MC Command Center Master Thread
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Is there a ZOO in your game?
I just built a Zoo in Ciudad Enamorada, and it was so much fun planning and testing it! I just posted about it on my blog, but I'd also like to hear about other zoos out there, and to discuss possible improvements to mine. I chose to build it on a residential lot, and just pretend it is a full community service. This way he zookeeper family can reside there. I think it's more fun actually trying to keep up with chores than to just visit. Now, a family can visit the keeper family and then look around as if they visited a community lot zoo. I need to test m ore with visitors, though :) While playing the keepers household, they can attract a few visitors by running a backyard sale. The little zoo shop is also a way to bring in money, based on produce from the zoo (eggs, honey, milk, wool etc). It's a bit hard to add special animals, as we don't have that many. So, there are basically farm animals, and a couple CC additions and a couple deco animals. I plan to add animal clothes eventually. There is a room for exhibitions, where I plan displaying photos/painting related to wild animals. Do anyone know if it would be possible to add the animated snake from Selvadorada? Pls share about your own zoo or possible ideas ;)
How Are Maxis Curated Items Selected Now?
Hi all 💜 For years now, I've been an avid supporter of the Maxis Fav Nomination process. I would regularly visit the forum nomination threads to recommend the talented creativity I would see week after week in the gallery. I enjoyed putting things forward for the curation reviewers and was honored when some of my nominations got selected. It seems, in these past several months approximately, that the promoted ways to share nominations are possibly not getting considered. At least, I haven't found any rhyme or reason as to how items are getting curated lately. I and others have tried on Twitter X, on the official Sims Discord server and I did even find the migrated forum threads so I've recently tried there too. Will you please explain the future of Maxis Curated Content and how to officially nominate the creations of others? I also recommend starting new threads for households, rooms and lots. It's a fresh, new forums so let's freshen up the Maxis Curation Process please. Thanks for reading and considering! 💜Tip to safeguard your paintings and photographs
I know a lot of us have been plagued with in-game photos and paintings going black for various reasons, sometimes reversable, sometimes not. Today it happened in my game. For no good reason, all paintings Abigail made of her and Joseph's honeymoon to Windenburg were black. I had hoped to keep them for future generations so it upset me quite a bit. Then I discovered I had a much older save hiding in my list, so on the off chance that they weren't corrupted there I opened it and there they were. So how to get them into my current save? Well I simply made a room with just the paintings in it, saved it to my library and then I could download it into the active/current save from there. From now on, if I have pictures that I feel are important in game, I will make sure to do this with all of them, thereby protecting them from corruption. I hope this can help anyone save their pictures too, before they are irreparably corrupted by whatever patch or update that we might get down the road.Peer into Soul
Hello, I did a little research into the "Peer into Soul" interaction that you can use by having a Sim be reborn with the Burning Soul Trait. I wanted to know which traits you are able to keep. I didn't find much googling, so here are my findings for everyone else. Traits you CAN keep: - All reward store traits. - Any aspiration Reward trait (including Child and Teen aspirations) - Any bonus trait from picking an aspiration (Quick Learner, High Metabolism, etc.) (the ones Sims can "Pass Down" with the Soul's Journey) - Traits from After School Activity: Scouting Aptitude, Chess Master, Cheer Champion, Star Player, L33t Hacker - Character Value Reward traits (These are not claimable as a teen, but become claimable as soon as you become young adult) (Responsible, Manners, etc) - University Degrees (including Mixology Certificate). You can claim them as a Teen, they become fully functional as a Young Adult. (also remembers if you got them with honors). Fully functional in starting careers at a higher level. - Top notch infant & toddler - Certain other traits: Authentic Prankster, Self Esteem, The Knowledge, Seasoned Gamer Traits that did NOT transfer: - Inheritable traits: Sulani Mana, Ancient Spellcaster, Greater Wolf Blood, Father Winter's baby - Immortal from the Magic Potion - Mental Magister (Brainiacs in University) - Werewolf Ally - High School Graduation status - Any Spellcaster perks or spells My supersim was in progress and did not have every trait, he had nothing from the career reward traits. For any of the traits that have levels or opposites (Character Value, Top Notch Toddler) i did not test if you can earn a different version of the trait and then claim the other version, making you have two traits that were previously exclusive to each other. Might be possible. Once i learned the inheritable traits were not actually inherited (ironic is it not), i slightly lost interest, since it makes Super Sim Challenges with reborn sims kinda weird. I hope someone finds this information useful.
EA. PLEASE let us turn off Grim Reaper Rewards and ads.
How can I turn it off? I'm not at all interested in the rewards or the challenges. It's sitting in the corner of my screen ruining my gameplay. Will it go away eventually or am I just stuck with it? Even if this one goes away will I be able to remove the next one?! I thought it would maybe be like the discovery quests that you can opt in or out of, which I already have turned off. PLEASE LET ME TURN IT OFF! I'm so confused as to why they made this a in game situation. Everyone plays this game very differently and this is making me want to stop playing. I've checked all the settings and tried multiple saves and there's nothing you can do. I'm more than annoyed by it, I see a lot of people in the sims community are also wanting to remove this. Stop forcing this kind of thing down our throat. I'll be here searching the internet until this problem has been resolved or until someone makes a mod to remove it all together. You know and I might as well throw in that Vivaland looks better and better everyday......
Help me choose! Discover University or High School Years?
For context, I have the packs I want most, and I'm not interested in the gameplay of active school (either) so that's not a factor in my decision between Discover University and High School Years. I play a lot of rags to riches and legacies, but I often short-lifespan through infants and toddlers, and what I like most about children and teens is building Skills and Traits and setting up story for their young adult and adult years, so children and teens are more backstory than story in my play style. I also like a good World with lots of lots (they have a similar number), and Build/Buy (opinions?!). I've looked into both Discover University and High School Years, and am listing my personal "pros" below. I'm not listing the "cons". Discover University 3 new careers (Law, Education, Engineering) 2 new skills (Research and Debate, Robotics) 2 new after school activities (E-Sports Competitor, Soccer Team Player) That degrees build Skills and set you up for Careers, and are a bit of a mini-quest Roomates WooHoo in the shower High School Years 2 new part time jobs (Simfluencer, Video Game Streamer) 4 new after school activities (Cheer, Chess, Computer, and Football Team Member) 3 new CAS traits (Overachiever, Party Animal, Socially Awkward) EZ Exit Window That it is slightly newer (by three years), and the newer packs tend to have better quality objects in terms of both design and graphics Any advice? What do you love about Discover University and/or High School Years, if you love them? What parts do you play with most?
