The Sims Team has released a brand new Update for The Sims 4!
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
Update: 12/6/2016 – PC Version 1.25.136.1020 / Mac Version 1.25.136.1220
“I could disappear forever and it wouldn’t make any difference!” Au contraire, my friend, it makes a difference, it really does. We’re sorry for making you go away, it wasn’t our intention. We’re so glad to have you back.
Get Together
Fixed an issue where club points would incorrectly display as 0, and purchased club perks would go missing.
If you saved your game when in this state, any Sims added to the unlocked 7th or 8th slots would have been evicted from the club and will need to be re-added.
YouTuber D3NIS5Ecreated a bunch of detailed comparison videos that put The Sims 2, The Sims 3 and The Sims 4 to the test in each aspect of these games.
There are comparisons for the following categories: Create A Sim, Houses, Animations, Worlds, Live Mode and Death. If you’re like me and have some time to spend until the release of The Sims 4 Vintage Glamour Stuff Pack I recommend you check out these detailed comparsion videos down below!
The Sims FreePlay team released a brand new Holiday 2016 Update for Android and iOS devices.
Wonder what’s new? Check out the release notes:
What’s New in Version 5.26.1
Experience a small world that’s larger than life. Be transported to a uniquely magical place where you can swing on flowers, jump on spider webs, and feed cute lady bugs! Get into the holiday spirit and:
Discover a tiny world with Fairy Circle Fields, Leaky Leaf Canoe Rides, and more
Help the Prince and the Pocket-Sized Princess and earn the ultimate prize
Craft cool creations with the Ice Sculpture Hobby
Give your male Sims more handsome hairstyles with the Charming Barber Hair Event
Get your Sims into healthy habits with the Healthy Living Discovery Quest and all-new Aerobics Hobby
I don’t know when this happen or how but after the last patch, Origin is once again enabled online for TS4. This is a massive cause of lag for me personally and I had it disabled.
You might want to check yours!
Path to do so if you don’t know:
Right click the TS4 icon
Select Game Properties
If you don’t want Origin enabled in-game, then uncheck that box
Save
The above screen is how my game looked this morning when I was checking the settings.
NOTE: Disabling Origin in game will remove your ability to access the gallery while in-game. You can still access it out of the game and you can always turn it back on if you need to have it in game for some reason.
When “The Sims” was released in 2000, anyone who played it was blown away about the complexity of the game. Many people, including myself, didn’t think the game could get any better then it was at the time.
Then “The Sims 2” Happened.
Let’s travel back in time, over 12 years ago… to September 14th, 2004.
The Sims 2 took the original game and made it 100 times better than what it was. Which, back in 2004, no one ever thought it was possible.
For the first time on PC, all graphics were in 3-D. Yeah, we had 3-D graphics in the console versions of the game. But never before were we able to fully immerse ourselves in the game like we could in The Sims 2.
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We had 3 distinct neighborhoods, all of which had their own story line.
Pleasantview was set 25 years AFTER “The Sims”.
Strangetown was modeled after the mysterious disappearance of Bella Goth,
Veronaville was a play on Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet”.
For the first time, our sims had wants and fears, which was HUGE Part of this installment of the series. The wants and fears were dictated by your Sim’s aspiration. Which could be one of the following:
Romance
Wealth
Family
Knowledge
Popularity.
Those wants and fears were based upon one of those 5 aspirations you chose in Create a Sim.
Oh and speaking of Create A Sim…
The details in CAS were now beyond comprehension. You could change almost everything about your Sims, down to the eye size, by just a simple slide of a mouse. You can just pick more than their “everyday” wear now. You could pick sleepwear, PJ’s, Formal outfits. You could even change their underwear in CAS. Something that was never done in “The Sims”.
The Sims in The Sims 2 were smarter now. They had memories. They remembered if they had a burglar come in. They will remember when they had roaches and you will see them sob about it. If they got into a fight with a Sim, the will be mad at that sim and make an angry face if they see them again. The memory system was something that brought so much depth to the game.
But the main thing in The Sims 2 was this: AGING and TIME!
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Your sims now had a lifespan. One where you had to pay careful attention to. You had to balance their goals with the forever ticking of the lifetime clock. Your sims were not immortal, they now can die of old age. This added a complexity to the game. A time limit, in a sense, to make sure you can get your sims goals achieved before they aged up and passed on.
The game added so many features to the series that make it a major milestone in Simming History.
Join me next week as I go into the first expansion pack for the Sims 2. University!
In today’s Livestream, we had Sim Guru Graham joined by Thomas who is a tech designer for the pack. They introduced the pack to us, including CAS, Build Mode Objects and the new Butler NPC. Below is an overview of what they covered!
Create-A-Sim
Female:
2 Dresses, 2 Tops, 1 Long Skirt, 2 Watches, 1 New pair of shoes, 2 Hairstyles, 2 Sets of earrings, 1 Pair of glasses (but also for males) and 2 Necklaces
Men:
2 Tops, 2 Full outfits, 2 Pairs of shoes, 1 Hairstyle and 1 Pair of glasses
Kids:
Male- 1 Jacket and 1 Hairstyle
Female- 1 Dress and 1 Hairstyle
Build Mode
We have new wallpapers and gameplay objects with the vanity table and bar plus more.
