Houston...we have a problem.
Howdy, this is my first time on the forum! So I apologize if this comes off as dense or unnecessary but, I just want to talk about aliens. Not Area 51, or Roswell, but the aliens in the Sims 4. Out of all Occult Sims (outside plant-sims) I feel as if Alien Sims fall beyond flat. I understand their inception was early on in the game, but have they really change since…? It's been over 11 years at this point, and I feel as if my Aliens will continue to land directly on their face due to lack of both attention and overall care. Many players of this franchise know of Pollination Techs, Birth Queens, and abductions yet Aliens in the Sims 4 honestly feel like regular Sims with just a couple of dated interactions? We can't even choose a new and colorful skin tone, which is crazy to me because you can choose frog eyes for your Sims now, but you can't even turn an alien red or yellow. Faeries, Werewolves, and Ghosts could practically paint themselves rainbows yet Spell-Casters, Vampires, and Aliens are all stuck with the dated green to indigo spectrum of simplicity. What gets me so upset about it is that outside of CAS at least Spell-Casters and Vampires have things worth playing for? You can become a Grand Master Vampire, you can become the ultimate Spell-Caster right, but aliens…what can you do outside scaring Sims with a probe. -_-? They don't even have a skill-tree??? Why continue to spoon-feed us Sims 2 nostalgia and lore if we can't even do much with one of the first occults in franchise as well as the basis of your main character's lore? What is Bella Goth's story without aliens and a literal abduction? Sixam is a single lot world that you have to fight tooth and nail to even get to, but wowie here's a forced fed Batuu pack because we're about lose the IP. UGH! I want better for Aliens in the Sims 4, and it doesn't help that replaying the Sims 3 has made me realize just how useless Aliens are specifically in the Sims 4. Honestly speaking if I wanted a boring blue Sim, I would just choose the limited blue skin tones they keep for giggles. After all this “quality of life” rigmarole breaks my game even more, I hope eventually they'll refresh Alien Sims…but at this point who am I kidding, the one and only refresh we've ever had was for Spa Day. Which was 5 years ago. WOAH WOAH WAIT--- MAYDAY! Mayday, I think my ship is steadily sinking and I've lost all hope. At least I can still zoom around in my UFO on TS3, until my Aliens finally pick their faces off of the ground, ciao!
Special Events
Hi everyone, so first off I just wanted to say that I love when the Sims has special events and that they have them last a long time so we can collect the items. However, I am irritated with the way they are doing the new Bridgerton event. I’ve noticed that so many people have been having issues trying to collect items from the event. I have had issues with it saying it was locked, even though I had checked in the right amount of times. It’s also said “Please be patient while Gnomes fix the problem.” Or whatever it is they have there lol. It’s happened several times now since it started. I like how they’ve done previous events but not this one. Is anyone else irritated with it? Like I was finally able to get my items, but I don’t know if anyone else has been able to or not. I also didn’t know if I’d get my items or not, even though I’d had the right amount of check ins and they were not unlocking for me. I don’t know what I did to finally get them but somehow when I went back to the main menu after playing for a bit, the items that were locked were finally unlocked. How can we ask Sims developers to go back to the old way of doing events? I liked the way they did the previous event, which I can’t remember if it was the Nature’s event that came out with Enchanted by Nature or if there was another one after that. I might have missed an event though. Does anyone else feel the same way as me? Just super curious! Thanks lol.😅Can we PLEASE just stop updating and adding to the game.
The more updates you do the more it breaks the game. I mean seriously, this is the only game in history of games that takes updates to fix updates that was to fix a previous update. Can yall maybe focus on fixing the crap thats going on in game before rolling out all the money grabbing stuff. I love the Sims but I'm DONE!! I'll play offline from now on. I also feel like its even worse for us console players, like yall really don't care. I guess because of the buyout yall are tryong to take the franchise diwn at this point. 🤷🏻♀️ I just had to say my peace ✌️ and rant a little. This last update was the last straw for me! I have to click off pop ups for packs I already own, (and I own most of them so yall already have a ton of mobey from me) my gallery doesnt work even for my builds it freezes my game and I have to resart and then go through the 100 hour loading screen and clicking off the welcome to pack thong again. I dont even want to play at this point and started playing more Dreamlight Valley from Gameloft. Maybe take some notes EA/Maxis.
