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Video Data Collection For Research Purpose on The Sims 4
Hi! Thank you for the amazing game! I'm really enjoying it. We’re reaching out to ask whether it’s permitted to collect video data from The Sims 4 for academic research purposes, specifically for training and evaluating AI systems. The game’s rich environments, dynamic events, and multi-agent interactions make it an ideal platform for studying action understanding, event recognition, and social behavior in AI. The dataset we plan to collect may be open-sourced, strictly for academic use, and will not be used for any commercial purposes. We will ensure all content is carefully reviewed to avoid any potentially harmful or inappropriate material. We’ve reviewed the official policy, but couldn’t find specific guidance regarding academic research. Could you please let us know if this use is permitted, or if there is an official channel through which we can request permission? Thank you again, and we appreciate your time!SolvedRoihn2 days agoRising Newcomer52Views0likes1CommentThe Life of a Sims 4 Bug
Sul Sul! In yesterday's Laundry List we provided a behind the scenes look at the process we follow of identifying and resolving bugs in The Sims 4. In the interest of transparency as well as to preserve this information for future audiences I've transcribed it here as well: 🐞 Issue is Discovered & Verified When a player reports an issue via our EA Forums, a friendly Community Manager or EA Forums superuser will see if help can be provided through troubleshooting and alternative methods to try, confirming if the game is working as intended, or if this may be an issue related to mods. If not, they'll check whether the issue has already been reported to merge it with an existing thread or start a new one. A ticket is then made for our Quality Assurance (QA) team to review. They may need to collect more information from players to reproduce the bug on their devices, which is critical for the next steps and why we always encourage players to provide as much specific detail as possible when reporting an issue. Our Sims teams are also discovering and reporting issues internally that get documented alongside player reported issues. Due to the wide variety of freedom with The Sims 4, plus the randomness and variation in playstyles and player options, it’s impossible to truly test every possible scenario. This means that some issues may only appear in specific environments, and while we strive to address as many as we can prior to launch, we appreciate your understanding. When QA is able to reproduce the issue, they will file a ticket for an engineer to review and give it a severity rating, which can depend on how many votes it has received and how disruptive to gameplay the issue is for players. Your votes matter! 🔎 Fix is Investigated & Created A team of engineers will be assigned to work on an issue and figure out the cause. The scope, type, and risk of bug fixes can vary wildly, from relatively simple fixes through to complete code system restructures. Given the almost infinite variations of devices, operating systems, unique combinations The Sims 4 content installed, unique gameplay styles, and mods downloaded, it can be no small feat to identify the root cause! Once the engineer understands what’s causing the technical issue, they can start to plan how to best resolve it. Fixes can bring their own unique challenges, such as accidentally introducing more issues, which is the last thing we want to do. When the engineer has created a fix, the QA team comes back into the mix, to test each fix before it’s released to ensure the fix works as intended across all platforms. 🚀 Fix is Deployed to Players If that all looks good, the code is then submitted for review for final approval. Once approved, it’s scheduled to be deployed during a specific release. We understand that with each update, there’s the potential to disrupt your gameplay, and so our team takes care to group as many fixes together as possible to limit downtime. This essential yet often behind-the-scenes work involves collaboration across multiple teams. We prioritize issues based on both the reports and votes from the community, as well as the bugs identified by our QA team. Thank you for your continued reports and votes on what issues you want us to address!SolvedEA_Cade30 days agoCommunity Manager1.1KViews18likes19Comments
next expansionpack possible leak
i have been reading this afternoon that the next ep might of leak saw the info on sims comunaty and it hints fairys and gardening but until there an official confirmation i am taking this with a grain of saltSolvedFriendlySimmers30 days agoSeasoned Ace227Views1like1Comment
Help me name this sim
Meet Manny (that's his temporary randomised name) He is actually an alien and he is in my game just for fun, so my sims can befriend an alien. He is wearing the mannequin assets but is actually a CC-free sim. Onlyabidoang uploaded a family of mannequin sims to the gallery. You can use them if you have get to work and they behave like regular sims, just look a bit different. He has the mannequin overlay in both his alien form and his disguise so he always looks the same. His traits are erratic, child of the island and food lover (I don't recall the correct english name for this trait)Solvedatreya3331 days agoLegend286Views6likes13Comments
Rumors
Any rumors on what is coming next for kits / expansion packs? I haven't seen anything and was wondering if any of you have. SSSSolvedSuperSillySim2 months agoRising Hotshot128Views0likes1CommentWhat happened in your game today ?
My name is Manon and I’m a big fan of the sims 4 ! I created my sims and she’s called Emily ! She’s an actress and she’s famous (she got 4 stars already !) and she tried to learn every single hobbies (her last hobby was tattoo haha)SolvedVoidxArgent2 months agoRising Novice71Views1like2Comments
For Rent Opinions please
I have heard/read here about the bugs reported with For Rent. Are there features in this pack that can be turned on or off? I get that being a landlord is the main focus of the pack, which had reported bugs on this site. Is it a feature I can turn off or avoid??? I really don't want to mess up my current game. Thank you in advance for your opinion.Solvedrujuta4me2 months agoSeasoned Veteran424Views1like22Comments
How to let EA know about someone using TS4 assets illegally?
