Learn more about the Milestones Feature and Cross-Pack Compatibility!
The recent live stream for The Sims 4 Growing Together was jam-packed and full of new information. There’s also been some new information about the game straight from developers!
In this post, we are going to focus on the upcoming milestones feature as well as cross-pack compatibility.
Growing Together with Sims 4 Milestones
Milestones are a new feature coming with the upcoming expansion pack. The aim is to help document those standout moments in your Sims lives.
This new panel is located in the Simology panel under the traits section and depending on your Sims age, can be broken down into several different categories or different milestones.
While no specifics were shared as to what counts as a milestone, it was easy to get an idea from the stream as to some of the interactions and events that contribute to them. Of course, you’ll also see them pop up as a purple notification in the top right-hand side of your screen too!
You’ll also notice that some Milestones in Growing Together will reward your Sims with physical rewards such as a Marriage Certificate for when your Sims get married.
Milestones for Infants
For infants, milestones can be broken down into Fine Motor, Gross Motor, Social, Firsts, and, Life. This can include events like rolling over for the first time, learning to reach, having their first visitor, and more.
You’ll notice that some milestones aren’t fully colored in like others. These in particular show milestones that could be next for your Sim. They also give you an idea of the direction your Infants progression is going in. However, as you complete more milestones, you’ll be able to unlock various rewards and interactions.
Milestones do give you a real sense of seeing just how much your Sims have developed over time. Especially it’s shaping up to be a great feature for all kinds of players. Just think of how you can integrate this feature into storytelling!
Older Sims and Milestones
On the other hand, an older Sim would have their milestones broken down more into Life and Firsts. These could include the first time your Sim WooHoo’s or getting their first job. Getting married and having a baby. There are so many possibilities to be discovered when Milestones launch in the Growing Together expansion.
You can also take a more in-depth look at your Sims Milestones via an additional screen. It does appear that you can also look back at those your Sims have earned during their lifetime too.
Milestones are a great way, especially for infants to track the progress of their Sims as well as being a way to look back at those big events. You can truly see just how much they have grown up over time just like in real life.
A fun fact about milestones is it appears that there is no limit to how many your Sim can have! As confirmed by SimGuruMorgan on Twitter in response to another player. While the Simology panel will only display so many, you’ll be able to view all Milestones in more depth via an additional pop-up.
There is an open up button on the UI to see them all if you don’t have space in the Simology panel. There isn’t a limit on how many you can get.
— GooGooGagaGuruMorgan (@SimGuruMorgan) March 4, 2023
While there is still a lot to be discovered about Milestones, this new Growing Together feature will be fun to explore when the pack launches!
Cross-pack Compatibility with Growing Together
However, Milestones are not the only thing that players are looking forward to in the new expansion. For those players who have a variety of additional content, cross-pack play is something that many look forward to discovering.
It’s not just interactions between packs that players are curious about. For example, if infants will be able to interact with pets or not but also when it comes to milestones too.
SimGuruNova has been active on Twitter these past few days sharing more information from Growing Together. Upon sharing sneak peeks at some new objects and the world of San Sequoia
It has been confirmed that there will be some Occult-themed Milestones coming in a tweet between both SimGuruNova and SimGuruMorgan.
occult milestones!! in case you were curious about more crosspack support on Growing Together features 🙂 https://t.co/as3uHWY7lc
— TreehouseGuruNova 🌳🏠 (@SimGuruNova) March 4, 2023
It’s not just milestones that you’ll see coming too! There are also some new Toddler Quirks as well!
The designer for Toddler Quirks did some extra work around Occults and Toddler Quirks. You’re more like to get these quirks if you’re the corresponding occult:
— GooGooGagaGuruMorgan (@SimGuruMorgan) March 4, 2023
Merfolk – Obsessed with Water
Werewolf – Destructive
Vampire – Aggressive
Spellcaster – Loves Books
Additionally, while specifics have not been confirmed, there will be new cross-pack compatibility with The Sims 4 Parenthood game pack.
I don’t know if there are Milestones specifically from Parenthood or not, but there are a lot from other expansions. I do know we did a lot of cross-pack compatibility work with various features in connection with Parenthood.
— GooGooGagaGuruMorgan (@SimGuruMorgan) March 4, 2023
With just over a week to go until The Sims 4 Growing Together releases, there is plenty of time for more information to be revealed by the SimGuru’s.
What are your thoughts on the upcoming Milestones feature and cross-pack compatibility? Let us know in the comments section below!
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