In case you’ve missed the news, The Sims Team has announced that they’ll be releasing a series of new updates for The Sims 4, addressing the Skin Tones and representation in the game.
The first update that they’ve announced is coming tomorrow, October 6th on PC and Mac, which promises to fix blotchy artifacts and ashy appearance on darker skintones. The same update is set to release on November 10th on Xbox One and PS4 consoles. The update will also revisit two existing base game hairstyles:
The Sims team will be releasing a base game update around existing skin tones on October 6 for Mac/PC and November 10 for console. As we work on expanding skin tone variety, in this first step, we’ll be improving the blotchy artifacts and ashy appearance of darker skin tones on mid and high spec machines*. (Not sure whether this applies to your computer? See the note below!) As mentioned in our initial video, we recognize there is a need to improve the representation of hairstyles in our base game as well, so in October, we will start by updating two of the base game hairstyles.
In December 2020 The Sims Team will do a major revamp of CAS by adding 100+ Skin Tones and sliders for them, as well as adding a makeup slider feature.
Please make sure you backup your save game for tomorrow’s update just in case! It’s not known what else this update could bring other than Skin Tone and Hairstyle fixes but we’ll make sure to keep you updated when the update happens!
And what about our doors and windows?
It’s just not fair that creators have to fix all their stuff they made for years!
You should redo the walls for existing doors and windows.
Maybe a combination of both or just trow away the update for windows above each other… Who needs that?!
Please, we have spend so much money to play Sims 4 and now we can delete all our CC doors and windows… 🙁
Sincerely Sandra TheUnicorn67
I thought that Sims4Studio should add batch fix for it ‘soon’…?
That isn’t really their responsibility though. You cant expect them to fix all the crap in the game AND stuff that they didn’t even create. That’s the responsibility of the content creator not the sims.
100% this
And that’s one of the main reasons for their disclaimer about mods. The game is easy to mod but it’s up to those using mods to take responsibility for what they download and to update when it’s made available. It’s unreasonable to expect team to be responsible for your mods or to hold off on updating a feature because it’s inconvenient for you.
but its also their game and everything should be compatible with it. no matter it being their work or not its still they’re game so they need to make sure it works with everything
What about the glitch when a spell Castor and a witch make a baby? When they become teenagers they forever have a tail. How about fix that…
I think the skin tones were a bit of a bigger more pressing issue than the windows.
Really? I’ve had mods that fix the skin tone issue for years. This “improvement” will likely break 80% of my Sims.
Gavote, so I you have to remove default skin replacements. Big whoop. People shouldn’t have to mod to get sims that look like themselves, it is such a nonissue to remove skin default mods. If you were organized about it, you’d have them in separated subfolders – easy to find. If not, tray importer is your friend and will list applied defaults.
Spot on Brian. But unless you’re of color its not a priority. 🙁
We don’t need your half ass updates. Mod creators are better than any of you sim people they actually create the things we want and take the game to the next level. If you’re a console player I suggest buying a computer it doesn’t even have to be a fancy PC even a Mac laptop supports mods and u don’t have to deal with building a gaming computer or worrying about viruses
what on earth??? even “just” a mac laptop is super expensive? I play on a laptop that I’ve had for years now, but not everyone is so privileged that they can just go buy a whole computer so that they can play the sims on it. especially if they’ve already payed for the game (and probably also packs) on console.
Lol privileged? It’s called having a job. You should have enough in the bank to where a laptop purchase doesn’t leave you with nothing. I make a little over minimum wage and can do this
How do you know what are issues for other simmers? You’re making a blanket statement which actually sounds a little racist.
I think it’d be priority for everyone to see themselves and the people they know represented in this game. Unless you simply don’t know (or don’t want to know) any poc, why wouldn’t it be a priority? Don’t speak for other people, Deryk. If you want nothing but white sims for *whatever reason* then good for you I guess but for the rest of us, updated skin tones ARE a priority.
I need to be able to put windows above each other lol. Just because it’s not your play style doesn’t mean it isn’t valid.
