Whichever SimGuru comes upon this thread and just "moves" it to the shadows of the forum, please just read it first. Pass it along to the head honchos at EA. This stuff matters to the players including myself. My future Sim game purchases hang in the balance here. I can't take these issues any longer.My game is getting increasingly frustrating as I encounter ridiculous bugs that break the immersion of this game and are just plain sloppy. The festivals from City Living are overlapping to no end. The Seasons holiday decorations linger long past the respective holiday. The towel outfit at spas and gyms have ridiculous accessories (ex. beekeeper hat), the excessive gameplay lags and time weirdness, and many more. I'm really at my wits end here. This is a PURCHASED game, I have all the packs and have tried numerous times to correct the issues. Why are unfinished products (which take centuries to come out) being released only to cause more problems that the developers are not addressing? Our last game patch was a month ago and fixed nothing. That is an eternity when you have severe issues like this. I want to play this game the way it was ADVERTISED. Currently its just a hot mess. I've been playing the sims games since 2002, but there has never been more issues than now. I'm discouraged and embarassed. I hope other people feel the same. End rant.

this.ts4 is unplayable for me without mods, which is pretty embarrassing on behalf of EA and Maxis. Like, mods should enhance gameplay, not try to make it playable.

Sims 3's Island Paradise seems to have started the trend of packs that seem as if no one play tested them. Every sims game suffers the faith of needing mods to fix bugs, it's just part of the deal at this point. I'm not happy with it, but I'm just used to it at this point. If the Sims had a competition with another life simulator, things would have been different.

"DreamaDove;c-16726116" wrote:this.ts4 is unplayable for me without mods, which is pretty embarrassing on behalf of EA and Maxis. Like, mods should enhance gameplay, not try to make it playable. Then when things go wrong the first thing they say, it's the mods fault. Well if it were a better designed game we wouldn't need so many mods.

When putting up decorations does nobody think of the option to take them back down again and not expect them to disappear on their own? I like playing at the basic speed and don't get the problems people keep moaning about.

"Brindleton;c-16726196" wrote:Sims 3's Island Paradise seems to have started the trend of packs that seem as if no one play tested them. Every sims game suffers the faith of needing mods to fix bugs, it's just part of the deal at this point. I'm not happy with it, but I'm just used to it at this point. If the Sims had a competition with another life simulator, things would have been different. I mean, they're doing livestreams now.does that count as 'playtesting'?:/

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Cinebar
7 years ago
"Zasz;c-16744170" wrote:
I didnt play the former sims games. I started with sims 4. So now your and my position make more sense.

I didn't know you started with TS4, hope you are with the series a very long time if they continue the series with newer versions on and on. All of them have things we wish were in all the others. :)
Lonewolf1044
Seasoned Spectator
7 years ago
"Zasz;c-16730378" wrote:
"Goldmoldar;c-16729559" wrote:
Looking at how Sims are developed I would expect the game to have problems being it has a whole slew of programs tied into each other, this type of game needs constant tweaking. The game also relies heavily on an AI system which also needs constant tweaking being there is no AI system that is 100% accurate for if there was I would be nervous.

The AI isnt the problem. The total amount of bugs isnt the problem. The problem for example with the action queue is that actions dont stop when giving a command. This isnt a game issue, its a developer issue who refuse to adress it.

"Brindleton;c-16729752" wrote:
Yes, the Sims is the kind of game where it's too easy for things to go wrong. So many variables that it's simply impossible to fix everything. I'm happy the team is taking an effort with monthly patches. There are many games left to rot with bugs the moment they hit the store shelfs.

I just wish they were open when it comes to the BIG issues they havent adress with a patch for years.

The game has a slew of problems and the game needs constant tweaking especially after each pack. Yes the action queue is only one of the problems and if EA/Maxis does not tweak the game problems do tend to creep up. SimCity 2013 had the same problems EA/Maxis never tweaked the game as it should have been.
Writin_Reg
7 years ago
"SiliClone;c-16738144" wrote:
The Ai is a BIG problem in this game, an example is: a toddler who's starving that grab a plate of food and climb the stairs to eat on the bedroom chair, it takes her a lot of time, when there is a chair right in the kitchen for her, perfectly usable as she used it in the past. The reason she does this is because the cat is sleeping in the bedroom. And this is not even a bug, this is by plum design.

Simply remove the problem - which is apparently the bedroom chair. Problem solved - the tot will use the closer chair. Or maybe lock the cat out of her bedroom - attraction gone.
Writin_Reg
7 years ago
Just forget it! Never mind
SailorCeti
7 years ago
Agreed. Too many game breaking bugs. I design mostly gothic, victorian and second empire homes and due to the frieze bug, I can’t open the area around stairwells and add railing without friezes rendering inside the house. The funny hung is, the trims do not have this bug, and they’re basically the same thing, except one is at the top of a floor, the other at the bottom. It seems like a simple cut and paste of code to fix.
Charlotta11
7 years ago
I use simulation fix mod and that have helped a lot of playing. I use swich a lot to 1-3 speed so im happy that there is mod for that. But that EA didnt fix that ... it was the sims community. They fix some of the bugs from after sims 4 season pach but there is still bugs that i wish they would fix. As much i love the sims and i will always be a fan for these serie but i would not still would recomed anyone to buy these game and all for the dcls. Funny how they said after the Sims 3 that Sims 4 is going to be a lot more balanced game but i do think that Sims 3 have same amoungh of bugs that in Sims 3.. or even more. Butlers wont work, pet apobtion lags, sims tele sometimes after taking objects on the table, sims walk trow tables and some other bugs i dont remember are not still fixed. And i still like the sims but sometimes when i purchase this game its same thing that if i would go to the restaurant and order a steak and the steak would be cold and raw and the restaurand would just say "oh we forget to cook it but maybe u can cook it you're self? Eat it or not we are not going to do anything about it"
Have to see when the new bug fix pach comes. Atleast they fix a lot of bugs after the season. That was so anoying
DreamaDove
7 years ago
"Charlotta11;c-16746974" wrote:
"Zasz;c-16746657" wrote:
"Charlotta11;c-16745991" wrote:
I use simulation fix mod and that have helped a lot of playing. I use swich a lot to 1-3 speed so im happy that there is mod for that. But that EA didnt fix that ... it was the sims community.

Unfortunately it doesnt work for everyone. Me for example. Its a bandaid at best for some people.

EA should seriously fix that. Simulation fix mod works for me but i cant imagine playing whitout it or if it wouldnt work. Sims 4 is unplayable whitout simulation fix. Atleast for me.

My game is also unplayable without the mod. I think it helps simmers with lots of cc. I have 12+ gb of cc and my sims will literally just stand still without it.

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