The first CCCWs are here. And they’re absolutely gorgeous!
It’s been about two days since the release of The Sims 4’s latest update. There are countless bugs and glitches that make the game borderline unplayable. Still there are some good things that arrived with the latest Update and High School Years that make this situation feel less painful than it already is.
Yes, I’m talking about Curved Windows in The Sims 4. Moreover, Custom Content Curved Windows. Here at Sims Community we also call it CCCW.
Littledica, a talented Custom Content Creator has came up with a brilliant CC solution for Curved Windows.
There’s also something about the fanmade box art that’s so satisfying:
Okay, enough about that gorgeous design.
How about we take a closer look into the swatches?
The creator has provided another cool preview:
The object is available for Early Access on their Patreon at $3, with Public Release on August 4th. We can’t wait to try them out!
Brazilian CC Creator @TudTuds is also on a mission to create a set of Curved CC Windows. Check out an interesting behind the scenes look of their placement:
The conversion process of The Sims 4 Base Game Windows is in the hands of CC Creators, who are doing the job so beautifully.
The first 3 windows of the base game are fully converted to curved walls!!!!!! As I said before, I had to reduce their sizes because windows on curved walls look weird in large sizes
Follow @TudTuds for more behind the scenes looks and coverage!
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So many objects and so many styles in High School Years’ Build Mode!
The Sims 4 High School Years comes with over 260 new Build/Buy objects, including the four preorder bonus objects. Just as with the CAS catalogue, the Build/Buy catalogue in this expansion is not limited to one particular theme. Instead, the catalogue caters to a wide array of styles to suit the unique personalities of teenagers. You’ll find everything from boho-themed stuff to princess-style furnishings and sleek, modern styles. There really is something for everyone in this pack.
Patterns are everywhere in this selection so players who are fond of bright colours and patterns will be very happy with a lot of these objects.
Some particularly interesting objects to note are the modular shelving, separated hanging clothes, vending machines, and buffet table with drink fountains. All of these things have previously come with other packs. Modular shelving and separated clothes came with Dream Home Decorator, Vending machines came with Snowy Escape, and the buffet table and drink fountain have been seen in both Luxury Party Stuff and My Wedding Stories. Players who do not own these packs will get to enjoy these objects in High School Years.
The pack is also very poster and wall-hanging heavy, with lots of varied swatches for the wall décor. This is great to see, as it will help us personalise our teens’ rooms in a way that actually fits a teenager’s sense of décor.
Catalogue Overview
Preorder Bonus Items Catalogue Overview
The following items are preorder bonuses. Players who purchase the High School Years expansion pack before September 8th, 2022 will receive the following items with the pack. They will just download along with the pack automatically. You don’t need to do anything special to claim your preorder bonus.
The preorder items glow different colours in Live Mode.
In-Game Closeups
Below are all the in-game previews of every build buy item and styled room in all swatches.
Preorder Bonus In-Game Closeups
These are the in-game closeups in every swatch of the preorder bonus items.
The Sims Team has shared a workaround that worked for only some players. Some were still encountering the issue.
The team promised that they’re investigating these issues, and have released a new statement today through Twitter:
Official Statement:
We’ve completed our investigation into various instances stemming from Tuesday’s update including auto-aging, unintended Wants, & the appearance of fame for the non-famous. We’ll be rolling out a patch to resolve these & more by the end of next week and appreciate your patience.
We are also aware of players missing bonus content with The Sims 4 High School Years preorders and have begun rolling out fixes across platforms experiencing this issue.
Check out a massive new catalogue of Create A Sim items!
The Sims 4 High School Years has a massive CAS catalogue almost exclusively catering to teens. Adults can technically wear anything in the catalogue also, but nearly every item is more suited to teenage styles and aesthetics. Unlike past DLC packs where the entire catalogue was informed by one or two themes, the High School Years catalogue covers a wide array of different fashion styles; preppy, kawaii, dark academia, e-girl, rocker, and streetwear are just some of these varying fashion styles.
The Sims collaborated with Depop; an online fashion marketplace that supports sustainable fashion and individual creators. Some of the CAS pieces were designed by Depop designers. Players can hover over any item with a plumbob icon in the thumbnail to see which Depop designer made that piece.
Overall, we were impressed with much of the catalogue, especially the large number of styled looks that come with the pack; however, we did notice that quite a few pieces only have one swatch available on them, which is a bit disappointing. We would have liked to see everything available in at least a small handful of swatches. Still, many of the designs do feature a variety of fun colours and patterns.
