A few days ago we reported about SimGuruGrahamteasing that a new Stuff Pack for The Sims 4is already in development. However, with a few more teasers that he shared on his Twitter Avatar where he changed icons on a daily basis, we believe that there could be something more to it other than a vague teaser about the next Stuff Pack.
So far there have been 3 icons changed, including a roach, a bug and a spider.
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Considering the fact that these are all taken from the AxisPestServices.com website, it could very likely mean that Pests will be added to The Sims 4 in the near future.
Also, we’re only a few days away until The Sims Franchise’s 18th anniversary (February 4th) so it could also mean that the “Pests” content might be added to The Sims 4 as an anniversary gift.
Take in consideration that SimGurus are not prone to giving false hope or material to speculate, at least not on their Twitter accounts, unless it’s actual content coming soon to The Sims 4. So far SimGuruGraham hasn’t tried to debunk any speculations or tweets regarding his teasers.
What do you think these icons mean? Let us know in the comments!
UPDATE: SimGuruGraham has updated his profile picture yet again, showing an icon of a…roach. Thanks Robson for the tip!
The Sims Team is already in full force when it comes to developing the next, 14th Stuff Pack for The Sims 4!
SimGuruGraham, a producer on Stuff Packs has updated his Twitter Avatar with a question mark and a green background, hinting that a new Stuff Pack is already in development.
In case you don’t know SimGuruGraham has a history of updating his avatar whenever there’s a new Stuff Pack announced.
Unlike with The Sims 4 Laundry Day Stuff Pack where the community had an opportunity to pick a theme of their own and vote on various gameplay ideas, items and clothing, it’s safe to assume that the 14th Stuff Pack won’t be another community project but a Stuff Pack made entirely by The Sims Team’s decisions and choices.
What do you think is the theme of The Sims 4’s next Stuff Pack?
Retail website GAME UK has just listed The Sims 4 Romantic Garden Stuff Pack for Xbox One for a price of £9.99 – which is 2 poundsmore than the price which was used for Stuff Packs before the recent price changes.
These price changes have already been applied on Origin in countries mentioned in this list. However, it seems that EA is slowly but surely updating pack prices for other retail websites and retail stores as well.
If you live in one of the 12 countries affected by these price changes we suggest that you get a pack that you’ve been longing for in your nearby retail store / website located in your area before they update prices as well.
Please note that if your country hasn’t been mentioned in this list you have nothing to worry about – at least not for this year. EA is doing these changes to reflect accurate exchange rates and currency values between other countries.
GAME UK has just listed The Sims 4 Romantic Garden Stuff Pack for both Xbox One and PS4 which, according to their listing, is releasing on February 6th. This is the 5th Stuff Pack joining The Sims 4 Console’s SP family, along with Luxury Party, Perfect Patio, Cool Kitchen and Vintage Glamour.
The listing also matches with Wog’s listing which featured upcoming console releases for this year!
The Sims 4 has just recently received it’s 13th Stuff Pack – Laundry Day Stuff with new clothing, objects and gameplay. EA’s decision to alter the prices of The Sims 4 Packs (including Stuff Packs) and the fact that The Sims 4 now has thirteen Stuff Packs may not be the best news to some Simmers who are struggling to complete their collection with each release, but things have definitely improved since The Sims 3 days, and here’s how!
By now you probably know The Sims Team’s formula which has been used since the introduction of Stuff Packs in The Sims 2 – 60 new items including clothing and objects. That’s it. And oh yeah – they are $20. Considering the fact that there weren’t too many Stuff Packs for both series it was still somehow affordable, knowing that you only have 9 Stuff Packs to add to your collection (this was the case for both Sims Series) were somewhat good news to simmers.
These Stuff Packs offered the following:
New Clothing
New Objects
Yup – that’s where the line ends. For a price of $20 you were offered nothing but objects and clothing.
Let’s take The Sims 3 Outdoor Living Stuff Pack and compare it to The Sims 4 Backyard Stuff as the same formula has been used beside the fact that the focus point and the theme of these two packs are not entirely matching, there are some differences and similarities.
