nov-sims-team-qna

[thorn plover]

Hello

[plush flame]

Sul Sul!

[cinder drift]

Hey!

[dry obsidian]

Sul sul!

[woven finch]

sullllll

[strong canyon]

hi !

[ocean heart]

Sul Sul 💚

[crimson snow]

Hai

[untold palm]

First

[inner lava]

Sul sul ! ♥

[fast ore]

Hiiii 😁

[thick wind]

Sul Sul Simmers, thanks for joining us!

[spark gorge]

Sul Sul!

[fresh halo]

[sharp basalt]

the way i got excited about no more underwear 🤣

[shell depot]

Sul Sul guys!!!

[glass sail]

hello!

[thick wind]

just Sims things 😄

[torpid summit]

Sul sul 🥳

[crimson snow]

So, what kind of questions should be expected to be asked specifically?

[ocean heart]

I’ll go right at it 😂 I was wondering if the December update only includes fixes or also free BG content ?💚

[autumn flare]

Sul Sul! Moderation here friends!

[thick wind]

we're excited to hear what questions you have for Alex and Morgan today 🙂 you can ask about their work, the upcoming fixes, or more general questions about what it's like working at The Sims!

[woven finch]

[fringe elm]

Sul Sul Simmers! I'm a Producer on the Sims team and you might have seen me on past livestreams! I've been on the team for maybe around 8 years now and I'm the Producer on our Bug Fixing and Save Corruption Investigation Teams right now! I'm here to answer questions!

[crimson snow]

So why shouldn't we start with that? Hi Morgan and Alex, nice to see you here! How are you? How is it working on the Sims? What do you like about this game the most?

[untold palm]

Hey all! Back here to try to answer as many Qs as you have. Especially as they pertain to QA/Testing etc etc.

Been on TS4 for 2 years now and have been enjoying all the input we have been getting to make the game better!

[sour crest]

👋

[quiet parrot]

Hii happy qa day

[strong canyon]

Sul sul I have one question about fixe, do you think one day the ''simulation lag'' will be fixe ? Even wit powerfull pc ?

[ocean glen]

sul sul

[glass sail]

I know of you because of Werewolves 🥹

[lime comet]

And I'm here too!

[tawny wind]

I just want to thank you all for your hard work. I know The Sims can be a complicated game, and with all the expansion packs, I think you've done a good job trying to keep everything compatible. I haven't seen anything approach the life sim genre like The Sims, ever since I first began playing in the early 2000s. So. Congrats!

[crimson snow]

I like you, you're so nice with people in the forums!

[winged onyx]

Are you planning to tune adults caring for infants? Thank you for your work!

[fringe elm]

It's my dream come true to work on the Sims! I've been playing since I was little and the people on the team are just as wonderful as I always imagined. What do I like the most.... I love telling stories myself. So any new feature that allows that. I'm also a big family play person. (Lore wise - Princess Cordelia!!!!)

[covert pawn]

Why wasn’t the issue of Disappearances of Pets and Horses in Premade Households included in this patch’s laundry list?

[sharp basalt]

i wanna know who wrote the laundry list cause that part about the arrrmed chair got me breathless too!

[maiden valley]

HI

[untold palm]

If you have anything specific to ask about QA or testing ! @fringe elm can answer Sims Lore specific questions or questions about our ongoing Quality of Life fixes

[knotty depot]

🍓

[fringe elm]

YES! 💚 I was the Lead Producer on Werewolves - which was 100% my favorite pack to work on. It was SO much fun to make.

[sacred hedge]

@fringe elm Creating a new status "Awaiting more Reports" was rather discouraging and I no longer submit bug reports. What are your plans for bug fixes if players slowly stop reporting because they are discouraged like me?

[bitter epoch]

Months ago you asked the discord server about the family tree in game. Any updates?

[ocean heart]

Also, can we expect big updates like the one you did in November for the next few months in 2026 ? Talking about 150+fixes update
Thank you for your hard work and dedication to our game

[fringe elm]

That is on our radar as one of the things players care most about for sure. One of the first things around infants we're looking at is responsiveness and its currently under investigation for an upcoming update.

[sacred egret]

@fringe elm What's been your favourite thing about switching from new-content production (which lots of us recognize your for from streams!) to bug and corruption teams? And what do you miss?

[sour crest]

That pack is amazing!! the world is one of the best for sure!

[foggy mountain]

Are we gonna have to pay full price for all the packs I already own for the Sims 4 Remaster?

[fringe elm]

Did you see the Arrrrmed chair was part of the Princess Cordelia set?! If you haven't - check out the text on those items. They're some of my favorites.

[strong canyon]

@fringe elm I have one question about fixe, do you think one day the ''simulation lag'' will be fixe ? Even wit powerfull pc ? Thank you 🙂

[sacred hedge]

@fringe elm Also when can we expect Xbox players to be able to submit saves like PS and PC players?

[thorn plover]

Whatever happened to monthly Sims deliveries

[maiden valley]

@fringe elm A question added to that question! Do you think they'll do that in terms of updating all childhood stages for the sims? (infant, toddler, child.)

[spark sonnet]

What’s the funniest and/or most unexpected bug you’ve come across in testing? Were there any that made you think “who would have thought x would affect y”?

[untold palm]

Appreciate the feedback! The reason for the status is because there are so many posts that just sit dormant, if we don't have enough info they tend to "clog the system". We want to be sure we are addressing what players care about the most, but even if engagement drops we will still go through what we have and address the player reports AND the stuff my team is finding during our testing.

Our work doesn't stop! We just want to know what YOU care about as it helps prioritize internally to get stuff out quicker

[tall glade]

I recently run into a bug and when I went to Google it, it appears it's been around for years https://forums.ea.com/idea/the-sims-4-bug-reports-en/ld-sim-still-has-ghost-moodlets-and-ability-from-temp-ghost/5003940
It was quite disheartening TBH. Why are some bugs allowed to fester for so long? I assume more severe, game breaking bugs are prioritized, but then you see something like a chair having a duplicate color being dealt with. So, how do y'all decide what bugs to fix first?

[bitter epoch]

@untold palm @fringe elm Months ago you asked the discord server about the family tree in game. Any updates?

[meager wing]

Are there plans to perhaps engage with modders that figure out fixes for things early? There's a modder named Kuttoe, who has released a good chunk of, imo, major fixes that I wish would get more attention quickly, since some modders do have an extremely good understanding of the game code. To which I feel it'd be good for everyone if it was indeed a thing between the devs. And a lot of small issues are on the XML side of things, which modders have access to. Unless I'm misunderstanding how things work internally.

[strong canyon]

I don't think this is the place for it, and rumors are a bad idea to spread.

