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Patch notes copied here to facilitate discussion.WHAT'S NEW?Play with Neighborhood Stories!Ever wonder why those Sims next door never move out? Or expand their family? …Or die from causes other than old age?Well, Neighborhood Stories is the answer! Last November, we rolled out an update for everyone that added a set of life changes for Neighbor Sims who have a personal connection to your active household. With this release, Neighborhood Stories expands to breathe more life into Sims around town without your Sims even having to know them. They’re your neighbors, or your Sims that live across town, or even across the world. The Sims that you don’t actively play now have story moments happen to them. This includes allowing neighbor Sims to die in accidents, have an adoption or baby, make changes in their career or move in and out of Lots.But maybe you’re saying, “I like the Pancakes the way they are! I don’t want them to move or have children! That’s not my story!” Don’t worry - Neighborhood Stories can be enabled for all Sims in My Households or Other Households, or on an individual basis per Household. Not only that, but each type of story can also be turned on or off individually. So, you can turn off the Pancakes from moving out or having children, but Bob can still change his career or die in a fiery accident!To change configurations, just select Manage Worlds in the Options menu, and then select Manage Households. From there, you can choose either My Households or Other Households, and then configure the Neighborhood Stories by selecting the button at the top-right for all the Households in that tab. Or you can configure them separately per Household, using the Neighborhood Stories button in each Household.To see what changes have taken place each day, go to a Mailbox and select ‘Check Recent Neighborhood Stories’. A Notification will appear, letting you know what changes have happened. See what’s happening to the Sims around the world, no matter who they are!New Scenarios Now Available Along with Existing Household Support in Select Scenarios!Would you like to try out some brand new Scenarios? With today’s base game update you can!We’ve added 7 new Scenarios to The Sims 4. When you boot up the game today you’ll have access to:Too Many toddlersIn this updated version of the previously limited time Scenario, aim to get the happy toddler reward trait for this gaggle of whiz kids in the makingTroublemakerThe kid’s a menace! Choose the path of villainy or surprise them with a redemption arc!Rom-ComIs this relationship a joke? Only you can write the punchline!Super Rich SupervillainMaking a fortune is great, but you know what’s even better? Stealing one.Extraterrestrial ResearcherThis Sim wants to… believe! Bring the truth from ‘out there’ to your own home.Unlucky ChefLuck has nothing to do with how fire this chef is…No Skills, No ProblemWho said Sims need to be skilled to make it in life? Time to prove your street smarts!In addition to these Scenarios we’ve updated the feature to add existing household support to select Scenarios. You’ll also notice several tweaks and improvements to various aspects of the feature.Take these new Scenarios for a spin today!BUG FIXESThe Sims 4We fixed an issue that caused Wedding Venues not to be available for Base Game Weddings.If a new Scenario is available, you will see a notification now after logging into the game.Opening and closing the Scenarios interface in Live Mode comes with a proper animation now.Simmers should no longer see the "Happily Ever After?" outcome for the Engaged in Conflict Scenario when both Sims have a good sentiment.The Conditions for the "Too Many To Handle" ending in the "Too Many Toddlers" Scenario only apply to toddlers now that were present when starting the Scenario.We fixed an issue for some languages that caused Scenario outcome texts not to fit in the text box.The Power Couple Scenario will conclude now when one of your Sims receives a promotion to CEO.The audio response when starting a Scenario in a New Save Game and canceling a Scenario in live mode has been improved.The work task interface for your active career should no longer clash with the Scenario interface when joining a career and moving to the work place at the time of work.The yfHair_SP19CurlyLowPony hair style will be visible in Create a Sim catalog now when the Feminine Fashion Choice filter is selected.Fixed an issue with Scenarios where the requirement for Sims to be spouses displayed as completed although there was just one Sim in the household.The Scenario name also shows in the start Scenario interface now.When entering Create a Sim after starting a new Scenario, the household requirements will no longer be overlapped by the Create A Sim Catalog and all information on the panel will be easy to read.Calling off an Engagement will now count towards the Villainous Valentine Aspiration correctly.We also made a few updates to the friendly calls from other Sims that your Sims receive:○ Your Sims will no longer be called by a neighbor Sim and asked about becoming friends with another active household Sim your neighbor has never met before.○ It will also be much clearer for friendly relationship calls now, whether the Sims' get-together is of a platonic or romantic nature.○ NPC Sims will also have sufficient confidence now and will no longer call your Sims asking for permission to be friends with their own spouse.SeasonsYour Sims who are right on time to activity meetings no longer are chastised for being late.Get FamousUninvited Sims no longer walk into your Sims house to "catch up" after your Sim’s Fame increases.Cottage LivingSome Simmers reported that Cows and Llamas were getting stuck in their inventory after the Finchwick fair had ended. We clarified how to return your animals to their sheds in the fair-end notification.Spa DaySelecting "Teach/Lead" Yoga interactions now cancels "Practice Yoga" automatically.StrangervillePerforming the "Ask about career" interaction with the 'Conspiracy Theorist' Erwin Pries will no longer cause a Llama icon to show on the Sim's career tab and on hovering on the Sim in the relationships tab, but it should display the correct icon now.My Wedding StoriesCeremony interactions are now available when doing a Vow Renewal or Reception at another Sim’s home.Sims should now show up in their appropriate attire for Wedding CeremoniesVow Renewal is now only available to Married Sims, and Wedding Ceremony is only available to Engaged Sims.Romantic Garden Stuff PackGhost Sims revive properly now when living Sims use the Wishing Wells "Wish for Life" interaction.Bust The Dust KitSims no longer get the "Rage Cleaning" angry moodlet when Bust the Dust is disabled.We also optimized vacuum cleaners so your Sims won't need to fight dust everyday.

