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Offline suluranit

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Whims Do Not Match Relationship
« on: November 04, 2016, 12:11:03 PM »
Hello simmers,

I hope you are are enjoying the last day of work / school or the start of weekend.

I have been long bothered by what I believe to be a small flaw of the whim system:

My two sims, Elisabet and Hannah, are good friends and also best friends, as indicated in the screenshot below:

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However, both of them constantly have whims such as "Get to Know Hannah (Elisabet)", "Be Friendly with Hannah (Elisabet)", "Chat with Hannah (Elisabet)" and other social interactions with a note in blue below the task saying "(From Being Near a Friendly Relationship)", as indicated in the screenshot below:

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Obviously the bolded line is a mistake, and to me properly annoying, so I attempted to force them to be "Mean" to each other and thus become "Acquaintances", then build up the relationship again; it did not work: the whims of same nature still pop up from time to time. Have this ever happened to you people, and are there any solutions to this?

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Re: Whims Do Not Match Relationship
« Reply #1 on: November 04, 2016, 05:23:05 PM »
It is just like my married couples wanting to get engaged and married to their (already) spouse. It must definitely be a bug or oversight on the developers' part.
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Re: Whims Do Not Match Relationship
« Reply #2 on: November 04, 2016, 06:17:20 PM »
@suluranit  Welcome to the forum  :) This is just how the game works. Any sim who is friends with any other sim will get the 'From being near a friendly relationship' line and if it is any level of romantic relationship then it will be 'From being near a romantic relationship'. Enemies will get from ebing near an enemy/poor relatinship or something similar. They are the only three lines the game has.

All sims will get whims to 'get to know' etc despite being married or enemies even. I wouldn't call it a bug or a glitch, it is just how the programing works. I guess it is personal opinion as to whether this should be how the whim system works but for me I just look at those whims as easy satisfaction points.

The whim for married sims to marry/get engaged is however a bug.
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Re: Whims Do Not Match Relationship
« Reply #3 on: November 04, 2016, 11:08:49 PM »
It must definitely be a bug or oversight on the developers' part.

@Nindigo Aye.


@Playalot Thank you for your explanation.

These being
three lines the game has
makes me feel less sad while more annoyed at the same time.

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Re: Whims Do Not Match Relationship
« Reply #4 on: November 05, 2016, 05:53:03 AM »
@suluranit I know what you mean.
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