The Sims 3: Town Life Stuff released on this day 6 years ago, the pack was intended to give new life to existing worlds as well as adding some new objects and clothing. The theme had a very modern theme to it, the lots were available for players to place wherever they like.
The pack got mixed reviews, but I believe it added something new to the game and made playing in the same worlds feel different.
Who knew that The Sims 4 would turn into a competition game?!
People from all over the world are trying to break world records by completing simple tasks in The Sims 4. For example, trying to get married and have a baby, maxing out a skill or having your baby taken away by child services. Pretty simple, right?
Well, not really. The rules of most of these speedruns require you to not use any cheats. Furthermore, every loading screen that you encounter in game will count in your speedrun.
Player SimplySeze managed to make her Sim get pregnant, have a baby and have it taken away by child serices in just 15 minutes and 38 seconds. Check out her speedrun below, which also covers world records such as Get Engaged (2:03) and Get Married / Have a Baby (14:17).
Another player MrSuma Speedruns managed to break the world record at maxing out in a career in The Sims 4. Yeah, it only took this player 1 hour and 18 minutes to finish the Scientist career, which isn’t easy to achieve.
Today I’d like to talk about something that every builder has probably faced, whether they’re new or seasoned. Designers, artists, and yes, Sims builders, can fall into patterns and develop a go-to style that they always seem to gravitate towards. You may be a modern minimalist, a clutter queen, or a castle junkie; whatever the case, the scenery always seems to be similar to the last build you’ve created.
Don’t get me wrong, it’s very important to get enjoyment from your builds. If old style cafes are your thing, then by all means, keep them coming! Feeling good in what you’re creating is important, however getting out of your comfort zone every once in awhile can have many benefits.
If you only work within a set style, you miss out on developing other design techniques. I would encourage everyone, even those who don’t consider themselves to be great builders, to try something completely different every once in awhile. In this article I’ll give you a few Sims 4 build tips to aid you while going down a different design path.
Identifying Your Strengths
If you create in the same style all the time, you’re going to be extremely efficient in your builds. Your instincts are well developed and you feel like a build flows effortlessly. Identify what it is you do best, and try to do the opposite for your next lot.
Create a Plan
If you’ve only ever created a modern style home, then building a castle may seem impossible. Don’t go in blind! Even though you can start a modern house build without looking at any references, doesn’t mean that you could do the same with an old medieval tower. Do some research, find some references, and dissect each element of the style.
Don’t Be Too Hard On Yourself
Building out of your comfort zone may produce something that makes you feel like you didn’t do your best. Don’t give up! Keep building. Your next one will be much better. Practice makes perfect!
Take Part in Challenges
Creating challenges is one way for me to think outside of the box, which is why I like to have a random dice roll component within the rules. Participating in small build challenges every once in awhile can keep you on your toes while developing some skills you never knew you had!
This article is in no way trying to force you to do something you don’t enjoy. Perhaps it can just be a reminder that trying new things can result in new favourites, too! What are your favourite Sims 4 build tips? Let me know in the comments below!
As you may be aware, it has recently leaked that The Sims 4 is coming to consoles! In this edition of Our Opinion we will be discussing what the staff of Sims Community think of this latest news. Please note while this article is based off the opinions and views of some of the staff it is not a reflection of the whole team.
We agree as a whole that this news is definitely good, it broadens the user base of the game and means that The Sims 4 must be doing pretty well, well enough to port it onto another two (speculation) platforms. It also means that EA will earn much more money from the game meaning it will continue to be developed and new packs will be released.
SnarkyWitch – I’m glad it’s coming to console. I probably won’t be getting it if it really is an exact replica of the PC version since I already have it for PC plus almost all of the add-on packs, but this will allow a lot more people to enjoy the game. Not everyone has a PC that can handle The Sims 4. Consoles make games more accessible to a wider variety of players. Plus Simmers have been asking for an exact replica of the PC version on console since The Sims 2. This is exactly what the community has been begging for, so it’s a good move.
Although The Sims 4 isn’t the most power hungry game it still requires a beefy computer to play it at it’s full potential, this means that unless you’re willing to play it in very low graphics with a low frame rate it’s not very accessible. Porting the game over to console would mean the game was available to a wider audience.
We discussed that if the game ships with a PC stuff pack the game is very likely to be very similar to the PC version, this means that the developers have learnt from their mistakes, seeing as The Sims 3 on consoles was heavily criticised for being very watered down.
Krista – As someone who loves the console versions of The Sims as well as the PC versions I’m really looking forward to this. Not only that I think it will reach a much bigger audience as well as bring in new fans to the franchise as well.
Whatever happens we honestly think this is a fantastic step forward, EA have enough faith in the game to bring it to two new platforms, we can’t wait to find out more information about the game. Let us know what you think of the news in the comments.
