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 Karaybaby52'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. 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. 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 - Live in Newcrest, but vacation in Batuu (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 - 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 :)
Packs/DLC No Longer Exist???
I had a problem a little while ago where my most recent packs were shown as unowned. Luckily, the problem seemed to have solved itself. Unfortunately, the problem is back again, but worse. The game seems to think that multiple packs don't even exist? It's past the point of saying they're unowned; they're not even there to begin with. It is almost like my game has somehow reverted back to a previous version. When I look in the in-game store, the packs are all glitched out. This is extremely upsetting. I did not spend so much money on this game only to have my purchases constantly disappear and have the game glitch out. FIX THIS EA. THIS IS RIDICULOUS. And yes, I repaired the game in the EA app, uninstalled/reinstalled it, cleared the cache in the EA app, etc. I've been troubleshooting for hours and nothing has worked. I removed all mods/cc and nothing has worked. Why does this keep happening? Is my game corrupted? If I cannot play with what I purchased, I expect a refund. This is ridiculous.
Incoherent/unpractical things
Here's a list of things that doesn't make sense in the game to me anymore, given the content we've been receiving lately, it's clear that those things turns the game icoherent and sometimes give us no freedom, even breaking immersion. SOLVED Life state slot is hidden for human sims and we can't switch the traits in a alredy created occult sim. (Base Game) Can't create ghosts on CAS knowing all they need is a Death type trait; (Base Game) "Perfectionist" trait being on hobby traits category. (Base Game) Ghosts, Aliens, Merfolk and Werewolves unable to access vampire's details (Get to Work, Vampires, Island Living and Werewolves) UNSOLVED Can't wear female swimsuit as tops like the Pride and Realm Of Magic ones. (Base) Masculine clothes only earns a breast shadow in feminine frames, but female clothes keeps it in masculine frames. (Base) Having to check the door for visitors/services everytime, cause we don't have a notification for their arrival. (Base) Invited sims entering our house without permission or house key. (Base) "Welcome wagon" starts without our consentiment, the neighbors don't even know if someone's home. (Base) Fear interactions and running scared being so overreactive and not stricted to "Terrified" emotion. (Base) Social events don't have a "free entry" option. (Base) Sims can't refuse a promotion. (Base) Some level descriptions of entertainer career makes it look more about comedy than general entertainment. (Base) Piano skill not included in entertainer career's promotion tasks. (Base) Pools increasing hygiene. (Base) Parents unable to invite their child's friends to their birthday party, because they don't know them. (Base) Aunt, uncle, cousin and grandparents options not available for selection in CAS. (Base) Sims do not react with animations when getting moodlets. (Base) "Compliment appearence" being romantic. (Base) Can't swim on deep enough ponds. (Base) Can't splash on fishing spots. (Base and dlcs) Only one hashtag per search at the gallery. (Base) Park and National Park having the same lot icon. (Parks should've a picnic basket icon). (Base) No clone genealogic relationship in CAS. (Base/Get to Work/Realm of Magic) Collectible pets/familiars not having interactions like rodents does. (Base, Get to Work, Outdoor Retreat, Realm of Magic) Human skin colors not shared with aliens and vice versa. (Get to Work) Can't delete or link alien's disguise. (Get to Work) Can't go to the Hospital as patient like NPCs in the medical career. (Get to Work) llnesses/Poison/Repulsive curse body marks being hidden. (Get to Work/Jungle Adventures/Realm of Magic) Unable to send a sim alone to club meetings. (Get Together) Cancel holidays and getting a sad moodlet. (Seasons) No "turn off" option for surprise holiday generation. (Seasons) No notifications for Sulani festivals. (Island Living) Skeletons unable to wear clothes like Bonehilda and face paint/hair/wigs like mexican skeletons do. (Jungle Adventures) Spellcasters being occults but not having an occult form. (Realm of Magic) Can't use both hand bandages at the same time. (Werewolves) Werewolf's human form can't have glowing eyes from wolf form like spellcasters/vampires do. (Werewolves) Occults using by default disguise while being ghosts. (Get to Work, Vampires, Island Living, Werewolves) Do you guys have any other complaints?