[lime comet]

Agreed. Simply because my boy Greg was in that pack 🐺

[fringe elm]

I was actually in Quality Assurance before I joined the Maxis team, so I've always had a passion for bug fixing. To be honest, it's a LITTLE more fun to work on new content, BUT you can't really beat knowing how important this work is to all of the players right now. That makes me feel really good and satisfied at the end of the day. What's better than the team figuring out a really difficult, hard hitting bug that I get to help communicate about back to all of you? That feels exciting and good.

[sacred hedge]

Thank you, I understand the need to prioritize, but the system isn't consistent. Some reports with more 30+ votes sit around with "Awaiting more Reports" while other with 3 votes get addressed instantly. The reality is that players feel discouraged by the state of the forums and the new status hurt more than helped imo.

[copper laurel]

A misunderstood good boi. I can fix him.

[jaunty jetty]

Is there anyway we could start a chat about what simmers want to see in the next Packs to come like suggestions the Sims team doesn’t have to take on those things just maybe a way to get creative simmers to speak on possible wishlist packs ?

[untold palm]

So Xbox / Microsoft they have some technical limitations on getting player saves. It's an ongoing discussion we have to try to find workarounds. So it's possible but not much else we can share about it.

[obsidian linden]

I wanna know this too, rn I use the Sims tree which is a separate site

[bitter epoch]

I want to know this as well

[fringe elm]

Favorite bugs: We have a gif of a baby being thrown. Or a baby with a beard. In our recent bug fixing Conor (from Livestreams) made a gif where the baby was attached really silly to the Sim.

[spark sonnet]

I’m still concerned that things with low reports may actually be important - for example people may mostly not notice or care about a townie’s duplicating guitars or a particular duplicating plant in the world, but if overfull saves cause corruption isn’t it concerning that there’s 50 hay layered on top of each other or 100+ guitars in a sims inventory, ever ballooning?

[slate wigeon]

Maybe a boring question, but when can we expect the memory boost mode to arrive on other platforms than PC? Or is it even planned?

[crimson snow]

Given that The Sims 4 is quite old and it seems that every time you fix something, a new problem arises, how can that be dealt with? I believe it's just the everyday with any big game haha
Sorry if I sounded rude, it wasn't my intention

[sacred hedge]

Thank you, it was extremely discouraging having to sit and wait/hope/pray someone on PS or PC could submit a save on my behalf.

[foggy mountain]

@fringe elm I keep hearing that you're doing a remaster for the Sims 4 and I have to rebuy all my packs, true or not?

[pastel kayak]

A long while back, TS4 folks used to share things like technical documentation and 010 templates with mod tooling creators, which allowed them to get up to speed quickly with things like changes to the DBPF format from TS3, combined binary tuning, etc. But we haven’t seen too much of that lately beyond the TDESCs (which are very much appreciated) even though the game’s resources continue to evolve. Is there a chance we could see a return to that arrangement, or is there some reason it was stopped?

[stark agate]

I really need to get time and look at the website. I am wondering if one bug that has been in game for a long time is being addressed soon. Children placed in the highchair before given food will then be attached to the sim that placed them in the highchair. If the food is put on the highchair first then there is not a problem. The child then needs to be debugged which will put them on the ground, then they are able to be picked up and put in the highchair without issue.

[covert pawn]

Why wasn’t the Disappearances of Pets and Horses in Premade Households issue included in this Laundry List? It has over 400 votes.

[nimble lake]

Is there a possibility that we could lose access to our game since it is online and tied to the EA app?

[copper laurel]

Petition for facial hair accessories for toddlers.

[supple glacier]

Hi all my ? Is what does the future look like for Sims on playstation platform

[spark sonnet]

Thanks, I’d love to see the gif 😁

[jaunty jetty]

I think it would be super cool like to see what we want and possibly being in alignment with the sims team and by chance get those things in the game.

[meager wing]

Absolutely agreed with this. Duplicating objects are still happening but nobody knows because the "fix" released was made to hide everything duplicating. So a reload will make a romantic blanket object vanish if you happen to play in a Plex lot system if it's outside a lot.

[nimble lake]

Are we going to get strollers, casinos, bands, or pool tables?

[smoky lagoon]

Same question here...

[shadow escarp]

could we see more CAS updates in the future for things like heterochromia, prosthetics, and more types of scars (body and face)?

[untold palm]

I hear you!

So I think it's important to point out that votes are important they're not the only thing we use to measure.

There's also the question on "when did the votes come?" and also "Do we (QA) have enough info to act on?"

There's times when we need more info from the players and we never get it. The goal is to keep the "needs info" status "fresh" and let stale things go in its special status. If there's a desire to get something like that fixed, a new post can be made and we can switch the status.

Nothing on the forums "dies", we just have limited resources and want to try to get to the things that we can!

[south tide]

Will you be caring more about console players of Sims 4 in the coming future for fixes and updates especially with lagging and stalling problems? Or is the focus going to continue for only computer players?

[fringe elm]

Some bugs are super easy to fix and some are really hard. A lot of our top community bugs are very hard to fix and take specifically Engineers or Designers for the fixes. So you'll sometimes see a variety of less 'popular' bugs that we sprinkle in because they were quick for someone who wasn't focused on a top bug to fix. For example: I might try to fix a few quick ones myself today that I know how to fix - which are the easiest bugs that ever existed. I'm no engineer. Haha.

[supple glacier]

I asked a long time ago now before medical aids if it was possible to have wheelchairs on all platforms

[sacred hedge]

Other games on console offer mod support. Realistically, is mod support a possibility for The Sims 4 since @lime comet mention support for The Sims 4 for "years to come" in the most recent post?

[young warren]

💯 shame we just got more of a blanket fix for that

[vernal lance]

That is one massively underrated pack I think. (Catching up, sorry for old comment but I wanted to let you know it's awesome ❤️ )

[sharp basalt]

can we have more cas columns please!

[fathom tapir]

I don't have a question, I just want to thank you for finally fixing kettles and pressure cookers ❤️ I know I was rather loud about getting them fixed during the past few years 😬

[lime comet]

I actually provided an update on that in the EA Forums thread earlier today. Short answer, it's on the list and we're hoping to get a fix out as soon as possible.

[supple glacier]

@south tide agreed iv asked the same many a times

[sacred hedge]

I get it, but from the audience perspective, it looks like easy bugs are being prioritize and addressed first, no matter how you spin it. Thank you for the clarity though, I do appreciate the time/energy you put in.

[untold palm]

Not a boring question! (at least not to me 🙂 )

So Memory Boost is being rolled out carefully because we want to make sure it works before we go to other platforms (Mac/Consoles).

What'll help US is getting MORE people using it. The more data we have the more we can be confident to roll it out.

Backing up your important saves and giving the Memory Boost a spin gives us more data! (And make your game experience better)

[fringe elm]

Our top bug we've been working on fixing (that has been rather tricky) is actually a console bug! There are a few of them on our list that we're targeting for investigation.

