We’ve just started creating a brand new Career Guide for The Sims 4, where you can see all the information on what it takes to get a Promotion, which Career Branch is better, what Rewards do you get for getting a Promotion and so much more!

For today, we’ve prepared and gathered all the information for the Painter Career. It’s not an easy job, but by practicing your Painting Skills, it will surely pay off! You can earn money by both painting at home and painting at work, + there are some worthy rewards that you’ll find in your Household inventory after getting a couple of promotions.

Click Here to visit the Career Guide page!

We discussed with a reporter from Kotaku about a Concept Art of an unannounced The Sims 4 World. They reached out to EA to ask more about this Concept Art and will it ever be realized.

This is their response:

It’s really cool to see some of these old concept art pieces surfacing on the internet. Over the course of development, the artists in The Sims Studio explored so many different things, and there was a stack of concept art produced. The team looked at all kinds of different visual styles, locations and even time periods during this exploratory phase. That’s what pre-production is all about. As you will already understand, just because there is concept art, that doesn’t mean that there was ever any intent to take any of it into production.

So there you have it. The ”mystery” about the Veronaville-styled World is finally put to an end. Even though we saw this world come to life in Dev Screens, it’s still not sure is EA just hiding information about this world, since ”just because there is concept art, that doesn’t mean that there was ever any intent to take any of it into production” doesn’t look like a completely true sentence. Take a look at the leaked dev screens below and you’ll know why:

It’s still unsure does EA ever plan to add this world into the game, but at least we know that this World WAS put into production!

Mod The Sims Forum Member mgomez found an interesting text string in one of The Sims 4’s game files (just to make it clear, we tried to see it for ourselves too and it’s real – you can find it in The Sims 4DataSimulationGameplay > core .zip file).

According to the text string file, The Sims 4 will feature 3 addition types: EP’s (Expansion Packs), SP’s (Stuff Packs) and GP’s (Gameplay Packs?).

As an addition to this, EA recently published a new slider on The Sims 4’s gallery, telling people to sign up for their newsletter.

Be the first to hear about new gameplay features and exclusive offers!

So far, The Sims Team is refusing to talk about any future projects related to The Sims 4, even though information about The Sims 4 Premium Service is already beginning to leak!

You may have noticed that the more you play The Sims 4, the longer your loading screens will last.

This issue is caused by Cache Files collecting as you progress through the game. These files serve it’s purpose as a faster way of loading in-game thumbnails (such as families, houses etc.) and they are created each time you load something ”new”.

As you add more custom content and mods for the game, you’ll notice that your Cache Files are getting bigger.

Luckily, these Cache Files can be deleted.

To do so, open your Documents folder (or a folder where your The Sims 4 Save Game folder is), Electronic Arts > The Sims 4. There’ you’ll find a folder called ”cache” and a file named localthumbcache.

Feel free to delete the localthumbcache file!

When it comes to the cache folder, open it and delete everything that’s inside of it *except* the FileCache.cfg file!

You’ll immediately notice how your game loads much more smooth and faster.

I advise that you delete cache files every 5-7 days (especially after you download/remove custom content).

For more information about Cache files, visit Crinrict’s post!

The Search Box is a fascinating The Sims 4’s Build Mode tool that you can use to find certain categories or objects.

You can find it on the bottom left corner, right above the Build Mode interface.

Let’s say this garden needs a bit more plants.

I’ll just type in ”Plant” and the search box will give me multiple plant categories. I’ll select the Outdoor Plants selection and that’s it. I could’ve entered ”Outdoor Plants” as well to find them immediately!

You can search for specific objects as well! This is perfect for those who already memorized the name of some objects.

I want to add the Penguin TV (PenguinVision Children’s Television Set). Now, I don’t have to enter the full name either. If I already know that it’s called PenguinVision or that it’s Children’s Television, I can just type in those names instead, not the full full name and the game will suggest that object that I wanted.

This also functions for Building Categories. If I wanted to add Wall Patterns, I can type in Wall Patterns or just type Wall and I’ll receive a suggestion for Wall Patterns. Or, if I wanted to build a Fountain, I’ll just type in ”Fountain”, it’s that simple!

Creative minds created amazing The Sims 4 Inspired Prints (thanks to their collaboration with Electronic Arts) and have posted them over at French Paper Art Club. These can be purchased for various amount of money. Some of them are even made in Wood Variant!

There are only 50 prints each so act quickly if you’d like to own these!

Click Here for more information about these prints!

Source: Kotaku