They really wanted everyone to know about the lots in evergreen harbor lol

This is a big update. They have been busy little beavers!! However, they repeated this 7 times in the descriptions for Get Famous, Cottage Living, etc: Lots in Evergreen Harbor should now have some proper ground beneath them when accessed through build mode and the world should not look like it's underwater any longer.

Lol, they've fixed it now. I'll update.

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DaniRose2143
Hero
3 years ago
Love what I'm reading so far. I dying to hear from some of those who went ahead and got MWS. Is it working after this?
AgnesXX92
New Spectator
3 years ago
As long as it can be 100% turned off, I don't care. I don't like random changes happening in my game without my input, so neighbourhood stories aren't for me. Perhaps I'll give them a try the next time I start a new save I am not attatched to and wouldn't mind messing up, but as my current save is three years old and well-established, the last thing I need is random sims moving into houses not meant for them and overflooding the world with unwanted and unneeded kids and pets.
VWoodsong
Seasoned Observer
3 years ago

Me when I saw this part of SimGuruNick's explanation of the new features:
Global enable/disable setting. If life changes happening all over the world are just not your thing, that’s okay! Neighborhood Stories can be entirely disabled under Game Options using the “Reset Custom Configurations” Button.*

Yaaaaay, this is awesome. Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes! :smiley: :grin: :love:

Me when I noticed the "fine print":
*Neighbor Sim friends will still occasionally call asking for advice about life changes unless your Sim’s phone is on silent.

Aw, man. I feel like I've been trolled. :disappointed:
telemwill
Seasoned Ace
3 years ago
"kaiwrysims;c-18078583" wrote:
"telemwill;c-18078544" wrote:
I saw a YouTube video by Neecxle on the story progression. It seemed to work well except there was no urn left in the household when a Sim died an accidental death. He was just gone from the relationship panel, and his wife had no emotion related to the death. That's a little disappointing. I was considering using this option to thin out my rotation households, but I don't won't to use it if the Sim is just deleted.

Yeah I saw their tweet and someone said it might be a bug because similar thing happened to them before the update but it only happened once.

I hope that is what happened. I want my Sims to mourn the deaths of their family and friends.
MoonCrossWarrio
3 years ago
Well so far in my last run I checked the reports and so far:

- Eliza pancakes got a job at fast food joint.
- 4 other households moved in.

This was happening on the PS4 version.
Reddestiny921
Seasoned Veteran
3 years ago
Mine started off light as far as I know unless you should be checking more often I saw someone got a cat and someone left their career, I imagine once we have more stable weddings they'll probably add weddings too. However seems pretty nice I'm just letting it go wild in my more active save to see how it goes.
fjb792
3 years ago
I must say, I am quite impressed with the Sims team with this update. It seems like they've made Neighborhood Stories much more interesting and very customizable. It's not entirely reliant on phone calls now. You can turn it on and off, and you can even customize it by household. That's great :)
Hopefully it's not buggy.
I'm only worried about how this will work with MC Command Center. I've used that mod to add a lot to spice to my game, and I'm worried that they won't work together nicely.
Let's hope that 2022 gets better, and this is a sign of good things to come!
JaggidEdje
3 years ago
@bixters, I left McCC setup to have folks move and have babies, and turned those features off in the new Neighborhood stories feature. So far, MCCC is still working for what I left it to do and the neighborhood stories is working for what I told it to do, so they seem to work okay together.
rjssim
Rising Scout
3 years ago
I'm gonna keep my post short and simple. Awesome update!
elliandre
3 years ago
This update looks amazing! I love how you can customize it. And I love that they can now adopt babies, toddlers and pets! :smile:
The new scenarios look fun too.