Since this expansion is exclusively focused on teenagers, there is no new clothing for toddlers or children; however, they do get a small selection of the same hairstyles teens/adults have.
The vast majority of the catalogue is either unisex or there are only small differences between the masculine and feminine pieces so instead of separating our guide into masculine, feminine, and unisex sections, we will just be going by age group. Players can add/remove gender tags in CAS to put any clothing item they want on either physical frame so there’s little point in separating by gender. There are only a small number of exceptions where some tops are locked to the masculine frame; namely, tops that would expose the entire breast on a feminine frame.
There are a few CAS pieces that are locked in the catalogue until you unlock them through gameplay. We’ll include those in the last section and detail how to unlock them.
Adults
Hair (14)
Tops (38)
Bottoms (33)
Full-Body Outfits (14)
Shoes (2)
Accessories (8)
Hats (2)
Makeup (5)
Body/Facial Hair (18)
Styled Looks (19)
Children
Hair (11)
Toddlers
Hair (7)
CAS Unlockables
The following pieces in the CAS catalogue are locked. Some are unlocked by purchasing them at the thrift shop in Copperdale. Others are unlocked through various high school experiences and achievements.
For the cheaters out there, the cheat code to unlock all the High School Years CAS parts is CAS.UnlockByTag EP12
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You’re not dreaming – you can make round beds in the Sims 4 without mods or CC!
With the new round walls update, it’s quite tricky to fit in a normal rectangular bed on curved corners. So to maximize the space, what better way than to cozy it up with a round bed?
There are a lot of round custom content beds available online, but not all players can download them. With this trick, you can still share your builds to the gallery without being tagged as CC.
Just make sure your bb.moveobjects cheat is on!
First, create a room below and add a light. Choose any circular living chair without a backrest. You can pick the chairs from Island Living or Snowy Escape, but it’s best to use this one from Cats and Dogs. It has an even surface and its tufted texture is perfectly cushiony!
Place it in the room below and size it up with the ‘]’ key 4 times. Elevate it with Ctrl+9 around 14 times. You will see that the cushion on top is visible on the desired floor.
Now comes the tricky part: choosing the right bed. First, it should have no footboard so that no weird piece would jut out in the middle of the round bed.
Second, the bed color should match the swatch of the round cushion. We want the bed to camouflage with it as much as possible. Oh if we only had a Create a Style feature…
For now, the black and white swatches of both objects should blend seamlessly. Check out these combos from different packs:
If you want something colorful, here are some bed-cushion combinations that work well together!
This round bed should already do. Keep reading if you want a neater-looking version!
Now Alt place the bed in the middle and size it down one time with the ‘[’ key. Make sure that a little part of it sticks out so you can still click on it in Live mode.
If the headboard is still sticking out, just cover it with any living chair or a sofa to act as a pillow (trust me, the bed’s still functional!). Note: If a sofa blocks your Sim’s way, you can place it on the lower floor and raise it up too.
Ta-da! A fully functional round bed with so many styles to choose from.
Add more seats
We’re not done yet! You could improve your bed’s functionality by adding more seating at the foot of the bed. Use a living or dining chair, size it down if necessary, and hide it under the round cushion. Remember to leave a small part sticking out so you can select it during gameplay.
Here’s how a fully functional round bed with extra seating looks like:
Some problems
A few notes: both versions are functional but the first one is recommended for better gameplay. The second version only looks great when your Sims relax or nap on it. When they sleep on it, there’s a weird animation with the blanket since the bed is sized down. Woohoo still works, but this happens:
We don’t wanna see what happens under those covers…so this would be better as a day bed!
Carl released Sim Retirement Bug Fix which will allow your Sims to retire. Currently, Sims cannot retire in the game without the mod.
Mythical Ascelin re-updated the Aging Fix mod, originally made by Scarlet. The mod prevents days from being added when creating a new Sim. The last patch caused an aging bug that adds days to a Sim every time they exit CAS.
We also have a full Bug Report on the current issues with The Sims 4.
There are some new faces in town! Why not get to know them?
The Sims 4 High School Years comes with a brand new world called Copperdale, along with plenty of new Sims who live in the world. Unsurprisingly, the majority of Copperdale’s residents are teenagers so players will have no shortage of premade teens to play through the new high school gameplay with if they want to. There are also some homeless townies who appear to play the role of high school teachers.
