SimGuruLyndsay recently said on Twitter that she’s locking down the System Requirements for The Sims 4! This means that the game is in the final stage of testing.
We wanted to make sure that The Sims Team is still standing by their statement that The Sims 4 will run better on Low-End Computers than The Sims 3, so we asked Lyndsay on Twitter. Her answer was quite promising:
@PaulinaKlepacka When we design the games, we look at our content throughout our history.
— Grant Rodiek (@SimGuruGrant) July 18, 2014
@SamWitts2 Ask me in a month. We’re finishing this one and under a lot of pressure, so today, RIGHT NOW, it’s less fun. — Grant Rodiek (@SimGuruGrant) July 18, 2014
@Michael05849757 Aspirations are rewarded with Traits and some one time benefits. There are TONS of reward objects elsewhere.
— Grant Rodiek (@SimGuruGrant) July 18, 2014
Some of you may already know this, but one of my favorite changes in The Sims 4 is how bill delinquency works. We shut off your power. — Grant Rodiek (@SimGuruGrant) July 18, 2014
And if you keep not paying, things get worse. It’s hilarious to me.
— Grant Rodiek (@SimGuruGrant) July 18, 2014
@swwSims Also, it’s FAR simpler. The repo man never really worked and was crazy expensive to fix. Shutting off the power? Way better. — Grant Rodiek (@SimGuruGrant) July 18, 2014
@Bet4chan We do not have the repo man, no. We didn’t really think he added much to the game. Shutting off power? Way funnier.
— Grant Rodiek (@SimGuruGrant) July 18, 2014
Here’s a hint on how things get worse: things will get crappy. — Grant Rodiek (@SimGuruGrant) July 18, 2014
@swwSims We have one that reduces your bills in TS4. @SimGuruGraham is a total jerk with bills in TS4. Watch out for it.
— Grant Rodiek (@SimGuruGrant) July 18, 2014
@DebraHipskind You can’t move Sims around using WASD. You click on objects you want them to use, or on the ground where you want them to go.
— Graham Nardone (@SimGuruGraham) July 19, 2014
@TrueS1mm3r I’m pretty sure there’s a blog going up that talks more about the fiction of the families in the world; wait for that 🙂 — Graham Nardone (@SimGuruGraham) July 19, 2014
@Alourra1289 There’s a household inventory. Objects go there when you drop down stuff that requires removing objects that were in the way.
— Graham Nardone (@SimGuruGraham) July 19, 2014
@rsdworker @ZerbuTabek Age bar, the Sim’s traits, the Sim’s stats, etc. — Graham Nardone (@SimGuruGraham) July 19, 2014
@KellVeh Showing the fire and the new emotional death was an important part of our E3 demo, so we tuned it to happen quickly every time.
— Graham Nardone (@SimGuruGraham) July 19, 2014
.@ashsmashreed Oh yeah – @GamesRadar were the first ones to see our world map 🙂 Definitely a step up over what we had in the E3 build! — Graham Nardone (@SimGuruGraham) July 19, 2014
.@shark5432 There are a variety of ways to travel – map, phone, clicking on another lot that you see, going home, going to work/school, etc.
— Graham Nardone (@SimGuruGraham) July 19, 2014
.@shark5432 Depending how you travel you’ll see Sims walk off the lot or out of the neighborhood. They don’t all instantly start loading. — Graham Nardone (@SimGuruGraham) July 19, 2014
@KellVeh Oh yeah, plenty of cupcakes 🙂 Thank @SimGuruAzure for that!
— Graham Nardone (@SimGuruGraham) July 19, 2014
.@shark5432 The 3 clouds floating over the Sim’s bust are their current whims to accomplish. One whim is always based on the Sim’s emotion. — Graham Nardone (@SimGuruGraham) July 19, 2014
@GorjanIvanovski You don’t schedule parties in advance any more. They start once you call other Sims to come over to your party.
— Graham Nardone (@SimGuruGraham) July 19, 2014
.@shark5432 There’s a small X button when hovering over each whim if you want to remove a current whim and get a new one. — Graham Nardone (@SimGuruGraham) July 19, 2014
@ReviewerNoah The colored ones indicate the emotion that generated the whim.
