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
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 must start Rags to Riches style. Optional: Your Sim may keep personal possessions, sell the rest and bulldoze the house. They may use simoleons from this sale and accumulated household funds to build or download a house from the Gallery. 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. 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. 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 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 :)
Dynasty Pack/Sims 4 Reimagining
Although I think the idea itself is one many and myself wanted for the sims the execution is rather lazy in comparison to what most of us wanted it to be. The idea I have is two separate packs that join with the fairies and mermaid packs along with the medieval world building needed for these expansions. A game I wanted to mention is ROBLOX's game "Rise to Royalty" in this game clever world building and good game loop engineering keeps the player engaged in a medieval gameplay. While I like the idea of a modern-day royalty timeline a medieval theme would work better with the cartoonish feel of the sims especially with packs like cottage living it's possible to go back in time with the game. This concept could be adapted into a mod or hopefully looked at by EA developers when creating packs for Project X. Ranks 'Rise to Royalty' has many different ranks you either are born into or work for, this includes nobility, sages, servants, market peasants, knights, heirs, carpenters, rulers, bakeries, tailors, etc. Mind you this is a free to play game so putting this into perspective many different ways of life and tasks could've been created for the pack, making rock collecting and harvesting able to sell at a local market. In 'Rise to Royalty' heirs and monarchs have the ability to fall ill having to see a sage in order to get over sickness this could be a cool new death for the sims, causing scandals, maybe even incorporating a way to poison/sabotage fellow members that would require you to fulfill journeys around different world packs in order to fulfill it. Servants also have tasks as well including sweeping, dusting, and preparing food for the royals, nobles fulfill royal's orders (grabbing them a special dessert, to gifting them an outfit) and approve or disapprove messages from other neighboring countries and upset peasants. To include yourself into a dynasty you would either spawn as part of one, become a servant through a interviewing process with a royal, or you can fall in love with a royal. Dynasties would meet with each other in order to arrange marriages between royal sims. Royal sims must get with other royals in their respective ranks or risk falling in love with a peasant, creating a scandal, and be banished or accepted by the kingdom on a series of combability tests. Medieval fairy-tale connected game pack Seeing as Sims 4 is cash grabby and makes two-part packs (first pet stuff & cats and dogs, cottage living & horse ranch, parenthood, high school years, & growing together, etc.) fairies and mermaids could've been its own pack that cross plays with the Royalty pack. Of course, this would be another expansion pack but a good, conjoined replacement for fairies, island livings poor excuse of mermaids, and other things that could be incorporated. These two packs would have two separate worlds but with the same vibe expect the fantasy pack would look more like the spellcaster's world than a regular willows creek. The fantasy pack could have interesting storylines including like a Peter Pan inspired neverland world or like a Tinkerbell world vibe. Pirates would be possible in this pack which in past Sims games we've seen as an option, this could honestly work into its own neverland kind of pack rather than making island living with mermaids it would be a separate game pack similar to outdoor retreat just in a Hawaiian or Caribbean environment. Although mermaids was a huge plus for the Island Living pack gameplay was lacking and mermaid's consistency with the pack idea itself was just lost on me. Ideally Neverland would be separate from Island living featuring pirates, fairies, and mermaids. These occults would make sense together and gives enough reason for a forty-dollar price tag. The map would the magical land of ___ in it would be waterfalls, treehouses, lots of nature scenes, hiking trails and lagoons. Fairies would be reachable via a special tree holding a magical door shrinking the player which then transports them into the fairy domain here they meet other Faries training in order to gain abilities. The regular map would look enchanted, with cottages and fairy houses, new furniture would be sea and nature themed with leaf objects and shell/clam shaped objects to fit both occults in the pack. Mermaids would have the ability to catch and heal or release fish; they can also sing a siren song to attract tourists and break pirate ships. Their musical ability would be a new one called hypnotic call. Sometimes the siren call would work and sometimes it won't depending on the skill level. Mermaids would also have seashell phones which are cone shaped