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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.
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.
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!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.
Ailments are out of control even when everything is turned off.
Ailments are out of control even when I have all the options in the settings off. We really need an option to actually turn them COMPLETELY OFF please! Is ruining all my saves all my sims keep getting sick all the time non stop. I haven't been able to properly play and enjoy the game because of this. Please please give us an option to completely turn it off! I just wanna play sims 4 and have fun and this has really been a nightmare. I play on PC, No Mods, No CCI would like to say, "Thank you..."
Or rather, my sims would. Just a little common courtesy would be nice for when my Sims receive gifts, deliveries, or compliments. There are so many ways to be rude, mean, or cruel in this game, can we at least get a simple, "thank you" option as a response to receiving gifts? Bonus if it were coded to actually impact the game, but I would settle for just knowing not all my sims are ungrateful brats. Thank you.
👋 Proposal: Make Achievements even Better! 💚 (+ images)
Hi! 👋 I would really love to see a revamp of "Achievements" in The Sims 4. Perhaps it could look similar to the new Collections system? It would be great if it also included a more accessible in-game button too (for example, like in the notebook / Sim Panel). There are so many fun Achievements that I think a lot of players would enjoy even more if they were better showcased and easier to track. I think this would be more rewarding for many players, even if it's save-specific (which btw also could be informed even better). As a gameplay modder and game designer myself, I believe this feature should be created for all players. Additionally, I'd love to see more achievements for the recent packs (careers and so on). Thanks for all the great work!! 💚💚💚 Added pictures: I even had a little fun i Photoshop (no worries for copywrite issues - new icon is fully made by me). Just to showcase how I mean with a new button inside the Notebook + visual badge of actual achivements per each save file.
Simstagram suggestion
Everyone knows that Get Famous had lots of lost opportunities but they subtly tried to bring the social media fame side to the game with livestreams and Simstagram, even if its really shallow. And after seeing social media apps like Social Bunny, Trendi and Cupid's Corner, it made me feel like we really lost something bigger with Simstagram in Get Famous. But given that Simstagram is a base game feature why not update it? My suggestion is: • Create a Simstagram app for phones. Imagining that it would need limitations like the other apps it could work as our own public gallery, so we could only see our own profile and see the interactions from other sims in it (like Social Bunny). Some gameplay ideas: - Post photos, earn likes and comments (+fame); - Receive messages (the calls for invitation, advice, congratulations, etc. would turn into messages that we can answer later); - Post stories about: Review, advertising, dance/makeup challenge, diss/compliment someone (influencing their reputation and our relationship with its person) (+fame).Sims 4 most buggy game ever
I started playing Sims 4 several months ago and am so frustrated with how many bugs there are. It makes playing the game without using cheats almost impossible. I have only packs released from EA on my laptop. I need to restart the game multiple times a day, clear cache, and repair at least once a day. If I were EA I would be embarrassed to release a game that is so fraught with bugs. Instead of releasing new content, perhaps they would be better served if the FIXED all the bugs already in the game. I would try to list them here, but it would take a book to do. FIX YOUR SLOPPY CODE EA BEFORE releasing more content. Not sure how much I will play anymore, and I sure won't be buying any new packs/expansions as they seem to make the game even more buggy than it already is.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.
NPCs cannot bypass gender-restricted doors if they are the opposite gender
While working on a mod, I've encountered an issue with the gender-restricted doors. It's not possible for NPCs to bypass the gender restriction if they are the opposite gender under any circumstances. This can cause issues if a service NPC needs to get through for any reason (and is complicating my mod where I need them to be able to do so if necessary). For example, if a fire breaks out in the room behind the door and the firefighters are all the opposite gender to the door, then they will just stand around and be unable to put out the fire. Or if an NPC needs to get into the room to clean or repair something, this will simply fail because they can't route to it. Even the burglar is stopped in their tracks by the power of these doors. Looking at the tuning, there's a way to specify certain buffs that allow Sims that have them to override the lock setting. This is set for the Burglar and Firefighter situations, but this function can only override a PLAYER_LOCK. The code is actually completely useless for these specific doors since the player cannot modify lock settings on them, and the gender restriction is implemented as a SYSTEM_LOCK. I tried playing around with the buff functionality, but could not get it to override a SYSTEM_LOCK. Affected doors: Dressed Up Facilities Door (Base Game) Suited Up Facilities Door (Base Game) They Said He Door (Spa Day) They Said She Door (Spa Day)
dance pack idea
So here's an idea for a new expansion pack that I have probably put too much thought into, but a pack including all dancing related things like Ballet, Irish step dancing and hip hop/break dancing with multiple routines and the sim could possibly get like negative Moodlit if they don't stretch before they dance or one if they fail a move. For example: An uncomfortable one would be like 'twisted an ankle ouch'!. The pack could also in could a France inspired world and how we got with the "dance" skill in the Get Together pack instead of like something we could place down, it could be like unlocking different shoes and outfits like for the ballet skill it could be like one they reach level 8 they could unlock pointer shoes and the pack could be call something like Dancing Life and the symbol could be ballet shoes. 🩰
My opinion
Even though so many people are saying the sims 4 sucks and that ea is greedy, I still love the game. I love it. I know so many people hate it and stuff, but ea (devs) are trying. So ea, if you’re seeing this, know that I still care and love the sims 4. And yes, I do think that some of the prices are ridiculous but I still like the game.Game suggestion
I was really disappointed when I bought the enchanted pack and built me a beautiful fairy home to find out it wasnt functional because the vines that were meant to go over the door wasn’t able to be walked through. I cried trying to make it look overgrown but it just was looking right if there’s any possible way to make it walk thru able so it can be more overgrown looking I would love that. Pls sims lets us have walk thru vines.
Excessive and unprompted puking?
Hello! So I have no clue whether this is a bug or not but since I downloaded the nature expansion pack thingy my sims are 24/7 pissing themselves, even RIGHT after they use the toilet. And they are constantly throwing up but no moodlets or anything, I can barely even keep my sims out of the bathroom. Even with having the cheat to make them always happy they are still constantly pissing themselves and throwing up… its getting a little annoying 😅
Craftable bassinet and Fairies can't bird bathe?
With how capable to fairy Sims can shrink down and the classic pedestal style-bird bath is base game. I see potential to make that bird bath and alikes of such things be more functional because of the playful fairies. Thank you for new Alien bassinet. I feel it was my idea, at least the one of who posted about it. I don't know anyone else or seen any suggestion such thing besides me. Regardless, thank you! I checked Google to research a little before bothering with this. About what else I noticed missing. That there is no craftable bassinet. There's similar crafty styles from three packs such as for the fairies, spell casters, werewolves, and the new base game bassinet is a bit crafty. Nothing closer to matching the style to the mega dining set kind of stuff. It would be nice to have two craftable bassinets where one could be similar to the alien bassinet in wood like a barrel and there could be another piece of the mega wooden set. Excuse me, I don't know what that set be called overall, but kind of bulky furniture that is across base game for kid furniture, beds, and the two versions of the same thing of such said generically named dining set. Optionally, additionally would be nice to be able to craft that single mission set to furnish a house out right from the craft table more thoroughly.
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