It seems that The Sims Team had more plans for Tragic Clowns rather than the painting they introduced with a Free Update in February 2016.
ModTheSims member VentusMatt was able to find a full Costume of a Tragic Clown inside The Sims 4’s February 2016 patch files. Beside the Costume, she found a Tragic Clown Hairstyle, Face Paint and Shoes.
For now it’s not certain will The Sims Team make an official introduction to Tragic Clowns, but what we do know is that the Tragic Clown outfit is up for download at ModTheSims!
After sticking with our well known theme design for over 2 years, we knew it was time to kick it up a notch and build a stable and well-functional foundation for years to come. Our last theme designpromised a lot, but sadly failed to deliver many features on many devices. Overlapping content, huge loading times and scattered content around the site were just some of the issues we experienced, but thankfully those issues are no more! After months of hard work, I’m proud to announce that Sims Community 4.0 is now live for everyone!
Introducing Sims Community 4.0!
Sims Community 4.0 brings attention to actual content of this website, rather than just delivering striking visuals and putting important content in the second place.
Before we continue with our Overview that will explain how the new version functions and looks, let us just quickly recap what’s different with this design:
I’d like to give a big THANKS to Sims4Thoddy for helping me out with tech stuff related to Sims Community 4.0 – without him this just wouldn’t be possible!
If you’re experiencing any issues with the theme, please don’t hesitate to write about your issue in the comments section below.
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Featured Posts: Our Home Page now has a Featured Posts section where we’ll pin the most important posts from time to time. Expect it to be updated weekly!
Header & Logo: Updated to match with our general Sims Community theme.
Latest Articles / Posts: shows the latest Original Articles / News written and posted by Sims Community Staff.
Posts Widget: Shows posts we’ve made over the last 3 years. The list will randomize each time you refresh!
Categories Revamp: First post will always be brought to attention.
Sub-categories: If a category has sub-categories, they’ll be displayed below the category name.
View Counter: Each time you load up a post you give it 1 view!
Approx. reading time: shows how much approximately will it take you to read a certain post.
Suggested posts: This section now shows 4 posts related to the post you’ve read.
Author section: Shows a better overview of the person who wrote the post, their image, posts and social links.
Posts and Social Scroll Widget: As you scroll down the post you’ll have an option to see next and prev posts, as well as options to share the post you read on Social Networks.
Author Pages: Shows Author bio, social links and posts the author has made.
What happens when you mix Get Together with Romantic Garden Stuff?
-Probably many things, but for me it was this:
A classic and simple church, with a romantic garden for all the guests to enjoy!
Here’s how I did it!
Start by making the shape, like this:
Add a roof to the first floor room and round it off a little, like this:
Add a roof to the church tower and pull the top arrow so it becomes as tall as you like:
Add roof trims in the same color as the accent color of your wallpaper.
I picked various types of the Get Together masonry wallpapers to create a height effect. Then I added windows and doors in the accent color, like this:
Fence in a big area with the Ivy League Fence from Romantic Garden Stuff:
Decorate the exterior with both random and not so random bushes, plants and flowers. Add a path to both the entrance of the garden and the church door, like so:
Add the “Triumphal Arch of Gluteus Maximus” over the fence gate (I enlarged mine, and added several normal sized one on the nearby fence)
From the gate, add a path of carpets surrounded by flowers and bushes leading up to a wishing well,
Add benches and flowers from Romantic Garden Stuff, mix up the colors and play around with placement.
Pretty romantic, ey?
“The Folly of Lady Chloris” from Romantic Garden Stuff creates lovely little eating sections. The “Where the sunshine goes” overgrown fountain creates a perfect separation without separating the tables too much.
I also made the area have a flower wall in the back to keep with my pink and white color scheme, like so:
Add as many sections as you want:
And mix up the decoration with flowers from both Get Together and Romantic Garden Stuff as the entrance to your seating area, like so:
Party sims? -Add a dance floor and put plants, rocks, lights and flowers around it to make it look romantic and soft, but still very fun!
And as a final touch I added statues and a bunch of flowers in all of my free corners, and a fountain going all the way around the wishing well:
And that’s it!
I hope you have fun making your own church w/romantic garden!
If you want some input, help or simply show off your build feel free to share at:
Update #4: Although the Toddler theory has been busted (for now), there is still a hint left by the voice actors for The Sims 4’s upcoming content.
Update #3: Nicki confirms she is NOT working on toddlers!
