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Forever Friends Gameplay and Picture Thread (Week 4 Quests Now Available)
This thread is for those simmers participating in the Forever Friends Reward Event starting Tuesday, September 23. Share your gameplay, pictures, and questions here. For general comments and event feedback please see this thread. The Sims 4 Forever Friends Reward Event | EA Forums - 12579497 Week One Week Two Week Three Week 4
What happened in your game today?
Hi everyone! I hope you're all enjoying the new forum so far. I know I am!! I'm Charla, a big fan of The Sims 4! ☺️ I was going to join on the old one, but, as it only had a week left I decided to wait until today. I loved lurking on the what happened in your game today thread so I thought would create a new one here. So what's happened in your game today? Today in my game I was playing as a character I created, Lauren Lord. She's an young adult, who dreams of being an author and a mom. Currently she's working as a school teacher, but today she had no work, she stayed at home and played chess and tended to her plants (when it wasn't raining!). I also made this new Sim :) hope the pic works! Look forward to seeing what's happening in your games. X
The Sims 4: Adventure Awaits - Official Screenshot Thread!
Sul Sul everyone! It's nearly time to getaway and start a new adventure as we're just a couple of days away from the launch of the 20th Expansion Pack, Adventure Awaits. So pack your suitcase, grab your kayaks, and bring along your imaginary friends to Gibbi Point and show off your screenshots as you explore this new world!
The Sims On Social Media
Some of you may recall I started the Sim Gurus On Twitter thread in 2018 and passed the torch to Duvelina in 2020. She has informed me that she hasn't been including tweets from the official The Sims Twitter (X) so I thought I'd start a thread for info from The Sims. Twitter (X), Facebook, and Instagram. Also info from EA when it relates to TS4. If you're interested you can also check out my announcement threads for The Sims Mobile and The Sims Freeplay. Sims Mobile Announcements | EA Forums - 4964586 Sims Freeplay Announcements | EA Forums - 2372520 Duvelina's Sim Gurus On Twitter Thread Sim Gurus on Twitter #2 | EA Forums - 206966 And for a fun walk down memory lane here's the original Guru Twitter thread. Sim Gurus on Twitter | EA Forums - 1599060 Update 9/12/24 Just select Newest to view most recent posts.Enchanted By Nature Positive Thoughts Thread
If you purchase The Sims 4 Enchanted by Nature Expansion Pack before August 21, you’ll be rewarded with an early purchase incentive. From the shimmering Lofty Leaf Pond to the glowing Mycena Lantern, this bonus content lets players create a cozy garden or magical hideaway, while the Disguised Dwelling Fairy Home adds even more versatility. So, whether it’s a charming statue in your home garden or a secret Fairy retreat, the choice is yours. Official Blog: A Sprinkle of Fairy Dust Please Emphasis On Green Its All About Balance Let Natural Living Come Naturally Imagining Innisgreen: Community Builds Featured in Enchanted By Nature https://www.ea.com/games/the-sims/the-sims-4/news/enchanted-by-nature-expansion-pack Additional Features Info From The EA App Pre-Order Page Gameplay Trailer: Thursday. June 26 Livestream: To be announced Release: Thursday, July 10 Hey y'all, just a reminder to consider using my Creator Code, Simgirl1010, at checkout. Any proceeds received are used for future giveaways. Thanks! 😊💚Child Sims: Share Your Gameplay & Discoveries
Raising a child in the Sims 4 has become quite complex and challenging. Seasons and Get Famous brought us after school activities. Our child sims can join Scouting and Drama clubs. Reaching the highest rank in scouting awards your child the Scouting Aptitude reward trait which boosts skill gains by 25%. Parenthood introduced Character Values: Manners, Empathy, Responsibility, Emotional Control, and Conflict Resolution. Achieving high or low levels in these values will lead to a corresponding Reward Trait in the young adult stage. Growing Together featured Childhood Confidence. Developing high confidence in the childhood stage leads to high self-esteem when aging up to teen. Growing Together also introduced Milestones. While completing all Milestones isn't required it does allow you to keep track of all the key moments in your Sim's life. And in Adventure Awaits our child sims have the opportunity to experience Formative Moments, challenges that grant permanent reward traits. So let's share our child sim moments, ask questions about features, and see if we can make them the best they can be before aging up to teen.
