Packs won’t even install?
hello everyone i’ve purchased all the packs today, i got a message that they would take a bit to install and download. waited a bit and nothing happened. i checked through market place. when i try to install the packs it says something went wrong, only 3 of my packs installed and downloaded correctly. help!!!
New idea for game
I was looking at the desk and some of the school-related items and started thinking—why not expand their functionality to include options like homeschooling, tutoring services as a business, or even running a daycare? Right now, desks feel a bit underused unless you’re playing as a teen Sim actively attending school, so adding more interactive and purposeful features could make gameplay feel more realistic and engaging. For example, a homeschooling option could allow parents to take a more active role in their child’s education. They could choose what subjects to focus on, set specific schedules (like mornings vs. afternoons), and decide how long each lesson lasts. There could even be different teaching styles—structured, creative, or skill-based—that influence how children develop traits and abilities. Over time, these choices could impact a child’s academic performance, personality traits, and even give them a slight skill boost when they age up. Similarly, tutoring could be turned into a small business or side hustle. Sims could offer tutoring sessions in specific skills (like logic, writing, or creativity), helping other Sims improve while earning income. This would add depth to career-building and allow for more flexible, home-based work options. A daycare feature would also add a fun and practical layer to gameplay. Sims could care for multiple children at once, manage schedules, and engage them in activities that build early-life skills. This could tie into responsibility traits, patience, and even social skills for both the caregiver and the children. Overall, these additions would make school-related objects feel more meaningful, while also giving players more control over how their Sims learn, grow, and interact in everyday life.add sports to game
if yall want some money add an expansion back with baseball fields and basketball courts and etc . give the kids an option to play sports between softball, cheer, basketball, baseball , etc . it would be really cool and even a cool job idea as the sims can add their own version of the NBA / NFL and have professional sports players
💡 Ideas > ♻️ Content from The Sims franchise
Hi, Here is a list of content from previous games that would be nice to bring back in The Sims 4 : (TSBO : Bustin' Out, TSPS: Pet Stories, TSCS: Castaway Stories, TSFP: The Sims FreePlay) Careers : Acrobat (TS3 EP06) Adventurer (TS2 EP5) Architecture (TS2 EP7/TS3 EP02) Circus (TS1 EP5) Dance (TS2 EP7) Firefighter (TS3 EP02/TSFP) Fortune Teller (TS3 EP07) Magician (TS3 EP06) Slacker (TS1 EP1/TS2) Supermodel (TS1 EP6/TSBO) Test Subject (TS3 EP08) Xtreme (TS1) CAS : Pirate Captain outfit (eye-patch & wooden leg) Scarf Accessory (TS3 EP08) Traits : Allergic To Fur (TS3 Pets Console) Bot Fan (TS3 EP11) Cultured (TS3 Console) Grouchy/Grumpy (TS1/TSBO/TS2/TS3) Heavy Sleeper (TS3) Hyperactive (TS3 Console) Never Nude (TS3) Serious (TS1/TSBO/TS2) Supernatural Fan/Skeptic (TS3 EP07) Unstable (TS3 EP11) Children Social interactions : Noogie (TS2) Play Cops & Robbers (TS2) Play in a bathtub (TS2) Play in the Ocean (TS3 EP10) Play Mary Mack (TS2) Play Punch U Punch Me (TS2) Play Red Hands (TS2) Play Rock, Paper, Scissors (TS2) Play Tag (TS2) Swing Around (TS2 EP8) Death types : Death by Skydiving Simulation (TS1 EP6) Death by Hail (TS2 EP5) Death by Running with