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. XStyle Influencer Career
What are your plans for the new Style Influencer career that will be included in tomorrow's patch? Do you have a particular sim picked out for the new career? Are you going to jump right in or wait until Get Famous releases so you can also work on your style influencer's fame? Here's the livestream to review. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TH_zPqObYkk
One Month One World One Year Challenge 2026
Hello and welcome. :) This challenge was started by Karababy52 (see more here) and I would like to continue it on for another year if I can. Hopefully more people can join in. The more the merrier! The premise of this challenge is pretty simple. The goal is to post one in-game screenshot once a day during the 2026 year. So, kind of like a 365 project for your sims. You will start out with a teen sim and pick your starting world. I'll share a list of suggestions, but really you can pick whatever you want. Your sim will be a teen for 3 real world months, then age-up to Young Adult in April. They will spend 4 months as a Young Adult, then age-up to Adult in July. They will spend 4 more months as an Adult, then age-up to Elder in December. Each month your sim will move to a new world to explore. I've taken all the rules and guidelines here and copied them over from Karababy52's 2023 post and edited them slightly. Rules/Guidelines: One screenshot post per real life day in this thread with a short text summary. One world per real life month - See monthly schedule of worlds in spoiler below. Optional: May change schedule of worlds to reflect your preferences. Your challenge Sim MUST be a teen to officially begin this challenge and post in the thread. Exception: If you are starting the challenge late, you may begin in the current month at whatever age the challenge is at, or you may start as a teen to quickly finish your aspiration and school, then fast forward to the current age. (Example - if you start in April you may hurry through the teen stage and age up to YA, or just start as YA). After three real life months have passed, your Sim will age up to young adult for four months, adult for four months and finally, age up to an elder for December. Timeline posted in spoiler below. Optional: How long your Sim stays in each life stage, teen-elder, is at your own discretion. However, they are required to be at minimum a young adult to attend Uni in Britechester. *Note: If you own the High School Years EP, your Sims may be offered early graduation. If they take the offer, your teen is allowed to apply, enroll, and attend university or join full-time adult careers. Begin Rags to Riches style on an empty lot with 0 simoleons. Optional: Use the 20,000 starting simoleons to buy a starter home and furnish it how you want. Aging off. Optional: May use long lifespan. All unplayed residential worlds are off limits for any kind of travel. Exception: Newcrest may be designated a 'neutral' world to place venues for your Sim to use regardless of their current world residence. Optional: Newcrest may be used to replace a pack you don't own instead. Optional: Your sim may travel to other worlds not used in the challenge if they get an invitation. Sims may take a vacation to any of the designated vacations worlds. Rental lots in unplayed residential worlds are off limits. Aspirations released with a world must be fulfilled first. May choose a base game or other pack aspiration not in the challenge to complete afterward. Optional: Only one aspiration released with a world must be completed before choosing base game or other pack aspirations. Willow Creek, Oasis Springs, Newcrest and Magnolia Promenade may be used in substitution for worlds listed in the challenge for packs you may not own. In that event, choose one or two base game or other packs aspirations not in the challenge to complete per world. Your Sim may marry and/or have children. Aging up children is at your own discretion. High School attendance is not required. May use cheats to fulfill daily/promotional task requirements. *Exception: Applicable only if you do not own the High School Years EP or if you do own it, but have elected not to have your Sim live in Copperdale and do the aspirations associated with the EP in your challenge. The beginning of each new month/world starts Rags to Riches style. Optional: Your Sim may keep everything they have accumulated and use their