High school sweethearts and Copperdale alumni Janae and Marcel Price have returned, moving back into their old neighborhood with their three children: Sidney, Savannah, and Jayden. They also welcomed Kevin, a foreign exchange student, into their lively home. It’s a busy household, stirring with activity and thriving pursuits. While Marcel works on his latest novel, Janae works full-time as a successful Regional Manager. The twins, Savannah and Sidney, each enjoy their own interests while trying to keep up good grades. Jayden looks up to his siblings a lot, and can’t wait to be just like them, his buddy Kevin included. Life can certainly get away from them, but they know they can always depend on one another.
Janae Price
Age: Adult Pronouns: She/Her Romance Preferences: Men WooHoo Preferences: Men Romantic Exploration: No Career: Business (5) Aspiration: Renaissance Sim Walk Style: Normal Voice: Lilted Traits: Clumsy, Self-Assured, Athletic, Fast Learner (Bonus) Skills: Charisma (4), Fitness (5), Programming (5) Relationships: Marcel Price – Husband | Savannah Price – Daughter | Sidney Price – Son | Jayden Price – Son | Kevin Puri – Acquaintance Sentiments: None Likes: Blues Music, Retro Music, Romance Music, Gardening, Cooking, Fitness, Writing, Piano, Red, Yellow, Black, Purple, Basics Fashion, Polished Fashion Dislikes: Electronica Music
Marcel Price
Age: Adult Pronouns: He/Him Romance Preferences: Women WooHoo Preferences: Women Romantic Exploration: No Career: Author (7) Aspiration: Nerd Brain Walk Style: Normal Voice: Brash Traits: Goofball, Cheerful, Bookworm, Fast Learner (Bonus) Skills: Logic (3), Cooking (4), Writing (7) Relationships: Janae Price – Wife | Savannah Price – Daughter | Sidney Price – Son | Jayden Price – Son | Kevin Puri – Acquaintance Sentiments: None Likes: Mixology, Cooking, Writing, Piano, Blues Music, Classical Music, Hip Hop Music, Yellow, Black, Brown, Green, Basics Fashion, Polished Fashion Dislikes: Winter Holiday Music, Grey
Sidney Price
Age: Teen Pronouns: He/Him Romance Preferences: Men & Women Mess Around Preferences: Men & Women Romantic Exploration: Yes Career: High School C Student | High School Cheerleader (2) Aspiration: Friend of the World Walk Style: Swagger Voice: Warm Traits: Overachiever, Athletic, Gregarious (Bonus) Skills: Fitness (3), Charisma (4) Relationships: Janae Price – Mother | Marcel Price – Father | Savannah Price – Sister | Jayden Price – Brother | Kevin Puri – Best Friend | Ash Harjo – Friend | Molly Prescott – Friend | Noah Kane – Rival Sentiments: None Likes: Blues Music, Hip Hop Music, Pop Music, Retro Music, Comedy, Fitness, Mischief, Video Gaming, Yellow, Brown, Green, Purple, Basics Fashion, Streetwear Fashion Dislikes: Alternative Music, Kids Radio Music, Programming, Orange, Outdoorsy Fashion
Savannah Price
Age: Teen Pronouns: She/Her Romance Preferences: No one Mess Around Preferences: No one Romantic Exploration: No Career: High School C Student | High School Computer Team (1) Aspiration: Computer Whiz Walk Style: Normal Voice: Sweet Traits: Geek, Materialistic, Fast Learner Skills: Video Gaming (2), Programming (3) Relationships: Janae Price – Mother | Marcel Price – Father | Sidney Price – Brother | Jayden Price – Brother | Kevin Puri – Friend | Molly Prescott – Rival Sentiments: None Likes: Programming, Painting Video Gaming, Alternative Music, Retro Music, Electronica Music, S-Pop Music, Black, Blue, Pink, White, Hipster Fashion, Rocker Fashion, Streetwear Fashion Dislikes: Gardening, Lullabies Radio Music, Pop Music, Green, Polished Fashion
Jayden Price
Age: Child Career: Grade School C Student Aspiration: Social Butterfly Walk Style: Normal Voice: Warm Traits: Outgoing Skills: Creativity (2), Social (2) Relationships: Janae Price – Mother | Marcel Price – Father | Savannah Price – Sister | Sidney Price – Brother | Kevin Puri – Acquaintance Sentiments: None Likes: Hip Hop Music, Kids Radio Music, Pop Music, Comedy, Video Gaming, Blue, Orange, Red Dislikes: Green
Kevin Puri
Age: Teen Romance Preferences: Women Mess Around Preferences: Women Romantic Exploration: No Career: High School C Student Aspiration: Goal Oriented Walk Style: Normal Voice: Lilted Traits: Socially Awkward, Romantic, Relatable (Bonus) Skills: Rocket Science (3), Handiness (4) Relationships: Sidney Price – Best Friend | Savannah Price – Friend | Janae Price – Acquaintance | Marcel Price – Acquaintance | Jayden Price – Acquaintance Sentiments: None Likes: Handiness, Cooking, Guitar, World Music, Romance Music, S-Pop Music, Orange, Red, Blue, Purple, Hipster Fashion, Polished Fashion, Streetwear Fashion Dislikes: Fishing, Lullabies Radio Music, Yellow, Rocker Fashion
Household Notes
The Price family lives on the BridgeCreek Drive lot in the Plumbite Cove neighbourhood of Copperdale
Janae and Marcel both have a lot of likes, many of which seem unrelated to their careers or personality. This might indicate they were overachievers in high school; however, their profiles both say they only graduated high school with average grades.
