Tell us what you think of the latest Little Campers and Moonlight Chic Kits in our latest Community Poll!
The Sims Team has dropped two new kits simultaneously today; Little Campers and Moonlight Chic! Little Campers is a Build/Buy kit focusing on the imagination of a childhood camping trip in the backyard. Moonlight Chic is a CAS kit of French-inspired designs for the nightlife of Paris.
We’ve already written up handy overviews for the latest Kits. If you haven’t gotten a chance to play with the Kits you can check out our The Sims 4 Kits Articles for coverage and information!
We always love hearing your thoughts on new content so we’ve got a poll for you about the new kits! Let us know what you like and don’t like about the new Little Campers and Moonlight Chic kits below! We can’t wait to hear from you!
This is a community-run poll and is not endorsed by or affiliated with EA or Maxis in any way. It’s just for fun!
Little Campers is by far the most interactive Build/Buy Kit we’ve seen to date!
Little Campers is definitely my personal favourite kit we’ve seen so far! Not just because it’s the first kit to focus on children instead of adults but also because of how many functional objects it comes with, including new versions of different child toys that we haven’t had a revamp of in ages. Although Little Campers can’t really be called a gameplay kit, considering much of the “new” gameplay objects are updated versions of objects we previously had in the game, it still feels like the closest thing to a gameplay kit since Bust the Dust… which is still the only gameplay kit we’ve ever seen.
Seriously, The Sims Team. It’s been over a year since you introduced kits with the promise of gameplay, CAS, and Build/Buy kits to appeal to all players. So… where are the gameplay kits???
Ahem. Anyway, let’s dive into the Little Campers kit and check out all the functional items that our kids and toddlers can enjoy playing with!
The Swings
We’ve had swings in Seasons and Island Living but for players who don’t own either of those packs, the Little Campers kit will be their first time playing with a swing set! Like the other swing sets, these swings can be used by both children and adults. Sims can swing by themselves, swing with a friend, or be pushed on the swings by another Sim. There is a risk of kids becoming nauseous if they stay on the swings for too long. The design of this swing set is definitely my favourite of all the swing sets in the game. The lattice frame and faerie lights with the pillow chairs and rugs underneath really make this object feel fresh and new.
Fire Pit
This is another object that previously came in another pack but has been brought back in this kit. Players who don’t own the Outdoor Retreat game pack will no doubt enjoy having a brand new fire pit in their games! This fire pit is functional but does not have the full range of interactions available on it that the Outdoor Retreat fire pit does. The Sims Team wanted to be thoughtful about what functionality from past packs they chose to bring forward into future content so the Little Campers fire pit only has functionality directly related to the backyard camping experience. Sims can hang out at the fire pit and roast marshmallows on it but all other fire pit interactions remain exclusive to Outdoor Retreat.
Of course, players who do own Outdoor Retreat will have the full range of interactions available on the Little Campers fire pit.
Children cannot light the fire pit; that would be pretty dangerous but after an adult lights it for them, they can hang out with their friends around the fire and roast marshmallows to snack on.
Projector Screen
This adorable bedsheet projector screen strung with faerie lights is not only a super cute addition to the backyard but it’s a functional television, too! Like the fire pit, The Sims Team wanted to preserve new gameplay features from past packs, so all the regular TV channels are available to watch on the projector, but movies still remain exclusive to the Movie Hangout Stuff pack. Players will only be able to watch movies on the projector if they have Movie Hangout Stuff installed.
We recommend watching TV on the projector at night; that’s when the picture on the bedsheet shows up the brightest and clearest!
Rocket Ship Dollhouse
That huge DIY cardboard rocket ship we saw in the preview images? Yep, it’s a new dollhouse! It’s been a very long time since we’ve gotten a new dollhouse design to play with and this homemade version is a super unique take on this object and so, so cute!
Dollhouses can of course be played with by both children and toddlers and adults can play dolls with a child or toddler, too. We were delighted to see that this gigantic thing was not just a decorative waste of space and is actually something our little Sims can have fun with.
Cardboard Truck Activity Table
We have gotten a decent variety of different activity tables in various packs but we sure as heck aren’t about to say no to a new one! Especially something as cute as this cardboard truck with headlights that actually light up in the dark!
The activity table is usable by children only and like other cross-pack items, kids can draw at the activity table but they will only be able to make seasonal crafts on it if Seasons is installed.
Games Table
At first glance, it seems like The Sims Team accidentally gave us two identical patio tables but not so! One of those tables is, in fact, a games table! Children and older Sims can get together to play cards and for players with the Get Together expansion pack installed, they can enjoy an intense game of Don’t Wake The Llama at the games table, too!
