What happened in your game today?
Hi everyone! I hope you're all enjoying the new forum so far. I know I am!! I'm Charla, a big fan of The Sims 4! ☺️ I was going to join on the old one, but, as it only had a week left I decided to wait until today. I loved lurking on the what happened in your game today thread so I thought would create a new one here. So what's happened in your game today? Today in my game I was playing as a character I created, Lauren Lord. She's an young adult, who dreams of being an author and a mom. Currently she's working as a school teacher, but today she had no work, she stayed at home and played chess and tended to her plants (when it wasn't raining!). I also made this new Sim :) hope the pic works! Look forward to seeing what's happening in your games. X
Freezing/crashing
Hello, this is my first post here so I apologize if I do anything wrong. My game has been crashing (particularly in build-mode but also outside of it) and/or freezing since I downloaded the nursery kit last year. I use some basic mods (primarily **bleep**), but even turning them off doesn't seem to help at this point. They've been inactive/turned off in game for months. I have uninstalled and reinstalled the game entirely, and this also didn't help. I use an NVIDIA driver and always have, and recently installed a different, earlier version in an attempt to fix my issue. It did not. I have searched through the sims 4 discord as well as various forums, EA-run and otherwise, and none of the solutions offered have helped. I have tried everything I've been able to understand. At this point, I can play maybe 5 minutes if I'm lucky. It's been about a year now that this has been happening. I keep up with updates, and repair the game/packs regularly. I'm very frustrated because I've spent a lot of money on this game, and I've had it since it came out. I got the first pets pack on disc I've been playing for so long. I don't know what to do, and I'd really appreciate some help/suggestions on how to fix my game. Thank you.
[Lovestruck] Rotational players, please beware "Romantic satisfaction decay"
If you played with many households/families in your save (rotational players), did you ever have an issue that "romantic satisfaction" (Ex, [Sim1] romantic feeling about [Sim2]) dropped to be "Very Unsatisfied" even if it was neutral or better before. That is because Romantic satisfaction can decay in both active and inactive households. Just do nothing about love can finally make their relationship bitter. Like this... Why do they look sad? This is the reason. I haven't played the Laurent household before, and this couple didn't have a bitter relationship before as well. But now, not only this couple, every couple that is generated after installing Lovestruck pack will be like this after you play the game for over a week. (I mean, if you start a new save after having this pack --> every couple will be affected) ---- This "Unsatified" will make a sad moodlet to them and make them sad. And it's really bad that you can't stop every couple's decay without mod. (Glad that there is a mod, I will mention later.) This would be so much trouble for the rotational player! ---- However, this seems to be related to another issue... "Too many "Lovestruck" couples everywhere!" This issue I opened discussion here --> https://forums.ea.com/discussions/the-sims-4-feedback-en/too-many-lovestruck-couples-everywhere/4958170 I want to prove my speculation about the reason why the game with Lovestruck EP keeps spawning couples to the lot (and mostly sit on the bench to look at the sky). And then I found that... this might be the system to solve the Romantic Satisfaction decay. The way this system solves the issue is... to make them improve the Romantic Satisfaction while being a background NPC. Without a mod to prevent them, players who have Lovestruck will be many couples doing romantic things while being the lot. Most of them are "sky gazing". I wonder if these interactions will help fix their unsatisfied romantic feelings or not. The answer is... YES. From "Very Unsatisfied" before they appeared in the park as background lover... To be "Unsatisfied" the next day when I recheck them. ---- So, I believed that the game uses this system to keep NPC couples still being satisfied with romantic feelings, while the game has a decay system for every sim in the game. If you prevent "Lovestruck couples" in the lot, the outcome will be "everyone will be very unsatisfied." This is a very bad method to deal with, in my opinion. Inactive couples' satisfaction shouldn't decay too quickly like this. It's impossible to manage every family if you're rotational players! And to fix by using many couples invading the neighborhood isn't a good solution! ------------- Fortunately, there is a mod to fix this "decay". Lovestruck: Romantic Satisfaction: No Time Decay by Lumpinou https://www.patreon.com/posts/mod-per-request-109503418 This mod will remove decay completely, including active household. So, you can play rotation with peace. And even a single household player won't worry that NPC couples will be sad with the decay they can't prevent. **I haven't tested myself yet because I found out today, but I think it will work** (There is a mod for stopping decay only in inactive households, but it's in the mod hub that seems to require making an account, so I won't mention) -------------- That's all I know for now. Sorry for such a long post. I want to share this because I don't like to have couples invade the community lots but I don't want them to be sad because "satisfaction decay" as well. I may misunderstand something because this is just my observation. I'm not the modder, so I don't know any code deeper than what can be shown in "MCCC" and "Show Sim Info" mod. If you have the same experience or have something different, please let me know.