Kevin’s room in the house is the plainest of all the bedrooms since he is only staying with the Price family temporarily as an exchange student.
Savannah appears to have an entire guest house to herself in the yard, complete with her own private bathroom. One reason may be it allows her to stream at all hours of the day and night without disturbing the rest of the family, but we have a sneaking suspicion she may also be Janae and Marcel’s favourite child. She is their only daughter.
Sidney’s bedroom displays lots of award ribbons and is very colourful in various pink, purple, blue, and black tones. This shows off his overachiever personality. It also tells us Sidney is interested in styles that are both traditionally masculine and traditionally feminine.
Sidney’s rival is Noah Kane and he appears to dislike Noah, but Noah has the Crush sentiment towards Sidney. This makes for an interesting dynamic between the two.
The Prescott Household
Amy PrescottMei PrescottTai LumMolly Prescott
Household Description
Passed down through generations, this historic estate is home to the Prescott Family. Mei Prescott, Copperdale’s High School Principal, lives here with her two daughters and her father, Tai Lum. After her husband’s passing, Mei put all her efforts into protecting her girls and showering them with affection. Often times to an embarrassing degree. Molly is a star student with a secret passion for music. Taking a page from her troublemaker little sister Amy, she’s learning to embrace her more rebellious side. Tai enjoys time with his grandchildren, especially the extra moments he has with Molly when working at the school as a janitor. Together, the family proudly carries on the legacy of the Prescott name.
Mei Prescott
Age: Adult Pronouns: She/Her Romance Preferences: Men WooHoo Preferences: Men Romantic Exploration: No Career: Copperdale High Principal (NPC Role) Aspiration: Successful Lineage Walk Style: Swagger Voice: Lilted Traits: Gloomy, Neat, Perfectionist, Domestic (Bonus) Skills: Charisma (5), Logic (5), Piano (5) Relationships: Tai Lum – Father | Molly Prescott – Daughter | Amy Prescott – Daughter Sentiments: None Likes: World Music, Classical Music, Cooking, Piano, Writing, Red, Brown, Grey, Polished Fashion Dislikes: Mixology
Tai Lum
Age: Elder Pronouns: He/Him Romance Preferences: Women WooHoo Preferences: Women Romantic Exploration: No Career: Copperdale High Janitor (NPC Role) Aspiration: Angling Ace Walk Style: Normal Voice: Brash Traits: Loves Outdoors, Snob, Neat, Collector (Bonus), Fear of Death (Fear) Skills: Fishing (4), Handiness (7) Relationships: Mei Prescott – Daughter | Molly Prescott – Granddaughter | Amy Prescott – Granddaughter Sentiments: None Likes: World Music, Classical Music, Retro Music, Fishing, Gardening, Handiness, Cooking, Piano, Red, Blue, Brown, Basics Fashion Dislikes: Alternative Music, Electronica Music, Video Gaming, Pink
Molly Prescott
Age: Teen Pronouns: She/Her Romance Preferences: Women Mess Around Preferences: Women Romantic Exploration: No Career: High School C Student | High School Chess Team Aspiration: Musical Genius Walk Style: Normal Voice: Melodic Traits: Genius, Music Lover, Muser (Bonus) Skills: Mischief (3), Guitar (4), Logic (5) Relationships: Mei Prescott – Mother | Amy Prescott – Sister | Tai Lum – Grandfather | Ash Harjo – Good Friend | Sidney Price – Friend | Savannah Price – Rival Sentiments: None Likes: Rocket Science, Violin, Guitar, Alternative Music, Classical Music, Pop Music, Blue, Green, Pink, Preppy Fashion Dislikes: Video Gaming, Spooky Music, Black, Country Fashion
Amy Prescott
Age: Child Pronouns: She/Her Career: Grade School C Student Aspiration: Rambunctious Scamp Voice: Warm Traits: Kleptomaniac Skills: Social (2), Motor (4) Relationships: Mei Prescott – Mother | Molly Prescott – Sister | Tai Lum – Grandfather Sentiments: None Likes: Alternative Music, Electronica Music, Pop Music, Comedy, Mischief, Video Gaming, Red, Black, Blue, Purple Dislikes: Kids Radio Music, Lullabies Radio Music, Piano
Household Notes
The Prescott household lives on the Golden Peak lot in the Prescott Square neighbourhood of Copperdale, which is named after the Prescott family’s ancestor, Jasper Prescott.
