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Writers' Lounge - For All Games!
My friend @friendsfan367 suggested, " i think it would be cool to have like a writer lounge where new writers like me could chat with old writers like you. opps i meant experinced." So, here we have it! The Writers' Lounge, where new writers can chat with old writers like me! This is a place to talk about all aspects of your writing! Every Simming and writing question is welcome, and everyone is invited to chime in with writerly suggestions, responses, jokes, feedback, gripes, comments, and conundrums. Even though we're located in the Sims 4 area, writers of stories involving all Sims games are welcome! We have people who write stories using Sims 2, Sims 3, and Sims 4 games--and everyone is appreciated and included! You'll find that we're really welcoming, and we're really cool, and this thread is totally awesome. And we have a few common sense guidelines to help keep it that way. (We've learned from experience! :wink: ) Treat each other with kindness, acceptance, appreciation, and respect. Follow the EA Forum Guidelines. Remember that this is a public forum, meaning that anybody anywhere with Internet access can read what you write. If you're a youngster, don't write anything you wouldn't want your mom to read. If you're an adult, don't write anything you wouldn't want your kid or niece or nephew to read. Please don't feel bad if we pop in for gentle reminders if things get really OT or if we start to veer from the forum guidelines. We still love you! I'll keep the coffee and tea pots full--you bring your favorite mug, and let's kick back and chat about writing! Daily Conversations Join us for daily conversations! We've got themed conversations Monday - Sunday. Of course, you can talk about other things, too! But if you're looking for a specific topic, swing by and join us! https://ts4fanfic.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/sunday22.png https://ts4fanfic.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/monday.png https://ts4fanfic.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/tuesday.png https://ts4fanfic.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/wednesday.png https://ts4fanfic.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/thursday.png https://ts4fanfic.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/friday.png https://ts4fanfic.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/saturday.png Writer/Reader Community Threads You might also enjoy these threads: Freezer Bunny Book Club | Short Story Writing Challenges How Do I Get Started Writing? If you have questions about writing SimLit, please see the following guide, written and compiled by @JulyVee94. A Quick Guide to SimLit Directory of Active Members Here's a listing of the blogs/threads of the regulars here. If you'd like to have your blog or thread listed here, please let @friendsfan367 or me (CathyTea) know. I'm kinda busy, so it might take me a little while to get you listed, but I definitely will list your story here, if you request it! And... Happy Reading! :smiley: Note: Some of these stories may contain adult subject matter. Please read at your discretion. Acarb90 - Metro - A City Story | Thirty: Looking to the future... 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Play and Share continued
Since we seem to have missed posts in the other thread, I am starting this one. There is no point fighting with deleted post skips on a continual basis. Anyone who would like to share what you are doing with your game and/or your current may join this thread. Also, if you are new to the sims and have questions re: game play or the forums, I hope you will ask them here. Please be kind and friendly to all posters. I request that we follow the forum rules please. Thank-you!
The grand sequel to: "The first one to page 100 wins!"
