Non Bob News

Happy New Year! Thank goodness 2021 is over. Hopefully this means we have more big updates and actual Expansion Packs to look forward to…We hope so anyway… The recent update that came out on 30th November added the first phase of Neighbourhood Stories, a Story Progression type feature to The Sims 4. For those of us who have played The Sims 3, Story Progression means having the sims around you living life to the fullest! As annoying as it can be for some, they’re constantly having parties, babies, and all sorts of other live changing things go on behind those not-so-closed doors. Here’s a list and explanation of how EA’s Story Progression works in The Sims 3: https://sims.fandom.com/wiki/ Story_progression This new type of Story Progression, however, is unlike The Sims 3’s version as it will be somewhat controllable. The Sims team plan on Neighbourhood Stories having on/off switches, meaning that you can turn off the unpredictability if you desire. This is helpful for the Simmers who play with their own story line in mind. For those who enjoy the messiness though, hopefully we will start seeing some chaos soon in our games. As of right now, Neighbourhood Stories focuses on “Sims that are connected to your Households and have relationships of some kind with them,” as stated in the Update Notes. This means that currently, you have to form a relationship with the sims outside of your household to be able to access the new feature. Then, you’ll have to check out the new Friendly and Mean interactions to influence those sims to make changes to their lives. Along with this new feature, two new Aspirations have arrived! One is focused on the more pleasant socials in the feature, with the aspiration called Neighbourhood Confidante. If your sims love gossiping, or actually like helping their friends out with their social and love lives, this is the Aspiration for them! If, however, your sims prefer to mess with their neighbour’s love lives, maybe even stealing a few taken lovers for themselves, the Villainous Valentine is the Aspiration they’ll want to go for! You can find more details on this, as well as any bug fixes, in the Patch Notes.

The latest update is in - make sure to check out www.EA.com for the full information. PC: 1.82.9.1030 / Mac: 1.82.99.1230 Console: Version 1.50

SDX

The first Sims Delivery Express came out on 7th December, with another on it’s way! As it was the first time using the SDX system, it makes sense that all we got was a hairstyle. It would be horrible to give us all this free stuff before making sure the system works properly! It is a cute hairstyle though, and it being free is just perfect! This hairstyle can be used on all ages, and it looks great too!

On 15th December, the second SDX was released with a ton of Christmassy things! There’s a new recipe, some décor items and even a decorative fruitcake to spice up your dining tables! Even though Christmas has come and gone, the New Year brings about more opportunities to connect with like minded people. For those of you who are interested, we have a brand new website to support the community! We are accepting community submissions to our blog, free and paid cc, and we have forums and groups for you to contribute to and have fun! Looking for other game ideas? We have a post for that! We put together a list of 100 of our favourite games (other than The Sims, of course), so make sure you check that out too! To join, just head on over to supinmedia.com/ to sign up (membership is not required). Join us today by visiting www.supinmedia.com

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