PLEASE ADVISE Gallery and libary problem
Hello I recently started playing Sims again after a long break. I download houses and sometimes sims from gallerys and revamp them to my specfic needs eg: Furniture, gardens etc. I reuploaded them to...
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@Kittydoll1994 I'm sorry this happened to you. Just to be clear:
- You cannot be banned from playing Sims 4, nor can you have the game removed from your account, for using other people's Gallery creations. In theory, you might be banned from the Gallery, but even that is extremely unlikely and wouldn't happen for a first-time offense.
- Another player cannot get you banned under any circumstances.
- You never have to pay for Sims 4 user-made content, whether it's Gallery items or custom content downloaded from a third-party site. In fact, it's against EA's terms of use for creators to demand payment for their content or to permanently lock it behind a paywall, although they're allowed to charge for a short early-access window. Point is, you're well within your rights to download any user-created Sims 4 content you find for free.
- It is in fact considered stealing to reupload others' creations without giving credit, but all you need to do in that case is remove the uploads, and you won't face any consequences.
It sounds like you ran into a bully who either doesn't understand the rules or thinks they can intimidate new players. Regardless, feel free to ignore this person and everything they said to you.
In the future, you can save downloaded content you've modified to your in-game Library only, without involving the Gallery, and no one will be able to see or object to it. You can back up your entire Tray folder if you want: that contains everything saved to your Library, and the files can be swapped in and out of the user folder whenever you want.
@puzzlezaddict Thankyou for the clear response! I have completely wiped my gallery and cloud of any Sims or lots including my own and restalled the game so I have nothing left from that game progress. Everything is completely default as if I had purchased the game. I am going to restart and use the backup methods suggested as I did lose alot of sims I made from scratch. I'm still in the building learning stage so pre built houses was a good start and inspiration. I have blocked them so hoping they will leave me be.
@Kittydoll1994 , I'm so sorry you had to go through this! 😭 At least you know now that no one can ban you if they don't work for EA, and you would never get banned for an unwritten etiquette "rule". 😅 I hope that all your future experiences on the Gallery are better.
Also, if you are ever in doubt, it can't hurt to credit the original creator. 😉
I hope you have fun exploring the game and the Gallery! Happy Simming! 🥳
