Make the 50/50 method simpler, faster, and not Painful.
It is one of the most dreaded terms in the Sims community: 50/50. But, do you know how to 50/50 your folder? Or if you do, do you know how to do it effectively? 50/50 is not as difficult as most people think it will be. There are tips to make it simpler and faster!
If you leave MC Command Center in your folder while checking, you will be notified if you get a last exception. You will get a last exception without MC Command Center, but you will not be notified. Before doing a 50/50, if you have a last exception, it might be faster to get help reading it.
Mods Folder Organization
Divide your folder into sections so that you can remove them if you believe they have nothing to do with the problem. For example, CAS and BuildBuy folders are nice to have and separate.
For script mods and any mods that have more than one file, keep all files together in one folder so they don’t get separated when you 50/50. Make sure they are not too deep. Script mods can only be one folder deep and package files can only be 5 folders deep. If the instructions tell you to install something a specific way, ALWAYS install them that way.
Keep your tuning mods separate from your script mods.
Know which of your mods are UI mods in case you have UI problems in your game. Then, you can start by doing a 50/50 on just those mods.
The 50/50 Method Instructions
Remove any folders that possibly aren’t causing it (you can 50/50 those folders later if the problem ends up not being part of the remainder of your folder.) These typically are CAS and BuildBuy. ONLY do this if you are certain that these items are not part of it.
Divide your mods folder in half and put one half into a To Test folder. Start your Game.
If the bug doesn’t happen, put the mods in your Mods folder into a Fine folder. Then, test half of the To Test folder.
If the bug does happen, divide your Mods folder in half and put half of it in the To Test folder. Start the process again.
Keep dividing/testing the contents of your Mods folder until it’s empty. Then put half of the To Test folder inside your mods folder and start again.
Eventually, you will be left with an empty To Test folder and only a mod in your Mods folder that is causing the problem.
When both your Mods folder and your To Test folder are empty and you’ve removed the broken mod, you can put your Fine folder into your Mods folder for a final test to ensure those mods work.
Note: Make sure to delete your cache every time you delete and add mods. Depending on the error, you might need to start a new game every time you load your game. Otherwise, the bug might still be active in the save and you won’t be able to tell if it was removed.
The 50/50 Method Flow Chart
Below is a flow chart from The Sims Wiki that explains the process. (Hint, it is not necessary to put the folder containing the suspect files in your Downloads folder. You can also put it, for example, on your desktop.)
What to Do If It’s Not Working?
If the method not working, one of the main reasons could be a mod conflict. Read the information provided by each Modder. Often, Modders will provide a list of mod conflicts for their mods in the information on their website, Tumblr, or Patreon. If not, try to get as few as possible mods while the bug is still happening and then remove mods one by one.
This only needs to be done if the method is not working otherwise.
Another possibility is that the error that you are receiving could not be triggered every time you open the game. This makes the 50/50 method very difficult. If this is the case, I would highly recommend going over all the literature provided with your mods, making sure you have only one of each mod installed and that it is the most recent version, and that you have any Last Exceptions looked at by someone that can read them.
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Do You Use the 50/50 Method and Has It Been Helpful to Solve Your Mod Bugs?
And by serving drinks, apparently. This build is truly unique. It uses guitars as its main inspiration. Not only are there guitars as actual decoration pieces, both normal size and sized up, but the building is shaped like a guitar with a fingerboard on both the inside and outside of the building. Bathrooms represent the tuning pegs at the top of the guitar.
On the inside of the nightclub, there are seating areas, a bar, and a place to dance. Custom (No CC) paintings of various rock-related topics are placed around the building. On the outside, there are decorative features that included sized up guitars and other decorative items like fountains.
Gallery Information
Gallery Lot Name: Guitar Rock Café Creator: BabethPastyrik Lot Price: 331,373 Lot Type: Nightclub Facilities: 6 bathrooms Lot Size: 40 x 30 Lot Traits: Convivial, Great Acoustics, Up-and-Coming Hotspot
Important Information
This build has No CC but it does have Custom Paintings. These can be downloaded without having them in your game. This is still a No CC builds.
Make sure to have bb.moveobjects on when you place the building.
Description:
A splendid guitar-shaped nightclub, bar, café, dancing, you can dance on the roof or inside, you can play the guitar, the piano, sing karaoke, play cards, and bask in the jacuzzis on the roof, play ping pong and more activities,!, it’s party time! (the pianos were kindly donated by the Piano Bar) #cafe #hardrockcafe #pub #club #disco #dj #gettogether #getfamous #karaoke #bar #guitar #dancing #fountains #piano #smallpiano #cowplant #babethpastyrik paintings are from #juwels64 #jlewi38 #koaleigh
You can download the Guitar Rock Café by BabethPastyrik on the Gallery! Download today!
Disney Dreamlight Valley is the latest officially licensed Disney game by Gameloft to come onto the life simulation scene. It launched in early access on September 6th for people who purchased a founder’s pack but will eventually launch as a free-to-play game sometime in 2023.
I purchased the ultimate edition founder’s pack because I have zero self control and had the pleasure of being one of the first to play it yesterday. I became obsessed almost immediately and I attribute a lot of that obsession to the fact that it scratches my Sims itch and provides other gameplay that The Sims doesn’t have. So to me, it’s the best of both worlds!
So let’s talk about what makes Disney Dreamlight Valley similar and different from The Sims! This article is not meant to compare the two in any competitive way. It’s simply an exploration of two similar games that I happen to enjoy!