Are you actually asking them to retract the best update of the game so far? What, because it’s “unfair” to cc creatures? What about console players that can’t use cc?
That’s a bit of a ridiculous request. Not everyone mods, and the sims literally has a disclaimer that they don’t support them
O stfu silly little biych hwy ad dsomethgna and you complain e thankful for once
People have been wanting this update for a while now. Skin tones are more important than doors.
I would love to see a boat or jet-ski or a canoe built for two people to enjoy.
I would love to be able to play with my friends
Me too
Me too
YES DENISE MY SISTER AND I CONCUR
Hopefully, the snowing inside homes and bars in San Myshuno is fixed. No mods, just snowing through roof. I’ve given up on NPCs walling in and not leaving until a sim yells at them.
Brindleton Bay swimming thru lawns not as much.
I’ve been building homes instead of playing. Cleared cache as well…
H
How about babies being updated to not be objects too? Or free pool tables? Or band instruments? Or more animations? I left CAS stuff up to modders and got so many different skin tones already. Better quality too.
Baby’s are objects
As much as I’d like all of those things in game, this is the most important update since the gender update, especially so for simmers who do not have access to CC, be it because they are on console, don’t have the space to download all of those files, don’t want to download CC or any other reason. We need this, and it’s upsetting to see some simmers acting like it’s not that big a deal.
How about fixing the annoying glitches in the game especially the free will glitch. Like the steady baking of cakes, not finishing or even doing the actions selected for them
Yes!! And the sharing is caring, the worst!
I hope they add gay and lesbian Sims to Sims PS4 without having to use mods
I’m confused aren’t there already gay sims ? I have gay sims in my game and I’m on console
As far I know I have gay sims? They all don’t seem to discriminate lol
You just need to look closer at the gender options. Everything is there and available.
U can already do that without mods I did this with my female character and the nanny they dont discriminate whether male or female if they are both feeling flirty u can do it
Why would you need a mod for that? It’s not a setting. You’re supposed to just do the same thing you do with a straight couple.
your sims should definitely be able to be gay or lesbian if you want, youve never needed a mod to have gay sims in any sims game ever
Also auf PC ist das so ich hab mir die Magie geholt und da ist ja ein also weiblich und männlicher Sim irre
How about some array of better clothinglines and ways to download on ps4 consoles. And when a sims move out of the household everything should go the next Sims in the household like in Sims 3
I just hope they fix the freelancer career
Same sometimes I complete all the requirements and nothing happens. Then the deadline is up and I dont get paid.
Also can you have NPC sims progress in life? The world is so boring on your games. Kids grow up and don’t do anything but age and then die they don’t work they don’t date or marry or have kids and the same goes for the adult npc’s
They did that a couple of patches ago. I won’t say it is a bunch of progressions, cause it might not be to som, but I notice in mine they do have kids get married and even have affairs.
We need this for the ps4 and xbox because we dont have cc
Umm is sims 4 available on lany laptop or phone.
What time does the update usually start?
hi! I love Sims 4! It is the best game I ever played, but I also have a problem.
I play The Sims 4 on PS4 and I always wanted to get CC, but I can’t since it is just for laptop.
Maybe you can add CC on PS4 too.
Thank you very much, iiiKsana917 (Sims name)
Skin tones…? Yea Cool but can yall please just make the game playable? Everyone and I repeat EVERYONE (even with amazing computers) has the issue of sims standing there doing nothing for 5 hours trying to do simple actions. Toddlers are annoying. For some reason high chairs are a nightmare and they could really be so simple. Forget about it if you cancel an action that happened to involve your sim going upstairs. They’ll still walk all the way to the stairs, and walk up them. Actions need to be canceled easier. Sims aren’t responsive to actions given appropriately at all. Its so annoying. The glitches make the game agonizing and this game is beloved by many. Anyways…its bizarre that the new sims team doesn’t listen and isn’t receptive to what we want. I’m not buying anymore games or packs until I see better improvements.
I totally agree with the canceling of actions. They should make this easier. I’m about ready to stop playing because of all the issues.