Forever Free Packs for Everyone
The Sims 4 is a 10-year-old game with over 100 DLC packs (106), and EA will likely keep releasing more for years. Competing life-sim games like Inzoi and Paralives offers much of this content in their base game. For example, Inzoi can provide content equivalent to 30–40 Sims 4 packs in its basegame for the price of just one expansion pack(40$) and we already have 20 of them. To stay competitive and keep players engaged, EA should make some older packs permanently free—such as Seasons, Cats & Dogs and Get to Work. Giving 2–4 free packs from each pack category would greatly benefit new players so they can complete other packs without pirating. For players who already own these packs, EA could offer new Kits free for a month (like they did with Desert Luxe Kit when The Sims 4 became free). I think forever free packs should be; 2 expansion packs -> seasons, cats and dogs (out of 20 eps) 2 game packs -> dine out, get to work (out of 12 gps) 4 stuff packs -> cool kitchen, bowling night, backyard, spooky (out of 20 sps) 4 kits -> throwback fit, industrial loft, blooming rooms, carnaval streetwear (out of 40 kits of excluding 11 creator kits and 2 spongebob kits, total 53)
Pack Idea: On the Move or Getting Around (Transportation)
I liked that we were able to have cars/vehicles in Sims3. I thought it was a bit weird to have a relationship with a vehicle, but I do understand forming an attachment to a vehicle. I have my truck named. We do have some bicycles, but I'd like even more modes of transportation and more accessories related to them. First would be the vehicles themselves-- from more bicycles, e-bikes, scooters, mopeds, unicycles, tricycles, vespa, motorcycles, motorcycle with sidecar, 3-wheeled bicycle, 3-wheeled mini car, skateboards, hoverboards, rollerskates, rollerblades, etc to firetrucks, ambulances, hearses, 18-wheelers, buses, campers, etc. Horse drawn carriages, wagons, etc for off-the-grid stuff would be cool too. Some caravan trailers that can double as homes-- allowing for trailer parks. Maybe even some full RVs that can be parked at an RV/trailer park would be nice. Let's not forget 4-wheelers/ATVs and golf carts. Maybe even flying or hovering cars could be included. Of course this would need more clutter relating to the objects. More garage items: spare wheels, tools, storage racks for bikes, parking spaces, more garage doors (both deco and functional), ramps to enter garages or a way to have a ground level garage connected to a house that is higher up, 2-story garage doors (as well as some 2-story doors, gates, and fences). As for specific vehicles, I'd love a Bowden Spacelander for a bike. I'd also love a Volvo Amazon P130 sedan circa 1965. The 2 door version and 4-door versions would be nice. Volvo Estate 122S I have more ideas but don't want to post too much. Anyone have suggestions/wishlist?
Mermaids occults revisited
Mermaids occults revisited Love the mermaids but I felt like they gotten the short end of the stick like the aliens not having a skill tree The skill tree The tree level should go from Sea witch 5th level sea witch once u hit this level u will be able to stop aging at the young adult stage u can turn sims into mermaids u can make deals with sims u can give and take a away buffs u can age or turn a sim young again or u can give an occult level up or lowering there level by making deals u can take a buff or occult from them as payment adagardis 4th level the adagardis can Influence more then one person with there singing making them flirty or whatever emotion you want them in u can make the start fights over u or u can make them end a relationship that they are in or help them in that relationship u can also influence there friendship or romance gages nereids 3rd level nereids have the ability to influence the weather making it rain thunderstorm making it hot cold windy or snowing u also have weather powers u can make Little rain clouds over sims or thunder clouds u can make it rain or snow inside or outside and u can freeze sims in a block of ice and hold them in there until u decide u want to let them out or make a water ball to trap a mermaid in there until u want to release it or not Siren 2sec level Sirens the can sing lure people to the water to drown them have influence over there emotions making them flirty ur singing can give them buffs or if u kiss the sim u can make them dehydrate them or can make them breathe under water longer or summon the kraken to drown them Mermaid 1st level Mermaids they step foot in the water and they turn they can call upon fish and dolphins can Savage in the ocean The witches flask When ur making a deal with the witch the witch will take something from u a buff or maybe a occult level or maybe just take ur occult away it will be random or of the witches or ur choosing and let's say if a sim gets one of the witch's flask like let's say if a sims vampirism in there and if there max out the sim gets all of the ability unlock or if there