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Fukuda is a common Japanese surname, not a swear word
I was playing in Mount Komorebi when my Sim encountered a local townie. The townie in question was wearing a hideous outfit but otherwise was rather good looking so I took him into CAS and gave him a makeover (I normally just delete townies who are horrifying to look at). I didn't change his name. When I was exiting CAS, the game gave me a warning that the Sim's name contains a forbidden word. Excuse me? First of all, I didn't name this Sim, the game randomly generated his name. Second of all, Fukuda is a normal Japanese name, there's nothing inappropriate about it and it's ridiculous to censor it. For the immature minds at EA: Sorry to disappoint you, but Fukuda is not even pronounced similarly to the famous English swear word.
Additions to Ranch Hand
I love the ranch hand mechanic from the Horse Ranch expansion, however, I think it would benefit from more options: Interactions with the Bee Box from the Seasons expansion, mainly applying the mite treatment Interactions with the Insect Farm from Eco Lifestyle expansion, mainly feeding the insects The ability to clean the chicken coops from the Cottage Living expansion, I am unsure if this is already available but I have yet to see it happen... The ability to fill the Bird Feeder from the Backyard Stuff expansion These are all outdoor activities that involve food/farming and animals in some way, and I feel like it would not be a stretch to have the ranch hands perform these duties.
Suggestion: Relatives cheat for shift-click
Can we have an option to make sims relatives (or not) with the shift-click cheat? This is the most easy and useful cheat (at least for me) and would be a great way to turn existing sims from different households into relatives, a thing that we usually have estabilished with lore but not within the game itself.
What would you want with Ina island living refrsh?
Island living is often regarded as small pack.I think a refresh will do some good 1.Revamped mermaids I feel like mermaids get a bad wraped. Adding new powes and maybe a mini skill tree could be ideal.Adding more actions ,you can do underwater. Like maybe you can have rabithole option to grabbed fish or find treasure underwater.Maybe add the ability for other mermaids can like another supernatireaul make humans mermaids by a kiss. Make a couple hidden undwater lots. For the human side island living.There is a lot of polyesean culuture.So maybe they can add dancing or Hulu dancing. Maybe evan be able teach others how to dance. Life gaurds should be a small active non rabbit hole carer. What things you would like to see in an island living refresh?
Gallery requests
Please see the below list of feedback for requested changes to the Gallery. Thank you for your time and consideration! EDIT: Many thanks for the additional feedback y'all. I've revised my post to include all the requests in a list for easier reading. If anyone would like to share more feedback, I'll add it here. Bring back the News-feed (please, please, please 🤗) Increase the character limits for... Player Bio Household / Lot / Room descriptions Comments on shares Add a "Recommended" filter or new tab which includes shares that are similar to creations we have favorited, saved and placed in the game (Would it also be possible to recommend creators who have similar styles to those we've followed?) Distinguish between lots with different orientations, ex. 30x20 (front has 30 tiles) and 20x30 (front has 20 tiles) Add Color filters for shares that primarily use specific colors for décor, trim, furniture, clothing, etc. Thanks again! 😊
[Idea] Open-Districts
Hello there, everyone! Even though I’ve been a huge fan since The Sims 1 was released, I’m only participating in the forums now so I don’t actually know if this has been discussed already. I apologize in advance if it has. Wouldn’t it be amazing if we could at least have open districts in which there wasn’t any loading screens between the lots? We all know that open world is not a possibility, but I think open districts would be AMAZING! If we had at least the ability to load 2 lots simultaneously would already make the experience of playing The Sims 4 so much more enjoyable. Since there aren’t any MODs available for such mechanics, I can only assume it’s harder than I think. But if the developers made these changes, the game would be nearly perfect. What are your thoughts?Give us an option to play the world without the pack features!
