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 ;)136Views8likes15CommentsActual Maximum Sim Count in a game?
Hi all, I guess I start this thread because I am really not sure what is the actual maximum sim count a game can have as of now? Perhaps a simguru can enlighten me? So, I set my game to Unlimited sim count with 385 active sims under My Households and several hundreds (between 200 to 300) more under Other Households. My active households are all over the sim world. Recently I notice that new townies no longer spawn and if they do, they will be removed from the game on the next sim day. So these are the 2 questions: 1, Does anyone know what is the actual maximum sim count for unlimited? From what I read in forums the number range between 500 to 800 but I am not really sure. 2. Does the game remove townies if the sim count exceed the limit?231Views2likes22CommentsWhat to buy next
I'm thinking about buying one of these Expansion packs for my birthday, but I can't decide which one to get. I'm not interested in Life & Death (I find the topic too morbid) So, my choices are Horse Ranch, Lovestruck or For Rent. Which one would you say is worth buying?199Views4likes17CommentsNo more sales on packs?
Sul Sul, I recently started playing about a half a year ago and would always get offered discounted packs or kits. I play on the PS4. Expansion packs would go 50% off and I think its the kit packs that would go like 10% off? I have so many more packs I want to buy just $40 for each pack is a little out of my budget:( Any help would be awesome. Thank you 😀67Views2likes3CommentsLicense expired error EC 204
I am trying to play my game in offline mode but it is stating to me license expired error EC 204. It is asking me to update the game online. If I did so I will lose months of hard work i put in to change my hundreds of sims hair , clothes etc using downloaded items . I would also have to download again all the mods .. last time origin forced me to update sim i lost everything.. in order to avoid that happening I have been playing my game in offline mode but now it is not letting me play it in offline mode anymore .. I read in forums to delete the origin app and download the ea app .. I have done that with no benefit .. i will really appreciate EA or someone to support this issue .. I feel a lot of people will stop playing the game without mods if whenever the game is updated all the sim cloths that we downloaded from the internet vanish and all the mods have to be downloaded again as well… can you please tell me how i can continue to play this game offline15Views0likes0CommentsWORKAROUND - Grim not showing up when summoned
I am using Windows 10 still because some of my programs that make my computer more accessible to me are 32-bit programs. The file locations may be/look different than Windows 11. The principles are still the same. Read This First: Make sure you only click folders and files that appear underneath This PC. These are the folders and files that are actually on your hard drive(s) and not in The Cloud. Back up your current user folder - To do this, follow these steps: Launch File Explorer - When you start it, you will most likely see your Quick Access folders first, don't click on any of those. The reason for this is: if you have Microsoft OneDrive, the Quick Access folders are usually tied to OneDrive. Again, make sure you are navigating to folders under This PC. You can navigate through your files in the left side panel or click on them on the right side of the screen. Double-click on the Documents folder. Double-click Electronic Arts folder. Highlight the Sims 4 folder but don't double-click it. Right click and go to Rename - Rename your Sims 4 folder to Sims 4 Backup Copy this folder (Ctrl-C) and Paste it (Ctrl-V) a place you can find it if you need it - I usually put mine on the Desktop. Once it is somewhere you can easily find it if you need it, follow the next step . You can now delete the Sims 4 Backup folder that is still in the Electronic Arts folder because you have a copy on the desktop. Now your Electronic Arts folder should now be empty. Don't panic. Launch the EA App and hover over The Sims 4 (You may or may not have other games in the left side panel) Click the blue Play Button. This will start the game. Because you deleted your Sims 4 folder, the game will run as if it were running for the very first time. Technically, you are running it for the very first time! ALL of your settings, saved games and mods are removed. For example, I play my game with no music on. If I follow these steps correctly, I will hear music. Exit the game immediately! DO NOT TOUCH ANYTHING ON THE MAIN MENU OTHER THAN EXIT GAME. Launch File Explorer again. Make sure that you are navigating through files and folders under the This PC as before Double-click on the Documents folder. Double-click Electronic Arts folder. You should now see your Sims 4 folder. Double-click it. Delete localthumbcache.package and avatarcache.package files. You may be tempted to go into the backup folder you made before to put back your Saved Games and Mods - DO NOT DO THIS! There are