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Hi Simmers –

We build big games with a lot of stuff to do. There’s a LOT of content in The Sims 4 that you might not know exists if we didn’t point it out. One of the ways we do this is with our Goal systems, including Whims and Aspirations. These goals create what we call a “breadcrumb” trail to the content and, when completed, give you a nice reward to change your strategy, options, and story in the game.

Today, I snapped some screenshots to go over a few of the things you might have missed.

Whims

I told my Sim to take a Brisk Shower. This gave her the Energized Emotion. Sims always have two basic Whims, which are the little fluffy clouds above their Portraits. However, when Sims have any Emotion other than Fine (which is our neutral Emotion), they get what we call an Emotional Whim. This Whim is in the far left and is based on their current Emotion.

Emotional Whims are designed to point you towards content that you can ONLY do while in that Emotion, OR ways to fix your current Emotion. If your Sim is Sad, for example, you might get a Whim to Water your Garden with Tears.

If you hover your cursor over any of the Whims, you can find information on that Whim. You’ll find the high level subject, where it came from (an Emotion, Trait, or Aspiration), how much Satisfaction you’ll receive for completing it (more on that in a second), and a detailed explanation. See the little red X? If you ever don’t want to complete a Whim, or want a different one, simply click that X, and it goes away.

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Making Memories in The Sims 4 is simple as pressing the C button on your keyboard. Well, maybe not that simple…

After taking a Screenshot in The Sims 4 (with the C keyboard button), click on the Camera Controls button on the top right corner and select ”Memories & Pictures” option. You’ll get a panel of all the Memories of your Sim, but since you probably don’t have any Memory in there, you’ll need to import one. To do so, click the ”View Screenshots” option on the bottom right corner.

Click on a Screenshot that you want to use as a Memory and select the circled icon that says ”Click here to make this screenshot a memory for all selected Sims”.

Note: only Sims who are inside the Screenshot can make that certain Screenshot a memory and can reminisce about it!

After you’ve done that, go back to your Memory panel and select the Memory you imported. To reminisce about that Memory, you’ll need to select  type of that Memory (which Emotion should trigger; Angry, Embarrassing, Confident, Romantic, Sad, Happy)

After you’ve set that, you can finally throw back to the past! Each Memory gives your Sim a +1 worth of Emotional Buff (doesn’t matter which Emotion). You can do so by clicking on a Memory and selecting the cloud icon that says ”Reminisce about this Memory”.

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Tip: SimGoodie

With The Sims 4’s latest update, Invisible Lights from The Sims 3 World Adventures update are now back to The Sims 4 as well!

To add invisible lights into your Room, open Build Mode and enter the bb.showhiddenobjects cheat. Select filters and choose Content > Debug.

You can plop any Invisible Light you want into your room. There are all sort of sizes for a ceiling and wall/floor invisible lightings.

After you’ve finished adding invisible lights, the yellow outline on each lighting will disappear and all you’ll see in Live Mode is light without the light source.

This video was split into 3 parts due to broadcast issues. First 2 Parts last 6 minutes total, while the third part lasts 55 minutes. Part 3 is the one you should focus on!

Part 1 – Part 2 – Part 3