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HRH_Ethan
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3 years ago
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Sims 4 creator refusing to release content?

Top tier at patreon only?

  • Glad to see this was resolved, in the future you can report incidents like these to us for review by following these steps:

    • Click Contact Us from any page on EA Help.
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    • Select The Sims 4. If needed, use the search bar to find the game.
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  • HRH_Ethan's avatar
    HRH_Ethan
    New Veteran
    3 years ago

    Specifically as stated above at patreon. But it has already been resolved as I spoke with the creator. 

  • EA_Cade's avatar
    EA_Cade
    Icon for The Sims Team rankThe Sims Team
    3 years ago

    Glad to see this was resolved, in the future you can report incidents like these to us for review by following these steps:

    • Click Contact Us from any page on EA Help.
      • We recommend logging in to your EA Account.
    • Select The Sims 4. If needed, use the search bar to find the game.
    • Select your Platform.
    • For Topic, select Report concerns or harassment
    • For Issue, choose Report website.
  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    3 years ago
    Approved

    I’m so confused. To what is this referring? Are you talking about a modder?

  • I reported mods for being behind permanent paywalls 2 weeks ago and they're still behind paywall. How does it take 2 weeks to investigate this? This is unacceptable, EA. 

  • There is a custom content creator who still continues to go against EA's rules against keeping CC behind paywalls. Their username is *snip* on Tumblr and Patreon, and despite EA's rulings about keeping content restricted to the public, they continue to upload exclusive content only for those who pay them. An example is *snip* from March 29th, *snip* from February 18th, or more recently, *snip* from June 28th. While I understand the need for some creators to have early access, which there happens to be nothing against and I do support, there are still those who continue to break the rules set out by EA in regard to custom content. I have reported privately through several channels and nothing ever happens - all I get are emails from people saying that I need to report players using in-game methods because they're breaking rules through cheating despite clearly describing the issue I am trying to report. My game is not broken, my game is fine, all I am doing is reporting a player who happens to keep their content on Patreon exclusively to those who are willing to pay them. That IS ALL.

    (CM: Edited to remove persons name and links to limit naming and shaming. Please report rule breakers using the appropriate tools.)

  • I was attempting to report a modder for keeping their stuff behind expensive paywalls for well over a year, but while trying to report them on the EA website, it doesn't even give a contact option. After getting to this screen where it says you should get a contact option, it just sends you back to the help article. Looking on reddit, I saw that many others were complaining about the same thing months ago.

  • This is still happening with a couple of CC creators, the problem is that by exploiting early access they could make it so other, honest CC creators are not able to have patrons etc. They were paywalling all their CC to begin with. Then they started using EAs early access guidelines, and then started having their CC released from early access after 2 months (which is already too long) but now they are just not releasing it at all (3 months and counting). They are not addressing it when asked so I am guessing they are just seeing if they can get away with it. Ironically I would be supporting them if it wasn't for this. Although they have 3500 paid subscribers at a minimum of £5 a month so I doubt they need my money! I have emailed to report them, but I don't know if that does anything?

  • Moozilla13's avatar
    Moozilla13
    Seasoned Ace
    2 years ago
    @Hey_Simsters I feel the exact same way. I'm much more inclined to support a modder that simply welcomes support for the hard work they put in but doesn't really push for it (or worse, try to force it). There are top notch modders out there I've actually chosen to support specifically because they DIDN'T require it, even though the sheer amount of work they put into their mods is insane. Those are the real heroes.