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What happened in your game today?
Hi everyone! I hope you're all enjoying the new forum so far. I know I am!! I'm Charla, a big fan of The Sims 4! ☺️ I was going to join on the old one, but, as it only had a week left I decided to wait until today. I loved lurking on the what happened in your game today thread so I thought would create a new one here. So what's happened in your game today? Today in my game I was playing as a character I created, Lauren Lord. She's an young adult, who dreams of being an author and a mom. Currently she's working as a school teacher, but today she had no work, she stayed at home and played chess and tended to her plants (when it wasn't raining!). I also made this new Sim :) hope the pic works! Look forward to seeing what's happening in your games. X
The Sims are so imperatives
I've been playing The Sims since I was a teenager, and I've always found AUTONOMY to be very random when enabled. What I mean is that Sims can't sit idle for at least 10 seconds, doing random things. I know there's an option to turn it off, but I like to leave it ON because it's a life simulation, so they need to bring life to life within the simulator. My idea/suggestion is to polish autonomy further, giving them freedom, but without doing RANDOM THINGS. If you think the same, or are getting what I mean, share your idea here.Positive Thoughts Thread: Enchanted By Nature
If you purchase The Sims 4 Enchanted by Nature Expansion Pack before August 21, you’ll be rewarded with an early purchase incentive. From the shimmering Lofty Leaf Pond to the glowing Mycena Lantern, this bonus content lets players create a cozy garden or magical hideaway, while the Disguised Dwelling Fairy Home adds even more versatility. So, whether it’s a charming statue in your home garden or a secret Fairy retreat, the choice is yours. Official Blog: A Sprinkle of Fairy Dust Please Emphasis On Green Its All About Balance Let Natural Living Come Naturally Imagining Innisgreen: Community Builds Featured in Enchanted By Nature https://www.ea.com/games/the-sims/the-sims-4/news/enchanted-by-nature-expansion-pack Additional Features Info From The EA App Pre-Order Page Gameplay Trailer: Thursday. June 26 Livestream: To be announced Release: Thursday, July 10 Hey y'all, just a reminder to consider using my Creator Code, Simgirl1010, at checkout. Any proceeds received are used for future giveaways. Thanks! 😊💚
The screenshot spammers thread, v2.0
My apologies for starting a new spammers thread, but the old one is not very user-friendly on the new forums. Plus, it's in the sims franchise discussion section--not sure what that's about. Anyways, for those that are new to this thread, the rules are simple; post as many screenshots as you want, while limiting the dialogue to what's going on in the shot, or the reason for the shot New forum, new screenshot spammers thread--let's rock it 😃
EgonVM's Ultimate NPC Making Guide 2.0
So yeah, due to how these forums work with the spoilers, the original guide is somewhat messed up and updating it would result in loss of information. So, after some consideration, I've decided to make a V2.0 thread on it, using the similar approach to the List of Traits with link trees and each pack being in its own post (so it is collapsible). This thread will have two main posts under which I'll post the info. Please do not reply under them. You may reply to this post or other replies (including mine). Links to important replies: NPC Making List Additional Guides But how does it all work? Basically, if you ever wanted to make custom NPC sims, good news is that most of them can be done without any mods. The main cheats you are going to require are those: testingcheats on traits.equip_trait [trait_codename] careers.add_career [career_codename] In the guide, there are 5 types of "difficulties" I'm going to use (and emojis I'm using with it): 🔷Played-Friendly - These ones, usually traits, can not only also be taken from sims the Played Households, switching to the household the sim is in won't make them lose their NPC status. 📝Simply Assign a Career/Trait - These will lose their NPC status when you play with them. The usual way of making those is by making these sims, equipping them with the required traits and/or careers, then evicting them. 🏙Location-Based Career - Unfortunately, this is where the career location matters, and it is the venue they'll be working at. As to my knowledge, there isn't any way to set a career location to a sim without mods, the best bet here is to modify sims already working there or make one of the custom sim unplayed and hope they'll appear in that role. 🔻Must Be Unplayed - You may assign a required career and/or trait, but they'll won't appear in the role until you set the household to be unplayed. 👨👩👧👦Out of Control - Welp, these sims are chosen randomly from a broad selection. No way to influence the game to pick the sim you want... And in addition, these emojis represent the following: ✅️ Must have, meaning that your sim must have that skill, trait, career etc to appear in this role. 🟡 Optional, meaning that your sim can have it for the game to consider them more for the role, but they don't need to have it. Sometimes used in sub-types. ❌️ Mustn't have, meaning if your sim has the skill, trait, career etc, the game will never place them in the role even when all other conditions are met. ❕ Splits into sub-types, meaning that for the sim to appear in the role, they must meet at least one of the requirements in the following list below for the game to consider them. Ghosts and sims that are currently at work are usually excluded. In addition, this list shows the sims that will be excluded from the most of the roles: I've also decided to bring out templates too. These are not important when making NPC sims, but are rather some interesting side-info on how sims are generated for the role by the game. So yeah, look at the list and have fun making your own NPC sims!