One forum later, and this game is still in motion! No longer are we going to just a new page after hitting a record of Page 2207. We're now going for the first to be the 75000th poster! The same rule applies like the original. No double posting and please keep it PG. Let the games begin once more!The Going Solo Challenge (main) Updated to include TS4
This isn't your average legacy challenge. The goal is to achieve ALL LTWs and reach the top of ALL possible careers/professions without repeating any. You can only have ONE child per generation. The Rules Going Solo TS3 Going Solo TS4 Follow us on Twitter @TS_Going_Solo Helpful Links Full list of Jobs (S3) or HERE Full list of lifetime wishes (S3) Aspiration List (S4) Career List (S4) Going Solo checklist to help track your progress Family Echo-This is a valuable tool if you like to keep track of extended family CC magic for those of you that use custom content in your game Active Going Solo Stories - A Race Against Time by Piazzagirl1015 - As Life Goes by Jazen - In Another Life by MischiefTheKitten -Starbound by MischiefTheKitten -Seidhkona by French_Vanilla13 -Elvira Slayer, The True Story by ELIROC -The Island by ELIROC -Life or Something Like It by jeapos88 -Try Everything - A Going Solo Challenge by KaytayRoall - A Solo legacy with a twist-by SOnet104 - Going Solo Challenge by LittleMinxUndr - Jungle Drums by LittleMinUndr - Strictly Solo by Piazzagirl1015 Iron Man Going Solo Challengers Vuneca's Iron Man Attempt The Iron Woman Challenge by Petunia302007 AKA Simfulicious One Woman Show by Jazen I Am Every Woman by Piazzagirl On Hiatus - Going Solo By Vuneca - Aurora Borealis by HollyhocksFluff - The Burnbright Solo, Prettyacy, and Alphabet challenge by Shafer249 -Story of Rosaline by Shafer249 - The Pham Family Going Solo Challenge by carlimact -Pok Family TS4 Going Solo by Carlimact - Solace of Elysium by NewToTheSims AKA LateKnightSimmer Discontinued but still worth reading - Going Solo: The Wasimton, by LittleMinxUndr - Majestyk's Going Solo... Again, by Majestyk - Solo Legacy Challenge: The Vanderburgs, by SuperM1tch - Lonely but not Alone A Going Solo Challenge by octojenn - Nix Solo Challenge, by Nancy01905 - Nancy Edmondson Solo The Sims 4, by Nancy01905 - Here without you by BekahSue - Follow your Dreams by Seera1024 - Safekeeping by octojenn If you like those stories, try these: -A Clockwork Heart by French_Vanilla13 -Fatima's Bachelorette Challenge by Vuneca -Just Simming Along (a collection of stories) by Jazen -Kiss of a Vampire by Jazen -Romance on the Horizon by Piazzagirl1015 -Stories of Mischief (a collection of stories) by MischiefTheKitten -Carlimact Simlings (a collection of stories) by Carlimact -The Love Ship by Sweetinightingale -Piazzagirl's Sim and Challenges by Piazzagirl1015 -Echoes of Eternity by NewToTheSims AKA LateKnightSimmer - First To Last by octojenn -The Proposal: A Bachelor Challenge by NewToTheSims AKA LateKnightSimmer -Diary of a Drifter-A Sims 4 Drifter Challenge by Piazzagirl1015 Other goodies YouTube Solo Challenge By Nancy01905 Here is the image resizer that makes posting in these forums so much better! LittleMinxUndr wrote: I use this tool: Imageresizer from Codeplex.com It's a totally free utility under GNU-lisence. It works flawlessly under win8 too. It resizes single pictures to batches of well over a hundred at once. I routiniously resize well over 100 screenshots in under 5 seconds with it. Image Resizer is fast, makes your screens extremely light-weight which is totally what you want for what you're doing and you have almost no fidelity-loss. for the gamebooster a quick registration is needed, but personal details are not asked. Here's the linkage: Gamebooster *****Hey girls, A quick note to inform you all that the image resizer that I use has been greatly updated and has moved hosts. The tool can now freely be had from this link: http://www.bricelam.net/ImageResizer/ -Minx If you choose to do this challenge I would LOVE to follow your story. Thanks for stopping by my thread, hope you enjoy the challenge should you attempt it. Happy Simming :)Sim Gurus on Twitter
I know some of the forum members don't have a Twitter account or regularly keep up with Twitter so I thought it would be a good idea to have a thread where we could keep up with and discuss the guru tweets. Please let's not make this about how you think they should post everything here. That is not the purpose of this thread and will be considered derailment and reported. Please feel free to start a thread in Feedback if you feel that way. :) Starting with: https://twitter.com/SimGuruKate/status/1013824179592810498Hello! Come and introduce yourself!
Hello! Welcome to the Forums! This thread is for new and old simmers to come and introduce themselves, and say a little bit about themselves. We can get to know each other, and welcome simmers to the forums. I look forward to meeting you all, and hearing a little bit about you. Happy simming to everyone!