And yes, I know Animal Crossing can also be compared to Dreamlight Valley; however, this is a Sims fansite, not an Animal Crossing fansite so I’ll be focusing on The Sims here.
Character and Home Customization
Living, Dining, & Kitchen
Dreamlight Valley and The Sims both feature pretty powerful customization tools! We can design our avatar/Sim the way we envision them and dress them in a wide array of beautiful clothes, accessories, and makeup. Likewise, we can also furnish and decorate our home to make it truly ours.
Dreamlight Valley takes customization a step further by allowing us to add our own custom designs to our clothes and allowing us to customize the entire town we live in; both things that we cannot do in The Sims 4 but The Sims 4 does have an edge over Dreamlight Valley with more powerful body and face customization options and the freedom to build our dream home from the ground up instead of just decorating an existing space.
Recognizable Characters
Image Credit: Remi Marocelli
Just like Mickey Mouse is an icon in the world of Disney, so is Bella Goth in the world of The Sims. Diehard fans of both Disney and The Sims will instantly recognize many familiar faces from past titles when exploring The Sims 4 and Dreamlight Valley. For new players, it’s an opportunity for the player to discover new faces; for veteran players, it’s a delightful reunion of all your favourite fictional people.
Both Dreamlight Valley and The Sims 4 are alternate universes, too! So you’ll find Disney characters from many different films and series all in one place, just like you’ll find well-known Sims from previous Sims titles all in The Sims 4 despite chronological timeline discrepancies.
Lucrative Hobbies and Sandbox Play
Fishing and gardening are guaranteed ways to get rich in The Sims 4 without ever actually having to hold down a job. The same is true in Dreamlight Valley which is an especially good thing because… there are no jobs in Dreamlight Valley. Everyone spends their days tending their gardens, fishing, and foraging for what they need and when they have too much of something, Goofy’s always willing to buy your goods from you at his stall for some star coins to spend on valley upgrades and neat stuff in Scrooge McDuck’s store.
Even though there is a storyline to follow in Dreamlight Valley, there is nothing stopping you from just taking a break to do whatever you want for as long as you want. It can be as much of a Sims sandbox experience as you want it to be once you’ve played through the first few quests to get the essentials up and running.
As for your job? Well, your only job is to save the Valley from the Forgetting, which brings us to our next point.
Questing!
This is where The Sims and Dreamlight Valley diverge from each other in a very significant way. While The Sims 4 does have optional scenarios and certain DLC packs that are more story-based with specific tasks you need to complete in order to advance the story, it has always been and remains to this day, primarily a sandbox experience.
Not so in Dreamlight Valley. As mentioned, you can certainly play in a sandbox style. Nothing forces you to continue the story. I spent hours doing nothing but fishing and tending crops to sell to Goofy yesterday, but you’ll get the most out of the game if you participate in the monthly events and complete quests. In fact, it’s necessary to unlock certain essentials, like Remy’s restaurant and Scrooge McDuck’s store. You’ll also need to play through the quests to unlock new areas in the game and meet new characters.
So while Disney Dreamlight Valley can be a sandbox if you want it to be, you’ll probably find yourself doing some questing to open up new things in the game.
Family Life
Since Disney is a family-friendly franchise that caters to small children as well as adults, it’s safe to say that Disney Dreamlight Valley does not allow you to build romantic relationships, get married, or have children. This is an aspect of The Sims that is completely nonexistent in Dreamlight Valley.
Because of The Sims 4’s T rating, it has more freedom to explore more adult themes. Therefore players can fall in love, WooHoo, get married, and raise a happy or dysfunctional family as they please.
As a huge family player, I think I will always want to play The Sims for this reason alone; however, I’m not disappointed by its exclusion in Dreamlight Valley. It makes sense for the type of game it is and its target demographic, plus its emphasis on building friendships is equally as fulfilling and rewarding for me as a player.
So which game is better?
Neither, silly! It’s not a competitive comparison, remember? They’re both awesome in their own right. Their similarities make them both an enjoyable playing experience for the same type of gamers, and their differences are just a really good reason to continue playing them both!
Have you played Disney Dreamlight Valley yet? What would you add to this list? Let us know in the comments but remember; it’s not a competition! Just an exploratory discussion.
We’ve told you how to make your own Principal’s Desks, but this time we’re explaining how to design your own faculty lineup! Janitor, Cafeteria Worker, Principal, and both Teachers included!
One thing that has been frustrating from the beginning about High School Years is the lack of customization. Although modders have done a lot to customize the school day, it’s sometimes nice to be able to customize a save without the use of mods. Here is how to replace the current faculty with Sims that you choose. Note: These sims do need to be the correct age for this trick to work.
Adding New Faculty
Place the faculty you want in either one household, the easiest way, or in multiple households.
Through manage worlds, enter each household and enter a cheat for each faculty member.
Teacher 2: traits.equip_trait trait_Hidden_HighSchool_NPC_Teacher2Note: Principal is spelled wrong in the cheat. This is how it needs to be spelled.
Do not travel with these sims. Go back to Manage Worlds and remove them from your favorites by selecting them in My Households within Manage Households. Then, click the Plumbob on the bottom of the pop-up screen. Finally, press the heart in the family’s box inside My Households so they’re no longer a favorite. This marks the household no longer as an NPC.
Removing Previous Faculty
To stop the previous faculty from showing up in rotation, you’ll need to use those same cheats, but with remove instead of equip.
Experience the classic GBA game all over again… in The Sims 4!