According to the description for Prescott Square, the ghost of Jasper Prescott might still be found around the Boomsbluff Mystery House.
Mei is a widow and single mother of Molly and Amy. Since she and her father do not share the last name, it can be inferred that Mei married into the Prescott family and that her maiden name is Lum. Having married into such a prestigious family, she may feel extra pressure to live up to her late husband’s name and is projecting that pressure onto her children.
Mei has the Gloomy trait and she still uses her late husband’s name. She also still wears her wedding ring. All of this indicates that she is still grieving for him and hasn’t been able to move on, yet.
While Molly is friends with Sidney Price, she dislikes his sister, Savannah, and is rivals with her.
Amy dislikes kids music and lullabies even though she is a child. This implies that she wants to be seen as more grown up than she is.
Tai starts out with a Fear of Death, which makes sense, given that he is an elder. He also starts out wanting to try and conquer this fear.
There is a small attic space in the home with a guitar in it. Molly has a passion for music and this is likely her own little retreat in the home where she can get away and play her music.
The Harjo Household
Ash HarjoLucha HarjoAva HarjoNoah Kane
Household Description
Brought together by their mutual obsession over food, Ava and Lucha fell in love. Ava was recently hired at the High School to work in the cafeteria, and with her expert cooking skills, the food has never been better! Lucha, still learning some chops, was promoted to Head Dishwasher and couldn’t be happier. Ash has decided to fully commit to a life of fashion, diving into the Simfluencer lifestyle and spending loads of their time on Trendi. Noah, a bit of a prankster, spends his time training for football and daydreaming about his secret crush, Sidney Price. With teens to raise and recipes to create, the Harjos are in for some wild adventures.
Ava Harjo
Age: Adult Pronouns: She/Her Romance Preferences: Men WooHoo Preferences: Men & Women Romantic Exploration: No Career: Copperdale High Cafeteria Worker (NPC Role) Aspiration: Master Chef Walk Style: Feminine Voice: Melodic Traits: Good, Foodie, Outgoing, Essence of Flavour (Bonus) Skills: Charisma (2), Gourmet Cooking (4), Cooking (6) Relationships: Lucha Harjo – Husband | Noah Kane – Son | Ash Harjo – Stepchild Sentiments: None Likes: World Music, Retro Music, S-Pop Music, Comedy, Gardening, Cooking, Red, Green, Pink, Purple, Basics Fashion, Outdoorsy Fashion Dislikes: Lullabies Radio Music, Programming, Black
Lucha Harjo
Age: Adult Pronouns: He/Him Romance Preferences: Women WooHoo Preferences: Women Romantic Exploration: No Career: Culinary (2) Aspiration: Master Chef Walk Style: Normal Voice: Clear Traits: Clumsy, Foodie, Family Oriented, Essence of Flavour (Bonus) Skills: Cooking (2), Comedy (5) Relationships: Ava Harjo – Wife | Ash Harjo – Child | Noah Kane – Stepson Sentiments: None Likes: World Music, Retro Music, Romance Music, Fishing, Gardening, Handiness, Cooking, Red, Black, Blue, Green, Basics Fashion, Country Fashion, Outdoorsy Fashion Dislikes: Electronica Music, Rocket Science, Boho Fashion
Ash Harjo
Age: Teen Pronouns: They/Them Romance Preferences: Men Mess Around Preferences: Men Romantic Exploration: No Career: High School C Student | Simfluencer (2) Aspiration: Beloved Icon Walk Style: Normal Voice: Lilted Traits: Creative, Self-Assured, Relatable (Bonus) Skills: Charisma (2), Entrepreneur (3), Painting (4) Relationships: Lucha Harjo – Father | Ava Harjo – Stepmother | Noah Kane – Stepbrother | Molly Prescott – Good Friend | Sidney Price – Friend Sentiments: None Likes: Painting, Writing, Electronica Music, Hip Hop Music, Pop Music, S-Pop Music, Black, Pink, Purple, Hipster Fashion, Rocker Fashion, Streetwear Fashion Dislikes: Kids Radio Music, Yellow, Country Fashion
Noah Kane
Age: Teen Pronouns: He/Him Romance Preferences: Men Mess Around Preferences: Men Romantic Exploration: Yes Career: High School C Student | High School Football Team (1) Aspiration: Chief of Mischief Walk Style: Normal Voice: Brash Traits: Party Animal, Goofball, Dastardly (Bonus) Skills: Comedy (3), Mischief (4) Relationships: Ava Harjo – Mother | Lucha Harjo – Stepfather | Ash Harjo – Stepsibling | Sidney Price – Rival Sentiments: Sidney Price – Crush Likes: Handiness, Mischief, Mixology, Fitness, Alternative Music, Hip Hop Music, Pop Music, Yellow, Blue, Pink, Purple, Basics Fashion, Outdoorsy Fashion, Streetwear Fashion Dislikes: Programming, Writing, Spooky Music
Household Notes
The Harjo household lives on the Water Tower Way lot in the Prescott Square neighbourhood of Copperdale.