Below are some pre-made rooms for the live stream featuring the new objects. We have 2 new beds, 2 chairs, 1 sofa and futon. Also, 2 side tables which have mirrors on the top, 1 coffee table and dining table. Then 2 new vanity tables plus 1 new globe bar. Along with 1 new flower plant, 1 pop art poster and the new full-length wall mirrors. For curtains, there are 4 new types and also a wall divider as seen below. For clutter, there is a new dragon piece with some makeup to decorate the house with plus 2 rugs. 2 new lamps, one in the design of a giraffe (A personal favourite) and a fireplace.
Butler NPC
The butler NPC is exclusive to the stuff pack and can be hired for 12 simoleans an hour via the phone. You can only have 1 Butler per household and they will need a bed to sleep in. The Butler can clean, repair, garden and tend to babies plus cook for you or the family. But, say you wanted to Garden or Repair things, for example, you can order the Butler to not do those things. They can also play an instrument for you, as long as there is one on the lot. Butlers do only have so much patience though and will quit if you have a too negative relationship with them. Also, they will sabotage objects to spite your bad relationship. They can also deny all visitors, welcome them in or just ignore the door. You can praise your Butler to help them feel better and work better.
Vanity Table
The new vanity table is a gameplay object that can be used to apply makeup to your sim via over 50 pre-made makeup looks. These looks are under various categories and have descriptions for the looks. But, the makeup isn’t permanent and will wash off when the sim showers,baths or goes to sleep. Kids can also play with Makeup on the vanity table with various outcomes of ok and disaster.
Globe Bar
The new bar contains 5 recipes that unlock as your mixology skills advance. You can make a single drink or a platter of 4 drinks. Kids can also study the globe by spinning it and having a look around it.
If you want to catch up on the Livestream head over to Twitch. So are you excited for the pack? I can’t wait to have a Butler and play with the vanity tables makeup looks.
The Sims Team will be playing The Sims 4 Vintage Glamour Stuff Pack live on Twitch!
The broadcast begins on December 2nd at 1PM PT / 10PM CET . You can watch it live down below and in case you miss the broadcast, we’ll update this post with a replay after the broadcast is over.
With the December first update, we were treated with a little Holiday gift in the form of some new Holiday Celebration Pack items!
First, we have the new ‘Cracker’ object and this is intractable:
When you open the cracker you have a chance to get some sweets for your sims, causing them to have a happy, energised or playful moodlet or some scrap which will make your sim gain a sad moodlet.
Or, if you’re even luckier you can get a collectable plushie plus a joke! A few of the plushies represent different holidays with Thanksgiving, Valentines Day, St Patrick’s day and Halloween being some of them. In total, there are 8 to collect.
For the other items we have a new festive Fireplace:
And also a new centrepiece which are candles in some leaves:
We also have a new table to host some Holiday celebrations on:
I just wanted to give you a little heads up that today’s patch has destroyed the club system. EA is aware of it and working on it. In the meantime, make sure you have your save copy/pasted somewhere outside the TS4 folder because updating will mess up your clubs.
The issue:
Clubs that have over 6 members will lose their two extra members. You cannot add them back. If you get enough points to do so, as soon as you save/exit and go back then you will lose those two members. Also, clubs are not meeting where they should meet. As you can see in the screens below, my club is set to meet at any bar. Does that house look like any bar? When I clicked on “start gathering”, the game took them to a vacant house.
I think this is just the tip of the iceberg! Since the patch just went live a few hours ago and people are just starting to find things.
Today’s patch also appears to have messed up mods that deal with occult states (think aliens for now) and CAS.
Link to the official forum where SimGuruNick has posted that he is aware of the issue. Keep an eye on that thread to see when this gets fixed.
Screens from my save showing the issue (the club had 8 members prior to the patch):
Inside updated The Sims 4 Game Files we found the official description for The Sims 4 Vintage Glamour Stuff Pack, as well as some game tips and icons. Check them out!
Description
Stunning Vintage Fashion: Outfit your Sims in old-Hollywood inspired fashion that’s as elegant as it is timeless. Accessorize with sparkling diamond jewelry and choose lust-worthy hairstyles that’ll have your Sim making a grand entrance wherever they go.
Dazzling Décor: Adorn your Sim’s home with luxurious art deco furnishings that feature mirrored surfaces and gold accents. Enjoy a night in by relaxing in front of the marble fireplace with a drink served from the handcrafted globe bar.
All-new Vanity Table: Quickly apply makeup that’ll last the evening or give your Sims a new look head to toe. Sims can use the vanity mirror to primp themselves before a night out or practice their flirty advances.
Hire a Personal Butler: Ring the bell to summon your Sim’s own live-in butler who can cook meals, tidy the home, greet guests, and fulfill most every request. Praise the butler to receive quicker service that’ll keep your Sims living luxuriously.
Game Tips
Drink platters created via the Globe Bar are an upscale way to whet your guest’s appetite at any social gathering.
Use the Vanity Table to apply a temporary makeup makeover for a hot date, or any other special occasion.
Get to know your butler. Their traits play a role in how effective they are at providing white-glove service.
Consider dismissing other recurring services after hiring a live-in butler. Butlers are trained to attend to many of your household’s needs.
Praise your butler if you feel they’ve provided 5 star service. Your appreciation will lift their mood for a spell, allowing them to work even faster.