Does anyone remember Harvest Moon? The adorable farming game series where you could find a spouse and raise a family all while building up a successful farm? No, I’m not talking about Stardew Valley. I’m talking about the series that inspired Stardew Valley. Specifically, I’m talking about Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town, originally released on the Gameboy Advance back in 2003. It’s since been remade on the Nintendo Switch and PC as Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town.
I’ve loved Harvest Moon since its inception back in the 1990s. I’ve grown up with the series and then made the switch to Story of Seasons after Harvest Moon’s developer split from its North American producer to continue the series under a new name. Friends of Mineral Town was always one of my favourite titles but like with a lot of my other favourite games, I find myself wishing for more freedom. More customisation, more choices when it comes to marriage candidates, just more ways to live my farm life the way I want.
That’s when I usually decide to recreate my favourite games in The Sims. Sometimes, I even make new saves and write challenges to go along with them. Like now!
If you’ve ever wanted to turn The Sims 4 into a Harvest Moon/Story of Seasons game, then oh boy! This challenge is for you!
Welcome to Mineral Town!
Objective
Move into the empty, run-down farm in Mineral Town and turn it into a thriving, profitable farm with a fully cleared out field, a minimum of 5 animals (or 1 cow, 1 llama, 8 chickens if you are playing with Cottage Living), and an upgraded house with a full kitchen and two bedrooms. Marry someone from Mineral Town and have at least one child.
Cats and Dogs OR Cottage Living (you don’t need both, just one or the other) are required to play the challenge. All other packs are optional; however, the builds do use content from quite a few packs. You may replace any missing content in the save with stuff you do own.
Load up the Mineral Town save and create one starting Sim and either one dog or one cat to start with. Your Sim and pet can have any appearance, traits, voice, walk style, and gender settings you like. Your Sim’s gender identity will not limit your spouse selection or prevent you from completing the challenge. You may not use the CAS stories to pre-assign skills, money, or careers.
Use the cheat “freerealestate on” to purchase the Mineral Town Farm. Then use the cheat “money 1500” to lower your starting funds to 1,500 simoleons.
You will need to either put market tables with seeds at the Supermarket or turn the Supermarket into a retail lot owned by Jeff and Sasha. You can move/change anything you like in the Supermarket to make it functional for customers but don’t delete the seed packets (you may move them around; I think I used debug cheats to place them in straight lines which may not be good for retail functionality). Your Sim will need them for the challenge.
General Rules
No cheats except when the challenge tells you to use cheats.
Your farmer cannot have a job, but can register as a self-employed farmer. All their income must be from their farm. They cannot play the Lottery.
You cannot hire any NPCs. No maids, nannies, food delivery, caterers, gardeners, butlers, or repair technicians. This challenge is all about doing the hard work yourself.
You cannot replace broken stuff. You must repair it yourself.
You cannot purchase seeds from planter boxes or the build/buy menu. You must go to the Supermarket to purchase what’s in stock.
You cannot build a greenhouse or shelter your crops. You must plan out your fields according to the season and work with the weather.
You may not use the auto-feeding dishes or auto-cleaning litter boxes for your animals. You must feed and clean up after your animals yourself every day.
If you own Eco Lifestyle, you may use dew collectors, wind turbines, solar panels, and other eco-friendly objects to create a green farm.
If you own Cottage Living, you’ll be playing with slightly different rules; instead of owning 5 cats/dogs painted to look like farm animals, you must own a minimum of 1 cow, 1 llama, and 8 chickens to satisfy the animal requirement.
Mods like KawaiiStacie’s My First Farm Animal, icemunmun’s chicken coop, and the increase household limit function in MCCC are allowed, but optional. They’re not required for the challenge.
Reviving Your Farm
When you first arrive at the farm, you’ll see an overgrown field full of weeds, stumps, and rocks. You may delete all the weeds right away on your first day to make room for crops, but stumps cannot be deleted until your farmer reaches 3 Handiness skill and rocks cannot be deleted until your farmer reaches 4 Handiness skill.
The chicken coop and barn you start out with is just barely suitable to house animals and there is no fenced-in outdoor area for them to roam around in. You will need to upgrade the chicken coop to have enough pet dishes, litter boxes and beds for every small bird you own and they must have a fenced in area outdoors near the coop with toys, a scratching post, and a cat tower. The barn must be upgraded to have enough pet dishes and beds for every large farm animal you own and they must have a fenced-in outdoor grassy area near the barn with toys and obstacle course equipment. If playing with Cottage Living, you may replace the default coop and barn with the Cottage Living coops and barns but all animals must still have a fenced in area to roam around and be kept happy and healthy.
It’s up to you whether you want to remove crops that are out of season and replant them the following year or whether you want to let them stay dormant. Both offer pros and cons. You can keep fertilizing the same crops to increase their quality over time (and their profitability), but having so many dormant plants in your field takes up valuable space you could use for crops that are in season and producing goods. You may plant and sell overgrown crops if you own Cottage Living.
You will need a minimum of 5 animals on your farm before you can get married. They can be any combination of cats/dogs that have been painted to look like farm animals. Cows, horses, chickens, ducks, sheep, pigs, any livestock you can find in the Gallery, you can have on your farm. If you own Cottage Living, you need 1 cow, 1 llama, and 8 chickens instead.