[untold palm]

We appreciate you !! Keep being loud about things you care about. It helps QA provide context to devs and helps us triage things to get fixed sooner!

[ocean heart]

Can you pleeeeeeease update adventure awaits to include a « give lecture » as a getaway activity ? 🥺 sims can attend lectures but not autonomously host them

[spark sonnet]

Ooo can you share what it is? What makes it complicated, or is that too technical (I’m a programmer myself and curious)?

[south tide]

alright...as long as I know that you all are looking to fixing it all then that does make me feel better... thankies for answering me 🐱

[meager wing]

Can there be any technical info about memory boost? It's kind of confusing when it's strictly on DX11, which is objectively poor at handling rendering in larger worlds (which is basically any world past Vampires), so having rendering lag and trying to believe memory boost is helping somehow without knowing specifically what is frustrating.

[crimson snow]

Considering the different scenarios explained in a post, where some people may experience a situation but others may not, how do you determine whether a bug is important enough to be considered? I think that post was very much needed for me and thank you for that!

[fringe elm]

Yeah, we talk a lot about that. We REALLY do want to go after the ones that you care the most about, and we're committing most of our time to those. The others are just small ones we fill in the gaps with where resources are available. I'm glad that does help add clarity. 💚

[jaunty jetty]

Some of the Plants in Adventure Awaits still says bush and I never know what they are or if they give off produce

[slate wigeon]

Thank you so much for answering this and I hope you get the data you need from PC players. Is the memory boost feature the only performance improvement "initiative" you are working on, or are there any more efforts to make the game run better?

[nimble lake]

If the ea app were to shut down, would customers have another way to access their game?

[sacred hedge]

I think the point I'm trying to make is that forums feel designed to purposely let things become stale. Crinrict has stated status are not accurate either and it just feels chaotic. Half the time buttons don't even work on forums. I cant upload a report if I copy paste anything into the text field... its like navigating through landmines and its not an easy or user friendly experience.

[smoky lagoon]

Personal questio here, I'm a console player and i havent been able to enter my mane household on my legacy save... Could this be related to the save corruption problem everybody is talking about?

[plush flame]

Thanks for the feedback, I don’t have an answer for you right now but I will relay this feedback to the team to see what’s possible in the future.

[gray anchor]

Will we ever get a way to make a pet park with adventure awaits where pets show up automatically? 🙁 we were promised this. I made a bug report about this, and got a lot of upvotes, but it was moved to ''feedback''

[supple glacier]

I'm play on playstation I'm wondering what your future plans are for console

[sacred hedge]

Thanks, means a lot. Having g access to mods like the PC players would extend the longevity of The Sims 4 on console imo.

[smoky lagoon]

Same here

[covert pawn]

Thank you for the response.

[fringe elm]

We actually have team members dedicated to performance on every release we do. We don't normally talk about it with the release, but that's always a top of mind topic. As far as this team goes, we are focused on Save Corruption Investigations and Top Community Bug Fixing - so when issues around performance fit that category we're looking into it. Otherwise, that isn't this team's focus at this time. (Not to say it isn't being worked on elsewhere as well.)

[south tide]

yes this please

[untold palm]

The company line here in a post we put out on our major channels:
"Working closer with Mod creators to provide more advance information and notice, and providing clearer visibility into our update schedule"

Human/Alex answer: Yeah! We are absolutely looking into reviving this type of communication as it's something important to me to give ya'll a better experience.

[meager wing]

The moderation here is incredibly interesting.

[supple glacier]

I think console play would benefit from a few trait mods like on pc

[gray anchor]

some feedback from my heart: please work on better moderation if need be a cool down so that folks cannot send images right away. I feel this protects the minors, i know they shouldnt be there to begin with but we should make this server a safer place!

[untold palm]

Lots of things we are working on in conjunction with the memory boost!

The ongoing investigation my team is doing for "save corruption" type issues would be one of them as well. There's more things coming down the pipe (like scratch files moving around, or removing the r-rental cheat) but that's what I can say for now. "stay tuned" :p

[pastel kayak]

That's awesome! Maybe you'll finally solve the age-old mystery in the modding community of how SimData schema hashes are calculated and settle some hefty bets. Silly as it may sound, we have to go looking for examples in the game files. We still don't know how the game is coming to them. 😏

[long hawk]

Do you guys look at what mods are really popular and consider making official versions of them to add to the game?

[sour crest]

100% agree with this!

[strong canyon]

Direct X11 have a serious issues about micro-stutter, the camera don't seem to be ''fluid'' vs direct X9. I wonder if one day, it will be fix 🙂

[obsidian linden]

I have a question about the forums, bc i keep getting timed out during the short windows of time i have to read/respond/update/report and it's incredibly frustrating when I'm trying to help

[pine bolt]

Now that you're adding swatches to BH, will you go back and fix the seasons windows missing swatches, the city living cabinets/stove missing swatches? And the sulani uppper cabinets missing swatches?

[sacred hedge]

Great question, had that same happen to friend. Super discouraging when we are told to give input consistently.

[meager wing]

Can we please get an answer to this at least, it's pretty sad something like this meant for "better performance", actually is the opposite for many with good gaming rigs.

[woven finch]

is there any interest in doing more pack refreshes ? 👀

[narrow bison]

Can new hair colors be added? There are very few available right now. 😇
@fringe elm

[bitter epoch]

I would love that a lot!

[untold palm]

I really do appreciate this feedback about the forums, we are working with that team to improve the overall experience. EA Forums is better for us internally with the amount of info we can share and gather, but remember it's less than a year old! We will continue to make improvements and if something isn't working we will make our adjustments.

Keep bringing this stuff up!! It's very helpful.

[lament kettle]

wanted to ask the same thing!

[obsidian linden]

I'm not spamming and I had to wait two hours to post just a thank you to Cade (went through just now when I tried again)

[jaunty jetty]

Will there ever be another chance to get the Discord Freezer Bunny ?

[long hawk]

I would love to see pack refreshes. Even if they were like $5 pack upgrades

[supple glacier]

Please is there any interest or future for console play all Sims is ever about is pc

[sour crest]

Ooo good question!! 👀

[gray anchor]

🥺 ❓ is there any future update planned with maybe some crossover items with mysims kingdom? xD

[lime comet]

Well now this is my number 1 priority.

[shadow escarp]

or a color wheel type select like they had in ts3 (though it doesn't need to be as detailed)

[plush flame]

Thanks so much for your feedback! We really appreciate your concern and are always looking for ways to keep the server safer and better for everyone. We'll definitely be looking into this 💚

[obsidian linden]

Haha thank you 🫶

[jaunty jetty]

Me too

[ocean heart]

Is there a memory boost coming to Mac ?

[fringe elm]

It's always exciting to see what mods are popular among players! However, when we make content we never seek to copy mods and have many ways to get player feedback as part of that process. We make the content that we feel players will appreciate based on research, user research, and team passion.

