💡 Ideas > THINGS we want to see in The Sims 4 !!!

It would be nice to be able to ignore clutter in the background when painting a portrait from reference. If my Sim invites a friend into her studio and paints a portrait from reference, then whatever happens to be behind her friend ends up in the portrait. It would be nice if she could replace whatever happens to be in the background with a generic "portrait" background of some sort.

Also, it would be nice to be able to use any photo in her collection as the reference, rather than needing to take a new photo. But I think I suggested that before.

official hq support so we don't need to use the hq mod anymore and don't need to cut things like painted animals, tattoos etc (it doesn't work with hq mod)

Embodied Disaster trait (Negative Skills)

No matter how many times this sim tries, it's getting worse each time, for example :

• Cooking skill : the food is disgusting and plastic but it's very efficient to repel rats, roaches, insects and foxes. Even Foodie sims would not take the risk to eat it.
• Panting skill : it's a disaster but Art Lover sims think these paintings are masterpieces.
• Video Gaming skill : Epic fail at video game but when streaming people are so intrigued and boost follower numbers who subscribe to cheer.

The idea is even if this sims will never be master the skills, there is always unexpected gains.

👾 Hacker Life

• Hacking / Sabotage any devices (TV, treadmill, ...)
• Hacking Ticket Machine (Free entrance to ruin Business Owners or Overpriced entrance to make customers protest)
• Spying / Data stealing drone
• Hacker lair

💸 Neighborhood Stories : Financial Stories

NPC townies losing all their money in a huge scam but later winning the lottery jackpot.

Income could become a roller coaster between luck / good investments and gambling / scam.

🤪 Social Group / Group Dynamic

Club but focused on role and social interactions instead of activities.

It could be inspired by the Roommate system assigning specific behaviors to each NPC and having a social life outside the group (romantic partner, ...).

Each sim could play a role in this group of friends (Party host, wingman, entertainer, killjoy, nerd, ... ).

So like Roommates, NPC could leave on their own if they feel excluded from the group or if rivalry is stronger than friendship (romantic rivalry with a Jealous sim).

Like key holders, they could improvise activity with some of them. They don't need to be all of them together all the time, depending on their role, some of them could prefer to go to parties and others could prefer to stay home and play to board games.

This is so silly and little but I’d love if they added those mid-century modern style starbursts as a wall decoration in the vintage glamour pack. Unless they have it somewhere else I haven’t seen 😂😅

This may not be the proper place to post but I've made a wish list for things I'd like to see in game:

Sims 4 Wish List
**Holiday Paintings, fear paintings
**A horror or Halloween kit - large spiders who make large webs can be fought by cats, dogs, chickens, smashed by horse hooves, battered by goats, maybe even cows stomp on and llamas spit on them, spider bite can kill & or poison resulting in death, sims can use fire extinguisher or a spider be gone potion or even a machete to defend against - spider bite & or poison can kill all the animals as well as the sim potentially, venom antidote can be purchased online, through the phone, a vet, a vending machine or build buy. 
Ghostly headless horseman can be seen riding through and it should cause effects such as a chilling mist or fog, feelings of sadness, loneliness, exhaustion, maybe even bring in other scary critters - wolves or chupacabar or pumpkin beasts - humanoids with pumpkin heads and scythes stealing all happiness in their wake, triggering fear, water becomes polluted, plants wither and die, sims and animals become ill; These creatures would have to be appeased perhaps appease the headless horseman by laying a gift at the statue of the headless horseman, or having a conversation with Grim because the headless horseman is his friend, or soothe them with music for sims who have a skill level with at least 4 for any instrument - guitar, violin, keyboards, even singing - anything that can be carried in inventory and played. It's a niche thing I realize so it couldn't be a full blown pack so perhaps a kit?

