Friday Highlights - September 19th

Sul sul everyone!

Happy Friday! I feel that this week has been busy for everyone. Apparently, this could be explained by September's Solar Eclipse and New Moon in Virgo coming next week, which will supposedly bring life-changing shifts (very ominous) 🌚. So I suggest that we all blame our problems and stress and other shennanigans on the Moon!

Sims news were also impacted by the New Moon in Virgo, so buckle up:

• 🗺️ On Monday, our Quality of Life Roadmap went out with lots of valuable information.
  
  
• 📝 On Tuesday, September's Laundry List also came out with more details about the next bug fixes!
  
  
• 🌴 The Sul Sul Island Meme Challenge was also announced on that day. Head over to Discord to see what's up!
  
  
• 👪 On Wednesday, the Dev Drop In for Townies and Lore for The Sims 4: Adventure Awaits came out, giving out loads of gossips for the new townies of the upcoming expansion pack.
  
  
• 🐛 Thursday was patch day! As usual, you can read the full notes here.
  
  
• 👯 And finally, the newest in-game announcement, Forever Friends, will be with you soon!

The perfect place to relax after a busy week… posted here by cchant86​ ​

Weekly recap over, let’s move on to the Highlights!

• 🎵 Let’s kick it off with a question from Sthenastia​ : What type of music do you play on your community lots? It’s easy to get stuck in a routine, so a little bit of inspiration is always welcome. A lot of you put on music that fits with the theme and the location of the lot; for example Ranch music for Chestnut Ridge, Island Radio for Sulani… It’s a good way to listen to a bit of everything as you’re playing! Apparently, some simmers are playing with the sound off, so that gets rid of the problem. I tend to put on whatever music I want to listen to at that time, whether it fits the theme or not. Lately I’ve been listening to the Spooky radio a lot, because it’s perfect for the season! What about you? Make sure to share some inspiration and let us know in the thread!
  
  
• 🧒 SilverJanSims​ has noticed that due to deaths occurring to particular sims during neighborhood stories, there have been households left with orphans, and has decided to help them out! Teenagers are being taken by other households to help them out until they grow up, while other parental figures are being created for infants, toddlers and children left with no parents, so that they still have a family to care for them. SilverJanSims is also writing background stories for the orphans, such as Veer Chandran who tragically lost his dad in a fire, before being taken in by his uncle Jim and his wife Britney and their young daughter Neveah. I think it’s a really sweet initiative! 🤗
  
  
• 💪 This week, it's texansky​'s turn to share some stories from the 112 Day Challenge. For this challenge, you need to play with a sim across the four seasons and help them level up some skills before the next season starts, and we are following the adventures of Marlon as he progresses throughout the seasons. Marlon has been practicing his fishing skills and has been able to catch two big angelfish without bait just before a freezing event which left the lake completely icy. He has been very cautious anyway since he has been collecting lots of seeds and keeping fruits in his inventory. After doing some hours of community service, he came back to the ocean to catch some bigger fish this time. Just looking at all of this makes me feel tired already! 😴 Let’s wish Marlon a strong finish to this great adventure!
  
  
• 🏰 Now this build would be the perfect lot to play Spooky radio: Eldevain Manor by Ennamora​. Located in Ravenhood (obviously), this beautiful stone mansion is the perfect place to get cosy during autumn and winter seasons and to tell scary stories by the fire. It contains 5 bedrooms and 5 bathrooms, a spacious living room and study, an old fashioned kitchen ready to be used by cooks, all decorated with taste and gothic elements. The outside with the big orange trees and statues is really impressive and adds to the eerie atmosphere 🍂 It is said that the Manor is haunted by the ghost of Lord Eldevain, so that your sims never feel truly alone… (how lucky) Anyway, it’s ideal for that time of the year, so make sure to check out the build on the Gallery if you’re interested!
  
  
• 📖 Finally, let’s take a trip down memory lane thanks to BylineBelife​ who was reminded of an older sim that was part of a household years ago, and is asking us now if there are any sims that we feel nostalgic about. For some players, the nostalgia comes from some of their created sims, such as triplet siblings or their favourite couple, and for others it comes from premade sims such as Babs L’Amour who has been there since the beginning of The Sims 4. I still think about one of my favourite sim from The Sims 2: Tomo had an incredible house, the coolest style and had been married several times, so I was never bored of playing with her! I also remember the first pet I adopted in The Sims: Unleashed, which was a little black cat 🥺🥺 What about you, what is the sim or household that is giving you nostalgia? Make sure to share in the thread!

Alright peeps, I hope you have enjoyed this week’s highlights! Have a nice relaxing weekend, and see you soon!

Dag dag!

Cath