[sour crest]

We really appreciate it!

[gray anchor]

💝 Thank you so much!

[lime comet]

Seriously though, that is something that I've observed myself, and we've provided this feedback to our forum host as well.

[fringe elm]

This is part of our rollout plan for the feature. Eventually it should come to Mac. The more players who use it on PC, the more information we get on it, and the quicker it can come out to everyone.

[untold palm]

Toss this into the bug forums! I don't think i've seen this issue yet. (But also I unfortunately do not have the database memorized ... yet) But I would love to look into it (and please include your DxDiag!! as that's helpful)

[ocean heart]

Thank you for answering I appreciate it 🤗

[long hawk]

This really sucks for console players who can’t use mods and also for players not on console. It would be so much easier to not have to update mods folders with updates and just have them be a part of the game officially

[pine bolt]

WIll you add more swatches to older packs (such as the seasons windows, missing swatches every other item has?) Like you did with BH and the purple swatch

[meager wing]

We did send them and do. The thread was just left ignored.

[sacred hedge]

Thanks for listening to my concerns! 💚

And migrating the forums was a strange choice imo. Making these kind of changes seems cause more headaches overall.... Like renaming Laundry List, please don't.

Rebranding, migrating forums, etc. it just causes confusion amongst the audience and we have to relearn all these things with no choice in the matter.

Funding could be better allocated towards things that actually need fixing, like bug reports that have lingered far too long (migrated from the previous forum).

[supple glacier]

Ok so speaking of fixes how about a load fix as stated I'm on playstation platform and the load time can be up to 10 minutes

[covert pawn]

@lime comet I appreciate the work you consistently put into the forums.

[woven finch]

any progress on the bug that causes gay couples to become siblings with the skilful sleep perk add on from b&h? really disheartening!

[subtle otter]

Hi everyone!💖 Sorry for jumping in late, I’m not sure if it’s been discussed or asked yet, I know the curtain rod for the fleece Adventure Awaits has been fixed with swatches, but is it at all possible that it, and the additional curtain rods (besides the ones from Desert Luxe) be added into the “Wall Decorations” category instead of just the curtain category??

So that way for us builders we could freely move it, instead of it snapping to a certain height on the wall?💖 Thank you if you answer this!🫶🏼

[gray anchor]

Bobaboo is here to remind folks in chat to get a drink and a snack❤️

[smoky lagoon]

As a console player, im afraid of the bugs it may cause, if my save is corrupted whitout the mods, my ps5 may explode with them 🥲

[hidden steeple]

I'd like to request that modders get some sort of meaningful advanced access to, or information about, patches. Yesterday's blog post declares:

We've been "working closer with Mod creators to provide more advance information and notice."

This is not a thing that's happening so I'm not sure why the post says it is. I assume it's referring to sharing the TDESCs with modders.

On 8/19/2025, I asked EA_Cade if modders could get something better than the TDESCs, because we used to get some level of advanced info on patches sometimes. (I got no response)

On 9/16/2025, I noted to Shawnee that it'd be nice if they asked whoever runs Sims Direct that while TDESCs are useful, it's not helpful to tell players that they facilitate the updating of mods, and that having them a day in advance of a patch doesn't help anyone do anything, and it's not ok to tell players that it does. (I got no response)

On 11/3/2025, I asked EA_Cade to, once again, be aware that the TDESCs are borderline useless for mod updating, and like giving us a book with a table of contents and annotations...but no story. (I got no response)

These releases came paired with blog posts proudly stating that it'll help us update mods...Giving us 19 hours advance access to TDESCs does not help anyone update mods, full stop. And telling players that it does puts the onus on us to update our mods faster, without giving us any tools to do so. That's really unfair to us. I'm not sure why you are concerned about us updating mods faster to begin with, but especially if you're not legitimately helping us do it.

PLEASE do not boast that you're helping modders get their mods updated more easily/in a more timely manner if you're not actually doing that.

Things that could help:
-Access to updated XMLs ahead of time, when possible/not XMLs for unreleased content
-Access to, at the very least, a list of updated XMLs ahead of time, so we know what mods need updating

We used to get this sort of access, rarely.

[fringe elm]

That was a bug that didn't get a TON of community reports but we had some extra time to address it - and there weren't more pressing community fixes that could be addressed by a modeler.

As with all bugs, the higher voted a community issue around swatches is, the more likely we are to fix it. Make sure you're reporting and voting on them on the forums! (Those purple swatches were beautiful!)

[obsidian linden]

Thank you, I have been playing exclusively a save dedicated for my work in the forums and I am disappointed when my hard work ends in "you've exceeded the number of posts" like it's my fault I'm efficient and a fast typer lmao. Thank you for acknowledging it, bc i haven't seen anyone else do so. 🤗

[fast ore]

Hiii is there a reason we do not have a Save As function on console? It’s really annoying having to start a new game to then save a copy of my main file over the top so I have back ups in case something goes wrong ♥️

[glass wave]

EA Forums admins (not Sims people) have said elsewhere that the old forums were outdated and basically held together with spit and duct tape. The transition had to happen before everything fell apart completely.
We all know the new forums are not as good as we'd like, but you can't stay on a dying platform forever and expect it to keep working.

[supple glacier]

This Q&A Is not for console platforms it really every question asked about console has pretty much been ignored or brushed over 🤔

[pine bolt]

Would you be willing to go back to Seasons then, espically as it is such an OLD issue - pushing 7/8 years now?

[static bear]

woops i got distracted i forgot to check this

[jaunty jetty]

When is the next Login event ?

[static bear]

Will the december update include any new content for the base-game (I.E like the west african stuff we got recently, which was gorgeous)

apologies if this was answered already; i just checked this channel and theres so many messages lol

(and if they answered, hopefully another member in the chat can inform me 😄 )

[buoyant arrow]

i think it'd be smart to start seeking out what's popular within the community and seeing what kind of mods and custom content people download - also including modders and reaching out to them, to the extent it's possible, to adapt their fixes into the game. i would've personally stopped playing the sims 4 a decade ago if it weren't for the talents of the modding community 🤷

if we look at enchanted by nature as an example, there's a modder who's been working for years on his fairy mod and then enchanted by nature comes out and just absolutely pales in comparison (no offense)

[smoky lagoon]

so it seems 😭

[sour crest]

i'm really curious about this one!! since there has only been one pack refresh and that one turned out great imo

[meager wing]

I fixed like 114 decorative plants yesterday because for some reason a lot of plants have shadow LODs, which can simply just be removed for shading issues to be fixed, as that's how they were designed in the launch era, but it seems to have been forgotten by later releases. Is there ANY way to get this somehow quickly. So many plants in kits or recent eps have horrible ambient occlusion or just broken shadows cast, it's sad things that are happening in bulk are just going to stay as is without big budgets or lots of reports needed.