Here are some things you’ll notice at first. Things that are bolded below are what makes them extremely different, considering that the items count, well, doesn’t really count:
The Sims 3 Outdoor Living Stuff
18 Create A Sim Items
46 Buy / Build Items
No unique gameplay
Costs $20
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The Sims 4 Backyard Stuff
36 CAS Items
43 Buy / Build Objects
Includes unique gameplay
Costs $10
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Without focusing too much on CAS as Stuff Packs are given somewhat a same treatment in all 3 Sims games – there are some things that I’ve noticed after scratching the surface of these two packs. Even though The Sims 4 Stuff Packs may offer more clothing, objects and unique gameplay, The Sims 3 Stuff Packs were focused more on trying to cover every section in Buy / Build Mode. This means that Outdoor Living has new furniture, beds, chairs, tables, electronics, fireplaces, hot tubs, counters, refridgerator and more with a minimum focus on decor. However, Backyard Stuff only has new chairs, tables, random decor and gameplay objects. This is a thing that occurs in almost every Stuff Pack for The Sims 4: only certain parts of “useful” objects in the catalogue being developed while trying to add some fresh new gameplay as well.
If you look back you’ll notice that the recipe for The Sims 3 Stuff Pack formula was pretty much the same: adding new objects and trying to cover as much catalogue as possible. Take High-End Loft as an example – that Stuff Pack is full of refurbished new objects such as new workout equipment, beds, sofas, bathroom objects and living room objects.
Trying to make a wide arrange of various objects isn’t a strong side for The Sims 4 Stuff Packs. Still, considering that there’s still a fair amount of objects, CAS items, unique gameplay and on top of all that a price that’s two times smaller – The Sims 4 Stuff Packs take the crown. However, it would still be amazing if there was a Stuff Pack or two for The Sims 4 which would solely focus on adding different objects for different rooms and purposes.
There’s still more to talk about when it comes to comparing prices and value between The Sims 4 Stuff Packs and The Sims 3 Store as TS4 SP’s are basically a replacement for the Store, but I’ll talk about that in another article.
Do you agree with this article? What are your thoughts on The Sims 4 Stuff Packs as they are now? Let us know in the comments!
In this Spotlight, we’re featuring Lots built using The Sims 4 Laundry Day Stuff Pack, as well as some other packs included.
Hover over the pulsing plumbobs to see screenshots of marked areas. Pulsing plumbob that’s on the left bottom corner contains all the info (and download link) of the lot.
To see more of our previous Gallery Spotlights, CLICK HERE!
Rémi Marocelli is back with another fascinating machinima created with The Sims 2 and The Sims 4.
Due to the fact that his The Last Hope Machinima video had plenty of deleted scenes he decided to put up another machinima with an alternate ending. Check it out!
Please note: This article is purely speculation and does not confirm any upcoming content for The Sims 4
With every new pack that The Sims team release many of us find ourselves looking for hints on what we could be seeing in the future and The Sims 4 Laundry Day Stuff Pack is no different.
Now either the team who created the object descriptions are big Harry Potter fans or are big fans of magic! Also take note of the date mentioned on the Simolonean Mat, could that be hinting at a release date for a possible new expansion pack?
Take a look at the descriptions for some of the new objects below and let us know what you think in the comments!
UPDATE: Wog has removed the listing that featured upcoming releases for this year!
A trustworthy german retail website Wog has published a list of all The Sims 4 Packs for Console that should be coming out this year. However, please note that nothing off this list has been officially confirmed by The Sims Team yet. The Sims Team usually releases announcements of console pack release dates a week or two before the actual release so this retail listing is quite the surprise.
Packs mentioned after Romantic Garden and Cats & Dogs are all listed to be released on 15th of each month, which could mean that it’s only a placeholder date. There’s even a mention of Bowling Night Stuff being released in 2019.