Best non-gaming laptop for the sims 4
Hi! I’ve recently been looking for a non-gaming laptop that is suitable for the sims 4, with mods, cc and the game packs. Is having a non-gaming laptop the best? Or is it best to have a gaming laptop? As I would like to have a non-gaming one for school work as well. Thank you!IDEA: The Sims 4: "Music Legends" - A Full Band & Stardom Expansion Pack
Hello, fellow Simmers and EA/Maxis team! I would absolutely love to see an expansion pack dedicated to the thrilling world of forming a band, making music, and living the life of a rock star (or pop icon, folk sensation, etc.). Here is a detailed proposal for what could be an incredibly deep and fun addition to the game. Proposal: The Sims 4 "Music Legends / Rock Star Life" Expansion Pack Core Vision: A game pack that allows Sims to form bands, navigate creative collaboration, rise to fame, and experience the full spectrum of stardom—from adoring fans and chaotic concerts to the personal drama that comes with life in the spotlight. 1. Core Gameplay: The Band Form a Band: Sims can found a band, name it, and pick a primary music genre (Rock, Pop, Metal, Indie, Folk, Electronic, Hip-Hop). Genre influences style, fanbase, and available songwriting options. Band Roles & Management: Assign roles like Frontman/woman, Lead Guitarist, Drummer, etc. Members can have multiple roles. The band operates as a Freelance Career with gigs, or as an active group where you control all members. New Skills & Instruments: Skills: "Group Performance," "Stage Presence," "Sound Engineering." Instruments: Full drum kits, electric & bass guitars, synthesizers, and folk instruments (flutes, sitars). The Creative Process: Write or Buy Songs: Compose original music (a multi-step process) or purchase songs from indie writers. Rehearsals are Key: Success depends on holding regular rehearsals at a home practice space or a rented studio. Poor rehearsal leads to bad gigs. 2. Career, Fame & Aspirations Dynamic Fame System: A reputation meter from "Unknown" to "Local Act," "Rising Star," "Superstar," and "Music Legend." Fame affects income, venue access, and fan behavior. Supporting Careers: Talent Agent/Manager: Hire one to autonomously book better gigs and handle PR. Sound Engineer: A new active career working in Recording Studios (a new venue type) to mix and master tracks for other bands. New Aspiration: "Music Icon": Goal: Reach "Superstar" fame → Win a "Simmy" Award → Play a sold-out show at the new "Sim-Arena" stadium → Secure your legacy (record a "Legendary Song" or mentor new bands). Reward: "A Legend" trait (+2 Inspired moodlet), a unique trophy, and unlockable platinum instrument decor. 3. New Character Traits & Voices New Traits: Scandalous: Gains fun from causing drama; scandals give short-term fame but attract Haters. Humble: Feels tense from outrageous actions but inspired by genuine fan connection. Perfectionist: Often dissatisfied with rehearsal quality; slows progress but drastically improves final song/performance quality. Superfan: (For non-musicians). Lives for their favorite band, auto-participates in fan activities. Expanded Voice & Vocal System in CAS: New Voice Types: Smoky, Melodious, Ethereal, Gravelly, Velvety, Piercing. Unique Vocal Techniques (unlocked with skill): Scream/Growl (Metal), Falsetto (Pop), Vocal Fry (Indie), Power Vibrato (Gothic/Symphonic), Rap Flow (Hip-Hop). These affect musical success and social interactions. 4. Fans, Haters & The World Fan Culture System: New "Music Fanatic" trait/hobby. Fans can create fan clubs, send gifts (from flowers to creepy stalker items), wait outside venues, and become obsessed Stalkers. Concert Interactions: Fans can chant, mosh, hold up lighters, and create a "Sea of Lights" with their SimPhones during ballads, boosting the band's mood. Extreme Reactions: Fainting from euphoria, hysterical crying, and a new death: "Death by Fandom." Haters & Scandals: Successful bands attract Haters who vandalize posters, leave nasty comments, and try to ruin gigs. Bands can also intentionally start scandals for a quick fame boost. Band Merchandise: Popular bands can design and sell merchandise (t-shirts, posters) that then appears on fan Sims around the world. 5. Band Management & Crises Losing a Member: If a member dies or quits, the band faces a crisis. Fame decays until you hold auditions and train a replacement. Internal Drama: New relationship dynamics: creative differences, jealousy, band romances. Can lead to a member leaving for a solo career or a full band breakup. 6. New Lots, Objects & CAS Assets New Venues: Dive bars, concert halls, outdoor festival grounds ("SimFest"), massive stadiums ("Sim-Arena"), and professional recording studios. New Build/Buy: Home rehearsal spaces, soundproofing, instrument racks, tour buses, trophy cases. New CAS: Stage Fashion: Leather, latex, spandex, ripped jeans, extravagant costumes. Hairstyles: Mohawks, dreadlocks, vibrant colors. Makeup & Accessories: Dramatic makeup, colored contact lenses, facial piercings, band-themed tattoos. Why This Would Be Amazing: This pack would create a rich, persistent gameplay loop that blends creativity (music, style), strategy (managing the band's career and morale), and social storytelling (navigating fandom and fame). It adds a highly requested life path with endless drama, humor, and memorable moments. Visual Concept: Imagine a pack cover featuring a diverse, iconic band of Sims (inspired by legends like Bowie, Rammstein, or pop icons) rocking out on a massive stage in front of a crowd of ecstatic, light-waving fans. Thank you for considering this idea! I believe it would be a monumental hit with the community. Victoria
Your Sims 4 2025-2026 Wishlists?