[woven finch]

i’d LOVE more collaborations with modders. please take this feedback team!

[strong canyon]

Thanks, but I have a question. Didn't you notice in the game that when you rotate the camera it's not smooth? Obviously, I don't mean to be rude, it's just a little reminder. Maybe I'm just too tech lol

[upbeat juniper]

are there any plans on updating Vampires QOL? I can give specific questions of them if needed. Some I suspect are bugs but am unsure

Some examples:

A) Some of my vampires seem to require more plasma drinks than others despite them having the same rank and the same tier / talent of vampire traits for most part (my usuall difference is some having Charm vs Strength but otherwise the same) to not go through their vampire energy (or whatever it's called)

B) Sometimes they stay out in the sunlight even after being back from their job / school unless I move them. Thankfully university is no longer required since they graduated

C) For some reason, sometimes one of my vampires prefers to drink from the bar vs her plasma drink and even then doesn't drink a Plasma Jane all the time

D) They get thirsty even in yellow and get the debuff. Sadly one plasma drink only does so much and it seems like it just "stops the bleeding (pun intended) so usually takes two to "top them off"

I can go on and on but hoping somebody answers

[obsidian linden]

I agree so much with this. The energy involved in rebranding or migrating existing systems (unless they are completely broken) look like a waste of resources (people hours) to us on the outside.

[long hawk]

Yeah I only bought spa day because of the pack refresh

[fringe elm]

We've actually been putting A LOT of effort into figuring out this bug. We don't think its actually tied to same sex couples because while investigating we've found that it can occur with non-same sex couples as well. We are currently wondering if it might be tied to Adoption or Have Science Baby (NOT CONFIRMED) and that would explain why more same sex couples are seeing it - if that's the case.

That said, we are really stuck on this bug and spinning wheels. What would really help us is if we could have a save right before the bug occurs. The saves we have now happen after the issue is in place, so that's our big blocker. Our QV teams are pushing, but we'd love community help as well if we can get it. It's one we really want to address.

[static bear]

same!! if i didnt have the ability to run a spa or do pedicures/manicures, i would not get it lol

[woven finch]

thank you for the response!!!! it’s good to know that it’s not just same sex couples, at least haha

[subtle otter]

I would love this! I think using the existing coding for sliders for the makeup would be a great idea for the hair colors and add sliders! (If that’s possible) or adding a color wheel to the hair, like with B&H, and we can paint on the hair and upload to the gallery like with tattoos, that way there could be custom highlights, designs, etc!😍😍

[static bear]

i just really wanna know if the December update will include base-game content that gets added to the game 😄

excluding bug-fixes ofc

[jaunty jetty]

Will we ever get a color wheel ?

[torpid flare]

I just have a very simple question, if memory boost eventually comes out fully, will it be mandatory for everyone or it will be like a switch off/on option like DX9/11 is? Thanks!

[obsidian linden]

The pack refreshes feel like one of my adhd ideas that get abandoned lol. I really hope they come back to those! Especially mermaids 🩷

[sharp basalt]

i second that!

[long hawk]

Yes! I can’t stand the blonde that comes with the game so I got a mod literally just to overlay the blondes and make it more natural looking!

[gray anchor]

I'm not a dev of course, but in response to folks wanting more hair colours, could we maybe also add the hair colours from the horses to the sims 4 base hair colours? I feel like some sims would look so pretty with the pastles xD

[hidden steeple]

You should address bugs that feature comments explaining the exact issue and how to fix it, first and foremost. For example, DJ booth usage has now been broken across THREE SEPARATE PACKS- Get Together for Club Members, Businesses and Hobbies for Employees, and now Adventure Awaits for Custom Venue assignments.

On the bug report, I posted the EXACT reason this happens- the interactions are only autonomous for DJs, butlers, some other random Sims, but not anyone else. Ergo, assigning this as an activity is not possible for those it is assigned to. Yet this bug remains...9 months after I posted the exact issue and how to resolve it.

Another example- the african male sim template has been broken SINCE LAUNCH (I think. Launch or City Living. Either way, nearly a decade.)

27312<!--template_youngadult_male_african-->

This is the tuning ID and name. The issue is that the Tag Set used for this template is the Asian Male tag set. So black male sims spawn with asian names, features, etc. This is a 5 digit tuning fix. Someone could fix it right now in under 2 minutes.

<T n="tunable_tag_set">27245<!--TagSet_NPC_asian--></T>

This needs to change to

<T n="tunable_tag_set">27236<!--TagSet_NPC_african--></T>

It sucks to see bugs with solvable, simple tuning issues get ignored for so long.

[woven finch]

if pack refreshes aren’t on the table, will there be more gameplay kits? like bust the dust etc?
i loved that one!

[plush flame]

Hey! There are a lot of questions coming in, and Alex and Morgan are doing their best to get to as many as possible. We’ve answered some console questions too, and we’ll keep trying to cover all the topics people are asking about!

[static bear]

tbh, id prefer if gameplay kits just became a fully-fledged stuff pack

• we need another stuff pack!! its been a year about

[shadow escarp]

are there any plans to bring updates to occults? such as expand on the abilities they currently have, or have hybrids be an option? (though i'm sure that that's likely to bring about a whole tonnage of bugs haha)

[jaunty jetty]

I’d love more gameplay based items and storytelling narratives

[sacred hedge]

See? This is what I was referring to as well. Bugs are just left unaddressed and the voting system really added to negative sentiment amongst fans. Great point Lunar, tysm for pointing that out!

[untold palm]

Guess you'll just have to wait and see!! Only 7 more days :p

[smoky lagoon]

that would be nice, especially for mermaids and aliend

[pine bolt]

make abug report 💕

[fathom tapir]

Sorry, I lied, I did think of a question! Will any new items ever get Eco Footprints again? I noticed that in recent packs, they haven't been included. I know it's not exactly a priority and that you guys are overworked, but I figured it's worth an ask :)

[subtle otter]

I’m on console so unfortunately I can’t do that but I would totally love to see either option I listed, I actually posted on Facebook about it. And got a TON of likes and feedback saying they would absolutely kill for either option since we’re so limited with hair colors!

[static bear]

idk the voting system can help figure out problems that are happening more, and are a lot more noticeable in the community;

the plants being weird isnt as big of a priority as actual gameplay problems imo

[woven finch]

would love to see more collabs with modders or somewhere verified modders could submit their code for this reason! waffle does a LOT of work on these matters and it would be great to see some of these changes implemented!

[gray anchor]

Will it be bobaboo for my birthday? xD /j just kidding haha...unless....

[sharp basalt]

boooooo /j

[slate wigeon]

What can we do to get the issues we're experiencing fixed when they've been posted on the forums without getting any votes? For example, there is a small group of us who are experiencing stutters and performance issues on m4 macs but it feels like it will never get fixed since we're a very niche group of people.

