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EA has announced their latest laundry list (which can be found below) the full write up from The Sims Team can be found directly on their website by visiting ea.com, but until you can be bothered to do yet another click here is a sneak peak of what’s being fixed within The Sims 4.
‘This is just a list of the “top” concerns. There are more topics that we saw reported by players that are not listed and being worked on. So, without further ado, here is a list of the top community concerns we’re currently investigating: Open staircase cause routing failures In-Season Plants revert to dirt piles CAS no longer shows what Sim is wearing in its columns Sim Profile not opening after Learning (Dis)Likes/LUIE occurring New (darker) hair swatches make Sims' teeth look black Several Hair Make Teeth Grey/Black Random Sim in apartment/house / Guest not leaving Eyelashes change color to match hair color Teens age up/get generated with crow's feet Fabulously Filthy: Floor being dirty doesn't fulfill Thanks for all your patience and valuable help! Please continue telling us about any issues you’re experiencing on Answers HQ, we’ll continue to work on improving our transparency, and together we can make this game the best that it can be. Happy Simming!’ The Summer of Sims has come to our simming community, with a wave of brilliance they came up with a plan to bring us more content , base game updates and a virtual block party amongst a few other things. But has this really been ‘The Summer of Sims’ or has it been more of a ‘Damp Squib?’. With the release of the (and this is how damp it really is, I just had to research to remember what they released first!) Courtyard Oasis Kit and as pretty as it is, it really was a big fail considering EA seem to be intent on bringing home the bacon at the moment(more on the money pit that is Sims mobile can be found on our blog at www.simmedup.co.uk). The introduction of kits was indeed exciting but the reality is, when the chips are down (global pandemic and all, loss of jobs, finances in the toilet the list goes on) The Sims find more ways to squeeze every last penny from their fans by introducing this tantalising tit bit and giving back….. Hoovers and lots of bugs (again).
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Onto the next ‘Surprise’ we are getting a game pack whoop whoop we all cried how exciting (forgetting we have just been ripped off with kits, I admit I am also blinded by The Sims lights, but are they dimming?) The wait is horrid, watching everyone discuss what they think is really must be, before the big night and the announcement of ‘The Dream Home Decorator Pack’ and it looks AMAZING for once the team really have outdone themselves. The content is gorgeous, the ability to create not just wardrobes and hanging spaces for the home, but this opened up new opportunities for The Sims Builders out there with retail possibilities and not forgetting the amazing creators like SatiSims Builds and Fantasims and what they
can build from even the smallest of objects, yes this is one of those packs that really does deliver for both sides of the playing fields. For the Sims Live players and Sims character creators the new Interior Designer career had everyone in a tizzy, being able to build AND live play at the same time REVOLUTIONARY. The Sims Creator content included unisex outfits from jumpsuits to dungarees and a utili Kilt (which by the way is sooo awesome) and the fact they have taken into account that BOTH sexes in the Sims (still no gender choices yet!) can wear all the outfits (considering this is a basic option in life whether targeted at females or male genders we can literally buy and wear what we want no matter who we are, catch up Sims!) and that is a step in the right direction, and we must all remember Rome wasn’t built in a day and neither has the Sims franchise. The Dream home decorator kit was a win for The Sims team and one they should be very proud of but yet again the BUGS seem to taint everything they do, do right! With reports of gigs ending early and not earning the pay, to clients just going missing it seems the Sims Team will always be forever plagued with bugs (isn’t it about time they tried and tested these on a larger scale, because something is seriously going wrong down the line when they still cannot repair bugs from yonks ago and then create new ones in new content). The Summer of Sims continues and the simming community seem happy to plod along with what they have and what is still to come, as usual the Sims Gurus start letting off their redacted posts, or hint messages across social media to entice the simming community to create a buzz (we all know the tricks) the speculation starts and the next rumour we have is FARMING IS COMING TO THE SIMS! Now we all know that the buzz for this pack was going to be big, they didn’t quite announce a farming pack but the hints led us all to believe it was that or Fairies and Werewolves and of course the community went nuts. In the back ground though we were watching because an amazing simmer who goes by the name of TheSims_Plus on twitter and for those of us who know him just a little better we call him Arnie. Now Arnie has been working on a complete farming mod for The Sims 4 , This is something the Sims team were adamant they were not doing and when cries for ‘Give us a farming pack’ came from the community, we were told blatantly NO, and then this little spark of creativity shines in the distance as Arnie announces I CAN DO IT, and by god he did….. The Farmland Mod created by Arnie is astounding and brings to us the community something we have wanted in The Sims 4 for so long A REAL WORKING FARM with ANIMALS. The trailer for Farmland can be found on Arnies account on YouTube and I dare say, IF you do go to watch it, make sure you have these things in preparation: 1) A hankie (that ending gets me every time) 2) Cover any drinks with a lid because the excitement will get those arms pointing to the ceiling whilst shouting YESSSSS (and we don’t want any burns) 3) Have the volume up high and RE-WATCH because you are going to want to watch this at least twice to take in just how much work has gone into the creation of this mod, so to Arnie I say WE SALUTE YOU and maybe you can teach the erm oh yeah Sims Team just what Sims really should be about when you deliver what the community actually asks for. But lets get back to that Sims announcement and yes it was not farming but a kind of farming pack, let me explain you see, we get cows, a little farming shopping cart stall thing, chickens and a fox…..