Bigfoot Stuffy
I’m sure we all knew this adorable Bigfoot was a functional stuffed animal to build our little ones’ Communication and Social skills. We have gotten a few different varieties of this stuffed animal in different packs but we’re always happy to get a new one! The Bigfoot design pairs well with the backyard camping theme of this kit.
The stuffy is of course usable by both children and toddlers.
Ranger Toys
They might have been easy to miss since they’re so small, but the Little Campers kit does come with a new toy box toy! There are a variety of different forest ranger and forest monster designs for the toy. It can be stored in any toy box and both children and toddlers can play with it to build their Imagination/Creativity skill. If Parenthood is installed, playing with the toy will also build the Emotional Control character value.
Kitty Radio
Functionally, this is any other stereo in the game. You will be able to listen to any radio stations that come with the base game and any packs you own, dance to the music and everything else you can normally do with a stereo. Owning additional packs like Get Together or Jungle Adventure open up extra options such as building the Dancing Skill and dancing the RumbaSim with high enough Selvadoradean Culture skill.
Although it’s no different from any other stereo in the game, it’s still worth a mention because it’s the first stereo we’ve gotten that visually suits a child-like theme and would fit really well in a child’s bedroom or playroom.
Smore Gnome
This cute-in-a-slightly-unsettling-way statue? Yep, it’s a garden gnome! This smiling little guy holding up a big marshmallow standing on a smore can be named and put in your inventory like all his other gnome pals.
For players with Seasons installed, he will poof around the lot and can be kicked or given offerings on Harvestfest (or any holiday with the Holiday Gnomes tradition assigned to it).
The Little Campers Kit is available now for both PC/Mac and consoles! It is priced at $4.99 USD or your country’s equivalent currency.
The Sims Team has released a brand new update for The Sims 4 on PC and Mac only!
SimGuruNick confirmed that the latest update should be fixing the Lag Issue that was reported with the last Update:
Happy Patch Day for PC/Mac Simmers! This patch was to fix a crash we were seeing, but we’re hopeful that it will also fix the lag/freezing issue that players have been reporting. Please let me know if the newly introduced lag is gone for you! Thanks.
To download the latest version of The Sims 4, simply open your Origin program and if the game doesn’t update automatically, right click on The Sims 4 and select ”Update”.
In case you have Mods or Custom Content, the game will automatically disable them for you after first launching The Sims 4 after the update. To re-enable all your Mods and Custom Content, select the Settings option in the Menu and select Settings. Under the ”Other” section you’ll find the ”Enable Custom Content and Mods” option. Check it and restart your game in order for it to take effect!
PATCH NOTES
PC: 1.88.228.1020 / Mac: 1.88.228.1220
Hello Simmers!
We discovered an issue in the Base Game update that was released earlier this week that has caused some players to experience crashes on Windows and macOS only. This update resolves the issue. Happy simming!
– The Sims Team
The Sims 4
An issue that caused some players to experience crashes has been resolved.
Did you ever find the perfect window for your build and realize it doesn’t come with a matching door in a matching swatch? Or when they are in the same swatch but at different sizes? Or when you wished you had a door that looks exactly like a certain window?
Well, you don’t have to suffer from mismatched materials – you can turn your windows into doors!
You can simply do this by overlaying windows on archways. Your Sims should pass through without any problems.
But what if the window you want has a complicated shape? Buckle up since this tutorial will require basic T.O.O.L. mod knowledge. And don’t forget to enable ‘bb.moveobjects’!
Step 1. Choose any window. You can size it up or down to your liking with the bracket keys ‘[’ and ‘]’ respectively. You will notice that there’s a cutout on the wall in the window’s original size. Also in the interior, there’s a weird shadow that surrounds the cutout. We’ll fix those later.
Step 2. Build a basement or a lower floor. Move your window to a wall that is directly below the original wall upstairs. You should place the window higher up on that wall (you can use Ctrl+9 to elevate it more) so that the window can be seen on the upper floor.
Now you’ll see inside that the cutout and shadow are gone. Also if you sized up windows, they could block your Sims’ path – moving the window to the basement doesn’t make it an obstruction anymore.
Once the window is placed appropriately, you can delete the room below by dragging the walls with arrows. Don’t just select the room and delete it or else the window will be deleted too!
Step 3. Size down doors to make a hole in the window space. For this intricate window, I mainly used these tall arches from Base game.