[fervent fractal]

Do you guys think that console can get a better save mechanic like how pc has?

[woven finch]

kits are the ‘in’ thing right now, which is why i mentioned them specifically hahha. but ofc id love more stuff packs hehe

[gray anchor]

I know a simmer by the name of HenfordHen who would've also wanted to know this or seen this happening. It was one of Hen's biggest wishes. Please make it come true, friends!

[vernal lance]

Is there a possibility of ever getting the ability to fine tune item size like we can with TOOL?

[indigo elbow]

Did you post in the specific thread for that in the Mac Tech forum? All the info that everyone experiencing this can provide is really helpful. I’ve been trying to repro in multiple different Macs and versions of macOS and can’t

[sour crest]

🤞

[hidden steeple]

A verified modder channel to simply submit "Here's the bug, here's my findings on how it can be fixed" is all I ask. So many modders would gladly contribute threads to such a channel. I truly, genuinely don't understand how simple bugs like these don't get fixed- I know there's complex internal processes, but truly how hard is a "Let's make a place where modders can tell us the exact tuning name and changes needed as a starting point" process to implement?

I can't believe bugs that have 5 digit accidental misclick tuning errors just rot for years and years because they don't get huge upvotes on the forums.

[smoky lagoon]

yeah, some help for the non pc players

[static bear]

id love to be able to size up/size down in 5% increments!!

[subtle otter]

That would be heavenly

[long hawk]

I don’t like using mods. It’s a faf and I feel for console players who can’t which is why I wondered if they looked at popular mods and integrating them into the game so people who don’t or can’t mod can have the most popular things (UI cheats, hair colours, command centre things like changing age timeframes etc)

[icy bronze]

Are bug reports that get moved to the feedback section considered for future updates? A pretty major thread regarding supervised sims being left out from getaways and custom venues was moved to feedback and the solutions provided were pretty lackluster.

[vernal lance]

So basically set up a 100 baby challenge and try to trigger it? Lol

[shell moss]

Please can ya’ll fix the High School Years acne bug ❤️ I beg

[sour crest]

oh please yes!!!! i can't build without TOOL

[woven finch]

i agree completely. there should be a better place than the forums for your feedback

[pine bolt]

Just report them on the forums, this isnt the place

[subtle otter]

I would definitely love this!

[gray anchor]

I'm once again asking for more clarity on this issue too! Saying in the ad blog we can have pet training parks but then it turns out only if we invite the pets ourselves? Pets being automatically kicked out of getaways? what gives?

[long hawk]

Literally even just for rugs and curtains!!!!

[jaunty jetty]

I do hope we can get a chat about what simmers want to see in the next packs to come

[static bear]

id love for Adventure Awaits getaway to get more fixes! the 'standing around' issue is very precedent in my game and ruins getaways for me a lot of the times 🙁

[shell moss]

The High School Years bug has been reported for the past four years and its still an issue. Even with mccc it is unfixable.

[sour crest]

right!!!

[icy bronze]

Modder here. I’ve found the solutions to several bugs that went never got looked at.

[fringe elm]

I'm not sure if this is a super helpful answer. But some behind the scenes information: This team is focused on fixing top community issues. But all bugs that are on the forums are put into our database. They go through a producer who assigns a severity to them. Severity is determine based off of a variety of factors: how many players will see this (visibility), how painful is it to players (severity), does it cause other bugs?, is it visual only? So while something may not have a lot of community reports, it can still be a High/Critical Priority issue, which means it will be looked at when the time comes sooner than other issues.

[subtle otter]

PLEASE! 🙏🏼

[vernal lance]

Can you let whoever wrangled the West African items THANK YOU!! I love all of them so much

[molten edge]

Can I ask another questions besides the December 2nd update?

[unique linden]

What does LOD stand for? I saw that in the laundry list and other mentions on this channel, but I'm not sure what that is or how it's affecting the game.

[hidden steeple]

I was also about to say something about bugs getting moved to feedback. A lot of bug reports get moved there by EA_Cade, and the excuse given is that they are "by design" and so changing them is a matter of feedback/opinion. But many, many, many, many of them are obvious design errors or oversights. They are not "by design" as in "on purpose", they are "by design" as in "this is how we made it, and technically it doesnt break anything". There needs to be another category for that so that it can actually be addressed, not tossed aside as "feedback".

Example: Specific actions not being available as Custom Venue activities but they are available as Business activities, or Businesses having something as a Class, but no activity is available to have someone teach it. Those are not "bugs", necessarily, but they are obviously problems. Pointing them out is not "feedback", it is reporting a problem.

[gray anchor]

I'd like Bobaboo xD

[upbeat juniper]

/bump... did a few edits but hoping / respectfully requesting

[fringe elm]

yes 🙂

[jaunty jetty]

Me too 😭

[obsidian linden]

Thank you for explaining this

[static bear]

right, doesnt Getaways not have the ability to host lectures/classes??

[icy bronze]

It’d be nice if there was some player side feedback to this process.

[gray anchor]

Can i ask, will there in the future be a chance for kits to get discounted as well? I feel like it would make so many friends so happy! Not all of us sadly can get it right away!

[slate wigeon]

Yes I did! Also hoping more people can report/upvote the issue

[shell moss]

Just also want to say thanks to the Sims team for the bugs you have fixed and I am enjoying the game ❤️ Enchanted by Nature is goated

[jaunty jetty]

Bobaboo plush would be cute

[long hawk]

Maybe a buy 2 get one free or something?

[sacred hedge]

Great point, I've witnessed this first hand in the forums myself. Feedback seems to be the junk drawer where bugs truly go to die.

[hidden steeple]

bud they get ignored on the forums unless they get a lot of votes. Again, the african males spawn with asian features problem is years and years and years old, and it's a 5 second fix. it's been posted. it's a known issue. it has been for years. it goes ignored because it's not popularly reported enough to get attention, despite being a 5 second fix. A hundred of these simple fixes could be in the next patch if we had a place to post the solutions and have someone peek at them for implementation.

[thick wind]

keep an eye out on #1355308288756940800 as this where we post when we have general feedback opportunities!

[gray anchor]

this is a excellent very good idea, imo! It also increases sales

[slate wigeon]

Thanks! This is actually really good to know

[static bear]

they recently did some kit bundles that lasted a week; they were '2 kits' for 7 dollars (so like 2 for 1 and a half)

they should make em permanent

[shell moss]

FreezerBoons

[fringe elm]

Well - for what it's worth. In each of our bugs, we do have a link to the forum posts you make. Myself, other producers, and the devs often read those forum posts when determining fixes. So your feedback in the forums on bug threads does help.

[spark sonnet]

Didn’t we just have a streak of weekly specials that bundled two kits for $7 or $8?

[jaunty jetty]

Thank you

[sacred hedge]

Yeah, I feel like the players should be providing input on how painful it is for us.

