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New DLC IDEA: The CREATORS Pack
In this pack there would be a few new career choices. 1. Mad Scientist (for the criminal path)- A mad scientist can do very dangerous things like make more powerful fires that become ALIVE. They can make traps that are more lethal versions of pranks. They can give mastermind speeches that convince others to be mean and do bad things. They can create mutated lifeforms that interrupt the eco system. They can make it rain green snow that is mold infested. Or cause a virus that makes everyone slow and tired unless someone stops them. You will get an NPC Phenomenon that is efficient at getting in the way of your plans and schemes. The Grim Reaper will give you access to other worldly items that will make you more formidable if you're really good at helping him keep his quota. Your job is to create scenarios that cause the lives of multiple sims at once. A true villain. The other Branch 2. The Inventor- We can combine various chairs with wheels to make a turbo wheel chair. An orb of light that floats and follows us. A fire retardant jacket that also steam cleans us when hygiene gets low, then eventually the jacket has to be cleaned itself. A helmet that temporarily clones a sim so that the real sim can get some sleep while the clone for the next five hours does the things that need to get done. The clone has the ability to go bad and try and take over your life or harm others by making bad food, or making a shower too hot or cold. A stasis ray that can temporarily stop a phenomenon or supernatural from teleporting, etc. 3. Phenomenon Career (secret career path). This career would become unlocked when your sim becomes AWARE of YOU. They will be looking through the telescope, and if YOU position your camera in a position that is in front of their view, your sim notices you. Then depending on their personality they can either panic, get excited calling for other sims, remain calm and wave at YOU. As an interaction we will get the choice to take the sim up to the sky like their "floating"' in front of us. We can tell them things like their our favorite sim, they need to help others more, we're watching them, be nicer to another sim, they don't have to worry so much we'll protect them. We'll never let them die, which might make them more reckless in behavior. Or we can say we will destroy them if they do something again making them paranoid. The list goes on. This is when YOU can choose to give your sim abilities like their the chosen one, and they will know it with moodlets like "There IS a higher sim", "The Creator likes me/knows me". This sim that has seen pass the 4th wall and gained the "ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE PERK" will now have the potential to become a phenomenon through various catalyst and discovery or experiments. This skill tree will be different consisting of all question marks to be filled out through discovery. Only hints about how to acquire the power will be given. By pushing the limits on a treadmill they can run faster from boosted 1 up to a 10 increase in movement speed AND ACTIONS that WON'T require being a vampire or pressing the fast-forward button. The ability to walk through walls because they had a ghost pass through them and they understand how it's done. Or BLUE BEAMS OF WATER (Eye-dration) from their eyes are earned because they were standing by the refrigerator and has a drink thrown in their face, and soon after got electrocuted, or hand buzzed. Now they can drown anything with their eyes. A sim, a fire, fill a pool, water plants, make the floor slippery, short circuit electronics, or drench another sim's bed, etc. A force for good joins their sim on the job to save lives. Put out fires at increased speed, save a sim from dying by cooling them down from overheating, giving medical care if they studied the doctor field, shovel snow to unbury a sim that was avalanched, save a sim from falling off a rock climb before the Reaper arrives. The Reaper will start to get angry with you because you're making his quota go down, and may doom you as a hero to die. You'll start to get scenarios that seem impossible without abilities, and sometimes things will hinder your powers. You have to protect your identity otherwise your performance takes a hit and your relationships become more demanding because everyone will want your help. True life of a Phenomenon. 4. Cosmologists- This sim is starting to understand the universe, and communicates with YOU often. Through their studies than can manipulate the physical world around them. They can eventually walk on water. They can get a drink of water and turn it into something else they want. Almost like being a magician. However, they have to maintain their BELIEF BAR. They can evolve plants without material. They can be needy though. When they look to you for a sign and you don't respond they start to lose belief, and doubt starts to creep in. They need to do things like look to the sky through the telescope for another opportunity to communicate with you. You can also give them visions in their sleep that influence them based on their interpretation. They can have a following of other sims leading to fame, and profit with some believing they're a fraud. The doubt meter is always slowly creeping up, and so things to keep the belief meter higher will be required like meditation, an act of awareness on the sim's part. However, be careful! The higher the belief the more confident and reckless a believing sim becomes. They will commit acts the put their lives in danger in an attempt to prove they have your protection. They may also prefer you to protect another of their loved ones or lose belief if you let a friend of theirs die. So that's my suggestion. What do you think? There's more, but this is just a summary. Don't want to make it too long.
Robbers
This is to piggy back on my forum from yesterday about how we should have robbers as a career type option and all of that but u think it would also be so cool to add onto that a law enforcement type career and you can pick between the 2. People could call on you to help arrest someone breaking in and you can go back to the station and interrogate them and choose to lock them up or let them go. Would be cool
Why the hate?
I have literally been playing the sims since day one of the sims. I was at the computer store as soon as it was open to buy the disks for the sims. That means decades of me playing the sims. This name Valairia1 has been on the forums since the sims. I keep supporting and buying for the sims franchise and i haven't been unhappy. Sure there are bugs and glitches but that happens in a lot of games. If you hate the sims? why are you buying the sims stuff? I watch youtube creators and hear a ton of vitriol and still the keep buying stuff. If you don't like it don't buy it. Trolls on the forums, youtube, facebook are annoying me. I want to have fun and try to provide constructive feedback to EA to fix the bugs. I am not sure, if all they hear is negative, why they would try to fix or relate to us as a community? The developers are trying to fix stuff and come up with new stuff. I am in no hurry to see a sims 5 since i really like 4. So in the spirit of holiday cheer, let us focus on what we love about the sims and give a break to complaining. It is, in the end, just a game, an expensive game, but just a game Valairia
No more live events!
Nobody asked for this. Seriously. I'm sure the executives at EA love live events because they pump up login numbers, but they're terrible for the players: Inciting FOMO- being limited-time events with no other official way to unlock the content, players that can't/won't use mods miss out if they're not playing during the time an event is live. Forcing a specific playstyle- The appeal of The Sims has always been that it's your sandbox to do what you want in, but unless a player completely avoids opening the game in online mode, these events intrude upon gameplay without an opt-out. That was probably the thing that annoyed me most about Reaper's Rewards, having the event pop up in saves I didn't intend to play through it in. Forcing online play- The Sims 4 is a single-player game, therefore playing online should never be mandatory, let alone a requirement to get and keep content. Bugs, bugs, bugs- The Happy at Home content had to be handed out to everyone because so many people had trouble getting it in the intended manner; Answers HQ and social media were flooded for the duration of the event with reports of problems playing Reaper's Rewards and getting its loot. I don't trust that Cozy Celebrations is going to be any better in that regard. Seriously, bugs- The dev time and energy that's going into pushing this mobile-game-esque nonsense would be much better spent fixing major issues with the game, as the playerbase has been clamoring for for years and as EA has promised they were going to devote more time to. When I saw there was a patch today, I was hoping it would include some of those fixes. At the very least, it's unacceptable that trans bodies are still broken several months and several patches after that bug was introduced, despite EA/Maxis's lip service to depicting diverse Sims and a modder showing how easy it was to fix within a week of the patch. Please, EA. Save this nonsense for multiplayer games and/or Project Rene (since it doesn't sound like it's going to be a traditional Sims game anyway.) Sims 4 doesn't need it and the players don't want it. As for me, I may just keep my game totally offline until after the event so it doesn't interrupt my gameplay. Until the next FOMO-fest comes around, anyway...
Where do ghosts come from in the Sims?
When sims die the Grim Reaper comes to collect their soul. The Reaper uses its scythe and extracts the soul. Then the body turns into either a tombstone or an urn (depending on whether you die outside or inside a building). Now, here is my question. If The Reaper has your soul where does your ghost come from in the game? We see ghosts autonomically appear usually at night out of the tombstones or urns... but how is this possible if the Reaper has already taken "you" away? I don't think they thought this thru far enough.
