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.
I have deleted the maxi ones its totally empty now. Id I could have kept those or not is fine. I wanted it empty anyway to avoid clutter of lots and sims ill never use
EA_LannaCommunity Manager
Hi @Kittydoll1994,
I'm so sorry to hear you had this experience. The Gallery community are generally really lovely people. They are passionate about the content shared there and giving credit is a unspoken rule among the community. It's not something most new Simmers would be aware of though. The Gallery community are generally mindful of that and when some do reach out, they do it in a nice and friendly manner to help get you up to speed.
It sounds like you had unfortunate luck with the person who messaged you. Blocking was good thinking. If you have their details, please send them on to me in a DM so we can take a look. I'd like to add that the moderator in me would like to thank you for reading through the forum rules and not naming and shaming other players on the forum. If I could give you more XP for that, believe me I would!
I really hope this hasn't ruined your sims experience. It's such a wonderful creative game. You absolutely do not need to wipe all of your Sims stuff in-game. Add whatever you want from the gallery to your sims game. The content in the Gallery is shared to be used by all and you do not need to pay for any of it (it's against the rules to charge for that content). Enjoy the game for what it is. You'll meet some fantastic simmers from the community too. We don't all bite. 🙂
And thank you @SheriGR and @puzzlezaddict's for showing how great, helpful and lovely simmers can be.❤️
Take care,
EA_Lanna
