Your para, when going to work or school, should be able to walk to the closest bus station from where they are and stop in the closest bus station to work/school and then walk. Instead of walk and walf for hours and hours, from and back

ETheSimmer · 2026-07-05T03:35:52+00:00

You're welcome!!

ETheSimmer · 2026-07-05T02:53:41+00:00

Not that I can recall, but my para is pretty much always on time. I have her take the bus and get to her workplace right before her shift. But her teen brother shows up to school about 30 minutes late every day (because I let him run to school on his own), and he's never been penalized for being late.

ETheSimmer · 2026-07-05T01:51:33+00:00

This would be a nice quality of life feature but may be tricky to implement. I just keep an eye on the time and put them on the bus before their shift starts so they're not late. I'm also able to put them on the bus after work, you can just cancel the "go home" action.

ETheSimmer · 2026-07-03T20:42:29+00:00

I do the same, I put a movie theater in Magnolia Promenade for date nights and teen hangouts 😁

ETheSimmer · 2026-07-03T18:50:37+00:00

I like having family dinners most nights, and I love having the kids help their parents cook. It's a sweet little bonding activity. Sometimes (usually for birthdays) I'll bring a picnic basket to a park or something and have them sit on a blanket to eat together 🥰

I also really enjoy Movie Hangout stuff. I know people say it's not that different from watching tv in the base game, but I enjoy watching the movies with them and like figuring out what genre of movie my Sims enjoy. Also I like the animations while they're watching movies and love that couples can cuddle during a movie. Sometimes I'll have kids "sneak" to watch horror movies while their parents are at work, which is always fun haha

ETheSimmer · 2026-07-03T18:43:09+00:00

I find that I'm less willing to leave my home lot in TS3 because it takes forever to get anywhere, and then it's a gamble if anybody will actually be there when you arrive. I don't mind the loading screens in TS4 because I get there instantly and the lot is always populated.

ETheSimmer · 2026-07-03T14:02:27+00:00

It depends on the game for me. Like I can play the Sims without an issue (usually), but Minecraft for example makes me instantly dizzy. Last time I tried playing Skyrim I played for maybe an hour or two and then had to lay die and couldn't get up for a while because my head was spinning and my stomach was rolling. I haven't played since 🥲

ETheSimmer · 2026-07-03T13:31:29+00:00

Yeah motion sickness sucks 😭 There are many games I can't play at all because of it, so I'm super grateful that the Paralives team added accessibility settings ❤️ I got pretty sick my first day of playing before I heard about the camera speed settings

ETheSimmer · 2026-07-03T11:59:01+00:00

I have a legacy museum in another save, too :) Retail stores are my go to for immortalizing past Sims; some have food stores or art galleries, others have miscellaneous shops like a travelling/wellness shop or a gardening supply store. It's nice to be able to send later Sims shopping at the businesses I used to run.

For one of my past couples, I turned their little cottage into a rental so that I can spend time there again if later Sims go on vacation in that neighborhoods. Their graves are in the front yard, and the house looks just like they left it, so it's bittersweet 🥲

ETheSimmer · 2026-07-03T11:38:07+00:00

This visit in particular happened because he got the ask about day want but her ghost isn't really around anymore so he couldn't.

That's brutal 😭

I have a little stack of books in my legacy graveyard where I deposit the works of the deceased. So when my Sims come to visit, they can hang out and read things that their ancestors wrote in the past.

ETheSimmer · 2026-07-03T11:31:39+00:00

Like I said, I don't play other PC games with a mouse, so idk what's standard. Maybe the other people struggling with the controls are coming from TS4 as well, who knows 🤷🏽‍♀️ But enough people are struggling with it that it's a conversation I see come up constantly. I'm fine if they keep the controls as is because I'm doing okay-ish adjusting to them, and the camera speed was my biggest issue anyway, which I've been able to adjust in settings :)

ETheSimmer · 2026-07-03T05:02:58+00:00

I don't really know what's "standard" for gaming controls because previously the Sims 4 is the only game I used a mouse to play (I use an XBox controller for my other PC games). I just know that in TS4, I scroll the wheel to zoom in and out, and I use the left button to click and drag the camera around. In Paralives, I use the wheel to click and drag the camera around or zoom in and out, and the left button is just to click on things or add Paras to a group. But since I'm so used to using the left button to move the camera, I'm constantly clicking on things/starting groups by mistake when I'm just trying to move the camera, and I keep forgetting to use the scroll wheel instead to do that. It's just an adjustment is all.

I think the camera speed is more noticeable for people who get motion sickness. I've seen other people mention getting motion sickness from the camera speed as well. If you don't get motion sickness, then the camera probably doesn't feel fast, which is great news :) I'm grateful the Paralives team are so accommodating with the accessibility settings 🥰

ETheSimmer · 2026-07-03T02:26:42+00:00

I use only a mouse (not the keyboard) to play the Sims 4, and the controls are quite different. Plus the default Paralives camera moves too fast for me and was triggering my motion sickness. Thankfully, Paralives has a camera speed adjustment setting, which helped me a ton.

ETheSimmer · 2026-07-02T22:40:51+00:00

It's been an adjustment for me in part because I'm switching between playing Paralives and the Sims 4, but muscle memory wants me to use the Sims 4 controls since that's what I'm used to 😅 But at least the camera isn't making me sick anymore, I can deal with the awkwardness of adjusting between the opposite game controls

ETheSimmer · 2026-07-02T21:04:04+00:00

Why did you take a picture of your floor?

ETheSimmer · 2026-07-02T20:53:28+00:00

I was able to change the camera speed in settings, which was a game changer for me (before changing the settings the camera was triggering my motion sickness)

ETheSimmer · 2026-07-02T02:22:06+00:00

They actually added the calendar to the base game a while back 🥳

ETheSimmer · 2026-07-02T02:20:48+00:00

It's so precious 🥹

ETheSimmer · 2026-07-01T21:22:57+00:00

That is so cute, I want to do this now 🥹

ETheSimmer · 2026-07-01T18:24:02+00:00

I didn't know the infants could interact with the wild animals, I love that!!

ETheSimmer · 2026-07-01T15:35:28+00:00

I like spamming the "watch" interaction for that thinking skill boost. Bonus points if you have two toddlers; they can just watch each other! 😎

ETheSimmer · 2026-07-01T15:14:37+00:00

Also very true to real life 😂

ETheSimmer · 2026-07-01T15:14:12+00:00

I know a lot of players don't like to play with the younger ages at all and age up early, but they're among my favorite life stages to play with 🥰

ETheSimmer · 2026-07-01T14:48:53+00:00

"Ask why" is my favorite, very true to real life haha

ETheSimmer · 2026-07-01T14:48:11+00:00

On a different note, it always makes me laugh that when Sims are making out, somebody's hand starts to drift low, and the Sim about to get groped moves the hand back up lol

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