Never Have I Ever... [GAME]
Hi hi everyone! So this discussion is a game called "Never Have I Ever" and I'm sure most of you know how to play it but if not, here's an example: Person 1: Never have I ever ridden a horse. Person 2: I have. Never have I ever... And so on. Basically, I'll start, and the person below me would say if they have or haven't done what I said. They would then continue saying "Never have I ever..." the only thing is, if you are saying the nhie statement, it has to be something you've NEVER done. Okay, I'll start. :) Never have I ever skipped school.Windows 7 players who can't get Sims 1 to play again...solution!
copy/paste from my answer to this question, so i thought i'd make a thread. yesterday on a whim, i wanted to play sims 1 again. it'd been a few months. well, i could not get it to run at ALL. not with my regular "run as admin" or anything. i still right clicked my sims.exe icon, went to properties, compatibility, check box "run program in compatibility mode" and choose windows xp service pack 3. also click box "run as administrator". now that thats done, i expected it to work once again. nope. google search after google search, i finally found the problem. a windows update on september 9th has apparently screwed up many people sims 1 game, making it not play. trick is to remove it. remove update KB3086255 and it should work. control panel, windows update, view update history, click installed updates at the top of tab. there you should be able to remove update KB3086255. this is the only way to play it to my knowledge. MANY thanks to beatlesblondie over at the Mod The Sims forums for the tip. you saved my sanity!!!July 31, 2018 Patch Notes
UPDATE: 07/31/2018 - PC 1.45.62.1020/ Mac 1.45.62.1220 Hello Summers! Hopefully the weather isn’t too hot in your neck of the woods, because then you’d be...Simmers. *cough* In addition to several fixes and tweaks to improve your game experience, we’ve overhauled the Gallery! This is something we’ve been working on for a while and is the first step to keep enhancing the Gallery to make it an incredible platform for this community to share its creations. Read below to find out what we changed with the Gallery as well as various improvements throughout the game. Gallery Update Our goal with the Gallery is to shift the focus towards the creators making incredible content and make it easier to download the content. We’ve re-arranged the content images so that you can now Follow the creator, Favorite the content, and download the content on the front page. We’ve moved the Search bar and popular hashtags front and center. Popular Now is the default filter, which means you should see more fresh, different content. We’ve renamed and re-arranged the tabs. You now have Gallery, for content, News to find out who is uploading and sharing content, your Profile (with your name), and your Library, to see your downloaded content. We’ve updated the art and visuals throughout the Gallery. You can now download and place Lots and Rooms from the Gallery even if you begin in Live mode. Hurray! At last! Just a reminder in case you haven’t used the Gallery before: The Gallery will not download custom content or mods to your machine. There is a filter to see items created with custom content, but it will not install the custom content for you. So, you can rest assured that items downloaded from the gallery will not break your game. The Sims 4 You can now move Easels into your inventory and Live Drag them, which means you can paint out and about in the world! Be sure to pick up your easel before you leave! Removed unnecessary “seams” that appeared when wearing some full body toddler outfits. Sims should now use the closest counter to prepare Garden Salads of any portion size. Sims should now use the closest sink to wash dishes. Sims should now only use a single Kitchen space to prepare a meal, even on Lots with multiple kitchens. Get to Work The “Ask About Suspect” interaction is now available during an APB event in the detective career. Get Together You can now select Hot and Cold Weather attire via the Closet. Sims who belong to an Infamous Club no longer get the Intimidated by Fame moodlet at a gathering. Seasons The temperature in the Kiddie Pool is now consistent with other pools. Sims will get the “Uncomfortable Chilled” moodlet, but won’t immediately begin freezing to death. Vampires are now protected from the Sun when using an umbrella, though it probably gives things away, wouldn’t you say, Vlad? Decorations no longer clip through the rooftops when viewing a Lot in Free Camera mode. Electronic objects will now function properly during the rain, assuming they are indoors and beneath a roof. Sims will no longer freeze to death while playing basketball in cold weather. One could say that as a result of their skillful play, they’re on fire. Father Winter has been banned from all Clubs and will no longer appear when adding Sims to a club. Seems Father Winter has been naughty. Pets will no longer stretch bizarrely while Sims are