Please see the below list of feedback for requested changes to the Gallery. Thank you for your time and consideration! EDIT: Many thanks for the additional feedback y'all. I've revised my post to include all the requests in a list for easier reading. If anyone would like to share more feedback, I'll add it here.Bring back the News-feed (please, please, please 🤗)Increase the character limits for...Player BioHousehold / Lot / Room descriptionsComments on sharesAdd a "Recommended" filter or new tab which includes shares that are similar to creations we have favorited, saved and/or placed in the game (Would it also be possible to recommend creators who have similar styles to those we've followed?)Distinguish between lots with different orientations, ex. 30x20 (front has 30 tiles) and 20x30 (front has 20 tiles)Add Color filters for shares that primarily use specific colors for décor, trim, furniture, clothing, etc.Allow Households to be placed from the Gallery without clothing and accessories, similar to placing lots unfurnishedAdd confirmation notice popup when uploading duplicate shares, i.e. "This lot / household has been uploaded already. Are you sure you want to continue?"Allow option to filter the Randomize from Gallery button in CAS to "Exclude Maxis Creations"Add a prompt or simply highlight disallowed words when uploading to the Gallery. If necessary, display the description or name in a prompt window, remove the disallowed word and add a * in its place, so the player can easily see which word(s) were removedAdd options for Gallery thumbnails...Remove the surrounding environment around Lots for the preview thumbnail.See Vyo4's mockup here Gallery requests | EA Forums - 12138750Implement a Select Photo option that rotates around the Lot to offer different vantage pointsSee Vyo4's mockup here Gallery requests | EA Forums - 12138750Add option to exclude shares that contain poses / thumbnails that were not generated by the gameThanks again! 😊

Yeah, like i received a comment on a build of mine and i only saw it almost a year later, because i share my creations to free space on my library, so i don't usually search for comments.I also wish the gallery could also differentiate 30×20 lots from 20×30 and so on. Sometimes i can't find builds that fit some lots even though they're the same size.And the ability to set the main colors of a shared build would be really helpful. Is really hard searching for a monochromatic build with an specific color.

Yeah I'm hoping the Gallery is going to be getting some work done 🤞. I hadn't looked at it for a while but it seems to be really badly cluttered with duplicates too, even worse than before and in a state of disarray. Search hasn't worked for a long while either (on Xbox Series X). I don't download from it but I do like to see others creations. I never used the Newsfeed before but have read so much about it I'd really like to see what it's all about.

A block, mute, and disable feature. Simply would love the ability to block people, mute certain words, and disable the comments.Possibly separate the obnoxious customized pics from the default maxis ones when uploading households. I know that their work would technically be marked as even though they're using no cc, but 🤷♀️.When uploading new content, have a popup letting someone know that it's already been uploaded so it doesn't become a duplicate. Apparently it's a bug because I keep seeing them, so I just assumed that from their end it doesn't send off as a "confirmed", but rather unresponsive? Thus duplicates.The ability to take in-game shots of your build without it being labeled as custom content. I don't wanna have to use another program to do this, if it can be done in-game.When randomizing Sims from the Gallery for CAS customization, have it be possible to be something other than Maxis' creations. I've noticed that no matter how many times you press "random", it'll all be the same Sims as before and hardly from anyone who's not a guru or whatever.For filtering through the Gallery, I'd like the option to be able to find male or female sims more easier than having to get lucky enough in guessing the right keyword or hashtag when searching for a Sim. Sometimes I have to go through a long list of "hot" "sexy" "cute" or even "ugly" sims to get what I want and even then it's not even worth it because they may or may not be labeled as non-cc.

Would love it if there was a way to sort the main page by recommended posts. This would take info from what you've saved and placed from other creators and recommend similar stuff that has the similar key words in the title and similar hashtags. Also agree with your idea of increasing character limits in titles and description but I would also love the same for comments.

These are such spot on points, I agree with all of them. The character limit and the idea of a “recommended” section would be super useful. Also, it’d be great if we could get notifications when someone comments or likes our uploads.

Forum Discussion

JonaO703

Hero

1 year ago

Gallery requests

Please see the below list of feedback for requested changes to the Gallery. Thank you for your time and consideration!

