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Question about EA Maker Program eligibility for a creator residing in Russia
I would like to ask EA for clarification regarding the eligibility requirements for The Sims Maker Program. According to EA's official information about the program, one of the requirements for becoming a Maker is: "Not reside in an EA-embargoed region." EA's own information about regional restrictions also lists Russia among the countries affected by EA embargoes, sanctions, or other legal restrictions. At the same time, I recently noticed that SolovejCC, a Russian custom content creator, has been accepted into The Sims Maker Program and is publishing content through the official The Sims 4 Marketplace. This is particularly notable because the Maker Program is not simply a community recognition program. Approved Makers can publish their content directly on the official in-game Marketplace and receive revenue from sales. EA states that Makers receive approximately 30% of the Moola spent on their Maker Packs. There are several public indications that SolovejCC is currently based in Russia. Her YouTube channel identifies Russia as its country, and through her Telegram channel she directs her audience to the Russian messenger MAX. I am not asking about her nationality or ethnicity, and I am not asking EA to make a judgment about an individual creator. My question is specifically about the application of EA's own eligibility requirements. If Russia is considered an EA-embargoed region, how was a creator residing in Russia accepted into the Maker Program? And if creators residing in Russia are in fact eligible for the Maker Program, could EA clarify how this is consistent with the stated requirement that Makers must not reside in an EA-embargoed region? I would appreciate a clear explanation of the current policy and how eligibility is determined.
What do you want to see on the marketplace?
Now admittingly I do have mixed feelings about the marketplace but I am a console player. And I do not have acess to mods like I do on the PC. So if I see something that I really want I will be getting it. Now I am aware of the restrictions of everything being base game applicable, but all things considered these aren't restricted to their packs and should be fully usable on base game sims. CAS Antennae- this could be under the hat category or the new head decoration category. It should be available for sims infant and up and have diffrent shapes, lengths designs and colors. This would be good for a quirky sim as some sort of headband hidden under hair, and if you have get to work it is PERFECT for alien sims, or really any fantasy sim you want to add Horns and antlers- once again perfect for the head decoration category, you could easily give these to your base game sims to add a bit of spice. Or fancy up the plant sims to make them more nature themed. Or it could be for a kids Halloween costume. They would also go great with the enchanted by nature and get to work pack Tails- maybe your child's a furry maybe theyre a werewolf growing into themselves. Honestly I hate that werewolves are tailess, it looks sad and depressing and EA should have at least GIVEN us the option of a tail. Unique ears- fantasy ears are fun what can I say. Having unique non human ears for diffrent animals or diffrent types of elf ears instead of the pointy ones would be pretty cool. I know the furry sims players out there would appreciate Infant clothing- as the newest life stage infants are still very lacking in some outfits. Id love to see more styles for each category of outfit for the infants as well as new hairs Better lashes- the Sims 4 lashes are very....blocky, there are so many cute maxis match lashes that look adorable while keeping the more cartoons style,id love a little inexpensive set with some diffrent styles and diffrent colors More male hairs- our boys have been neglected in the hair department and there are many gorgeous male cc hairs out there Heterocromia- some sort of scar or skin overlay that allows for your sim to have heterochromia More eye colors- hopefully some of those really beautiful eye cc start coming in, it would be amazing to see on some of these sims Sin overlays- there are some stunning skin overlays that really bring life to a sim and make them so beautiful. It'd be lovely to see Although jewlery- more out there alt jewlery. Cool face piercings, or even stuff like belly piercings would be cool to see More hats- the hats we have in game are kind of lacking. Id love to see more alternative or styled hats that fit diffrent genres of clothing Alt hair- more alternative hair styles like wolfcuts, scene hairs, dyed hairs, funky styles, Mohawk, rocker styles ect. More black hairstlyes- black hairstyles, especially woman's are gorgeous and id love to see more of the amazing unique styles Male clothing- we need better lame clothing my goodness, diffrent styles and genres please we are LACKING BB more pop culture posters- like posters of popular famous sims, in-game shows, maybe alien themed posters or fantasy poster More clutter and decorations for each room, I want the house to feel lived in Uhhhhhhhhh Im not really big on bb ngl So yeah thats my list im curious what others would be willing to buy from the marketplace if it was added. The first few id 100% buy no questions asked