[gray anchor]

yes, ahuh, ahuh, two of them indeed. But my idea is like that folks can kinda choose what kit they want when theyre all discounted! 🙂

[plush flame]

Thank you so much! That means a lot, i'll pass the message along 🫡

[molten edge]

Ok I have an question I'm wondering if we can maybe get an update for highschool years in the future such as driver's Ed classes and a update on the school since I think that driver's Ed is apart of everyone's highschool experience and the school is laggy and some times my sim gets stuck in one spot I genuinely think this would bring more game play for highschool years

[subtle otter]

I hope it’s okay to ask my question again since it might’ve been unseen,💖 I know the curtain rod for the fleece Adventure Awaits has been fixed with swatches, but is it at all possible that it, and the additional curtain rodsbe added into the “Wall Decorations” category instead of just the curtain category like the one from Desert Luxe is??

So that way for us builders we could freely move it, instead of it snapping to a certain height on the wall?💖 Thank you if you answer this!🫶🏼

[static bear]

they only lasted a week, which was silly to me lol

[shell moss]

I just spent $40 on kits. Would love a bundle sale so I can get the remaining few I don’t have. Agreeed

[untold palm]

The feedback section is for things that are "by design" and not officially "a bug". (which you know) So we put things there that are working the way they are meant to.

"is it considered for future updates?" is a case by case thing, so I can't promise things WILL change I want to stress we do monitor the feedback because we value the input.

Part of "assuring quality" is making sure ya'll are having fun and I take that role seriously

[hidden steeple]

One of those factors needs to be "has someone posted the exact explanation for how the issue works by producing tuning examples?", because when the answer to that is "yes", it really sucks to see the bug remain unaddressed for months or years at a time. The answer is right there. We've done the work for you, you just have to implement the fixes. If someone diagnoses a bug directly with the literal tuning examples, the bug should get a special tag for a potential solution, or SOMETHING. The way this is phrased makes it sound like providing specifics like that is essentially pointless

[turbid geode]

can you add a setting to let the fairies show their wings all the time even when sitting (i dont mind the clipping, i think it breaks the immersion and i miss the wings showing all the time like in ts3). can you also add wings for all the life stages?

[inner lava]

Would love to see only-hair kits as well ! ♥

[icy bronze]

I mean like letting us know that a post has been labeled high priority etc. there’s currently no labels between reviewed and laundry list that I can think of off the top of my head.

[fossil saddle]

I saw that the Grim Reaper career bug is one of the bugs listed for the fix list for next month. Has there been any idea if the crazy spawning of 22 Grim Slablets bug being fixed as well?

[thorny pecan]

When will we have the Gallery with AI? What leaked and was announced on Investor Day 2024 last year? I wanted the most functional gallery 🥺

[subtle otter]

I’ve been wondering if this is possible, almost everyone I know plus people online have highly requested this!

[long hawk]

Yeah but in the release videos for AA you guys showed running a dog training camp and talked about that as one of the camps you could do and then you can’t have pets there…. So although it’s working as intended it’s not working as promised

[untold palm]

I checked the db. It is def something we are working to fix, but we don't want the "fix" to make things worse. (Classic software problems).

On our radar. Getting looked into. But we dont want to break stuff

[gray anchor]

yeah, this 🙁

[fringe elm]

If you're wanting something in a different category, that's the sort of thing you can put on the forums for sure as a bug. It's sort of a feedback thing... but the fixes for those are normally pretty quick so a lot of times we just fix them as 'bugs.' The only time we really push back is if moving them to a different category would cause pain in some other way to players.

[sharp basalt]

aharris00britney collab would be perfect for that but oh well 🤷🏼‍♀️

[sacred hedge]

On the Gallery, I can't search by term on anyone's profile. Its been broken like this for years. Will the gallery get an overhaul soon?

[sour crest]

would it be possible to make it so the older worlds could have swimmable areas as well? 🌊

[icy bronze]

This part. I wouldn’t raise it here if weren’t a glaring issues.

[fathom tapir]

Oh this!

[subtle otter]

Okay I will do that thank you!💖

[gray anchor]

i got it for the pet park especially tbh. I wanted to let Bobaboo the dog make friends! But then we found out we couldn't. And it was sad.

[jaunty jetty]

Yes I noticed that if I search for creators on the gallery they’re gallery profiles are blank

[sacred hedge]

Well said.

[turbid geode]

by the way theres a bug (i believe its a bug). sims with the childish trait cant see the sfx imagination of the children with the new interactions added in the october update for the adventure awaits pack.

[fringe elm]

That one is currently not on the list as a top community issue, but vote it up!

[static bear]

i saw someone make a mod to add this! i forgot the name of it, but if you want i can share you it if i can find it lol

[molten edge]

And also I was wondering if we can get pre teens since we have baby's infants toddlers children teen young adult then adult then elder I feel like it would create an more realistic growing up of our sims if we have pre teens and also since we have highschool years and can actually go inside the highschool and learn maybe we can have an elementary style of highschool years that include field trips all the fun stuff in elementary school

[fossil saddle]

I will keep doing that. Thank you for the response!

[hidden steeple]

Yep, and a LOAD of things moved to the feedback forum are the same way. Clearly not working properly, but not necessarily a bug. This feature missing is not a "bug", because it's not something they made and broke, or it's not something malfunctioning, it's just not there. But that's not "feedback". It's "You did it wrong and/or forgot to do this correctly". There's a difference and I think it should be considered. The way it's handled now feels like "Um, actually, that's not a bug by the strictest definition possible" when from a player perspective it's clearly an unintended mistake and it clearly needs to be resolved. It's not an opinion or a suggestion, it's just...you did this wrong, please do it right lol

[inner lava]

Thaaat ! ✨ 🙌

[copper laurel]

I would love that.

[strong canyon]

good thank you 🙂

[gray anchor]

i'd love it if we could fix the promised dogpark in adventure awaits and have dogs and other roles show up.

[jaunty jetty]

I don’t know if Mt Komorebi always had swimable waters but there one near the tan house on a 20x10 lot

[fringe elm]

It's certainly not an easy thing to do. I remember us talking about it when we first made swimmable water and those other bodies of water and surrounding world (geometry) would need to pretty much be fully reworked. We'd need to re-performance test those worlds. It'd just be a heavy lift if we ever did something like that.

[sour crest]

there's such a nice beach area in brindleton bay for example! plus imagine being able to swim in the quarry in evergreen harbor!!

[turbid geode]

swimmable willow creek would be so cool! and i still wish sims with the childish trait had more interactions... they could fish in pools in ts3, and they dont have special interactions with imaginary friends in ts4 🙁

[sacred hedge]

Is the lore gonna get fixed in Sims 4 with more townie refreshes? Or do we just have to live with this alternate universe theory?