— Graham Nardone (@SimGuruGraham) July 19, 2014
Most of the Sims at the party panicked and ran out of the house due to the fire 🙂 We wanted our Sims to quickly show off the new emotional deaths during the E3 demo though; normally they’d prioritize the fire in that situation.
@OneiricNotes Yes, I turned off autonomy for my Sims. I’m a micromanager; I like having total control over what they do and when they do it.
— Graham Nardone (@SimGuruGraham) July 19, 2014
@PattonKieran With stairs 🙂 Just something silly for the demo so that I would have better camera angles.
— Graham Nardone (@SimGuruGraham) July 19, 2014
@doobAndy You can switch between households in any world at any time – it’s very fluid for whatever you want to play at any given moment.
— Graham Nardone (@SimGuruGraham) July 19, 2014
@Divine_James Off to the household inventory! You can then pull it back out and place it elsewhere.
— Graham Nardone (@SimGuruGraham) July 19, 2014
@djeranotjuh Yup, you can pull the width of the stairs the same way you do with rooms.
— Graham Nardone (@SimGuruGraham) July 19, 2014
@ReviewerNoah There’s actually a button there now that goes back to the previous menu. Similar to “More Choices” at the top of the pie menu.
— Graham Nardone (@SimGuruGraham) July 19, 2014
@hrtarki Ohh, that thing. That shows you your relationship with whoever you’re talking to as well as their current emotion.
— Graham Nardone (@SimGuruGraham) July 20, 2014
@zelda5820 @SimGuruRyan You can visit the home of any other Sim whenever you like.
— Graham Nardone (@SimGuruGraham) July 20, 2014
@sharkloverplaye No. You can completely ignore the auto save – it runs innocuously in the background and will just be there if you need it.
— Graham Nardone (@SimGuruGraham) July 20, 2014
@NicyPrior Yup. You can move between neighborhoods and full worlds without starting a new game or losing a thing.
— Graham Nardone (@SimGuruGraham) July 20, 2014
This week started off fantastically with new info about The Sims 4’s brand new World – Oasis Springs! This world will ship with the Base Game this September.
Have a look at what GamesRadar said about this World:
The Sims 4 will have another environment to compliment the lush Willow Creek neighborhood, and this one’s more on the parched side. The recently unveiled Oasis Springs district is set in the middle of an arid desert, and has the look of suburban Las Vegas. This locale is filled with desert-themed charm, complete with set-pieces like cactuses and shed-sized air conditioners (and is that a Western-motif diner I see in the background?). You can still build lovely homesteads with plenty of modern comforts. You’ll likely have tons of fun in this…wellspring? Fountain? Watering hole? It’s right on the tip of my tongue…
Not only that, but they also teased that Alien Abduction is possible in TS4. Not sure how much can we trust the ”Try not to get abducted by Aliens” sentence, but the fact that they went to Redwood Shores to play a non-scripted and newest build of the game may be enough proof.
Later that day, PekeSims managed to extract all 8 versions of all 7 Songs from The Sims 4 CAS Demo! Each Version of each Soundtrack adds up an instrument or two.
The Sims Social Accounts posted a new Concept Art of The Sims 4’s Cowplant to celebrate the Cow Appreciation Day!
SimGuruAzure was also active on Social Network, Twitter, as she revealed 2 skills for Children in The Sims 4 – Violin and Piano Skills!
The next day brought a pleasant surprise as Origin announced that Simmers who registered The Sims 2 on their Origin Account will get The Sims 2 Ultimate Collection for free! They explained that The Sims 2 Ultimate Collection includes all Expansion and Stuff Packs from The Sims 2 Series and that it takes at least 1 The Sims 2 game in order to get this Collection.
Simmers decided to mess around The Sims 4 CAS Demo’s code a little more. SimsDomination managed to extract more than 170 Icons from the CAS Demo!
Rachael Franklin published a blog and explained that Simmers can now register to increase their chances of getting The Sims 4 CAS Demo rather than waiting to be selected randomly. If you’d like to early access this Demo, check out THIS post for more information! They also made THIS tutorial on how to apply for CAS Demo early access!