Purchased Maker Packs Not Showing Up In Game
Hello! So I purchased a ton of Maker Packs through my Xbox, and today I decided to purchase all of the Sims 4 expansions, kits, game packs, and stuff packs for PC. I installed everything and logged in through my Steam account, and when I went to play, none of the maker packs I owned showed up as purchased. When I go onto the Marketplace website to browse while logged in, it says that I have purchased these, and I own them for PC and Mac. However, I can't download them. It acts as though I haven't bought them. I spent a lot of money on maker packs, so I would love to either be able to download the ones I purchased or at least get the moola back in my account so I can deal with this. I spent hundreds of dollars to re-buy every single pack and kit for PC, so there has to be a way to fix this, right? Thanks in advance for the help! I'm attaching a screenshot showing that I actually own these maker packs, so I don't know what to do to get them onto my game on PC.Please add Creator-Made Recipes to The Sims 4 Marketplace
Please add Creator-made recipes and food collections to The Sims 4 Marketplace I would love to see the Marketplace expanded to include custom recipes created by verified Sims creators. The Sims community already has incredibly talented creators making custom meals, desserts, drinks, baking recipes and entire cookbooks. Now that established community creators are becoming part of the official Creator ecosystem, food seems like a perfect next step. Imagine official Creator collections such as: regional cuisines from around the world • breakfast collections • cakes and desserts • holiday and seasonal recipes • drinks and cocktails • bakery collections • traditional family recipes • complete themed cookbooks This would have another huge advantage: localization. Players using The Sims 4 in languages other than English often have to choose between playing with untranslated custom food or manually modifying package files. Official Creator recipe collections could be quality-checked, localized into the languages supported by The Sims 4 and distributed through the Marketplace. They could also be maintained within the official game ecosystem, reducing compatibility problems after game updates. Creators such as BrazenLotus and many other talented food creators have already demonstrated how much demand there is for new recipes and culinary gameplay. I would happily spend Moola on well-made Creator recipe collections. Please consider expanding the Marketplace beyond CAS and Build/Buy content to include Creator-made recipes, foods and drinks. I think this could become one of the most exciting categories in the Marketplace.
Urgent: Improve the Marketplace by Expanding Modular Furniture Options
Hello, dev team and community! I’d like to propose an update focused on evolving the modular furniture system and strengthening the creator ecosystem (Marketplace). My proposal is built on two main pillars: 1. Bringing Modular Sofas to the Base Game Currently, modular sofas are exclusive to the Dream Home Decorator Game Pack. I propose that this functionality be extended to the Base Game. This wouldn't diminish the value of the pack, as the main draw of Dream Home Decorator remains the interactive Interior Decorator career and its vast catalog of unique items. Extending this to the Base Game would allow all players to have a more flexible and modern building experience. Furthermore, it would enable Makers to create new modular sofa sets in various styles, moving beyond the specific aesthetics provided by the Game Pack. 2. Expanding Modular and Interactive Functionality for Makers To make the Marketplace more attractive without requiring a massive investment in new assets from Maxis, the game could unlock modular functionalities for other categories. It would be a total game-changer to allow creators to develop native modular content for: Curtains; TV Stands/Media Consoles; Wardrobes and Dressers; Bookshelves; Wall Shelves; Computer Desks. Keep in mind that they could simply create modular pieces separately, but that would be a setback to the menu organization achieved so far. Therefore, expanding the modular furniture catalog simply makes sense.
Maker Packs - Please can we get a filter by Creator's name?
Hello 👋 I was wondering if it would be at all possible if we could get the option to filter Maker Packs by a Creator's Name in CAS & B/B in the near future? It would really help us be able to explore all of the Maker Pack items in our games and ideally allow us to limit ourselves in builds/sims where we want to keep the pack usage to a minimum. Thank you 🤗
Marketplace kit sale
All kits are now -15% or -20%. Anyone planning to buy any? Because of personal mishaps I had bought a bunch of moola and then decided to wait for sales, so for me now was finally the time. I added quite many kits to my game... 🤩 Courtyard Oasis Industrial Loft Decor to the Max Pastel Pop Modern Luxe Party Essentials Casanova Cave As you can probably see I like build/buy kits most. I held off buying the newer kits because I didn't want to end up with weird amount of moola. Autumn Apparel was pretty tempting considering the time of the year.Will Maker Pack issues be fixed?