was buff in the flask they will get that buff The payment U can sell ur soul or give her or him ur buff or they can age u up or lower ur occults level down or take ur occult or it could be random depending on the price or on the witch there a good witch and a bad witch (need cauldron) Cauldron Like the wizard u can make potions to help sim breath under water longer or make an air bubble around the head for 30 mins or less u can also use the cauldron as a looking glass to watch the sim that owes u payment and to summon the sims or mermaids or bless or hex a random sim depends on u Good witch bad witch The good witch can cure any illness and cure an occult can give traits buffs and if there is a willing occult to give up there abilitys the witch can transfer to u if willing and can age or make them young again for a fair trade and if the sims die they can bring them back to life and if they past on they can bring them back from the other side but that's in the heaven and hell dlc idea I have if u want to go look lol Evil sea witch u can make deals contracts they can take buffs or traits or force to age u up or even taking ur soul or ur occult turning u back to normal or lower ur occults skill level and if u want to turn into occult u would have to kidnap a sim and the witch will steal the occult and give it to u for u soul and can also bring back the dead sims or the one that past on to the other side but need heaven or hell dlc idea I have on my page lol If u have The Seasons expansion U can use water ball to hold the mermaids in place so they can't swim away wind ball could hold a sim in place when ur underwater so they can breathe and with the ice u can freeze in place until u decide to let them go Hydration gauge And the meter will be the same with the hydration with the hydration washing ur hands taking shower swimming that will keep full which we know but if u kiss a sim u can drain all the moisture making them them dehydrate and feeling up ur water gauge it won't kill the sim it would just make them thirty which will an hydration option if u want to use it Mermaid tails Like how they have mermaid tails they should make some fancy octopus legs or shark tails and also have some fins on the arms and back or maybe cheeks with some gills and hand webbing as add-ons The bottom is for the for the Angel and demon occult dlc idea I had go take look at it and tell me what u think Mermaid inspired angel *Scales with Iridescent Sheen*: Shimmering scales that reflect light like angel wings, giving them an ethereal appearance *Aquatic Wings*: Instead of traditional wings, they have flowing, fin-like appendages that allow them to swim and glide through water with ease. *Oceanic Halo*: A soft blue glow surrounding their head, representing their connection to the ocean and its secrets Mermaid inspired demon *Scales with Smoldering Ember*: Dark, fiery scales that reflect the glow of hellish flames, giving them a menacing appearance. *Infernal Fins*: Instead of traditional wings, they have sharp, jagged fins that allow them to slice through the water with deadly precision. *Dark Tides Aura*: A mysterious, dark purple glow surrounding their head, representing their mastery over the darkest depths of the ocean and its hidden terrors.
[GTW][S] Suspects Showing Up in Hot/Cold Weather Outfits
This is another old bug that affects the detective career. I can't find the original report. After issuing the APB, the Sim who shows up as the suspect wears a hot or cold outfit if the location is outdoors and the temperature is too hot or cold. This only affects the game if Seasons is installed or enabled.
Sim doesn't interact with others and instead starts dancing/twitching
Since the lovestruck update my sims keep dancing instead of doing any social interaction. They just freeze with other tasks. Except going to the toilet, they just sit there and then freeze. I tried factory resetting, removed all mods, reinstalling the game, with packs, without packs, no mods, with mods; the bug still persists. Build buy mode is normal so far but the game has become completely unplayable because i can't do anything with my sims. Edit By Crinrict: Adjusted Title to fit old report
Excuse me Dragons?
Dear Sims Team and Sims Players, I was utterly flabbergasted by this video introducing a giant **bleep** Dragon! I have missed dragons sooo much since sims 3 dragon valley! https://youtu.be/HpEj4RLuZSw?si=5bE1x6I-UMJOSxMp But it surprises me that you guys are not on this, and honestly I am still angry with everything that has happenend. I have been playing The Sims ever since the first Sims, I grew up with it, and I have seen it evolve into something beautifull like Tomorang and Snowy escape. As a Dutch citizen in old folklore dragons are seen as a dangerous thing, an emotion not easily captured into a cage. But with much wisdom we found that taming our dragons brings us most joy, not just slaying them. I hope you will take these words into consideration, Kind Regards, Feline Du Lune