We were relieved to hear that modding Skin Tones in The Sims 4 CAS is possible. Talented modder Tedw managed to change the color of the Sim below from blue to purple.
With a help from Simfans.de, we managed to break through The Sims 4 CAS Demo code and find more Bonus Traits and Rewards. We also found a list of Relationships that can be edited straight from Create a Sim!
The Sims 3 Store released a new Featured Look called Sandy Shoals Sea Shanty! This new Residental Lot includes some new Wallpapers, along with Store Content from previous Store Sets.
After we got The Sims 2 Ultimate Collection, we’ve decided to make a post and explain what exactly does The Sims 2 UC include, as well as how do you get one. Surprisingly, this Collection did include The Sims 2 Holiday! Stuff Pack.
The Sims 3 Store Sales Page received an update, with more items and Sets being on Sale for a lower discount.
Finally, the long awaited Gameplay Walkthrough of The Sims 4 was released, showing off the adventures of SimGuruRyan and SimGuruGraham in the World of Willow Creek. We managed to take more than 460 High Quality screens (1920×1080) from the Video in case you want to go into detail with this new Walkthrough.
The new Video has shown a Loading Screen between Lots and Neighborhoods, as well as some info about The Sims 4 Premium Memberships.We’re not sure how exactly will they function, but we do assume that you’ll have to pay for your Premium Membership in advance to get DLC content before everyone else who didn’t pay for their Membership.
Thankfully, SimGuruGraham made some statements and clarified some info we saw in the new TS4 Walkthrough Video.
This week ended with a new-old Screen of The Sims 4, although this time it’s really HQ!
At this time, all Origin customers who had previously registered their copy of The Sims 2 should now have the newly remastered The Sims 2 Ultimate Collection in their Origin My Games library.
We know that there are a lot of fans of The Sims who may not have had their copy of the game registered on Origin, and we want to reward The Sims fans for their incredible loyalty and commitment to the franchise.
As a result, we are developing an easy way for any eligible customer who owns a physical disc copy of The Sims 2 to upgrade easily to the new Ultimate Collection edition. We will update this article on or before Wednesday July 23 at 10am PT, with detailed instructions on what you need to do to get your own copy of The Sims 2 Ultimate Collection.
SimGuruGraham decided to explain some features and facts we saw in The Sims 4’s new Gameplay Video.
Figured I’d chat a bit about a few things I’ve seen people discussing about today’s video… — Graham Nardone (@SimGuruGraham) July 19, 2014
1st up – there is a full world map, it simply wasn’t in our E3 build. When traveling you choose a lot from the map, not from that list. — Graham Nardone (@SimGuruGraham) July 19, 2014
Party goals are optional. When you set up the party you select if you want goals to accomplish or just have fun doing whatever you want. — Graham Nardone (@SimGuruGraham) July 19, 2014
The interaction queue is still there and you can queue up a bunch of stuff. — Graham Nardone (@SimGuruGraham) July 19, 2014
The box to the left side of the Sim shows which interactions are currently happening; it can show more than one when a Sim is multitasking. — Graham Nardone (@SimGuruGraham) July 19, 2014
Queued interactions sit above that box and then drop down when the Sim starts doing them. — Graham Nardone (@SimGuruGraham) July 19, 2014
The traditional info panels are all in the bottom right corner (Aspirations, Needs, Skills, Relationship, Career, Inventory, Simology). — Graham Nardone (@SimGuruGraham) July 19, 2014
I just tend to play with the UI panels minimized; personal preference. We’ve also changed the order they’re listed in since then. — Graham Nardone (@SimGuruGraham) July 19, 2014
A lot of the visual information that moodlets are communicating has been changed since the E3 build. For example… — Graham Nardone (@SimGuruGraham) July 19, 2014
Emotion strength of a moodlet will show exact numbers instead of vague dots (easier to understand why your Sim is in their current emotion). — Graham Nardone (@SimGuruGraham) July 19, 2014
The green plusses above the moodlets were swapped to a gradient fade (just wait until I try and explain what a chameleon moodlet is to you). — Graham Nardone (@SimGuruGraham) July 19, 2014
