I hate to make such an assumption, but EA...
Hello, I’m not sure how to say this without sounding a bit erratic or accusatory, but EA capitalized off of my concept. Last night I was doing what I always do and played my game. The more I sat with the bugs and issues the more frustration I felt, so I decided I was going to post something on the forums for the “first time”. I went and said my spill, I was fine, was ready to sleep it off and all. Until I noticed I had a notification, which was confusing to me because I didn’t remember using the forum previously so I went to check. I was so shocked to not only see my Royalty Pack concept from my notes app, but rereading it made me incredibly ill because I realized my grave 20-year-old self’s mistake. Almost word for word, this is just the new expansion pack is it not? I get it, royalty isn’t this foreign and new concept, and this isn’t just public knowledge but also history. IT’S JUST VERY ODD THAT THIS IS ALMOST WORD FOR WORD THE ROYALTY & LEGACY PACK? I replied with gloom, but now I feel a bit off. After replying to my own post, on a post that has OPENED for 6 years whole years, I’m being blocked out? Not even 24 hours later, a community manager locked the discussion. I’ve messaged them, hoping to understand why, but if I know what I know I already know why. And with this buyout already stomping them in the mud, I know I’ll end up silenced once again somehow. I’m just so frustrated and over Electronic Arts and the Sims franchise as a whole. I watched it thrived, and witnessed the crash and burn as well. Not only that, but I just feel so sick to my stomach. Over it.
Swimming vs Exercise.
Right now, swimming is treated as exercise no matter what. I agree that swimming should improve Fitness, but I think there should be a distinction between recreational swimming and exercise swimming. In real life, someone can be incredibly lazy and still enjoy spending time in the water. A Sim might hate jogging, treadmills, or weightlifting, but still love swimming at the beach or in a backyard pool. My suggestion is: Add a "Swim Around Lazily" and/or "Casual Swim" interaction. Keep "Swim Laps" as the more fitness-focused activity. Add Swimming as its own Like/Dislike category. We already have separate Likes/Dislikes for activities such as Skiing, Snowboarding, Rock Climbing, and Wellness-related activities. Swimming feels distinct enough to warrant its own category. This would allow for more personality variety. For example: A Lazy Sim could enjoy casual swimming but dislikes exercise. An Active Sim could enjoy both casual swimming and swimming laps. A Sim could dislike Fitness in general but still enjoy spending time in the water. An active sim could dislike swimming for exercise and would rather be at the gym lifting weights. It would also create more realistic ways for Sims to stay healthy without forcing every Fitness-related activity into the same category. On top of that, adding a "Casual Swim" interaction would give Sims more personality and create additional storytelling opportunities. Some Sims would treat the pool as a place to relax, socialize, and cool off, while others would use it as part of their fitness routine. Having both options would make Sims feel more unique and allow players to better reflect different lifestyles and personalities. .
[Idea] Occult Updates and Packs
RoM, V, W , IP, L&D, EbN and GtW all have occults with limited occult specific CAS and Build/Buy. I'd love a stuff pack to flesh out and fill in the blanks for occults. Some of the occult CAS and Build/Buy are merely themed such as Victorian for Vampires and nature inspired for EbN for example. However, the occults themselves could have a larger range of occult specific themes. Edit: Would also highly benefit from Completely Disable Phone Feature & Alternate Computer Option | EA Forums - 12647073. Add missing occult ability trees for Mermaids and Aliens. PlantSims be a permanent occult with an ability tree. More traits that would help occult synergy (Mystical, Disruptive and Macabre are the closest occult friendly traits, if you want to discount the basic Good/Evil traits) Lot traits that encourage each or every type of occult to visit and a trait disallow all occults! Feathered and bat wings for Fairies or even Vampires (but be great if it could be any occult). Missing single bed, fridge, stove, etc. for EbN nature theme. RoM's The Iron Counter needs a cabinet counterpart (drives me nuts I don't have matching cabinets for my favourite counter). Small appliances for various occults/themes. Non-plant/flower nature themed CAS and Build/Buy. Air, fire and water/ice fairy themed attire and Build/Buy would be nice to have different elements Fairies. But these could also transcend to other occults such as Mermaids and Spellcasters. Something to do with Spellcaster all occult extra