Here are all the packs mentioned in the list. Although they only listed Xbox One on these listings we’re pretty sure they’ll be releasing alongside with the PS4 version:
The Sims 4 Romantic Garden Stuff: February 6th, 2018
The Sims 4 Cats & Dogs: March 20th, 2018
The Sims 4 Parenthood: April 15th, 2018
The Sims 4 Toddler Stuff: May 15th, 2018
The Sims 4 Get To Work: June 15th, 2018
The Sims 4 Outdoor Retreat: July 15th, 2018
The Sims 4 Movie Hangout Stuff: August 15th, 2018
The Sims 4 Backyard Stuff: August 15th, 2018
The Sims 4 Spooky Stuff: November 15th, 2018
The Sims 4 Fitness Stuff: November 15th, 2018
The Sims 4 Bowling Night Stuff: February 15th, 2019
Hi, I’m Jason Sterling. Everyone who designs a structure within the Sims game is an architect. Whether you consider your work good or bad, simple or elegant, experienced or novice you are still an architect. This series of articles will highlight individual architects from the past. Landscape architecture has long been recognized as ranking in importance with brick and mortar buildings. Frederick Law Olmsted is widely regarded as the American father of park design and architecture. You can read about him in this article. You canalso learn to create a laundromat using his principles and the new Laundry Day Stuff pack.
The brief tutorial during this article uses cheats from the following list:
Press CTRL/SHIFT/C while in build mode. Then enter the cheat in the command box that appears in the upper left corner. Press CTRL/SHIFT/C to close the command box.
bb.IgnoreGamePlayUnlocksEntitlement (IGUE) Unlocks all items tied to in game advancement from the start
bb.ShowHiddenObjects (SHO) Displays all hidden objects for use in building such as ponds, dishes, bottles ect.
bb.MoveObjects (MOO) Allows the free movement of all build/buy items within the build and activates the height slider that raises objects up and down. Press the “ALT” key with the number “9” for up and “ALT” with the number “0” for going back down.
I will also be shrinking and enlarging objects using the “[” key to shrink objects and the “]” key for enlarging them.
Frederick Law Olmsted (April 26, 1822 – August 28, 1903) was an American landscape architect, journalist, social critic, and public administrator. He is popularly considered to be the father of American landscape architecture. Olmsted was famous for co-designing many well-known urban parks with his senior partner Calvert Vaux, including Central Park in New York City, Golden Gate Park in San Francisco and Elm Park in Worchester, Massachusetts considered by many to be the first municipal park in America…
…His work, especially in Central Park in New York City, set a standard of excellence that continues to influence landscape architecture in the United States. He was an early and important activist in the conservation movement, including work at Niagara Falls; the Adirondack region of upstate New York; and the National Park system; and though little known, played a major role in organizing and providing medical services to the Union Army in the Civil War. (Information Quoted From the Entry on Olmsted at Wikipedia: Olmsted)
Someone once told me that every town in America, no matter how small, has a public park and I believe they are very nearly correct. I believe that much of America’s park heritage can be traced back to the efforts of Olmsted. Olmsted believed firmly in the pastoral and picturesque style of park design with a focus on nature and the natural elements of the space. Large lawns and indistinct boundaries created via natural elements are hallmarks of his designs. Everything was designed so as to blend rather than stick out with an ultimate eye to relaxation.
The pictures below show four examples of his work: #1 Central Park, New York City / #2 Elm Park, Worchester / #3 Forest Park, Springfield, Massachusettes / #4 Golden Gate Park, San Francisco The first two examples look very true to the Olmsted idea while the third picture and fourth picture feel updated. While both the concrete walkway and and Pagoda feels somewhat different than what one first envisions with Olmsted the structures do blend well with the space and do not feel out of place. All the pictures will speak to the tutorial example below.
Being the Landscape Architect- Olmsted:
Building a strictly Olmstedian park of trails, ponds, lawns and trees would be unusual today in the real world where we tend to cluster the objects necessary for public recreation in community parks. As such it’s a rarity in the Sims as well. Not to mention we don’t have true bridges in the game- lol. However, you can use his principles of natural landscape, blending utilities and avoiding objects calling direct attention to themselves effectively in game. There’s not much to writing a tutorial for building a natural park, despite the importance of Olmstead to the discipline as a whole. None the less, I’ve included a brief outline below with some hints and tips.
Park Tutorial:
When creating an Olmstead park I start with a central, natural water feature. Then, I build a bridge spanning it. I try to keep the bridge natural and somewhat simple so that it does not compete with the elements of nature. To the right side you can just see a bit of the lawn. A broad expense of lawn is also typical of the Olmsted Style. Most parks have natural rises and falls. I’ve created this effect of the left side of the river.