You should add a Diving board for the pools also please been waiting n hoping but nothing yet , please high board and normal board ❤❤❤
What time’s the Oct 6th coming out??
My sims keep making de stress still baking cakes & not listening soooo buggy just to play on console help us out
What time will it come out? I am playing with origin.
I just updated and now I CAN NOT !enable my mods. Ive not had this happen before usually I just enable them in the game options restart and them boom they are there, but this time it just keeps coming up saying my mods are disabled everytime I restart the game . I dont know what to do plz someone help x
As far as I know, you also have to update your mods. Last I checked the mods I’m using haven’t been updated yet. Like Private Practice, SOL, MCCC.
And what about our doors and windows?
It’s just not fair that creators have to fix all their stuff they made for years!
You should redo the walls for existing doors and windows.
Maybe a combination of both or just trow away the update for windows above each other… Who needs that?!
Please, we have spend so much money to play Sims 4 and now we can delete all our CC doors and windows… 🙁
Sincerely Sandra TheUnicorn67
I thought that Sims4Studio should add batch fix for it ‘soon’…?
I think the skin tones were a bit of a bigger more pressing issue than the windows.
Really? I’ve had mods that fix the skin tone issue for years. This “improvement” will likely break 80% of my Sims.
Gavote, so I you have to remove default skin replacements. Big whoop. People shouldn’t have to mod to get sims that look like themselves, it is such a nonissue to remove skin default mods. If you were organized about it, you’d have them in separated subfolders – easy to find. If not, tray importer is your friend and will list applied defaults.
Spot on Brian. But unless you’re of color its not a priority. 🙁
I think it’d be priority for everyone to see themselves and the people they know represented in this game. Unless you simply don’t know (or don’t want to know) any poc, why wouldn’t it be a priority? Don’t speak for other people, Deryk. If you want nothing but white sims for *whatever reason* then good for you I guess but for the rest of us, updated skin tones ARE a priority.
We don’t need your half ass updates. Mod creators are better than any of you sim people they actually create the things we want and take the game to the next level. If you’re a console player I suggest buying a computer it doesn’t even have to be a fancy PC even a Mac laptop supports mods and u don’t have to deal with building a gaming computer or worrying about viruses
what on earth??? even “just” a mac laptop is super expensive? I play on a laptop that I’ve had for years now, but not everyone is so privileged that they can just go buy a whole computer so that they can play the sims on it. especially if they’ve already payed for the game (and probably also packs) on console.
Lol privileged? It’s called having a job. You should have enough in the bank to where a laptop purchase doesn’t leave you with nothing. I make a little over minimum wage and can do this
How do you know what are issues for other simmers? You’re making a blanket statement which actually sounds a little racist.
That isn’t really their responsibility though. You cant expect them to fix all the crap in the game AND stuff that they didn’t even create. That’s the responsibility of the content creator not the sims.
but its also their game and everything should be compatible with it. no matter it being their work or not its still they’re game so they need to make sure it works with everything
100% this
And that’s one of the main reasons for their disclaimer about mods. The game is easy to mod but it’s up to those using mods to take responsibility for what they download and to update when it’s made available. It’s unreasonable to expect team to be responsible for your mods or to hold off on updating a feature because it’s inconvenient for you.
O stfu silly little biych hwy ad dsomethgna and you complain e thankful for once
People have been wanting this update for a while now. Skin tones are more important than doors.
I need to be able to put windows above each other lol. Just because it’s not your play style doesn’t mean it isn’t valid.
What about the glitch when a spell Castor and a witch make a baby? When they become teenagers they forever have a tail. How about fix that…
Are you actually asking them to retract the best update of the game so far? What, because it’s “unfair” to cc creatures? What about console players that can’t use cc?
That’s a bit of a ridiculous request. Not everyone mods, and the sims literally has a disclaimer that they don’t support them
How about babies being updated to not be objects too? Or free pool tables? Or band instruments? Or more animations? I left CAS stuff up to modders and got so many different skin tones already. Better quality too.