So back to Arnie (no just joking) but seriously did The Sims team really just try to sneak in an announcement before Arnie because they 9
finally know they perform below par? Noooo I hear the more dedicated simmers out there, our beloved Sims Team wouldn’t do something like that (or would they? Food for thought). The Cottage living expansion pack does deliver a lot of the elements that we have been asking for and the fact it isn’t a mod is a definite plus for those of us who really don’t like using mods because we get ‘some’ of what we wanted in this expansion. We do also get Llamas and Bunnies as well as a vast collection of build objects and of course a new world ‘Henford on Bagley’ where there will be a farmers market that you can ‘show’ your prized vegetables and win prizes ooooo. All in all we know we are going to do it, search through our piggy banks, hands down the back of sofas and searching through old bags because maybe just maybe we may find enough to buy the new pack or there is a possibility we may win one on the many giveaways that we see across social media (including ourselves so come join us on twitter). There is also an option to get yourself some BONUS content but you can only do this if you purchase the expansion pack by the 2nd August (a little bit mean for those of the community that really just cannot afford to buy before this date, but then EA gives no f…Figs). TRIXIE MATTEL hosted the Virtual Block party for The Sims on the 21st June over on twitch, did you make it? We absolutely adore Trixie over here and we had so much fun lurking in the background and reading the chat from the community. If you didn’t attend on the night, you can still head on over to Twitch and rewatch the stream although it doesn't have the same buzz in the air as it did on the actual night, just watching Trixie Mattel do her thing was worth the watch on it’s own. I do think though for things like this having an OPEN WORLD where simmers can interact at these events would be pretty amazing, actually attending an event like this in Sims 5 (we know it’s coming) will be the next level to hit and even Even though a huge number of the community are saying ‘we don’t want to be able to play online’ if this feature comes with an option to have both (and be realistic most games that do offer this, do have a separate ‘online account’ to use, so it isn’t a bad thing you don’t have to use it if you don’t want to. With The Sims 5 in production (and we know it is) there are so many possibilities to further the gameplay aspect as well as the building aspect too, when we look at up and coming games creators and lets take Paraliving as an example, the ideas they are putting into their game creation now, far exceeds what EA are allowing The Sims team to do, so we ask why? What would be the end game for EA if they roll with Sims 4 and it’s bugs and lack of versatility in certain aspects of the game for build and play. It could mean a more dedicated team concentrating on making sure Sims 5 has all we need, including round walls, mirrors that reflect, platforms that don’t remove walls, foundations that don’t vanish and more of things we have been asking for, for so so long now, it’s almost like a daily mantra to just get through the day. But if and it is a big if, the Sims team are spending all their time concentrating on making sure Sims 5 exceeds expectations and does deliver the things these new games creators are ALREADY doing, then they can almost be forgiven for the lack of content, bugs and more in the Sims 4 Almost! Just remember Sims Team, if some of us lose interest in Sims 4 it is because of the failure of EA first and foremost, but then it’s also a failure on The Sims Teams part, because someone back there has to be in charge and be able to say NO MORE CRAP, GIVE THE P E O P L E WANT THEY WANT, without being scared the boss may say no and making sure it’s delivered.