I started by drawing a platform on a foundation. I covered the sides in the “Packed Stone Foundation” from Outdoor Retreat. You can use this foundation to act as a disguise should any of it show through the surrounding plants and rocks.
I use the ability to shrink, enlarge and raise objects in the air to surround the foundation with the natural objects shown. You can use what you like. I just recommend sticking to natural elements, avoiding formality and layering both the rock and plants to create a lush look.
Next I cover the top of the platform with plants of varying size. I try for an undulating look that goes up and down. It helps to enlarge and shrink several of the same plant. This give the impression of various stages of growth from one to the next creating a sense of time passing.
Lastly, I placed a couple of trees on the platform. This will help reinforce the idea of a rise in the land. I typically double or even triple layer trees to give them a denser look. You do this by turning them so that they don’t all face the same direction.
Being the Laundromat Architect- Olmsted:
You may say to yourself but Jason I don’t want a place to just walk around aimlessly enjoying nature. I want something to do! Well, thanks to the new Laundry Day Stuff pack we can create the perfect away from home experience while holding true to the period of the architect. Olmsted also held the lesser known position of Executive Secretary of the U.S. Sanitary Commission in addition to designing parks. As such it’s not hard to imagine a frustrated Olmsted bent over his desk hard at work designing a Laundromat for the 19th century woman to help her with sanitation. When it comes to creating a 19th century laundromat it’s important to carefully attend to the details of the period. You can see mapped out below some of the differences but more important the similarities with today.
Eight State of the Art Washing Machines. Designed with Your Comfort in Mind! We’ve also provided – FREE OF CHARGE – a place for heating water. B.Y.O.W. (Bring Your own Wood)
Two BIG Dryers! Now, now ladies two may not seem like much but no fighting- there’s plenty of sun for everyone! Except when it’s cloudy and you’ll have to take that one up with God (wink).
And speaking of the Good Lord, if you’re one of those progressive ladies that has been learned to read there’s a handy stack of Bible’s nearby for biding your time. You say you’d rather have a little ladies gossip? That’s covered too! As are the handy wooden benches provided – FREE OF CHARGE – for your comfort and stuffed with REAL straw!
Oh but we can’t forget about the delicate necessities now can we. That’s covered too and once again – FREE OF CHARGE!
Lastly, let’s have an unvarnished review of our 19th century –eco friendly– laundromat from a Man of the 21st Century!
Thanks for reading! I hope you enjoyed this article. Please use it and your imagination for inspiration in your builds. You can find the Olmsted Park and Laundry on the Gallery: Gallery Link You can see me on Twitch Channel: JasonAnthonySterling and Follow along on Twitter: JasonSterling70
You might think “What’s there to know about doing laundry? You throw the clothes in the washer, then the dryer, then you put them away.” While that boring description of this common house chore might be true in real life, doing laundry in The Sims 4 has never been more fun. Doing laundry can have many different outcomes, both positive and negative. With all the fragrance, cleanliness, and dampness combinations and multiple ways to do laundry, it’s handy to consult a quick guide before diving in. Let’s wash some clothes!
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Laundry Equipment
For the first time ever, your Sims can choose to do their laundry the modern way or the old fashioned way. Laundry Day Stuff comes with a washer, dryer, wash tub, and clothesline. Your Sims can choose any combination of these new gameplay items to get their clothes clean and dry. The washer and dryer are both front-loading. They can be stacked on top of each other or placed side-by-side. Both the washer and dryer can be upgraded to improve the quality of the clothing in various ways and to reduce the chance of the machines breaking down.
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The new hampers keep your Sims’ clothes contained in one place. When Sims change their outfit, their dirty clothes will be added to the hamper. The hamper does not need to be in the same room as your Sim. Clothes will be added to the hamper no matter where it is on the lot. Slob Sims will leave their dirty clothes on the floor even when there is a hamper on the lot. Eventually, laundry hampers fill up and more clothes cannot be added to it until the clothes in the hamper are removed. It’s ideal to have one hamper per Sim in your household. This will ensure your Sims won’t need to do laundry more than once a week in-game.