The Harjos appear to be your average blue collar hardworking family. Ava and Lucha both have entry-level jobs in the food industry and their house is small and relatively modest.
The Harjos are a blended family; Ash is Lucha’s child and Noah is Ava’s son, making Ash and Noah stepsiblings. Ash and Noah have a neutral relationship with each other and their stepparent, but both have a good relationship with their biological parent.
Noah’s interests and bedroom décor show that he’s into sports and likes physical activities but does not excel in stationary, indoor skills.
Ash’s bedroom is located in a walkout basement and reflects their loud and colourful personality, as well as their interest in fashion.
Noah has a crush on his classmate, Sidney Price, but the two are rivals and Sidney actually dislikes Noah.
Not In World Households
Anjelo MorlindEloise HiddlestixRita Coombes
Household Description
No description. Each Sim is in a different household. They’re intended to fill the teacher and bubble tea shop clerk roles.
Rita Coombes
Age: Elder Pronouns: She/Her Romance Preferences: Men WooHoo Preferences: Men Romantic Exploration: Yes Career: Copperdale High Teacher (NPC Role) Aspiration: The Collector Walk Style: Normal Voice: Sweet Traits: Socially Awkward, Perfectionist, Family Oriented, Collector (Bonus), Fear of Death (Fear) Skills: Gardening (2), Writing (5), Logic (6) Relationships: None Sentiments: None Likes: Classical Music, Winter Holiday Music, Gardening, Violin, Piano, Grey, Green, Purple, Basics Fashion, Polished Fashion, Preppy Fashion Dislikes: Mischief
Eloise Hiddlestix
Age: Young Adult Pronouns: She/Her Romance Preferences: Women WooHoo Preferences: Women Romantic Exploration: No Career: ThrifTEA Shop Owner (NPC Role) Aspiration: Fabulously Wealthy Walk Style: Swagger Voice: Lilted Traits: Clumsy, Goofball, Art Lover, Business Savvy (Bonus) Skills: Entrepreneur (2), Charisma (4) Relationships: None Sentiments: None Likes: Mixology, Cooking, Painting, World Music, Retro Music, Yellow, Blue, Purple, Hipster Fashion, Streetwear Fashion Dislikes: Grey, Boho Fashion
Anjelo Morlind
Age: Young Adult Pronouns: He/Him Romance Preferences: Men & Women WooHoo Preferences: Men & Women Romantic Exploration: No Career: Copperdale High Teacher (NPC Role) Aspiration: Renaissance Sim Walk Style: Normal Voice: Warm Traits: Slob, Creative, Cheerful, Quick Learner (Bonus) Skills: Guitar (2), Painting (3), Logic (4), Programming (4) Relationships: None Sentiments: None Likes: Pop Music, Spooky Music, S-Pop Music, Comedy, Writing, Video Gaming, Orange, Yellow, Pink, Hipster Fashion, Polished Fashion Dislikes: Classical Music, White, Country Fashion
Household Notes
These households are most likely just there to fill NPC roles. They do have fleshed out personalities in CAS but the only Sim with any background lore is Eloise.
Eloise Hiddlestix appears to be based on the character of Ms. Frizzle from the popular educational children’s cartoon, The Magic School Bus.
Eloise is mentioned in the neighbourhood description for Prescott Square where it is revealed that she is the owner of the ThrifTEA thrift and bubble tea shop in town.
Sims are texting themselves, High School Schedules are off, There are Holes in the Ceilings. And more.
