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Idea (Technical): Upgrade Python version used in The Sims 4
The last time The Sims 4 got an upgrade to its Python implementation was in 2018 with version 1.47.49.1020 when it received a Python upgrade to version 3.7 from 3.3.5. Since then, we have gotten 6 major new versions of Python, technically 7 when Python 3.14 releases later this year. The developers of Python have added a lot of significant performance optimizations with these 7 versions, along with new and significant programming features that make programming in Python way easier. As The Sims 4 is likely going to stick around for the forseeable future, it would be nice if mod authors were empowered with a modern Python version that will allow them to make better and more powerful mods. And as The Sims 4 itself uses Python for a lot of its systems, the game would also benefit from being updated to a modern Python version, not to mention that Python 3.7 has been deemed end of life since June 2023. Bringing the Sims 4's Python version up-to-date would also bring the aforementioned significant performance optimizations to The Sims 4, which would align with The Sims Team's renewed focus on improving game performance. The biggest performance improvement that can be made, is running the game's Python scripts on a modern Python version. While it is true that this would break almost all mods, it would modernize The Sims 4's foundation, allowing for a next-generation of mods that will make the game even better and bring the game fully into 2025.
Please for the love of whatever allow us to change Plantsim hair
I was so excited for Plantsims to be updated in Enchanted by Nature and absolutely frustrated by the fact that they still all have to look the same with that ugly hair. We even got such a cool new plant hairstyle with this pack that we can't even put on them! That's ridiculous! Let us change their appearance to something else, this is just absurd and so frustrating and annoying.
Sims 4 crashing since update and new fairy pack
I recently bought the Enchanted by Nature pack after the update so Im not sure which one is messing up my game. I started a fairy house build on The Watering Hole lot, got half way through and now my game freezes and crashes every time I try to go down a level on the build. There's also other bugs too, like the water showing land where it shouldn't. Yes it was a brand new save, I tried uploading my half built house to the gallery and redownloading on a new lot and it still crashed. I cleared a bunch of space on my PC, I cleared the cache and other files that were unimportant, I uninstalled the game completely and reinstalled it, I tried a new folder, I repaired the game, tried again and still doing the same thing. I was so excited about the fairy pack and I feel Ive just wasted money on something that I cant even enjoy.
💡 Ideas > 😅 20 years old wishes
Hi, Since The Sims 2 there have been a few things only available as CC/mods : CAS content Heterochromia eyes / Contact lens / Glass eye Feet with toes Accessories : Headphones around neck Glasses over head Eye patch Bag Ankle bracelet B/B Mode content Gutter (roof) Utility pole Seamless windows Glass door Slanted windows / doors Table cloth Sheer curtain Vertical blind Lace Curtain Glass Block Wall Reflective wall and floor
[Suggestion] Aspiration Builder
A base game update that would bring infinite playability to the game is the ability to create custom aspirations. They could work similar to how creating your own holiday works in Seasons. You could name it, and select skills/tasks/etc. to complete for each level. With how many skills and jobs there are in the game, it feels repetitive to only be able to gain points through the same aspirations which may have nothing to do with those jobs or skills. I find myself playing the same things over and over just to get those points. For example, if I could make a Photography-based aspiration under Creativity to go with skills needed for the Photo Studio and tie it to leveling up the skill, selling photographs, taking pictures, etc.[NCQE] Not getting all consumable awards with ended event
So, have finished the event, but cannot claim the very last 'reward' as do not have enough points. No more quests, says thanks for playing. Guess since do not have all dlcs, did not 'earn' enough by doing all supposedly optional quests. If these quests are optional, then NOTHING should be locked behind them. Edit By Crinrict: Added Tag to Title, Adjusted Title to better reflect the issue.
Plants not producing 10 harvestables
The plants grown on my sims lot (this isn't happening with wild plants) aren't producing ten haverestables. I haven't played with gardening for a while and I'm gardening with seasons for the first time so maybe it's a seasons thing, but when I had gardened in the past I'd always get ten plants so I don't know what's going on. My apologies if this was intentional and I didn't realise.
[Suggestion] Base Game (and other) new swimming locations
It would be nice if Willow Creek, Oasis Spring, and Newcrest were updated by giving the opportunity to be able to swim in the water areas. For example in Willow Creek it could be the area near the museum, in Oasis Spring the lake in the Skyward Palms neighborhood, and in Newcrest the pond in Lllama Lagoon. Brindelton Bay could also be updated, giving the opportunity to swim in the waters of Cavalier Cove.Is Elsa Bjergsen a klepto?