I would love if we could turn off all pack features and be able to play in the worlds without being forced to have back to back ailments or the phases that come with teens. Also, why can't we limit aliens to Oasis Springs and Limit Spellcasters to their world and Limit Vampires to their world. *Turning of Balance does not stop ailments 25 years playing this game and the idea of the packs far outweigh the reality 90% of the time. At this point, I'd be willing to pay a smaller amount of money to get new worlds(empty or not). I just don't want any more features that ruin my gameplay and force me into a certain type of playstyle without having an option to play as I want to.
⚔️ Maxis vs Basegame Skills
Hi, Some skills are updated and others are completely ignored. Maxis "favorite" skills : Cooking / Gourmet Cooking / Mixology Fitness Fishing Gardening Handiness : Finally woodworking gets new recipes and a kit brought restoration Photography / Painting : sims can paint anything Video gaming Neglected skills : Comedy : No new jokes. A jester would have more to offer (acrobatics, juggling, performing magic tricks, jokes in song). It could also include mime. Guitar / Piano / Violin : No new songs. Maybe with Showtime EP we will get something. Mischief : No new voodoo doll powers or mischievous interactions Programming : No new hacks Writing : No new books . Maybe potions, magic spells and voodoo curses could be a knowledge that the sims should write in a grimoire (Magic book of Family recipes protected by a spell). Career books could be a way to boost the performances (efficiency gain) "Dead end" skills ? : Charisma : Many features already boost the relationships. Logic : Do the sims never use their brain ??? No it doesn't count when zombies eat it. Rocket Science : New rockets ? But to do what ???
[EBN] Enchanted by Nature is the first EP I've truly regretted purchasing.
Playing with a brand new Save in a brand new The Sims 4 folder. No mods. No CC. It's a beautiful World .... but: My game has crashed 4 times in 2 days. I rarely have a game crash. I can't repair my game because "We've paused the download because you don't own this title." The Balance and Luck systems overwhelms all other gameplay. The method for monitoring Balance and Luck is buried in the Simology tab. Making it difficult to keep tabs on whilst playing. Especially when playing with multiple Sims. Balance and Luck change dramatically, suddenly and inexplicably. E.G. My Sim is fine. Needs are fine. Suddenly he's not caught a fish and his luck is bad? His Balance has plummeted? And now he has some ailment he can't afford to cure so he has to abandon all else to go off in search of a cure. And my Sim hasn't even made it to becoming a Fairy. Sheesh. Back to my regular game. Looking to relax so I open up the household of my nice elderly retired Sim. Of course she's cooking. Of course she catches on fire. Plum. Bad Luck. Out of Balance. Argh. Turned it all off. I am not enchanted.
[EBN] Balance system reacts way to extreme
My Sim got hysterical from using a mischief interaction and instantly(!) his balance dumped from the top to the very inbalanced state and he got an ailment (all in one second). I am very much in favor of more difficulty (and a little chaos) in the game, but this seems way too extreme. Above all the other way (getting from the bottom to a balanced state) seems to be a lot slower (which is absolutely fine, since it should reflect the long term mood). I feel like sudden jumps like this should not happen. It makes sense that extreme emotions like hysterical affect the balance more than others, but there should still be the possibility (and the time) to counteract. I consider this to be a bug, because it makes the balance system rather unplayable for me (which is a pity).[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.[Idea] Cutscenes for Loading Screens
Hello there, fellow Simmers! Since The Sims 4 was released, the loading screens have been a huge issue and an utterly annoying immersion breaker. Wouldn’t it be fabulous we we had at least some cutscenes showing our Sims getting in a car, bus, train, subway, airplane etc. depending on where they’re traveling to or how far they are from the chosen destination? I’ve always had this thought on my mind and I think it would make the game feel much more alive and immersive. The lack of open world mechanics could be compensated if the loading screens were more fun and interactive, don’t you think? I know nothing about programming and game making, but it doesn’t seem like such an absurd change to the way the game works. We used to have some beautiful and extremely interesting cutscenes back in The Sims 2. I think it’s long overdue they make a comeback. Thoughts?
