Update the Acting Studio Lot, Please
It would be great if we were able to edit the studio lot. I know each set would have to be altered, but maybe there should be lot requirements for each acting gig. It could be like those eco-lifestyle lots where each version has different requirements. The acting studio is so bare bones when it comes to what is already there. Plus, the lighting from the foundation is off because of the old trick used to have multiple levels indoors. It would be nice to be able to update it with actual platforms, so the indoor lighting works properly. Most other career lots can be altered, such as the doctor, detective, and scientist careers. It would just give an extra layer of customization to help the game feel more immersive.
Urge to Go Back to an Earlier Save . . .
Well, I fought it for the longest time, but I now have to admit @Simgirl1111 is quite correct. I tend to restart my Cantrell family whenever there's something new added to the game, or as in this case, a mod I wish to explore. Yes, I have added it to my Ancestral save, and no, I haven't yet tried it out. But I also have to say, things have gotten rather stale for me with the current Cantrell save. The fact that Erik took his family to Jellyfish Junction to help them reset was a disaster. We're talking some of the teens got into a round of fist-a-cuffs with each other. (Two separate fights. the only one involved in both was a certain oldest girl . . .) Who got sent home by her mother, and when Erik learned she was home alone (they have a new Ranch Hand, a guy) he nearly blew his stack. They all came home immediately. I can play a two-track game, for instance. Play the Way-Back version (right before college, or just after) and the current one to write about. I know my feelings of dissatisfaction are born out of the bombshell stuff that hit us just prior to Christmas. I find myself really struggling, as a matter of fact. I know I'm closing in on 71, but I still go through emotions like a teenager. 🤣 (Guess I never really have grown up, per se.) So, I'm asking for a bit of advice? Do I use the Way-Back machine, as well, or just keep on Truckin' On with the current save as it is? Your opinions mean a great deal to me. I can ask others here in my RL, but most don't play this game. And the one who got me started with it barely has time for a phone call, let alone giving her old mother some advice on this. (In her defense, she homeschools eight of my grandchildren, plus helps with their family's business.) So, I'm turning to those of you who are following my little saga, for which I am grateful. Please, and thank you, in advance. I hope to hear from you soon. ~GalacticGal
Cross-Pack Compatibility Suggestions
Credit goes to u/coffeeblossom on 4/sims4 subreddit and other users in the same thread. Spa Day x Werewolves: spa activities could reduce Fury Spa Day x Realm of Magic: spa activities could reduce Charge Eco Lifestyle x Realm of Magic: Could make Fizzy Drinks in the cauldron, change the Eco Footprint with a spell Tiny Living x Realm of Magic: Tabletop/countertop cauldron for Spellcasters living in small spaces Cats and Dogs x Werewolves: Werewolves could get a boost to the Animal Training skill, and build relationships with animals (particularly dogs) faster Realm of Magic x Horse Ranch: Spellcasters could bind horses as familiars, make Nectar in the cauldron Seasons x Realm of Magic: Spellcasters could change the weather, just like mermaids High School Years x Realm of Magic: Spellcasters could opt to go to Magic School instead of/in addition to regular high school High School Years x Discover University: Could opt to go to boarding school, or to a private school, or do homeschooling Enchanted by Nature x Eco Lifestyle: Faeries could change the Eco Footprint Enchanted by Nature x Realm of Magic: Spellcasters could make Luck Potions in the cauldron, or change their/other Sims' Luck with a spell (Someone commented this is already possible?) Enchanted by Nature x Get to Work: Increase (or decrease) Luck with serums, special interaction between Faeries and Aliens Life and Death x Paranormal Stuff: Macabre Sims get a boost to the Paranormal Investigator career, Tarot Cards increase Medium skill Get together x base game since they added the calendar to it: Being able to schedule club gatherings on the calendar. Cats & Dogs x Horse Ranch x Cottage Living: veterinary skills, wellness treats, age up and down treats should apply to other animals, too! Horse Ranch x Island Living & GtW & EbN : special nectar for mermaids (mermaid kelp?) fairies (emotion potion or aura blossom petals) aliens (alien fruit) and ghosts (??) Eco Lifestyle: fizzing forbidden fruit and when you drink it you turn into a plant sim; benefit would be changing 1 fruit into 6 servings to be a plant sim for longer, as well as giving it to other sims to drink Seasons: adding cross-pack things to Seasonal Traditions. What about skiing/snowboarding being part of a general play in the snow activity? Using powers, playing with pets, playing soccer/football/foosball/darts/ping pong, going shopping (Black Friday/Boxing Day) loads more. GTW & Business and Hobbies - the GtW items look like they should work with B&H, because you can turn retail sales off, but the sims can't buy off of them. B&H & City Living- a tarp that lets you sell large items you crafted in your B&H or GtW store, like you can in city living at times. And/or be able to use this like the selling table. Get Together x Enchanted By Nature: Using the woohoo bush to relieve your bladder need or take a nap could increase the Natural Living skill Enchanted by Nature x Cool Kitchen Stuff and Home Chef Hustle: The blender should be able to prep ingredients, and do more than just smoothies Enchanted by Nature x Vampires: Smoothies that reduce Thirst, provide sun protection, and provide protection from vampires to other kinds of Sims (just like the cocktails) For Rent x City Living: Maintenance Events, etc. in San Myshuno and Evergreen Harbor apartments, add City Living traits to Residential Rentals Enchanted by Nature x Various: Woohoo in "natural" locations (i.e. the waterfall in Sulani, swimmable water, woohoo bushes, bat woohoo, transcendent woohoo, sky woohoo) increases Natural Living skill Enchanted By Nature x Outdoor Retreat: Herbalist potions increase Apothecary skill High School Years x Parenthood: Teens should be able to learn the Parenting skill by taking care of their siblings or reading parenting books, home ec class Vampires x Cottage Living: Vampires should be able to take plasma from cows, chickens, llamas (as well as the Horse Ranch animals) Enchanted By Nature x Base Game: A PlantSim can permanently become a PlantSim, have a "Plant Baby" instead of a Science Baby My Wedding Stories x Various: Occult-specific wedding arches My Wedding Stories x Strangerville: Military wedding Life and Death x Strangerville: Military funeral (present flag to family, drape flag over casket/urn, salute casket/urn, play "Taps"), special urn/tombstone with a star on it Island Living x Eco Lifestyle: Cleaning up Sulani changes Eco Footprint to Green Cottage Living x Horse Ranch: Should be able to trade Mini Goats and Mini Sheep for meat Paranormal Stuff x Life&Death: Temperance has all of the evil ghost abilities Adventure Awaits x GtW: add some features that we could make a prison more easily or for more features
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.