Things in 2025 I'd like to have
Here is a comprehensive list of things I want to see in 2025. Note: Life & Death isn't out yet so somethings may end up in that pack. Build Items Abandoned/Haunted House Build Pieces Amityville Horror infamous Windows https://media1.popsugar-assets.com/files/thumbor/LuOCuexyRgXB2T5lXnXQFabV1Kg/fit-in/2048xorig/filters:format_auto-!!-:strip_icc-!!-/2019/09/18/916/n/41541398/tmp_KLYZIr_87d464e19b356d6c_MCDAMHO_EC035.jpg Bent & Rusted Wrought Iron Fence w/ matching but Spooky Gate Boarded Windows Broken Conservatory Window & Windowed Ceiling pieces Broken Staircase build pieces Crumbling Brick wallpaper for foundations & Chimneys Deteriorating Doors (Interior, Front & Back Door) Fireplace that looks rather sinister. Perhaps with grotesques or wolves carved into it. Gable Brackets & Trim work that look weathered Grey and worn wooden picket fence with the occasional broken slat and a matching fence Mossy Slate Tiles Texture for Roof Porch Light that flickers Shake Shingle Roof Texture with missing Shingles Screening for Porches ripped and dirty Screen Door damaged and dirty Shutters uneven or falling off Torn & Worn Curtains Vine Covered and Worn Mailbox to match the aesthetic Window with Shutter askew Attic Access Ladder for modern homes and Victorian style Attic with aged staircase Awning tool with quite a few colors & styles Glass Awning preferable in the Art Nouveau style Belfry & Clock Tower Build Pieces https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o19YuGdtvRE Bells toll at 6AM, Noon, 6PM, Midnight Westminster Chime Cedar or other wood Gable Brackets for Cabins Coat Closet Single Tile Closet Acts just like a Coat Rack & Umbrella Rack Open the door and a light pops on in the closet Conservatory Build pieces for a more Victorian Style (Don't Forget the Cupola) https://i.etsystatic.com/42910042/r/il/786d54/5447191211/il_1588xN.5447191211_o73a.jpg Elevator Shaft like in Sims 2 Flying Buttresses French Trellis for Gardens https://i.pinimg.com/736x/75/a4/23/75a42326cfaed51739443c62ee3769cb--french-formal-garden-trellis-design.jpg Garage Build Pieces Driveway pieces Curved Straight Garage Door Raises & Lowers Parking Spaces Invisible for Residential Shown for Community Lot Update the Decorative High School Parking Spaces so that they are functional AND can still be decorated Gingerbread House Build Pieces (For an actual Sims House build not the confection I mention below) - "Nibble, Nibble Like a Mouse. Who is Nibbling on my House?" Chimney Doors - Front, Back, Interior Fence & Gate Floor Roof Gabled Windows Garden Trellis Pillar Single Window Wallpaper Window with Shutters Hotel Room Door Landscaping Plants Anemone Angel Trumpets Artemisia Asphodel Belladonna Black Baccara Rose Caladium Captain Beretta Calla Lily Coleus "Black Prince" Dark & Handsome Hellebore Death Cap Mushroom Dracula Orchid Iris Iris Germanica "Black Knight" Moon Flowers Night Blooming Jasmine Queen of Night Tulip Library Ladder Medieval Arrow Slit Windows Pantry Door 1 Tile Open the door a Light pops on and you can see an Instagram worthy organization Acts as storage for dry goods Cocoa Powder Flour Olive Oil & Vinegar Salt, Pepper Spices - in place of the spice rack Sugar Pavilion Tent Tool - doesn't just have to be that style. I'd love to make big beautiful Gatsby style parties. Porch Screening & Screen Door Railings Update for Staircases. Please make so that we can place one side only if we like. Rollercoaster Build Pieces Roof Styles Bochka Roof Dome Roof Onion Dome Texture Gold Leaf Rose Window - I know we have one but please more intricately detailed Skylights Staircases Stucco Cycladic Greek Style Moroccan Style - in red tones please South Western Style Spiral Staircase Glass & Steel - Modern Marble - with Iron and gold for more gilded age building and matching marble railings for older buildings Stone - Castle related Wood - for libraries Wrought Iron - to match the wrought iron work we already have Buy Items Amusement Park/Carnival/ Festival Items Amusement Park Food Kiosk Amusement Park Radio Speakers for Carnival Music Apple Bobbing Tub Carnie Caravans Carousel - That revolves http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FeFk-EHYBuw/U5dLnS5zE_I/AAAAAAAE0Tk/u2mNxqu7_tw/s1600/badromance_CarouselSet_01.JPG Dunk Tank Face Painting Tent Food Eating Competition Tables Fortune Teller Mechanical Booth Hall of Mirrors, Mirrors Light Pole Love Tester Midway Games Rings & Bottle Game Kiosk Strongman Game Target Shooting Game Whack - a-Mole https://na.lvlt.sims3store.cdn.ea.com/u/f/sims/sims3/sims3store/objects/CarouselSet/Thumbnail_688x336_ADD3.jpg Ticket Booth Appliances British Aga Stove https://www.myidealhome.us/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/insta-kitchen-aga-stove-white-traditional.jpg Brick Oven in the Model from Sims 2 & 3 for Outdoor Kitchens Butterchurn In-Cabinet Microwave Juicer Pickle Crock Refrigerator that has a cabinet match doors like the custom Sub Zero ones https://i.pinimg.com/236x/d5/f0/4d/d5f04d649036ee86b76790b3d5f0f547--subzero-refrigerator-refrigerator-cabinet.jpg Stove/Range - Two Tile and modeled after those Wolf Stoves. Larger Exhaust hoods to go with the Stove Artist & Artisan Equipment Alembic Distiller (Copper Please) for Perfume Making https://thumbs.dreamstime.com/b/distillation-lavender-essential-oil-hydrolate-copper-alambic-flowering-field-269934038.jpg Blacksmith Forge Dressmakers Dummy (Old Fashioned) Florist Refrigerated Case - Also a Retail Item Glassblowing Kiln Olive Oil Press Pottery Wheel & Ceramics Kiln Pottery Rack Sculpting Bench or Station Sewing Machine Sketch Pad Weaver's Loom Bar & Nightclub Items Go-Go Dancing Cage Pool Table & Accessories Overhead Light Pool Stick Rack (Floor & Wall Rack styles) Shuffleboard Ballet Barre Free Standing Full Wall Mirror with Ballet Barre Broom that is useable for cleaning Burglar Tools Lock Picks Rope Water Spray Bottle Camp Activities Archery Target Axe Throwing Log Roller Tug O' War Casino Games - If you have a Croupier/Dealer make it a NPC so we can set Uniforms C*r*a*p*s - Plural refers to the game not a naughty word. Please have some nuance. Blackjack Poker Table - High Stakes & Low Stakes Roulette Slot Machine Decorative Only Items Armillary Sphere Bat House (Well if you can get Bats in the game maybe not decorative) Boatswain's Tomb - "Epitaph to a Dog" Bronze (Metal) Table Top Jack O' Lantern (Set of 3 different Sizes) for Sofa Table & Lights Up Iron Maiden (Maybe a Sim could go inside, Ouch) Keep Out Sign Kimono Stand http://images.custommade.com/DdzSCIOlJZkHWifYgCltvK148_A=/custommade-photosets/7089/7089.31710.jpg Porcelain Geisha (See Sims 3 Store) Raven sitting upon a bust of Pallas Spider Under Glass (See Gothique set from Sims 3 Store) Topiaries with Holiday Lights & you can choose their light color Velvet Curtains https://i.pinimg.com/originals/61/e6/72/61e6720e3d596a2b8ccfdc0259924981.jpg Velvet Curtains with fringe for Archways not windows Weeping Angel Statues for the Cemetery Dojo Items Board Breaking Blocks Futons for Sleeping Gong & Mallet (that can be hit) Kendo Helmet & Armor Rack Kendo Sword Rack Low Table Calligraphy Origami Tea Ceremony Martial Arts Combat Dummy Zen Garden Drinking Fountain for Parks that has the side base basin for dogs https://i.pinimg.com/originals/69/9e/7f/699e7fc74a2d0362570582af109679ad.jpg Entertainment Career Props Acrobatic Props Band Props Magician Props Fortune Teller Buy Items Beaded Archway Caravan Caravan Bed Decorative Tea Box Fortune Teller Mechanical Booth (unlockable if you have high school years) - Put in a coin and it gives a fortune, or you can make a wish. Great for High School years fair area. See Also: Amusement Park Buy Items Neon Signage https://www.thesimsresource.com/scaled/1360/w-600h-450-1360533.jpg Radio Speaker with Fortune Teller Music Sandwich Board https://www.thesimsresource.com/scaled/3021/w-920h-690-3021785.jpg Spirit Board Tea Set for Tasseography https://i.pinimg.com/originals/2d/a4/12/2da412fcf63d3f8d48b8a7f9cf6262ab.jpg Furniture Bourne Sette Kissing Chair https://i.etsystatic.com/7147713/r/il/027086/1530471720/il_794xN.1530471720_gp10.jpg Offerenda or altar for Day of the Dead observances Porch Swing Sofa Tables to match more existing sets Gardening Equipment Composter for Fertilizer Poison Garden Items https://www.alnwickgarden.com/the-garden/poison-garden/ Garden Gate & matching Fence that features Skull & Crossbones Skull & Crossbones Garden Labels Skull & Crossbones Garden Plaque (Readable) Grocery Butcher's Posters Cash Register Dry Goods Shelves Fruit Bins Refrigerated Cases Dairy Fish Meat Vegetable Bins Hair Salon Items Hair Dryer Hair Stylists Station with Mirror Hair Washing Sink Product Shelves Salon Shop Items Appointment Counter with Phone Generates an NPC Greeter Front Door with Appropriate Decal Signage Hammocks Beach Zone Design Mountain Zone Design Hobby & Activities Ant Farm Binoculars for Bird Watching Canes Cherry Wood with Gold, Gunmetal or Silver, Duck Elegant Ebony with Gold, Gunmetal or Silver, Dragon (Vampires & Werewolves cannot use