10 suggestions for new traits.
Just a few ideas for traits that really help give a sim more character. I'm not fond of the ones that do little else but boost how fast some skills are learned. -Boring. These sims are easy to please and content with pretty basic activities, their fun motive drains less fast than for other sims. They also won't do any interesting activities by themselves, meals they cook on their own are always the most bland options available. They can talk about mundane stuff with other sims, which will bore them unless they too are boring. These sims are content with a simple life and don't crave excitement, so the trait conflicts with such traits. -Dumb. These sims are incapable of improving skills but can still get them through the wishing well or other rewards. They are also easily amused and can be particularly frustrating for genius sims in conversation, but their antics might also annoy some other sims. They might still try to use broken stuff and act surprised it doesn't work. They also are able to do some unique interactions like 'pull my finger' and stuff like that. They never feel embarrassed. They can laugh at themselves too and might even respond positively when targeted with mischief. -Jaded. Nothing phases these sims, they are unimpressed by whatever crazy thing happens. They just shrug and move on. Also means they won't panic or get scared, but won't do anything about it on their own either like put out a fire unless told to do it. It is more difficult for them to make friends with anyone who isn't also jaded, and learning skills could take a bit longer too because they aren't open minded. -Open minded. These sims are quicker to learn and make friends, quick to forgive too but do get hit by stronger negative buffs whenever they do feel betrayed by another sim. They might be a little naive at times, expecting the best of others. They could also be excited about trying new skills, getting the first few levels faster but later levels at the regular rate. They might dive enthusiastically in new things without worry, which can sometimes backfire on them. -Heavy sleeper. They can sleep anywhere without trouble, no amount of noise will wake them, it never causes them discomfort either even if they sleep on the floor. They could even go sleep in spots no other sim can. Like in the rocket which could have a chance to blast off into space whenever they sleep there, accidentally pushing the wrong button in their sleep. They can also sleep on a slide, in a chair, on a yoga mat, in a bathtub, in a hottub and various other places, which might be annoying to other sims. Sleeping gives them fun too. -Loud. These sims laugh loudly, snore loudly, make more noise when preparing a meal, sing louder too and just tend to cause a lot of noise. Also have some unique interactions like singing loudly at their mirror. When a loud sim screams, it wakes everyone on the lot too unless they are a heavy sleeper. They talk at a higher volume too, they don't do whispering. They themselves are not bothered by loud noises. -Quiet. These sims can be very sneaky, they are good at sneaking up on others and also not waking them or causing a ruckus. They get a few whisper interactions too, they enjoy quiet activities, and will often enough turn off radios and other devices that make noise. They don't get along well with loud sims, but could make excellent librarians. -Charlatan. These sims are real con artists, they will always look for short cuts. They can cheat in games, are likely to cheat in relationships, can tell tall tales and also various lies. They are also able to con other sims out of some money with all kinds of rigged hustles. They do however risk losing friends fast when caught in their web of lies and might also have to pay fines for failed hustles. They get unique interactions at jobs too to hustle in some way. They enjoy a good gamble too. -Mime. These sims don't talk, ever so can be used to simulate a mute or just someone who chooses not to speak. They do use hand gestures instead to communicate. They also have the option to mime, doing various mime motions to amuse other sims. -Lucky. A bit of a cheat trait, these sims always get the best possible results from anything with random chance. Always find the best items, win lotteries, nothing unfortunate ever happens to them by chance. It does however make them bad at actual hard work. They learn skills slower and are not so good with holding down a job. Things come easy for them so they take it for granted. They aren't good at comforting other sims because they can't relate to misfortune. When bad things do happen to them that have nothing to do with random chance so can't be avoided, they suffer stronger negative penalties for it though because they are terrible at coping with that.
Expansion pack idea
so i’ve been thinking of an expansion pack that goes a little more in depth than the ones we have now and i think i came up with a pretty good idea. so im thinking like a royal / medieval pack. like you can be a commoner, princess/prince, king/queen. and if you’re a commoner you can marry into the royal family if you choose. and there’s specific jobs for commoners and as a king/queen you can make changes within the kingdom a new skill could be etiquette / manners like bowing / curtsy, and just basically acting how a royal would act. also hosting royal balls, meeting other royal families also maybe even have a knight option. so you go on adventures on behalf of the kingdom. fighting / taming dragons, exploring new places, maybe adding in fairies on one exploration what do you guys think?
Pack Refreshes and More Pet Options
I would really love some pack refreshes on some older packs that were a bit bare bones compared to the more current ones filled with many options to explore. Get to work aliens for example have very little to do on planet sixam and there isn't a lot of gameplay options for them, plus more jobs you can join your sim on would be awesome, more things to do with vampires would be wonderful as well, and I know we have goats and sheep bit why no piggies? Everyone loves piggies. And we need more small pet options like different birds, snakes, so forth with lots of interactions to make it extra fun. Just my take on it.