You cannot add new animals to your farm directly from the Gallery for free. To “purchase” new animals for your farm, you must add them either to the Poultry Farm or Yodel Ranch, then transfer the animal to your farm using the split and merge tool in Manage Worlds. When you do this, transfer the appropriate household funds to the Poultry Farm or Yodel Ranch as your payment for the animal. *** Chickens and other small birds – 1,000 each *** Sheep, pigs, goats, and other medium sized livestock – 2,000 each *** Cows, horses, and other large livestock – 3,000 each *** Exotic animals (llamas, alpacas, emus, ostriches, etc) – 4,000 each If you own Cottage Living, you can just purchase the chickens and barn animals from their shelters as normal.
If you’ve purchased a male and a female of an animal, you may also breed them yourself on your farm to save money. You may only breed animals of the same type (a hen and a rooster, a cow and a bull, a mare and a stallion, etc) so even if both animals are “dogs” or “cats,” they must still be the same type of livestock in order to breed. No breeding a cow with a horse or a chicken with a duck, for example.
There are two ways you can make money off of animals. 1) Using the My First Farm Animal mod to have them produce milk, eggs, and wool. 2) Breeding and selling animals for profit. With Cottage Living, you may sell the milk, eggs, wool, and any other products made from your animals’ byproducts.
If your animals get sick, you must take them to the vet and pay for the most expensive treatment. If you cannot pay for the most expensive treatment, you fail the challenge. If you own Cottage Living, you fail the challenge if any of your animals leave due to neglect. Animals that die of old age do not count against you.
If any of your cats/dogs get taken away for neglect, you fail the challenge. Runaway cats/dogs do not count for this. Animals that die from old age don’t count, either.
Marriage
You are not limited to the marriage candidates from the original game. You may marry anyone in town who catches your fancy, but they must be a Mineral Town character. You cannot marry a townie or a Sim you created yourself.
You can marry anyone of either gender, regardless of your farmer’s gender.
You cannot get married until the following requirements have been met: 1) Your home has been upgraded to have a full kitchen and a bedroom with a double bed. 2) Your field has been fully cleared of weeds, stumps, and rocks. 3) You own a minimum of 5 animals and your coop/barn have been upgraded to accommodate all of them as well as fenced-in outdoor areas for them as outlined in the Reviving Your Farm section. 4) You are dating the person you want to marry and have maxed out romance and friendship with them. 5) You have maxed out friendship with all of your future spouse’s family members (or closest friends if they have no family). 6) You have gone on a minimum of 4 gold level dates with the person you want to marry. 7) You have received a blessing from the Harvest Goddess. To do this, simply become friends with her and give her a hug. If she casts a positive spell on you, this will also satisfy this requirement. If you choose to marry the Harvest Goddess, you must get a blessing from Kappa, instead.
Your spouse can have a job and can help you on your farm and around the house.
You cannot divorce your spouse during the challenge but once you’ve finished the challenge, feel free to cause all the marital drama you want.
If your spouse dies, you must remarry and satisfy all the marriage requirements over again for the new spouse. You must have a child with the new spouse and raise him/her to the child age, even if you already have a child with your previous spouse.
Children
You must have at least one child with your spouse to complete the challenge. If you have twins or triplets, all the rules in this section apply to all children. You cannot cheat to reduce the number of children you’re having! You get what you get!
You cannot have a child until you are married and have upgraded your house again to add a second bedroom.
You can have a child either through Try for Baby or adoption. Adopted children must be adopted as babies.
Your child must age up naturally. No shortening the lifespan or manually aging them up when they get annoying.
To finish the challenge, you must successfully raise your child from a baby to a child.
Your child can help you feed and care for the animals when they become school-aged.
If your child is taken away by social services for any reason (either poor grades or neglect), you fail the challenge.
If your child dies, you must have another child.
Completing the Challenge
You are officially finished the challenge when:
Your field is cleared of all weeds, stumps, and rocks.
You own a minimum of 5 healthy animals. (Or 1 cow, 1 llama, and 8 chickens if you own Cottage Living)
Your chicken coop has enough litter boxes, beds, and pet dishes for each small animal you own and you have a fenced-in outdoor area for your small animals with toys, a scratching post, and a cat tower. This is not needed for Cottage Living animals.
Your barn has enough beds and pet dishes for each large animal you own and you have a fenced-in outdoor area for your large animals with toys, grass, and obstacle course pieces. This is not needed for Cottage Living animals but they do need a fenced in area and to be kept fed and happy.
Your house has been upgraded to have a full kitchen and two bedrooms, one with a double bed.
You are married.
You have at least one school-aged child with your current spouse.
Failing the Challenge
You fail the challenge if:
Your farmer dies.
Any of your animals are taken away due to neglect.
Any Cottage Living animals leave due to neglect.
You cannot pay for the expensive treatment for a sick animal.
Any of your children are taken away due to neglect or poor grades.
You break a challenge rule and cheat or do things before you’re allowed to.
I will not answer questions about whether you’re allowed to do this or that in the challenge or questions asking me to update for new packs. It’s your game and I’m not the challenge police. Just use your best judgement and have fun! I won’t be updating the challenge unless I feel there’s been enough significant additions to the game that would drastically affect this challenge.
This challenge was created before the remake came out so all builds and characters are based on their original designs from Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town on the GBA.
A full look into the upcoming Build Kit for The Sims 4!
The Sims Team has announced a few days ago the upcoming release of two new Kits for The Sims 4. The First Fits Kit, a CAS Kit dedicated to Children Fashion and Desert Luxe Kit!
The Desert Luxe Kit is the upcoming Build Kit for The Sims 4 that focuses primarily on luxurious objects that you’d want to use. Well. Specifically in the deserts – or Oasis Springs and/or StrangerVille.