For the curved section of the window, I raised the pet doors from Cats and Dogs and sized them down.
You have to use the T.O.O.L. mod to completely size down these doors and make them disappear. Shift+Click on all these doors.
Select ‘Scale’ and set it to 0.01 (or lower). Now the window-door has a perfect cutout for your Sims to pass through!
Ok, that’s a lot of work for a door so how can you use this in your builds?
You can combine these window-doors with arches as seen in this Victorian structure. It looks so much more coherent and regal with those window-doors along with normal windows!
You can also use this trick on windows alone. The Is It Snowing? Slider Window from Snowy Escape just came in one size but in this build, it’s used in a slightly bigger size and as a sliding door in a perfectly matching swatch!
Depending on your mastery of building in the Sims and building with the TOOL mod, you can make so many more window-door designs and custom windows. Tell us how you’re going to use this in your next build!
However, our reader was able to spot that this won’t be the last Update / Content drop of this week. There’s another update that’s been scheduled on Origin’s systems for May 27th, 2022. Which is today.
In case you don’t know, plenty of Windows players have started reporting massive lag spikes on their computers after the latest Update. Draining their CPU power to abnormal levels.
It was stated by EA_Cade that The Sims Team is currently investigating the lag issues:
Hey all,
This issue is currently with the Sims team for investigation. I’ll provide any updates I get in this thread.
Thank you for all the information you’ve provided thus far to help us track this down.
Could the upcoming Update for The Sims 4 be a Hot Fix solution or something else? We’ll just have to wait and see!
A list of Broken and Fixed Mods affected by the new patch!
The Sims 4 had released a brand new update on PC and Consoles this week! Although when it comes to bugs and fixes the list there haven’t been any improvements, the team did change a lot of things when it comes to Text Strings. Specifically because of the addition of Customizable Pronouns!
The update changed a lot of things when it comes to the Text Notifications. So naturally, it’s expected for some things to not work the way they intend to. Especially with Mods that might rely on the Notifications system and usage of Pronouns within each notification.
Creator and player luthienrising has compiled a huge list of Broken and Updated Mods for The Sims 4 over at The Sims Forums. Highlighting some of the affected areas after the latest update, as well as keeping track of Mods that are outdated and don’t work and Mods that have been updated after the recent Patch.
For anyone who plays The Sims 4 with ReShade filters, there’s also a special note from Creator Simp4Sims:
For anyone having issues with MXAO and DoF using ReShade, seems like these are broken with the recent Sims patch — only ReShade 5.1 is working. If you can update then do — but know that some presets may be incompatible or require additional setup to work properly.
Mods like TOOL, Color Slider and more have been affected by this Update. There’s also a huge list of confirmed Mods that have been checked as fine!
FOR MODDERS: There’s also a new Tuning Description file update that you can download now from The Sims Forums!
You can keep track and contribute to the list if you find something is not working right in the official discussion on The Sims Forums linked down below!
Everything included with The Sims 4 Moonlight Chic Kit!
The Sims 4 Moonlight Chic Kit comes with 32 clothing items and accessories for both masculine and feminine adult Sims. This kit does not contain any content for children or toddlers.
Inspired by modern Parisian style, the fun and youthful items combined with classic styles to help you create the ultimate fashionable look for your Sims! Who knows, a fresh new-look may help your Sims find romance too!
Take a closer look at all the new additions below!
Everything included with the Little Campers Kit to give your kiddos the backyard camping experience of their dreams!
The Little Campers Kit for The Sims 4 is all about backyard fun for the kids. The kit comes with a total of 25 new Buy Mode objects themed around childhood imagination as well as one styled room, which is a backyard camping setup.
In an effort to keep the functionality of past content in mind when creating the Little Campers Kit, The Sims Team only added functionality to some of the objects that directly relate to the backyard camping experience. For example, the firepit that comes with this kit is functional for hanging out and roasting marshmallows but other firepit interactions remain exclusive to the Outdoor Retreat game pack. The bedsheet projector screen in this kit is a functional television and Sims can watch all the normal TV channels on it; however, movies remain exclusive to the Movie Hangout Stuff pack.
In addition to the firepit and projector, this kit comes with plenty of other functional objects for our child Sims to play with. The cardboard car is a functional activity table. The makeshift rocket is a functional dollhouse, the bigfoot is a functional stuffed animal, and the tiny ranger toys are toybox toys that can be played with by both children and toddlers. The kit also comes with a swing set. Simmers who enjoy family gameplay and are looking for new things for their kids and toddlers to play with will definitely find this kit to be a worthwhile addition to their game.