EDIT: Many thanks for the additional feedback y'all. I've revised my post to include all the requests in a list for easier reading. If anyone would like to share more feedback, I'll add it here.

Bring back the News-feed (please, please, please 🤗)
Increase the character limits for...
- Player Bio
- Household / Lot / Room descriptions
- Comments on shares
Add a "Recommended" filter or new tab which includes shares that are similar to creations we have favorited, saved and/or placed in the game (Would it also be possible to recommend creators who have similar styles to those we've followed?)
Distinguish between lots with different orientations, ex. 30x20 (front has 30 tiles) and 20x30 (front has 20 tiles)
Add Color filters for shares that primarily use specific colors for décor, trim, furniture, clothing, etc.
Allow Households to be placed from the Gallery without clothing and accessories, similar to placing lots unfurnished
Add confirmation notice popup when uploading duplicate shares, i.e. "This lot / household has been uploaded already. Are you sure you want to continue?"
Allow option to filter the Randomize from Gallery button in CAS to "Exclude Maxis Creations"
Add a prompt or simply highlight disallowed words when uploading to the Gallery. If necessary, display the description or name in a prompt window, remove the disallowed word and add a * in its place, so the player can easily see which word(s) were removed
Add options for Gallery thumbnails...
- Remove the surrounding environment around Lots for the preview thumbnail.
  See Vyo4's mockup here Gallery requests | EA Forums - 12138750
- Implement a Select Photo option that rotates around the Lot to offer different vantage points
  See Vyo4's mockup here Gallery requests | EA Forums - 12138750
Add option to exclude shares that contain poses / thumbnails that were not generated by the game

Thanks again! 😊

feedback

37 Replies

JonaO703
Hero
8 months ago
Vyo4 I love both your ideas for the thumbnails. Your mockups are brilliant. I'll add these to the list. Thank you! 😊
pineapplewhit
Seasoned Newcomer
6 months ago
In response to this: Possibly separate the obnoxious customized pics from the default maxis ones when uploading households. I know that their work would technically be marked as even though they're using no cc, but 🤷‍♀️.
Do you mean you don't want the poses that people have for their households in your Library saves?"
I did see a thread where players were complaining that when they download these sim creations, they look nothing like the picture on the gallery, due to the loophole (I'm guessing) where it is not tagged as cc when it is. [the thread]. From my search, these creations use the same pose creator and it would be nice to have a filter/mute option where we can not have certain words pop up during our gallery search.
anneemchughes
Rising Adventurer
4 months ago
I realize this is a year after the original post but I just want to say thanks for the suggestion about disallowed words. It drives me crazy having to go word by word to see what it is they think is offensive. Which is stupid anyway. They promote suggestive content and then disallow perfectly normal words that are not offensive. And to EA, Spanish and Hacienda are disallowed? Good grief, Those are actual architectural styles. Grrr. Fix that. It's not racist or whatever you think it is that makes it disallowed. Thank you.
JonaO703
Hero
4 months ago
pineapplewhit Apologies for the delay in responding. 🙁 It is a concern of mine as well, so thank you for sharing the link to the discussion about it. I have a feeling that is a larger issue that will need to be addressed by the team. So, I'm not sure if it's really a matter of excluding those shares but rather they should definitely be flagged as CC.
However, for the purposes of this thread, I wonder if this might suffice as a suggested update, unless and until the larger issue is fixed?
- Add option to exclude shares that contain poses not generated by the game
What do you think?
JonaO703
Hero
4 months ago
anneemchughes Thanks for the response. I do hope the team is investigating this along with the other suggestions offered here. In the meantime, there is a survey you can fill out to call attention to words you believe are being incorrectly disallowed.
https://survey.alchemer.com/s3/7583962/TS4-Gallery-Profanity-Filter-Feedbac
The link to this survey can also be found along with a description of the Profanity Filter in the below post.
The Sims 4 - Gallery Profanity Filter Feedback | EA Forums - 8723925
anneemchughes
Rising Adventurer
4 months ago
Thank you for the link to the survey on disallowed words!
JonaO703
Hero
4 months ago
anneemchughes You're welcome. 😊