Q&A: Life & Death
INTRO #AD (just in case this counts as social media) I was invited to join the CFE (not final build) opportunity for Life & Death. Thank you to the EA Creator Network for this chance to answer questions for you about ALL THE THINGS! I will be taking and answering questions about gameplay, writing several Bucket Lists, finishing Unfinished Business, being Macabre, running as I'm Chased by Death, digging graves and WooHooing in ALL THE THINGS! Plus I'll give you info on Ravenwood, Crows, Festivals, Careers, Ghost Historian Aspiration, Tarot, Wills, lore and anything else you guys want to know about! And there's a lot. I haven't even scratched the surface yet, and I've been playing for a week. The embargo has already lifted at time of posting and I'll break answers down into spoilers (if they are working yet, if not, replies) in case you just want to know some things and keep the rest a mystery. Format will be similar to last time where I have links to each subject and add more info to each based on questions asked and as I discover things through gameplay. If you didn't see it the first time you look, check on the subject post again later. Index to follow (if I can get it working this time). Let me know if there's something I forgot. You know the drill... Let the Reaping commence! P..S. - I also have a Creator Code now, so if you find my Q&A useful you might consider it as an option at checkout. This doesn't give you a discount, but it would give me a 5% commission on price of the pack. If you wish to use it, my code is EmmaVane. Just enter the code on the the payment screen where voucher codes normally go. Thank you, EA for this opportunity. INDEX CROWS - PET CROWS CROSS-PACK GAMEPLAY - MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS - TAROT CARDS COLLECTIONS - MISCELLANEOUS GHOSTS - GHOST MASTERY ABILITIES & UNLOCKS GHOSTS - GHOST BABIES? LOTS - CEMETERIES & HALLOWED GROUND LOT TRAIT MEDIA - TV, RADIO AND BOOKS PREP FOR DEATH - WILLS & HEIRLOOMS PREP FOR DEATH - FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS & GRAVE MARKERS RECIPES AND NEW INGREDIENTS SOUL'S JOURNEY - OVERVIEW SOUL'S JOURNEY - BUCKET LIST & UNFINISHED BUSINESS GOALS - ALL PACKS, BY CATEGORY
Infants Difficulty/Glitches
I have a game where my sim had triplets, and as infants it is the most difficult thing to control, as in feeding them is hard to keep on top of and making sure they all get into their cribs when they are low energy, and it causes actions to get deleted, and the adult sims get no sleep, and when its x3 its impossible Also when the triplets did age up, one aged up again into a child sim, where the others stayed as toddlers. WTFFF Edit By Crinrict: Removed all-caps from titleHow I organize Showbiz
How are your famous sims doing? I wanna share how I organize my Actors, Writers and Musicians. This involves the Get Famous EP, but is not limited to. As usual, 50% of my game is pure imagination :) I do make up films and books that never actually had a gig in my game. Lately I've been focusing a bit extra on showbiz in my game. I found that sims in the Acting career often had quite low scores in related skills, as a result of me rarely following them to a gig. My Writers rarely had any fame at all, because after building their writer office and publishing their first book, I tend to leave them alone. I found that I miss good routines for pushing the creative sims up and forward. Most of them were simply ignored by me after getting heir first fame star. So, I decided to improve this by organizing showbiz in a better way :) Be warned, I normally get a bit detailed. Yet, you might get inspired, or sharing your own methods. In this thread I'll share tidbits as I keep developing this all. I figured there will be enough to run a separate thread. I'll focus on Actors, Writers and Musicians. In the future Comedians might be included with the acting talent agencies, don't think they are many enough to deserve their own agency, but they won't be given priority now. Basically I made a system where each product (movie, commercial, book, released song/album) gets a success/quality score that is based on certain skills (by all involved) + a random factor (dice representing the unplanned, bad timing or advertising failures etc.). Actors will score by Acting x Charisma x Fame on the day of their gig. For a movie, Lead role count 3x, supporting role 2x and the Extra 1x. Similar for Authors and Musicians. This way the same artist will give better products as skills/fame builds. So, why all this extra trouble? Because I wanted a way to decide the success of a given film or book. The casting becomes interesting because the more successful Leads, the better score. At the same time, involving a less experienced Supporting role might harm the success, because the total score might get lower. Knowing a production's score, I also know if reviews are good or bad. Everyone wants good reviews, but then you certainly need a strategy. Judith Ward will never accept a role in a film featuring some unskilled Actor, because she would probably end up with a badly reviewed film on her CD. Every production company wants to rank high on those Top 10 lists. I