Giveaways 💜💸💜 Play To Win Series
I love hosting giveaways in The Sims 4! The most fun way to run a giveaway for me personally is to encourage you to get in game and play. It's that simple! Everyone who's played this series with me really enjoys the experience and I get all the feels from seeing your screenshot entries! Here's how to play: Download the base game sim I've shared to the gallery (EA ID GLovely1) Drop that sim in your game & take a screenshot of them Post your screenshot to this thread using the given statement in the gallery description Have fun playing! Now let's roll out my first Play to Win of 2026! Up for grabs: One PC code for Eco Lifestyle ~ Good luck! Here's the sim you'll need → Nash Adams
Family recipes
I've not yet fully explored this great feature, except having a few families create a recipe without really seeing it in a bigger picture. These recipes are not only brilliant ways to "cheat/comfort" household members, but I will use them to add some uniqueness to some of my families. They already focus on different ways through life, and I welcome more ways to add to this. Would love to learn how you found ways to benefit from this feature. I might have missed some info... Creating the recipe seems pretty straight forward. Learning how to unlock the special touch to add to the recipe helps planning this all. Like, for the family that focus a lot on skills and education, I must wait until a household member actually graduates, because a graduation seems required to unlock the "Academic Ace" special touch. So I guess the first step will be focusing on unlocking the desired touch? Normally I will choose a recipe that requires a certain cooking level, because I want a certain job to be done before you can learn the family recipe. If you must first reach Cooking lvl 6, it needs to be a set goal - at least in my game most sims won't be that good at Cooking. One detail I'm not sure that I got right is whether also the sim learning the recipe must beforehand have access to the special touch? Or is the special touch in the recipe once and for all, and only the sim creating the recipe will need to have it unlocked? I really love this feature. Except from a very few special touches, I think they will be quite useful during several generations and a way to make families diverse. I also might create recipes that can be sold in cafees etc. By placing a group dish in a "refrigerate display" other households can visit any community lot to eat from it, won't even need to be an owned business. I'm not sure if the effect from a special touch will be restricted to household members or to the home lot, though, but I hope anyone eating it gains the effect. Like if you get ill, visit the "Healthy food café" to recover faster by eating their special dish including the Home Remedy touch. Wanna share how you use the feature? Did you find smart ways to benefit from it? Or did you create the recipe, and then never served it again?Sim Lore Discord Q&A Wednesday Jan 7
Wednesday, January 7, 4 PM Sul Sul, Simmers! 👋 We're kicking off the New Year with something special, a Q&A all about SIMS LORE! 🎉 Our team is excited to dive into the world of The Sims and explore the lore that makes our game so unique. Join Morgan (Producer), Zoe (Game Designer), and Scott (Senior Game Designer), our resident lore enthusiasts, as we dig into the stories and secrets behind your favorite Sims and neighborhoods. See y'all in # Sims-lore-QNA on Wednesday, January 7, 2026 at 4:00 PM ! If you haven't joined yet, Sims Labs is the place to be! Head over to Channels & Roles to pick up the Sims Labs role to stay up to date with everything The Sims related! And that's not all, Lore Week is coming! Keep your eyes peeled for a fun lore-related challenge in our discord tomorrow. Stay tuned for details! 👀 https://discord.com/channels/1151759657283629076/1151759658013437955
Sale til end of January 5, 2026
Was going to purchase some packs that are on sale til the end of the day today, went to check out, and they are regular prices? Then contacted them, at 2:52 pm PST (my time), the case states it was created today at 10:52pm? I would like the packs that are still on sale until the end of the day today please.
But I Cleared Their Marriage, Already, So Why?
I have done something some would consider rather silly. I do a Save As with each gaming session, so I can easily go backward and select an already played moment in time and do whatever I wish with it. I recently went back to the time right before the Cantrell kids and Kayleigh Golden went off to Uni. I made certain to clear Kayleigh's marriage and also Erik's so I could see just how they grew to become a couple. Well, they started off with a short green bar, which is what I wanted. Only he takes her home and at one point complimented her outfit, which should unlock the possibility for love. When I checked their bar, full pink. They fell for each other and they fell hard. 🤪 Any time I've restarted these two families, I always thought it was because in prior iterations of them, they were BFFs and very much in love with each other. So, now I'm uncertain what to think. If clearing their marriage doesn't bring them back to square one, what does? 😮 Has anyone else had such an experience where you've used the same two Sims to have them leap from barely friends to BFFs to True Love? I'm still having fun, but I'm perplexed. Please add your thoughts and any other strange things of this nature that has occurred in your game.Perfect match for uneven couple...