Clothing
Clothing piles have varying states of cleanliness, dryness and fragrance. The state of your Sims’ clothes is dependent on a variety of factors. Sims who change outfits with low hygiene will leave dirty clothes and Sims who have just gone swimming in a pool will leave wet clothing when they change outfits. Laundry additives make clothes smell either fragrant or foul.
Each clothing pile can have any combination of these three attributes at the same time. Wearing clothes with positive states will give your Sims positive emotional buffs, while wearing clothes with negative states will slap them with negative emotional buffs and put them in a bad mood. Upgrading the washer and dryer will help your clothes come out dry and pristine more often.
A folded pile of clean clothes. The butterflies around it indicate that it is fragrant.
Clothes can be folded or unfolded. When a clothing pile is discarded by changing outfits, it will appear unfolded either on the floor or in the hamper. When clothes are removed from either the dryer or clothesline, they will be folded.
Clothes left out for too long will decay in quality. Clothes will also decay in quality if they’ve been left for too long in the washer, wash tub, dryer, or on the clothesline. Folded clothes that are not put away will deteriorate into unfolded clothes. The cleanliness, dryness, and fragrance states of the clothes will also decay over time. It’s best to wash, dry, and put away your clothes as soon as they are ready to avoid this decay.
Your Sims can Search Pockets on clothing piles to find simoleons and small objects.
Washing Your Clothes
Select a hamper with clothes in it and select Do Laundry, then choose Add to Washing Machine or Wash in Wash Tub. Hampers do not need to be full to do laundry, but they can’t be empty. Your Sim will pick up all clothes on the lot and take them to the wash tub or washer.
Select Wash Clothes on the washer or wash tub. Washing clothes with the wash tub takes up more of your Sim’s time. They can’t press a button and go do something else until the wash cycle is finished; they must wash by hand at the tub. The advantage to washing clothes by hand is the small amount of Fitness skill your Sim will gain by scrubbing the clothes in the tub. It’s best to use the wash tub outside because it leaves a lot of water on the ground.
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Your Sim can watch the wash cycle in the washer but this has a chance of making them dizzy. When the washer finishes its cycle, it will chime. A high chime indicates a positive outcome. A low chime indicates a negative outcome.
When your Sim finishes washing clothes in the wash tub, select the wash tub to choose to move the clothes to the dryer or clothesline. The water in the tub gets dirty after washing a load of laundry in it. Your Sim will need to drain the tub and replace the water.
Drying Your Clothes
Clothes can only be dried if they are damp or soaked. Clothes can get damp from being washed or by being worn in a pool.
You can dry damp or soaked clothing on the clothesline or in the dryer. Drying your clothes in the dryer is much faster than hanging them on a clothesline. Click on the damp clothing pile or a full washer or wash tub and select Unload & Move Laundry, then choose either the dryer or clothesline.
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Before starting the dryer, click on it and choose Clean Lint Trap if the option is there. Drying clothes with a full lint trap is very likely to start a fire. The dryer is so prone to causing fires that it’s best to clean the lint trap before every load. If the lint trap has been cleaned out, select Dry Laundry. Like the washer, the dryer will chime when it’s finished. A high chime indicates a positive result. A low chime indicates a negative result. Sims can also watch the dryer at the risk of becoming dizzy.
The clothesline takes much longer to dry clothes, but it’s hassle-free. Simply hang your clothes up and wait about 12 hours in-game for the open air to dry your laundry.
Putting Away the Laundry
Unlike real life, the easiest part of laundry in The Sims 4 is putting it away. When your clothes are dry, you can choose to unload them and put them away or put them down somewhere. Generally, you’ll want to put them away immediately to avoid clothing decay. If you opt to unload and put away, your Sim will take the clothes from the dryer or clothesline and toss them into the air where they will magically disappear into your Sims’ dressers and closets, ready to be worn the next time they change their outfit.
Depending on the quality of the clothes your Sims have put away, your Sims can get a variety of positive, neutral, or negative buffs the next time they change their outfit. Your Sims will continue to get these clothing buffs every time they change for the next three in-game days after doing laundry.
Upgrades
The washer and dryer have several upgrades Sims can give them to improve the quality of clothing.
