In today’s Maxis Monthly Livestream The Sims Team has revealed that the upcoming update for The Sims 4 will be bringing a “Story Quiz”.
As explained by SimGuruGraham, the Story Quiz allows you to give your Sims some premade characteristics straight from Create A Sim! After opening up Create A Sim you’ll be getting a prompt screen asking if you’d like to create your Sim’s story in CAS. You have an option to agree and start the quiz or refuse the quiz and create a Sim without any premade characteristics.
After agreeing you’ll first get a chance to choose from which life stage you want to begin. Right now there’s only an option to choose between Young Adult, Adult and Elder. Then you’ll be taken through 10 simple random questions asking about everyday situations that usually occur in The Sims 4’s live mode. The questions you’ll get might revolve around simple things such as what your Sim wanted to do when they were younger or might be very specific.
Each pack installed that brings new gameplay will give you a chance to get a specific personality question tied into that pack. For example, the question down below saying “What do I most want to do on a trip to Selvadorada?” will influence your Sim by giving them a certain level of the Selvadoradian Culture Skill when starting the game.
Thgere are 10 questions in total and you can keep track of the number of questions you’ve answered in the bar down below. You also have the ability to randomize and switch up to a new question if you’d like to attach a different type of gameplay element / characteristic to your Sim.
Completing the Story Quiz will give you a Story overview on the left side of Create A Sim. Your Sim might start off already at a set career level or they might be completely unemployed depending on your choices. They’ll also gain certain skills depending on the questions you’ve decided to answer as well as a Starting Fund when starting your game.
For example, this Sim has a high starting fund!
If you choose to do a Story Quiz your Sim will also be assigned with a specific Aspiration and traits that you won’t be able to change back. All other changes such as the appearance of your Sim and what are they wearing will be customizable!
Want to see what the new CAS tool looks like in action? Check out the livestream replay down below!
166 Comments
Ok so I just wanted to say that I can’t wait! Do you know if there are going to be other ages in the future? And please fix your spelling errors
Reply to Ostrich
I agree with the spelling errors thing; there are loads and I think entries to this website should be checked and edited more.
Reply to Elfie
This sounds interesting and I am excited for the update, but will we ever have an actual story mode again? That was always my favorite part of the sims and the sims 2.
Reply to Elfie
I don’t see any spelling errors, but I do see places where commas would fit in.
Reply to Dusty 1804
Tank yuu fur thoose remarcs! Korinthenkackers
Reply to Ostrich
Don’t let the Ginger find you. He is fond of ostriches. Allegedly.
Reply to Katrina Banaski
ALLEGEDLYS
Exciting!!! But so so many spelling errors lol
What’s the third Free Stuff Button? We have Holiday, Grim Reaper, and then?
Reply to Dauhly
It’s the family portrait
Does anyone know when we can expect this update?
Reply to Brianna
i think they said july 16th
Reply to Brianna
July 16 2019
Reply to Brianna
i have a question is this a free update?
Reply to harshita
Yes it is
Reply to harshita
I just want to know when console is getting this update… 🙁
Reply to Grace
I hope it do come to console too..
I would like to add that they didn’t end up with 990000+ simoleons because of the story quiz. They used a cheat to look at the catalog
Reply to Harriet
ahh, I was a few minutes too slow
Steve input a cheat that gave them the 991,5000 – I don’t believe thats what you get for starting high funds
Reply to HEATHER K BYROM
Thanks – I updated the article 🙂
That was really unnecessary and rude. If you don’t like the website then why are you here? You can express your opinion in a different way without calling people names and wishing death on people.
-A Millennial
Can you fix the cheat code box? I can’t get it to work, I’ve tried all the tips given when googling the issue. It won’t work.
Reply to Jessica
I think this is the most excited I’ve ever been for a free update, because of this story mode. I feel like it’ll add a lot more character building to the game, and encourage me not to play the same sim over and over. 🙂
The story thing looks great. I hope they add Child and Teen soon though.
ok cool so when I go over to a persons house, I don’t have to worry about everyone sleeping on sofas, instead of one of 7 beds that are placed throughout the home, haha I mean I get some sofas are comfy but when they’re actual beds to slept in why not go there, plus no TVs the wake anyone up. Logic must be taken seriously.
That’s rather cool. Combined with the randomizer for traits, for those who don’t want to use this feature, CAS is really great. I hope this all transfers over to TS5 because it would be a shame if not.
When will it be out
Reply to Jaz
July 18!!!
Reply to Appafozle
*16th
Is this update for strictly computer players, or Xbox & Playstation as well?
Reply to Allyson
Sadly just for computer
Interesting!! Is good to know that adults not going to start as babies without abilities, memories or even knowledge!
Good to know there’ll be a sims4 story mode, I’ve asked about this a month ago.
Hopefully they put more personality traits
Reply to Soso_bby
I agree
Can u also put this update on console
Reply to Evie Kaplan
yes ill try to put it in your console rn
Reply to simming away the pain
Mods for Xbox one please thank you and I have a Sim mod in a folder
Bring back the thief Thank you.
I wish they’d also make height for sims for each age so you can choose your own instead going with the average female and male height you get in the game. Like for example if you could make 6ft tall female and 5’6 ft tall male because some males are shorter and some females are tall (like me lmao that’s my height). Like you could just type in the height and that’s how tall your Sims would be. And if also you could choose if you create your Sim as a kid if you could choose if they’ll be tall or short when they grow up.
Reply to uwu
I think the reason they don’t implement that is because it might cause some graphical issues with a few animations. Imagine a really tall Sim kissing a really short Sim… and then because all kisses use the same animation, they end up kissing the air.
