October 11th Patch Feedback Thread

Nothing to contribute to the conversation yet (since I haven't updated yet, waiting to see if any mods broke before I do), but I just wanted to say that I LOVE THIS IDEA!! What a fabulous thing to put all of the feedback into one easy to find area for each update!

Ok, I lied! I DO have something to contribute ..... Loving the fact a new trait "Loyalty" was added! I have always, always, always wanted this in the game! So I'm super excited to test it out.

Now whether that will do the job as well (or better) than what my current mods do, is yet to be seen.

And, as another poster requested in a different thread, I too would LOVE if the trait was also added to the Rewards Store. With so few trait slots to assign in CAS, I would have to give up a precious trait slot for my sims who aren't hoe-bags just to make them behave in an appropriate manner as I have deemed they should. If it was a reward trait then I could assign that way and keep CAS traits as I picked them.

Absolutely agree that the loyal trait is a great idea and also wish it could be available in the Rewards Store. I play with many premade Sims, and don't want to change the assigned traits Or better yet, I wish a fourth trait slot would be opened. Maybe we could get a new slot when the Sim goes from young adult to adult.

Thank you for giving us this feedback thread.

"sfort;c-18190950" wrote:
I love most of the things that came out with the new patch, however, I have been noticing the townies will randomly yell at my sim when they did nothing wrong and the townies dont have a "tense" or "angry" moodlet. I don't know if that is a small bug or just random.

This is being tracked. AHQ thread here.

"telemwill;c-18190944" wrote:
Absolutely agree that the loyal trait is a great idea and also wish it could be available in the Rewards Store. I play with many premade Sims, and don't want to change the assigned traits Or better yet, I wish a fourth trait slot would be opened. Maybe we could get a new slot when the Sim goes from young adult to adult.

Thank you for giving us this feedback thread.

I have to agree with this. I like the idea of the Loyal trait but with only three traits to choose from, I'm rarely going to use it.

I like the addition of the walkthrough tutorial character Emily. I wish that you could adjust Emily or even have her as an NPC. I am excited to play the loyalty trait as well. "What Traits Would You Like to See?" by Bren is a new thread for other traits simmers want to see.

I am noticing an issue when my sim has high fury, but is in human form. Drinking Wolf-Be-Gone removes the werewolf abilities and traits, but the red fury cloud remains on the now-human sim.

I am so happy that the NPCs in Henford-On-Bagley finally got fixed!

The guidance system can be kind of annoying, so I'm happy it can be turned off.

And the reduction of toilet pranks is great too.

Though sometimes I want assets to make a male version of Emily. It's just an obsession I have where every NPC or type of sim must have a male version and female version.

I love any bug fixes we see in updates, and more content is always appreciated too. A tutorial to guide new simmers is a welcome addition and expanding on that would be awesome.

Sorry, my previous comment was posted before I finished typing. What I was saying was to be honest I'm pretty sick of the sims 4. Everytime the game is updated, my game only breaks worse and becomes more and more unplayable. This time around, I have multicolor question marks in place of floor tiles throughout my sims homes and apartments. When I load into a home or apartment, there is no paint on the walls. I'm sure there are more glitches I just haven't seen yet since I refuse to play the game in this condition. Not to mention, since the previous patch, my highschool sims are still unable to attend highschool properly. The whiteboard just says "careers". Yes I do play with mods and cc, yes it is all updated. No that is not what's causing these bugs. I'm very frustrated at this point with the sims team.

Pondering this some more... there really doesn't seem to be much to say. The bug fixes were expected... and yes appreciated but honestly, I can't really heap praise on someone for fixing something they broke in the first place. I'm sorry but it's true.

New features... the loyal trait is nice but not something I'm personally excited about especially since, as I said before, I probably wouldn't choose it over other traits. The tutorial and guide are sensible additions given the expectation of new, casual players and the obvious goal of using the free release as a way to both boost sales of expansions and drum up interest in the inevitable release of Sims 5. However, again, it's not something I'm excited about because I don't expect to use it.

Given how frankly perilous updates have become, I don't think this was a good one. I think, if there is indeed a goal of attracting new players and keeping them, along with selling more expansions... updates that fix major bugs and solid, well tested updates that expand some of the weaker or buggier areas of the expansion packs would be a good future goal. The Spa Days refresh a while back was a good value add. There are opportunities to do similar refreshes with lots of other packs... from Dine Out to High School Years, they could all use a little tuning. I hope the developers turn some attention in that direction in the near future. I think, for those incoming new players, it would make a good impression.

I’ve had a save that’s been around for years and survived many updates. I can’t speak for others, but I haven’t experienced a game breaking update since the Eco Living update went live.

I play on the console, PS4. I can’t use mods even if I want to. And there are a number of mods I would use for my merfolk!

Anyways, I did have a scare about my save breaking with the High School Years updates, but my game stabilized. So, I’m very happy with the updates, and I love finding new content to play with!

So far, my experience with the updates have been very good. The only reason I started a new save is because:

1. I think the longevity of my saves on the PS4 are a 1000 times better than when I first got the game

2. I wanted to start fresh and clean up some of accumulated oddities that developed over time.

I had sims with persistent fears and 5 different lifestyles. After saving them to the gallery and transferring them to my new save. I used some rewards store elixirs to clear life styles and fears. I gave my sims the brave trait, and I’m hoping they stick to 3 life styles and can manage their fears better.

I also removed a ton of likes. Right now, all my sims want to do is listen to radio stations when they like too many.

A suggestion if I may.

Please Refresh Island Living or drop some updates for merfolk.

Before City Living, the Charmer’s Lullaby was a great way to serenade sims, but now, my sims with the singing skill will serenade their significant others. The once great ability has kinda lost some of its charm.

Could merfolk change the weather to more conditions beyond Thunderstorms, Rainstorms, and Clear Skies… I’d love to have more options similar to the weather machine. It would be convenient to have more ways to change the weather with merfolk.

Merfolk are super sneaky and elusive. I mean my human sims see them with a tail sometimes and those mermen and mermaids still won’t admit what they are! Could sims get a moodlet in response to discovering the existence of merfolk! When sims discover Aliens, they get Angry or Confident! That would be a cool reaction to learning that your best friend is a little fishy!

Can there be interactions like “Debate the existence of merfolk” or merfolk abilities that are special interactions. For example, the Alien ability to erase memory is a mischief interaction. Can merfolk have their own mischief and friendly interactions that are somehow linked to abilities.

I’ve said it once before and I’ll say it again, will there be any news of new refreshes! I’d love a refresh for Island Living that gives sims and merfolk a chance to go underwater like in the Sims 3.

Sorry, I meant to give feedback instead of create a wish list, but one of the things that has been upsetting is all the updates for newer packs, but I rarely see anyone revisiting some of the older packs. Packs like Island Living really do need some attention too!

Edit: apologies for the edits. I missed too many typos for my liking.