funds to buy or build a new house, or even move their house to their new world. If your challenge Sim dies, it's game over. Optional: You may bring them back to life and continue or use another existing Sim in the household to complete the challenge. Or, keep playing as a ghost! Occult states and Celebrity statuses must be removed when progressing to the next month/world. Optional: May keep acquired lifestates/statuses. *Note: Vampires can't get a suntan, which is a Beach Life aspiration task. If a new world is released with a new pack at any time during 2026, you have the option to swap the new world with another prior released world. Give yourself a break and don't stress over days missed due to internet outages, vacations/holidays, real life work/responsibilities or sickness. Extra story screenshots may be posted, but try to keep it to around 5-10 max. There's no limit for screenshots shared on your blog. May use satisfaction points to buy rewards. Exception: Money tree seeds are disallowed. Lottery tickets are disallowed for purchase. Beginning season, length of days and moon phases are your choice. May turn off or cheat away/change all Eco Lifestyle features applied to worlds. Exception: Must be turned on while living in Evergreen Harbor. May participate in all default Holidays, modify, delete and/or add your own. May include a link to your preferred Blog site with additional story text/screenshots, in addition to your Daily Post Pic/Text Summary. Mod friendly challenge! However, please use discretion when using them. Using a mod to fulfill an aspiration is disallowed. Exception: May be used to correct bugs and/or glitches. Worlds/Packs and Age-Up Timeline: *Note: Feel free to replace any pack you don't own with one of your choosing! Beginning Age: Teen January - Copperdale (Highschool Years) OR Nordhaven (Businesses and Hobbies) if you choose to do Copperdale third (I just feel like starting with it). February - Gibbi Point (Adventure Awaits) March - Nordhaven (Businesses and Hobbies) OR Copperdale (Highschool Years) April 1st: Age up to Young Adult April - Britechester (Discover University) May - Innisgreen (Enchanted by Nature) June - Ciudad Enamorada (Lovestruck) July - Tomarang (For Rent) August 1st: Age up to Adult August - Moonwood Mill (Werewolves) September - Tartosa (My Wedding Stories) October - Ondarion / vacation in Batuu (Royalty and Legacy / Star Wars) November - Evergreen Harbor (Eco Lifestyle) December 1st: Age up to Elder December - Ravenwood (Life and Death) Challenge End Date: December 31, 2026 Challenge Pack Aspirations (Pick one, or play them all): January - Live Fast, Admired Icon, Goal Oriented, Drama Llama *Note - Challengers who own HSY not living in Copperdale this month may complete the Live Fast and Drama Llama aspirations at any time as a teen. Joining teens at high school is not required to fulfill them. February - Critter Hunter March - Esteemed Entrepreneur, Master Mentor April - Academic May - Fairy Stories, Elixir Enthusiast, Nature Nomad June - Romantic Explorer, Paragon Partner July - Seeker of Secrets, Five-star Property Owner, Fount of Tomarani Knowledge, Discerning Dweller August - Complete Werewolf Initiate and pick 2 of the following; Emissary for the Collective, Wildfang Renegade, Lone Wolf, Cure Seeker Optional: Complete all aspirations September - Soulmate (I know, it's Basegame, but My Wedding Stories doesn't come with an aspiration...) Optional: Choose any aspiration if you don't want to do Soulmate October - Social Puppeteer, Hope Vs. Order, Galactic Privateer November - Master Maker, Eco Innovator December - Ghost Historian I chose the list of worlds based on my personal preferences and packs I haven't fully explored yet, so feel free to change it however you like. The main goal of the challenge is just to pick a new world each month and post one screenshot per real life day. Links to Challenger posts and gallery links: **SEE NEXT POST** (Sort thread by oldest) To join, post a photo of your sim with their name, starting world, traits, aspiration, and any backstory you'd like to provide here. Can't wait to play with you :)
Seasons SimGuru/Maxis-Sourced Info
