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Babci219
Seasoned Traveler
4 years ago
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Sims Delivery Express

Ok, so the Sims Delivery Express arrived & I am told it arrived & have to restart the game, but is there anywhere where it tells you what arrived? I never know what has been delivered.

  • EA_Solaire's avatar
    EA_Solaire
    4 years ago

    Hi @Babci219,

    With the new main menu update, there is a tile on the main menu that shows you what's been included with any new Sims Delivery Express.

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  • madelf69's avatar
    madelf69
    New Vanguard
    2 years ago

    Hello to all

          Well, these things are all good meaning and all. But on some of the posts I can't find the ME TOO option. I never use the resume play feature on my Xbox, it's just another thing clogging up the system I figured that out. These companies keep coming up with these bells and whistles that cause more problems than they actually assist the players. I give an example from the automotive industry. They created heated seats, when I have a remote starter, I don't need this feature. It's just another that could break, costing thousands of dollars to fix and doesn't really provide a useful service. It the same thing with the Sims Delivery Express and Resume Play. These are useless tools that don't really assist with anything. It's just another shiny bell and whistle that causes more problems than it fixes. Especially when it comes to gaming systems that all overwhelmed as it is. I don't need a flashlight connected to my carving knife, which is what they seem to be giving me. 

       I would like to offer you some advice when trying to help others? Try not to assume that everyone else knows the abbreviations that you are using. It can cause a lot of confusion. Example? When you used SDX, it took me some time to think it through, caused some confusion, time wasted while I was trying to figure it out. This website allows us to spell things out, allowing us to give as much clearly understood information as possible, so everyone can attempt to find an answer. By using abbreviations without the meaning, you are just cutting your own throat and others, while you're trying to assist. 

        And as far as this website being well organized? That's incorrect. I typed in numerous possibilities for the thing that I'm searching for, I find nothing, then post a bug report, then one of you people trying to assist me contacts me and tells me the bug has already been reported. This happens a lot. And this website malfunctions as well. After you have taught me to look for the ME TOO, I've looked for it and it wasn't there. And since I went looking for it and couldn't find it. I have dealt with numerous replies and forgot what I was looking for in the first. Which leads me to believe? This website was designed to be a maze spinning people in circles. So nothing ever gets taken care of. There are bug reports on this website, that were reported a few years ago, some even from the release of the base game. And those bugs exist, today..

       Well, I have a headache now. So I'm taking a break from this. Maybe later I'll try to voice some more concerns on the Microsoft Xbox website. See what they have to say. Maybe there are know issues there,  that could be impacting this game? A good day and my best wishes to all. 

  • madelf69's avatar
    madelf69
    New Vanguard
    2 years ago

    Hello again. 

       Here's an update, I went to the Microsoft Xbox's website. And just as I thought, there's no way of finding out if the Xbox's system is impacting the Sims 4. Why? Because the Xbox and its system only reads and executes the programming that the Sims 4's creators give. If the programming is unstable, then the gaming system will be unstable, and by extension, some and/or all of it will malfunction. And the only people that I can turn to, seems to be refusing and/or unable to fix these nightmares within the programming. It looks like? I'm going to have to get my last achievement, and retire this game, and stay away from any Sim's games and it's DLCs. Again, I'm a sad customer, because I like the game, but this game is getting very unstable and the more DLC's that I own, the worse it gets. I hope that I'm wrong, and I see major improvement, can give it a 5 star rating across the board, and can continue enjoying it for years to come. But my optimistic view is waning with all of the evidence I have seen. 

       One last thought? On this website, this game is on multiple gaming systems. But there is no separation between PC, Playstation, and Xbox. I go down the list of conversations. The first one might be talking about PC issues, the next might be talking about Xbox issues, so on and so forth. All of the problems with the PC version should be under its own category or section, and the same with the other systems. So, if things are not organized by each of the gaming system? Then how organized is this website? And by extension, if the designers of this website are working on the Sims 4 and its DLC's? How messed up is the programming in Sims 4 and DLC's? It makes me wonder? I'm probably grasping at straws, as the saying goes? But it seems like I will never receive any answers anyways? Time to give up and move on? Time will tell? 

      A good day and my best wishes to all. 

  • madelf69's avatar
    madelf69
    New Vanguard
    2 years ago

    Hello again 

       Something just hit me? I would love to see a representative of let's say the programming department come forward and say something like? We didn't mess up, something did go wrong, but we are working on it. Or? We did messed up, we are sorry, we are working on it, and will do everything we can to restore the fans faith in us, and make this game great. If they took some stance of accountability, it would go along way with me, personally. I might even be willing to purchase more content to support their efforts with fixing everything. They would have restored some if not all of my respect for them. But no, nothing, just advertising of the new stuff that is malfunctioning.

       I don't know what else to say. A good day and my best wishes to all. 

  • madelf69's avatar
    madelf69
    New Vanguard
    2 years ago

    Hello again 

       Even if I'm wrong, which I probably am. When the Sims Delivery Express does do its downloads. There are still massive frame rate issues, making the game unplayable, and I have to restart it in order to make use of the new download. Which by extension, makes the tool useless. Whether the Sims Delivery Express is actually causing my recent issues or not, that was not the main point. My main point was, it's not really useful. I can't play the game while it's downloads, which is supposed to be one of its benefits, and have to restart the game, anyways. I rather do the downloads from my Xbox's games downloads section of my dashboard, then start the game, and it's ready to go. And by extension, I end up skipping a step that slows down the process. Having the Sims Delivery Express is like me having a third eye, I don't need it and would probably cause confusion in my brain. It's a useless tools, clogging up the programming and gaming systems. This is my main and only point. 

        Well, I hope that I clarified my thoughts. A good day and my best wishes to all. 

  • jpkarlsen's avatar
    jpkarlsen
    Hero (Retired)
    2 years ago

    @madelf69 

    Remember that you can turn off SDX download in settings if you do not like it.

  • madelf69's avatar
    madelf69
    New Vanguard
    2 years ago
    @jpkarlsen Well, that's pretty cool idea. But I have it set to download when starting the game, I had it downloaded while playing, but it doesn't seem to matter. I still believe that it causes more problems than it solves. Example? While loading the game, I get advice that I can change my aspirations anytime without losing progress. This is not even remotely accurate. If I don't have the love aspiration turned on, go on a date, it won't register. And this happens with a lot of the aspirations. Even the instructions within the game are inaccurate even wrong. So, can I truly trust that the Sims Delivery Express is registering anything that I ask it to? I don't believe that the setting of the Sims Delivery Express works, because there are so many things that don't register properly.

    Well, thanks for trying to be helpful. A good day and my best wishes to all.
  • jpkarlsen's avatar
    jpkarlsen
    Hero (Retired)
    2 years ago

    @madelf69 

    Changing aspirations have nothing to do with SDX. It is correct that you can change aspirations without losing progress. I have no idea why you would think you could get further progress on an aspiration that you changed away from. It can make sense to work on another aspiration while not engaged in something romantic but remember to switch back when you want to work on that aspiration again. If there are other things you feel are wrong just ask in a new posting and someone will help. It is much better that you ask instead of maybe coming to the wrong conclusion.

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