As much as I’d like all of those things in game, this is the most important update since the gender update, especially so for simmers who do not have access to CC, be it because they are on console, don’t have the space to download all of those files, don’t want to download CC or any other reason. We need this, and it’s upsetting to see some simmers acting like it’s not that big a deal.
Baby’s are objects
I would love to see a boat or jet-ski or a canoe built for two people to enjoy.
Hopefully, the snowing inside homes and bars in San Myshuno is fixed. No mods, just snowing through roof. I’ve given up on NPCs walling in and not leaving until a sim yells at them.
Brindleton Bay swimming thru lawns not as much.
I’ve been building homes instead of playing. Cleared cache as well…
H
I would love to be able to play with my friends
Me too
Me too
YES DENISE MY SISTER AND I CONCUR
My sims keep making de stress still baking cakes & not listening soooo buggy just to play on console help us out
What time’s the Oct 6th coming out??
I just updated and now I CAN NOT !enable my mods. Ive not had this happen before usually I just enable them in the game options restart and them boom they are there, but this time it just keeps coming up saying my mods are disabled everytime I restart the game . I dont know what to do plz someone help x
As far as I know, you also have to update your mods. Last I checked the mods I’m using haven’t been updated yet. Like Private Practice, SOL, MCCC.
You should add a Diving board for the pools also please been waiting n hoping but nothing yet , please high board and normal board ❤❤❤
How about fixing the annoying glitches in the game especially the free will glitch. Like the steady baking of cakes, not finishing or even doing the actions selected for them
Yes!! And the sharing is caring, the worst!
What time will it come out? I am playing with origin.
I hope they add gay and lesbian Sims to Sims PS4 without having to use mods
As far I know I have gay sims? They all don’t seem to discriminate lol
your sims should definitely be able to be gay or lesbian if you want, youve never needed a mod to have gay sims in any sims game ever
U can already do that without mods I did this with my female character and the nanny they dont discriminate whether male or female if they are both feeling flirty u can do it
You just need to look closer at the gender options. Everything is there and available.
Why would you need a mod for that? It’s not a setting. You’re supposed to just do the same thing you do with a straight couple.
I’m confused aren’t there already gay sims ? I have gay sims in my game and I’m on console
Also auf PC ist das so ich hab mir die Magie geholt und da ist ja ein also weiblich und männlicher Sim irre
How about some array of better clothinglines and ways to download on ps4 consoles. And when a sims move out of the household everything should go the next Sims in the household like in Sims 3
Umm is sims 4 available on lany laptop or phone.
hi! I love Sims 4! It is the best game I ever played, but I also have a problem.
I play The Sims 4 on PS4 and I always wanted to get CC, but I can’t since it is just for laptop.
Maybe you can add CC on PS4 too.
Thank you very much, iiiKsana917 (Sims name)
What time does the update usually start?
Skin tones…? Yea Cool but can yall please just make the game playable? Everyone and I repeat EVERYONE (even with amazing computers) has the issue of sims standing there doing nothing for 5 hours trying to do simple actions. Toddlers are annoying. For some reason high chairs are a nightmare and they could really be so simple. Forget about it if you cancel an action that happened to involve your sim going upstairs. They’ll still walk all the way to the stairs, and walk up them. Actions need to be canceled easier. Sims aren’t responsive to actions given appropriately at all. Its so annoying. The glitches make the game agonizing and this game is beloved by many. Anyways…its bizarre that the new sims team doesn’t listen and isn’t receptive to what we want. I’m not buying anymore games or packs until I see better improvements.
I totally agree with the canceling of actions. They should make this easier. I’m about ready to stop playing because of all the issues.
I just hope they fix the freelancer career
Same sometimes I complete all the requirements and nothing happens. Then the deadline is up and I dont get paid.
We need this for the ps4 and xbox because we dont have cc
Also can you have NPC sims progress in life? The world is so boring on your games. Kids grow up and don’t do anything but age and then die they don’t work they don’t date or marry or have kids and the same goes for the adult npc’s
They did that a couple of patches ago. I won’t say it is a bunch of progressions, cause it might not be to som, but I notice in mine they do have kids get married and even have affairs.