Shutting them up for good!

[mrbisonm 1,620]

Well, I am at the point where I am sick and tired of those "advisers" or whatever/whoever they are.

Whenever I start a new city, this sim (picture below) gets on my nerves telling me every freaking 10 minutes or so that I have to zone more areas, make other city connections or that this and that is becoming a "need" for the sims.....Darn it! After 10 years of playing the game I know all this by now.

 

Then, as soon as I hit 1,000 population, it becomes "Pop-up Hell" in my game. This and that is available, do this and that....etc. There's one time when I have at least 12 consecutive "Pop-ups" of freaking rewards becoming available..........believe me, if I could shoot him, I would....lol

 

Now, my question is : Is there a way to freaking shut up that "big mouth" in a way that I will NEVER see him again?

 

Thanks, an answer on this will keep my stress controlled..... ....lol

 

mrb

 

 

 

[Ltw 401]

You can turn off the advice pop-ups in settings. I've turned off the advice pop-ups and critical pop-ups. Works fine for me.

[Nesral Sredna 62]

You could try 

[Turjan 1,048]

The problem with the rewards is that, if you have many plugins, the authors tend to use the same threshold to hand them to you. Your two churches seem to break the mold, but it's pretty common for me to get 5 popups for rewards at some key population thresholds. I am at the point that I think of just changing rewards conditions of plugins for better spacing myself, or just remove the "rewards" aspect completely.

[A Nonny Moose 8,261]

Fred, just play on hard, then turn them off.  You then get alerts only on the ticker.

 

A bientot, John.

[infamousjbe 592]

Fred, just play on hard, then turn them off.  You then get alerts only on the ticker.

 

A bientot, John.

Beat me too it....   Sometimes I wish they'd pop up in the game cause I'll forget to check the ticker and menu for some time before realizing there's gifts I should/need to plop.

 

Because I try to keep my budget just above need, I get the advisers constantly ticking away to boost this and that, blah blah blah....

[mrbisonm 1,620]

Thanks for the replies already. I knew about the adviser's pop-up's  in settings, but didn't think that this was actual working since I had as many after, but now that you say that the advisers and the remarks are different pop-ups, I understand.

 

Oh yes, I got a lot of stuff in my plugins, usually playing with a 7 Gb size or more, meaning a lot of rewards that surface all the time. Never thought that "hard-play could turn off the remark pop-ups. Good point and idea there, John. Gotta try this. I'm still surprised that there ain't a mod or setting for this.

 

Thanks again.

[Indiana Joe 1,750]

There are actually several mods that turn off the advisers on the STEX if you look.  Some of the first mods people made (you gotta look way in the back).

[Bdub01 201]

Fred, just play on hard, then turn them off. You then get alerts only on the ticker.

A bientot, John.

Beat me too it.... Sometimes I wish they'd pop up in the game cause I'll forget to check the ticker and menu for some time before realizing there's gifts I should/need to plop.

Because I try to keep my budget just above need, I get the advisers constantly ticking away to boost this and that, blah blah blah.... After enough time you learn to check the ticket every so often. When a building burns down or half your city leaves cause you didn't know you were out of water you learn to check the ticker a lot. I also run through the rewards menu from time to time as well to make sure nothing I can plop down has snuck through. It beats having to deal with pop ups all the time. Since I turned them off I haven't missed them at all!!!

[A Nonny Moose 8,261]

Mods are not necessary when a simple game switch suffices.  Show the number of people who rush into mods without knowing all the capabilities of the game.  Waste of effort.

 

BTW, I leave urgent advice dialogues on (the red bordered ones) since they often have links to the problem.  The blue ones I usually just close.

[mrbisonm 1,620]

The blue ones are rewards, I just found out.....

Btw, is there a way to put a game into hardplay while the city already was started? I suppose I need a mod for this?

 

mrb

[Simbabe54 15]

I turned off "show urgent messages" in preferences (I think it was preferences) because my advisors were driving me crazy. Now I only hear from them in the news ticker. They are super annoying, aren't they?