Scissors (TS2) Death by (resurrected sim) Dancing on own Grave Stone (TS2 Console) Death by Cheating on Slot Machine (TS2 Console) Death by Hypno-Teacher (TS2 PSP) Death by Door of Life And Death (TS3 Store) Death by Mummy's Curse (TS3 EP01) Death by Failing tricks with Box of Danger (TS3 EP06) Death by Failing Transmutation (TS3 EP07) Death by Ranting about death using Megaphone (TS3 EP09) Death by Time anomaly (TS3 EP11) Death by Jetpack Crash (TS3 EP11) Death by Drowning in papers (TS3 Smartphone) Death by Dueling (TS Medieval) Death by Pit Monster (TS Medieval) Gameplay : Bachelor Party (TS3 EP04) Band (TS2 EP1/TS3 EP03) Boarding School (TS3 EP04) Interests (TS1/TS2) (Politics, fashion, … ) Local Cultures (TS2 EP6) (Gesture, dance, … ) Pleasure Aspiration (TS2 EP2) Private School (TS2) Romantic Reputation (TS3) Seasonal Festivals (TS3 EP08) Social Classes (TS2 EP8) Zodiac Signs (TS1/TS2 EP2/TS3) Lot Types & Venues : Arcade (TS1 EP3/TS3 EP09) Diving Area (TS3 EP10) Graveyard (TS2 EP2/TS3) Hotel/Resort (TS2 EP6/TS3 EP10) Houseboat Lot (TS3 EP10) Nerd Shop (TS3 EP09) Salon (TS2 EP3/TS3 EP02) Skate Park (TS3 Console) Yacht Lot (TS2 Console/TSFP) NPC & Premade Sims : Burglar (TS1/TSBO/TS2/TS3) Captain Catastrophe (Emergency service) (The Urbz) Hula Zombie (TS2) Matchmaker (TS2 EP2) Michael Bachelor (TS1/TS2/TS3) (Bella Goth's brother) Mime (TS1 EP2/TS3 EP06) Party Dancer (TS1 EP2/TS3 EP04) Police Patrol (TS1/TSBO/TS2/TS3) Social Bunny (TS2) Therapist (TS2) Unsavory Charlatan (TS2 EP6) Occult : Fairy (TS1 EP7/TS3 EP07) Genie (TS1 EP1/TS2 EP7/TS3 EP06) Imaginary Friend (TS3 EP04) Mummy (TS1 EP7/TS3 EP01) Zombie (TS1 EP1/TS2 EP1/TS3 EP07) Object interactions : Climb Trees (TSCS) Dance on Table/Counter (TS3 EP03) Jump on Bed/Sofa (TS2) Make Bed (TS1/TS2/TS3) Make Paper Airplane (TS2) Set Alarm Clock (TS1/TS2/TS3) Smustle (TS2 EP2/TS3 EP07) Pets : Dragon (TS1 EP7/TS3 Store) Iguana (TS1 EP5/TS3 EP05) Parrot (TS1 EP5/TSBO/TS2 EP4) Snake (TS3 EP05) Turtle (TS1 EP5/TS3 EP05) Transportation : Car (TSBO/TS2 EP2/TS3) Helicopter (TS2 EP8/TSFP) Hoverboard (TS3 EP11) Jet Pack (TS3 EP11) Paddle Boat (TS3 EP10) Rowboat (TS3 EP10) Scooter (TSBO/TS3 EP1) UFO (TS3 EP08) Woohoo locations : Box Of Mystery (TS3 EP06) Car (TS2) Changing Booth (TS1 EP3/TS2) Elevator (TS2 EP3/TS3 EP03) Fairy House (TS3 EP07) Gondola (TS3 Store) Hammock (TS2 EP6) Haystack (TS3 EP05) Helicopter (TS2 EP8) Hot Air Balloon (TS3 Store) Igloo (TS1 EP4/TS3 EP08) Jetpack (TS3 EP11) Rabbit holes (TS3) Sarcophagus (TS3 EP01) Time Machine (TS3 EP02) Trailer/Wagon (TS1 EP6/TS3 EP07) Objects (Part 1) : Aerobic Step (TSFP) Air Hockey Table (TSBO) Air Tub (TS2 Console) Alarm Clock (TS1/TSBO/TS2/TS3) Ant Farm (TS2 EP7/TS3 EP05) Apple Bobbing Tank (TS3 EP08) Arcade Table (TS3 EP06) Archery Range (TS1 EP4/TS3 Store/TSFP) Axe Throwing Station (TS2 EP6) Baby Bounce Chair (TS2 Store) Ballet Barre (TS2 EP7/TS3 Store/TSFP) Baseball (Play Catch) (TS2 EP5/TS3) Bass (TS2 EP1/TS3 EP03) Belt of Levitation (TS2 PSP) Bingo (TS2) Blackjack Table (TS3 Store) Burglar Alarm (TS1/TSBO/TS2/TS3) Butter Churn (TS1 EP7) Candy Floss (TS1 EP7/TS3 Store) Candy Rack (TS1 EP3) Carnival Games (TS1 EP4) Carousel (TS3 Store) Cat Show (TSFP) Claw Machine (TS3 EP07/TSFP) Cologne Rack (TS2 EP2) Comic Book + Display Rack (TS3 EP09) Compost Bin for fertilizer (TS2 EP5/TS3 Store) Concertina (Pirate accordion) (TS2 EP6) Craps Table (The Urbz) Cross Trainer (TSFP) Curved Staircase (TS1 EP7) Dance Machine (The Urbz/TSFP) Dance Sphere (TSBO/TS2 EP2/TS3 EP06) Deep Fryer (TS3 Store) Diving Board (TS1/TS2/TS3/TSFP) D'Jembe Drum (TS2 Castaway console) Drag Race (The Urbz) Dressing Booth (TS1 EP3/TS2) Drums (TS2 EP1/TS3 