@Candacis Energy, Hunger, Bladder, Hygiene, Fun, and Social. — Graham Nardone (@SimGuruGraham) July 19, 2014
@Matthewplays45 Yup! You can save wherever you currently are, and your household’s Sims can be on different lots when you save. — Graham Nardone (@SimGuruGraham) July 19, 2014
@Matthewplays45 When you load the save you’ll select which Sim you want to start playing with and you’ll load to the lot they’re on. — Graham Nardone (@SimGuruGraham) July 19, 2014
The idea of a “chameleon buff” will be much easier to explain and understand with the game running in front of you. I’ll try and give an overview though. The Happy emotion is special in that it can modify other positive emotions. If your Sim only has a +10 Happy moodlet, then they’re Happy. But if they have a +10 Happy moodlet, and a +5 Playful moodlet, then they’re Playful (even though the Happy moodlet is stronger). This is because the Happy emotion acts as a boost to any other positive emotions your Sim is feeling. You can see examples of this throughout the demo – the moodlets with the green plus symbols above them are actually Happy moodlets that were modified to boost another positive emotion. What we’ve changed since then was to make the moodlet’s color a gradient, so the background would look like green fading to purple to show happy -> playful. I know that all sounds complicated and confusing – it was overwhelming when it was first explained to me as well. Once you play with it in-game though it feels totally natural and easy to understand.
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Thanks to the new Gameplay Video of The Sims 4, we finally have an opportunity to see what do Loading Screens between Lots and Neighborhoods look like! (Not sure do they look the same when travelling between Worlds)
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With the new release of The Sims 4’s gameplay video, we couldn’t help but notice notice a very interesting fact. When Graham and Ryan started to show off The Gallery, there was an interesting line about Premium Membership in The Sims 4!
Save on New Packs with Early Access and Exclusive Items
Become a Premium member to get early access to 3 new packs, with exclusive items. Your Sims can throw a spooky costume party, camp in the great outdoors, and feast the new year in style.
Update: Origin just made The Sims 2 Ultimate Collection available for everyone until the end of July, 2014! All you need to do is redeem the I-LOVE-THE-SIMS code on Origin and you’re good to go! (you don’t need to have any Sims 2 game registered)
For more information, check out THIS post!
Origin is giving out The Sims 2 Ultimate Collection to people who have at least 1 The Sims 2 Game registered on their Origin Account. If you’d like to register your TS2 Game and get TS2 Ultimate Collection for free, contact EA Help HERE! For more information about this offer, check out THIS FAQ Page!
The Sims 2 Ultimate Collection includes these following games:
Overall, The Sims 2 Ultimate Collection includes all The Sims 2 additions (except content from The Sims 2 Store)!
To download this Collection, simply click on The Sims 2 UC Boxart and select ”Download”. The Game will take 12,57 GB of your Hard Disk Drive.
Here are some facts you should know before starting the game:
If you have any questions about The Sims 2 Ultimate Collection, let us know in the comment section below! 🙂
With some help from SimFans.de, we managed to break in the Language Text String Code from The Sims 4 Create a Sim Demo. Beside the Traits/Rewards we found yesterday, we also found relationships between Sims that can be found in the Base Game.
These Relationships can be edited straight from Create a Sim which explains why there are no in-law Sims.
If you have The Sims 4 Create a Sim Demo, open Origin in order to download and install the new Update. We’ll let you know if there are any major changes.
If you haven’t got The Sims 4 CAS Demo yet, apply for one HERE (lower right side)
Version – 1.0.192.190
As you may have heard from SimGurus, you can earn multiple traits outside the CAS. With a help from SimFans.de, we managed to compile a list of Traits & Rewards that you’ll probably earn during gameplay of The Sims 4 (and also by choosing and completing Lifetime Rewards)
(Info taken from The Sims 4 CAS Demo’s Language String File)
You can compare these traits with CAS Traits HERE!