Shaving hair ...
... is a nice idea. But i want my male Sim the way i create him ... and he keeps shaving is (body-) hair ! and i am not able to stop this... I would be very, very thankful if i would get a setting-option, so my sims stops shaving the body- and the facial-hair. Greetings and so long.
"Custom" residential worlds!
As someone who uses build mode a lot and likes to keep all their builds on the same save file, I think it would be cool to be able to create your own worlds so you don't run out of empty lots to use. Functionally I can see them going two ways: either have all of them be identical to Newcrest, or have you be able to make empty copies of any residential world you already own. I think it would be really nice if you could choose the icon and name of these custom worlds too.LIVE IN NANNIES.
We need this!! Not understanding why we don’t have the option to have a nanny line in the household. A butler is not a thing this day & age but a live in nanny is. More clothes, hair, interactions, for infants and toddlers. There should be a learn to walk phase between the 2 life spans. Perhaps infant? And the infant needs to not reduce so fast!!I think you should be able to download the sims4 on ipad
I love playing sims4 but my mom is really against giving me my gaming laptop and it often results in me going months without being able to play i would love to see sims be accessible on mobile like an ipad without having to screenmirror, or pay through a third party app like xbox or playstation since i dont have those either. I would even be willing to pay for it to download it on my ipad.
Two words... Star... Trek...
A full expansion pack, on a fully functional starship (either a Federation, Romulan, Klingon, etc., Player's choice). We'll also be able to build our own, like a massive house, on a 800x800 lot, since it would be for a crew of a 100 sims. OR maybe just the Player's quarters and key rooms that the Player works in. We can live on the ship as a crew member. New career; with 3 branches: Command Division (Gold/Yellow outfits): Captain, officer, pilots, diplomacy, ship operations. Operations Division (Red/Gold): engineers, security, transporter and communications technicians. Science Division (Blue): Alien plant botanists (should be able to tie into Strangerville), science officers, medical officers, historians (learning about the history of the alien cultures). All of the alien species; Vulcans, Klingons, Romulans, Borg, etc (probably just cosmetic CAS objects as extra category features, so that we can have hats and sunglasses on Klingons. Possibly adding a subcategory for the Alien occult for the Star Trek species, so Klingons and the others that have special facial differences can have their own skin enhancements OR have the skin enhancements be their own category, like tattoos. New objects; phasers that only work on stun, teleportation, holodeck, replicator, sonic showers, VISOR, tricorder, new research (ties into University, maybe High School too?), and experimental technology. Along with a separately purchased game pack that allows us to travel to a new planet (similar to the Star Wars game pack)... perhaps to save Vulcan? All of it would intertwine with the base game, so we can take phasers and teleporters back home! All so that our lovable Sims can boldly go where no Sim has gone before... (I'm hoping if there's enough interest, EA will go for it).
Faith & Belief Systems Expansion Pack for The Sims 4
Before you read my idea, I apologize in advance if I upset or offended anyone with this. I would love to see a future expansion pack for The Sims 4 focused on faith and belief systems as an optional gameplay feature. Many players enjoy deep storytelling, legacy families, and generational gameplay. Introducing belief systems could add a meaningful layer of identity, traditions, and values that influence Sims’ lives over time — without forcing any specific worldview on players. This expansion could include multiple belief systems, presented in a generalized or fictional way, similar to how lifestyles, sentiments, or values currently work in the game. Sims could choose a belief system, inherit it from their family, or change it throughout their life. Possible gameplay features could include: 1. Places of worship (church-like buildings, temples, mosque-inspired architecture, etc.) 2. Activities such as praying, meditating, attending services, or quiet reflection 3. Faith-based ceremonies, including weddings and funerals 4. Traditions and holidays connected to belief systems 5. Moodlets related to devotion, doubt, spiritual fulfillment, or inner conflict Belief systems could influence: 1. Family dynamics and legacy storytelling 2. Traits, aspirations, and values passed down to children 3. Sims’ reactions to major life events such as marriage, loss, success, or crisis The pack could also introduce faith-based education and careers. For example, Sims could attend belief-oriented schools or private institutions focused on values, discipline, and traditions, shaping their personality and future paths. Additionally, a new spiritual leadership career could allow Sims to guide communities, host ceremonies, offer counseling, and organize faith-related events. Career progression could focus on reputation, community impact, and personal devotion rather than wealth. Importantly, this system should be fully optional and customizable, so players who prefer not to engage with faith-related gameplay can simply ignore it, while storytellers and legacy players gain powerful new tools for emotional and narrative depth. I believe an expansion like this could bring more realism, diversity, and long-term gameplay depth to The Sims 4, especially for players who enjoy building complex family histories and meaningful character arcs. Thank you for your attention and I apologize again if I offended anyone.