Hi guys, so, I just wanted to say, I love playing on handhelds! I actually sold six game consoles in order to buy a steam deck in order to play The Sims 4 on it lol. But....Sims is basically unplayable on it. It's just impossible. I don't know if it's possible for EA to do anything about that or if it is Steam's thing, but, I was hoping that maybe someone who has some sort of power could do...something. You guys are the best! Thanks! <3
@jcp011c2 i believe that you have to get the ea app on the console - can’t super remember because my memory is…terrible, but, pretty sure. The console is essentially a computer. It has a desktop and everything. So you can even put mods and stuff on it.
You need to download the game thru steam. You will need to configure your controls unless the preset it picks from the community works for you. Once you login to your ea account you can download your packs. I couldn’t tell if it did that in game mode but in desktop mode if you minimize the game while it runs you can open the ea app and start the downloads. It should run on ultra settings I have most packs and some mods and don’t have any issues. I can share my controller mapping if you’d like @fujicakes1
@fujicakes1 Yeah it’s a lot of trial and error to get it mapped in a way that feels ok. Now I’ll be the first to say these controls aren’t perfect but I found them decent enough to play the game how I would on PC. I’m sure there are some keys that aren’t in my list but these are the buttons I use.
I mapped these controls for The Sims 3 Camera mode and use (mostly) the same button mapping as Sims 4 on console.
Window (left): M Key (map) Menu (right): Escape Key (brings up menu/ deselects object/tool)
DPad Behavior: Directional Pad Up: Page Up (floor up) Down: Page Down (floor down) Left: End Key (walls down) Right: Home Key (walls up)
R2 (full pull): Shift L2 (full pull): Alt
Right Joystick Behavior: Directional Pad Up: = (zoom in) Down: - (dash) (zoom out) Left: , (comma) (rotate camera/rotate held object) Right: . (Period) (rotate camera/rotate held object) Click: G Key (grid)
Left Joystick Behavior: Directional Pad Up: W Key (move camera forward) Down: S Key (move backward) Left: A Key (move left) Right: D Key (move right) Click: Spacebar (next sim)
**The trackpad mapping is based on me being right handed.
Right Trackpad Behavior: As Mouse Click: Left Mouse Click
Left Trackpad Behavior: Scroll Wheel Click: Middle Mouse Click (hold this button and you can free rotate the camera with the R track pad) Clockwise Command: Scroll Wheel Up Counter Clockwise Command: Scroll Wheel Down
Edit- Here is the path to the Mods folder. Pin it to the quick access bar once you’re there so you don’t have to go through the folders again.
@drake_mccarty that would be great! I configured one but I think it is not intuitive because I obviously keep hitting the buttons in the wrong order, it does not bring up the cheat bar it just kinda freaks out. My memory is pretty bad and I thought I did something simple to remember but obviously I did not.
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