Wondering what’s coming with the latest Build Kit? Player @Simmatically was able to uncover the full contents of the upcoming Kit Release.
Here’s the full Build Catalogue coming with the Kit:
What are your thoughts on the new objects coming with The Sims 4 Desert Luxe? Let us know in the conversation below!
Be transported to a whimsical world of wicker furnishings and houseplants with this free CC pack!
Hippies, plant parents, and boho fanatics rejoice! You can now furnish your homes with oodles of plants, wicker furnishings and fixtures thanks to this huge CC collection by awingedllama!
Image Credit: awingedllama
The set comes with 80 new items to furnish your Sims’ homes and they are all base game compatible and 100% Maxis Match! There’s a huge variety of new items from houseplants to beds and couches to rugs to light fixtures, shelving, and more!
Let’s take a look at the official previews from awingedllama‘s Patreon!
Every item looks stunning and they all match so perfectly with each other that you could definitely furnish your entire home using these items. There’s a large variety of objects in many different categories so there’s no shortage of unique pieces to create the perfect bohemian getaway for your Sims!
Our personal favourite items in the collection are the rattan and wicker baskets, the hanging chair, all the accent pillows, and the hanging plant shelves! I’m also fond of the cane shelving, as it looks similar to a shelf my mom had in my childhood home growing up. It brings back great memories!
You can download the entire set for FREE right now on awingedllama‘s Patreon! Just click the download button below to be taken right to the download page!
Please note that custom content is not supported on consoles.
Welcome to Pinky’s Diner! This 1950’s themed diner is the perfect place for your teen Sims to hang out. The only thing missing is roller skates!
Everything about this build screams 1950’s diner and that’s what we love about it! The restaurant has two areas to sit and eat—inside the main restaurant and the outside terrace. Need a souvenir? You can use the photo booth!
Inside, the color scheme uses both muted green and muted pink. Even the floor matches! And when you need gas or want to hop on the bus, well, you can pose and imagine they exist in The Sims 4.
Photos
Gallery Information
Pinky’s Diner EA ID: beetlemp3 Lot Cost: §125,946 Lot Size: 40 x 30 Lot Type: Restaurant Rooms: 0 Bedrooms 1 Bathroom Lot Traits: Sunny Aspect and Romantic Aura
Description
“Dont be a square! grab your dreamboat and paper shaker and pick up some apple pie and a little backseat bingo at pinkys #diner. you’ll be havin a ball! #retro #1950s bb.moveobjects on Also you have to zoom in a bit to be able to click things thats all enjoy!”
You can download Pinky’s Diner by beetlemp3 on The Sims 4 Gallery! (Make sure to turn bb.moveobjects on before placing the lot.)
Our most recent Sims Community Challenge focused on our younger Sims! In honour of the release of The Sims 4 Little Campers Kit, we tasked the community with sharing a short story and a screenshot showing their younger Sims on an adventure. It could be any adventure they wanted, and we were not disappointed to see and read what players got up to!
Firstly, let’s congratulate our three winners for this challenge by taking a look at their entries!
Heather Local Oracle
Mary and Izeka are on their first “date”!(an overnight camping trip in the woods of Henford) But wait, who’s lurking in the shadows? Is that Bigfoot? :00. Oh, wait, it’s just Mary’s overprotective mother trying to give them an early Halloween scare (while also watching over them ofc). What a magical evening! – Heather Local Oracle
LilCat
When the kids were forced to babysit the toddlers while the mums had coffee, they didn’t know what to do but all of a sudden a magical portal appeared on the bedroom wall!! of course, they all walked right into the portal and got transported to some kind of jungle full of ruins!! An adventure of a lifetime! – LilCat
SushiCat
The kids went on a camping trip together. While walking through the woods around the campsite, they slipped and fell into a hole. When they opened their eyes, they found themselves in the dining room of the spooky Queen Bear. The cakes on the table looked delicious. They sat down at the table and began to eat the cake. But what is this creepy sound? Queen Bear called out to the kids; “Who wants to play?” – SushiCat
Thank you again to everyone who took part in this challenge! Here is a closer look at all the entries from this Sims Community Challenge!
A new summer camp has opened up in Henford-on-Bagley and all the kids have had so much fun playing in the water and eating snacks, but now that it’s the night everyone gathers around for a campfire and movie! – NeonshadowWhen camping there’s nothing better than the feeling of ditching your little brother and fishing with a bear on a warm morning in granite falls. – Roxy26On an adventure to make a new friend! – VibbiaFinally, is the end of the school and the start of the summer holidays! The kids decided to meet and make marshmallows in the local park. They have a tent, a swing and everything is just perfect. – ElithesimsSpeaking with the dead is a fun adventure. Especially when your Sim glitches out. – BaradorableReunited with his kids, Chris is determined to give them a fun adventure, even if it’s only in the back garden. With cosy blankets, a warm fire, snacks and the promise of ghost stories later… even Dads singing cannot ruin the night for the Howard children – BridgeJessie and his grandparents camping in the backyard of their cabin at Granite Falls – iminyourwallsAfter a morning of sightseeing and browsing around shopping malls, Anna and her toddler Grace found a local park, so they could sit down and have a picnic – wandasoloslmao After a week trying their hardest, they take a break at the public pool While big sister sunbathes, the little ones have a great time on the pirate ship What treasures will they find in the depths? – Libersims
Thank you again to all those who took the time to enter the challenge! We look forward to sharing a new Sims Community Challenge soon!