Always Welcome – Always Welcome Sims will act more at home when at others’ residences, and the hosts won’t mind at all!
Angler’s Tranquility – Sims with Angler’s Tranquility will find that all of their problems seem to melt away while they are fishing.
Antiseptic – Antiseptic Sims’ Hygiene Need decays much slower.
Appraiser – Appraisers can sell their collectibles for extra money.
Beguiling – Beguiling Sims can put anyone in a flirty mood with just one look. (From Completing the Seduction Master Aspiration)
Beloved – Everyone remembers a Beloved Sim! Their relationships never fade.
Companion – Sims with a Companion have special interactions with their spouse that help ease the trials of life. (From Completing the Soulmate Aspiration)
Connections – Sims with Connections start all Careers several levels ahead!
Creative Visionary – Creative Visionaries have a higher chance of painting and writing masterworks.
Creatively Gifted – Creatively Gifted Sims build adult creative skills faster. (From Completing the Artistic Prodigy Aspiration)
Dastardly – Dastardly Sims perform stronger and more successful mean interactions. (From Choosing a Deviance Aspiration)
Domestic – Domestic Sims will see their familial relationships grow stronger faster.
Entrepreneurial – Entrepreneurial Sims are more likely to get promoted in their Career.
Expressionistic – Expressionistic Sims have captured the essence of feeling, and can create highly emotional works of art regardless of their actual mood! (From Completing the Painter Extraordinaire Aspiration)
Fertile – Fertile Sims have an easier time when trying for a baby, and a higher chance of twins or triplets.
Fresh Chef – Fresh Chefs always make the highest quality food, and it never spoils! (From Completing the Master Chef Aspiration)
Frugal – A Frugal Sim’s household has reduced bills.
Great Kisser – Great Kissers have amazing success with kissing, and increase Charisma with every kiss!
Gym Rat – Gym Rats build Fun while exercising and don’t lose Hygiene!
Handy – Handy Sims can instantly Fix and Upgrade any object (From Completing the Nerd Brain Aspiration)
Hardly Hungry – Some Sims just don’t have much of an appetite.
Hilarious – Hilarious Sims can never go wrong with a joke, and have a few extra-special ones up their sleeve.
Independent – Independent Sims’ Social Need decays slower.
Long Lived – Long Lived lets Sims live longer lives, barring any accidents (From Completing the Bodybuilder Aspiration)
Marketable – Marketable Sims sell items they’ve crafted for more Simoleons!
Mastermind – Masterminds know just the right things to say to cause anger, sadness, and jealousy in their opponents. (From Completing the Public Enemy Aspiration)
Mentally Gifted – Gifted Sims build adult mental skills faster. (From Completing the Whiz Kid Aspiration)
Mentor – Mentors can use the Mentor interaction to help other Sims improve their skills much more quickly!
Morning Sim – Morning Sims Build extra skill in the morning.
Naturalist – Sims that are Naturalists don’t need to fear fire; it won’t touch them, and they can extinguish it with ease. (From Completing the Freelance Botanist Aspiration)
Never Weary – Never Weary Sims do not need to Sleep.
Observant – Observant Sims learn the traits of others just by meeting them.
Patriarch – provide skill boosts whenever they are around their children. (From Completing the Big Happy Family Aspiration)
Perfect Host – Perfect Hosts get a boost to the score of any social event they throw. (From Completing the Party Animal Aspiration)
Physically Gifted – Physically Gifted Sims build adult physical skills faster. (From Completing the Rambunctious Scamp Aspiration)
Piper – Pipers know an arsenal of songs that have significant power over others. (From Completing the Musical Genius Aspiration)
Player – Players will never cause other Sims to get jealous, no matter what they do (From Completing the Hopeful Romantic Aspiration)
Poetic – Poetic Sims can capture life itself in a book, and wield it to bring back someone they’ve lost. 3 (From Completing the Bestselling Author Aspiration)
Potion Master – Potion Masters can mix potent drinks which can sway the drinker’s emotions. (From Completing the Master Mixologist Aspiration)
Professional Slacker – Professional Slackers have no fear of being demoted or fired.