I just noticed Elsa (mid conversation at the chess table) wander into the house, pick up a toy that was a baby shower reward that an infant had just stopped playing with, then walk back to the chess table and pocket the toy. Why do we not have any options to call NPCs out on this?Please stop FORCING the MISCHIEF skill
I have the mischief activity set to dislike on every SIM since I started playing the game because I literally hate it... in the game and in real life. Recently, EVERY SINGLE SIM has acquired the skill and uses it on all my other SIMs. I have even deleted Sims because they became too obnoxious to be around. Please disable this undocumented feature you have recently added to the game.Need a "Disallow Fairies" option for door settings
Can we please get a "Disallow Fairies" option for front door settings just like we already have for Vampires, friends, neighbors, and solicitors? Frankly, I don't understand why Fairies randomly show up at homes uninvited in the first place. Why is that even a thing? Vampires, I get. They're looking to drink Sims blood. What would Fairies be going door-to-door for? Checking underneath pillows for children's teeth?Sims 4 Ocean Exploration expansion pack [Aquariums, scuba diving and houseboats]
Underwater Diving areas There are underwater diving areas that Sims can explore and that are interactive and actually visible to the player. Players can find treasure chests, explore underwater caves or sunken shipwrecks, harvest seaweed and catch fish swimming around. The fish that have been caught can be brought to the surface and exhibited in an aquarium. There is a scuba diving skill. The higher the skill level, the longer a Sim can stay underwater and the less depressurizing time a Sim has. Aquarium There is an aquarium in town that you can stock with fish and other marine life like colorful sea slugs. These can be caught while scuba diving. There are giant aquarium tanks that you can stock with fish. There is an aquarium tunnel object that Sims can walk through, and it can be stocked with fish as well. Aquariums are a new type of community venue. There are saltwater tanks (with corals and rocks) and freshwater tanks (with kelp and wood branches) Houseboat Houseboats are a new type of home that Sims can live in. Houseboats are editable in Build Mode like a regular lot, except you can't add a basement. Whale watching There are whales jumping out of the ocean that you can go watch with your houseboat. You can offer paid whale watching tours or diving tours with your houseboat by clicking on the tourist information center. Driftwood furniture Collect driftwood at the beach and craft new driftwood furniture using the woodworking table from base game and Handiness skill. Expanded mermaids Mermaids should get their own skill tree like all other occults and more scary looking like Sirens. Sirens could also be a new type of occult. To expand Mermaids they should get… Aquatic ears New mermaid tails Seaweed hair Fish scale skin tone that makes the whole body have fish scales Barnacles on body Scaly arms and legs while on land Fin on head (instead of hair) Sims can become a Siren by getting bitten by a Siren. (Like vampires) Mermaids/ Sirens can drink blood like vampires, but don‘t need to More fish-like appearance Fish-like eyes Freezing abilities Stronger manipulation powers The Siren/ Mermaid skill tree Australian world The town is inspired by Australian beach towns like Airlie Beach in Australia. It consists of two marinas where houseboats are located. New collections Sea slugs: Verco's nudibranch Black-margined sea slug Leaf sea slug Clown nudibranch Orange side-gilled slug Chromodoris nudibranch New fishes Harvest edible seaweed Seaweed grows underwater and you can harvest it and eat it. Shipwreck Exploration There are underwater shipwrecks that you can explore, unlock doors by finding keys in storage chests, by being gifted keys from a local Sim etc. Metal debris blocks paths. Sims must use a sledgehammer to break through metal debris. Requires Fitness skill. Sharks live inside these shipwrecks and your Sim needs to hide from them.
EA do better
Ok, this might not be a popular discussion, but I need to get this off my chest. Fairies?! Fairies?! What the...? I have been playing The Sims since its inception. That's over 25 years. I am a 63-year-old woman that absolutely loves the game. I'm a writer, and I love to put my books into play with The Sims. I play Sims 4 exclusively. Since the game has come out in 2014, there is one thing we as simmers have been pleading for, and you know what that is, EA. CARS. Sims 2 had cars. It had cars that sims could get inside of (not drive around in, we understood why), even the glitchy, open world Sims 3 had cars. Then the Sims 4.......................... Nothing! So, I expected with this announcement of a new EP, finally EA would give us cars. Nope! Fairies! We could've had an EP called.... Called Sims "On The Road". It could've had cars, and RV's. RV's or Caravans to those in the UK. We could maybe build them. RV's to go to that camping place no one actually goes to. Cruise ships, and resorts, and dare I go out on a limb and say airplanes, trains, and buses. So much could've been done with that idea. But no. We got fairies. The next EP they'll announce will be some stupid mess like... The Sims Underground. Like they live under the **bleep** ground like moles. I understand why so many Sims 4 players have gone back to Sims 2. Plus, the updates every two seconds. I mean, come on! I have a freakin' computer in my hand called a cell phone, and you're telling me you can't make an update that doesn't break every mod ever made for The Sims 4? Seriously! EA, Cars! Cars! Just give us the cars we've wanted for 11 years! Make an EP worthy of the 40–50-dollar price tag you want to charge. Because I swear if I hear that another EP is coming out (that you said you wouldn't come out with. Yeah, remember that announcement?) that deals with some stupid mess like trolls, or underground moles stuff, or Sims in Space (please don't, Batuu was bad enough), Sims 2, here I come. Or maybe I'll see what Inzoi is all about. Don't ignore the loyal players EA, is what I'm saying. That's my rant. Sorry, not sorry. Do better EA!Fairy Seedling Won't Plant
I have tried everything I can think of. At first, I couldn't even move it around because it said my sim didn't own it. But, after I put it into my inventory in build/buy, she owns it, and I can freely move it in and out of her personal inventory. Now, she won't plant it. I don't even get the option to plant the seedling. I've tried planting it just in the ground and it doesn't work. I've tried planting it into a planter and it doesn't work. Nothing works. Has anyone had this issue and what did you do to fix it? Thanks!
Bare Essentials Gnome
Just found out that the "bare essentials gnome" isn't supposed to be on console editons of Sims 4 but Johnny Zest has it in his house and they can spawn via that Harvest Fest feature with the Gnome infestation thingy. I can't clone the Gnome nor mark as heirloom and if i load in a lot with the Gnome, the Gnome disappears. Just release it properly already, it's a funny Gnome and half the things in the game are more naughty than the Gnome like " whisper about desires" from the Lovestruck pack. Plus, lets be real, the Gnome is pixilated anyway
Please Make Mystical and Disruptive Compatible with Macabre
Ever since I heard about the new Mystical Trait, I was so excited to use with my favourite trait Macabre. I just think for a dark fairy or dark spellcaster it be an great complimentary combo. But you "conflicting traits" blocked them... To me the affinity of and to the occults, and the affinity of death is ideal for the darker occults and sims. Edit: just noticed Disruptive can't be Macabre either, like wut?
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