The Sims 4 for console has been listed on the Microsoft Store. The pre-order function is currently not available but we can expect it to go live once The Sims Team fully announces the game.
In case you missed the big news, The Sims 4 is coming to consoles!For now we only know for sure that it’s coming to Xbox One but we’re still pretty sure that it’s happening for Playstation 4 as well considering the leak from film-game.cz is matching up with current information.
Website trueachievements.com listed 2 different versions of The Sims 4 for Xbox One: Standard Edition and Deluxe Party Edition. By pre-ordering any of these versions you get The Sims 4 Perfect Patio Stuff Pack content completely free!
By pre-ordering the Deluxe Party Edition version you get a chance to play the game 3 days early.
Here’s what the Deluxe Party Edition will feature:
Make your Sims the life of the party with The Sims™ 4 Deluxe Party Edition! From laser light shows and wild party outfits, to Flaming Tiki Bars and fun animal hats, explore the adventurous side of your Sims’ mind, body, and heart.
DELUXE PARTY EDITION CONTENT – Life of the Party Digital Content – Up All Night Digital Content – Awesome Animal Hats Digital Content
Websites all over the world are reporting that The Sims 4 is coming to Xbox One on November 17th, 2017. We’re not sure which other consoles will make the cut but according to the leak by film-game.cz a few weeks ago, it should also arrive on PS4 as well.
Pre-order and get The Sims™ 4 Perfect Patio Stuff featuring hot tubs, more fashion, and bonus décor!*
Enjoy the power to create and control people in a virtual world where there are no rules. Express your creativity as you customize your Sims’ distinct appearances and unique personalities. Choose their fashions, select their hairstyles, and give them life aspirations. Effortlessly build your Sims the perfect homes with the all-new room-based Build Mode, choosing your favorite designs and décor. Develop your Sims’ relationships, pursue new careers, and shape the rich and entertaining moments of their lives. Explore beautiful worlds with unique environments and travel to neighborhoods where you can visit venues and meet other interesting Sims. Be powerful and free, have fun, and play with life!
CREATE UNIQUE SIMS
Create a variety of unique Sims with distinct appearances, big personalities, and all-new emotions.
BUILD THE PERFECT HOME
Effortlessly build and design homes for your Sims using the new room-based Build Mode.
EXPLORE VIBRANT WORLDS
Travel between worlds, explore unique neighborhoods, and discover interesting venues.
PLAY WITH LIFE
Control the rich and entertaining moments of your Sims’ lives from their relationships to their careers.
Charlee, and her adorable daughter, have returned to Willow Creek to find a new beginning. While living with her elderly parents wasn’t in her original plans, they’re certainly thrilled about having their granddaughter around.
These girls have been best friends as long as they can remember! Altough they are quite different, and sometimes get in to huge fights, they always stick by each others side! They’ve now decided to move in together, will there be any struggles? Will Winnie finally tell Xiara how she feel for her? You decide what will happen in the future!
After Marina’s mother passed, Antwon met Priscilla and she immediatley fell in love with him… after she saw his mansion. Priscilla and Marina constantly fight, Marina sees Priscilla for what she really is, a cheating gold-digger, and Priscilla think Marina is too much like late mother. Will Priscilla accomplish getting Marina out of Antwon’s life? Or will Marina finally prove to her father that Priscilla is only in it for the money?
Tyler’s profile: I’m an outdoors guy through and through, so if my house gets a little messy I don’t mind. Fishing is my life, and I’m known to let out a primal yell when a cunning fish evades me. Taylor’s profile: I’m a development capt. (techguru lvl 6), so technology is a big part of my life. I try to spread positivity both online and offline, and I prefer my environment to be clean and in order. Matchmaker’s thought: “Well they say opposites attract…right?”
Lady and Baron, the perfect pair! Both hungry for money and power. This duo has thieved, scammed, bribed their way to power. But will the citizens finally overthrow this monarchy couple?
After I managed to find every single heirloom that there currently is in The Sims Mobile, I found out that there are some Careers and Hobbies mentioned in the description of these heirlooms that yet have to be added to the game.
We don’t have any information about when exactly will they add these features as the game is still soft-launched in Brazil. But, considering they already have made dedicated heirlooms for each Career and Hobby it’s safe to say that The Sims Mobile team is developing them.
Here are all the Careers and Hobbies that are planned to be added in The Sims Mobile:
In this post we’re going to showcase every single Heirloom in The Sims Mobile and their abilities. Please note that, because the game is in the soft-launch phase, some features have yet to be added and developed. Some of the careers and hobbies mentioned down below are not available in the game as of right now but we can probably expect them to add these features during / after the worldwide launch of The Sims Mobile.