Silver) Elegant Ebony with Gold, Gunmetal or Silver, Wolf's Head (Vampires & Werewolves cannot use Silver) https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kE1m44yCn2g/WkB6VX5A29I/AAAAAAAAMOU/m4GBE71F9nsH1NTSJK1_tjoc1px4FLwewCLcBGAs/s1600/Wolf%2BMan%2Bcane.jpg Outlandish Style with a large crystal for a handle Plain Wood with Curved Handle - Cherry Wood, Ebony, Mahogany Hot Air Balloon Model Train like in the Addams Family Hotel Buy Items Concierge Desk Luggage Cart Monogrammed Rug Lighting Single (& Candelabra) Candle Sticks for long Taper Candleshttps://i.pinimg.com/originals/f7/c3/ff/f7c3ff6505250ce2d1cafd51b30dc5e6.jpg Placeable on Dining Tables Mantles for Fireplaces - It would be nice to place one on each end Piano Sofa Tables Wall Niches Candle Stick Metal Bronze (Rubbed) Copper Crystal https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1004/0704/products/3cmb__03893_1372257474_1280_1280.jpg?v=1443472151 Gold Pewter Rosegold Silver Whitewashed Wrought Iron Candle Color Update (I'm also considering Decorator Simmers Here) Baby Blue Wax Black Wax Canary Yellow Wax Copper Metallic Wax Crimson Wax Gold Metallic Wax Grey Wax Hot Pink Wax Hunter Green Wax Ivory Wax Kelly Green Wax Lavender Wax Magenta Wax Moss Green Wax Navy Blue Wax Peach Wax Pink (Pastel) Wax Red Wax Rosegold Metallic Wax Royal Purple Wax Silver Metallic Wax White Wax Yellow (Pastel) Wax Magical Items Magic Jellybean Bush Magic Mirror with all the trimmings Mini Golf Stations Driving Range Tee 9 different ones Musical Instruments Cello Drum Harp Saxophone Steel Drums Oriental Rugs - Please can we have some dignified rugs Color Combinations Gold, Black & Ivory Emerald Green & Maroon Hunter Green, Gołd & Brown Navy Blue, Grey, Black Red, Black & Beige Parasols (Not Rain Umbrellas) Baby Blue Baby Blue with White Polka Dots Black Black Lace Black with White Polka Dots Black with White Trim Emerald Green with Black Trim Leopard Print with Black Trim Pink Pink with Black Polka Dots Red Royal Blue with Black Trim Royal Purple with Black Trim White with Black Polka Dots White with Lace Wine Yellow Party/Wedding Items Ice Carvings for Shrimp (Apart of Sculpture Making Skill Please) and other Ice Centerpieceshttps://i.pinimg.com/1200x/99/f5/81/99f581d13a87a79cbb80ada470f04ef1.jpg Stack of Champagne Glasses that you can pour Sparkling Nectar in Ostrich feathers for table centerpieces Black Ostrich Feathers Pink Ostrich Feathers Red Ostrich Feathers White Ostrich Feathers Personal Services Stations & Sets Hair Stylists Station with Wash Basin Cut Dye Hair Wash & Style Dog Groomer's Equipment Dog Groomers Sink or Station Dog Groomers Infrared Aromatherapy Dryer https://i.pinimg.com/originals/80/e7/91/80e7917b315f6e464f2ddac46ee6d269.jpg Tattooist's Station Tattoo Posters Pet Items CAP Items Career Clothing Costumes Doggles Holiday Themed Pet Clothing - Same as Listed Bellow Holiday Themed Pet Collars (Listed Below) Protective footwear for dogs for Extreme Temperatures Protective Life preserver for Boats Dog Houses - Extravagant Pet Beds that are more extravagant Plumbing Cedar/Redwood Hot Tub (Whichever those wood hot tubs are made) Farmhouse Sink (Copper Please) Gold Toilet - Las Vegas Casinos Modern Style Please Vichy Shower for the Day Spa - then we can have body wraps Restaurant Equipment Deep Fat Fryer Commercial Oven Hibachi Stove Sushi Counter Tandoori Oven Restorable Vehicles Roadster - 1930s Convertible - 1950s Motorcycles - 1940's, 1970s Muscle Car - 1970s Woody Station Wagon - 1940s Security Systems Commercial Lots - More Sophisticated than residential Cameras Laser Trip Wires Pressure Sensitive Floors Security Officer Station Residential Cameras Ceiling Mounted Fire Alarm Security Panel Sound Booth -For Singers & Musician to make Recording Studios Spices - We currently have from City Living (Chili Powder, Curry, Saffron, Wasabi) Allspice Bay Leaf - I'd take it as a Harvestable though Cardamom Cinnamon Cloves Coriander Cumin Ginger - Unless its planted as a harvestable Mace Mustard (Dry) Nutmeg Paprika Star Anise Sumac Turmeric Spice Rack - To store the above mentioned Spices Sports Activities & Equipment Gym Equipment Chin Up Bar Exercise Bike Free Weight Bench Jume Rope Pilates Machine Water Cooler Weight Rack Swimming Pool Features Lower Profile Diving Board Pool Bar Pool Cabana Tents https://www.mtolympuspark.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cabana-1.jpg Pool Mosaics (More) Pool Slide Taller Diving Board for more extravagant Dives Surf Boards Tennis Court Volley Ball (Sand) Court Subway Entrance and how it worked in the Sims 3 Tropical Zone Supplemental Items Fire Walking Pit Limbo Pole Steel Drums Tiki Bar Build & Buy Items CAS Items Face & Body Heterochromia for Sims Eyes Beauty Mark Cheekbone Chin Upper Lip Tattoos - More please Celtic Symbols Egyptian Symbols Zodiac Eastern Western Clothing Career Clothing Burglar Clothing Dancing Class Leotards & Tights Firefighter Gear Hibachi Chef/ Sushi Chef Uniforms Police Uniforms Tutu Martial Arts Uniform Gi Black White Belt White Yellow Orange Green Blue Purple Red Brown Black Mourning Attire Form Fitting Black Knee Length Dress with White Neck Collar and Cuffs Scuba Gear Traditional Japanese Clothing Please Haori & Hakama Kimono (I know we have some I just want something specific) White with Cherry Blossoms Blue with White Cranes Black with Cherry Blossoms Black with Gold Dragon Yukatas for Sleeping Separate Rain Gear from Cold Weather Gear in CAS Higher End Cold Weather Coats Classic Costume Suggestions Anck-es-en-Amon - from the The Mummy (1932) Baron Samedi Bride of Frankenstein Cleopatra Columbine - The Love Interest/Counterpart of Harlequin Dracula Frankensein's Monster Glinda the Good Witch Harlequin - If we have the associated mask why not the costume to go with it Imhotep the Mummy played by Boris Karloff (1932) Invisible Man Dr. Victor Frankenstein Dr. John Watson La Calavera Catrina Little Red Riding Hood Mark Antony Mr. Hyde Phantom of the Opera Sherlock Holmes Wicked Witch of the West Wolfman Vampira Accessories Hats Fascinator(s) - More than one style Fez Pickelhaube Helmet Tam O' Shanter Tyrolean Hats Lace Gloves Baby Blue Black Emerald Green Pink Royal Purple White Make Up Full Face Styles Baron Samedi Geisha (Traditional) La Calavera Caterina Wicked Witch of the West Masks Venetian from the Commedia Dell Arte - Masquerade Party Masks Bauta Columbine Medico Della Peste Moretta Pantalone Volta Zanni Shoes Ballerina Slippers for Ballet Baby Blue Baby Pink Black Emerald Green Ivory Red Royal Blue Royal Purple White Ballerina Slippers as House Slippers Black Beige Emerald Green Ivory Leopard Print Magenta Pink Red Royal Blue Royal Purple Slippers & House Shoes - More please Tap Shoes Create A Pet Items Costumes Astronaut Bumblebee Dracula Egyptian Mummy or Child of Bast with the Jeweled Collars Fairy Fireman Ghost Hotdog Leprechaun Lion Pirate Sherlock Holmes Skeleton Spider Super Hero Taco Tuxedo Yoda Career, Holiday & Seasonal, Supernatural Owner Themed Bow Ties, Collars & Name Tags Career Firefighter Military Police Search & Rescue Holiday - (I'm attempting to be a bit International) Christmas (Snow Flake Day) Dia De Los Muertos Diwali Easter Halloween (Spooky Day) Hanukkah Holi Kukar Tihar - Instead of a collar they get a garland of orange flowers and Tika on their heads Kwanzaa Lunar New Year New Years Day Oktoberfest St. Patricks Day St. Valentine's Day (Love Day) Thanksgiving Seasonal Autumn Spring Summer Winter Supernatural Owner Fairy Themed Ghost Themed Mermaid Themed Spell Caster Theme Vampire Themed Werewolf Themed Clothing Doggles Holiday Sweaters Life Vest when Swimming or on a boat Outerwear - Changes when Sims take Dogs for Walks during the colder days Protective Footwear Rain Gear - Honestly I just think dogs in little slickers are the most cute thing ever Game Play - New/Past Game Concepts Amusement Parks & Small Carnivals - We mostly have this in a small way butI would prefer to expand this especially the Amusement Park. Very large neighborhood Childlike Fun Hiding a Dark Underbelly - Think Freaks from 1931 - "One of US" Amusement Park crossed with a Circus Ticket Booth is pay to enter Sections Entry Acrobatics Tent & Side show Attractions Midway - Games, Amusement Park Food NPC Carnies & their Caravans Acrobats - Learn the skill to be one themselves Bearded Lady Knife Thrower Mascot Strongman Park Hotel - Themed to match the Park Rides & Attractions Carousel from Sims 3 comeback House of Mirrors Rollercoaster Automobile Maintenance Add Alarm Change Tires Oil Change Tune Up Wash the Car Casinos NPC Sim Croupiers High Stakes/Low Stakes Poker High End Casinos Lot Trait - More Expensive & Exclusive. Cocktail Wear Dress Code Low End Casino Lot Trait - Budget Friendly. Weirder Clothing Theaters for Entertainment Bands Magicians Competitions Art Contests Garden Judging Eating Contests Hot Dogs Pie Spicy Wings Restored Vehicle Judging Sculpture Contests Ice Sand Sculpture Judging Topiary Judging Fairies & Unicorns Game Pack Fairy CAS Alignments - Good, Bad, Neutral. Bad Fairies are called Spriggans Add