Let's watch: Maxis Monthly - Episode 1

"Writin_Reg;c-16757388" wrote:

"mock68;c-16757257" wrote:
Well that was a downer, no October patch and nothing exciting to happen really.
Sims 4 is not the game Sims 3 was, it's boring. :/

To you. It is up to the player to decide things like that as opinions, likes and dislikes is a very individual thing. So you can only say - in your own opinion.

There's tons of things in life I absolutely detest - but often not the rest or majority of the population agrees with me. Like I just do not get snapchat - I find it utter ridiculous - but many of my own family love it! Go figure. You detest Sims 4 obviously - not every one agrees with that.

But like you he is expressing his opinion on a discussion board about that exact topic. You don't have to agree with his opinion but you cannot dismiss it.

"greenXen;c-16757291" wrote:

"muzickmage;c-16757282" wrote:
The new career and digital sketch pad are ok. The new terrain tools look great. But none of it was worth a hyped-up live stream. They could have mentioned that stuff in a simple blog post with a few pics and wasted a lot less of people's time..... not to mention .... emotional interests.

They made it sound like everyone on planet earth should tune in to see their mind-blowing announcement ...... of what turned out to be just ........ a digital easle. Oh yea. Lets not forget the new Mr. Dressup career.

Tell me you're kidding me. Tell me I didn't wait around the last few days for THAT.

Seriously?????

Well, I like the terrain tools. But that still could have been shared via blog post.

They could have, but I liked actually seeing how smoothly it worked in the video. Would like to see and know more, but this was just a tease.

TOTALLY agree. It matters for sure as i recall some earlier terrain tools in previous Sims games that royally rotted to use. That one works smooth and reacted instantly - love it. Could not have known that written in a blog for sure.

"simgirl1010;c-16757402" wrote:

"muzickmage;c-16757282" wrote:
The new career and digital sketch pad are ok. The new terrain tools look great. But none of it was worth a hyped-up live stream. They could have mentioned that stuff in a simple blog post with a few pics and wasted a lot less of people's time..... not to mention .... emotional interests.

They made it sound like everyone on planet earth should tune in to see their mind-blowing announcement ...... of what turned out to be just ........ a digital easle. Oh yea. Lets not forget the new Mr. Dressup career.

Tell me you're kidding me. Tell me I didn't wait around the last few days for THAT.

Seriously?????

Well, I like the terrain tools. But that still could have been shared via blog post.

So I guess you won't be tuning in for the next one?

I"m hoping the one next week reveals even more content that wasn't shown Today. I'm still hoping cars will be revealed next week.

"FurSimsOfficial;c-16757405" wrote:

"vikixc;c-16757369" wrote:

"FurSimsOfficial;c-16757351" wrote:

"vikixc;c-16757305" wrote:
Did anyone else see at the end he made one building with foundation and another one without? Am I hallucinating? Please someone tell me I am not wrong! I have NEEDED this feature since day 1!!

There was tool in the middle of the building that dragged up the building. We do not have this tool yet and it must mean something new. Right after that Kate send him away. Don't know if that is an easy way to build a room on another or if it is a foundation tool.

I have just rewatched it and looks like a tool for pulling foundations to different heights (or atleast I hope it is) he did it to the "faux garage" he built :))

Then it would mean we can use different levels of foundations on buildings. Or maybe only on buildings of different terrain heights, but that would be almost the same thing. There is a lot more to this then what they 'showed' us. Excited to see when we get more info on everything :D

Yes me too! There's another stream on the 11th so I will be tuning in to find out more

Alright, I'm sure compared to the terrain tools and the career( both of which I'm excited about) this will sound silly, but a new branch of artwork? Sweet. I love art :blush:

"stilljustme2;c-16757317" wrote:

"Simburian;c-16757251" wrote:

"Writin_Reg;c-16757237" wrote:

"Mariefoxprice83;c-16757056" wrote:
The new guy is too quiet as well :(

What new guy? There is no new guy there that I see. I think of them all Kate is the newest.

It's the first time he is in the Stream team. SimGuruNinja said he had been working with him for ten years! He was actually very good but needed his mike nearer his mouth to get louder!

Shouldn't @SimGuruSteve have noted that? #BlameSteve :D

LOL. Actually Steve doesn't really introduce anyone.

"catloverplayer;c-16757410" wrote:

"simgirl1010;c-16757402" wrote:

"muzickmage;c-16757282" wrote:
The new career and digital sketch pad are ok. The new terrain tools look great. But none of it was worth a hyped-up live stream. They could have mentioned that stuff in a simple blog post with a few pics and wasted a lot less of people's time..... not to mention .... emotional interests.

They made it sound like everyone on planet earth should tune in to see their mind-blowing announcement ...... of what turned out to be just ........ a digital easle. Oh yea. Lets not forget the new Mr. Dressup career.

Tell me you're kidding me. Tell me I didn't wait around the last few days for THAT.

Seriously?????

Well, I like the terrain tools. But that still could have been shared via blog post.

So I guess you won't be tuning in for the next one?

I"m hoping the one next week reveals even more content that wasn't shown Today. I'm still hoping cars will be revealed next week.

Me too !! Cars please !! At last !!

PS : Is it your cat on your profile pic ? He/She is beautiful.