Professional – Professorial Sims can write helpful manuals about any skill they’re well-versed in. (From Completing the Renaissance Sim Aspiration)
Savant – Savants gain all skills much faster!
Shameless – Shameless Sims will never get Embarrassed!
Shrewd – Shrewd Sims receive a direct deposit each week based on their Household Funds. (From Completing the Fabulously Wealthy Aspiration)
Sincere – Sincere Sims have more success with Apologies and Compliments.
Socially Gifted – Socially Gifted Sims build adult social skills faster. (From Completing the Social Butterfly Aspiration)
Speed Cleaner – Speed Cleaners tidy up much faster!
Speed Reader – Speed Readers read books faster than your average Sim.
Steel Bladder – Sims with a Steel Bladder rarely have to pay attention to their Bladder Need.
Super Green Thumb – Super Green Thumbs will find that the plants they garden have amazing vitality!
Thrifty – Thrifty Sims receive a 10% rebate on all Build Mode purchases made each week. Rebates will be directly applied to Household Funds. (From Completing the Mansion Baron Aspiration)
Tormentor – Tormentors can sabotage almost anything, be it an object or another Sim’s best efforts. (From Completing the Chief of Mischief Aspiration)
Vicarious – By being Vicarious, your Children’s skill gains can contribute to your own! (From Completing the Successful Lineage Aspiration)
Webmaster – Webmasters get the most out of their computers, unlocking extremely useful ways to use them. (From Completing the Computer Whiz Aspiration)
Mod the Sims user Tedw was able to modify a Skin Tone in The Sims 4 Create a Sim Demo! This proves the fact that changing Custom Skin Tones will be possible in The Sims 4 with a little help of Mods.
I’m not entirely sure if this is the right thread for this – I know it’s not really news about TS4. For testing purposes, I made a default replacement of the blue skin tone in the game, changing the blue for a purple color. It shows that default replacement mods can be made for things like skin. Hopefully replacements could be made to fix issues with some of the darker skin tones lacking warmth and some of the eye colors being too similar (there are two greens and two blues that are almost identical to each other).
I got an email saying I would get a copy of The Sims 2 Ultimate Collection, but I can’t find it in my library?
The Sims 2 Ultimate Collection is going out to gamers right now. Everyone who had a digital copy ofThe Sims 2 will find the Ultimate Collection in their library within the next 5 days. Just log in to Origin and visit your My Games library.
I hear that you are no longer supporting The Sims 2. What does that mean?
Going forward, EA will no longer be providing any new content or making any additional technical updates to The Sims 2. If you have a problem with your game, you are of course still welcome to contact us here at EA Help.
How do I get The Sims 2 Ultimate Collection?
The Sims 2 Ultimate Collection is being given out to any gamer who purchased and registered a digital version of The Sims 2.
I didn’t get an email but I want a copy of The Sims 2 Ultimate Collection.
Any gamer who has purchased and registered a digital copy of The Sims 2 on Origin will receive the Ultimate Collection. If you can’t find your copy, please contact a Game Advisor for help.
What does The Sims 2 Ultimate Collection contain?
The Ultimate Collection includes The Sims 2, as well as every single The Sims 2 expansion pack and stuff pack.
How do I remove the old version of The Sims 2 from my game library?
Just right-click on the old tile for The Sims 2 game and select hide tile.
How do I register to be considered for early access for The Sims 4 Create A Sim Demo?
Go to http://www.thesims.com/ and look for the signup widget on the right. Make sure to sign up with the SAME Origin account you play The Sims with.The Sims 4 Create A Sim Demo is available on PC through the Origin client.
- If you already have an Origin account, make sure to register for the demo using the same email as you have on your Origin account.
- If you don’t have an Origin account, you will want to create one using the same email that you used to register for the demo.
Please make sure that the email you register with for the demo matches the email for the Origin account you intend to play The Sims 4 Create A Sim Demo and The Sims 4 with. Hopefully this will be the same Origin account and email that you use to play The Sims 3!
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Please know that we will not be able to invite every registrant to the early access. But don’t worry, we’ll be making the demo available to everyone later this Summer!
