This game is unplayable

I hear you on that. No amount of new DLC can compensate for a broken game. It was a bugfest when it launched, the bugs have since multiplied uncontrollably, so now we have a total mess. Sad thing is that as long as EA is making money with this, nothing will improve.

Not to mention that most of the major DLCs (packs) released within the past two years were remarkably broken. I think this might be due to divestment in quality assurance; older packs generally had more people working on quality assurance than a lot of the newer ones, from what I've seen. I might be wrong, but didn't the Desert Luxe Kit have a larger QA team than My Wedding Stories?

Don't know if I am in the right area but hopefully someone here can help me. This is my first time back to the game since EA took over SIMS from ORIGIN and I'm not liking the fact that it is showing me that I would have to purchase a game pack that I already bought when I played on ORIGIN. If that is the case, they can take it a shove it. Can someone explain this to me? Please & thank you.

"angelblu3y3z;c-18229479" wrote:
Don't know if I am in the right area but hopefully someone here can help me. This is my first time back to the game since EA took over SIMS from ORIGIN and I'm not liking the fact that it is showing me that I would have to purchase a game pack that I already bought when I played on ORIGIN. If that is the case, they can take it a shove it. Can someone explain this to me? Please & thank you.

Hello @angelblu3y3z... :)
It might be best to head on over to the AHQ site to search for the issue that you are having as I'm sure there have been threads already made about your issue... :)
https://answers.ea.com/t5/EA-app/ct-p/ea-app-en

> @lisasc360 said:
> Hello @angelblu3y3z... :)
> It might be best to head on over to the AHQ site to search for the issue that you are having as I'm sure there have been threads already made about your issue... :)
> https://answers.ea.com/t5/EA-app/ct-p/ea-app-en

Thank you very much for your help. It is greatly appreciated :smiley:

"angelblu3y3z;c-18229522" wrote:
> @lisasc360 said:
> Hello @angelblu3y3z... :)
> It might be best to head on over to the AHQ site to search for the issue that you are having as I'm sure there have been threads already made about your issue... :)
> https://answers.ea.com/t5/EA-app/ct-p/ea-app-en

Thank you very much for your help. It is greatly appreciated :smiley:

You're welcome @angelblu3y3z...?

"BigBadBob;c-18232665" wrote:
No matter what I do, my sims NEVER do the tasks they want unless I direct them to, and the more I redirect them the angrier they get.
Their love needs may seem satisfied, but only so long as all other considerations are sidelined.
They do not, on their own, pursue career goals.
Often they don't eat, sleep, pee or shower, all the while complaining of the results.
They randomly do things that offend other sims, and it happens too quickly to see what it was.
The reject directions on a whim and leave aside the tasks to which they claim to aspire or which they need in order to do well in careers or roles. They always stop whatever they are doing to play games or do something else entirely unproductive.
No matter how advanced they are at cooking, they always leave off the preparations after the money has been spent and let the half-made food rot. They never bother to clean this up.
They eat and drink spoiled things they won't clean up.
They leave trash lying around and won't clean it up.
No matter how I do or don't micro-manage them, my sims always crash into insane outbursts and uncontrollable rage after a couple hours of playtime
Either this game is absurdly difficult to play or none of the in-game help is worth a rat's poop in a chocolate factory.
Is there no sandbox mode where new players can learn the ropes without constantly hanging themselves?
How can I follow tips that actually work without having to wade through thousands upon thousands of comments to find a reply?
How is this game fun when it always ends with frenzied, angry, chaotic, rebellious, self-destructive sims no matter what I do?

The game isn't difficult, it's broken.

I wish I never bought Bust the Dust. It's the worst $5 I've ever spent. It broke my game, my $1000 worth of DLCs and EPs and SPs game. For about a year or two, I followed James Turner's instructions and just disabled the kit on the Origin interface and it was okay. The evil spawn of Satan just disappeared and my game was blissfully free of dust bunnies, unusable counters, and stupid inspired moodlets from a normally vacuumed house for days on end. And then the demon returned.

Uncheck the box in Pack settings, they said. That will fix the problem, they said. No more dust effects, they said.
They lied.
The demon returned once again.
It is unkillable.
https://assets2.rockpapershotgun.com/sims-4-debug-cheats-lame-pun.jpg/BROK/resize/1920x1920%3E/format/jpg/quality/80/sims-4-debug-cheats-lame-pun.jpg
My sims cannot cook in their kitchens any more because of this pack.
So of course I did what any of you would do, I had them eat fresh produce. Do they get the Gift from Mother Nature moodlet they used to get? No, some junk food loving weirdo programmed the game to give Sims diarrhea if they eat produce now. This is what happens:
https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8aKzr4N4bXQ/YEquS90jo9I/AAAAAAAAA7E/F9RmvgmWw04PKAMzYY4AwG53QPsk9jplgCLcBGAsYHQ/s297/harvest_naturesrevenge.jpg
Why was this update necessary? Why? Did someone think people are eating just too darned much fresh food these days and need to start eating more junk food?

This is a cocktail for starvation in my game. My sims cannot eat.

"sleekoduck87;c-18235179" wrote:
I wish I never bought Bust the Dust. It's the worst $5 I've ever spent. It broke my game, my $1000 worth of DLCs and EPs and SPs game. For about a year or two, I followed James Turner's instructions and just disabled the kit on the Origin interface and it was okay. The evil spawn of Satan just disappeared and my game was blissfully free of dust bunnies, unusable counters, and stupid inspired moodlets from a normally vacuumed house for days on end. And then the demon returned.

Uncheck the box in Pack settings, they said. That will fix the problem, they said. No more dust effects, they said.
They lied.
The demon returned once again.
It is unkillable.
https://assets2.rockpapershotgun.com/sims-4-debug-cheats-lame-pun.jpg/BROK/resize/1920x1920%3E/format/jpg/quality/80/sims-4-debug-cheats-lame-pun.jpg
My sims cannot cook in their kitchens any more because of this pack.
So of course I did what any of you would do, I had them eat fresh produce. Do they get the Gift from Mother Nature moodlet they used to get? No, some junk food loving weirdo programmed the game to give Sims diarrhea if they eat produce now. This is what happens:
https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8aKzr4N4bXQ/YEquS90jo9I/AAAAAAAAA7E/F9RmvgmWw04PKAMzYY4AwG53QPsk9jplgCLcBGAsYHQ/s297/harvest_naturesrevenge.jpg
Why was this update necessary? Why? Did someone think people are eating just too darned much fresh food these days and need to start eating more junk food?

This is a cocktail for starvation in my game. My sims cannot eat.

Major bummer! Not gotten that kit, never will now. Thank you for the warning. Have you tried MCCC? The 'make happy' command will fill empty sim tummies.