British & Irish Vocal Accenting I'm sure it will be interesting for Simlish Custom Wings Makeup & Tattoos Manicure - Themed to match the nature of the creature. Like this just shorter.https://i.ex-cdn.com/60giay.com/files/content/2024/10/08/z5909393065952_de9dd4cee82db528360359413ec305a7-1814.jpg Pixie Form Pointy Ears - Just a bit longer than Vampires Fairy Details Fairy Dance - I would pick this as a way to add Ballet to the Sims, taking inspiration from the Nutcracker & Fantasia. Or add an English Country Dance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQqbnMSm2aQ I would add dueling with other Magic Users like Spell Casters Fairies have an aversion to the metal Iron - This is lore accurate Fairies are fond of Tricks & Pranks Fairy Magic Glamor (watch Legend) Inspiration for Artistic endeavors Nature Based Powers (watch Fantasia 1940 - The Nutcracker Suite) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uss3NHf0l6U Blooming Plants Frost Fall The Summerdreams make their return Add Floral Wreaths for the Head and Neck to Flower Arranging (For Sims, Dogs & Horses) if you have all the appropriate packs British, Irish Cuisine & Foods from Fairy Tales Apple Dumpling https://thenovicechefblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Old-Fashioned-Apple-Dumplings-14-735x1103.jpeg Bannocks Bubble & Squeak Christmas Pudding Curds & Whey Dublin Coddle Full English Breakfast Gingerbread House (Buildable for Spooky Day & Snowflake Day) Hot Cross Buns London Fog Tea Porridge Ploughman's Lunch Soul Cakes Tarts - The Queen of Hearts She Made Some Tarts Raspberry Strawberry Toad in the Hole Tea Sandwiches - Listed Below Trifle - Listed Below Build Items Art Nouveau Architecture & Design - We already have more appropriate British Countryside Architecture in Cottage Living so I chose this route instead Gingerbread House Build Items Items that convey the Fairy aesthetic of flowers and plants Buy Items Art Nouveau Decor Sims 2 had pictures or panel that was inspired by Alphonse Mucha that would fit here Butterfly Pavillion Fairy House Fairy Ring Hammock with Vines and Flowers Famous Fairy Tale Things: Fairy Ointment - From "The Fairy Nurse" Harp that plays by itself Hen/Goose that lays the Golden Eggs Magic Beans for the Beanstalk Magic Jellybeans Bush Has all the effects from the previous Sims 3 Supernatural Bush. This includes the 1% chance for Death. Each one should have a flavor good or bad associated with the bean and its moodlet effects. Including Garlic (Garlic Breath) and Mint (Fresh & Minty) As a reference to Bertie Botts Every Flavor Beans one potential flavor must be Earwax Magic Mirror - "Who is the fairest in the land?" Rose under Glass Spinning Wheel High Tea & Tea House/Salon Community Lot with NPC Server Patterned after LaDureé in France for the Art Nouveau Architecture which seems a bit Fairy Like to Me Full Service Hotels Concierge Room Service Maid Service Chocolates on the Pillow Towel Art Different Type of Rooms & Nightly Rates - Yes you can rent more than one room Single Rooms Double Rooms Suites Honeymoon Presidential Standard Rating System Purchasable New Career - Entrepreneur: Hotelier Hire Staff Set Rates & Services Set Uniforms Hairdresser Career Salon Lot like in Sims 2 Salon Equipment & Basic Business Equipment Museum Update Categories for Museums Archaeology & History Art Maritime & Oceanographic Natural History Science & Technology Heists & the Need for Security Crazy "Activists" trying to mess up the art Art Restoration Curator NPC & Tours Public Safety & its Flip Side Burglars & Heists Crime Level for Neighborhoods (Set by Simmer) High Crime Low Crime No Crime Firefighters Kids can play Cops & Robbers again Police Scuba Diving & Deep Dive Spots Tattooist Career Tattooist Chair & Shop Equipment Zombies Pretty much like they were in Sims 3 Cannot Speak just moan Cannot WooHoo Zombie smell bad to other Sims especially Dogs, Cats & Werewolves Don't Attack Children or Pets Walks with a shuffle Brain Freeze Ala Mode makes it's return and exclusive to Zombies Locked Gates & Doors will deter Zombies Cannot enter locked gates or buildings Vampires & Werewolves are immune to Zombie bites and they will always beat Zombies in a fight Zombies are completely immune to Mermaid singing Absolutely NO eating garden plants - That was entirely annoying!!!!! Will think about brains a lot and you will see little thought bubbles with brains Does a choreographed dance extremely similar to Thriller. This is exclusive to Zombies https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYmm7WL62yE New Activities, Hobbies & Skills Bird Watching Bell Ringing - Think Church/Bell Tower Bells Blacksmithing Dance Ballet Hula Tai Chi - Not really a dance though Tango Tap Viennese Waltz Feeding the Birds in the Park Flower Arranging Update Bridal Bouquets Ikebana Corsages Funeral Arrangements Leis & Floral Wreaths for Sims & Pets Fortune Teller Skills Divination Palm Reading Star Chart Tarot Card Reading Tasseography Dream Interpretation Making Charms & Wards Medium Skill Enhancement Glass Blowing & Glasswork Horticulture - Specialized Gardening - Growing different varieties of the flowers listed below. Would be fun to have competitions for these specific plants Amarylis Iris Lilies Orchids Roses Tulips Paper Marche Masks Perfume Making Pottery Making & Clay Sculpting Figurines Plates Small Sculptures & Busts Vases Martial Arts Fencing Karate Miniature Golf & Driving Range Origami Scuba Diving Sculpture Making Alabaster Bronze Copper Granite Ice Jade Marble Reclaimed Metal Sand Soapstone Terracotta Topiary Wood Sewing Clothing Drapes Quilts Surfing Weaving Rugs Tapestries New Careers & Branch Updates Artist Career Added Art Restoration Photographer Sculpter Athlete Career Update Sports Agent Branch Clothing Designer Entertainer Career Update Acrobat Branch Added to Entertainer Career Dancer Branch Added to Entertainer Career Director Branch added to Entertainer Career Magician Branch Added to Entertainer Career Singer Branch added to Entertainer Career Firefighter Career Fortune Teller Career Law Enforcement Career Update - Personally I would change the name and call it Public Safety or Emergency Services and include Firefighters & EMTs Police Branch Medical Career Nursing Branch Pet Careers - Dogs Acting Public Safety Firehouse Dog Police Search & Rescue Military Therapy New School Options Private School Different School Uniforms Different School Colors & Symbols Headmasters & the need to Schmooze them Families Need to Apply and in the case of the Liberal Arts School Present Work or Audition. School Priorities Tuition & Admissions Fees Types of Private Schools Liberal Arts Military Prep School New Harvestables Bay Leaves Broccoli Celery Cucumber Dill Grapefruit Green Apple like Granny Smith Lavender Lilies - Calla, Lily of the Valley, Starburst, Tiger Lime Tree Mint Okra Olive Tree Orange Tree Peach Tree Portobello Mushroom Roses in different colors including black Rosemary Thyme Tulips in various colors New Food - If the necessary packs are owned recipes associated will unlock as an Update to the Pack. Some Packs just needed a few extra recipes to make them a bit more authentic. Appetizers & Snacks Baked Brie with Blackberries served with Crackers Charcuterie Fried Cheese Sticks Fried Green Beans Oysters on the Half Shell Baked Dog Treats (Dogs & Cats, GTW) Beverages Elderberry Nectar (Horse Ranch & Outdoor Retreat) Fruit Juices & Smoothies Apple Cider Apple Juice Banana Smoothie Blueberry Juice Blueberry-Grape Juice Carrot Juice Cucumber Mint Juice Grape Juice Grape-Apple Juice Grapefruit Juice Green Juice Lemonade Limeade Mango Juice (If we get mangoes) Mango Pineapple Juice Orange Juice Orange Banana Juice Orange-Carrot Juice with Ginger Orange Pineapple (Island Living) Peach Smoothie Pear Juice Pineapple Juice (Island Living) Pomegranate Juice Pomegranate- Blueberry Juice Raspberry Lemonade Strawberry Apple Strawberry Banana Smoothie Strawberry Lemonade Strawberry Watermelon Lemonade Tomato Juice Tomato Basil Juice Triple Berry Juice Vegetable Juice Moon Milk Cherry Lavender Moon Milk Golden Pumpkin Spiced Moon Milk Lavender Vanilla Moon Milk Rose Cardamom Moon Milk Teas Dragon Fruit Hibiscus Hibiscus Tea - Drank during Day of the Dead Hibiscus & Elderberry Lavender Vanilla & Jasmine Tea London Fog Tea - Vancouver, Canada Peach Tea Vanilla Earl Grey Breakfast Foods Biscuits & Gravy (Horse Ranch) - American South Congee - Chinese Full English Breakfast (Cottage Living) - British Half a Grapefruit Migas (Horse Ranch) - Spain & Portugal Omurice (Snowy Escape) - Japan Steak & Eggs with Hashbrowns - United States Canning (Cottage Living Update) Dragonfruit Jam Elderberry Jam (Outdoor Retreat & Cottage Living) Mint Jelly Orange Marmalade Peach Jam Pickles Dill Pickles Kimchi Pickle Jalapeños Pickled Mushrooms Pickled Okra Pickled Onion Sauerkraut Sweet Pickles Zesty Pickles Desserts & Sweets Amish Funeral (Raisin Pie) Pie - Baking Update Apple Dumpling - British & European Apple Strudel - German Buche De Noel "Yule Log Cake" - French - (Happy Holiday Pack or Seasons & GTW) Christmas (Snowflake Day) Plum Pudding - (Happy Holiday Pack or Seasons & GTW) - British Crêpes - French Apple Chicken Florentine Chocolate and Banana Crepes Suzette Galette Bretonne - Ham & Egg Strawberries & Cream Egg Tart - Chinese & Portuguese Grasshopper Pie - American South Hamantaschen Hot Cross Buns - Baking Update - British Irish Wake Cake - Irish/British Key Lime Pie - Key West, Florida, United States Lavender & Honey Ice Cream - French Meringue Bone Shaped Cookies - Baking Update Panettone - Italy Pashka (Cheesecake for Easter) - Russian Peach Cobbler - British American Colonies Peach Ice Cream Peach Melba - French Pots De Crème (Please add the Mint Leaf, Whipped Cream and a Raspberry) - France Raspberry Tart Soul Cakes - British/Irish Baking Update Struffoli - Italy Tarte Tatin - French - (Baking Update) Trifle - British/Irish Black Forrest Trifle Chocolate Mousse Trifle Lemon Trifle Pumpkin Trifle Red Velvet Dinner Foods - Arranged by Cuisine American South Chicken Fried Steak w/Mashed Potatoes & Carrots - American South Fried Chicken w/Mashed Potatoes & Green Beans - American South Grilled Pork Chops with Fried Apple & Green Beans - American South Oysters Rockefeller - New Orleans, Louisiana, United States Salisbury Steak with Mashed Potatoes and Green Beans British/Irish Bubble & Squeak - Vegetarian (Cottage Living) Carpetbag Steak - Swansea, South Wales, UK Dublin Coddle - Irish Ploughman's Lunch (Cottage Living) - British Prime Rib with Sweet Potato & Broccoli Toad in the Hole (Cottage Living) Chinese Dim Sum Longevity Peach Bun Shrimp Dumpling Shumai Soup Dumplings Teochew Dumpling Wonton French Blanquette de Veau - French Boeuf Bourguignon - French Cassoulet - French Coq au Vin - French Dover Sole with Carrots & Roasted Potatoes - French Pot au Feu - French Quiche Lorraine - French Ratatouille - French Salad Niçoise - French Steak au Poivre German Meatloaf w/Mashed Potatoes & Green Beans German Potato Salad Rouladen with Potato Dumplings Sauerbraten Soft Pretzels Spätzle Schweinshaxe Italian & Italian American Beef Ravioli - Italian Braciole Cheese Ravioli - Italian Chicken Parmesan - Italian American Eggplant Parmesan - Italian American Fried Calamari Lasagne - Italian Manicotti - Italian American Rosemary Focaccia - Italian Japanese Kaki Furai - Fried Oysters Okonomiyaki (Snowy Escape) - Osaka, Japan Mexican & Tex Mex Cuisine Arroz Con Pollo (Horse Ranch) Enchiladas w/Beef & Red Sauce - Mexico Enchiladas Verdes - Mexico Tacos (Horse Ranch) - Mexico Barbacoa Brisket Romanian & Hungarian Chicken Paprikash - Hungarian Hungarian Goulash - Hungarian Cabbage Rolls (Sarmalle) - Romanian Russian Beef Stroganoff Bierocks Blini Chicken Kiev Kotely (Ground Beef Cutlet) Kurnik Mushroom Julienne Pelmeni Spanish Paelle - Spanish Sandwiches Club Sandwich Corned Beef Reuben on Rye - Jewish Croque Monsieur French Dip Sandwich with Chips Kentucky Hot Brown Sandwich Meatball Submarine Sandwich - Italian American Tea Sandwiches - British, Irish, American South Cucumber on White Chicken Salad on Wheat Egg Salad on White Ham Salad on French Bread Pimento Cheese on Wheat Roast Beef and Swiss cheese with Horseradish on Rye Salmon Cucumber on White Tuna Melt Soups Borscht - Russian Bouillabaisse - French Chicken Noodle Soup Egg Drop Soup - Chinese French Onion Soup - French Italian Wedding Soup Vegetable Soup Game Updates - Small Bed Add Electric Blanket Upgrade I would like it if kids could jump on the bed, sofa too I think for each bed frame we should be able to pay for a mattress upgrade. For example a Sim has a simple bed that goes with the decor but you have the Simoleons to pay for a much better mattress you just click on the bed and select "Buy a new Mattress" then a list of amounts pops up and you select how much you want to pay and the level changes the energy and comfort level of the mattress. Birdbath Add Water - Interaction Add Bird Animations Clean - Interaction Dump Water - Interaction Make it gradually look dirty Buffet Table & Dining Table with the Tablecloth. Add more seasonal table cloths Anniversary Autumn Baby Shower Christmas (Snowflake Day) Diwali Easter Graduation Halloween (Spooky Day) Lunar New Year New Years Eve Oktoberfest Spring St. Patricks Day St. Valentine's Day (Love Day) Summer Thanksgiving Winter Christmas Tree (The one you actively trim) Rustic - Red & Black Buffalo Plaid look for cabins and rural homes Black Trimmings for more goth homes. Emo folks like the holidays too Day Spa Update Can we please make the Day Spa a Paparazzi Free Zone. It doesn't make any logical sense to allow them to be snapping away, Spas are private businesses. Seaweed Body Wraps please Vichy Shower for the Body Wraps Dog & Cat Beds I honestly would love to the depths of most to be able to tuck them in. Like I do with my own little ones Add Put "Name" in Bed Door Update Set as Back Door Set as Door to Garage Set Wreath (Front Door Only) Autumn Day of the Dead Diwali Garlic Funeral/Mourning Lunar New Years New Baby New Years Snowflake Day Spooky Day Spring St. Patrick's Day St. Valentine's Day (Love Day) Summer Winter Exercise Equipment Sims who aren't bad or messy will wipe the seats down on Gym Machines after use Faucet Update Add R/O System - So that water coming out of it isn't unsatisfactory to picky Sims Fireplaces Add Clean Interaction Add Change Flame Color like Sims 3 (Bonfire, Campfire, Candles, Fireplace, Torches) Add Garland to Fireplaces with Mantles Add Stockings to Fireplaces with Mantles Fix the Auto light to not come on until the temperature outside is below 40F Gate Add Creaking Sound Affect No Sound Affect Grandfather Clock, Cuckoo Clock & Mantle Clocks Wind Set Chime Ode to Joy Westminster Whittingham Chimes at 6AM, Noon, 6PM, Midnight Grills I'd like it if you use the grill a couple of times it gets noticeable dirty Animation for using the grill brush to clean it Add Instrument Tuning Cello Guitar Harp Piano Violin Make Curtains & Blinds expandable by half squares for width Animal Update I thin we really need NPC animal especially in the forested areas with all the previous sounds, movements and interactions they had before NPC Wolves in Moonwood Mills Deer in forested area NPC Skunk and messing with it has the same consequence that messing with a real one has Mermaid Update Bassinets Deep Dive Zones and the ability to follow the Mermaids there via Scuba Diving Surfing Skill & Mermaids are great at it Waves Radio Station Update Fortune Teller French Pop German Bavarian Music for Octoberfest - Recommended Song Ein Prosit Reggae Vacuum If you run the vacuum in a room where another Sim is sleeping they will wake up Vampires Update Vampires cannot wear silver Jewelry Vampires fear all-white horses and pure white horse will be fearful of all vampires and will know they are vampires immediately. This is a reference to the Dracula from 1979 starring Frank Langella. This is also Vampire lore accurate. They used to take all white or all black horses into cemeteries and make them walk across the graves. If there is a grave the horse refused to walk over, then that is where they determined a vampire was resting. I think it might be cool for evil Vampires to make flowers wilt when they pass by Vampires and Ghosts get a dance animation exclusive to just them. When slow dancing with another Vampire or ghost they will start hovering in midair while doing the dance. Vampires have a favorite Plasma Type Unlockable new Vampire Power - Eclipsing Fog just like Sims 3 Parasols will help to shield a Vampire from the Sun for short periods If there is a hospital Sims can go in and donate plasma. Vampires on the other hand hand can go in and choose to steal or purchase plasma from the unscrupulous. (Only Lovers Left Alive Reference) I would like it if fastidious neat freak Vampires would have an occasional dusting of their coffin & maybe spray something like Febreeze inside it, just for laughs Sims will get the feeling they are being hunted like in Sims 3 If Burglars get introduced Vampires will always attack a Burglar - They always win and when they do, Yum. Like staying in and ordering Take Out. (In fact that would be a wonderfully morbid moodlet) Chance to make the burglar their minion. Forgotten Hollow should get its own Cemetery Lot & Bell Tower Werewolves Update If they don't already have this Werewolves should have the "Smells Like Wet Dog" moodlet after they shower. Werewolves cannot wear silver jewelry or hold canes with a silver handle Weather Update Fog - Light Fog Pea Soup Fog - Thicker fog Eclipsing Fog - Thickest and Supernatural in Nature and a part of a Vampire's learnable powers. Allows a Vampire to walk freely in the daylight but only briefly Sandstorm for Deserts & Dust-storm for dry areaRobbers
I think that they need to bring back the robbers and music. Everywhere I look people say that they miss it. Should be able to give the option to turn it off or on too. Would also be a cool interactive career kinda like the grim reaper where you go to the houses of sims and the objective could be to steal certain items without waking sims or something like that.
