Sims 4
The Sims 4 is a video game made by Maxis and Electronic Arts. It's the fourth game in The Sims series and came out in 2014 for Windows, in 2015 for OS X, and in 2017 for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. In October 2022, the game changed to be free to play, and you can buy extra content for it.
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In the game, you can make and dress up characters called "Sims," build houses for them, and see how they live their lives. The Sims 4 has a new game engine that makes it easier to create characters and houses, and it also has better simulation of the Sims' emotions and personalities.
It started as an online game but became single-player because of problems with another Maxis game. Some players were unhappy that it didn't have all the features of earlier Sims games, but it did well, and lots of people play it. The game keeps getting new content like expansion packs and updates to make it more interesting. There's even a new mainline Sims game in development.
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Sims 4 Update Today
The Sims 4 received an update on October 31, 2023. Here's what's new and improved:
- Update 10/31/2023
- PC: 1.102.190.1030 / Mac: 1.102.190.1230
- Console: 1.82
What's New?
The update introduces a new feature called "Discovery Quests." These quests help players discover more about the game and its features. By completing these quests, you can earn in-game rewards like Simoleons (the in-game currency), potions, and satisfaction points. Here are some of the quests you can play:
- Scoring Simoleons: Learn different ways your Sims can earn money and earn some Simoleons in the process.
- Navigating Needs: Understand your Sims' needs and how to keep them happy.
- Skillful Sims: Discover how to help your Sims gain new skills and improve their lives.
- You and Your Phone: Explore the capabilities of your Sims' phones and what you can do with them.
- Lifelong Aspirations: Focus on your Sims' aspirations and how they can achieve them.
- Always on the Move: Let your Sims experience new worlds beyond their homes.
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You can access the Discovery Quests in the Game Options menu under "Tutorials & Tips."
Additionally, there's a new system in place for moderating profanity in comments, uploads, and player bios in The Sims 4 Gallery. This system checks for inappropriate language in all languages supported by the game and is designed to keep the game environment friendly. It's a feature to help maintain a positive community.
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These are the main highlights of the October 31, 2023 Sims 4 update. Enjoy exploring the new quests and features in the game.
Sims 4 Update Patch Notes
Bug Fixes
Base Game
- Backpacks are great for storing things but having one in your lot won’t prevent your Sim from putting books away on the shelves. Leaves more room in your backpack for important things like snacks.
- Korean - During the “Aliens Stole My Parents“ scenario, the “take a vacation“ option will be unavailable and the correct tooltip displayed explaining why now isn’t a great time to take a vacation.
- English - Custom pronouns will be correctly reflected in the Odd Job Freelance Career
- Loading into your home lot should greet you with your household and not error code 123:4a01697a:4adea999; prepare to accept the Welcome Wagon neighbors to your home.
- Completing the Au Revoir, Lewis! In the Stuck in their Shadow Scenario will progress to the next goal instead of getting stuck. Now, time to go check that mail box.
- Speaking of the Stuck in their Shadow Scenario, ever get those Mysterious Phone Calls? Nope? Well you should get them now without needing to take your Sim into Create-a-Sim and back.
- Toddlers grow up so fast, but for right now, they will be able to grab a snack or drink from the Always Has A Snack-Bag lunchbox without going through a dramatic and sudden growth spurt first.
- Starting the Finding Love After a Breakup Scenario will no longer drop you to the map with exception error code 121:8a89078a:d528d17c.
- Sims that gain an extra trait can now be edited in Create-a-Sim.
- Talking of procrastinating, when your Sim sits down to write a book or term paper they should do just that and not pick up the nearest book and start reading instead. Now, where is our basketball?
- After a caterer has made food for your social event, you can drag this around now to place it where you like, useful for getting candles on a cake if your caterer isn’t great at placing the cake somewhere useful.
- Dirty dishes can go anywhere, especially during student life. Who hasn’t found that one plate and multiple forks or spoons under their bed after detecting that odd aroma? Ohh, just us? Anyway apparently that isn’t where you should put them, and now neither will Sims who used to put them in the most distant parts of the home. Now they should show a bit more home pride and place dirty dishes in appropriate locations.
