May 2019
So sometimes in my store, I feel like kleptomaniacs might be stealing things. This is fine, because it happens in real life. So it was fine until someone stole a 8,406 simoleon masterpiece my sim made and got away with it. I even noticed someone attempt to steal something but everyone noticed and gasped. I also think someone stole the statue that my sim made. I understand that this should happen sometimes, but maybe it should be toned down a little.
May 2019
@BudgiesAreBest Unless you have mods or cc that are increasing the behavior, I feel your pain and got really annoyed about this issue at one point. I owned a restaurant, and a guy would not leave when it closed and I noticed him steal a picture from the wall. Want to know my solution? I expect you have found, like me, that the same group of people tend to frequent your restaurant or store. If you no longer want to deal with this klepto problem you can try a few things:
Watch the store customers very closely....
Anyway, those are a few of the possible ways to approach the kleptos in your store. If it is happening frequently maybe you have a few too many of them currently in your world (since the 'spawned' community sims are created randomly, maybe this dynamic just happened to make more than usual for your current game?) I play a tight ship in my sim households, and play pretty-much nice sims, so I do find that evil and klepto sims are very annoying to me. But... as you said, this also adds some realism if you like this. So maybe just cut back on how many. Have fun with your detective & vigilante work! (Too bad we can't call the police on them, huh? Also, you could make the suggestion to tone it back on this thread, if you like: https://forums.thesims.com/en_US/categories/the-sims-4-feedback)
August 2020 - last edited August 2020
Why can't we just turn off this klepto crap? Seriously, who would want their stuff stolen. These pieces of crap have pockets so big they steal counters or chairs. Really makes the game not fun when my store is going empty and I can't even stop them when I see them taking it. EA if you really want to be a * why not just let them put the whole building in their pocket while your at it. This is a really stupid add on without a disable option in the game menu. If I was playing on PC I'd just get someone else to fix the game for me but I'm on console so that's not an option. I need the people I pay to fix it.
August 2020
@CrypticKam I feel your frustration with kleptos in my store, as I expect came across in my comment above. Since this post is over a year old, there could be other reasons for your issues. Do you own Eco Lifestyle? If you do here are a few of threads that you may want to read through to see if they're possible your issue, and if so enter into those discussions and press 'me too' on any that are your issue:
Please continue any discussion on one of those threads or begin a new one since this is an old thread. Thank you!
August 2020
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