noticed that my many TV productions actually scored rather poorly! I never paid attention to those hosts, some actually have quite poor skills. And, say for a talk show, there will normally be a guest with no showbiz related score at all, dragging down the entire production's success score. With this system, Simmerville Studio's News Anchor since a decade actually got bad reviews for most jobs. This made me realize that I must focus more on his skills, as someone leading the TV News for a decade must have skills reflecting experience. There must have been a meeting at Simmerville Studio about having this guy replaced. Of course they keep an eye on the ratings! Also the host of the rather popular Simmerville Show, Fritz Mervil, scores poorly , but as he is the CEO of the production company, I guess he is safe - besides, some of his shows were saved by a superstar like Judith guesting :) I also found that everyone performing on film or TV ought to be signed with one of the talent agencies. For the first time I took the time to learn about their differences and specializing. I used to think those agencies were random, but no, there is a finally a talent routine in my game... more about that later. Anyhow, this all makes for realistic consequences, the urge to build at least some skills, and a more interesting side of casting a production, too. Also my blog's gossips column will get a lot more gossips to dive into ;) I'll share more about this all as each involved company will release their new webpages this RL Winter. You'll find more about this in a while 😃What Are Your Merfolk Doing Today 2.0
Since the old thread has multiple broken links and things are different here. I decided to create a 2.0 version of the old thread I created. I thought I would create this thread as a variant of the “What happened in Your Game Today?” thread. Serial and non-serial updates are welcome. Any mermadic discoveries in the Sims are more than welcome, including discoveries while using mods. Let's give our MerSims the spotlight here! Tips for what to share: The Only Rules: Keep the updates focused on merfolk! Denizens of the sea like Cecelia, Kelpies, and other variations of ocean dwellers are welcome here.Compatibility & Self-Discovery Explained
Hi! This thread is a 2.0 version of these threads put together: Sim Characteristics and Social Compatibility - A Look into Tuning Files Self-Discovery - An Attempt to Understand Tuning Files Due to spoiler tag issues in this forums and how the post hierarchy system works here (and how posts can be collapsed), I've decided to make a new thread which could also look in other things. Turn-ons and turn-offs for example, even though the description of each one gives you the exact into which attracts sims. This thread contains info on the following topics: Sim Characteristics & Social Compatibility Self-Discovery system Turn-ons and Turn-offs & Attraction Grief Trait Replacements Update Log Use links to jump to desired info. Please do not comment under the linked post. If you have any additions or suggestions, let me know! Comment under this main post or any other post that isn't linked here!
Sim cannot go to prom
Hello, no matter what I have tried, my sim cannot go to prom. I have researched and many have said it clashes with Get Famous, so I launched my game without the pack and it still did not work. I have also taken out all custom content and mods to see if that was the issue and it still did not work. I have turned off aging and it did not work. Prom has come around 4 times now. One of the times, I got the pre-prom get together invitation and it took me there, then I got the pop-up notification that prom was starting and I selected the option to go to the prom with him, then nothing happened. The game just went on like nothing happened, and prom was no longer on the calendar. Another time, I went to the pre-prom get together, then come 7 pm I don't get any notification that prom is starting. Once again, prom just vanishes off the calendar. The most recent time, I got the invitation to the pre-prom get together and prompted my sim to go, and then nothing happened. So I waited around until 7, and no surprise there was no pop-up notification to go to prom, and it just vanishes off the calendar. I am at a loss for what else I can even do. It's very frustrating as nothing else in the High School years expansion pack really excites me, and prom is what I was most excited for. When researching ways to fix this problem, most people posting about it are from 2 years ago, so I'm very confused on how this bug is still not fixed. Has anyone been able to go to prom with their sim??Question about bb.moveobject.
I've been playing The Sims for a very long time (since The Sims 2). I'm currently playing The Sims 4 with lots of cheats, CC, and mods. However, there's one thing I can't figure out. I always use the bb.moveobjects cheat, and it works perfectly. The only issue is when I try to place something on a counter, dresser, or desk—I can't move those items freely. I’d love to add clutter, but I can’t get it to work. Everything else, like furniture and decorations, moves freely. Please help a girl out! Thank you in advance!!