Ice skates & rollerskates why can't we change them yet?
Hey, we've been skating for a while now in Sims 4! Don't you think it's time for an upgrade? Something with a little more sparkle and shine? Allow us to choose skates in CAS so we can have them match the outfits we want our Sims to skate in. I'm so sick of the black ice skates and black and red roller skates. Think of all the cool designs we could choose from!
Colour of font
Hey Sim creators! I'm finding in my old(er) age, the font colour (light blue on white) is extremely hard to read. I have to stick my face up to the screen to read it and let's face it, thats not comfortable for anyone. Is it possible to make it more of a Navy blue so it's a bit easier to read? The light blue just blends into the white a little too much. Thank you.
Please update LoveStruck Romance Attraction! It's exhausting
I usually don't have any complaints about packs—I own every single one, even the kits! But Lovestruck has been a bit of a challenge for me. The concept is wonderful, but constantly managing the romance dynamics feels a little overwhelming. I think what could really make it shine is an aspiration or trait (maybe in the reward store) that lets Sims keep their romance dynamic intact after reaching the max. I’ve unlocked every romance aspiration, but it’s still tricky! Or, even having the option to turn off romance dynamics while keeping all the other fun features would be a dream. Pretty please, Sims team!
Reaper's Rewards is game-breaking
X-posted on Steam discussions: I'll give the TL;DR version, and then detail as many of the issues as I can type through before I get tired. Short version: A lot of people say that they don't care about this event because the rewards you get are not that enticing, anyway. That's a double-edged sword. If the point of the event is to entice people to participate in a specific type of gameplay which is going under-played, then obviously the team should have made the rewards worth the work. However, with as many game-breaking issues as there are with the event, and most of the tasks being impossible to complete due to bugs, then at least fewer people really feel like they're missing out on something. Personally, I would like the rewards offered, and I'm frustrated. Long version: I began the event with my regular save file, with mods on, the week it began. I was only able to complete the first task, and the event will not progress any further. The event will not recognize the planting of any lily or snapdragon. I have spent weeks looking through forums on various platforms, with hundreds of people trying to fix this issue. I have deleted mods, disabled the rest of my mods, deleted suggested package files, started a new game... I have followed other advice like making sure my freshly planted lilies and snapdragons are fertilized twice, watered, evolved. I've planted them inside and outside. Per suggestions on Reddit, I've let the sims run autonomously and just waited. I've followed complicated strings of troubleshooting steps and then made fresh characters on a fresh save file- still, no task completion, five weeks later. The Ambrosia society newsletter - On my very first attempt at participating in the event, I "expedited" the mail and received the first newsletter. The dialog said I would receive subsequent newsletters. None has ever come. In fact, on every new character and new save file I have begun, trying to move forward with this event, I have never been able to receive even the first Ambrosia newsletter ever again - there's no option to expedite it; it's as though it doesn't exist. On my first playthrough, I had to troubleshoot extensively to get "ask three sims about ambrosia" task to work. Now, it is one of two tasks which does work without issue, whenever I start a new game/character. The other is "research ambrosia on your phone, tablet or computer." Nothing else works. What's worse, the original household where I began the event is now inaccessible. Whenever I try to load the household, the game remains on the plumbob screen indefinitely, and I cannot close the game. I can't even return to my desktop. I have to ctrl-alt-delete and reboot or shutdown my computer in order to move on with my life. I have read on TS4 forum that the tasks in the event can be completed in any order, and are not contingent upon one another. However, either that is not true, or the event is so broken that it's making the tasks appear linear, since no tasks starting with and subsequent to "plant a lily and a snapdragon" work. I have looked ahead at several other tasks (such as befriending Grim, which I have done, but no event progression/task completion has occurred) using game forums and attempted to complete them, to no avail. I have sunk hours and hours into troubleshooting this, with less than two weeks to go before the event ends- still stuck on week 1 tasks. I'm frustrated, I'm not having fun, a well-developed household is seemingly permanently inaccessible- I've actually come out of this situation worse than when it started. I utilized TS4 forums, Steam discussions, Reddit, YouTube, and more game guides and blogs than I can count for help with this. Dear TS4 Team, Please, either fix all of the bugs and allow us more time/indefinite time to complete the tasks, or just give us the rewards for our trouble. I know scores more people are echoing these specific issues (and more, but I haven't gotten as far as they are, yet) AND there are scores of people who are not bothering to complain because they have opted to no longer participate due to lack of interest in the rewards.Introduce Pregnancy Clothing
So, I've had this thought for a while now, and I think our Sims are really missing out on pregnancy clothing. As I'm sure you've all found, the clothing we have in The Sims 4 isn't very flattering on our pregnant Sims, especially if they're having more than one baby. Don't you think it would add to the experience if we had clothing for that? They don't need to be just feminine clothes either, as I know some of us playing also allow all gender Sims to have babies. What are your thoughts on this, or what would you add to this?