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How do Neighborhood Stories work in The Sims 4?

Read on below for more details on how to change these options to suit your liking.

to occur autonomously via Neighborhood Stories.

A group of Sims in The Sims 4 enjoy an outdoor music festival, with the focus on the excited crowd and vendors in the background.

The second way to enable or disable save-wide Neighborhood Stories is viaGame Optionsin the main Options Menu.

you’ve got the option to set these Aspirations in CAS or using the Simology panel.

Not only that, but they aim to tank the love lives of everyone around them as well.

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A mailbox in an apartment building in The Sims 4 with all interactions displayed. The new “Check Neighborhood Stories” option is highlighted.

The Manage Households tab from The Sims 4, displaying Other Households and the new Neighborhood Stories configuration button.

The Other Households tab in Manage Households in The Sims 4, showing the default Neighborhood Stories set-up for unplayed households.

The My Households tab in Manage Households in The Sims 4, showing the default Neighborhood Stories set-up for played households.

The main gameplay options menu in The Sims 4, showing the new Neighborhood Stories sub-tab.