- Removing skin details in Create-a-Sim should no longer generate a lastUIException for (AS)widgets.CAS.Customizer::CatalogPanel and instead will remove the skin details from your Sim as expected.
- Stereo and Radio objects upgraded to Unbreakable shouldn’t break, no matter how hard you try. Problem was that the more determined Sims were finding the one weakness. These have been repaired free of charge and your Sims taught not to bend it that way again.
Console
- The game should no longer enter an unrecoverable state when launching the game for the first time and accepting the User Agreements using a Mouse and Keyboard.
- For Simmers using the Controls Legend, the callouts on the Gallery will be easier to read.
- The Controls Legend in the Gallery will no longer display that you can block/unblock a player while navigating your Connections and not highlighting another Simmer.
- For players that have disabled the Controls Legend in Game Options > Other, the Gallery will now respect those settings.
- The Controls Legend being enabled will not display the Sim switch prompts (PlayStation - L1/R1, Xbox - LB/RB) in CAS if you only have a one Sim household
- Opening the Cheats panel while on the Main Menu won’t keep it stuck open when you are done. The cheat panel can now be closed again.
- While cooking, the shoulder buttons (PlayStation - L1/R1, Xbox - LB/RB) will switch between recipe filters as expected.
Gallery Server
- Entering a stop word (AND, WITH, OR etc.) in your Gallery search will no longer return zero results. For example: “Cat with Dog” will show you results for you to bring into your game. We will be continuing to update the Gallery search functionality to better handle stop words in the future, but you should get results now.
- Viewing an upload was only displaying one page of comments meaning you couldn’t view everything if there were lots of responses. Now you can keep scrolling to read all the available comments.
City Living
- You know when you have something important to work on and then you procrastinate, and maybe play a little basketball before getting back to it before… basketball? Well we told the Sims that if they didn’t focus we’d take their basketball away, they can play later. So now Sims should no longer stop their important tasks to autonomously go and play basketball.
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Discover University
- Russian - A typo on the “Accept as new Roommate“ interaction has been addressed, thanks to AHQ Heroes for raising this issue.
Seasons
- Sims that celebrate Neighborhood Brawl Holiday will no longer have negative sentiments towards each other afterwards, such is the power of the holidays.
Island Living
- Mermaids tend to like the ocean, or the streets of New York City if our 1984 movie history serves us right. What you might not know is that they enjoy the odd mud bath too, or rather they do now since they will stop complaining about a routing error when trying to take one.
- Thalassophobia, or the fear of deep water, is real and some Sims were becoming tense even when not near the ocean. Now the moodlet should only apply if the Sim is swimming.
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Eco Lifestyle
- The Juice Fizzer (juiceFizzer_EP09GEN_set1) will do what it's expected to do, fizz your juice and not get stuck on the fizzing part of the function.
Snowy Escape
- Yamachan will no longer enter your homes even if you use a Neighborhood Action Plan. If Yamachan is already in your home, you can tell them to leave using the Send Home interaction.
Cottage Living
- Rabbits can be very thoughtful; one in particular was giving away items tagged as DEBUG for PC and Mac Simmers or UNKNOWN for console Simmers,as gifts like the Cow Flower. This gift has been removed from the rabbit’s stash and will not be presented to your Sims.
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High School Years
- Sims attending the Copperdale Pier together can enjoy the attractions, they can even ride solo or together. The tunnel of love is still reserved for potential love interests though.
Sims 4 Gameplay
In Sims 4 gameplay, there's no specific goal to achieve, and players are encouraged to make choices and engage in a world where they take care of virtual people called "Sims." Sims have needs like hunger, hygiene, and socializing, and players help them fulfill these needs.
They can earn money by getting jobs or selling things they make. Players can also use cheats to make the game more interesting. In Create-a-Sim, players can create and customize Sims with various traits, appearances, and personalities.
The game also includes occult Sims like vampires and mermaids, along with options for diverse gender expressions, skin tones, and pronouns. The Build mode lets players create and design houses and lots, and there are various worlds to explore. The game introduces emotions that affect how Sims behave, and they can multitask, doing multiple things at once. It's all about creating and guiding the lives of your Sims in a virtual world.
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