I wish that I could be like the cool kids, ’cause all the cool kids, they seem to fit in…
A new CAS kit is here and you know what that means! It’s time for another lookbook! Let’s give kids the attention they deserve with these First Fits Kit-inspired looks!
All our looks for this lookbook are CC-free and only use First Fits, the base game, and a maximum of three other packs.
Mini Rebel
So you wanna be a rockstar but mom won’t let you wear what all the rockstars are rockin’ these days, huh? Not to worry, you can still show off your edgy side with this red and black ensemble that’s still mild enough to be mom-approved… but don’t tell the kids at school that. It’ll ruin your rebellious image.
Accessories: Socks and Digital Watch (First Fits Kit) / Nails (Base Game)
Flower Child
Some kids just want to frolic in a field of daisies all day and draw flowers and rainbows all over everything. This look is for them. Show everyone at school your soft, delicate side with this floral-patterned baby blue dress complete with sparkly leggings and emerald-studded shoes.
Hair: Double Buns (Eco Lifestyle)
Outfit: Belted Sleeveless Dress Layered Over Tee (First Fits Kit)
Bottom: Neon Shorts (Backyard Stuff)
Shoes: Jewel-Studded Flats (Spooky Stuff)
Accessories: Glasses, Leggings, and Digital Watch (First Fits Kit) / Necklace (Get To Work)
Chill Vibes
When you just want to chill out max and relax all cool. Y’know, just shooting some b-ball outside the school. This look has you covered. It’s the perfect chill vibes for just hanging out around the neighbourhood. Other kids will look at you and say “Wow, they look so chill! I want to be friend with them!”
Hair: Long Shaggy Mop (Base Game)
Top: Button-Down Hoodie Layered Over Tee (First Fits Kit)
Bottom: Scuffed Up Jeans (Get To Work)
Shoes: Lace Up Ankle Boots (First Fits Kit)
Accessories: Hat (First Fits Kit)
Best of Both Worlds
Want to look put together but still be able to play tag? This look is for you! Combining a skirt and long sleeve twist shirt with a pair of bright turquoise shoes gives you style on top and the running ability on your feet. Just like if a graceful swan got the running power of a pair of sneakers.
Hair: Black Twists (Seasons)
Top: Solid White Twist Shirt (First Fits Kit)
Bottom: Frilly Skirt in Solid Mint (Base Game)
Shoes: Solid Turquoise Sneakers (Base Game)
Accessories: Copper Drop Hoop Earrings (Holiday Celebration Pack- Free), Short Round Mani in Contrast Blue (Base Game), and Short Turquoise Solid Socks (Base Game)
Alternative Kid
Wearing black is a lifestyle and you have to start young! With this look, we chose a casual black dress with a brown belt around the waist. Then, a pair of purple sneakers to go with matching black, sparkly leggings. Add some accessories and Wednesday Addams might even want to be your friend. It’s perfect for your aspiring goth, gamer, or even an aspiring chef.
Hair: Long Braided Pony in Red (Snowy Escape)
Outfit: Long Dress in Black (First Fits Kit)
Shoes: Solid Purple Sneakers (Base Game)
Accessories: Solid Black Braided Wrist Band (Base Game), Short Round Mani in Contrast Pan (Base Game), Smart Watch in Solid Black (First Fits Kit), and Sparkly Leggings in Solid Black (First Fits Kit)
Vest Day Ever
Is it Wednesday? This pink ensemble brings both the style and the comfort to any situation that a kid might encounter. Shopping? Spending time out in nature? Perfect! We’ve got the outfit. Solid pink sweatpants will help keep any kid nice and warm in the fall and winter months. And the fashionable vest over a normal t-shirt adds a bit of fashion to an otherwise “dress-down” look.
Hair: Wavy Hair in Platinum Blonde (My Wedding Stories)
Top: Shirt and Vest in Solid Pink (First Fits Kit)
Bottom: Sweat Pants in Solid Pink (First Fits Kit)
Shoes: Work Boots in Solid White (First Fits Kit)
Accessories: Solid Pink Braided Wrist Band (Base Game), and Short Round Mani in Contrast Pink-White (Base Game)
Credits
This post was a collaboration between ThatSimsLady and SnarkyWitch!
Mini Rebel, Flower Child, and Chill Vibes Looks:SnarkyWitch
Best of Both Worlds, Alternative Kid, and Comfy and Stylish Looks:ThatSimsLady
The Sims Community Team has been carefully crafting the new Community Crystal for a few months now. The mission was to create a unified crystal that shows all the important, creative aspects of this community: its colorfulness, vibrancy and uniqueness.
The inspiration behind the crystal started all from the Community Poll that we did a few months ago asking people about their favorite Crystal. This was the winner:
And the final result?
To celebrate the first reveal we are excited to provide you with new Wallpapers for your Smartphone and Desktop devices. Enjoy!
Inspired by the K-Rock Band, Rolling Quartz, Trillyke is back with their biggest custom content collection to date!
The Laces and Spikes Collection comes with over twenty new Create a Sim options including a variety of tops, bottoms, shoes, and accessories with many coming in twenty-five different colour options. This custom content collection really gives you the opportunity and freedom to mix and match to create a number of unique looks. Better still, the whole collection is Base Game Compatible!
Take a closer look at the Laces and Spikes Collection in the gallery below!
To download the Laces and Spikes Collection by Trillyke, head over to their Patreon!
You could turn it into a plush play area or reading nook with this round cozy corner! No mods or CC required.
Before starting, you have to enable bb.moveobjects on!
You’ll need to use this small dog bed from Cats and Dogs. Size it up around 3 to 4 times by pressing the ‘]’ key.