Update #2: She confirmed this:
Update: Check out this tweet by Nicki.
Please note that the Toddler part of this post is pure speculation.
WooHoo Sims has found this interesting post by Nicki Rapp, one of the Voice Actors who worked on The Sims 2 and The Sims 3.
In case you don’t know – Nicki worked on voice of Toddlers and Children for The Sims 3. Could they be making a return in The Sims 4?
Please note that the Toddler part is only speculation, and even though Nicki deleted this post on Facebook, there’s still this Tweet on Twitter, confirming she’s working on a project for The Sims 4.
I wanted to share what I did when I was playing Sims 3 to make Island Paradise have less lag and be more playable. The things below are what I did and I had very little lag or issues with this expansion.
Go into edit town mode and do the following:
Spanish resort – remove the fence around the trees in the middle of the pool. Sims are drawn to whatever is there and will lag trying to see it.
Hobart’s – if you are not playing this lot then change it to “no-visitors” allowed or replace it. It is a laggy mess.
Romantic houseboat – remove the palm trees blocking the road between it and the other houseboat, the trees cause a routing failure. The trees are located between the Port Primavera and Port Pescado
Medina household – evict them and then place a fence around the top of the stairs but make sure they can still use the stairs. The little girl route fails trying to go to the ledge where the stairs are located. Remove their spiral staircase and the garage door. Put them back into their house.
Ithaca household – evict them and remove all spiral staircases, they don’t need to use the upper floors and the stairs cause routing failures. Remove everything on the upper floors so they won’t want to visit them. You can remake the rec room into a bedroom. Put them back into their house.
Collins household – evict them and remove the ladder going to the very top floor. Remove everything up there. I kept getting route failure notifications because of that ladder. Put them back into their house.
Go to every houseboat that you are not playing and remove their steering wheels. I have seen NPCs moving their homes and getting stuck in unroutable channels causing massive lags. They don’t need to be moving their house boats.
I highly suggest editing all houses and checking those spiral staircases, most of them are turned wrong and Sims can’t use them but keep trying and it causes routing failure lag.
Now go into live mode and do the following:
Use the cheat to discover all islands, this removes the clouds which is a known lag issue.
Use the NRAAS Master Controller mod to annihilate the Scott family (you can’t just delete them because they are hard coded into the game and will cause issues, they have to be completely removed using the mod). This family is bugged and then delete their houseboat so nobody moves into it. It is located at Port Perilous.
Use the NRAAS register mod to remove horses and wild animals from your world. The game loves to put multiple horses on houseboats. Obviously, this will cause routing issues. If there is a spot that is a routing nightmare (and there are several) then wild animals (strays) will find them and get stuck.
I did all of this and had very little lag other than the ones caused at 3am when everything resets or when the town is on the move (going to work, school, etc). The lag is no worse than it is in any other EA world.
Also, once you have finished doing all of this then you will want to save a copy of this world before you create your household. Move that copy to a folder called “Worlds” inside your EA folder but not the Sims 3 folder. Then whenever you want to play in IP, all you have to do is copy/paste this already fixed up world into your Sims 3 saves folder, rename the world (example would be AdamsIP if you are going to create a household named Adams). Launch the game and play straight away without having to make any changes.
I did this for all my TS3 worlds, created master worlds after I had fixed their issues and set them up the way I wanted. It saved a ton of hassle and time fixing the buggy worlds before playing.
Links to NRAAS Mods that will help improve your game play:
The DJ mixing skill was included to the game with the addition of The Sims 4 Get Together expansion pack. With an all new party scene down in the new neighborhood of Windenburg, it seemed only right to add the option to have your sims be the life of the party with some savvy DJ mixing skills! This guide will enable you to master the DJ skill by taking you through the different unlockable abilities as you level up. I also aim to show you how your sims can earn a few simoleons by showing off their new musical mastery!
GETTING STARTED
To begin you need to get your sims all kitted out to embark on their new DJ mixing adventure, a quick search in the build mode section of your game will give you four options for DJ booths. Its advisable to start with the cheapest one for starting out.
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PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT
To excel at the DJ Mixing skill your sims will need to practice, a lot! To start with your sims wont sound very good, like with the musical instrument skills when you start out. Being inspired will help your sims level up faster. This is a skill you wont be able to earn money with straight away and cannot be learned through any other method besides old fashioned practice. So if you think being a DJ rookie is going to pay your bills you might wanna think twice. Later on if your sims impress the crowd enough, they will start to earn tips for their musical efforts, these come in very small amounts but they add up as time goes on! Here is what going up each level will unlock:
LEVELING UP
Level 1 – Your sims unlock the ‘Groovin’ genre to play on their DJ booth which can only be played at home not in public club venues.