Washer & Dryer
Whisper Quiet
Requirements: Handiness 6, 1 common upgrade part, 1 plumbing upgrade part, 1 electrical upgrade part Description: This upgrade makes the washer and dryer much quieter when they are turned on.
Speed Cycle
Requirements: Handiness 7, 2 common upgrade parts, 1 plumbing upgrade part, 1 electrical upgrade part Description: This upgrade makes your clothes wash and dry faster.
Tungsten Drum
Requirements: Handiness 8, 2 plumbing upgrade parts, 2 electrical upgrade parts Description: This upgrade makes the washer and dryer less likely to break.
Washer Only
Presoak
Requirements: Handiness 5, 1 common upgrade part, 2 plumbing upgrade parts Description: The presoak upgrade makes your clothes wash a little slower, but increases the chance of the clothing being pristine.
Laundry Additive Tray
Requirements: Handiness 6, 1 common upgrade part, 3 kitchen upgrade parts Description: With this upgrade, you can add flowers to the washer to make the clothes come out smelling fragrant or you can add food to make the clothes smell foul. Flowers and food can be added to the wash tub without an upgrade. You must have the flowers and food in your inventory to add them to a load of laundry. Sims with level 4 Mischief skill can add soap to break the washer if this upgrade is installed.
Dryer Only
Lint-Less
Requirements: Handiness 5, 1 common upgrade part, 1 electrical upgrade part, 2 kitchen upgrade parts Description: The dryer will no longer produce lint. This will make your clothes dry faster and eliminate the risk of starting a fire.
Add-On Pack Compatibility
Laundry Day Stuff can of course be used with any and all other packs for The Sims 4, but the Sims Team has integrated Laundry Day Stuff with a few other packs. You do not need any of these packs to play The Sims 4: Laundry Day Stuff, but you will notice some nice extra touches here and there while using Laundry Day Stuff if you do own any of the following packs:
Cats & Dogs
Cats will jump up onto washers and dryers and play with the dripping water from the clothesline.
Parenthood
Children will build the Responsibility character value from doing laundry.
Vintage Glamour
Butlers will wash and dry the laundry, but will not put clean laundry away. Your Sims will still have to put their own clothes away after the butler has done the laundry.
What About Laundromats?
There is no laundromat lot type in The Sims 4: Laundry Day Stuff, but you can still place washers and dryers on community lots and send your Sims there to do their laundry if they have clothes in their inventory. The washers and dryers also come with one swatch that has a coin slot to give them a laundromat feel.
The entire community knew about the thirteenth Stuff Pack for The Sims 4 for months and not only did we get a behind the scenes on the making of this pack but we also helped create it by voting on various community polls. Did The Sims Team and the community make The Sims 4 Laundry Day a Stuff Pack worth the $9.99 price? Find out in this review!
This review is based on 5+ hours of gameplay. Even though I was given an early review copy by EA to test the game, I am not by any means paid or bribed to state positive (or negative) opinions about this stuff pack. I will give my honest opinion of the stuff pack; its content and what it brings to the game.
Create A Sim
Although Create A Sim isn’t Laundry Day’s main focus it still has a few tricks up in its sleeve with country-themed clothing items that are full of cute floral details and other peculiar patterns.
In total there are 20 new items for feminine and masculine fashion choices. However, it seems that The Sims Team is bringing up its old mistakes by making a drastic difference between the amount of new clothing for masculine and feminine Sims. The ratio of new items this time around is 4:2 with feminine fashion choice taking the lead.
With 49 new items The Sims 4 Laundry Day’s crown jewel is definitely the build items catalogue. Even without the objects that add unique laundry gameplay you still get PLENTY of objects that are both useful and decorative.
Most objects are really bright, colorful and rustic. What Laundry Day has to offer really stands out from the object themes of the base game’s build catalogue. They are really affordable and serve as a great starting point for your new household.
There are also objects such as the 2×2 coffee table and the 6-seat round dining table that are extra useful in terms of gameplay.
Laundry gameplay was something that was highly requested by the community since the release of The Sims 4. I understand that doing laundry doesn’t really sound like a fun thing to do in real life but in Sims that’s a whole other story.