I have no idea if I am approaching this correctly or if this is where I can even make a statement about this issue, but the way the ticket submission works is really backwards and confusing. Anyways, hi, Adagio here, simmer for 21 years. Recently I've been getting harassed on Twitter by a very popular personality and it has come to my attention that she is showcasing a game she funded with $15,000 is using assets from The Sims 4. In a little clip of the game I noticed the toilet from Tiny Living and that the dining room chairs were from Backyard Stuff. Other assets I noticed were spliced and separated, such as a dust pan and broom from Laundry Day Stuff, or she has repainted the mesh of an asset and stretched it out (such as the dining room table being an end table from Island Living, but it's stretched wide and repainted). NOT SELF PROMOTING but I made a side-by-side comparison of her "from-scratch assets" next to what she actually stole from The Sims 4 and put it in a thread on X (Twitter), and I tagged EA, EAHelp and The Sims in my thread, but wasn't sure if there was somewhere else I could get this flagged by EA? This person is a long-time scammer, she constantly tricks people with "emergency" gofundme's then goes on vacation with the money, and now she's doing a similar thing claiming this game cost her $15k when it's just an asset flip straight from The Sims 4 while asking for people to fund her "indie dev studio".Solvedadagio4strings2 months agoSeasoned Newcomer164Views0likes1CommentAbout Discover University
I'm considering buying the pack, but I have a question: If my Sim moves into a university dorm and I play with them there, what happens to the rest of the family back home? Do their time and aging continue? In The Sims 2, time would stop for the family back home while a Sim was at university, and I really didn’t like that. I would prefer if time and aging progressed for everyone at the same time. Sorry if my wording is unclear — I don't understand English very well. Thank you.Solvedayapipy2 months agoSeasoned Rookie75Views1like2CommentsHave expansions from my old origin
Hello everyone, I urgently need your help. I haven't opened the sims for a while and now I feel like playing it again but I read that origin is no longer active. I had bought a lot of expansions etc and now I don't know what to do. Can you help me please?Solved44Views0likes2Comments
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Preordered Game Objects?
If you purchase the Businesses & Hobbies Expansion Pack before April 18, you can elevate your business with several inspiring pieces. Witness the beauty of sculpture and body art with the Practice Makes Perfect Priscilla Statue, keep perishable products fresh with the Sweetest Treat Display Case and illuminate your space with the Beautiful Flaws Lamp. And Why did I not get these 3 objects in my game now? I preordered the newest Sims 4 Business & Hobbies EP?SolvedEndlessSims35 months agoNew Veteran163Views0likes4Comments
New Retro Phones
Hello! I was super excited to learn that house phones were coming back. Once I was able to claim them, I immediately put one in my Sim’s home. To my surprise, they are not functional 😔. Did anyone else know about this? Or did I miss the memo about them just being a decoration? Now I’m thinking the alarm clock will not work either once I claim it 🤦🏽♀️.SolvedCooks12345678905 months agoSeasoned Newcomer736Views4likes9Comments
What does EA consider a paywall?
I'm writing this under some sort of temp account because today, when I tried to sign into my account that I've had for a long, long time, and have been in recently, says something about authentication unavailable and may never be fixed? Huh? The "pic" isn't my account pic and the profile looks like something temporary. I've no idea what's going on and there isn't any info available to let me know how to fix it or why it's happening. Anyway, I'm curious about the TOU for EA and what is considered a paywall. Like trying to download something from a creator using Patreon. My understanding is that you can do it for a short-term or temporary time span but it can't be something that's basically "forever". So when I try to download something that was offered in 2021 and it still requires membership, is this okay?Solvedcolumbia935 months agoNew Ace224Views1like3Comments
What time?? Birthday event
I work everyday 2-10pm EST, I logged into the sims at around 9am just now expecting the birthday event to be live and it’s not :( I have tried for the last 10 minutes to figure out what time it goes live and I don’t see anything!! Is it the same time as the live stream? Bc that feels super late honestly for both the live stream and the event. Any info to offer??SolvedIvoryOddity5 months agoSeasoned Newcomer193Views0likes4Comments
Need to know which files to back up
Due to a Microsoft visual c++ error not letting me download the anniversary sims 1 and 2 (got refund), and other packs for sims 4, I am going to do a factory setting reset on my computer this weekend. I don't want to have to have my only laptop at the computer guy for 3 days at least, nor do I want to buy a new one as this one is not even 2 years old. I did the uninstalling of the visual files, but got the error not allowing me to reinstall the files, so had to restore. Anyhow, I did back up my tray file, and save file. I do not have many videos or screenshots so not worried about those. Is there any other files I need to make sure to back up? Thank you so much.SolvedStormyweather435 months agoSeasoned Ace340Views1like2Comments
Exact values to calculate the bills & utilities
Sul Sul 😁 I'm working on a kind of Wikipedia for Sims for the German community. There's all sorts of random stuff in there. What exact values are used to calculate the bills & utilities? How are the following positions calculated (in consideration of traits, NPC Voting, neighborhood value etc.)? Lot Taxes Power Water Other Taxes Tax Breaks & Penalties I would like to have official data. Does anyone have an idea where I can get this or know of a resource where this has already been listed? Dag Dag, AngieSolvedAngieminja5 months agoRising Rookie83Views0likes1Comment
