Are Patreon/paid Exclusives Content Allowed In The Sims 4?

I'm just glad that there are plenty of modders that share their mods for free, specially bug fixes. I can't play with at least bug fix mods. But then it's inevitable to think that modders are fixing bugs and allowing us to play the game, taking time away from their lives and families for free while ea keeps throwing more and more dlc full of more and more bugs and making so much money... very unfair if you ask me...

"SailorCeti;c-17869821" wrote:
If it isn’t allowed, that sucks. People spend their time, energy and talent on that CC. I see no reason they shouldn’t be compensated monetarily. I’ve always wondered why people didn’t charge for quality CC. It’s not like it’s usable outside of the sims and isn’t taking anything from EA. People need to buy the sims either way.

They're using EAs assets and intellectual property. If they want to make money off the game then they should create their own game.

I've seen so many patreons be paid only. I've seen so many making over $8K per month with CC that has never been updated for any of the patches. It's ridiculous to have these creators making that much money and not actually keeping their stuff up to date while charging simmers $5/m.

The creator of NPCC is one that needs a wake up call. Their latest public release was 2020 april (v1.2.9), their last update was in 2021 April (v1.3.3). I'm starting to run out of patience waiting for this paulson character to get his/her act together and put those updates out.

They aren't allowed but sadly more and more creators seem to be doing this and getting away with it as nobody's policing it. I wonder if EA would actually do anything if someone reported the creators breaking the rules

I don't think there is anything legally which allows people to make mods... Mods exist because Maxis allows it, which makes it difficult for them to enforce rules for people that lock their mods on Patreon. I'm pretty sure the rule they have which says that you have to make mods free after a time are so they can more easily allow modding and don't have to enforce the End User License Agreement.

You don't want EA's take on the matter, all that they can do is ban modding for the sims4. Maxis might be able to help you out, but I doubt it.

In my opinion, modding works best as a grey area (within limits), when you start to enforce rules and try to involve EULA then that's when things just go bad and no one wins. If people want to hide their content behind paywalls, then I think the only choice we really have is to go somewhere else, if no one pays for their content on patreon then they make no money.

"Hoverael;c-17869994" wrote:
The creator of is one that needs a wake up call. Their latest public release was
... to get his/her act together and put those updates out.

I suppose this is the flip side of the stance I note above. Because they're not supposed to be charging for their CC, it's not like we can have an expectation of them working on it unpaid.

I'm fine with that trade off, but that is the trade off.

I'm also new here, so maybe I won't be fine with it eventually. But it does seem a lot better than the place isn't flooded with a ton of third party microtransactions.

"Chazzzy;c-17870042" wrote:
Is it allowed? No.

Does it seem like anyone who can do anything about it actually cares? Also, no.

Too true

I don't own the rights to the sims. However, a CC or Mod creator can say intellectual property that they deserve payment for when they use free programmes like Blender, Autodesk Sketchpad, Gimp, etc to create their content.

I personally make Poser and Daz Studio Content all the time for fun. I used to create IMVU and Second Life content all the time as a student for fun and to better learn the programmes I was learning at the time, The difference is I have licensing that allows me to create this content and charge others for that content for both Poser and Daz Studio. If I had the energy to create CC I would however I wouldn't charge others behind a paywall. It's because I don't have legal rights to do so. I don't have licencing rights from EA to create paid content for the game. For that reason, I would not charge anything for creating CC.

However, that is simply how I am because I was taught about respecting trademarks and copyrighted material. I avoid the legal drama by honouring what my licencing allows for me to create. I don't hold others to my morality or ethics.

If EA and companies they use to create CC like Disney ever decide to bring them to court ignorance is no excuse in a court of law. Just because you saw it on the internet does not make it public domain.

"MElleSims;c-17869869" wrote:
The sense of entitlement in this community over these people's work is jaw-dropping.

so is the sense of entitlement for other people's money? I could understand If people were requesting their works, then I say yes- definitely charge for it sense someone is asking for you time and skills, but a lot of them go out their way to make content. No one asks them to do this during their free time- they choose to do it. If they are going to charge, then fine--but it definitely should be free after some time sense they are not affliciated with the company nor own the rights to this game.

Yeah only early access is allowed for a limited time according to User agreement and what was stated prior. Sites forcing ads isn't allowed according to TOS too. It has to be early access. Making money from streaming or making videos does seem to be allowed. Pretty much rule of thumb can't force profit from Sims properties. There are a lot of content creators that get away with it.

"BrittanyChick22;c-17870218" wrote:

"MElleSims;c-17869869" wrote:
The sense of entitlement in this community over these people's work is jaw-dropping.

so is the sense of entitlement for other people's money? I could understand If people were requesting their works, then I say yes- definitely charge for it sense someone is asking for you time and skills, but a lot of them go out their way to make content. No one asks them to do this during their free time- they choose to do it. If they are going to charge, then fine--but it definitely should be free after some time sense they are not affliciated with the company nor own the rights to this game.

I don't disagree. I am just shocked by the way the community often talks about content creators and their work. You are exactly right, they don't have to do it in their free time and yet they do. They are not entitled to your money because the game still works whether or not you have that piece of content. But their time is spent regardless. I think reporting a person just because they haven't made their content available after two weeks is wrong. Just go to another creator - one that does have their content available for free immediately. Without these people's work and effort we wouldn't have any additional content. I don't think it's absurd that they're requesting money for that effort.