opening presents. The Sing Together… interaction is now available on the Kinara, Menorah, and Holiday Trees when a Holiday Tradition is active. The Flower Bunny no longer appears on random holidays and events, which is good, because Flower Bunnying is a full time job and they were really slacking. Sims with the Responsible Trait now have their Daily Tasks automatically completed for the Gardening Career. R-E-S-P-O-N-S-I-B-L-E doesn’t quite have the same ring to it. Sorry, Aretha. Sims who die while skating now die like you’d expect them to die. There was some weirdness, but now there isn’t. Just good ‘ol standard death. Sims were sometimes slipping indoors while walking TO a mud pile, which is silly. They now slip and fall like you’d expect. Sims disturb their bees less frequently. We told them to buzz off. Plants pollinated by bees will now evolve more quickly, which is how they bee better. Facial hair now appears while the Hot and Cold Weather filters are active. Banana, palm, and fern trees no longer drop leaves. While using the randomize function with a mannequin you can now see Hot and Cold Weather options appear. We fixed various typos in the Scouting Career. Apparently our Scouts didn’t earn the spelling merit badge… Handiness Whims are now completed when Handy Sims work on the Sprinklers and Weather Controller. Jungle Adventure Vegetarian safe options purchased from local vendors are now actually vegetarian safe. Purchasing items from a vendor now contributes to the Jungle Explorer Aspiration progress. Perfect Patio Stuff Broken Sparks visual effects now go away once you repair a Hot Tub. Backyard Stuff Birds will once again appear when a bird feeder is placed. Vintage Glamour Stuff The vanity table should now apply makeup appropriately once more. Laundry Stuff Clothing should no longer disappear after hung on the Model T Clothesline.January 11, 2018 Patch Notes
VERSION PC 1.38.49.1020 / Mac 1.38.49.1220 Hey Simmers, Happy New Year! I always feel a little wrung out after a long holiday break. Like I was just hanging around, tossed on the pile of things left undone, and I need a vacation from my vacation, just to freshen up, clean the lint from my eyes. Maybe put a little spin in my step, to help keep me from tumbling about. But let’s not sort through these feelings now. Just fold those up for another time. We have a new pack around the corner, and among the things on our laundry list… …we cleaned up some stuff! General Issues The Computer Hard Drive career reward will now give a focused décor buff when enabling its emotional aura. The Pile of Discarded Food that results when a toddler throws their food on the ground after eating will no longer be called “Debug”, but instead will be called a “Pile of Discarded Food” when selected in Build Mode. The Tell Funny Story to Toddler whim is now successfully fulfillable. They get it now. You will now be given enough time to take care of your neglected baby after the warning “you neglected your baby” notification appears. Earbuds and Holiday Crackers are no longer available to purchase from a computer while the power is out. We fixed the coloring of the yfHair_EF06PonytailStraightBangs_DirtyBlonde asset to match other dirty blonde hairs. What do you call a solar powered clothes dryer? A clothesline. Get to Work Sims will no longer receive an uncomfortable buff from sleeping on The Solitary Sleeper bed. Cool Kitchen Stuff Picking Up a Serving from a bowl of ice cream should no longer cause the ice cream to appear and behave as the Amarena Gelato flavor, but instead as the flavor intended by the bowls contents. Movie Hangout Stuff Sims with the Fresh Chef trait can now make popcorn that will never spoil! I’d fill my whole house with popcorn… never spoils popcorn everywhere… just everywhere. With that kind of real genius, I wouldn’t want to rule the world… no fears, no tears… just popcorn. Romantic Garden Stuff Sims can now nap on the Fountain of Gluteus Maximus. I tend to nap on my gluteus maximus already. What do you call a solar powered washer? If you said your mom, shame on you! Backyard Stuff Sims instructed to slide on a slippy slide should no longer quit unexpectedly after a single slide. Vintage Glamour Stuff Food prepared by butlers can now be live dragged into inventories. Bowling Night Stuff We have updated various build object tooltips to properly indicate their quality, comfort, and skill modification levels. Fitness Stuff Sims should no longer get in and out of bed continuously when they attempt to sleep while wearing the earbuds. What’s that? Honey, did you hear that? Someone is outside singing… it sounds like In Your Eyes… no, probably not… let me get back to… I’ll just sleep… wait, was that Iggy? Lullabies Radio, Easy Listening, and Jazz stations are available to turn on when using earbuds. Best of luck in your attempts to keep things clean, in a world of ever growing piles of dirty laundry. May your socks always find a match, your laundry never be damp, because it’s less work to dry than it is to fold, and your lint catcher be ever vigilant. -SimGuruGnomeFebruary 22, 2018 Patch Notes