[A Nonny Moose 8,261]

The blue ones are rewards, I just found out.....

Btw, is there a way to put a game into hardplay while the city already was started? I suppose I need a mod for this?

 

mrb

 

No, sorry.

 

I turned off "show urgent messages" in preferences (I think it was preferences) because my advisors were driving me crazy. Now I only hear from them in the news ticker. They are super annoying, aren't they?

There is an Easter egg available for these damned advisors.  Hit CTRL+x and type dollyllama in the dialogue box then hit return.  the advisor panel must be closed when you do this.

[Simbabe54 15]

 

The blue ones are rewards, I just found out.....

Btw, is there a way to put a game into hardplay while the city already was started? I suppose I need a mod for this?

 

mrb

 

No, sorry.

 

I turned off "show urgent messages" in preferences (I think it was preferences) because my advisors were driving me crazy. Now I only hear from them in the news ticker. They are super annoying, aren't they?

There is an Easter egg available for these damned advisors.  Hit CTRL+x and type dollyllama in the dialogue box then hit return.  the advisor panel must be closed when you do this.

 

Excellent, thank you.

[mrbisonm 1,620]

 

 

The blue ones are rewards, I just found out.....

Btw, is there a way to put a game into hardplay while the city already was started? I suppose I need a mod for this?

 

mrb

 

No, sorry.

 

 

Thanks......too bad.....

[KonstantinII 1,106]

I dislike my financial minister the most.

[A Nonny Moose 8,261]

Since you are a god it would be nice to give them all the Lucifer treatment.

[AkemiAzula 280]

My financial advisor tends to be pretty pleased with me because my cities are never in the red. But that bloody environment advisor keeps shutting down my water pumps because they are near farms. Please...

[A Nonny Moose 8,261]

Use Relatively expensive (10,000) but cheap to operate.  You only need one or two per large tile.  If you don't like the flag you can remove/replace it with the lot editor.

[Simbabe54 15]

I dislike my financial minister the most.

Oh I hate her. I want to slap those glasses right off her face.

[mrbisonm 1,620]

 

I dislike my financial minister the most.

Oh I hate her. I want to slap those glasses right off her face.

 

 

 

Be careful what you say, you may end up in jail for menacing the Financial Advisor.....lol

 

mrb

[A Nonny Moose 8,261]

Actually, since they all have hidden personal agendas I'd fire their asses out the door if I could.

[KonstantinII 1,106]

 

 

 

Be careful what you say, you may end up in jail for menacing the Financial Advisor.....lol

 

mrb

 

...Actually no, because you are the absolute ruler of your city in sc4.

[infamousjbe 592]

 

 

 

 

Be careful what you say, you may end up in jail for menacing the Financial Advisor.....lol

 

mrb

 

...Actually no, because you are the absolute ruler of your city in sc4.

 

Tell that to any ruler that's been assassinated by their own inside people.

 

You constantly have to watch your back when your in seat of power.

 

King of the Hill...... it's only so long before someone else pushes you off the top. 

[mrbisonm 1,620]

agree.....that's why I am niiiice with my SC4 advisors and carefully listen to them...

 

Once they get out of control though.....I simply call Vinnie.

 

mrb

[Bdub01 201]

I publically executed all my advisors and then to put the fear of god in my little sims I sent a robot, UFO's and a firestorm to the city!!!

[A Nonny Moose 8,261]

Actually, you can make them madder by just forgiving them and turning them into llamas.

 

[infamousjbe 592]

Just watch out for the spit

[Simbabe54 15]

 

 

I dislike my financial minister the most.

Oh I hate her. I want to slap those glasses right off her face.

 

 

 

Be careful what you say, you may end up in jail for menacing the Financial Advisor.....lol

 

mrb

 

Ha ha. Given a choice, I would probably send her to therapy. I think she needs it. She is seriously stressed out.