Orb of Psyche – Unlocks ability to give Attribute Tokens
Lyndsay’s Simoleon Charm – Unlocks ability to give Bonus Simoleons
Medical Injector – Unlocks ability to give Medical Career XP Boost
Executive Pen Set – Unlocks Business Career Levels 11-15
Boss Bank – Unlocks Business Career Levels 16-20
T.O.B.O.R. Healer Charlm – Unlocks ability to give Medical XP Boost
Chef’s Hat Statuette – Unlocks Culinary Career Levels 11-15
Chef Gino’s Gourmet Charm – Unlocks ability to give Culinary XP Boost
Luxe Sewing Machine – Unlocks Fashion Career Levels 11-15
Goth Boy’s Couture Charm – Unlocks ability to give Fashion XP Boost
Seasoned Cookware – Unlocks ability to give Cooking Hobby XP
Masterwork Manuscript – Unlocks ability to give Writing Hobby XP
Muse’s Paintbrush – Unlocks Painting Hobby
Evil Clown Charm – Unlocks the Evil Trait
Brave Bear Charm – Unlocks the Fearless Trait
Guitar of Legend – Unlocks Guitar Hobby
Ambitious Stallion Charm – Unlocks the Ambitious Trait
Raver Charm – Unlocks the Party Animal Trait
Seductive Swans Charm – Unlocks the Irresistible Trait
Anyone who knows me knows for a fact that I spend at least 4 hours a day listening to all sorts of music. There are so many amazing artists out there that I probably still don’t know about but luckily The Sims Team gives an opportunity to spotlight both new, old, popular and somewhat less popular artists.
Thanks to Sims game trailers and simlish songs that can be listened in each Sims game I found new artists who I obsess with to this day. Down below you can find some of my favorite songs (and artists) that I fell in love with thanks to The Sims!
Please note that some videos / lyrics linked down below may contain explicit language and images.
In this Spotlight, we’re featuring creative penthouses built with The Sims 4 City Living (and some other packs as well).
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!
For this spotlight we interviewed Frimlin, a passionate Sims 4 builder with a dedicated YouTube channel to speed builds!
When did you start developing your passion for building?
Though I built for myself in previous versions of The Sims, I didn’t really start sharing my builds with the community until The Sims 4. Building and sharing my creations really reminds me of both my time being a mod creator and also all the years I spent as a game designer. It’s great for me to be able to express my creativity while also making other people happy at the same time.
What inspires you to create certain builds?
Lots of things! But often I simply want to make a build that showcases the items and gameplay from a new pack. So in this case I am often inspired simply by the theme or style of the pack. Over time I’ve also started to make stuff requested by my in-game gallery followers, or meet the requests of votes in the Twitter polls I run every now and then.
But really, life is full of inspiration. Sometimes my designs are just from memory – a house or building I have seen sometime in the past. Other times I’ve found a cool photo of a building online and it makes me itch in a way that can only be scratched by building something similar to it. Even if the result doesn’t look at all like it, it still had a role in inspiring me.
How long does it take to make a build?
That totally depends on the size of the building. So for example, starter homes – one of the things my in-game followers know me for – can take literally only minutes to make. They’re on a very restricted budget, so you simply don’t have enough space or money to be able to spend a long time on them! I especially enjoy making a starter home right after making a big build. It’s just such a relief not to spend many hours on something that can still look great and fill a useful gameplay purpose for my followers.
But some builds – like the various City Living penthouses I’ve made – have taken many hours. Then on top of that there’s always play testing time! It’s important for me that all the stuff I make has been tested and that gameplay comes first – I’d say that was a signature quality of my builds. I find it intensely horrifying when I find flaws in builds I’ve downloaded from the gallery, so I do my utmost to ensure my followers only get well-tested builds that will play well. It’s very rare I miss something! But the other day I did leave a kitchen sink out of a build. I was horrified. It’s going to take me some time to recover from that, haha!
Which builds are you most proud of?
Aww, I love all my builds like children – don’t make me choose! Oh, you insist? Okay, then! A recent favourite was my attempt to bring Varg’s Tavern from The Sims 3: Supernatural into The Sims 4. I loved that bar and still like visiting this new interpretation of it.
Spirit of Varg’s Tavern – Bar, 30 x 30 – 169,383 Simoleons
Channelling the vibe of Varg’s Tavern from Sims 3: Supernatural.
Is there any build style that you prefer?
Too many lovely styles to pick just one! Hmm… I loved building Tudor-inspired homes with Get Together decorative items, but also loved the art deco style I was inspired to build with using the Vintage Glamour stuff pack items. Then don’t get me started on Vampires game pack stuff – I made quite a lot with those items and would still be making them now if new packs hadn’t come along!
I guess though, despite this, what I really do prefer are builds where the designer has spent time thinking about gameplay and not just making something eye-catching. I see a lot of eye-catching or showy builds from other YouTubers – all beautiful and displaying their creator’s artistic skill – but with gameplay flaws that make me – as an experienced game designer – cry inside. So I’d say it can visually be any style, as long as it plays well with the way Sims move and interact in the game. That’s both what I like to play with and what I aim to create.
