Elementary School
I am suggesting an elementary school where the child can sit at his desk or bother the student next to him, and Sims 4 can be either the teacher, the principal, or the child. The child can go on field trips with permission from the parents. The principal makes a schedule for field trips. The principal can order the parents to the conference so that their child can study more.
Wishing the Instruments sounded different
I have been playing Sims 4 for about 8 years now and have always wished that the instruments had different tones and sounds. For example, all the guitars have an acoustic sound even though they look electric. The same goes for the pianos; they all sound the same. I just think it would be so much more immersive and fun if they had different sounds! Also, an expanded playable song list would be cool, too. I have had musician sims in the past and always wished there was more incentive to collect the different instruments. Not to mention the option for sims to play together or create bands! I would be over the moon to buy a game pack or expansion pack that added those features. Though the different sounds for the instruments should be in the base game. Side note, more instruments would also be amazing! Maybe brass instruments (trumpet, trombone, etc.), wind instruments (flute, claranet), more string instruments (harp, cello, etc.) , and percussion instruments (drums, bongos, etc.) just to name a few! I think it would be awesome to be able to create an actual afterschool orchestra or famous rock band. Hopeful for the future if this becomes a possibility!
Calendar Update? Okay...The festivals & notifications...not okay...
I'm once again sending this out there in the world. I'm ready to petition and pitch this. Those who have multiple packs stacked up will get where I'm coming from. Due to the sheer amount of these packs such as Cottage Living, Snowy Escape, High School Years, Life & Death, and City Living...and maybe one or two I missed. I get notifications are cool to prompt to go to festivals, but not with all gameplays. Right now, I'm working to the top in the royalty chain with a nosy brother, and an unexpected jealous sister who will soon be outcast from the dynasty. I'd like to add that was a fun unexpected note the game slid in, she was becoming jealous of her sisters leadership...but,,,no room for that, so no tainted blood. Toodles... Through my mental story that the game aided it to become, what really breaks the fun out of it is all the notifications for these festivals and events. Really. No, I don't want to go to The Festival of Snow. No, I don't want to go to Afterlife Anonymous, No I don't want to go to Prom because my sim is a young adult. Don't get me started on the football one. It scares the hell out of me when the music plays. With all the packs that are now laid out, not every single gameplay I want to focus on these festivals. My main sim woman doesn't have kids so no to all youth festivals. I can't even see any of my Dynasty Sims touching dirt or an animal for Cottage Living. The sounds and notifications are ridiculous and stack up my notification wall alone when it comes every 5 minutes. If EA wants to update something, then update the calendar...pronto. Allow players to turn off notifications to their choosing such as how we can isolate Fae & werewolves in their designated world. (an update with vampires being designated to their world would be nice to.) Allow us to choose which ones we want or don't want on the calendar. Or...allow players to turn off notifications all together. It is such a break in the actual fun sometimes, where the festivals become such an annoyance that I have to turn off the game. I understand there is a mod that will remove everything from the calendar and add when you want too, frankly I have tried it and am very close to kicking it back into my mods folder because right now I don't want to attend any festivals. I hope other players agree, and I hope EA can get to the core of this to give players freedom to play how they want instead of placing a chokehold on these notifications to attend festivals. Cupids Corner is another. Sometimes the first thing I do in a save file when I don't want to use the social media is deactivate Social Bunny & Cupids Corner. Which that one is fine. Like with my Occult save file, I tend to use the phone as less as possible aside from travelling and/or ordering food. At the moment, Social Bunny is good to raise up friendships with multiple sims without having to visit them to get my dynasty girl in with the dynasties...errr.....become 'friends'.... 😇 The calendar needs to be reworked, or something has to be done with all these festivals. I, alone am going to go absolutely insane. The Pit Beast seems like a tempting alternative to jump into than deal with these festivals.