Update: 2/22/2018 - PC 1.40.61.1020 / Mac 1.40.61.1220 Hey Simmers, It’s almost time to pack the bags, grab the bug spray, and journey to the temples in search of adventure! In the meantime, we’ve used a bit of the bug spray ourselves to squash a few… So… what’s new? There is a new toddler bed, The Littlest Big Bed, now available for all in the catalog. And, for the adventurous Simmer, you can place this bed into your inventory, allowing you to be ready to put your toddler to sleep at a moment’s notice. We’ve also added some new traits and powered an old one. Never Weary has been improved. It now actually provides the full benefit of the word “never”. Seldom Sleepy is a new trait for Sims that like to sleep, but just don’t want to sleep that often. Needs No One, Forever Fresh, and Forever Full, are all new and improved versions of their counterparts (Independent, Antiseptic, and Hardly Hungry). And on to… the General Issues Toddlers can now sleep in tents. Apologies to the parents that were using that as an excuse to find peace in the woods. Costume selections for the Incognito Costume Party now include more possible selections. Computers will no longer disappear when a Sim attempts to use the "Extract Fossil” interaction. Yep, there was a chance the computer would fade out of existence. Solid doors will no longer let light pass through them. We addressed an issue with some of the roof patterns appearing stretched when placed on the newer roof types. Vegetable Casserole will now be referred to as Vegetable Casserole, and not Tofu Casserole. Because Tofu are friends, not food. The Over-Achiever achievement will now complete with any 5 Aspirations. We fixed an issue with cfHair_BraidedPonyTail that was causing seam lines to appear on the face and neck of female children. It was quite unseemly. Sims will be less likely to auto-choose a tent to nap within when their energy is low. Basically, they were always choosing a tent regardless of what other sleeping options were present. Get To Work Baking recipes that called for Blueberries, have been updated to now ask for Blackberries… since there aren’t any blueberries… Detectives will no longer route to and open the wrong cell after choosing to lock a criminal in their cell. The changes made now require that… The player clicks on a cell and chooses the criminal to lock away. And the player clicks on the criminal in order to release them. City Living The yfBottom_EP03SkinnyJeans are now sorted in the Skin Tight category. Sims will now be more likely to purchase items from the craft sales table during a yard sale. We fixed a crash that could occur if a yard sale was started after the Sim chose to initiate a vacation. Cats & Dogs We fixed an issue that could cause pets placed from the Gallery to have missing textures once in game. Pets in labor will no longer attempt to stand upright, causing them to distort in their portrait images. It was scary… animal rights groups were greatly concerned. Dine Out Customers will now appropriately leave the restaurant if the Host Sim has left the lot. You’re still here? It’s over. Go home. Go. Vampires Vampires will no longer get burned by the sun when underground. The Dead Hawthorn Tree can now be placed above basements. Vampire offspring relationship status will no longer be forgotten as a result of the Vampire Sim not having built any relationship with their offspring before turning them. It’s true. I mean, how often do you get to know your sire, prior to being bitten? Usually it’s a quick bite on the way to the office… just a little snack before bedtime… never really any time to ask the important questions. As a result of night starting earlier in Windenburg, vampires can now go out earlier, and not get burned, in Windenburg too! Facial details for a vampire sim's dark form should no longer reset to their default settings after initially editing and then re-entering Create a Sim. Spider webs, cracks, holes in the wall, and various other wall decals will no longer charge you 5 Simoleons for turning your residence into a dump... …and by dump, I mean a properly decorated abode eliciting a specific mood or feeling as a result of the addition of eclectic wall decals. For purposes of recipes that request a fruit, it should be noted that garlic is not a fruit. Vlad now has level 15 Vampire Lore. As the writer of this release note, it should be noted that I disagree with this change on the grounds that as a human, I would say my human lore is pretty low. I'm sure Vlad was there for all of vampiric history, but was he really aware of it all… I think a solid 11 or 12 lore tops. But we can save the debate for another time. Parenthood Changing outfits will no longer remove a teens acne. Sorry teens. The yfTop_GP05JacketSporty no longer causes a strong shadow to appear along the waist line when paired with various shorts in Create a Sim. Sims with maxed manners will no longer queue up wash dishes repeatedly. Dang it… does this mean I have to wash my own dishes now? Thank you kindly for your time, your feedback, and your attention, SimGuruGnome