Once you decide to place down any of objects that are related to laundry gameplay such as the hamper, washing machine or the dryer your Sims will start to have their clothes get dirty and, in case they don’t have a hamper, start leaving those dirty clothes on the floor. Don’t worry though – the clothing will be moved to the hamper automatically without having your Sim to walk to the hamper each time they change an outfit. However, Sims who are Slobs will have a tendency to leave clothing piles on the floor even with the hamper on your lot.
Washing your clothing is drying it is basically just clicking a few times on the objects mentioned. However, the real deal lies beneath the new, re-worked clothing system that comes with this pack. Laundry now has several different cleanliness and dryness levels. Clothing cleanliness varies on if your Sim has switched outfits during high or low personal hygiene need and clothing dryness depends on how good did the dryer / clothesline dry your clothes. Sims who have just been to the pool and decided to switch their outfit will leave wet clothes!
Clothes that are wet and dirty will influence negatively on your Sims but properly washed and dryed clothing will positively impact them with a huge variety of moodlets that are included.
Little details like this that come with this pack are what makes this Stuff Pack so it interesting – not the actual process of doing laundry.
There’s still so much more to uncover including laundry additives and different upgradebles for both the washing machine and the dryer!
What I really love about this Stuff Pack is that it provides more possibilities for both types of Sims – those who rely on technology and those who rely on nature, giving you a few more rich details for stories that you’ll tell in the game.
Things such as a rich build items catalogue and complex laundry gameplay are what makes this Stuff Pack one of the best in the series. The simming community has been eager for new everyday challenges that will throw their Sims out of balance. Doing laundry alone all day is not what will disturb your Sims but maintaing a career, raising a family, taking care of needs and on top of all that making sure that their clothes are clean and dry will have them begging you to use the Fill Motives cheat.
Even if that’s not really the case Sims will still appreciate warm and clean clothing which will only help them to go forward.
To celebrate the launch of The Sims 4 Laundry Day Stuff Pack we’re giving away 5 game codes for this pack! All you have to do is click the image below and write your reply on the linked Sims Community Social thread.
Considering this is a SC Social giveaway you’ll need to have a SC Social account in order to reply.
The giveaway ends on January 22nd. Click below to enter!
UPDATE:EA Help has confirmed that the following countries will have new prices for The Sims 4 Packs:
Brazil
Canada
Denmark
Italy
Korea
Mexico
Norway
Poland
Spain
Sweden
South Africa
United Kingdom
They also provided a very brief explanation on why did this price update happen:
When foreign exchange rates, currency values, and regional markets change, we have to update our prices.
We were able to keep prices the same for years, but these changes are causing updates.
Electronic Arts has decided to update its Origin service with new, more expensive prices for The Sims 4’s Stuff Packs, Game Packs and Expansion Packs.
Right now we have information that multiple countries have suffered these price changes. Here are the updated pack prices in some of the countries mentioned:
Brazil
Stuff Packs: R$ 19.90 > R$ 39.90
Game Packs: R$ 39.90 > R$79.90
Expansion Packs: R$ 79.90 > R$ 129.90
Poland
Stuff Packs: 39.90 PLN > 49.90 PLN
Game Packs: 59.90 PLN > 69.90 PLN
Expansion Packs: 119.90 PLN > 139.90 PLN
Canada
Stuff Packs: 9.99$ > 12.99$
Game Packs: 19.99$ > 25.99$
Expansion Packs: 39.99$ > 51.99$
United Kingdom
Stuff Packs: 7.99£ > 9.99£
Back in June 2017 EA has confirmed to us on why do these price changes occasionally happen – back when they updated the prices for Expansion and Game Packs in the UK:
Periodically, we update prices on our games due to currency fluctuations and regional market changes. With the significant decline of the British Pound Sterling against other currencies including the U.S. Dollar and The Euro, as well as other market factors, we are increasing our UK wholesale pricing for EA console and PC titles this year, which will in turn increase our UK Recommended Retail prices.
Let’s take the Brazilian Dollar as an example: Game Packs used to cost around 12 USD in Brazil. Now, they cost 24 USD in Brazil.
Via Google
This price change has probably been applied to other EA games as well.
We yet have to see how much will this influence retail stores in these countries…
We’ll keep updating you on this story as it develops!
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