Which Sims 4 Pack do you think provides the most essential items for a builder?
Just one? Honestly, that’s tough, especially since I usually only focus on a pack or two at most when building – I have learned not to consider anything as essential. If the base game was a pack, I’d choose that!
I guess I just have to say that I really don’t think any of the packs are strictly essential, as I’ve become so flexible with building that I can easily skip using any pack item. If I had to choose, I’d probably pick either Get Together and its beautiful old world Tudor stuff, or City Living and its colourful modern furniture and decorations. But I also really love the building stuff introduced in the Vampires game pack. Whoa, I want to go back to it and build something new with it right now!
Which 5 builds would you recommend for our readers to download right away?
Though I make a lot of starter homes, here’s a selection of other – bigger – types of lots I’ve made and liked:
Chez Glamoure – Restaurant, 30 x 20 – 157,111 Simoleons
An art deco restaurant filled to the brim with Vintage Glamour stuff.
To celebrate 10K followers on Twitter, SimGuruDrake is giving away plenty of Sims Swag including Sims T-Shirts, Sims 4 Hoodies and Sims Fidget Spinners.
Each giveaway tweet requires you to reply with an answer to the question of each giveaway. The giveaway is open during this weekend and the winners will be chosen on monday.
We have linked the beginning of the giveaway thread in the button below.
Orb of Psyche – Unlocks ability to give Attribute Tokens
Lyndsay’s Simoleon Charm – Unlocks ability to give Bonus Simoleons
Medical Injector – Unlocks ability to give Medical Career XP Boost
Executive Pen Set – Unlocks Business Career Levels 11-15
Boss Bank – Unlocks Business Career Levels 16-20
T.O.B.O.R. Healer Charlm – Unlocks ability to give Medical XP Boost
Chef’s Hat Statuette – Unlocks Culinary Career Levels 11-15
Chef Gino’s Gourmet Charm – Unlocks ability to give Culinary XP Boost
Luxe Sewing Machine – Unlocks Fashion Career Levels 11-15
Goth Boy’s Couture Charm – Unlocks ability to give Fashion XP Boost
Seasoned Cookware – Unlocks ability to give Cooking Hobby XP
Masterwork Manuscript – Unlocks ability to give Writing Hobby XP
Muse’s Paintbrush – Unlocks Painting Hobby
Evil Clown Charm – Unlocks the Evil Trait
Brave Bear Charm – Unlocks the Fearless Trait
Guitar of Legend – Unlocks Guitar Hobby
Ambitious Stallion Charm – Unlocks the Ambitious Trait
Raver Charm – Unlocks the Party Animal Trait
Seductive Swans Charm – Unlocks the Irresistible Trait
Maestro’s Grand Piano – Unlocks Piano Hobby
Pillar of Grace Charm – Unlocks the Good Trait
Peaceful Contemplation Statuette – Unlocks Yoga Hobby
Charismatic Dragon Charm – Unlocks the Charismatic Trait
Confident Lumberjack Charm (no info)
Thrill-Seeking Seal Charm – Unlocks the Daredevil Trait
Vlogging Camera – Unlocks Vlogging Hobby
Perfectionist Charm – Unlocks the Perfectionist Trait
Prankster Charm – Unlocks the Prankster Trait
Brilliant Elephant Charm – Unlocks the Brilliant Trait
Visionary Charm – Unlocks the Visionary Trait
Vintage Game Controller – Unlocks Gaming Hobby
Leadership Charm – Unlocks the Leader Trait
Lucky Doves Charm – Unlocks the Lucky Trait
Leaf’s Jolly Jest Charm – Unlocks ability to replenish Fun
Violet’s Nom Nom Charm – Unlocks ability to satisfy Hunger
Gonk’s Scrub-a-Dub Charm – Unlocks ability to replenish Hygiene
Gabby’s Wisdom Charm – Unlocks ability to give XP Boost
Antique Camera – Unlocks ability to give Photography XP Boost
Dr. F’s Glad Scientist Charm – Unlocks ability to give Science XP Boost
High-End Digital Camera – Unlocks Photography Career
Orb of Expertise – Unlocks ability to grant bonus Career Tokens
Science Set (no info)
Political Career Prestive level 2 Unlock – Unlocks Political Career Prestige Level 2
Morcubus’ Benefactor Charm – Unlocks ability to give bonus Tokens
Old School Microscope – Unlocks ability to give Science XP Boost
Star Chef’s Knife Block – Unlocks Culinary Career Levels 16-20
City Hall Miniature Model – Unlocks the ability to give Political XP Boost
Orb of Pastime – Unlocks ability to grant bonus Hobby Tokens
Gilded Manuscript – Unlocks Writing Hobby