If you just place it on the same floor, you’ll notice that your Sims can’t reach any of the furniture.
To make the space functional, you have to make a room directly below it. Place the dog bed in the room below and raise it up by clicking Ctrl+9 until the green marker appears on top of the room.
Add a light to the room below to match the lighting in the room above. You can elevate it or move it around to get the light on the dog bed just right.
For this one, I used the base game saucer light which I had to elevate. It’s visible on the floor above which I didn’t like so I sized it down with ‘[’ and hid it underneath pillows.
Once you’re done, your Sims can now play or lounge around this cozy corner!
If you wanna get rid of the floor below, better use it outside as a picnic area or a boho camping corner. When you delete the room below (by sliding the room arrows), you get rid of the dog bed’s indoor lighting.
Slight issue…
It may or may not bother you but the dog bed does clip out some items placed on the ground and your Sims’ feet:
You can easily fix this by lowering it one time by clicking Ctrl+0. Now you can see the floor above through the dog bed.
Just change the floor tiles into carpet for a cozier look. To add them near the edge of the bed, hit Ctrl+F to toggle triangular half tiles.
And that’s it! You can also watch this short tutorial to see how it’s made in-game.
Once again, it is Update time! August 30th’s Update fixed several bugs while also breaking some of our Favorite Mods, as expected. It also added three new scenarios!
Some bugs that were fixed include the T-Pose During Childbirth Bug and the Retirement Bug. If you had mods to fix these bugs by PandaSama and Carl, respectively, be sure to remove them.
Also, the update notes stated, “Sim phone usage has been tamped down. Teens will still use the phone more often.” We will have to wait and see if the Phone Usage Mods are still needed!
Just a quick reminder, make sure to remove all your mods before updating. Do not put back any mods until they have been cleared or they’ve been updated. Although it isn’t common, broken mods can corrupt saves so it’s important to follow these steps.
Thanks to @luthsthings, we have a full list of working, broken, and updated mods from the latest update! You can find the full list on The Sims Forums which is linked below.
All Mods by frankk (Show Sim Info has a few known issues but is still safe)
Outdated Mods
No more T-Pose during Child Birth at the Hospital by PandaSama Sim Retirement Bug Fix by Carl NPC Relationship Autonomy Fix by LittleMsSam (Possibly)
For a full list of broken mods, check out Luth’s Broken/Updated Mods List or join us in Sims Community’s Official Discord! We have a Mod and CC News Channel along with Mod Support and Discussion channels.
Playthrough of a very fulfilling Scenario with unexpected features!
The latest update for The Sims 4 has added three new permanent scenarios to the game; Stuck in Their Shadow, New in Town, and Parenting Predicaments.
Here’s how our playthrough of the Stuck in Their Shadow scenario went!
Getting Started
This scenario is a bit different from previous scenarios we’ve had; in fact, it’s quite refreshing! This scenario leaves a lot more room to play your own way, offering optional goals you can complete or ignore in order to go down different paths. The choices you make determine what your bonus reward will be at the end of the scenario. You can now also see the potential rewards when you start the scenario. Oh, and you’ll be playing with a premade household for this scenario; a single Sim named Nova Curious.
The description states that Nova has just graduated college and is ready to start an exciting new career in the tech industry; she’s also relieved to finally be rid of her old college rival, Lewis. However, she finds out to her dismay that Lewis also works at her new job! You decide whether Nova finally outshines Lewis or repairs the broken bridge between them.
The goals for this scenario are far more intricate than previous scenarios. There are different stages of the scenario and in each stage, your choices will affect how future stages play out so we can’t really give a full breakdown of every goal like we usually do. However, we can break down the potential endings and rewards.
Possible Endings:
Quitting the Rat Race
Keep Your Enemies Closer
The Underdog Wins!
Enemies to Lovers
Dream Chaser
Nova Has It All (Hidden)
Rewards:
Highflier Trait
Bonus Reward
Satisfaction Points
Launch Nova’s Career
When we first start out with Nova, she has a laptop and a telescope in her inventory, along with quite an array of mid-level skills. We moved her into StrangerVille because any OG Simmer knows that’s just where the Curious family belongs.
The first stage of this scenario is just to launch her career, which is pretty linear and straight forward. The goals are to join the Tech Guru career and to place her laptop. So we did just that. Easy peasy. Nova started at level 4 of the Tech Guru career, presumably due to her post-secondary education. As soon as she joined the career, she got a new goal to get promoted and to receive a “mysterious” phone call…
The phone call is from yup, you guessed it… her old frienemy, Lewis. He wants to inform her that he also got hired at her job, that he will once again be way better at it than her, and to call her a tuna head. I don’t know what a tuna head is, Lewis.
Naturally, his phone call made her angry so a new goal to calm down appeared which she handled by calming down with a mirror.
Once her head was clear, she had to become focused. Good thing she has a telescope. I popped it onto the roof of her trailer for her and she easily became focused from stargazing.
Then she had to raise her Programming skill to level 4 which was also fairly simple since she started at Programming level 3.
This was where the scenario started to get a little interesting; Nova had four optional goals in this stage; lock her computer, keep her needs satisfied, go outside, and unwind with a hobby. I opted to do all four since those are fairly simple to do. I had her use the telescope again for the hobby which gave me another optional goal to return the telescope to her inventory.
Set Nova Up for Success
Once Nova did get that first promotion, I made it to the next stage of the scenario! Now her goals were to get promoted again and complete a daily work task. She also had an optional goal to mod a video game.
