No I don’t think you understand. I am OBSESSED with getting second-hand cringe at seeing NPCs in The Sims 4 dress up like total clowns. Unfortunately, that will no longer be the case thanks to The Sims 4’s latest update!
According to The Sims Team, NPC Sims, which in The Sims 4 universe means randomly generated townies that don’t reside in any world will no longer have random fashion moments. This means that, for example, Sims will no longer tend to put on various costumes (in surroundings where they don’t fit). The team created a special set of internal tools that allow them more control over which outfits will Sims wear in certain surroundings.
NPC Sims in worlds such as Glimmerbrook, Willow Creek, San Myshuno and more will now all respect the fashion of the surrounding that they’re in. Of course that you should expect a minor inconvenience here and there considering that the internal tool has just been implemented, so if you spot an unfitting clothing piece on an NPC Sim make sure you let The Sims Team know!
So long random spaceship helmets and eyeball rings, you’ll be greatly missed.
Ever had Sims show up looking like a product of a bad makeover? Did your Debate Judge just show up to the debate wearing a mascot hat when they’re not the mascot? Did your fellow Spellcasters show up in the Magic Realm wearing not so magical clothes? Say no more… We have applied a fix so that non-playable Sims can be a bit more appropriately coordinated in their outfits and per occasion.
To explain a bit further, we created a much more robust set of internal tools that allows us to have greater control over the outfits that the Sims choose to wear in unique situations. We’ve improved a lot of the wacky townie fashion you’ve seen previously (it’s called fashion sweaty – look it up), but if you still see oddities – let us know. It’ll be an easier issue for us to “iron out” moving forward! Together, we can defeat the dreaded eyeball ring.
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I think it’s really important that they note that San Myshuno will still have really wacky looking fashion on sims because that’s a part of city culture therefore a design choice for that world, otherwise they’re going to get a ton of reports that aren’t actually bugs or anything.
“eyeball ring”? are you referring to the monocle? if so, why not just call it a monocle…
no there is an eyeball ring for real
just googled it… found it was something so easy to ignore that i’d forgotten it fully and never even noticed since, like a lot of other tiny details that could have been good but, due to uncaring execution, become less than background noise.
I would also like to stop seeing blond, blue eyed sims having names like “Tetsu Maeda”.
yessss
So happy about this. There were a lot of eyesore outfits. Occasional some weren’t that bad but there were quite a few that seemed to be competing with how much they could wear from every category. And it’s much worse if you use custom content and the creator enables for random.
I’m actually glad for this update. Some of those random outfits were horrible, especially when I see one of my sims wearing such rubbish.
They should make this an option…. while it’s not ideal for many situations, there are times when it gives me a laugh or two. 🙂
I don’t think they fixed it at all…brand new save post-patch and what do I see? An even worse getup on a newly generated townie NPC in the city.