[icy bronze]

And historically, these missing features then get left by the wayside leaving packs feeling unfinished

[plush flame]

Hey everyone! Just a quick reminder that our Q&A is wrapping up soon, and we’ll do our best to get to as many questions as possible before time’s up!

[subtle otter]

One last question if it’s possible to answer, speaking on another persons question about Hair Kits, is that something that’s completely out of the question because of resources, or is that something that’s completely could be a kit if the CC Creator chose? I know MANY people would love one, so was just curious if that’s even something we could expect in the future of if it’s a total No-Go. Thank you guys!💖💖

[upbeat juniper]

hoping my vampire question gets answered then though I understand I showed up late

[hidden steeple]

I'd love at least some acknowledgement that the whole "We're helping modders so they can update more effectively and be less stressed by patches" thing promoted in yesterday's blog post is actually something you intend to do. Please stop telling players you're making it easier on us if you're not. :/

[turbid geode]

mine too 🙁

[icy bronze]

This.

[fringe elm]

I'm personally not sure what lore is off, but you could probably report this as a bug if you wanted and we could see what happens! That is the sort of thing we COULD change.

[jaunty jetty]

Thank you for the QNA Byee

[stone bronze]

@hidden steeple @icy bronze

[lament kettle]

on the subject of kits, if stuff packs wont make a comeback, would you guys consider kits geared towards things like hobbies, traits, aspirations etc? career kits would be fun, as well as recipe kits. i think there's a lot of potential with kits that focus on expanding gameplay and not just CAS and BB items.

[hidden steeple]

I'd rather you not talk about modders updating for patches at all if the alternative is telling players we're gonna have an easier time when nothing has actually changed. TDESCs are not helpful for updating mods. They are nice to have- and I appreciate this one's being a week in advance and not 19 hours- but it's not doing what you say it's doing. You're making the process more stressful, not less.

[gray anchor]

almighty bobaboo! can we expect more aspirations in future packs?

[sour crest]

oh wow i see! that makes sense

[untold palm]

Do me a favor and post your vampire Q of the bug forums!! We can take a look at it that way and may be able to get you some answers. depends on whats bug/not (idk off hand)

[hidden steeple]

Wild to say that it's something they're "working on improving" after multiple blog posts declaring they're already doing it lol but I guess that's at least something.

[sacred hedge]

Heavy lift...? So, like a possible remaster of Sims 4 to make Sims 4 compatible with Project Rene?

I realize you can't say anything, but any hints you can give for the future would be refreshing (since no Sims 5 coming).

[obsidian linden]

I don't know bobaboo, but I've seen you around and I fully support more bobaboo lol

[shell moss]

Right, like is Sims 4 actually getting a new engine? Will it include the $1000s of dollars of dlc we’ve already spent money on?

[thick wind]

We do intend to do what we shared yesterday and have begun taking steps to make improvements already! Not all of these steps will be immediately visible to the general community, and some may take longer than folks may like, but we'll continue to share what we can when we're able to.

[gray anchor]

I've been meaning to ask this some time now, but do we have any planned updates for disabilty aid? Maybes walking sticks or wheelchairs? It would mean the world to so many, i am sure!

[upbeat juniper]

will do. bug forum is on this server or on the site just to be clear? And thank you

[stone bronze]

I'll be very, very happy to see any kind of improvement, same as I'm very happy to get the tdescs earlier

[obsidian linden]

Thank you Alex, Morgan, and Cade (and any other team members here) 🙌

[untold palm]

On EA Forums! I'll post the link in my goodbye post

[turbid geode]

will you add more features to the base game traits? the romantic trait is basically a nerfed version of the lovebug trait 😭

[meager wing]

actually a modder named NerdyDoll did it, I think there's ways to do stuff with minimal changes without needing to really change terrain or anything overly drastic. the beach in the spencer kim lewis district is incredibly large, so I'd literally drop dead if that ever gets officially added to work with swimming LOL

[tough arrow]

think wheelchairs would be too difficult to implement without changing a ton of things, that's something you need to consider at the start of making a game, but canes would be really nice to have

[stone bronze]

The tdescs early is helpful, just not as helpful as it could be

[turbid geode]

and the emotional category is the SMALLER category of the trait list from cas. sims 4's main feature are the emotions... why? base game sims 3 had more traits than sims 4 with all dlc until a few years ago

[pastel kayak]

@untold palm I very much appreciate that you took the time to answer my question even though it's more about modder QOL than player QOL. But we like to think we contribute to the latter. I look forward eagerly to what you folks end up doing in that regard. ❤️

[hidden steeple]

Thank you very much. The posts promising modders will have a better time really made me upset. My mod-users are nice and patient, but many arent, so that kind of commentary was really unfair to modders IMO (especially the one that was <24 hours before a patch!) and I'm happy you intend to truly f o l l ? o w ? (is this the word that keeps blocking my reply?) through on that. I really hope there's some way modders of all skill levels and popularity can get directly involved in whatever it is. Updating mods is a big stress as it is!

[subtle otter]

Ah it’s probably too late to answer this, but was there any updates on working with players to create Sims for Future Packs like they work with Builders?? One of the Devs said they would pass the idea along back in adventure awaits FAQ!💖

[turbid geode]

and now youre locking traits in seasonal quest events? 🙁 (grouch trait)

[gray anchor]

💝 please remember to drink once the q&a is finished and to get a snack if needed, friends.

[covert pawn]

Thank you for the response. Great work, Alex, Morgan, and Cade! 😊

[untold palm]

Thank you all for coming and asking questions!! Always enjoy getting out here and interacting with ya'll.

Great questions and feedback, I really appreciate getting this info. I'm able to take this to my team and make us better testers and all that.

Please keep posting in the bug forums! Add your saves and all that! (link below)

See ya'll soon and hope you have a good holiday!!
https://forums.ea.com/category/the-sims-4-en/ideas/the-sims-4-bug-reports-en

[fringe elm]

Thank you all for caring about the Sims and popping in to ask us questions! It's always good to get to talk to you all, and I'm excited to get to share more about the work our team is doing. A lot of passion is going into these fixes and investigation. See you again in a future qna! (This i my new favorite emoji)

[shell moss]

There are mods to get the seasonal content, look up “Sims 4 FOMO event mods”

[gray anchor]

bye, friends! thank you for hosting! 💝

[turbid geode]

not everyone has access to mods. so nobody will answer my question?....

[plush flame]

Don’t forget to swing by the #1442927841875591198 feedback forum after this wraps! We’d love to hear your ideas for a new name for our laundry list!

[molten edge]

Last question can we please get an revamp of the get famous map such as the houses and town not trying to mean but the town looks horrible considering it's for the rich and famous even the celebrity houses are bad I feel like that definitely needs updating in the future thank you for this q&a

[sacred hedge]

Thanks for your time and thanks for hearing our concerns and frustrations! Good luck with work and I look forward to what the future holds 💚