shell objects they can interact with to call to gain rarer fishers when fishing and interacting with Atlantis (which would be its own kingdom that will only be available with the dynasty pack). Fairies on the other hand would have the same powers as they did in the original pack along with working with plant sims and a bigger focus on mother nature while the mermaids would also have their own sea god, they can also worship. Pirates would come with the sword fighting skill, sailing, and the treasure finder aspiration, through rabbit holes they can gain the sailing skill while also finding treasures along the way. Pirates would work similar to an adventurer having journals and tables containing maps. Pirates can gain "sea knowledge" which would be another skill where they research the ocean through computers, books, finding seashells, crabs, or fish on the beach. This would go towards their treasure finder aspiration. An object that could be cool in a pack like this is a cage where pirates can capture exotic creatures, they can either capture a parrot in one of their travels or a fairy sim, which can cause drama and be good for story centered gameplay. Royalty Pack and Map The royalty pack idea I had in mind would be set in medieval kingdoms around the world with different careers that could be applied to the pack. This would include, knight, servant, tailor, kingdom cook, and baker. Knights have a more interactive role at the palace and come with cross pack play in horse ranch. Knights are able to own and train horses to be steads, new accessories for horses would also be added so knights can apply armor to them. Knights can visit their headquarters near the castle, if the user has horse ranch there will stables where they can view their horses and train them. Royals themselves will automatically gain a trait of royalty which will be separate from their other traits so you can still choose 2-3 others. The royalty trait affects the sims self-awareness and attitude causing them to be rude to regular people. They will also have special interactions like asking someone to give them a gift, cross the street, open the door and other social interactions that will annoy regular sims. If you have the celebrity pack royal sims will have a moodlet of superiority and have a special greeting with top movie stars called "elite greeting" following an exaggerated and almost fake funny interaction between the two. If a person has cats and dogs, pets who are born into royalty also have the royal trait and will act snobby to regular pets, walk different, and prefer more expensive toys or gourmet meals. It could also come with new items for cats and dogs like a diamond bone or an over-the-top bed and grooming station. Markets would have events similar to city living where festivals are held almost like a Notre Dame market vibe. The world of this expansion pack would automatically turn off the ability to cheat ingredients making simmers utilize the market for their meals, this can be turned off in settings. Tailors and Bakers could be interactive careers but don't have to be, the tailor skill would be integrated with new cas items, a sewing machine, mannequins you can put your made clothes on and more. If you are high enough in the tailor or baking skill you can go on the computer and apply to work in the castle which will give you more money and an opportunity to meet the king and queen. It's hard not to avoid technology so phones and computers would ultimately still work in this world. Royals can hold town meetings to decree new laws, balls, and galas. I feel like when it came to cas it was lacking rank wise there wasn't many clothes to differentiate royal and peasants so that should also be added as well. UI Elements Kingdoms will be able to hire multiple people for their castles, a live in servant can be one of them and you can have the ability to be a live in servant depending on which option you choose in the career. Royals can hire sages, must have at least 3 knights, and two nobles. Hiring would work like catering, mixologist, and pianist jobs, but they will last longer with workers becoming part of the castle's ecosystem. Workers of the castle will have a reputation to uphold this includes knights, tailors, bakers, nobles, etc. your reputation could get you fired, speaking ill about the royals, hanging out with the revolutionists, or not being up to your tasks can make you lose your privileges which you can only earn again after fulfilling tasks to regain reputation. Royals would have a different reputation system, laws they pass, reputation of castle's employee's tasks, the kingdom's view of you through public scandals or statements give out, and how giving you are to the people. If reputation cannot be saved and goes down, then kingdom would be overthrown and protested. Galas and balls can only be held with good reputation and the public's perception will be known to monarchs due to nobles giving weekly reports of citizen's opinions on the rulers which nobles will also be tasked with writing on computers. Scandals and Family Trees Citizens will have an option on their computer to deep dive on royals' history, citizens who are writers can either make