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Rant - The ADs are super annoying
Since Sims 1 I've purchased almost every add-on. Sometimes not right away because I want to enjoy one at a time. I just had ChatGPT total the transactions I have directly with EA starting from 2008 and that was $950, and that doesn't include the packs I've picked up at stores. I stopped playing for 7 months and just came back again. This is the first time I just don't want to play or buy anything anymore and it's all thanks to your incredibly annoying ads. I've spend so much money on this game and it pisses me off to no end that after all of that it doesn't matter.. we're given this s**ty experience. I should be given an option to turn off these ads. I don't want whatever event you are using to advertize this pack in game. I just want the games i've purchased so far. When it's time for me to add that expansion I will. I know the base game is free, but you are now treating the people who have literally given you thousands dollars like we're the ones who are playing the free base game. Honestly, I think this has annoyed me enough to not buy another product until something changes. I'm done. I might play the older games for nostagia. Sims 2 was the best out of all of them tbh.. (the animations have just gotten lazy over the years you don't even have cars pick up your Sims anymore.. whats with that?). Anyway, I'm putting this out there incase there are others like me who are just feed up with paying for content and getting ADs & a terrible experience in return.
Sims 4 events
Hey! So the last event with the time traveler wasn’t complete-able for me. Which is a bummer since I wanted to unlock all of the things for my account. It was broken and I couldn’t get help or fix it before the event ended. I know there’s the new nature event- has anyone else experienced something like that with this one? I don’t want to put time into it again just to not be able to complete it to no fault of my own.
Halloween drop suggestions
Inspired by the Reaper's Rewards and Blast from the Past event i had some ideas for a possible halloween update/event this year that would finally bring more items for better customization for sims in general (normal and occults). CREATE A SIM: Pointy ears ✅ Fangs ✅ Miscellaneous skin colors: Pink, Orange, Purple, Yellow, Dark Red/Green, etc. Lord Lycan's hair, beard, eyebrows Snout (face painting? Skin detail?) Grim Reaper's old skin Cat/Dog ears Old witch hat Cat makeup Mermaid scales (Arms, legs, back?) Finger webs Alien antennae Extra eyes Vampire kids hair (for adults) New color swatches: BG Star Wars outfits (Like blue, pink, white, yellow, brown, etc.) Grim reaper hood/robe (I want Medieval reaper and also Red Riding Hood) Life of the party clothes (they're so cool for giving moodlets, but only 3 colors?) These outfits have a lot of potencial and the new colors would allow us to use it on new occasions other than parties and with other characters that related to Star Wars. GAMEPLAY Different interactions for ghosts to fulfill their needs; Ghosts floating when running.
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.
Fantasy/Sci-Fi/etc. Themed Packs
With EbN most of the supernatural Life States are in Sims 4. I would of course like more but a general satisfaction that if you have RoM/V/W/EbN you finally almost have the equivalent to Sims 3 Supernatural. Sims 3 Supernatural (my first Sims 3 pack) is what got me hooked on buying all Sims 3 packs and almost the entire Sims 3 store—so that is why I mention it. But because I am a fantasy/sci-fi based player, non-fantasy/sci-fi packs and packs that do not compliment fantasy/sci-fi type themes don't interest me much—so that means there are more packs I rather skip/not buy than buy (but I am also aware many players feel the opposite too). At least that is what I found in Sims 4, it is easier to skip packs in Sims 4 than Sims 3. Also funny enough, I had no interest in the Journey to Batuu (I mean I probably would like the CAS and Build by the rest of the pack I have zero interest), just the Star Wars universe doesn't really have a place in my Sim worlds (but I might buy it (on sale), if they add a Dystopian EP/GP). With this, new packs are really going to have to impress me to buy, otherwise I need hard convincing just to buy packs when they are on sale. So here are some idea for packs that might interest fantasy/sci-fi/themed game style players and may or may not interest non-fantasy/non-sci-fi/non-themed game style players. Steampunk, bring back inventing that is more tinkerer/eccentric based that can work for past, modern and (dystopian) future themed players. I loved using both Ambitions/WA and the steampunk store packs (including Midnight Hollow) to create