The Art of Sims Storytelling
Hi guys! @CathyTea and I were talking, and we thought we'd try making a thread that would be focused solely on writing, especially Sims story writing. The writers' lounge thread is great for being a lounge, but a separate space for more in-depth discussions with a slower pace and less immediate burying of posts could be good too. :) I'm not good at making lists and rules, but here are some suggestions for things to talk about here: the process of writing Sims stories the Sims story community how Sims literature fits into the greater literature community how we use the game as a medium for storytelling the imagery and themes in our work, and also possibly how they are influenced by the game what it means to be a reader of Sims literature the expectations or lack thereof that we have of Sims stories the history of Sims storytelling and all the genres and their relationships to each other and really just anything else you can think of that has to do with writing and reading and community and art and literature I want to emphasize that this thread is open to everyone, no matter what and how you write. I've learned in the last few years that sometimes stuff like this can intimidate people, but we are definitely not trying to be elitist or pretentious or intimidating or anything here. Everyone is welcome, and everyone, from people who just read Sims stories to people who write commentary legacies to people who write hardcore Simlit, has something to contribute. I hope we have fun here! :)
Women behind The Sims - SimGurus' answers to International Women's Day Q&A
You sent in your questions, now get ready for a long read: SimGurus answered a good bunch and they had a lot to say! I will be short, just a quick note before leaving you with them: some questions were duplicated, so don't be surprised if you find yours (or a very similar one) worded differently. If you sent several different questions in the same comment, keep in mind that we divided them into individual questions. We have organized the questions/answers into three categories: A woman... - working in games - working at EA / on The Sims - as a gamer/Simmer Keep reading to see what our SimGurus had to say!
June 19, 2018 Patch Notes
Update: 06/19/2018 - PC 1.44.77.1020 / Mac 1.44.77.1220 Hello Simmers! SimGuruGrant here! This month’s update is a really big one with hundreds of tweaks, improvements, and fixes to a bunch of content in The Sims 4. Read below to catch up on some of the specific ones! SimGuruGnome is still off on assignment, so once again you’re stuck with boring old me. My apologies! Free Feature Updates & Adds Glass Roofs! Finally! Use them to create a greenhouse or just a gorgeous new structure. You'll find these in Build Mode. Be sure to share your creations with us on the Gallery! We added Cold Weather and Hot Weather Outfit categories in CAS. Whatever clothing you use here will work for those weather types. That means these categories will work with custom content and storytelling. We added a Swimwear category for toddlers. We added a re-traiting potion. Huh? Yup! Go to the Rewards Store in the Aspiration panel and spend your satisfaction points. This lets you swap out your traits. We overhauled the Gardening Skill in a big way! We revised the tuning and balance to make it a little easier and more profitable. Less drudgery, more money! We synchronized plants to need water, etc. at the same time of day. Seed Packets can be opened if placed on the ground. There is a gardening sort in outdoor activities in Build to make it easy to find all the gardening equipment. You can also buy seed packets in build now! Gardening Evolution has been streamlined to 5 levels with better UI, plus we made the interaction immediate. Uncommon and Rare Seed packets can be purchased once you're at higher levels of the gardening skill. This means you can just buy them instead of hunting them down in the world. You can research plants (new interaction) to gain info for your notebook. Research tells you things like the right growing season, sell price, and more. You can now sell Harvestables directly from the plant. Most interactions now have an "area of effect" option at higher levels so you can garden more quickly and efficiently. The Sims 4 Fixed numerous pieces of clothing that were not properly compatible or had graphical issues. Fixed numerous issues related to having and interacting with a large number of objects in a Sim’s inventory. Players used to be able to grab a Sim from the gallery randomly then immediately upload it BACK to the gallery, gaining sole credit. That is no longer the case. We’ve been working with air traffic controllers, and as a result, birds are no longer flying through houses throughout the various worlds. It seems we were bird brains on this one. The Welcome Wagon will no longer hide their fruitcake for themselves. When they come say hi, they totally will