Native American / Indigenous pack
I would love to see a Native American with all the tribes like Spokane, Cherokee, Sioux from US including Alaska, Canada and even Mexico like the Aztecs and the Mayans. The one thing that I love about the Native American tribes that they don't waste what they hunt. They use everything. What would be in this pack: Teepees, Wigwams, Long Houses (Coastal like Salish, Haida, Tlingit) etc.. Clothing from Deer, Bear etc, hair style braids,, beaded jewelry or regular clothes etc. Animals: horses, dogs as well as bears. wolves and buffalo aka bison etc. Food: Buffalo, Deer meat (venison), Fish, Fry bread (yummy), fruits and veggies etc.. Fun stuff to do or visit: Pow wow, Tribal gathering, Drum circle, Dancing (Jingle,. Fancy Shawls etc.) for the women, Tiny Tots dance for the kids etc... For more info; Pow Wow Dance Style I think this will be a fun learning experience for everyone Non-Indian and alike. Feel free to add to the list.
Memories, Scrab book and themes organising
Hi everyone. What do you guys think about the Sims 3 memories and srab book. It would be nice to get something similar for Sims 4. It works kind of like a journal where you can save photos of the sim and write a story about the sim. Also one more thing. The object themes organizer in the build/buy menu was so good in the sims 3, if you remember. You could name a theme and place/save all objects there you wanted and it was easy to find. And then, not sure if this is a new idea, but it would be great to have a save option in CAS, when you design a full outfit for sim, it would be so nice to be able to save that outfit so you wouldnt have to do it again every time you go to CAS and create new sim. You could just have like a fashion menu for your own designed outfits and pick from there.
Who is in favor of Sims/pets NOT losing relationships uploaded to your library?
Reason for this post: 1. saved characters in library lose all friendships and family-levels 2. The "Nature Is Calling" Patch introduced horrible "pitch black" bug and ruined all the save files! 3. restore unrecoverable, lost all painted pets textures 4. swapping/replacing the affected families with saved families in library 1. if you save Sim characters to your library and then put them back into the game, ALL friendships are lost and also the family relationship level to each other. This should be changed urgently! 2. The "Nature Is Calling" Patch ruined all the save files for Simmers with customized pets in it. with the last "Nature Is Calling" patch, all of our Sims that had either painted tattoos (feature came with Business & Hobbies) or animals and werewolves that had custom fur, created with the in CAS paint tool, were lost and all affected characters appeared pitch black after said patch. It was not possible for the developers to restore already lost textures. Sims that had painted tattoos could be "repaired" by removing the painted tattoos, BUT with animals it was not so easy and to remove the custom, painted texture NO solution. If you removed the painted texture by clicking on the X, they were no longer black but then appeared in standard status and of course Simmers who havecustomized pets/fur did not want that., incl. me. It was a lot of effort and work to edit your animals with the CAS paint tool. I'm sure everyone who loves animals has families WITH pets and more, maybe not all customized with the paint tool, but for most. Lots of Simmers created their RL pets with the CAS Paint Tool as good as they could. Some of us even contacted the Creator "pugowned" who has the astonishing talent to create very realistic pets, simply WITH THE CAS PAINT-TOOL, to have her create our in RL beloved and deceased pets. It was a punch in the face for me to see my beloved pets appear pitch black now after said patch and to read that the lost textures can not be restored. The "hotfix" patch did NOT change that because already lost textures created by the "Nature Is Calling" patch could not be restored, as stated by EA_Cade, the latest "hotfix" patch was not retroactive and the customized textures on pets/horses/werewolves already impacted will stay that way. Their painted textures are forever lost and cannot be fixed. So all our current save files are ruined because of this Nature patch and we were now left on our own to "fix" the issue. - Yes, in every game bugs can accure, but I'm sure that IF this patch were really play-tested BEFORE the rollout, something like this wouldn't have happened. I mean, how can a patch ruin ALL our save files and not being able to fix it and act like "oh well, sorry guys, already lost textures, caused by our "Nature Is Calling" patch, can not be restored" - unbelievable! 