No Novelty Holiday Cookies or recipes?
From what I've seen for the event there's some pretty nice holiday related items. Wreaths, neck scarfs, holiday sweaters, hedges and bushes with Christmas lights, Hot Cocoa tray, etc. Though surprised there's no new recipes for sims to bake anything. Think the only thing we got a long time ago was the Winter cake I believe? Would have liked to see some novelty holiday cookies in the shape of Christmas trees, ornaments, Father Winter's face, Snowmen (or snow pals) and gingerbread men. Think it would have been a nice touch to have either via event or part of the free update. Would have went real nice with the hot cocoa tray for sure. Was just suddenly reminded of sims being able to make Christmas cookies in S2 (which for me they always burned). Even a novelty Christmas cake. Feels like it'd really help it feel more like the holidays for sims if they can bake together making Christmas (winter fest) related recipes. Especially if someone just have base game.
Please add Burglars as NPCs to The Sims 4 base game in the next base game update
One thing The Sims 4 really needs more than anything is Burglars as NPCs adding to the base game, The Sims 1, 2 and 3 all had them and it's ridiculous how The Sims 4 still doesn't have them yet, Burglars should be have a togger on/off option in gameplay settings to make it fair to those that don't want them in their game, this would add a huge level of depth to gameplay to The Sims 4 that we really need.Patch in school uniforms for HS Years pack.
Much like how it’s possible to edit uniforms for employees at owned businesses, pls make it possible to assign uniforms for the copperdale high school. It seems odd to have uniform CAS items like the blazer, but yet not implement them as a uniform for all students. I would also like to see this possible with after school activities. My sims is a cheer team captain. I think with this role, I should be able to edit and assign a uniform for all the cheer team members. Same goes for all other after school activities and their captains. My last recommendation is that the students do not wear the ugly blue club t shirts all the time. This makes their outfits pointless considering they never wear them. Thank you for your consideration!
African Inspired Sims 4 world (Music Fest Pack - create band) IDEA🤔
Africa is often referred to as the birthplace of music. Many global music genres—such as jazz, blues, rock, and reggae—have roots in African musical traditions. By setting a music festival in an African-inspired world, the pack can explore and celebrate the diversity and cultural significance of music on a global scale. Music Fest Pack (Expansion or Game Pack Idea) Feasibility of Integrating this Idea into the Game: They did an in-game music festival in 2021, so the codes already exists. Sims 3 Showtime codes can also be reused for this pack. Location Inspiration: Lagos, Nigeria or Cape Town, South Africa. Or, mix different cities from the continent of Africa into one world via neighborhoods. Example: One neighborhood is Lagos (Nigeria) inspired, another Cape Town inspired, or Kigali (Rwanda) inspired. Careers (Note: There is a musician career branch that currently exists but it’s a rabbit hole.) Solo Musician or Band Musician (Active Career): Career Dynamic: As Sims’ skills increase (Instrument, Singing, Charisma, Entrepreneur) and build relationships with key figures (i.e., Promoter, Producer, etc.), they’ll unlock access to higher-paying gigs, exclusive venues, and special events. For those choosing the band musician path, managing relationships with band members is crucial. Band member's skills, moods, relationship levels will impact band performances. Players can ask NPC Sims or Sims outside their household to join the band. Regular practice sessions with the band will increase skills for everyone and improve overall performance quality. Career Progression: Sims start by performing at small house parties, busking on the street, or even performing at local bars for a small crowd. As their skills and reputation grow, they can progress to larger venues such as lounges, clubs, etc. Career Goal: Reach Level 10 and headline the Music Fest (similar animations to what we had in the 2021 in-game music festival), becoming a world-renowned musician or band leader. Unlock special career achievements like “Legendary Performer” and “Music Icon.” Music Genres: players will be prompted to choose a primary genre for their Sim or band. Sims can choose from existing in-game music genres or explore new ones introduced with the pack. Challenges: When asking a Sim to join a band, they will express their opinion on the band’s primary genre. If they love the genre, they’ll be more eager to join and more motivated during practice and performances. If a sim dislike the genre, there’s a chance they’ll reject the offer to join the band or join reluctantly, which could result in lower performance quality, slower-skill progression, and no shows or disagreements during band practice. A band member leaves the group if their relationship with other members deteriorates. Music Producer (Active Career): Career Dynamic: Gives players a chance to shape the music industry from behind the scenes, using their Sims’ creativity and business acumen to turn aspiring musicians into superstars. This career allows Sims to find new talent, produce music, manage bands, and strategize to grow their record label or personal brand. Skills needed: Music skill (i.e. piano, etc), Charisma Skill, and Logic Skill. If players have get together pack (DJ skills) or Get Famous pack (media production skill). Career Progression: Sims can scout for new artists or bands by visiting venues, socializing at music-related events, or using the “Search for Talent” interaction on the phone or computer. Player will chose which direction to take: manage a band or a solo artist. Once Sims find their first artist or band, they’ll start by recording demo tracks (you can rent a recording studio), organizing small gigs, and promote their artist’s music on social media. As you progress through the career, you will unlock the ability to build your own recording studio. Career Goal: Reach Level 10 and Run your own record label, sign top talent, release albums, and host major events like Music Awards Shows. Challenges: If a producer tries to push an artist into a genre or style they dislike, it can lead to creative tension, negative moodlets, and a drop in performance quality. Producers will have to use social interactions to convince artists to try new styles or compromise on genre choices. Producers must build their own reputation and manage the fame of their artists. A bad public image for either party can damage career growth. Relationships with promoters, radio DJs, and media outlets are crucial for getting your artist’s music heard. A bad relationship can limit exposure and access to gigs. Record Label Owner (Rabbit Hole): Sims can run a record label, make key business decisions, sign artists, and release music. The focus would be on the business side of the music industry. Aspirations Under Creativity: Successful Music Producer: Master the art of scouting talent and producing hit records. Successful Musician or Band Leader: Achieve fame and recognition as a solo artist or band leader. Under Knowledge: Music History Buff: Travel around the world learning about different music styles, instruments, and traditions. Engage with locals to gain insights. New Items New Music Genre: Afro Beats. New Skill: Rapping (can be performed using karaoke machines, similar to singing). Beadwork skill. New Instruments: African drums, Westernized drums, saxophone, harps, xylophone, and more. New Death: Sims can now experience a “Death from Too Much Music Fun” when they get overly caught up in the excitement of playing or listening to music for extended periods. As the Sim approaches their breaking point, they’ll display intense reactions such as dancing uncontrollably or playing their instrument in a frenzied manner. New Fashion: Afro-inspired fashion pieces with vibrant prints and designs. New hairstyles. Also, add music genre fashion such as punk rock fashion items, hip-hop items, etc. New Jewelry , new make up, and new face paint. New Food: Jollof Rice (Nigerian or Ghanaian), Bobotie (South African), Ugali (Kenyan/Rwandan), Fufu and Soup (West African). New Animations: Afro Beats dance moves, stage performance animations, and crowd interactions. Basket Balancing: NPC vendors or local Sims can balance baskets or trays on their heads, filled with fruits, vegetables, or other goods. Seller Types: NPC sellers approaching Sims (might get buggy) Cooking Traditional Dishes: Pounding Fufu: Sims use a large wooden pestle and mortar to pound cassava or yam into a smooth paste. Audition animations New Culture Place Afro-inspired marketplaces where Sims can shop for unique items, food, and clothing. New Build Items Afro-inspired build items. Items to build a recording studio Items for building a music festival Music Fest Lot The Music Fest lot will be a unique space in the new world where Sims can headline as part of the musician career. Players can edit the lot similar to how they can edit high schools. Music Fest Lot Trait Allows players to create their own Music Fest lots in other worlds. They enable informal street performances and gigs. Can attend these lots as a date or hangouts with other Sims. New Performance Venue System As Sims advance in their music careers, new performance venues (e.g., lounges, clubs) become accessible. Venues will be restricted based on career level. Miscellaneous Option to request a band to perform when hosting an event. Can incorporate Magician or Acrobats, or other type of performers, etc similar to sims 3 showtime. Dance group career (create a dance group and compete ) Sell music albums New Family Dynamics: Community Elder: option to select community elder as a family dynamic. A community elder is the one consulted on various matters, from conflicts to to celebration. Wisdom Transfer: Elders can impart logic which in part increase younger sims logic skill. Request a band to perform at weddings. Lobola or Bride price interaction: Introduce a negotiation process for marriages. Existing Pack Integrations: Get Famous: Musicians or bands with higher fame will earn more money and secure gigs more easily. Get to Work: Manage a music store: sell music, famous artist merchandise, music posters, and more . Get Together: Use clubs and groups to practice with band members or other musicians, even if they aren’t part of your household. City Living: Perform at city festivals. High School Years: Teens can start a part-time band career and perform at prom or other school events. Use the thrift shop mechanism to create fashions that fans wear around town if you reach level 10 in the music career. Seasons: Weather impacts the festival. Going to a festival during a summer heat wave or thunderstorm can be deadly. Canceling a gig due to a storm will impact musical/band reputation. Create Festival events (Calabar Carnival or the Cape Town Jazz Festival). These can feature dance competitions, music performances, and local food stalls. Life and Death: Other Sims can now use the “Mourn Through Music” interaction at the grave, playing a song in memory of the Sim who rocked out a little too hard. If a band member dies from the new death, other bandmates can gain a temporary “Inspired by Tragic Loss” moodlet, boosting their music skills when playing in tribute. New tombstones for musicians. Request band to perform at funeral services. Wedding Stories: Request a band to perform at weddings. Lobola or Bride price interaction: Introduce a negotiation process for marriages Growing Together: Community Elder: option to select community elder as a family dynamic. A community elder is the one consulted on various matters, from conflicts to to celebration. Wisdom Transfer: Elders can impart logic which in part increase younger sims logic skill.
