SimGurus are holding Ask a Guru sessions every 2 weeks on The Sims Forum, and next week you’ll be able to ask them everything about The Sims 4’s upcoming Luxury Party Stuff Pack.
You’ll be able to submit your questions HERE, May 19th at 11AM PST.
Hi everyone! The next Ask a Guru session will be held on May 19 from 11am-Noon PST. We’ll have Gurus on hand to talk about The Sims 4 Luxury Party Stuff Pack, so get your questions ready!
It’s our 3rd Spotlight and Mysterious Mr Ryan just got under it! Take it away Ryan!
My Name is Ryan, I am a 22 Year old from the Sussex in the South East of England. I am a classic 22 year old, I enjoy going out with my friends, playing games (Mostly the Sims) working on my PC and spending time with my Girlfriend.
– How did you become a Simmer?
I became a simmer from a very young age when my dad bought himself the original Sims game for PC. From there I fell in love with the building aspect. The prospect of being able to design any shape building I wanted, not having to worry about physics or if something was possible opened a world of designs up. My 8 year old self spent many an evening trying to work out how to build an entire house supported on by a single set of stairs!
As the Sims 2 came out I found myself getting older and having less time to put into the game, although the ideas never stopped, and often I would draw little pictures of concept of houses in the back of my work books (Much to the distress of my Maths Teacher, Sorry Mr Mitchell). When the Sims 3 finally came out, I no longer had the time to play the game and design as much as I would have liked, but I was still able to design every now and again on my girlfriends PC, because she owned every stuff and expansion pack. When I saw the trailer for the Sims 4, the old Sims fire restarted and with the new prospects of the game, updated graphics and new items, my brain became a mess of ideas and possibilities. So Mysterious Mr Ryan was born.
– Tell us a bit about your Channel!
I started my Sims 4 channel back in early September with the first video finally being ready to be released at the very end of September 2014. My first build was a replica of the Sanssouci Palace in Germany, this video had some amazing feedback. I took all the feedback on, and shortly after produced my next build ‘The Knights Citadel’ Which is currently my most viewed video on my channel. Since then I have dabbled with the occasional let’s play, but mostly I build on the sims, with the view of building the most over thought, over designed and over engineered builds humanly possible.
Ryan’s YouTube Channel
– Why do you build and make Videos?
I Build, simply for the love of building in the Sims, and I record videos for a few reasons. I upload every video I make to YouTube, and even build to the gallery, but often people want to know less about the final product and want to know more how to make designs themselves. So with all my builds I try to show off different techniques about my builds and different ideas that people can use in their own builds.
– How do you get Ideas for building?
I get my ideas by looking at what other simmers out there have made, if I see a section of a build someone has done, I see potential to do something amazing with, I use it. I also spend many hours looking through google as other builds, or at types of architecture, and finally, I use the world around me. I will often travel down the street and see shape or style, it can range from a whole building, to nothing more than a doorway, but that is sometimes all the spark will need. I will take a little photo on my phone and as soon as I get home (Or sometimes even on napkins in restaurants, needs must and all that) I doodle shapes and floorplans.
– How long does it take you to build and record?
This is a tough one to answer. Every build is very different, and every time I record it honestly depends on how many mistakes I make. It all starts with a design, once I have the design, I begin work on the actual building of it, I have two worlds, a legit world, and a testing world. My legit one is where I actually record, and the testing one consists of all my lots covered in random shapes and floor patterns. I then take screenshots once I am happy and then begin the actual recording. I do the whole record in one take. So if I make any mistakes at all, I assess how big it is and if its too much to edit, I simply bulldoze the lot and start again. The same can be said with my voice overs. They can take me anywhere from 2 to 20+ takes to actually get right, although usually that’s just the opening line and me not being able to say my own name right…
I’m running The Sims 4 Get to Work Giveaway on my Channel so make sure you check it out HERE!
Thank you Ryan for getting under the Spotlight!
You can check out Ryan’s YouTube Channel HERE and make sure you’re following him on Twitter HERE!
Do you want to get under our Spotlight? Contact Us!
Bears. Can’t live with ‘em, can’t live without ‘em. Unless, of course, you happen to have The Sims 4 Outdoor Retreat*, which lets your Sims dress like one! In which case, everything is bearilliant.
Here at Maxis, we love bears – that’s why we included Bear costumes in the first game pack for The Sims 4. And when we asked our community to capture their best Bear-related moments, the results were a (ursa) major success. Here are some of our favorites!
CaptainTHPS4’s image looks like it asks, “To Bear or not to Bear. That is the question.” The answer, obviously, is to Bear. Always Bear.
The Sims 4 is full of hidden surprises, and Simmers over the Things you didn’t know forum discussion have posted all kinds of fun facts about the game.
Here are our top picks:
take0nme: I didn’t know unemployed sims labeled themselves “stay-at-home mom” if they have a kid and you ask about their career! That’s soo cute.
Scobre: You can laugh at your enemies’ graves and it gives Sims a happy moodlet.
KevWalker: I just found out – the hard way – that if your sim extinguishes themself in the shower after being on fire, they then have to have another shower to clean up!
DeKay: I found out that if you take photos of other sims when they’re playful/focused/etc, they will have cute and fun poses.