talent points! Edit, Mar 3rd, 2026: Practical Spellcaster's with Scruberoo use in when Hygiene is low (and/or use instead of "clean up/throw away"), Delicioso when Hunger is low, Floralorial for bugs/weeding, etc. autonomously. Mischief Spellcaster use Mischievous spells ons on disliked/despised Sims autonomously. I am not sure how easily Untamed spellcasters can use their spells autonomously. But at least Chillio for Fires! and Zipzap on disliked/despised Sims autonomously. More occult recipes and foods. I mean there is Soul Soup but it is from Level 5 Thanatology and Level 5 Cooking. As well as Curious Pizza and Alien Fruit Tarts for alien/U.F.O fruit recipes. But really more fantasy cuisine would be helpful for occult themed players. The ability to safely have Hybrid Occults without breaking the game, having multiple ability trees (at least 2). It be really nice if RoM had Glimmerbrook expanded to a 3 neighbourhood world. Maybe even for Vampires and Werewolves too. Alchemy, Herbalism and Apothecary recipes should be abled to be used in both the Cauldron and Apothecary Table. And ALL ingredients should be abled to be stored-linked to storage properly (having insects, frogs, metals, crystals (at least link the CCSP Gemology Table to pull from as recipes pull from the fridge), etc. not linked/stored together is very annoying to pull out of other storages). Familiars could be expanded, that they can change their moodlet buff, have interactions, etc. Add small pets fantasy creatures such as baby dragons. The ability to make any occult Immortal and stop aging. As a special trait. The ability to add the Grim Reaper or Father Winter to family tree (as parent) without breaking the game. More fantasy/alien plants. I love these and really cannot get enough of them. Tabletop Mini Cowplant, and Other Plant Ideas | EA Forums - 12786745 Edit, Apr 21st, 2026: Second form for Spellcasters. As they are suspected to be "disguised", and more Spellcaster type CAS/BB items. Vampire sire family trees (and the ability to edit them). Fairy option/quest/trait to be able to eat normal food to help emotional force. Or at least certain foods like honey, fruit, milk, or even flowers! etc. Turn off werewolf animal form (have have a secondary humanoid form instead to manipulate), I am sorry but the animal form weirds me out to no end, and can't play this occult because of it (I am sure there are mods but I'd prefer a official version so to not worry about game break mods when out of date mods are no longer kept up). If you are not going to add/update your packs where there is missing/wanted features CAS/Build/Buy. Just put it in a pack to expand the occult themes :) Edit, May 10, 2026: Steampunk spellcasters, dragon pets and clockwork familiars, orrery display/zodiacs, and herbalism/apothecary update/expansion. AI render image dump inspiration (my first time trying) lol Edit, May 28, 2026: Occult dueling alternative available option for R&L duels (so either occult or sword dueling). Differing occults dueling spellcaster vs. vampire for example. It would be nice too if certain occults get an advantage over another. Occult Lifestyles SE really could have helped occults act more like occults by earning occult lifestyles. Table Top/Counter Top Cauldron(s) for Alchemy/Apothecary/Herbalism, and Cooking Cauldron (at stove/fireplace/for grill) for Herbalism/Cooking/Grilling. Hoods, Cloaks and Capes for CAS! A non-hidden Realm of Magic World. The sky and lighting effects of the Magic Realm would be great to have as a normal world. It could be just like the Magic Realm with floating islands. We really need more all out fantasy worlds. Edit, May 29, 2026: Rune Marking and Glowing Rune Marking Decor for Floors and Walls. More/better Purple/Violet Swatches for BB. Ornate gold/wood/etc. panels (x1, x2, x3 sizes) as wall decor, so it can be overlayed on wallpapers/paneling/etc. Gold/silver/etc. and Crystal indoor and outdoor BB accent Decor (Art Deco, Victorian and Steampunk themes). Curved Bookshelves and Shelving/Storage Units (and more) for each size (and heights) of curved walls types. More Terrariums (various sizes and styles (and awesome if frogs/insects/butterflies could be displayed in it)), crystals, oddity jars, potion/alchemy clutter, etc. Pinned and Dried Butterfly Display decor, DaVinci styled diagram drawing decor, etc. Table Tarot (activity and/or decor (depending if you have L&D or not)) 3 card spread and Celtic cross spread. Can be placed on tables, desks and counters.
The Sims 4 Base Game + Get To Work Needs A Pregnancy Update.
The Sims 4 Should Add The Iconic Realistic Childbirth By (PandaSama) As A Built In Gameplay Feature. They Should Include Pregnancy Skin Overlay For Base Game, Sim Taking Pregnancy Test Animation, Pregnancy Complications, Miscarriage And More…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.
