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If I never went to magic realm..
graventhe
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Let's say I bought the pack and installed it..i know if I never went to magic realms sims won't practise magic outside but does that include flying on brooms?
This is what I need to know before I finally buy this pack..I dont want my sims arriving at the venue then see sims flying on their brooms there..it'll break immersion for me
If you have to ask why to buy this pack because I want the CAS+build and buy mode items..but if I'm gonna see sims flying in brooms in other worlds even if I havent touched magic then it won't be worth it for me..
This is what I need to know before I finally buy this pack..I dont want my sims arriving at the venue then see sims flying on their brooms there..it'll break immersion for me
If you have to ask why to buy this pack because I want the CAS+build and buy mode items..but if I'm gonna see sims flying in brooms in other worlds even if I havent touched magic then it won't be worth it for me..
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So the game wont generate spellcasters if I never been to the magic realms? That sounds cool but seeing them flying off a broom in other worlds might bug me
Does living in glimmerblook or what whatever it called lol (the non magic world) cause you game to generate spellcasters or magic? Or it's like living in normal worlds (assuming again I never went to magic realm)
Same. I have saves where I have never been to the realm, and other than the pac objects being in BB & CAS, I wouldn’t know I had the pack installed. I see the sages in other worlds, but I have never seen them do anything magical outside of the realm.
Glimmerbrook is just another regular town and doesn't trigger creation of Spellcasters or changing of townies into Spellcasters. Only visiting the Realm does that.
Basically, if you don't visit the magic realm, your game will be happily magic-free.
If I got this, I really would like having a spell caster or two but I wouldn't want all my townies or other sims to turn into spell casters. It sounds like I'd really need to keep the magic in a separate save. I'm interested in the CAS/BB.
If you don't go into the Realm, it won't make townies spellcasters. You can also "pre load" by making about 12-16 YA/Adult/Elder (mostly YA and Adult, maybe a couple of Teens) Spellcasters and having them in individual "not in world" houses, and it will pull those sims first - provided you don't spend too much time in the Magic Realm, this seems to work to keep the game from grabbing too many random sims.
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If you play a normal sim then they just appear like normal sims, not a broom in sight.
That's really good to know! Thank you!
Good that sounds like they are actually trying to keep their magic a secret from the Muggles.
Thanks very much for this update. It gives me something to think about.
It sounds like I still might put any spellcasters in their own save if I want to try it.
Did you make a spellcaster in this save or went to magic realms? Its important to mentioned this because looks like others tried it and never seen them with flying with a broom?
I wouldn't buy it. Even if you don't see it now you never know if they tweak something in the future where you WILL see them. If it will bother you that much I'd just skip it.
I'm really afraid of that tbh
I thought the game won't generate spellcasters if I never went to magic realms? The hidden ones arent included? I wouldn't marry or move on with a spellcaster at all in my realistic save but now the game will generate hidden spellcasters? So the problem they'll appear like homeless townies and I can't distinguish between them? Right?
What if I interacted with them but never moved in with them or married them?
No, the game doesn't generate *hidden* Spellcasters. But there are Spellcaster families that live in Glimmerbrook and the three sages. Those are premades that come with the pack and you can delete them from your Households to avoid accidentally socializing with them or marrying one of your Sims to them.
And again, autonomous magic outside of the Realm is not a thing in the game's live mode. There are no idle animations outside of CAS.
My approach, if and when I buy it, will be to uninstall the pack if spellcasters start infecting my realistic saves.
> I played a spellcaster from cas and moved to the empty property at Glimmerbrook, all three my neighbours arrived on their brooms for the welcome wagon. I will start a new game with a normal sim and move to the same lot and see if it happens again. Will load my game now and update for you ;)
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> If you play a normal sim then they just appear like normal sims, not a broom in sight.
I had awful things happen! I so regret buying that expansion and using it. Now, I think what happened because of typing in many spells one on top of the other.
Green stains and oily looking stuff started to appear in my sim's house. I stupidly had the wife/mother Sim teach magic to her family. Sure, she was adorable riding on a broom. I didn't even know she had that ability. She would giggle and fly around with a big smile on her face.
Many bad thing happen. Before I decided to end it. Her son acted angry and terrified of both his parents. He and his biological sister would stare at each other while pink hearts bounced about.
Then,the kids actually tried to kill their parents!
That was quite a few games ago. Call me stupid because-I was not in Glimmerbrook. Those stains have started again. They started when I used potions from perks.
The brother would have pink boxes lighting up after chatting with one of his sisters. Also, the wife used the freeze ray on her husband. Then she and the rest of his family started laughing.
Are you using mods? Almost none of what you described can happen in the game without some sort of outside interference.