At this point, Lewis calls again to tell her he just got promoted, too, and he’s sooo much smarter than her because he used his bonus to buy better stuff that will keep his needs met and make him more productive. Obviously, Nova now has to show him up so she gets some more optional goals; buy a bed with an energy rating of 6 and buy a shower with a hygiene rating of 7. Once she buys these items, she gets another optional goal to buy a voodoo doll? Dang, this scenario is starting to get really interesting!
Okay okay, back to work. Nova does her daily task which gives her a new goal to go to work feeling confident. This is easily achieved by just brushing her teeth and psyching herself up in a mirror before her shift starts. Going to work while confident gives her another optional goal to buy a new reward trait. Don’t do what I did and foolishly buy just any trait; it has to be the Night Owl or Morning Sim trait. I didn’t have enough points left to buy the right trait after wasting them so I never got to complete that goal. Who knows where it might have led?
Deal With Lewis
After Nova’s next promotion, she graduates to the third stage of the scenario, which is to deal with Lewis. Her new goals are to wait for a call about lay-off rumours and distract herself with a hobby (optional). Yikes…
Shortly after, Lewis calls. The rumours are true but he’s the one who got fired, not you. The company felt he had a bad attitude. In the wise words of Nelson Muntz… HA-HA! Anyway, getting fired made him realise he’s been a huge jerk to you so he wants to come over and talk. You can let him come over and call him a tuna head (again, not a thing), or you can demand he bring pizza as an apology. I obviously demanded pizza.
At this point, you can either be friendly or mean to Lewis. I chose to be friendly because I wanted to see where that path would lead. Because I asked him to bring pizza, I had the optional goal to call him to the pizza for a meal… except he never actually brought any pizza so I had to order one myself to complete that goal. Thanks, Lewis. Appreciate it.
In fact, there are a lot of optional goals at this point. Once I chose to be nice to Lewis, he asked me if he could stay the night while he got his life sorted out. The only required goal is to let him stay or kick him out. The optional goals were to flirt with him, bind the voodoo doll to him, and instill him with false confidence. I did all three.
Binding the voodoo doll to him led to the optional goal to either poke or cuddle the doll. I cuddled it because to be honest, I was digging the whole enemies to lovers vibe. Flirting with him led to a goal to kiss him and kissing him led to a goal to WooHoo with him.
So what did Nova do? Heck yes, she WooHoo’d Lewis! That hilariously led to a goal to criticize his WooHoo technique which I did not do. At this point, I was actually kind of starting to like Lewis. He seemed like he really turned his attitude around.
You also get an optional goal to reconnect with Lewis here. If you do this, you actually learn more about Lewis and Nova’s history, which is pretty cool. Lore enthusiasts will definitely want to do that goal.
In the end, I decided to let Lewis stay overnight. It’d be kinda rude to WooHoo with him and then kick him out. Once you either let him stay or kick him out, you get a goal to go to sleep, which will end this stage of the scenario.
Team Up With Lewis?
Lewis was very grateful to Nova for letting him crash at her place. He apologises for being a tuna head (whatever that is) and gives Nova a space print. Nova’s goals are to hang up the print and enable the emotional aura on it which she does. Her two other required goals here are to get another promotion, become friends with Lewis, and reach Programming level 6.
Once she became friends with Lewis, he approached her with a business proposal. He wants to team up with her to make an app or video game and become indie developers. I was sorely tempted to tell him no; she just worked her butt off to get all those promotions! But I was determined to keep things going with Lewis so I had Nova agree to quit her job and become an indie developer with him.
Lewis gives her 5 glasses of this mystery concoction he’s made to make you gain skill crazy fast… and also send you running to the bathroom. Okay Lewis, you’re starting to look pretty shady again but I will conveniently not ask about the legality of what’s in this beverage.
Now Nova’s goals are to reach Programming level 7 and make a video game or app. Her optional goals are to drink the… Snaggle Fluster??? and quit her job. Nova drinks the questionable drink and starts programming while “snaggle flustered.” While she’s working on this new app, Lewis autonomously asks her to be his girlfriend. Well she darn well better be after all she’s done for you! She and Lewis start dating.
While programming the new app, she completes the goal to reach Programming level 7 and gets an optional goal to reach Programming level 9 but she finishes the app before she can complete that one which completes the scenario!
Nova Has It All
Sadly, this scenario did not tell me how long it took to complete but it did give me lots of other cool info! For one thing, there appears to be a “hidden” ending not listed on the main menu and I got this ending! Apparently, you can keep your job, become an indie developer, and fall in love with Lewis! This hidden ending appears to be the ending you get if you follow all available paths and get all the other endings. Cool!
Nova got the Highflier trait for completing the scenario and her bonus reward was the Seldom Sleepy trait, which is super expensive to buy in the Rewards Store and also super useful.
Our Thoughts
Holy smokes! This scenario was a wild roller coaster ride from start to finish with so many twists and turns and alternate paths! I LOVED IT! Even though the scenario is designed to teach new players some of the game mechanics, I was not bored at all as a veteran player. I was super invested in the whole story unfolding and the character development. The rewards are MUCH better than in past scenarios, too.
Dear Sims Team: This was everything scenarios should be! Keep doing this! The only thing I want to caution you against is using premade households for too many scenarios. The premade households for these new scenarios are great and perfect for the new players they’re aimed at, but seasoned players will not want to be forced to play with premade households all the time. Make sure you continue to release scenarios that allow us to create our own households… but keep this new overall structure because it rocks!