I've noticed that almost all of the Maker Pack bug reports have little to no upvotes at all and this worries me because it seems that only the most upvoted issues are looked into. Since the Marketplace seems to be the new home for most new content, I would have thought that The Sims team would be keen to make sure issues with Maker Packs are resolved in a timely manner. There's issues that have been reported months ago and I think some of the issues are fixes that could be done fairly quickly. There's clocks in Maker Packs that don't show up in the clocks section, there's incorrect thumbnails, there's duplicate swatches, there's weird visual issues on wallpapers, assets incorrectly tagged. Surely these are things that could be sorted out sooner rather than much later? I enjoy getting content from the Marketplace, but I'd also enjoy it more if Marketplace issues were not treated as some kind of after thought.
Music Den Kit not available to purchase with Moola
Hello, I have a fair amount of moola, because I assumed I'd just be buying off the marketplace from now on. But the new kit isn't available to purchase that way. Is this an oversight? Other kits (like Wonderland Playroom) have a moola price. Are we just going to be having confusing pricing moving forward? Please consider changing this, thank you!
Marketplace is broken
I'm not a fan of the marketplace, or most of the content it has to offer, but if I can't access pack selection, that's a problem! Wherever I open the marketplace, whether it's from the main menu, the ads just before the main menu, or from live mode (haven't tried the map screen or free build mode), my game gets stuck! It either goes into endless buffering, or to a screen with blank content! And there's no way back! My only option is to force quit the game!Maker Packs need to have more variety and be worth something of value.
Hello Makers & The Sims Team 👋 I am a frequent buyer of Maker Packs and I often enjoy seeing what new Maker Packs become available to add into my game. However more recently almost all of the Maker Packs have felt very samey. Where is the variety? Where is the niche ideas? Makers have the best opportunity to actually provide a wider variety of value to the game. Players are in desperate need of things we don't usually get much of in the game. Where are the Maker Packs with new clothes for Toddlers, Infants and Children? Where are the new Kitchen Sets? Where are the new windows & doors and other building items? Where are Maker Packs with new nail designs, or even tattoo designs? Maker Packs could even add in styles of Hair, Clothing & Accessories that we don't really get to see in the game, themes such as Hairs, Wigs, Nails and Jewellery for Drag Queens. More stunning bigger eyelashes. Raggedy clothing for Sims of all ages, that players who do Rags To Riches could add into their game. More run/down furniture, to fit into those abandoned and grungy builds. Overall I don't think your playerbase are currently finding it appealing or useful just getting the same kind of Maker Pack sets one right after the other. Such as Bedroom Sets and Living Room sets. While I do understand that some of the Maker's like to release the same themes in smaller Maker Packs, such as the smaller Y2K themes. I think these Maker Packs would actually sell better if they were included in a larger Maker Pack. Instead of smaller bite sized releases. Please consider this request and listen to your player base. Thank you. 🤗Y2K Nostalgia Collection (AlexCroft): Backpack missing storage function
Hello, the Y2K Nostalgia Boxy Backpack does not appear to have the Storage function that the Base Game backpack has. Pictured below you can see it only has the View option. Pictured below, you can see that the Base Game Backpack has a Storage function, as well as the ability to Put In Inventory. Considering the coding for this is Base Game, this appears to be an oversight.
Trying to remove Country Kitchen from my game
Hello! As established in other forums, any kits and maker packs you get from the marketplace don’t show up in the EA app, right? Well, I’m trying to remove the entitlement for a pack I “bought” from the Marketplace when it was free, the Country Kitchen kit. I went to EA support to ask them to remove it and they said it didn’t exist on my account in the first place, likely because they couldn’t see it in the EA app library. So, is there really no way to completely remove the entitlement of something purchased from the Marketplace, since it won’t show up in the app? The kit is nowhere on my addons page in the EA app, but still shows up in pack selection in the marketplace and in the game itself. Yes, I’m trying to remove it entirely. Uninstalling does not work as it will reinstall every time I launch the game, and I find the pack disabling feature to be very glitchy and broken for me. Any help or insight at all into this matter is much appreciated.
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