Thanks in advance to everyone who helps source info! Thanks as well for keeping on topic here — this thread can move fast even on topic as marketing ramps up. Index (Categories are a Guess for Now) Blog Post, Trailers, & Livestreams (this post) Upcoming Events (this post) Weather Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter Holidays and the Calendar Gardening, Scouts, Bees, Traits, Skills, Ambitions, Careers, etc. CAS Build/Buy, including Gameplay Objects Miscellaneous Info What’s Not Included & Why Blog Posts, Trailers, & Livestreams Preorder and Description (web page): The Sims™ 4 Seasons Announcement Blog: Weather or Not, Here it Comes :smiley: Which Season Are You Quiz! Meet the Climates Spring Into Action with Seasons See some warm-weather details from the newest expansion. Meet the Climate Family - Part One! - Harvest Day Meet the Climate Family: Part Two - "part two of a four-part series" - focus on Winterfest and on Selvadorana in Winter Announcement Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tn0hCTyj2Kc Gameplay Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Il9mN_Hv4RM FYI: https://twitter.com/SimGuruEmory/status/1004792289154117632 Upcoming Events EA Play — June 9–11 https://twitter.com/SimGuruKate/status/999737359963906048 https://twitter.com/SimGuruKate/status/1004048843510431745 Livestream: https://twitter.com/SimGuruKate/status/1001939735533801478 https://twitter.com/SimGuruSteve/status/1007050626201673728?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fforums.thesims.com%2Fen_US%2Fdiscussion%2F941660%2Fis-there-a-place-where-i-can-go-to-ask-a-question-about-seasons EA Play embargo ends:Monday, June 18 - For info from that, head over to @catloverplayer 's thread here: Sims 4 Seasons EA Play Footage Info Thread Game Changers early-access embargo ends: June 20 Pack Release — Friday, June 22 https://twitter.com/SimGuruNick/status/1008737462884098048 "SimGuruNick;c-16544373" wrote: It's a rolling midnight release. If you live in UK, it'll be available at: Fri, 22-Jun-18 at 00:00 CET https://twitter.com/SimGuruNick/status/1008778263290789888 https://twitter.com/SimGuruNick/status/1008781091140820992 We have received information from several EA Game Changers confirming that early access for The Sims 4 Seasons will begin on June 19th at 10am Pacific, and the embargo for early access capture will end on June 20th at 8am Pacific. This also confirms that the upcoming Sims 4 Game Patch will likely release on June 19th (if not before), since the latest patch is usually required to download and access early release. EA Game Changers will also be attending a special capture session at the EA Play event, so we will likely see additional information and video content from them before the 20th. - The Sims 4 Seasons: Upcoming Patch and Early Access Embargo Dates Re. the Q&A thing: https://twitter.com/SimGuruKate/status/1003676947245699072 A note from @SimGuruKate about why Sims wasn't in the EA Play announcement event: https://twitter.com/SimGuruKate/status/1005556927168823296
Is there a way to defense from vampire attack?
I got the vampire pack today and installed it. My sims are living in New Crest at the moment, they found 'vampire's secret' on computer,I was very curious about it. I let them study it, then there was Bladisauraus??? visitor during at 2 am to 3 am while sleeping. He was waiting for the answer, I shouldn't have to answer. At first time, he acted being gentle and good, but my sim found he had 'evil' trait. That vampire started to target my sims every night wherever my sims were. He visited my lot for 3 nights, so I can't do anything although my sim's vampire lore skill is 8. Next night, I let my sims workout in the gym at San Myshuno. Suddenly, I heard evil laughing from somewhere. I had a look around the gym and he was there. I searched on internet, and read about all vampire lore skill levels. I thought I was able to throw the plasma pack to the vampire, but no interaction anywhere. I see only, "place in world', 'clean up'. That's all. I left one plasma pack on the counter but the vampire even didn't give any attention. He made my sim dazed in game, I let him use the rocketship to keep my sim safe, but the vampire waited until my sim landed and sucked him straightaway. It's quite annoying. I don't want to turn my sims into vampire occult.
How do you interact with celebrities? "Attempt Introduction" Failures
How do you interact with celebrities outside of just being a fan? I keep trying 'Attempt Introduction' but I keep getting failures. Is there a solution to this? I'm LOVING this expansion overall, but the interactions with stars feels limited for stories and this constant failure is starting to get annoying. Is there any surefire way to fix this?