EP03) Dumbbell (TSFP) Escalator (TSFP) Exercise Bike (TS2 EP7/TSFP) Fashion Runway (TS1 EP6/The Urbz/TSFP) Fight Cage (The Urbz) Fire Jet (TS2 EP2) Fire Pole (TS3 EP02/TSFP) Firewalk Pit (TSCS/TS3 EP10) Flying Disc (TS3 EP09) Food Processor (TS1/TSBO/TS2/TS3) Food Truck (TS3 EP03) Fortune-Telling Machine (TS1 EP7/TSFP) Freezer (TSFP) Glassblowing Station (TS3 Store) Go-Go Cage (TS1 EP2) Gondola (TS3 Store) Hammock (TS2 EP6/TSCS/TSFP) Hamster Wheel (TS2 Console) Harp (TSFP) Heart-Shaped Love Tub (TS1 EP3/TSBO/TSFP) High Striker (TS1 EP4/TSFP) Hockey Net (TSFP) Hot Air Balloon (TS3 Store) Hot Chocolate Maker (TS2 EP5) Hydroponic Garden (TS2) Ice Cream Truck (TS3 EP05) Igloo (TS1 EP4/TS3 EP08) Immersion Pod (TS2 Console) Ironing Board (TSFP/TS Mobile) Juice Extractor (TS2 EP5/TS Mobile) Jump Rope (TS2 EP8) Kite (TS2 EP3/TS3 Store) Kite Surf (TS3 Console) Lawn Mower (TSFP) Limbo Stick (TSCS) Log Rolling Pit (TS2 EP6) Logic Puzzle (TS2 EP7) Love inspector (TS3 EP08) Objects (Part 2) : Magazine + Rack (TS1 EP3/TS2) Marimba (TS2 Castaway console) Merry-Go-Round (TS2 EP8) Mechanical Bull (TS1 EP2/TS3 EP06) Mini-Golf (TS1 EP7/The Urbz/TS2/TS3 EP06/TSFP) Music Recording Studio (TS1 EP6) Obstacle Course (TS2) Pedestrian Sculpting Station (TS3 EP02) Pilates Reformer Machine (TS Mobile) Pin the tail on the donkey (TSFP) Piñata (TSFP) Pinball Machine (TS1/TSBO/TS2/TS3 Store/TSFP) Playground Tower (TS2 EP8/TS3) Poker Table (TSBO/TS2 EP2/TS3 Store) Pool Bar (TS3 EP10) Pool Cleaner (TSFP) Pool Slide (TS1 EP4/TS2 EP5/TS3 EP10/TSFP) Pool Table (TS1/TSBO/TS2 EP1/TS3 EP06/TSFP) Porta Potty (TS1 EP3/TSPS) Pottery Wheel (TSBO/TS2 EP7) Pull Up Bar (TS3 EP06) Recliner (TS1/TS2) Remote Control Car (TS2/TS3 Store) Restorable Junk Car (TS2 EP7/TS3 Store) Robot Battle Cage (The Urbz) Rocking Horse (TS3 EP07) Roller Coaster (TS1 EP7/TS3 Store) Roulette Table (The Urbz/TS3 Store) Rowing Machine (TSFP) Saxophone (TS1 EP5/TSFP) Sectional Booth (Seat for restaurant) (TS2 EP2) Seesaw (TS3 EP04/TSFP) Sewing Machine (TS2 EP7/TSFP) Shaker (TS2 Castaway console) Shuffleboard (TS3 EP03) Skateboard Halfpipe (The Urbz/TSFP/TS3 Console) Skee Ball (TS3 EP06) Skydiving Simulator (TS1 EP6) Slide (TS2 EP8/TS3) Slot Cars (TSFP) Slot Machine (TS1 EP1/TS3 Store) Snake Charming Basket (TS1 EP7/TS3 EP01) Snowboard Halfpipe (TS1 EP4/TS3 EP08) Soccer Goal (TS2 EP7/TS3 EP08) Sonic Shower (TSBO/TS3 EP11) Souvenir Stand (TS1 EP4/TS2 EP6) Spiral Staircase (TS1 EP5/TS2 EP8/TS3 EP04/TSFP) Spring Rider (TS1 EP5/TS3 EP04) Stroller (TS3 EP04) Strip Poker Table (TS1/TS1 Console/TSBO) Surf Board (TS2 Console/TS3 Store/TSFP) Tai Chi (TS2 EP6/TSFP) Tanning Booth (TS3 EP08) Tattoo chair (TS3 EP2) Teppanyaki Grill (TS3 Store) Teleportation Pad (TS3/TS3 Store) Tetherball (TSBO) Throw Machine (TS3 Store) Ticket Machine (TS2 EP3/TS3 Store) Train Set (TS1/TSBO/TS2 EP7/TS3 EP07) Trampoline (TS2 Console/TS3 EP02/TSFP) Trumpet (TSFP) Ukulele (TS2 Castaway console) Urinal (TS1 EP3/TS2/TS3) Volleyball Net (TS1 EP4/TSFP) VR Headset (TS1/TSBO/TS3) Walking Cane (TS3 EP04) Wall Counter (TS1 EP2/TS2 EP1) Water Ski (TS3 EP10) Weight Lifting Bench (TS2 Console) Whack-A-Mole game (TS1 EP4/TS3 EP07) Wheelchair (The Urbz) Windsurf Board (TS3 EP10) Wood Fire Oven (TS3 Store) Xylophone (TS2/TSCS/TS3 Store/TSFP) Zen Garden (TS2 EP6)All my DLCS are gone
Yesterday I bought the new Royalties and Legacy pack, downloaded it, and started my game but the it said it wasn't downloaded? But all my mods and other packs were somehow working despite everyone else's being broken. Then today I start the game again and now all my packs are gone even though steam says they are installed. Hey, at least the mods still work am I right?