Ever since the High School Never Ends Patch dropped on July 26th, major bug after major bug has been reported from the community. EA even put a warning in the game so people know to use normal lifespan to prevent the aging glitch. But what about the other bugs? Here’s a list of some of the more prevalent bugs reported by the community.
High School Never Ends Patch Bugs
One of the biggest features of this new patch was curved walls. But, when people started experimenting with them and building unique structures, they started to find problems with them. There are holes in the ceilings and sometimes the floors, problems with putting curved walls inside, and even difficulties stacking round rooms asymetrically.
Another major problem in the patch was with the Wants and Fears system. Sims with families now have wants to date other family members. It’s definitely disturbing to have your Sims randomly do this and hopefully, they will be able to fix this soon!
Celebrities can be annoying, but what’s more annoying is when everyone randomly becomes a celebrity. These sims are not permanently celebrities, but having everyone become Global Superstars is a bit frustrating. Especially when it’s a cat.
The aging bug is the most problematic of all bugs listed so far. Playing on long lifespan especially can cause extra days to be added to your Sims’ ages every time you enter and exit CAS. This error is so bad that EA had been warning about it and we are thankful for that.
Some other bugs include: when traveling, the Sim selection is now greyed out except for Sims in your neighborhood, Sims reset while live streaming, and Sims can’t retire. Carl created a mod to fix the Sims’ Retirement bug and you can find it here.
High School Years EP Bugs
Even the launch of High School Years started badly. People weren’t able to download the Expansion pack because of an Origin outage. But, there are also bugs inside the pack as well!
This seems to be an installation bug, possibly through Steam, where people don’t have words in their game. There is no official fix for this bug, unfortunately. You can try repairing your game.
Screenshot Courtesy of Mira♡Mira
How to Repair Your Game
Steam: Right-click your game icon, and click properties. Select the local files tab. Then, choose verify the integrity of game files. EA Desktop: Right-click your game and choose Repair. Origin: Right-click your game and choose Repair.
Another bug is that two Copperdales are showing up on the map. This has happened with previous releases, including The Sims 4 Werewolves.
To fix this error, you need to:
Make sure you back up the save file. Always do this before making major changes to your game.
Load the save game and upload all the families and builds you want to keep in the affected world to your library. Do not have to worry about premade families, they will be automatically added back unless you altered the Sims. If you changed the premade families, then you’ll need to upload them as well.
Disable or uninstall the pack. We recommend disabling it using James Turner’s Pack Disable Tool. To use this, click on the packs you do not want in your game, then copy the code at the top. In Origin, right-click your game and choose Properties. Click Advanced Options, then paste it into the text box called Command Line Arguments.
Load the save. There will be an error message saying that data is missing. Don’t worry that the world is grey.
Click Save As with a new name.
Close the game
Install or Delete the line you pasted into Command Line Arguments
Open your save and there should only be one world.
You will need to put down all your previously edited sims and builds from that world that you saved to your library.
Other High School Bugs
A couple of other bugs with the High school Years pack include clicking on a child’s relationship in the relationship panel contributes to the Social Butterfly aspiration goal to Meet 5 Sims, scheduling problems between multiple high school-related activities, and Sims DM’ing themselves.
Screenshot Courtesy of SailorEffinMoonScreenshot Courtesy of TsukichildScreenshot Courtesy of TsukichildScreenshot Courtesy of Tsukichild
What other bugs have you noticed in your game? You can share your screenshots and issues below.
The program received an Update with Additional Options and Features
The Sims 4 Studio has just received an Update for the latest Patch Drop.
There’s not a lot to talk or share. Get your fix straight away!
Studio updates for High School Years
Hi all, both versions of Studio are updated for High School Years & the associated patch. Additionally, both versions have been optimized to better handle files with large LRLE images; this improvement should eliminate the Out Of Memory error that was occurring when working with certain CAS packages.
The Sims 4 High School Years Expansion Pack has just been released. And yeah, the launch at the moment isn’t going the best. Both for High School Years as a Pack and The Sims 4 Base Game.
Another issue that players have started reporting shortly after the release that the Vibing Streamer Gear Digital Content is not showing up.
If you Pre-Order The Sims 4 High School Years (or now, Order it) by September 8th, you’ll get the following content:
However, there’s just one issue. It’s not showing up in the game.
The issue has been acknowledged by EA Help:
Hey Simmers! We're looking into issues with The Sims 4 High School Years pre-order bonus not showing up in-game. We'll share more info as we know more.
Just a few hours after the release of The Sims 4 High School Years, EA is already putting up banners for the next big thing.