3. to get around all the loss of unrecoverable textures, you can try to swap your BACKUP save files that were made BEFORE the big "Nature Is Calling" patch with the current destroyed save files and the pets will appear normal again. - I have done this with success! My pets appear "normal" again, BUT I'm done playing this game for now, just in case... Of course, if you didn't have a backup BEFORE the patch, you are left out in the cold because the suggested attempts to restore an older save file are unsuccessful, as ALL save files in the game are and were affected by this disastrous destruction. In my case, the only thing that helped was replacing the current game files with my 2-month-old backup. Although the game and progress of Sims were lost, but the animals appeared normal again, which was more important to me personally. Yeah sure, some can live with the texture loss of their pets but some of us don't want to accept it so easily and just keep quiet. We have the right to express our displeasure over this because, after all, we paid a lot of money for a game we love. 4. there was also the option given of swapping/replacing the families saved in your own library with the current ones, that is IF they didn't already appear there in "pitch black", which brings me back to topic 1. Even if you were lucky to replace a Sim or pet, all relationships would still be lost and you would have to recreate them MANUALLY. This is NOT a good solution and is also very time-consuming. So you are better off, replacing your save files with a backup and not loosing ALL relationships. Final: Since this said patch has destroyed all our current save files, I think something urgently needs to be done about the way our sim characters get saved into our libraries. If the developers are no longer able to correct their own fatal mistakes and just leave it to the player to deal with the "rescue" on our own, then they should at least change the way our families get saved and unharmed into the library so that when families need to be replaced, to NOT also lose all their connections. That would at least be a good start.
Enchanted by Nature Randomly Upgraded Toilets?
So I got the new pack and some pack interactions are giving me a huge problem. I have both eco lifestyle & the new enchanted forest pack. Something keeps upgrading my toilets. I think it has to do with gnomes? And my sims are constantly sick and throwing up multiple times per day. As such, the toilets are therefore constantly bursting into flames. I can't un-upgrade the toilets. I have to keep purchasing new, different toilets, which is quite pricy because they are constantly being mysteriously re-upgraded by some mystical force. I can't stop them from being sick 24/7 because apparently everything makes them sick and even if you turn it off in pack settings, it says your sim will still get sick sometimes. And since everything and everyone around them makes them sick, they indeed do get sick, regardless, without relief. I really really really do not want to have to raise bugs for compost... my sims can barely keep up with their lives considering they spend so much time being sick and cleaning up after toilet fires, and spend so much money buying new toilets. So is there anything I can do? On a side note, just to vent--Dang I miss my mods. I took them all out prior to the patches & cleaned everything up & reinstalled to be like new so there would be no clashes, I'm just trying to give modders a chance to make their updates & new mods to fix the glitches. This game takes our money and releases glitched and broken and poorly thought out packs to the point where it is so unplayable without mods. They should seriously hire the modders, they are way better at programming and patching then people working for TS4.Add "Limit sim appearing into other world" option!
As a long-time player, I am very sick seeing non-neighor sims appearing on other world. Appearing any sims on the festivals/events are fine, but appearing on normal days consantly? I think we should have an option: - Limit residents appearing on other world - or new reward Trait: "Love Staying Indoors" (restrict this sim appearing in other world) option, because: - The walk_by situation should limit sims within the world (for example, World X sims should appear only on World X and not Y) - And walk_by should not appear anything if there is no sims in neighbor at all - Limit Werewolf to Moonwood - Limit Fairies to Innisgreen You already have 2 options, so why not expand it?Resizable walls, doors, windows, and sofas in terms of length, width and shapes?
Is it just me or does anyone else think that resizable doors, walls, windows and sofas in the Sims 4 should be implemented, right? I don't know about you guys, but that would definitely benefit me a lot in build mode. For example archways in the build mode. It would be better to have a resizable length so you can have the freedom on how long you want the archway to reach. Also, the walls where you can adjust its width would be so much better than just creating one tiled room to fill the gaps. The freedom to resize the windows and doors' length. Freedom to change sofas' shapes and sizes.
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