I think (my OWN opinion) is that IF they patched in a curfew for the teens (and kids too) the teens would feel less grown-uppy AND it could potentially create new gameplay...I mean, if you had a teen that missed curfew you'd be angry and then fight, maybe lecture them? maybe ground them? then they will "hate" you and you'd have to talk it over and explain. right now we have only "lecture about responsibilities" and WTH is that about anyway? it does NOTHING!
AND to me, its strange that I have a kid (I like to assume that kids in this game are somewhere between 7 to 13) in my house as a guest up until 3-4-5 AM! at least have the kids' NPC parent to come pick them up at a reasonable hour. same as for your kids in the game, they CAN'T be out until 3 AM it's just ridiculous...
and maybe if they ARE by your choice you can implement that to the game as these kids have reckless irresponsible parents - which really, in my opinion, can set up for a social worker NPC type of thing.
To conclude - IMO, a patched in curfew could really fill the gap between teen and young adults in the meantime (at least until we get some kind of generations pack of some sort).
what do you think?:)
-Yarden.
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Yes!
But you can't really lecture for specific things, which means you literally have to imagine what's actually going on.
I think curfew would be a great addition, if a) it was optional and b) we could set the curfew times (and preferably separately for every household)
What would lecture for specific things look like though ? A special interaction that only appears during curfew ? Would it have a different animation ? A different name ? The current lecture is generic indeed, but that means I can use it for whatever I want. Animations and moodlets are what matters for me in that case, and they are already there, so I don't mind imagining the rest.
It could come in a complete overhauled system for lecturing/parenting (with lots of player customization options), and that could be interesting, but just a special interaction for curfew, not so much in my mind, especially if it's forced.
I agree! optional curfew+setting curfew times.
-Yarden.
Well yeah that's something I'd love to see actually The ability to click "Lecture..." "for being home late / not respecting curfew / not doing homework / not doing the dishes / etc.". It's a system I really think is quite absent from sims games (the only time they did something similar was for pets). I think it'd be cool to have much more specific ways of lecturing or praising the kids, or even telling them to do stuff "ask x to clean / to get toddler y / to do this or that". All with associated moodlets, responses etc. I think the basis for that already exists in the game (at least asking to do certain tasks came with the butler and I presume a praising / punishing system will be introduced again with pets). It'd make for more genuine interactions & you wouldn't have to imagine what you lecture them for (likewise the option to lecture for certain things should only be there in certain moments, i.e. when the house is dirty, or their grades dropped, etc.). It's also way to flesh out the teens more. Maybe they could respond differently depending on their traits: mean sims would just yell back, good sims would sit down and do their homework, etc.
Personally, I'd find it would be annoying for my main save, since I'm using it for story telling, and often have my teen sims out and about at all hours of the night for photoshoots.
Perhaps we could have something customizable like the club system, with authorized and unauthorized interactions, which would unlock the praising/punishing interactions accordingly. The club system set the bar so high in term of customization, so who knows what they'll do !
Yep, I'm team customisable rules and punishments too.
^ this
Is this an american thing?? Sorry im just not american and I dont understand why police wouldnt allow teenagers out at night? :O
Not really it's just if your loud or causing trouble or drawing attention than yeah police will get you, but let's say your quiet and hanging out nope it is like where I live police had more important things to do.
A lot of US cities have curfews on teenagers. It started up in the 50s and 60s. A city curfew = teenagers and children can't be outside roaming about. It's different from a family curfew, which means you have to be home.
I agree with this message 100% , Kids should Not be out , they should be home, and that is how I feel bout it.
Aaah I see.. :O it seems very strange to me of course, but i understand if it was added. TheSims has always been based on america, and american stereotypes after all! The whole thing with aliens, is very american as well.
I think it some cities or areas it is enforced, but where i live it isnt a thing. I just came up with that because it was in ts2. Though it wouldnt be unusual if it is like past 1,2am and if youre a young teen a police officer asking you why youre out so late things like that
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Just curious, why do Aliens seem American?
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