Level 2 – The ‘Machine’ genre is unlocked allowing your sims to switch between genres. Your sims can now take over the DJ Booth in clubs and at home to play for an audience!
Level 3 – ‘Chip Tune’ is added and your sims can now discuss DJ techniques with other sims.
Level 4 – ‘Chill Out’ genre is unlocked.
Level 5 – ‘Break Beats’ genre unlocked.
Level 6 – Your sims can play remixes on the DJ Booth and upgrade it by adding ‘Dynamic Surge Protection’ and ‘Advanced Heat Sink’. The ‘Get Hyped’ interaction is now available!
Level 7 –‘House Music’ can now be played and the ‘Plasma Display’ upgrade is unlocked along with ‘Particle Generators’ on more expensive booths.
Level 8 – Sims can make ‘Mix-O-Lot’ tapes, play Hip-Hop music and upgrade with ‘Telesplosion’.
Level 9 – The Drum and Bass genre is now available along with the ability for your sims to make ‘Wiki-Wiki’ & ‘Scratch ‘n’ Switch’ mix tapes.
Level 10 – Finally, your sims unlock the music genre ‘The Noise’. They can ‘Feel the Crowd, and create three new mix tapes – ‘Digital Era’, ‘Party Hardy’, and ‘Electrical Utsu’. Perhaps the best part of reaching level 10 is unlocking the Robo Helmet giving them the ultimate DJ look!
COLLECTING TIPS
When playing to a crowd, sims watching and dancing will throw tips. The biggest tip my sim received was 240 simoleons but it is possible that your sims could receive more. They come randomly depending on what the individual sims on the dance floor want to pay, you could get thrown a 20 and then someone else will throw 9. It is completely randomly generated.
LICENSING MIX-O-LOT TAPES
At level 8 your sims can begin creating Mix-O-Lot tapes. These can be used to earn an extra bit of income from your new found DJ mixing skills! Like with publishing books your sims can use their letterbox to send off their mix tapes to be licensed one at a time. To be allowed another license your sims will need to petition the studio to take on another. However if your sim is skilled at another musical interment, they can make additional simoleons licencing music from those individually too!
DJ INTERACTIONS
While leveling up your sims will unlock interactions to use on the crowd while mixing. At level 6 your sims can use ‘Get Hyped’ which gives the listeners and dancers a +1 happy moodlett from the ‘Bumpin’ Beats’. At level 10 your sims can ‘Feel the Crowd’ which like the previous interaction can only be used in 30 minute intervals. Meaning you will have to wait 30 sim minutes before you can interact in the same way again. ‘Feel the Crowd’ plays with the sims emotions, you can make the sims around you feel Flirty, Confident, Energized and even Dazed!
DJ BOOTH UPGRADES
Particle Generators – Adds to the nightlife atmosphere with ground fog and manic laser lights!
Telesplosion – Enables all close-by televisions to be affected by the music.
Dynamic Surge Protection – Prevents you from needing to repair your DJ booth. My sim used hers for hours without a single break down!
Plasma Display – Displays a plasma screen of images and lights at the front of your booth.
Advanced Heat Sink – Stops your booth from setting alight while you are mixing!
Special Effects – This lets the player pick and chose which upgrades you would like to be active at one time! You can turn them all on and off or select your favourite individual effects!
That’s it for the DJ Mixing skill, I hope this helps you and your sims thrive in club scene with the Get Together expansion pack! If you have any questions don’t hesitate to leave them down below or catch us at the Sims Community Social. Dag Dag!
Simmythesim created an excellent mod where you can order any food you want right to your Sims’ doorstep!
Are your sims terrible cooks? FoodLlama provides two new services for your sims, Order Food and Order Gourmet Food. These two new services deliver food to your sims!
Worried that The Sims 4 Gallery will generate a bad screenshot of your Household / Lot / Room? Worry no more, because people from LuniverSims have updated their awesome program The Sims 4 Tray Importer that now lets you edit screenshots of your Gallery Creations that you can later upload!
To start off, download The Sims 4 Tray Importer HERE!
