In The Sims 4, keeping your Sim babies safe is a whole thing. The game devs tossed in baby-proofing to make playing parents feel like they’re dealing with the real deal—worrying about their kids getting into trouble.
Steps to Baby-Proof Doors and Gates
First off, securing the place starts with handling doors and gates. Here’s the lowdown:
- Utilizing the ‘Lock For…’ Feature: Hit up the game’s interaction menu and look for the ‘Lock For…’ choice. This is key for making certain spots in the house no-go zones for babies.
- Configuring Baby Movement Restrictions: With the ‘Lock For…’ option, you go ahead and pick settings to keep babies out of places they shouldn’t be. It’s like setting up an invisible fence that keeps the little ones safe.
- Monitoring Made Easy: A nifty part of this feature is its transparent functionality. Even after doors and gates are secured, players can easily track their family members by peeking at the status icons located at the screen’s bottom, ensuring peace of mind.
Additional Baby-Proofing Features and Items
Then, there’s more stuff you can do to keep the tiny ones safe. They got this ‘In the (Safety) Zone Baby Fence’ item, pretty colorful, you can put it around to keep your sim baby in check. Also, making a playroom is smart. Stuff it with cribs, changing spots, and toys. Make sure this room’s door is also baby-proofed, really helps if you got or planning on having a bunch of toddlers running around. As these sim kids grow, they get better at getting into stuff they shouldn’t, so you gotta keep up with baby-proofing as they turn into toddlers who can do more stuff.
Challenges and Limitations of Baby-Proofing
Even with all this baby-proofing, sim toddlers are sneaky. They find ways to get past barriers which is pretty much what real kids do. And, there’s stuff in the game, like dressers and toilets, that you can’t baby-proof. So sometimes, you gotta manually lock doors to keep them safe.
Traits in the game can make babies act different, like the Wiggly trait makes them super active. So, you gotta up your game in keeping these little ones safe based on what traits they got. Doing all this baby-proofing stuff makes the game feel real in a way, dealing with the mess and fun of having kids around. It’s about making a safe spot for your sim babies and dealing with the chaos they bring as they grow.