a sort of industrial steampunk themed game. This could probably be a GP but you'd wow me if you did a EP. Medieval, also a fan of Dragon Valley and baby dragons. I think many players would love to be technology free (no cell phones/computers/TVs/etc.) especially for a non-ECO off the grid challenge. I'd suggest an EP, make it so you can play past/modern tech (or lack of tech). Underground and/or Underwater Biodome, my fav Sims 2 lot was a the Biodome, I still want to see that again revised. But for a fallout or future playstyle this would be so cool. Or even ocean exploration themed. Space Station/Spaceship, or some Future World. I loved Into the Future and Oasis landing! I miss nanites and the regular or dystopian versions of the future world. Whimsical, I loved the Looking Glass/Wonderland store items, I sort of used Midnight Hollow and utopian future to play an Alice in Wonderland theme game. I'd love a tea party table (I loved the store tea set table). This could be a GP or very least a SP (similar to how Paranormal works) but please not a Kit (it wouldn't be enough to work with). The idea of oversized items, from being shrunk (misses oversized flowers). How to make this work for non-fantasy themed players, theme park lots/capability for themed lots, to keep fantasy Sims in certain worlds/lots similar to werewolves staying in their world. Adventure Worlds, aka Al Simhara, Shang Simla and Champs Les Sims, JA is nice but I really loved these worlds too. This is themed but not fantasy/sci-fi so more people should be able to enjoy.Functional counters and cabinets.
Please make the counters and cabinets functionally similar to storage boxes. And also make them link to the refrigerator so that when you need to use your ingredients, they will be available. That way you can store groceries in them. If you can’t link it to the refrigerator at least let us put things like flowers, crystal, and random inventory items in them.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?Some EnB (including Cross-Pack Compatibility) Suggestions
Without any major overhauls (hopefully), here are some suggestions to tweak EnB, as well as EnB with other packs. I don't think these are asking too much, they are probably even possible for modders to make. EbN Suggestions: Select Sim to choose "Sleep Preference" (similar to utensil preference), so Sims with Natural Living Skill can choose to "always sleep on ground" or sleep on ground when there is nowhere else to sleep. If emotions are absorbed by a friend (or higher) no relationship loss. "Harvest All" works with Aura Blossom, Lightning Root (if possible) and Moody Shrub. "Forage for Apothecary Ingredients" should not contain non-Apothecary Ingredients (I keep getting apples) Remove "computer required" daily tasks from this career, we are in a Natural Living EP, having a computer on lot defeats the purpose.... Other Cross-Pack Suggestions with EnB: Cauldrons or Apothecary Table can both craft/brew Potions/Cures (Realm of Magic) Apothecary Table can also hold Alchemy Ingredients (Realm of Magic) Apothecary Table can both craft/brew Remedies/Cures (Outdoor Retreat) Apothecary Table can also hold Herbalism Ingredients (Outdoor Retreat) Copypasto works on Apothecary ingredients/cures (Realm of Magic) New Lifestyles to better reflect magical (or occults), crafting and/or fable completing lifestyles (Snowy Escape) Moonstone effects Fairies respectively (Crystal Creations) Fairy specific Nectary, also mentioned here by another Simmer (Horse Ranch) Insects added to World, well all worlds preferably (Outdoor Retreat) Feel free to add your suggestions as well.
I'm a be honest
I really would like a season camp EP think summer camp for Sims kids and tweens if/ when we get them however as the title states I'm a be honest I don't want the team that did EBN, HR, FR, HSY, LS and MWS I know they mean well and want to give simmers want they would like but facts are facts they be making buggy and limited packs and paying 40 dollars.... then we didn't get a livestream for gameplay made me nervous. I'm not trying to be mean or hurtful it's just simmers can't play their games.
Balance and Happiness - what's the diff?
I know "balance" is under the simology tab. But it just seems like basically another version of "happiness": meet your needs you're happy. Don't meet your needs: you become the not happy. Meet your needs, you're 'balanced'. Don't meet your needs: you become the not balanced. What's the point of a 'balanced' metric?
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.
💡 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.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?
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.
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