The Sims 4 Main Menu has received a brand new image promotional banner, as pointed out by a Sims 4 player. The confusing part is that along with the new image, the text itself promotes The Sims 4 High School Years. Not the actual content shown.
We managed to extract the image in its full resolution!
If we consider that these are Children wearing new Clothes in the graphic style of The Sims 4 Kits. Yeah, this is the next Kit for The Sims 4!
Fast forward to today, just 2 and a half hours after the release of the Sims 4 High School Years, we have an already updated mod.
The Sims 4 Mod Venue Changes is a Mod that accompanies many upgrades to previous The Sims 4 Venue limitations. Now updated with High School Years!
Check out what’s new and included:
This mod alters which venues are available when building in The Sims 4.
Makes modded venue types available.
Makes world-specific venue types available in all worlds.
Allows you to change the type of special lots like Chalet Gardens and Myshuno Meadows.
High School Years Update
With the release of High School Years, Venue Changes lets you change the locations of the High School and Auditorium to different lots. This is simple to do:
Edit the lot you want to turn into a High School (or Auditorium). Build the lot or place one from the gallery, then set the lot type to High School or Auditorium.
Edit the original High School (or Auditorium) and change the lot type to something different. This will ensure Sims are only ever sent to the new high school lot, never the original.
PLEASE NOTE: This only changes the location of the school event. It is not currently possible to change the location of the festivals – those will always take place in the open area behind the original lot.
Currently, the mod is only designed for one High School and Auditorium per save. If you have multiple, the game will just select a random one every time it sends you. This is why it’s so important to change the lot types of the original lots!
In addition to making it possible to move the High School and Auditorium, this update also enables those lots for club gatherings!
Known Issues
If you don’t have certain packs installed, there will be venues with blank text on the list. These can be safely ignored, they shouldn’t cause problems as long as you don’t set any lots to them.
Are you ready to try it out yourself? Get The Sims 4 Mod Venue Changes by pressing the download button below!
I don’t need to say more or? She got this whim after I loaded the family, Eric is her SON!
Yeah…
The issue has been confirmed by a SimGuru. With a promise that it will be resolved soon:
I just wanted to acknowledge that the Want to date a family member is something we know about, we’ve reproduced ourselves, we’re working on it. We’re looking to get it fixed ASAP, thanks for all the bug reports, we appreciate it. We’re of course working on the aging bug too.
Incest isn’t the only current issue with The Sims 4. There is also Auto-Aging, and more huge issues reported with the game recently that we are covering at the moment.
Hopefully the game gets back on track very soon.
Please remember to keep the conversations fair and constructive. Thank you!
We are already ready to do some coverage on the latest Expansion Pack. Stick around and find out what we have to say about the latest Expansion Pack, along with Guides, Tips, Reviews and more!
Pre-Order Bonus for The Sims 4 High School Years
If you Pre-Order The Sims 4 High School Years by September 8th you get exclusive access to 3 items in the game! MORE INFO HERE
Do you plan on getting the latest Expansion Pack? Join in the conversation!
It’s been confirmed that Wants and Fears completely ignore 8 years of previous content.
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Wants and Fears are finally here to The Sims 4! The latest update for the Base Game added so many things, on top of which are Wants and Fears which first have been introduced with The Sims 2.
Many players, including myself, have been wanting to get my hands on this Feature. Especially with the name of the feature “Wants and Fears” which has been taken from TS2, you’d think that the Feature will meet at least some of the players expectations.
SnarkyWitch wrote a whole Guide on Wants & Fears in The Sims 4 if you want to learn all about the Feature and what it brings!
When I was looking at the tuning files for the fears, I did notice some pack integration. For example, vampires are less likely to develop a fear of the dark, and Sims with the Paranoid trait from StrangerVille are more likely to develop a fear of being cheated on. It would be nice to have fears exclusive to packs, though, such as a fear of falling (Snowy Escape) or a fear of The Mother (StrangerVille).
However, that’s about it. This Base Game Feature has been further clarified by SimGuruGeorge. He confirmed that Wants and Fears will NOT work retroactively, only current Base Game Wants & Fears, as well as High School Years Wants and Fears. Previous Expansion Packs, Game Packs, Stuff Packs (and even Kits if we count in the Dirt System) DO NOT have specific Wants and Fears.
While creating High School Years we focused on that pack and adding previous base game content with the time we had.
Future packs and updates could add more where it makes sense.
There could be a promise for future Pack releases and new features coming through future Update. Emphasis on could.
The feature that many thought would be the return of a good gameplay system turns out to completely ignore 8 years of content for The Sims 4. Personally, I am very disappointed in this decision.