As always, we have the full catalogue overview and in-game close-ups of all the objects in all available swatches for you!
Catalogue Overview
In-Game Closeups
Functional TVFunctional dollhouseFunctional stuffed animalFunctional activity tableFunctional firepitFunctional toy box toy
Styled Rooms
The Little Campers Kit is available now on both PC/Mac and consoles! It is priced at $4.99 USD or your country’s equivalent currency.
The Sims 4 Little Campers Kit got released today along with the Moonlight Chic Kit.
The release of these Kits were announced today on The Sims’ official Twitter as well. The team published a tweet celebrating the launch, as well as two screenshots of the Kit:
The screenshot below looks nothing out of the ordinary…right?
Well, you should come and look closer…
Interestingly enough, those two glowing eyes weren’t present in the first released screenshot from Little Campers. Which has no glowy yellow eyes in the bushes:
We’ve already speculated heavily on the possibilities of the next Game Pack being about Werewolves. In case you’re out of the look, you can check out our erratic Werewolves News Tag!
What do you think? Let us know in the comments below!
Find out when The Sims 4 Little Campers and Moonlight Chic Kits come out in your area!
The Sims Team is doing a double release for The Sims 4 Kits today!
On May 26th, 2022 there are going to be two Kits released to multiple platforms including Origin, Steam, Microsoft and Playstation Stores. From the official stores you’ll be able to get each Kit and play it on a device of your choice. Such as if you purchase from the Microsoft Store, you’ll be able to play the Kits on Xbox One or Xbox Series X.
Yeah, I might’ve overexplained this a bit too much.
Anyways, each Kit costs $4.99USD or a price equivalent to your local currency. If you plan to get both, you’ll have to cash out $10USD!
Both Kits are set to release today at 10AM Pacific Time. As we know time zones can get confusing we’ve included a handy countdown to the full release of the Kits. As soon as the counter turns zero you’ll be able to find the Kits in the official stores!
We will keep you up to date on all the latest news, information and content included with the latest Kits right here on Sims Community! Stay tuned to our The Sims 4 Kits Page for more information.
Mr Olkan is a well known within The Sims community as a talented builder in The Sims 4 and over the years has created a number of beautiful and outstanding creations. Now, they have just released their Cool Pools Custom Content Kit!
TheCool Pools Custom Content Kit is designed to help you create the pools of your dreams! With five new custom designed pools and five new water colours. There are also two new decorative items that come in the form of some pool steps and a floor level to gives a varied depth to the pools. Did we mention that the pools come with twenty-seven swatches to chose from, three of which come with a new water animation too?
You will find all the new pool options under the Outdoor Water Decor section of Build Mode. The majority of the Cool Pools Kit is Base Game compatible, however, you will need The Sims 4 Get Together Expansion for three of the custom pool shapes.
Item Overview
Pool Shapes
Water Colours
With a number of ways to create some exciting outdoor pool spaces for your Sims, the Cool Pools Kit has plenty to offer to give your Sims the pools they could only dream of!
Note: When downloading the Cool Pools Custom Content Kit, you will also have a folder that contains Tray files. Here you will find the five different pool models that have been saved as Rooms, so you can easily drop them straight into your game too!
Why not take your Cool Pools to the next level by also integrating Mr Olkan’sBetter Pools Custom Content Pack too! The Better Pools collection comes with a variety of Build and Buy objects, including, wall and floor patterns, loungers, plants, pool details and more! Definitely the perfect combination!
So why not build the pools spaces you’ve always wanted to build with Mr Olkan’s Cool Pools and Better Pools Custom Content Kits!
Could The Sims Team be preparing the game for the upcoming Game Pack?
Yesterday’s SDX Drop for The Sims 4 has brought in a new revamp of The Goths Family, along with a new set of items in Build Mode.
The revamp of The Goths Household has new looks for each family member, with updated looks that feature some of the additions from previous Content Updates for The Sims 4.
Check out the full family portrait preview below:
It seems that in addition with The Goths revamp The Sims Team also included in some new Face Swatches and Presets in Create A Sim.
First spotted by @Mushilda, the new variants include:
Two New Nose Presets
Mortimer’s Wrinkles and Eyebrows
DotSim and @Simmatically also spotted a new, sudden change in Create A Pet. After 5 years of the same old descriptive text about Stencils, it seems The Sims Team has revamped the text:
I was watching @/glossygem's video on YouTube about the latest game update and he mentioned they changed the polish text in Create a Pet's painting mode so I checked the English version and it was also updated!!