My game is completely unplayable.
Hello Everyone, I tried repeatedly to report this in the Bug Forum, but apparently that is broken also. LOL, What irony eh? I also tried to see if anyone else is having this experience, but all I am seeing is reports of actual missing DLC, which is NOT my case. I was wondering if anyone else is having this same issue ad how I can correct this or if this is something else EA needs to fix.... I had just started to create a whole new game, after discovering that using MOO has majorly played a role in some of the bugs in our games. So, I've been creating new lots with no MOO cheats, mods, nor CC. The only cheat I use from time to time is the Debug to get landscaping items that EA won't include in the main build/buy categories. From time to time, I like to include some other player's lot creations for my game and have specifically looked to find lots that are not made with MOO or mods/cc by using the hashtags and selecting not to include mods/cc. When I found lots that offer this, I also made sure they only use the DLC Packs/Kits I have purchased. If I don't have the ones they use, I will move on. The ones I liked, I would put them into my library to possibly use later on after I have collected a few first. This has been working well until these recent fixes and new market place installed in our games. When I put some of the other player's lot creations into my game, I am now getting a message saying some of the content used on those lots I don't own and ask if I would like to continue to install the lot in my game. Yet, the DLC that is showing up as being used, I have. So, to be safe, I've been declining to use those lots that mention this and deleted them from my library. Thankfully, this was not the case with every lot I downloaded for my game to try out. When I created my own lots in the past, I would test them on another lot in another world to make sure all works well. And all was fine... until today that all changed. What I am now discovering is when I use my own lots created and put them on any lot in any of my worlds it states that some content that was used on this lot is a pack I do not own and ask if I wish to continue. How can this be so when I have all the packs. I created those lots myself?! So, I repaired my game and removed all cache files and tried again. I still receive the same messages for all of my lots and the other lots I am using that were working perfectly well days before. I then went through my game to ensure every pack I purchased is showing as installed, which it is. I then click on each DLC pack/Kit in the game individually to see if the items are there and they show up. So I know I am NOT missing any DLC I purchased. I then tried to put one of my lots into the game despite the warning to see what happens. Nothing is missing. Everything is still in place. So, I don't know why the game is insisting my DLC/DLC content is not there. What makes for an interesting twist to make things more complicated is yesterday, I took only one house from another player that I got from the Gallery that mentioned it supposedly had some content used that I didn't have, which showed contrary to the case, as it showed every pack I had, and put it onto a lot for me to redecorate as I saw fit for my personal game. I then saved it and then tested it on a different lot. That message no longer showed anything was missing. But now today.... it is saying once more that there is DLC missing and do I wish to continue to use this lot. My concern now is that my game is completely broken. If the game reads stuff is missing from that lot it could cause other bug issues by using such lots in my game. So now, I can't build or continue creating my worlds, I can't play on my lots created, as I don't want to start a game only to have it become buggy like my last game was, forcing me to start from scratch. At this rate my game is unplayable. HELP!
[Spring Sale] Up to 60%
Planning on getting anything? I am so happy B&H finally 50% off! I have been waiting. Thinking of also getting FR, had talks with other players on this. I do have C&D on backburner Wishlist but I honestly want an update so I can have short legged dogs :P My furbaby is not represented XD Debating Laundry Day and Nifty Knitting, also. And lastly, if I should get (though not on sale) Wonderland Playroom (I do not play kids but I love the theme), before they move it to Marketplace. I just do not know if I will support it since the currency is purposely not to match a Kit price.