I love it when I find a rare case of amazing compatibility AND strong chemestry/attraction AND it works both ways. But, I find it problematic when the couple is not supposed to be, thanks to protocol and coming from different classes. In RL those rules for royals can be very strict, and maybe they should be. But there are also examples of royals marrying someone far below their own level. I think I might need some input on this... Princess Evendice (28) and Mr Robin Hump (27) got the full score. They have stayed 3 years in the same manor while getting their university degrees. During the last term something happened, and although it seems they tried their best to hold back - romance bar hardly developed - they seem to be the perfect match? Evendice has the Princess title, but she is not seen as a member of royal Huse of Luxe-Hamper. She is daughter of King Tarriot's only brother, but she is only 6th in line of successors to the Throne. She will not likely be a very central person in the future royal puzzle. So maybe the choise of spouse can be less strict? Because, Mr Robin Hump was hardly born into aristocracy, and his parents divorced long ago. He is not to blame for either, but obviously far below the level of a princess. His mother was born into House of Rab-Saxor (not the main branch of that family though), and later she married to the brother of the Duke of Rossie. She was never made member of the duke's House of Ross and her 2nd husband holds no title beyind being styled Lord. Robin's father, who is a Doctor (DNA specialist), later founded House of Hump, where Robin is a central member, but they don't hold any title either. So, Robin is just about not a commoner. Oh, should I mention that Robin's stepfather is King Tarriot's 1st cousin? Evendice and Robin won't share DNA, though, so maybe that is just a good thing in these circles? In RL they would definitely not be seen as an even couple based on social classes. I'm undecided where to push them. They already have a close tie, but they are not dating, at least no officially. In my game anyone in line to a House (or throne, even) need approval from Head of House. Should Princess Evendice even bother to bring this up? Should they just keep seeing each other secretly? Or are they both too young to hurry? What do you think the reply from the King would be? He has a rather modern mindset, but well, is it possible for him to ignore protocol? Evendice is not even my favorite royal, and now this... sorry for the long write-up! Evendice's BIO Robin's BIOBaby Daddy
I’m ready for my successful actress to settle down and have a child. I don’t want her to have a science baby, I’d like to pick a baby daddy who will be a scoundrel and have nothing to do with the child. Don Lothario is the obvious choice but I’m not picking in. I was thinking Brant Hecking, as he is supposed to be in a gay marriage so she won’t want to expose their sordid affair haha.
Seeker of Secrets
I recently created a new Sim for my save, and since she's in PR, I thought giving her the nosy trait and the Seeker of Secrets aspiration is fitting. I wasn't aware of how much fun that aspiration is! So far, she has found ten out of 31 secrets and will very likely leverage a few of them, depending on how the Sims behave. One is already on her black list after telling her "Our club is very exclusive. You don't fit in". The second she finds out that Sim's secret, she'll leverage it 😈 My very favourite secret is Vladislaus Straud's. It's called "Moo-Hoo". The gist: Once upon a time, Vlad had a cowplant he brought to work to attract more customers. But as the cowplant kept growing, its hunger grew, too. Eventually, it started eating customers and Vlad's boss, so he locked it away in a safe place. I think it's random which Sim spills which secret, but I thought that one was especially hilarious 😂 Others I have encountered: hates pickles; believes in Moon Bears; has pool PTSD; is jealous of Grim's elegance; collects socks; returns gifts he doesn't like to the Sim who gifted them; took a space trip as a toddler; washes dishes in bathroom sink every now and then; fantasizes about the stove catching fire because flames are so pretty; left an abandoned dog to its own devices because it had creepy eyes. I'm having so much fun with this inspiration and the trait! Also, I discover things about my own Sims I didn't know, like one of them being jealous of Grim's elegance. Some of these secrets can be worked into gameplay, too - like the "I return gifts I don't like"-secret, or the sock thing (that Sim is gonna end up with socks on every single outfit, no matter if it looks good or not), and I think with a little bit of imagination and role-playing, the pool PTSD might work, too. And the Grim thing? That Sim is gonna buy the Grimophone next time I play with her so she can meet Grim in person and fangirl over him like there's no tomorrow 😁
Day 12 - New Year, Old Flame - The 12 Days of Simsmas
For our final day, we’re turning the drama up a couple notches and asking the question “will they or won’t they”. Rekindle an old flame for a special New Year’s date and see where the night takes you! Share screenshots of your dreamy (or utterly disastrous) dates below!