Do Cars Matter?
This is turning into a series . . . So some simmers can't stop talking about how much they want cars, others are bored with the topic. Where do you stand? Which aspect of cars do you care about? On the one hand you have drivability, i.e. the ability to drive your car around the neighborhood. On the other hand, you have parked car interactions: making out, woohoo, listening to the radio, napping, etc. If we have a drivable car without parked interactions it would basically be like an Island Living water scooter, except that it goes on roads instead of water. If we have parked car interactions without drivability, I imagine this being like a fixer-upper car that, once it's fixed up and painted, you can use it for woohoo and naps and all that, but it still doesn't run well enough to drive.
Future Pack Suggestions
Hey there. The addition of new packs to the Sims 4 have added more game play options, which are fun when they work well. Despite some issues, I wonder how many simmers would be in favor of having some sport themed game packs? Some suggestions for future sport themed packs include: Martial Arts: This pack could add some new careers, aspirations, and traits for sims. Children through adult sims could train in a specific martial art like Tai Kwan Do, Karate, Kung Fu, Tai Su Do, or other forms. In addition, simmers could create storylines that would include self defense, beside the base game slapping and fighting techniques. (Like Magic Realm) However, there could be several bugs with animations used in the pack, but I'm confident the sims pack creators and maintenance team could work these out. Artistic Gymnastics: This pack could include both mens and womens gymnastics. With the six events for male sims and the four events for female sims. Simmers would have to build their sims skills in order to unlock a new event or event skill. (Like the Horse Ranch, Snowy Escape packs) However, as skill building is not differentiated in the Sims 4, both male and female sims could unlock all the skills. A cool feature of this pack could be having gymnastic meets. In these meets, a sim or team of sims would compete in three to six events choosen by the simmers. (Like choosing tasks in My Wedding Stories and the Lovestruck packs) For each event, the sim could choose a routine (unlockable at certain skill level) to perform. Depending on the difficulty and execution of the routine, the sims would be given a score, as if they were in a real life gymnastics event. This pack would also offer new aspirations, traits, preferences, and skill building along with new lot traits and objects. Like the martial arts pack, this pack might have also contain animation errors that could be easily corrected. Track and Field: This pack would have four new aspirations. Two aspirations for track and two for field events. This pack could have two additional skills: one for track and one for field events. The track skill would build along with the fitness skill. Like mentioned in the gymnastics pack above, there could also be track and field meets where sims would compete. For track: 50 meter dash, 200 meter relay, 100 meter hurdles, steeplechase or 1600 meter run. Each event is unlocked at a certain skill level. For field events: shotput, discus, javaline, and hammer throw would be the events. Simmers could choose which events they want their sim to compete in, depending on sim skill level would determine placement. However, these events could turn into nothing more than a rabbit hole like the soccer games in the University pack or the horse competition in the Horse Ranch pack. Which is not something most simmers who purchase a pack like this would want to see. Simmers want to see the action not just hear about it. Anyway, these are just a few suggestions for future sport themed game packs. If these packs were combined into an expansion pack, with a few other sporting events, it could be labeled as an Olympic Expansion pack. That's it for now Villagers!
New kit or stuff pack, the '50's look!
I would love some new/old looks for both my sims and their houses! The '50's had some iconic looks and I would love to have them in my game. I also would like some old time decor as well. More decrepit walls and floors and please, please more carpeting!!! I love the new transistor radio! I'd love to have an old time rotary dial phone, even if it is just as decor. But the cinched waist, large skirt, sweet heart neck lines, all those old styles would be so much fun to work with. I've been playing since the original Sims...I'm old and I have all of these things that I would love to incorporate into my play. I really wish you could bring back the "create a style" from sims 3 so we could match colors. <3
💡 Ideas > ♻️ Content from The Sims franchise
Hi, Here is a list of content from previous games that would be nice to bring back in The Sims 4 : (TSBO : Bustin' Out, TSPS: Pet Stories, TSCS: Castaway Stories, TSFP: The Sims FreePlay) Careers : Acrobat (TS3 EP06) Adventurer (TS2 EP5) Architecture (TS2 EP7/TS3 EP02) Circus (TS1 EP5) Dance (TS2 EP7) Firefighter (TS3 EP02/TSFP) Fortune Teller (TS3 EP07) Magician (TS3 EP06) Slacker (TS1 EP1/TS2) Supermodel (TS1 EP6/TSBO) Test Subject (TS3 EP08) Xtreme (TS1) CAS : Scarf Accessory (TS3 EP08) Traits : Allergic To Fur (TS3 Pets Console) Bot Fan (TS3 EP11) Cultured (TS3 Console) Grouchy/Grumpy (TS1/TSBO/TS2/TS3) Heavy Sleeper (TS3) Hyperactive (TS3 Console) Never Nude (TS3) Serious (TS1/TSBO/TS2) Supernatural Fan/Skeptic (TS3 EP07) Unstable (TS3 EP11) Children Social interactions : Noogie (TS2) Play Cops & Robbers (TS2) Play in a bathtub (TS2) Play in the Ocean (TS3 EP10) Play Mary Mack (TS2) Play Punch U Punch Me (TS2) Play Red Hands (TS2) Play Rock, Paper, Scissors (TS2) Play Tag (TS2) Swing Around (TS2 EP8) Gameplay : Bachelor Party (TS3 EP04) Band (TS2 EP1/TS3 EP03) Boarding School (TS3 EP04) Interests (TS1/TS2) (Politics, fashion, … ) Local Cultures (TS2 EP6) (Gesture, dance, … ) Pleasure Aspiration (TS2 EP2) Private School (TS2) Romantic Reputation (TS3) Seasonal Festivals (TS3 EP08) Social Classes (TS2 EP8) Zodiac Sign Compatibility (TS1/TS2 EP2/TS3) Lot Types & Venues : Arcade (TS1 EP3/TS3 EP09) Diving Area (TS3 EP10) Graveyard (TS2 EP2/TS3) Hotel/Resort (TS2 EP6/TS3 EP10) Houseboat Lot (TS3 EP10) Nerd Shop (TS3 EP09) Salon (TS2 EP3/TS3 EP02) Skate Park (TS3 Console) Yacht Lot (TS2 Console/TSFP) NPC & Premade Sims : Burglar (TS1/TSBO/TS2/TS3) Hula Zombie (TS2) Matchmaker (TS2 EP2) Michael Bachelor (TS1/TS2/TS3) (Bella Goth's brother) Mime (TS1 EP2/TS3 EP06) Party Dancer (TS1 EP2/TS3 EP04) Police Patrol (TS1/TSBO/TS2/TS3) Social Bunny (TS2) Therapist (TS2) Unsavory Charlatan (TS2 EP6) Occult : Fairy (TS1 EP7/TS3 EP07) Genie (TS1 EP1/TS2 EP7/TS3 EP06) Imaginary Friend (TS3 EP04) Mummy (TS1 EP7/TS3 EP01) Zombie (TS1 EP1/TS2 EP1/TS3 EP07) Object interactions : Climb Trees (TSCS) Dance on Table/Counter (TS3 EP03) Jump on Bed/Sofa (TS2) Make Bed (TS1/TS2/TS3) Set Alarm Clock (TS1/TS2/TS3) Smustle (TS2 EP2/TS3 EP07) Pets : Dragon (TS1 EP7/TS3 Store) Iguana (TS1 EP5/TS3 EP05) Parrot (TS1 EP5/TSBO/TS2 EP4) Snake (TS3 EP05) Turtle (TS1 EP5/TS3 EP05) Transportation : Car (TSBO/TS2 EP2/TS3) Helicopter (TS2 EP8/TSFP) Hoverboard (TS3 EP11) Jet Pack (TS3 EP11) Paddle Boat (TS3 EP10) Rowboat (TS3 EP10) Scooter (TSBO/TS3 EP1) UFO (TS3 EP08) Objects (Part 1) : Aerobic Step (TSFP) Air Tub (TS2 Console) Alarm Clock (TS1/TSBO/TS2/TS3) Ant Farm (TS2 EP7/TS3 EP05) Apple Bobbing Tank (TS3 EP08) Arcade Table (TS3 EP06) Archery Range (TS1 EP4/TS3 Store/TSFP) Axe Throwing Station (TS2 EP6) Baby Bounce Chair (TS2 Store) Ballet Barre (TS2 EP7/TS3 Store/TSFP) Baseball (Play Catch) (TS2 EP5/TS3) Bass (TS2 EP1/TS3 EP03) Belt of Levitation (TS2 PSP) Bingo (TS2) Blackjack Table (TS3 Store) Burglar Alarm (TS1/TSBO/TS2/TS3) Butter Churn (TS1 EP7) Candy Floss Cart (TS1 EP7/TS3 Store) Candy Rack (TS1 EP3) Carnival Games (TS1 EP4) Carousel (TS3 Store) Claw Machine (TS3 EP07/TSFP) Cologne Rack (TS2 EP2) Comic Book + Display Rack (TS3 EP09) Compost Bin for fertilizer (TS2 EP5/TS3 Store) Craps Table (The Urbz) Cross Trainer (TSFP) Curved Staircase (TS1 EP7) Dance Machine (The Urbz/TSFP) Dance Sphere (TSBO/TS2 EP2/TS3 EP06) Deep Fryer (TS3 Store) Diving Board (TS1/TS2/TS3/TSFP) Drag Race (The Urbz) Dressing Booth (TS1 EP3/TS2) Drums (TS2 EP1/TS3 EP03) Dumbbell (TSFP) Escalator (TSFP) Exercise Bike (TS2 EP7/TSFP) Fashion Runway (TS1 EP6/The Urbz/TSFP) Fight Cage (The Urbz) Fire Jet (TS2 EP2) Fire Pole (TS3 EP02/TSFP) Firewalk Pit (TSCS/TS3 EP10) Flying Disc (TS3 EP09) Food Processor (TS1/TSBO/TS2/TS3) Food Truck (TS3 EP03) Fortune-Telling Machine (TS1 EP7/TSFP) Freezer (TSFP) Glassblowing Station (TS3 Store) Go-Go Cage (TS1 EP2) Gondola (TS3 Store) Hammock (TS2 EP6/TSCS/TSFP) Hamster Wheel (TS2 Console) Harp (TSFP) Heart-Shaped Love Tub (TS1 EP3/TSBO/TSFP) High Striker (TS1 EP4/TSFP) Hockey Net (TSFP) Hockey Table (TSBO) Hot Air Balloon (TS3 Store) Hot Chocolate Maker (TS2 EP5) Hydroponic Garden (TS2) Ice Cream Truck (TS3 EP05) Igloo (TS1 EP4/TS3 EP08) Immersion Pod (TS2 Console) Ironing Board (TSFP/TS Mobile) Juice Extractor (TS2 EP5/TS Mobile) Jump Rope (TS2 EP8) Kite (TS2 EP3/TS3 Store) Kite Surf (TS3 Console) Lawn Mower (TSFP) Limbo Stick (TSCS) Objects (Part 2) : Log Rolling Pit (TS2 EP6) Love inspector (TS3 EP08) Magazine + Rack (TS1 EP3/TS2) Merry-Go-Round (TS2 EP8) Mechanical Bull (TS1 EP2/TS3 EP06) Mini-Golf (TS1 EP7/The Urbz/TS2/TS3 EP06/TSFP) Obstacle Course (TS2) Pedestrian Sculpting Station (TS3 EP02) Pilates Reformer Machine (TS Mobile) Pin the tail on the donkey (TSFP) Piñata (TSFP) Pinball Machine (TS1/TSBO/TS2/TS3 Store/TSFP) Poker Table (TSBO/TS2 EP2/TS3 Store) Pool Bar (TS3 EP10) Pool Cleaner (TSFP) Pool Slide (TS1 EP4/TS2 EP5/TS3 EP10/TSFP) Pool Table (TS1/TSBO/TS2 EP1/TS3 EP06/TSFP) Porta Potty (TS1 EP3/TSPS) Pottery Wheel (TSBO/TS2 EP7) Pull Up Bar (TS3 EP06) Recliner (TS1/TS2) Remote Control Car (TS2/TS3 Store) Restorable Junk Car (TS2 EP7/TS3 Store) Robot Battle Cage (The Urbz) Rocking Horse (TS3 EP07) Roller Coaster (TS1 EP7/TS3 Store) Roulette Table (The Urbz/TS3 Store) Rowing Machine (TSFP) Saxophone (TS1 EP5/TSFP) Sectional Booth (Seat for restaurant) (TS2 EP2) Seesaw (TS3 EP04/TSFP) Sewing Machine (TS2 EP7/TSFP) Shuffleboard (TS3 EP03) Skateboard Halfpipe (The Urbz/TSFP/TS3 Console) Skee Ball (TS3 EP06) Skydiving Simulator (TS1 EP6) Slot Cars (TSFP) Slot Machine (TS1 EP1/TS3 Store) Snake Charming Basket (TS1 EP7/TS3 EP01) Snowboard Halfpipe (TS1 EP4/TS3 EP08) Soccer Goal (TS2 EP7/TS3 EP08) Sonic Shower (TSBO/TS3 EP11) Souvenir Stand (TS1 EP4/TS2 EP6) Spiral Staircase (TS1 EP5/TS2 EP8/TS3 EP04/TSFP) Spring Rider (TS1 EP5/TS3 EP04) Stroller (TS3 EP04) Strip Poker Table (TS1/TS1 Console/TSBO) Surf Board (TS2 Console/TS3 Store/TSFP) Tai Chi (TS2 EP6/TSFP) Tanning Booth (TS3 EP08) Tattoo chair (TS3 EP2) Teppanyaki Grill (TS3 Store) Teleportation Pad (TS3/TS3 Store) Tetherball (TSBO) Throw Machine (TS3 Store) Ticket Machine (TS2 EP3/TS3 Store) Train Set (TS1/TSBO/TS2 EP7/TS3 EP07) Trampoline (TS2 Console/TS3 EP02/TSFP) Trumpet (TSFP) Urinal (TS1 EP3/TS2/TS3) Volleyball Net (TS1 EP4/TSFP) VR Headset (TS1/TSBO/TS3) Walking Cane (TS3 EP04) Wall Counter (TS1 EP2/TS2 EP1) Water Ski (TS3 EP10) Weight Lifting Bench (TS2 Console) Whack-A-Mole game (TS1 EP4/TS3 EP07) Wheelchair (The Urbz) Windsurf Board (TS3 EP10) Wood Fire Oven (TS3 Store) Zen Garden (TS2 EP6)
Console players with no mods
We should be able to have breast pumps for our sims. Would like more poses to be available to them as well. Doctors appointments for pregnant sims would be awesome and different birthing options. -driving -more boats -custody arrangements for coparents grocery stores more clothes options teen momsMissed Thanatologist Opportunity
1) Can Dead Language be a permanent voice option for a sim, as if to imply they've been completely possessed? 2) Ghost should have gotten the option to hide under a child sim's bed. Or make doors creak, or turn music on full blast while a sim is sleeping to startle them awake. 3) A thanatologist could have gotten the ability to accelerate the aging of food and sims after they understand and master the macabre. 4) There should be an ability to dare a sim to dance in a grave, and the result be a 50% chance of being cursed. 5) If a sim woohoos in a coffin there should be a chance they develop claustrophobia, or taphophobia. 6) Where is Sanguivoriphobia? 7) There should be something that are supernatural sims fear or have to ward against. Thanatologists should get an ability to manipulate the dead. Meaning they have a chance to make a vampire do their bidding if the vampire isn't strong enough to resist. 8) A Thanatologist should be able to learn how to taint their plasma to burn a vampire's throat that feeds on them to protect themselves. 9) If vampire has acquired all of the vampire powers that they can. Any extra points they have just sitting in their vampire list should represent how old or powerful that vampire is in terms of age since they points have no use for anything else. Or the reserved points can be used to strengthen an attempt at something. 10) And Thanatologist should be able to learn how to speak the dead language and use it to strike fear in nearby sims that hear it. However, the sim that uses dead language continues to strengthen any possible possession even to the point of permanent possession. The side effect is the sim starts to age faster, and is cursed so the aging can't be cancelled by potion of youth, they gain a intimidating presence like dead aura on some vampires, and they get negatives to romance unless spoken to another sim that also speaks the dead language, because nobody wants to hear them whispering in their ear with that terrifying tone. lol Just some ideas. Thanks for reading.