Reply to uwu
If you’re fine with some light graphical issues and also are able and willing to download mods, Luumia’s height slider mod is a godsend!! (https://luumiasims.com/post/174867678324/a-definitive-cas-height-slider-plus-moremore)
All this and we are still not able to change the forehead sizes.
Reply to Sim
You can change forehead size. I do it all the time. Just click on the forehead. If the hair comes down over the forehead, remove it first.
Finally, adults who aren’t totally useless!
This is seriously awesome. I can’t wait for this to drop.
Reply to Joseph
And the hard core builders are going to be there day exploring the new adds 😀
Will this also be available on console?
Excellent and I am not bothered by spelling errors, I am grown enough to figure the words out.
Not impressed lol they still don’t get it but whatever .
So….. when are you going to give us the ability to “favorite” items in build, so we can find the ones we love faster 😀
I would love to have MORE TRAIT SLOTS! 3 are not enough! Just saying Lol!
I am going to cry tears of joy
Literally all I wanted was a way to change the height jeez
Reply to AD
RIGHT???? I really want my some of my sims short and some tall
When will you do height adjustments for our Sims. I mean we can adjust their feet, why not be able to make them taller or shorter than the other Sims. Like people not all Sims are the same. That the color wheel when creating clothes and furniture. Miss that from the Sims3. Just a couple suggestions. Thank you for all that you have given us already.
please tell me this is coming to console users? we’re always left out and I really want this!!
I hope that you’ll be able to do this retroactively on a sim you already made, because I have some Sims I haven’t played yet I would love to try this with, and if I could only do this with Sims I made from scratch I don’t think I’d be able to recreate their faces
Is it going be on xbox one i would love if it was
I don’t see any spelling errors, but I do see places where commas would fit in.
All i want to know is if it is coming to console and when cause i love this idea but dont play pc
This is PERFECT! Just what the Sims4 needed for more in-depth gameplay. I couldn’t wish for a better add-on
What time today is the Update coming out as I wouldn’t download on mine
Has it been released yet?
I just updated my sims but I wasn’t giving the option to do story mode?
can u get the story mode on xbox or ps4 i really want it and i dont have it but have everything else
Does story mode only work if you make a new save game, because it’s not working if I just go to CAS on an already played save game.
Can anyone help please. I downloaded the new update today for my Xbox one but i can’t get the build a story option to come up.
Reply to Ambe
That’s because as usual console players don’t get this update. It’s for PC/MAC players only atm.
Can the CAS Story Mode be on Consoles too because I hate the fact that Computer players get things first. Why cant Console Players have something first then Computer Players?
How can you add a story to a sim you download from the gallery? I am terrible at making sims so I have always used ones from the gallery and then edited them from there, but for some reason I can’t add a story to those sims?
I want them to do a Sims Superheroes expansion, I would love to see something center around heroes and villains. I want a reason to create X-men character in the game lol.
Why doesn’t on ps4?
I can’t find this option on the ps4 🙁 and everything is updated.
For the sim story how do you do a story on Xbox one?
Idk why we are not getting the story mode for console players. I spend just as much money on the expansion packs and have to wait three months after they are showing there’s off! It is already not fair that they get to use CC and Mods. Why can’t the Sims community just put it all out at the same time. And are you saying we are not getting story mode at all? If so that Sucks! I have been a loyal Sims player since Sims 3 and then bought a whole console just to have 4. They need to add a gallery to Sims 4 for console and put same stuff out for us as well Love you guys tho and ofc will still keep playing, but please make it better for us
How do I opted out of this in my options windows it isnt giving me the option to turn it off.
When does it come out on PS4?
I’m on PC and haven’t gotten story mode for any of my new sims. Even after updating through origin.
Stupid. I want to be able to edit my sims “story”. It picked painter for my sim and I can’t change it. I wanted a musician. No happy.
Reply to Allie
it would indeed be super fun to choose these things
this new update is really bugged. i cant even see my sim and the story mode questions are off the screen, i cant even see them.
why cant you change the traits if you’re not happy with them? i figured out it made me a vegetarian after I made my complete sim, looks and all. i spend over an hour on this sim and am not interested in her being a vegetarian! and only that because with the question “what are we eating tonight?” I choose “veggies!”
Does story mode only work if you make a new save game, because it’s not working if I just go to CAS on an already played save game.
I just updated my sims but I wasn’t giving the option to do story mode?
this new update is really bugged. i cant even see my sim and the story mode questions are off the screen, i cant even see them.
why cant you change the traits if you’re not happy with them? i figured out it made me a vegetarian after I made my complete sim, looks and all. i spend over an hour on this sim and am not interested in her being a vegetarian! and only that because with the question “what are we eating tonight?” I choose “veggies!”
What time today is the Update coming out as I wouldn’t download on mine
can u get the story mode on xbox or ps4 i really want it and i dont have it but have everything else
Has it been released yet?
Can the CAS Story Mode be on Consoles too because I hate the fact that Computer players get things first. Why cant Console Players have something first then Computer Players?
Can anyone help please. I downloaded the new update today for my Xbox one but i can’t get the build a story option to come up.
Is it going be on xbox one i would love if it was
For the sim story how do you do a story on Xbox one?
I want them to do a Sims Superheroes expansion, I would love to see something center around heroes and villains. I want a reason to create X-men character in the game lol.
Why doesn’t on ps4?
How do I opted out of this in my options windows it isnt giving me the option to turn it off.
How can you add a story to a sim you download from the gallery? I am terrible at making sims so I have always used ones from the gallery and then edited them from there, but for some reason I can’t add a story to those sims?
When does it come out on PS4?
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