good or bad articles on kingdoms. Castle workers are allowed to "expose" affairs or dirty secrets to other citizens and royals for money as well as royals and workers are allowed to spread their "secrets". These would be added interactions that could affect reputation. Sims can also spread "rumors" that aren't true and can either be resolved by public statements or be believed by everyone. People of the castle can write secret letters to people on computers about different opinions or affairs they are having. New traits can be added as secretive, scandalous, and snitch, secretive people are more likely to get away with things and less likely to be seen committing suspicious acts, scandalous people are more likely to get caught, as they like to be the center of attention and are prone to getting in trouble or being mischievous, they will get a happy moodlet when lying to another sim but get angry when "exposed", lastly snitches are likely to "blurt" out the truth which would be a moodlet and automated interaction based on how long ago the secret was told and depends on who is the near the snitch that would want to hear it. Snitches will physically express nervousness when told the secret but are more nosy than regular sims and asks many questions about other sim's secrets. DNA tests are also brought into the pack in order to determine if a child is a product of an affair. Family tree research will also be integrated by going on the computer you can deep dive on your family and add to your existing family tree with new results of distant relatives. Cross Pack Elements Atlantis would also come with the royalty expansion pack and be a new part added into the fairy-tale world, allowing mermaids to interact with the kingdom by calling Atlantis on the seashell, travelling into a separate underwater world with the kingdom and its system. Sages(healers) can also collect fairy's pixie dust or mermaid shells for some of their remedies ensuring cross pack play. Healers/sages would be different from spell casters because with the new world there would be different sicknesses added the healers would have to focus on. They also cannot cast spells but gain the healing skill to basically cheat these illnesses of course their remedies would include a vast amount of ingredients from any pack (honey, herbs, vampire teeth, etc.). Spell casters will also have added spells and can be hired by a kingdom. Thank you for coming to my TedTalk support and comments would be appreciated EA needs new ideas and they need to listen to their creative audience!
Circus theme expansion pack
Hi everyone! I’ve been a huge Sims fan for years, and I just love this game so much. There’s one theme I’ve been dreaming about forever that we still don’t have… a proper Circus expansion or game pack! The circus life or something Imagine: A new “Circus” career branch (acrobat, clown, magician, fire eater, tightrope walker, ringmaster…) A Big Top venue lot type + caravan/trailer residential lots New skills: Acrobatics, Juggling, Contortion, Knife Throwing, Fortune Telling Circus makeup, cool costumes, striped tents, cotton candy stands, carousel objects, Traveling circus events that visit different worlds I’m a massive circus nerd in real life and I think this would be the most magical, colorful, over-the-top pack ever. It could be whimsical and family friendly and also a little dark and spooky with evil clowns running around, either way it would be so much fun! Does anyone else think this would be amazing? Or am I the only circus-obsessed simmer out there? 😅 I’d love to hear your ideas and see if we can get this on the devs’ radar! Thank you for reading my little dream post ♡
Horse riding in Business and hobbies as business activity
Hi, i noticed that in Business and hobbies EP there is no horse riding activity availabe. There is only horses play, and that means that the horses will play by themselves without the sims. I would like to have riding school/riding business so it would be good to have a horse riding activity available at the home business lot. It could also be added as club activity. So that when you open that horse business the customers would ride the horses. What do you guys think?
Error code: 423:e0e69235:cbc7fcc9 when trying save after this latest pack update
Full message that comes up after a save attempt since 2/17/26: The game failed to save. Error code: 423:e0e69235:cbc7fcc9. This happens when I am in live mode. When I got to Manage Worlds and try to save progress, it visually goes through, but then I go back into the game on live mode and no progress has actaully been saved, aspirations progress is reverted back to the same previous point, even if I know I completed it, skills building is back at the same point, etc. I've attempted to complete the same aspiration 3x and save and each time I get an error or it goes through visually, and the game saves nothing. Once in a blue moon the game will just crash. I find myself not wanting to play the game because I'll never be able to save game progress again. Please fix this issue. PS4, all game and console updates applied. I do have the new legacy pack and that is when all this error started as I went through the Anansi Trials.