Q&A: Adventure Awaits
#AD (just in case this counts as social media) I can tell you ahead of time this time... I was invited to join the CFE (not final build) opportunity for The Sims 4: Adventure Awaits. Thank you to the EA Creator Network for this chance to answer questions for you about the pack! I will be taking and answering mainly questions about gameplay - Skills/Traits/Aspirations/Career/Venues/Systems/Lore - and anything else you guys want to know about! I will be testing with ALL PACKS in as I believe this is yet another pack with endless cross-compatibility possibilities. (Please Note: Testing with other packs in is unsupported before regular Early Access, so may be extra buggy.) I'm not a fast builder so will likely be testing things on a save full of downloaded Gallery lots. If you have any lots you want me to test flow for, either as a Custom Venue or Getaway location, then post a link to what you want tested and a description of how you envision it running. I'll play around with it and post any issues I find during testing. Format will be similar to past Q&As where I have links to each subject and add more info to each based on questions asked and as I discover things through gameplay. I can't start posting right away this time due to the embargo, but will be taking notes/screenshots and will post info when I can. P.S. - I also have a Creator Code now, so if you find my Q&A useful you might consider it as an option at checkout. This doesn't give you a discount, but it would give me a 5% commission on price of the pack. If you wish to use it, my code is EmmaVane. Just enter the code on the the payment screen where promo codes normally go. Thank you, EA for this opportunity. INDEX (to follow): Custom Lots Getaway System ~~ Vacation Days/PTO ~~ Prizes & Rewards Premade Getaways: ⛺Camp Gibbi Gibbi/Kids Weekend Stayaway Camp ❤️Love Highland/Romantic Competition 🏋️Revive & Thrive/Fitness Retreat Formative Moments New Careers 🏕️Park Worker New Interactions New Objects 🍹Blender 🐛Caterpillar Incubator 💭ImagineMe! Dolls 🚸Modular Playground 🏊Pool Objects 🚲Spinning Bikes New Traits & Aspirations New Quests New Skills (WIP) 🏹Archery 🏊Diving 🦋Entomology 📔Papercrafting Cross-Pack Gameplay Build Buy Systems Miscellaneous
The 5 days normal infant lifespan is hilariously bad
I would say that infants is probably the most complex out of all the lifespans and they decided that 5 days was a good amount of time to anything. Infants have LOT of milestone and stuff to unlock. Trying different foods requiring sitting up, which is a milestone that is unlocked after a lot of tummy time. Tummy time takes a lot of time since it's not a continuous activity, it's something that requires you having to spam, and if both parents work outside the home, then it's not happening.. Infants want to sleep every hour which also takes up time. With infants, on top of trying to unlock milestones the ability to try foods, they also have a practice standing and crawling, the latter in which is required to be able to read to them. The point is, that 5 days to do anything in that lifespan is just bad. I have a mod that sets my infant's lifespan to 15 days. 15 day is long, and I was able to unlock all the food preferences and a lot of milestones but not the crawling, which I'm still working on before she ages up in one day. It can still be a grind. I'm aware that people can turn aging off and that long lifespan is a thing, but normal lifespans with aging on, you'll be lucky enough to get the infant to clap before they are suddenly aging up into a toddler. If you're a completelist, this stage will drive you mad on normal lifespan with aging on.Adventure Awaits Positive Thoughts Thread
Adventure Awaits- New Features and Gameplay Q&A Adventure Awaits - New Features and Gameplay Q&A Meet The Sims of Gibbi Point: New Blog September 17 https://www.ea.com/games/the-sims/the-sims-4/news/adventure-awaits-meet-the-sims Discord Developer Q&A Imaginary Friends: September 10th at 1PM PT Imaginary Friends Townies and Lore: September 17th at 1PM PT Townies and Lore Getaway Systems: October 1st at 1PM PT (Rescheduled: (Date TBA) More Info From The EA App EA APP Info Official Blog: Getaways Galore in The Sims 4 Adventure Awaits Expansion Pack https://www.ea.com/games/the-sims/the-sims-4/news/adventure-awaits-expansion-pack Just a reminder to consider using my Creator Code, Simgirl1010, at checkout (Apply Promo Code) on the EA App and at EA.com. Pre-Orders are eligible. All funds are used to sponsor future giveaways. Thanks!! 😊
Kit bundles
I was surprised when I saw this on EA app. The kits are never on sale, but now there's a kit bundle! I think I would like to see more bundles like this. Although kits going on sale would be even better, because I already own quite many of them and can't bundle the ones I own 🤔😅 What kit bundles would you like to see?
Danger Kid
Has anyone been able to trigger the Danger Kid formative challenge? I really want a particular child to do this but cannot think of many 'dangerous' things for him to do which may trigger it. I had him play out in the rain during a thunderstorm, play with a cooking fire pit and I had him try to talk to the monster under the bed... I thought one of those would have done it but, nope. I also just tried the 'start formative challenge' option but Danger Kid didn't appear. Any ideas?
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