In this Spotlight, we’re featuring some of the most beautiful Houses, Venues and Rooms created by Simmers for The Sims 4 Romantic Garden Stuff!
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!
Every Monday, we will be sharing the resources that were submitted to the Sims Community the following week by our very talented creators. Please be sure to go download them and let them know what you think of their items.
Creator Membership on SC Social brings plenty of awesome benefits for Custom Content Creators, Modders and Builders. For more information about it, CLICK HERE!
Before continuing, please note the following:
EA doesnot pre-screen Custom Content /Mods and players should always exercise caution when adding Custom Content to their game files.
Make sure your mods are up to date. For a full list of broken and fixed mods CLICK HERE!
After each The Sims 4 Update your game will automatically disable Mods and Custom Content. You can re-enable them by going to Game Options > Other > Enable Custom Content and Mods.
Mod Description: Enables the kiss neck interaction for adults and the suave/passionate kisses are always enabled.
Conflicts: Tested with all my mods/CC installed and no conflicts. It may conflict with any mods that alters kisses (in my game, it works fine with MC Command Center).
Tired of your Sims making coffee or tea and leaving it there to sit and get spoiled? Sims obsessed with coffee or tea after making it? No more I say! Now Sims will not touch the coffee or tea pot, unless you tell them to! Hurrah!
Note: When you direct them to make the tea, they will drink one cup and that’s it, unless you tell them to drink more.
Before reading this post please note that this is pure speculation!
So far we’ve had 2 Stuff Packs for The Sims 4 (Movie Hangout and Romantic Garden Stuff) and it just feels like we’re missing out on some real gameplay. If the pattern from last year is correct (Stuff Pack – Stuff Pack – Game Pack) we could be expecting a new Game Pack real soon (maybe next month?).
Last month, SimGuruDave confirmed that he’s now working on Game Packs for The Sims 4, and today, he made a very interesting tweet that could very much refer to the next Game Pack:
SimGuruDave: Hang in there! I know you’re hungry for news & I can’t wait to serve up some fresh info soon!
Does anyone else see any restaurant references there? ”Hungry for news” / ”Serve up some fresh info”. + This tweet was a direct answer to a question about Game Packs, so theres a huge chance that the third Game Pack is related to Restaurants.
Note that this isn’t any rumor but a real tweet by a developer on The Sims 4 Game Packs. Although it gives a huge hint for restaurants, you should always take extra caution and prepare yourself for disappointment.
How annoying is it that your Sims can’t go to Granite Falls without that annoying bear ruining things? Or that a neighbor comes over and smashes your Sims children dollhouse or kicks over your trashcan? What about your loving couple who don’t have a mean or mischievous bone in their little pixel bodies suddenly ruining their relationship because they decided to do something mean to each other?
I hate it, too.
If I want my SIms to be mean to others? It’s my choice, so I’ve created a mod to take that choice back. Now I decide who will be their enemies and who will despise them.
Mod Description: Stops the autonomous mean and mischief interactions (there are over 40 resources files involved so hopefully I got them all!). I also took control of that annoying bear, it will no longer roar and try to pick fights with your Sims. Dollhouse smashing and trash can kicking have also been brought under control. Aliens? They too have had their autonomy snatched and will no longer do mean things to Sims on their own.
Conflicts: Tested with all my mods/CC installed and no conflicts. It may conflict with any mods that alters mean and mischief actions. Tested with MC Command Center installed, see the note below.
Instructions:
No auto mean – Includes dollhouse, kick trashcan, bear roar, make fun of adults and all other autonomous mean interactions (30 in all!).
Auto mischief – is only mischief actions including aliens and all other autonomous mischief interactions excluding auto troll the forum (13 total).
You can use them separately or have them both in your mods folder.
Note: If you are using MC Command Center, make sure your tuner module that has the auto mean/mischief is false. This mod includes items that mod left out.
Special thanks to @directionermimux and @simmindipity for helping me test this mod.
Creator Membership on SC Social brings plenty of awesome benefits for Custom Content Creators, Modders and Builders. For more information about it, CLICK HERE!
Before continuing, please note the following:
EA doesnot pre-screen Custom Content /Mods and players should always exercise caution when adding Custom Content to their game files.
Make sure your mods are up to date. For a full list of broken and fixed mods CLICK HERE!
After each The Sims 4 Update your game will automatically disable Mods and Custom Content. You can re-enable them by going to Game Options > Other > Enable Custom Content and Mods.