One of the new Nose presets in The Sims 4 also look like they could easily fit for a Werewolf Type. It was first hinted in the Roadmap Reveal about the Upcoming Game Pack for The Sims 4 being Werewolves. Including some visual and audio teasers.
The upcoming Kit for The Sims 4 – Little Campers, also has a promotional image featuring a Werewolf Transformation in The Sims 3 on the big movie projector screen:
What do you think about the new CAS Additions in The Sims 4? Do you think they have something to do with the upcoming Game Pack? Let us know in the comments below!
The Pronouns Update seems to be draining a lot of CPU Power
On May 24th The Sims 4 did a surprise release of the Customizable Pronouns Update. The Update integrates a feature within Create A Sim where you can now edit Pronouns for each Sim you make, allowing customization of pronouns. From he, she, they to your own.
This update has rolled out for everyone, although the Pronouns Feature is currently only available for English speaking users.
Nonetheless, the Pronouns Feature itself isn’t the problem. It’s the latest version of The Sims 4, which seems to have had a significant impact on the game’s performance.
Considering that Maxis had to rewrite a lot of code, something’s went unnoticed behind the game’s code. Players have started reporting massive Lag Spikes for The Sims 4 all across our platforms. There’s also a hot discussion happening at EA AHQ, with 41 people who already reported the problem in just over a day.
What’s happening after the latest Update? Players have described the following:
My game never froze like this before but after this pronouns update my game freezes every couple seconds and stays frozen for almost 30 seconds at a time, and if I try to click anything on my screen a message pops up saying that sims 4 isn’t responding. I don’t have any mods or cc, I have tried repairing game and clearing cache, none worked. – nasgodlyy
After latest update the game started to have long loading time in every few seconds. (My friend has the same issue after update.) I’ve tried to update my computer, check viruses etc. and restart the game and the computer, but it did not help. – asrhana
My game loaded just fine, but as soon as I entered game play, every time I click on my screen, it says Not Responding and I get the circle of death for about 30 seconds. Yesterday, before the update… I had zero problems. – abeeric
CPU Usage keeps fluctuating but highest it goes is 76.2% – annibutterfly8
Did you have lags before this update ? If so, where ? Hardly any lagging before, now it lags when I try to click things on the main page for resuming/starting new game, in the game mode, etc. Will freeze for 10 seconds or so, play for 10-30 seconds, then freeze again, etc.
Where does the game lag now ? Everywhere or specific areas ? Everywhere
Do you play a fresh or an existing save game Existing game
Are you using mods/cc and if so, have you tested without them ? No, never used
For Sims 4, CPU ranges from 50-60%, GPU mostly stays at 0, but I noticed it spiked every once in a while for 2 seconds to some random number (7, 15, etc.) and then immediately returns back to 0
The update has just recently been rolled out, so it will be hard to pin point right away what could be the root cause of this. However, folks at EA HQ including EA Experts and Players are working together to find a solution and probable cause of this.
Considering that the issue is still fresh we might not get a reply right away from The Sims Team about the issue and its potential workaround. We’ll keep you updated as soon as we know more!
Integrate the new pronouns feature into your gameplay with this mod!
Just yesterday, we expressed in our article about the pronoun update that we wished we had the ability to ask Sims their pronouns and have those pronouns show up in the Sim Info panel. Not even 24 hours later, a modder has granted our wish.
Lumpinou‘s Ask/Tell Pronouns mod adds this simple but important social option to the game following the pronoun update. You will be able to tell other Sims your Sim’s pronouns, ask other Sims about their pronouns, and the game will remember those pronouns going forward.
There are two versions of the mod. One version allows Sims to ask/tell pronouns autonomously. The other version is user-directed, only. Only install one version. After installing the mod, there will be two new options available under the Friendly social menu: Ask About Pronouns and Tell Pronouns.
Asking another Sim about their pronouns gives you a popup informing you of the Sim’s pronouns. If you go to the relationship panel and click on that Sim’s Info Panel, you will see their pronouns listed in the relationship bits at the bottom.
Your Sim can also share their own pronouns with others by using the Tell Pronouns social option. The other Sim will discover your Sim’s pronouns and your Sim’s pronouns will be listed on their Sim Info panel for your Sim, too.
A mod like this is very simple but adds much-needed depth to the new pronouns feature. We’re happy a modder decided to take this on but we still hope EA will follow suit with a feature like this of their own in the future so all platforms can enjoy it.