Let me start with my list; ▪️Updated Neighborhood Stories 1-Marry 2-Divorce 3-Join/Move Out+Create another household options ▪️More Eye and Hair Colors ▪️Improved Genetics Dominant/Recessive Genes or Taking Treats/Genes from Grand Parents or Updated Hair Color Percentages: If you can get green eyed child from a hazel-eyed parent(currently you can), that logic should also work for dark blonde and light brown hair, dark copper and light copper hair, dark brown hair and black hair etc.. getting same genetics are boring especially in legacy gameplay ▪️Realistic Pregnancy + Infant Stuff Pack 1- Pacifiers 2- Strollers 3-Bottle warmer 4-New cribs and bassinets 5-Plain white default onesie for newborns(green one with butterfly looks so bad) 6-Infant clothes/accessories/headbands 7-Ultrasound Scan 8-Pregnancy cravings 9-Abortion 10-Chance of Miscarriage (it can be optional) 11-Chance of Unexpected Pregnancy (it can be optional) (woohooing can cause pregnancy rarely) 12-Infants can be calmer with pacifiers. 13-Baby bottles with realistic interections including different types of milk (formula, breast milk) 14-We need strollers even if it's not functional and works just like crib i want them. 15-New career : Nanny (we can go households and take care of babies when parents are gone.)16-Shop for baby (parents can buy clothes, pacifiers, onesies etc.) 17-Swaddling blankets for newborns and infants ▪️Pet Kit with Dog Kennels and more Pet Beds (fancier ones) ▪️Free Kits for Culture/Diversity(Turkish,Greek,Italian,Arabian,Caribbean,African etc.) ▪️Selecting More Than One Household in Manage Households Screen ▪️Interchangible CAS Columns and Hide Option 2-3-4-5 ▪️New Cas Background with Mirror ▪️Gallery Fix with News Tab ▪️4 New Hair Style Kits Straight, Wavy. Curly and Afro ▪️Elder Hair Color Change Fix Dark hair colors should keep transition to grey in elder state as it is, while lighter hair colors such as red and blonde should turn directly to white. ▪️Updated Family Trees ▪️Natural Looking Eyelashes for Every Age Group ▪️Burglars in base game ✅ ▪️Arabic and African Worlds ▪️Medieval Royalty Expansion Pack [??dragon hints??] ▪️My Plastic Surgeries Game Pack Successful & unsuccessful surgeries, bandages, solarium for tanning, recovery operation, original genetics are protected for children ▪️Cars in basegame Cars like in The Sims 2. We'll place them on the road or in the garage, then get in when going somewhere, and there will be loading screens . Taxi, school bus, police car (for burglars), ambulance car (for pregnant woman) also should be in basegame ▪️Better and modern looking phone (kinda Iphone looking one) ▪️Slower Farm Animal Needs ▪️Better Looking Default Underwear for Female Sims ▪️New Voice Types, Accents, and Improved Singing Voice ▪️Bundle for Kits ✅ ▪️Forever Free Packs ▪️Owning more than 1 house ▪️Supermarkets and Grocery Stores ▪️Spiral Staircases ▪️Mermaid Crib ✅ and Mermaid Skill Tree ▪️Functional Broom that can work with Bust the Dust kit ▪️Cottagecore Dress Kit ✅ [Prairie Dreams Creator Kit] ▪️Cas hairstyle update (corrected hair texture categories, straight, wavy, curly and afro) ▪️Noise Sensivity Sims should react to noise or loud activities around them (waking up from sleep when tv is open or when vacuum cleaner is working etc.) ▪️More Drama ▪️Better Looking Generated NPC Townies ▪️Sheer Curtains ▪️Turkish Language Addition Please, comment your list. NOTE: If they wont add these to Sims 4 I hope they can implement these to Upcoming New Sims Game.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.