too many mods that will cause the event not to work properly. You will need fresh saves (one every week - I named mine Gim Event 1 and I will name next week's save Gim event 2, and so on) to complete the Grim Reaper Event. I know this seems harsh - and it is, but it's a workaround so we're all kind of screwed by it if we want the event to work properly and get all of the items. Run the game again in the EA App with the blue Play button as before. Adjust your settings the way you like them - DO NOT ENABLE MODS Start a new save Make 2 YA Sims ONLY - Occult Sims are OK, but no pets, infants, toddlers or children. (or get them off the Gallery) - One you want to play with and one you will kill to have Grim show up at the house! Enable Cheats - Press Ctrl-Shift-C and type: testingcheats true then press Ctrl-Shift-C again to close the cheats window. I also strongly recommend turning autonomy off for the Event tasks. That way you can direct them to do Event tasks and they're not getting glasses of water every 5 seconds - because you won't have mods to stop Sims from getting water or putting plates on top of half walls. DO NOT PAUSE OR SAVE YOUR GAME UNTIL THE EVENT TASKS APPEAR - THIS WILL BREAK THE EVENT. Try to do the tasks in order. It's much easier and there is less chance of something going wrong. When you get to the Summon Grim Task - Buy the Grimophone and click Summon Grim Reaper. You must do this even though there are reports of Grim not showing up at all. As it is an event task, and you must do it to do the next event task. The next task after that will be: Meet or Socialize with the Grim Reaper. This is why you have another Sim (to kill.) Switch control to your "Sacrificial Sim" - If you forget to switch control to your other sim, the next step will kill your main sim. I found out the hard way the first time I did this! Make the Second Sim sit down. Shift-Click on that Sim and select Kill... Your only option will be to kill that Sim by an (Invisible) Rabbit Attack. Click that. Now Grim has no choice but to show up : ) YAY! Pause the Game so Grim doesn't disappear. Shift-Click on Grim, Click Add to Household. Grim's face should now appear on the bottom next to your main sim. Click on him as you normally would to meet or socialize with him, I clicked Ask about Day. That Event Task should now complete. After that, you can remove Grim from your household unless you want him to stay but he might be needed for other tasks during the event so I would remove him. That's as far as I got. I then paused my game and wrote everyone this guide! If you have Questions or issues, don't hesitate to reach out to me.Solved119Views0likes2CommentsSimlish songs used in EP Trailers added to game?
I loved, loved, loved the simlish song used in the recent Life and Death Reveal Trailer (tbh I teared up a little at the trailer which I think had a lot to do with the song, although I have no idea what it's called or who it's by!) and it got me wondering if all the simlish songs used in trailers etc eventually make it into the game, or are they just recorded as promos. Does anyone know?382Views1like3CommentsHow to celebrate Agnes' 100th birthday?
That's right, in my game this stunning woman will soon turn 100 years old! She won't be the first resident getting this old, but she will be the first I think that ought to be celebrated. She is still a major stockholder of Landgraab Industries, Inc. (making her one of the wealthiest residents of my kingdom), and she certainly left a solid (and perhaps aching) impression wherever she appeared. She currently resides with her cousin Agatha, in a cottage rented from the Rossie dukedom, with Agnes' son, daughter-in-law, and their little child who is Agnes' granddaughter, Agnella. Here is Agnes' family tree. But, how would you celebrate Agnes Crumplebottom's first 100 years? Tea party? Finchwick festival? Dinner with the regional Duke of Rossie? A night in the theatre? A drink on the beach of Sulani?173Views5likes19CommentsEA Forum/Old Sims Forums Account Help
Hi! Sorry if I've posted this in the wrong category, I am looking for some help regarding my old Sims Forums account. I've reached out to EA Help and they said that they are "unable to check your forums account since we are only able to look into EA Accounts here at EA Chat." When logging into the new EA Forums all my badges were missing and my post that was confirmed to be migrated is gone. This is a link to the old post https://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/940008/mysims-legacy-challenge-last-updated-3-26-2023/p1 I was able to log into the old Sims Forums 2 months ago with my same EA account as this one. My old username was Alexis3142. I had changed the email for my EA account back in 2020 and I still have access to my old email. I dont know if that email change is the cause of this issue. Im not sure how to move forward or fix this issue or who to even ask for help. I had 10 year badges and many others. But mostly my MySims Legacy Challenge discussion is gone. I appreciate anyone who is able to give me some advice or point me in the right direction.88Views0likes3Comments