Bug Reports and Feedback Posts
EA_Solaire EA_Cade TheSimsDirect This is feedback in regards to both the Bug Report and Feedback forums. I think it would be very beneficial if, especially during this year of bug fixes (and unknowing what next year will bring), if there is just a little more transparency on what you are willing to fix and what you are not willing to fix. As upvotes and reproduceable, clearly are not the only deciding factors if something is going to get a fix. Do note I completely understand not every report can/would result in a fix. Especially, if mods/cc are in the mix. Graphic Quality and Errors - Will these really be considered? I have posted poor graphic alignment and it was just shoved into feedback. Shadow errors are numerous and growing, but since collection reports do not exist anymore (so tons of upvoted collections reports disappeared overnight) will it really be by upvotes or will they all be considered? Missing and Wrong Swatches - For Quality Assurance reasons, these really should be taken seriously even if not the most upvotes. And the more recent swatches seem to be getting worse in quality. Is this something that will be considered or unless an outcry? Tuning File and String File Errors - If the tuning files/string files are provided, and the error or fix is relatively straight forward. Shouldn't these be streamlined as it should be in theory a quick and easy fix? As internally most players assume the game is working according to tooltips. Feature Errors - When features such as Milestones, relationship/family trees issues, etc. can get a lot of upvotes, but sometimes are ignored for months or years even after being Verified. Will/can these be at least have more transparency if and when a fix will happen? Maybe adding more cheat features for players to fix themselves (usually available through mods but an official cheat would at least be a way to fix for those who do not use mods). Animation Glitches and Errors - From what I can understand this is another Quality Assurance reason, unless it is caused by mods, which would usually render the glitch/error moot. Feedback Ideas/Posts - Are list posts even being considered? or are only 1 topic and highly upvoted/liked even looked at? If there are no more EPs/GPs/SPs coming can you are least let us know so we are not wasting our own time posting and hoping? And if the team doesn't even know the future of that game, maybe just say that? Transparency is usual appreciated from a fan base. Otherwise, why are the EA staff not utilizing their basically free/volunteer fan base more? There are many players posting thorough/detailed bug reports, in some cases en mass. Some of these players are doing some deep diving investigations, and usually in the form of quality assurance. From what is basically the player base is assuming if working correctly, and even if they notice may not report as they are more, and are more disillusioned from the quality of the franchise at this point in time, and may take it upon themselves to get mods to fix, or simply play with it knowingly broken. Basically, less people are reporting or upvoting because of a myriad of reasons such as: They give up, they think the game is dead anyways, the fixes haven't made their game playable enough to bother trying to look into other bug/glitch/errors, etc. Even if Sims 4 is winding down, it would be nice to know what will be prioritized (as upvotes are clearly not enough of a deciding factor) and what will be passed over. Please EA moderators, devs and staff give a little more attention (and the benefit of doubt) to the basically free/volunteer fan base who are going out of their way to help improve the game better and their posts such as: DestroyerSims canelacaliente SproutLee rozza_sims as a few examples. Thank you in advance for your consideration. I only post this as I believe in the franchise and want the best for both the players and staff alike.
My game just tried to unlive me for no reason
Ha ha ha... sometimes this game behaves so strangely. I was helping my wife in the game by buying her a rocket ship launch pad while she was sleeping. Suddenly my sim started laughing hysterically. Why? I have no idea but then I died. what a way to start your day. Well, that didn't make any sense. So I just exited and restarted from an earlier save and escaped death. But I am still puzzled about why any sim would laugh about just buying a rocketship? It isn't funny.
Manage World: Seasonal and Weather Customization
Manage World: Seasonal and Weather Customization In Manage World, you have the power to shape each environment completely. You can choose the overall weather pattern-like a heat wave, a storm, or a calm breeze-and fine-tune it with sliders for humidity, temperature, and intensity. You can also set the season-winter, spring, summer, or fall- so each world transforms with the time of year. As you adjust these settings, the game updates instantly-changing skies, air, and the whole atmosphere-so each world is uniquely alive and responsive to you choices.
Italian Themed World/ Expansion Pack
Can we please get a pack with a world based on Italy like the Sims 3 Monte Vista? I LOVED that world, and the gondola rides from the venue Last Venue of Amore. This would make the perfect romantic getaway vacationing spot for our Sims. I think we need more romantic places!
Haunted house, business;, Occult Library
I started a residential Haunted house in Ravenwood;, Whispering Glen (64x64). The family contains a glutton, lazy ghost/fairy who manages a small amount of herb plants and a sales table, a lazy, slob natural living/repair werewolf and a paranoid/cleanly spellcaster sim who owns the Occult Library. I expected some weirdness;, it's what I signed on for! :) Guildry is annoying to the point of shouting;, I finally just deleted him. Never leaves even when turned off using the *helping Hand statue. Floats between the book shelves and sitting on the *Chillville Portable Cooler or Beds usually when somebody is trying to use them. I put in *Right Sized Thimble bins in the Library and house but my sims seems to think that the only usable bin is the one in the park by Marigold Chateau, each bin MUST be emptied individually and the furthest bin from the sim MUST be used. It's worse when somebody has been cooking in the park! When did it become my sims job to clean every puddle in a rainstorm? Every plate in the world? Due to running a haunted house, I have the *Seance Table in the residence, and a *Formidable Table in the library. This creates massive confusion over what table is being used for meals, due to the size of the lot and the occasions of if/which sims use a bed, table or chair or even the park to eat, the walking distange ranges from annoying to starving! Books are still removed from the library on regular occasions. I hired a librarian (Iris Ladipo) to, at the very least, try to manage the book piles, but books are routinely dumped in the mud off the lot! The size of the world does not help...
