Ask Category & Menu Cleanup

Last updated July 22nd, 2025

Latest Patch Notes

7/22/25

• Repaired for patch 1.116.232

12/12/21 

• Added Portuguese translation from Theuso

10/22/22

• Renamed to "Ask Category & Menu Cleanup" and added "Better Vampire Menus" mini-mod to this collection. (No content changes. Filenames have changed, please delete the old versions.)

9/8/22

• Added new questions added in the High School Years pack to the Ask category. Prom and Graduation specific questions were left in their own categories. Let me know if you find any I missed.

7/28/22

• Added new questions about sexual and romantic orientation to the Ask category

6/16/22

• Moved several new Werewolves questions out of the Friendly category and into the Ask category (socials which were already in a werewolf category were left alone) 

5/17/22

• Added new My Wedding Stories questions to the main mod and the Small Talk addon
• Added new questions from my New Emotional Traits mod to the Small Talk addon
• Added a new addon that organizes Village Errands into their own category (requires Cottage Living)

This collection of mods aims to group similar interactions together and clean up the menus into something less cluttered, so that there is less need to chose "More Choices...". 

Ask Category

With this mod installed, you'll find a new social category called "Ask..." marked with a question mark speech bubble. Use this menu for any social interaction where some new information or other tangible reward is given to you. Small talk options like "Ask about Day" and "Ask to Stargaze" have been left alone, however.

Interactions moved into the Ask category include the following:

• Ask to Leave
• Ask about Hobbies
• Ask about Favorite Color
• Ask about Taste in Music
• Ask about Taste in Decor
• Ask about Career
• Ask if Single
• Ask for Small/Large Loan
• Ask to Clean Up
• Ask to Join Household
• Ask for DNA (Scientist Career)
• Ask for Crystal (Scientist Career)
• Ask for Metal (Scientist Career)
• Ask about Another Sim
• Ask to See Outfit
• Ask to Be Put to Bed
• Ask about Phase
• Ask to Trade Voidcritters
• Ask about Jungle
• Ask about Ruins
• Ask about Antidote
• Ask about StrangerVille
• Ask if Mermaid
• Ask about Major
• Ask for Donation (Education Career)
• Ask to Volunteer Time (Education Career)
• Ask for Repeal Signature
• Ask Sim to Pursue Dream Job
  
• Ask to Stay the Night
• Ask to be Sim of Honor
• Ask for Blessing to Marry
• Ask to be Flower Spreader
• Ask to be Ring Bearer
• Ask to be Officiant

Small Talk Addon

Additionally, there is an optional "Small Talk" addon for interactions with "Ask" in the name, but don't actually offer any information to the player. The addon includes the following interactions:

• Ask About Love Life
• Ask About Day
• Ask Risque Question
• Ask About Drink
• Ask About Being Dead
• Ask to Stargaze
• Ask About Being Old
  
• Ask About Favorite Author
• Ask About Food
• Ask About School
• Ask About Woohoo
• Ask About Prized Possessions
• Ask Due Date
• Ask for Advice
• Ask for Reassurance
• Ask for Typing Tips
• Ask Impossible Riddle
• Ask What Happened
• Ask for Massage
• Ask for Gardening Advice
• Ask for Repair Advice
• Ask for Present (from Father Winter)
  
• Ask About Wedding Bouquet
• Ask to Repeat Name

Village Errands Addon

(Requires Cottage Living)

This optional addon puts all social interactions related to Village Errands into their own category so you don't have to fish around in the Friendly category.

Vampires Addon

(Requires Vampires)

This optional addon reorganizes Vampire socials interactions and computer interactions into relevant categories. 

Purchase interactions for vampire tomes, plasma packs, and plasma fruit seeds on the computer are now sorted into the "Order..." category.

"Search for Information on Vampires" is now found in the "Web... > Research..." subcategory. 

The following social interactions have been moved out of the "Friendly" and "Mean" categories into the "Vampire" category:

• Ask to Turn
• Offer to Turn
• Offer to Cure Vampirism
• Throw Vampire Cure
• Vampiric Duel
• Slay Vampire
• Vampiric Spar
• Ask About Vampire History

The following social interactions have been removed from the menu entirely and will only be performed autonomously:

• Praise Vampire Lifestyle
• Debate Existence of Vampires
• Enthuse About Vampires
• Confess Fear of Vampires

Languages

English
French (thank you, Kimikosoma!)
Italian (thank you, Isy!)
Russian (thank you, wild_guy!)
German (thank you, LittleDog1002!)
Spanish (thank you, MashyLatte!)
Polish (thank you, Nerine!)
Portuguese (thank you, Theuso!)

New translations are always welcome! This mod only adds one word.

Requirements

This mod only requires the Base Game. Interactions from packs will be added into the category automatically, but are not required.

The Village Errands addon quires the Cottage Living expansion pack.

Special Thanks

Andrew and The Sims 4 Studio team for making Sims 4 Studio Alphabetsmells/LeRoiDeTout for his help teaching me about custom module code
and the greater The Sims 4 creator community for their continuous help and support throughout the whole modding process

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