits chosen for them in the wedding event planning UI. I'm now in the habit of creating a second formal outfit for wedding wear, and changing them into that outfit when they arrive at the venue, it's pretty easy.
It might be a good idea to turn off autonomy. As for getting them to dance, that's a tough one. I did have success, once, when I had the couple practice the slow dance prior to the wedding. No guarantees, however. Take it nice and slow and don't put too much emphasis on the perfect wedding. Keep your sense of humor. Seldom in RL is any wedding perfect. Roll with the nonsense and have fun.
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I had no idea. Now, I'm wishing I had an upcoming wedding. I just know Erik will ball his eyes out. LOL
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Something similar happened in my wedding
Yeah, I think it happened once before in an old pack. In this one, it did kind of ruin the event because the bride clearly didn't want to dance with the groom anymore by the time that the first dance started with all of the people watching. I'd use the wedding feature again and I don't think it was that bugged. Starting the first dance was a little slow and confusing.
I was only playing as the bride because they were in two different universities. They currently have not split up and since the groom really wasn't interested in anyone but the bride, I think they worked it out. Just an awkward wedding though.
In terms of MWS, it was easy to direct the steps for the wedding from the aisle or toasting bucket once I figured that out but I definitely had to pause the ceremony and think about it. I'm sure it'll get smoother whenever I do it again. As mentioned, I already had some regular wedding venues that I should update. I'm 50/50 undecided on whether I want to turn the Tartosa beach lot into a wedding venue or an awesome beach villa. I like Tartosa, as usual, I could use a few more lots but I figure that it's the lucky sims who live there.
The point about this pack is that I haven't run into bugs but it did take some getting used to and I'm still learning it because I only had one wedding that way so far. Either go into the venue before the wedding or pause at the start of the ceremony if you need to set up the space.