**Paintings: Holiday paintings, paintings representing each pack - horses, romantic poses, morbid - funerals or cemeteries, cows, chickens, pets, ect., fear paintings - sims paint their fear
** Computer journal - video journal

**Being able to carve statues out of stone, clay or weld metal statues, ice statues, chain shaw carving - wood, ice
**Ice fishing - people actually fish when its cold.
**New deaths; get eaten by a shark, poisoned by jelly fish, capsized boat, shot by an arrow, fall from a height.
**Hairstyles from yesteryear - I watch old movies and I think why can't we have that hairstyle in the sims and PLEASE some interesting hairstyles for men. - braided hair, short, medium and long lengths - man buns, curls for men.
**Fix the outfits so that when men wear them they actually look like they were made for them instead of seeming like something is missing and its curved funny or stretched.
The ability to bottle coffee or tea so that a sim can take it with them - thermos? or put it in the fridge for ice coffee later

**Water fountains for plant sims - being able to bath in all fountains for all sims and drink from fountains. Sunbeam in a bottle for plant sims or a portable grow light for plant sims. Drinkable water bottles.

**Coffee - when making coffee why can't sims put it in a thermos to take with or bottle it & put it in the fridge to either drink later - reheat - or make ice coffee or Irish cream coffee - even if sims use the bar to do so

**Holiday Chat/talk points - A separate menu just for holidays; we have friendly, romantic, funny, ect. Why not Holiday? And why not include chats about break-ups, engagements, marriage, kids, pets, events in daily lives with sim friends. 
**Call to cry on a friends shoulder. - After chat Sim feels better or worse depending on friends support, advice or not. Maybe the friend drops by to check on the sim.
**Why can't sims swim at SixAm? For that matter why aren't there alien fish?
**What about Alien market Stalls? Selling alien products from the aliens and rocks sims can collect in outer space to the items collected from SixAm itself or perhaps some 'new' to the sims alien products? Alien fish? Maybe even an alien doll? And I'd still like to put alien harvestables in the fridge! And an Alien toilet bush.
**Inventory: Why can't we select multiple items from sims inventory then move those items to the fridge or other storage container? For that matter - we should be able to move x amount of items from sim inventory to a container without having to select individual items. **It is very old to select a book and move it then to have to select another item such as a collectable to move it. It would be nicer and simpler to have a multiple select tool so that the items could be moved all at once. Also if you want to move 9 grapes out of the 12 in sim inventory it would be nice to be able to have like a sliding bar or be able to type in 9 then select and move into the fridge or whatever container you want.

**Plus GARDNER's should put things in the fridge! I don't hire them because I don't like Household inventory having fruits and vegetables in it.
**Fish placed in either a fish tank or pond should actually improve in quality. Also, I'd like to see a container specifically for fish so that the quality stays the same, a container Sims can carry in their inventory when they go fishing. When I was a kid my folks used a cooler to put the fish in and they were great tasting so why can't sims.
**I'm tired of the bartenders not working. If that can't be fixed then make sure there is at least a barbecue grill near all commercial establishments.
**Speaking of bars why can't my sim cook bar foods when they use the bar to make drinks. I think the option should be available to cook food too.
**Enchanted By Nature: Moss & acorns should be plantable. 
**I think it might be cool if Aliens found the emotion potions as an aphrodisiac and would seek out both the potions or the moody shrub. Also Aliens might harvest the wild lighting root for energy uses for their alien devices. 
Thanks for taking the time to read.
P.S. I hate the new forum. I find it harder to interact with because I feel I have to start a new post. Before it was easy to find a post to tack things into. Now posts seem to be centered around one person or thing. Maybe I haven't explored enough but I find myself less likely to visit the forums. And apparently I have to find unique names for them. My post may have a similar name but it doesn't fit in the other similar named post. Guess I'll just find a previous post of my own and tack it onto. I know no other way to go about this. This forum sucks.

Daephene1​ That's a fantastic idea! I usually just enable autonomy in a multi-Sim household so everyone else can take care of their own needs, but to be able to play my focused Sim in peace would be great. 

I would like some rabbit hole getaways, maybe lasting multiple days. For retired sims especially. For large households it can be nice to get some sims out of the way so you can play with others, and it could be made into something fun where they bring home souvenirs, maybe once a day chance cards about their adventures. The house could get postcards while they are gone. We are getting active getaways and I would like this option also.

On a related note I would like for sims who own businesses or vet clinics or restaurants to be able to go to work without me. Once again so I can focus on other family members for a while.