give you that fruit cake. Which your Sims may or may not hate. Children no longer wake up in a panic every time they wake up. Now, only when there are monsters around. You can now successfully complete the wedding event by having the newlyweds enjoy the first slice of cake! Sims at a social event with failing needs will now properly return to their active lot when you tell them to do so as expected. If a Sim dies while their roommate is off lot, when the roommate returns, they’ll be very sad. If you try to add birthday candles to a cake, the tooltip tells you how to do so if it is currently on the wrong part of the table. Active Sims won’t try to drink so dang much during a party. Once they have a refreshing beverage, they should be good. The “Sims walking on their knees” issue has been fixed for toddlers who age up. The Book of Life can now be read if it is bound to the same lot as the Sim trying to read it. You can now truly get a life, or at least read about it. Custom Music should now work appropriately on all stereos. Get to Work Aliens and Vampires no longer adjust the colors of their beards and eyebrows when going to work. The office uniform policy has been updated. Some of our fake, not approved doctors were assigning patients to beds that already had a patient in them. This is poor healthcare and we’ve fixed it. You can now sell gardening produce and flowers at retail again. The police chief can no longer be the suspect in a crime. OR CAN THEY? No, they can’t. We fixed it. Or…no seriously. Case closed. Sims can now purchase items stored in the LICE Cold Retail Freezer on NPC owned retail stores. Employee Sims will now clock in more reliably, and automatically be assigned a job task when they show up for work. Doctors and Detectives will no longer receive the Go on Vacation whim so frequently. Get Together A Sim’s club progress no longer resets when transferring the Sim to a new household. City Living Sims who are resurrected after dying from eating poisonous Pufferfish Nigiri will no longer die when they eat anything else. Sorry, seems it took us longer to get all the poison out than we would have liked. Sims listening to music via Earbuds (Fitness Stuff) will no longer cause a noise complaint from neighbors in the apartment. Food Critics will no longer have conflicting experiences when reviewing food. Squeamish Sims (Outdoor Retreat) are now properly affected by mice and natural dangers (Jungle Adventure). Sims will now fall asleep after receiving the Zonked moodlet from the Bubble Blower. Teenagers will no longer send inappropriate text messages regarding the Romance Festival. The Scattered Panes windows now cast appropriate shadows. Dine Out New recipes from Cats & Dogs now function as expected in restaurants. Perfect Patio Stuff Uhntz uhntz uhntz uhntz ALL RADIOS CAN NOW PLAY THE ELECTRONICA STATION uhntz uhntz uhntz uhntz Cats & Dogs Male stall vendors who work in Brindleton Bay and San Myshuno no longer wear high heels. Nobody appreciates our fashion choices! Vet clinic staff will now work AS EXPECTED even if a TV or computer are on the lot. We had to update our staff policy. We unfloated the objects that were floating at the Pupperstone Park location. Cats will no longer receive a Flirty Moodlet from Flirty Paintings. They’ll have to look elsewhere to find love. Mee-yow. Spayed cats will no longer become pregnant after an adventure from the Free Spirit trait. Now they’re super fixed. Pet toys will no longer stick to cats when they’re finished playing with them. They’ll stay on the floor, as they should! Fixed situations where Sims were unable to adopt cats or dogs. Sims who belong to played households can no longer be employed by the Vet Clinic. Sims now face the right direction when fishing in Brindleton Bay. The water is thataway! Romantic Garden Stuff When a new child is successfully summoned using the Wishing Well, the child is now actually added to the household. The magic had to be tweaked, and we apologize for any inconvenience. Vintage Glamour Stuff We’ve added an interaction to send the Butler to sleep so that time will speed up when everyone in the household is now sleeping. You can now remove Vanity Makeup with a new interaction on the vanity table. Laundry Day Stuff The maid will no longer put folded clothes back into the washer and dryer. They were just trying to help…badly. Fitness Stuff Earbuds now raise a Sim’s fun need while music is streaming directly into their ears. Bowling Night Stuff Sims can now socialize with each other while bowling, because it’s not like they’re breaking a sweat with rigorous athleticism. Sims will level up their bowling skill more quickly now. Sims can now choose between 3, 5, or 10 frame games of bowling, with the winning Sim’s score shown at the end of the game. My First Pet Stuff Sims, and especially pets, will now be a bit less obsessed with their rodents. Sims who owned a rodent will become sad for a period of time when their rodent dies. -SimGuruGrant
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