[LD][EbN] Please Make Mystical and Disruptive Compatible with Macabre
Ever since I heard about the new Mystical Trait—I was so excited to use with my favourite trait Macabre. I just think for a dark fairy or dark spellcaster it be an great complimentary combo. But you "conflicting traits" blocked them. To me the affinity of and to the occults and the affinity of death is ideal for the darker occults, and sims. Edit: just noticed Disruptive can't be Macabre either, like wut? Edit, edit: I decided to fix/tweak the tune files in the meantime. If you are interested (the mod is here) I saw no issues when initially testing, as it is just file tuning, but be aware as modding and CC may have adverse effects to your game and I am just an amateur modder. Edit, edit, edit: Looks like this is also reddit discussion worthy, with confusion and disappointment to why these aren't compatible. Edit, edit, edit, edit: So I decided to look up the internal files to see if there is conflicting issues internally. The only obvious conflicting traits are Mystical vs. Disruptive. Even the fact that Macabre Tarot reads, and Mystical Aura reads as wishes should be argument for compatibility. MACABRE MYSTICAL DISRUPTIVE Moodlets + Ew. SUN. + Vibe Killer + Très Gothique + The Witching Hour + So It Goes + Beginning is the End + Boo Who? + A Grim Presence Is Afoot... + Haunting Memories + Rainy Days Light Me Up + Never Lost + Strange Love + Embrace the Darkness + Falling. Fleeting. (AA) Moodlets + Aurarific + Destined + In My Element + Otherworldly Calling Moodlets + Bundle of Nerves + Need for Chaos + Such a Rebel + Why So Gullible Interactions + Spread the Gloom + Make Morbid Observation + Ghastly Gavotte + Cryptic Handshake (with other Macabre or Chased By Death) Interactions + Consult with Cosmos + Read Aura + Grant Sacred Blessing Interactions + Share Grand Delusion + Create False Narrative + Offer Help with Balance + Disturb Plants Relationship + Faster Relationships with Ghosts. Also a 25% social boost when socializing with Ghosts. + Slower Relationships with Cheerful, Bro, Active or Good Sims as long as they aren't also Creative, Gloomy, Goofball, Bookworm, Loner, Evil or Geek. Relationship + Faster Relationships with Aliens, Fairies, Ghosts, Mermaids, Spellcasters, Vampires and Werewolves. Relationship + Slower Relationships with Fairies. Wishes + Attend Funeral + Become Close with Dead + Collect Tarot Card + Explore the Crypts + Give Tarot Reading + Visit Well of Souls Wishes + Good Friends with Fairy + Grant Sacred Blessing + Enchant Plants + Read Aura Wishes + Prank a Fairy + Share Grand Delusion + Disrupt a Plant + Create False Narrative + Expose Fairy Council Skills + Thanatology +25% Skills + Apothecary +20% + Herbalism +20% + Medium +20% + Wellness +20% Skills* + Cooking +20% + Handiness +20% + Natural Living +20% Career + Mortician +50% + Reaper +50% Career + Naturopathic +20% Career N/A Balance N/A Balance + Improves Balance Balance + Reduces Balance *For some reason Disruptive does not improve the Mischief skill, probably an error/oversight, bug report here. Edit Nov 7th, 2025: As mentioned in a comment Chased by Death should also be compatible with Mystical. It really doesn't make sense for these to be conflicting as well. Edit Feb 17th, 2026: In respect to Mysterious Ideals from R&L both Macabre and Mystical are under Mysterious, which again I believe adds validity to the request these are allowed to be compatible. We are short on selections compared to other Traits and Ideals, by making incompatible just makes it more frustrating.More CAS Selections and Panels
First off the addition of a Dietary Panel under CAS. Dietary/Body Specifics: Move from Regular Traits to Dietary Traits: Vegetarian/Lactose Intolerant/etc. Add more Dietary Traits like Pescatarian, Carnivore, etc. Add Likes/Dislikes to Cuisine Types Add Favourite Food Likes/dislikes Coffee/Tea/Mixology Drinks/Nectar/etc. Make Utensil Preference Selected here (instead of selecting Sim but make it available to change at any time similar to likes/dislikes) Toggle Option to not gain weight from eating/food. Toggle Option to not gain muscle from working out. Toggle Sim will not autonomously do intense based working out like weights/do push ups/jog/etc. (but exclude light working out like swimming/yoga/etc.) Edit (Mar 19, 2026 Activity Panel): Activity Panel. I was also toying with the idea of Active Type(s), and possibly and activity panel. Where you can choose: how active your Sim is, and how your Sim is active. This can also help with activity autonomy, a Sim will prioritize their preference Level for autonomy, if those activities are not around they will do the levels below. But will not autonomously do activities above their preference. Lazy: Self explanatory. Low Impact Focused: Swimming, Snorkeling, Scuba Diving Low Impact and Strength Training Focused: Yoga, Free Weights, Kayaking Medium Impact and Strength Training Focused: Workout Machine, TV Workout, Cycling, Archery, Punching Bag, Pushups High Impact and Strength Training Focused: Rock Climbing, Spearfishing Specializing (optional). If you have a Sport Focused Sim they will autonomously do sports over working out and other fitness skills, if Strength Training Focused they will do muscle build activity over other working out and other fitness skills. Self Care Focused... etc. Self Care Focused: Wellness, Meditation (both Spa Day and EbN versions), making smoothies, eating healthy, etc. Sports Activity Focused: Archery, Basketball, Soccer, Football, Snowboarding, Skiing, Skating, Roller Skating Strength Training Focused (Muscle Building Focused): Workout Machine, Punching Bag (Commando Training) And in addition to the Identity Panel: Dominant/Submissive/Switch(both) for romance and pairing animation. Too often my submissive partner is taking the dominant position for IMHO in non-indicating dominant animation. Such as Flutter Kiss/Cocoon Hug (Critter Hunter trait), which I personally feel she should be able to do as the submissive position (as they are a bit girly girl interactions). But I understand some animations make sense such as Passionate Kiss where they dip their partner as the initiator (but less obvious romantic interactions, I'd like the non-dominant placement of hands/arms for her). I hope no one takes offence to this, but IMHO it is as identifying as gender, and sexual preference. And I often wish my main would be less of the initiator when doing interactions such as Flutter Kiss, or sleeping in her partner's arms instead of him in hers. This could also help for Waltzing/Dancing pairing. Dom/Sub for leading—so pairing is not by gender or random. Also, it might help if the dominant had more autonomy of being the romance initiator (if possible). At this time, I made my one Sim the dominant by being a Romantic Sim, having (via cheating) Hungry for Love Lifestyle, wearing flirty jewelry, and my submissive is Romantically Reserved (and not wearing flirty jewelry).