Simasaurus09: Cowplants randomly dance if a radio is placed near them.
AlisiaD: I saw in my game today that when a Sim is tense and they dance to music, they do a funny little stompy dance.
Nelkey: When you reach level 10 of the science career, you get invited to an alien party on Sixam! (Get to Work)
Elisabetta: I learned that if a sim is sufficiently tired they can fall asleep right where they are sitting on the sofa and take a little nap without having to lay down.
WhimsyMoon: One of my surprise finds, was a white trashcan with blue trim. It costs 1200 simoleans, but when you add trash to it, you get money back! It starts at about 20 back and keeps increasing the more that you use it! It’s wonderful….and so odd! I love it!
DeKay:Angry sims will punch a lump of clay if they see one laying around the house.
We’re doing some investigation for some of our future plans and we want to know from you: What’s your favorite Simulation Game beside The Sims?
We’re all huge fans of The Sims, I’m pretty sure about that, but there must be another Simulation-based game that you like playing as well.
You can cast your vote in the Poll below. If you want us to add one of your favorite Simulation Games in the Poll below, you can tell us in the comments. Please note that games you suggest should be rated 12+ age.
You’re allowed to give 2 votes to your favorite games.
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This Mod has been brought to you by Mod The Sims member – Tanja1986!
* The satellite will stay active and you can contact the Aliens more than once.
* The duration for the “Contact Aliens” interaction is now set to almost forever. You do not need to contact Aliens everyday. It will stay active! If you get your Sim abducted the first time, it should not take long for any other sim in this save file to get abducted as well!
* Females can now be impregnated by Alien abductions!
* Males will become pregnant as well.
* You cannot use the satellite for preventing abductions. You wanted Aliens? Then you need to live with them.
* You can now cancel the interaction when Sims go outside to check “weird lights“. just click cancel on the interaction and then choose something else to do, before the Sim goes out again, it happens twice, after that the UFO is gone.
Click on the picture below to download this Mod! (Requires MTS Registration)
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This Set has been brought to you by The Sims Resource member – kardofe!
Salita industrial style, with sofa, bookcase, console, mirror and various decorative objects.
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This Set has been brought to you by The Sims Resource member – Lulu265!
A romantic bedroom with a metal canopy bed , in 2 colour variations
Part of the Romance Bedroom Set
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The Sims official Twitter account, @TheSims, just announced the first Sims 4 stuff pack, titled Luxury Party Stuff. Along with the tweet was the image below, which shows off some of the items included in the pack for our sims to don at their future lavish parties.
The Sims 4 Luxury Party Stuff Pack is coming soon. We'll have more news next week, so get your Sims ready to party! pic.twitter.com/Fy9rvFbcKM
— The Sims (@TheSims) May 6, 2015
No other details have been released at this time, but stay tuned for new information coming next week as the tweet states.
What are you expecting from the first stuff pack for Sims 4?
Via EA.com!
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Welcome to the second installment of the Interior Design Guide! Today’s style is Classic Contemporary.
Key things to remember for this style is to soft lines and colours, use contrasting colours and lots of clutter.
Furniture should have soft lines to make the room feel warmer and appealing.
Use a lot of clutter items to fill space and make the room feel homey.
Use contrasting colours on a softer hue to open the room and make it more appealing.
Classic contemporary is 19th century style, and a lot of homes like to use this style today as it looks classy and homely.
Give your homes a classic makeover with these three easy steps!
Just like the last when some major info about The Sims 4 Outdoor Retreat Game Pack was leaked with the December Patch, this time some info about The Sims 4’s first Stuff Pack leaked with the May Patch.
We got a tip from @ti4goc about the hidden string found in the game files so we wanted to check it out ourselves using S4PE. This is what it says:
NEXT WEEK! Throw a luxurious party and add a touch of style to your Sims’ lives with The Sims 4 Luxury Party Stuff.
Found in Documents > Electronic Arts > The Sims 4 > cachestr > spotlight.package
The Luxury Party Stuff pack is mentioned to be release next week, although we don’t certainly know for which week did they mean as this Gallery Slider hasn’t been published in-game yet.
We’ll make sure to keep you updated as new info surface about this Stuff Pack!
Via TheSims.com!
A long, long time ago (last October) in a galaxy far, far away (on this blog) we revealed that Star Wars™ costumes would be added to The Sims 4. And today, on May 4th – Star Wars Day – we wanted to celebrate by adding even more Star Wars to your Sims experience in a new Update!
The Update includes three new Star Wars costumes for all players of The Sims 4. Now, your Sim can dress like Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace’s Darth Maul, bounty hunter extraordinaire Boba Fett, and Jedi Master Aayla Secura.
These costumes join the four that were added last year, which let your Sims dress up as Princess Leia, don a Darth Vader costume, wear a Rebel Flight Suit, or even have a child Sim dress up as Yoda.
It might not be Halloween yet, but that doesn’t mean you can’t throw awesome Star Wars-themed parties in The Sims 4! Just be sure to keep the Sim dressed like Darth Vader away from the Sim dressed like Darth Maul – we don’t want to fall into any plot holes, here. Happy Star Wars day everyone!