Romance consultant as Small Business?
You know the career that came with Love Struck, I never played it but plan to do so. I'm also looking into more ways to use the Small Business concept from Hobbies & Business. Did anyone try to combine the two? Can the Consultan perform their daily tasks at a public area (office) on their home lot or will they need to travel about? And, will it be possible for couples to actually go to your office (small business) for consulting?Funny pics
Do you ever capture pictures from fun or awkward situations in your game? Often my sims will make me smile just because they did position weirdly, making a totally normal situation look funny. - Hello again, Hairdresser, I got a complaint! Your solution turned out to be unpractical. Are you sure I can't have a ponytail, without the horse?Sims 4 Community Corner
Having received the approval/permission of @EA_mage I'd like to start a thread to highlight some of the simmers in the community who don't normally participate in the official forums. I'll be highlighting giveaways, gallery creations, blogs, videos, and other information that might be of interest to forum simmers. Comments are more than welcome but please remember to focus comments on content, not the individual simmers.
unpopular opinions
how it works: you post an unpopular opinion that you have and if you see one that you agree with, you like it to let the person know that they're not the only one (dont like a comment that you don't agree with) ill start: caleb vatore is not hot edit: i completely forgot i made this dicussion and i just came on here to post about the sims 4 university leak but then i saw this dicussion got 7.9k views. dope times we live in
Creator Kits: Grange Mudroom and Essential Glam - Official Screenshot Thread
Sul Sul everyone! Today we announced the 2 latest Creator Kits, Grange Mudroom and Essential Glam! First let's take a peek at the must have Grange Mudroom, created by @Peacemaker_ic: And the stunning makeup kit by @crypticsim_, Essential Glam: Both of these Creator Kits are available to grab here, so get ready show off all your renovated entryways and beautiful new makeup looks!Base Game Update Available For Download 8/19 (New Pack Selection Feature)
The last bit of the content for the Sim Your Summer roadmap. Be prepared to go offline if you're not updating. Backup your saves and as always check Luth's threads for broken, obsolete, and updated mods. The Sims 4 Mods & Custom Content | EA Forums Update: Luth will be on vacation when the patch drops so expect a delay in mod reporting. https://www.patreon.com/posts/holiday-break-up-136579056 New Blog: Skin Details The Sims 4 Drops New Skin Details: Wrinkles, Spots, Stretch Marks and More! https://www.ea.com/games/the-sims/the-sims-4/news/skin-details-dev-diary Ailment Tuning in The Sims 4 Enchanted By Nature https://www.ea.com/games/the-sims/the-sims-4/news/ailments-dev-diary New Pack Selection Feature Pack Selection Step By Step Guide Pack Selection - Step-by-Step Guide | EA Forums - 12419936 Pact Selection FAQ: Pack Selection - FAQ | EA Forums - 12419899 Pack Selection Technical Issues and Feedback Thread Pack Selection Technical Issues and Feedback Thread | EA Forums - 12416623 Patch Notes: The Sims Game Info Hub | EA ForumsGiveaway: Grange Mudroom and Essential Glam Kits (Winners Announced)
Update: 5/28 Congratulations to the following simmers! Please message me for info on receiving your code. 😊 Grange Mudroom Serendipity0578 Moochellie Essential Glam Busufu elliebreton Enter to win one of four kit codes for the Grange Mudroom and Essential Glam kits, for PC/Mac/EA App. 2 codes are available for each kit. To enter simply list your first and second choices. Giveaway ends at midnight EST on Wednesday, August 27th . Winners announced on Thursday August 28th. 2 codes courtesy of EA/EA Creator Network. Good luck! 😊 For those purchasing the kits please consider using my Creator Code, Simgirl1010, in the promo code box, at checkout on the EA App and at EA.com. Thank you and much appreciated.
A Sims 4 first for me...
I've been actively playing Sims 4 since the game launched (over 15,513 hours played) and have had many, many alien abductions. Because no Sim ever returned pregnant and most of the abducted Sims were male, I believed alien abduction male pregnancy had been omitted.... was a bit salty about it. 😃 Today I had my first alien abduction male pregnancy and am now the overjoyed Game Goddess controller of a gorgeous blue baby named Annabelle. Quincy is still a bit stunned. 😆 UPDATE: Abducted and pregnant again!!! This is hysterical. TWINS!!! 😂
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