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GracieFace312
New Spectator
4 years ago

The phone interface needs improving and ASAP!

Sul Sul, Simmers!

Due to some unfortunate game glitches and some of my own personal health 'glitches' I've spent the last few days learning how to make custom icons on my phone. I've seen them floating around on my Pinterest for a while now and I've always marvelled at how pretty some of them were. Then I thought 'hey, I wonder if I could use the icons from the Sims 4 to represent my apps?"

Anyway, here are the results of my experimentation:

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Page 1
https://i.imgur.com/4tXNyOy.png
Page 2
https://i.imgur.com/N4C3GMG.png
Page 3
https://i.imgur.com/O9yupV9.png
Page 4
https://i.imgur.com/r7hIHFr.png
Page 5
https://i.imgur.com/J6XLnsq.png


They're not the most inspired looking with just the plain black background but it was my first time ever doing something like this. It's stupidly easy to do as well if anybody is interested in that. It's just incredibly time consuming... but I was bored and I can't find the motivation to play my game atm!

This whole experience has me wanting something similar in the game. The phone interface needs some serious UI updates! Please, EA!

I know some other things are more of a priority right now (cars, babies, Sims with personalities) but I think this would make a really cool, fun little update for the team to do for us!

EDIT: I'm probably not going to keep them when I get a new phone and I'll make some generic, minimalistic looking ones when the time comes but if anyone is interested in the icons send me a private message stating which ones you'd like and I'd be thrilled to send them to you!

Merry Winterfest!
  • It needs a block number option so I can block every stranger that texts my sims. :D
  • I don't like that they didn't change the UI when they rebranded the game. While the main menu and loading screens are blue everything else is white.
    I really feel like they should revisit the whole UI and add hints of navy blue, it currently looks like kinda of a hot mess to me.
  • oh cute!

    how did you make them?

    I use android so probably doesn't work :(
  • Thanks!

    They are just files so they might do. Might be different sizes though... Sorry I don't have access to an android phone but if it helps they are 128x128px. I found the icons here https://luniversims.com/files/category/47-sims-4-pack-dicones/. I created mine in procreate on my ipad but you can use any image software. It's dead easy! I only know how to create custom icons using the shortcuts app on iPhone/iPads but I'm sure it can be done on Android :smile:
  • "Sharonia;c-17753399" wrote:
    It needs a block number option so I can block every stranger that texts my sims. :D


    Great idea!
  • Hey there! A quick heads-up: I moved this thread to the Game Feedback section of the forum. :)