"SimsILikeSims;c-16757346" wrote:

"rjssim;c-16757304" wrote:

"mock68;c-16757257" wrote:
Well that was a downer, no October patch.

So, we are not gonna see a patch in October either? I stopped playing the game a couple months ago because of some of these bugs that need to be fixed such as the non-interactive sims bug. It's cool that they are creating new stuff, but did they forget about these bugs that need to be addressed and fixed? I kinda think they should be the priority... I personally don't want any more new content because these critical bugs are ruining the game. I am sorry, but I am just getting the feeling that the devs don't even care and just want to skip the bugs and go on to new content while the game continues to get in worse shape. I don't even know what to think of this anymore. I regret purchasing Seasons and updating to that patch just before Seasons which destroyed the game and turned all of the background Sims into mindless zombies...

Wow! If you are having that kind of issues with your game, try starting a new game, and make sure you save it with a new name. I have a separate save for loading my game with certain custom content mods, and a separate save for playing my game without any custom content or mods, and a separate save for playing only with custom content but without script mods. If you are able to play the new game using no custom content or mods, you know the problem is probably with broken cc or mods. Plus with a new save file you aren't affecting any of the old characters on your old save. If you still cannot play the game without cc or mods using a new save, repair your game, and try again. If that doesn't work, check the specs on your computer to make sure it is capable of running the game with all EPs. And finally, if all that has been tried and nothing helps, it is time to contact EA support or uninstall, reboot, then reinstall your game (backing up everything that was in the Documents folder elsewhere first).

I have personally reinstalled, uninstalled and so forth so many times of my own game and still have too many to name issues that make mine mostly unplayable, those ideas really don't always help fix everyone's problems with the game and only recently had I tried the mod MCCC which actually froze my computer so bad I could not even control alt delete out, not all issues can be fixed by uninstalling and reinstalling and to be honest how is it okay to pay for a game when that is their advice on what to do to fix it to begin with? Maybe they should start caring about the quality of their own products , and still have my own game uninstalled because it did the same things the other day and its really annoying to be unable to play because they ignore the most issues people have.

"Writin_Reg;c-16757418" wrote:

"stilljustme2;c-16757317" wrote:

"Simburian;c-16757251" wrote:

"Writin_Reg;c-16757237" wrote:

"Mariefoxprice83;c-16757056" wrote:
The new guy is too quiet as well :(

What new guy? There is no new guy there that I see. I think of them all Kate is the newest.

It's the first time he is in the Stream team. SimGuruNinja said he had been working with him for ten years! He was actually very good but needed his mike nearer his mouth to get louder!

Shouldn't @SimGuruSteve have noted that? #BlameSteve :D

LOL. Actually Steve doesn't really introduce anyone.

I think what they meant was he should've known to set up the mic closer. ;)

"rjssim;c-16757393" wrote:

"SimsILikeSims;c-16757346" wrote:

"rjssim;c-16757304" wrote:

"mock68;c-16757257" wrote:
Well that was a downer, no October patch.

So, we are not gonna see a patch in October either? I stopped playing the game a couple months ago because of some of these bugs that need to be fixed such as the non-interactive sims bug. It's cool that they are creating new stuff, but did they forget about these bugs that need to be addressed and fixed? I kinda think they should be the priority... I personally don't want any more new content because these critical bugs are ruining the game. I am sorry, but I am just getting the feeling that the devs don't even care and just want to skip the bugs and go on to new content while the game continues to get in worse shape. I don't even know what to think of this anymore. I regret purchasing Seasons and updating to that patch just before Seasons which destroyed the game and turned all of the background Sims into mindless zombies...

Wow! If you are having that kind of issues with your game, try starting a new game, and make sure you save it with a new name. I have a separate save for loading my game with certain custom content mods, and a separate save for playing my game without any custom content or mods, and a separate save for playing only with custom content but without script mods. If you are able to play the new game using no custom content or mods, you know the problem is probably with broken cc or mods. Plus with a new save file you aren't affecting any of the old characters on your old save. If you still cannot play the game without cc or mods using a new save, repair your game, and try again. If that doesn't work, check the specs on your computer to make sure it is capable of running the game with all EPs. And finally, if all that has been tried and nothing helps, it is time to contact EA support or uninstall, reboot, then reinstall your game (backing up everything that was in the Documents folder elsewhere first).

I have tried everything including a fresh reinstall. My computer specs include: i7 6700, GTX 970, 32GB Ram, Windows 10, so I know my computer is well above the recommended settings. This is an acknowledged issue with the game that needs to be fixed (link to the topic is in my signature), and many others are experiencing it. It was introduced in the patch just before Seasons. I sent tech support a ticket shortly after I first encountered the bug.

Here are two videos, before the patch before Seasons (Sims interacting) and then afterwards (Sims no longer interacting). This happens in bars, coffee shops, restaurants, etc.

Before (Sims interacting):
https://youtu.be/8V1luqTe3oI

After (Sims no longer interacting):
https://youtu.be/UmMPw6AOLvc

https://youtu.be/IHtEHKt5dDs

Also, because there is a TV on the lot, Sims will not go for a swim and the TV takes priority. Once I removed the TV, the sims went swimming again.
https://youtu.be/pofdYPeBl64

Cafes are completely broken for me. Sims stand around and they order non-stopping. The barista never gives my sim what he asks for.