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One the topic if nostalgic gameplay and wanting, in general, to have more fun playing the sims- would you ever be open to making a save file public?

Also! Do you have any simmer discords to recommend?

of course! It's really difficult for me to make an entire save, but maybe 2 or 3 worlds? a huge problem tho is that it'd probably be cc heavy since most of my supernatural sims are really dependent on cc :(

and as far as discord servers go i'm not actually a part of any 😬 i had one years ago but i wasn't good at keeping up with it, so if you have any recs i'd love it!

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The sims 4 is not a lost cause, it just needs some love.

SO i recently came back to playing sims 4 after a long hiatus and i have to say i'm surprised. I'm no EA apologist, they are indeed cashgrabby. But to see that lots of new features were integrated over the last few years that facilitated different styles of gameplay actually surprised me.

It seems tho that a pattern has been set, were they will release the most lackluster pack (whatever it is) and keep fixing it over the next few years. Pack reworks became a thing and thank god for it, since the releases don't seem to be stoping in order to give us better results.

It's a bittersweet feeling for sure. The game has more than 70 packs released and somehow it can still feel dead when it comes to live mode. And that's what this post is about: how could they bring the love the other games had for live mode in a base game that's so purposefully made for cas and build/buy?

Part 1: Nostalgia driven gameplay

Seeing the UI from the sims 1, 2 and 3 brings me back a lot of memories. It was a staple to this series that was lost due to a cleaner redesign. Not only that, but a core mechanic was also changed: the wants and fears system.

I believe that what makes me so nostalgic is TO KNOW that this worked so perfectly and hardly needed any refreshes.

Your sims now have emotions and yet, they rarely feel like something integrated to a goal or something you can truly affect while in gameplay.

Bringing back the wants and fears system would not only make our decisions during gameplay more impactful to our sims emotions, but also help to choose the direction any story could go.

An aspiration meter that's connected to the rewards shop would make decisions much more impactful (rather than getting them just by working through what is currently known as the "tutorial aspirations").

Your sims moods should be important, and so what makes them feel that way.

Part 2: World overload

With the amount of packs released, the world selection menu quickly became a problem. When seeing that screen, it all just feels like a blur of information that's been set in a certain way for convenience.

Maps such as these became popular in the community for a reason. The experience of playing needs to be inviting from the get go. It's clear tho that the reason behind not giving us something like this is no long term planning and pack exclusive experiences.

So what if it just became a larger sims world? A concept were you wouldn't select the city at frist, but the entire region were it is located in order to acess the one you prefer.

That would also make this refresh friendly to a future create a world tool (whenever that may come).

Part 3: Pack refreshes are the bread and butter of the future

Let's face it: we're stuck with this game for another 10 years at least. So other than dwell on the fact that we don't have open worlds or things of that nature, we should look at what can reasily be solved, and that's pack refreshes.

From seasons coming out without properly made textures and snow depth to functions that will simply not work as they should, I like to believe we do have a voice in this community. I made this post several years ago and now, looking back at it, I see so much improvement over things that we were desperately asking for.

Don't get me wrong, by that I don't mean that EA developers are searching through my page or yours to find what we think and expect for The Sims 4. But talking about these things openly as a community is what makes the difference.

Part 4: Simmers Unite

In conclusion: uniting our voices to ask for these things to come as refreshes and revamped features are crucial for the next few years. Let's, together, avoid a "my first snowdepth pack" or similar things that could yet come our way.

I created a blog called @sims4-communitywishes to reblog rants and wishes such as these. Our blogs and separate voices may be small, but a repository of it is much more impactful.

So thank you for reading this all the way through and in case you want to share your wishes for the future of The Sims 4, tag it as #s4comunitywishes

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it's funny to come back after years and realize while catching up with the latest cc's that most of the alpha creators started doing maxis match since ea started hiring creators........

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after spending a few years away from the sims ngl ~ i'm feeling a bit rusty~ 💀 spending alot of time in cas running in circles just doing townie makeovers and revamping old sims

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honestly i'm glad for the recent simblr drama for the ~alternative~ pages 'cause i didn't know some of them

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back for a silly goofy time

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taking the y2k aesthetic a bit too far

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What’s your favorite scary blog?👻

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it’s been so long where are the rainbow options for skins post update i wanna know

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hi! where can i get that cutie cow girl or her presets? i'm so in love with her

hey there! i’m glad you enjoy her as much as i do <3 she’s up for download with a few more of my simmies here

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HOW TO DONATE TO BLM WHEN YOU HAVE NO MONEY

a black woman named zoe amira posted a video on youtube. this video is an hour long and filled with art and music from black creators. it has a ton of ads, and in result will rack up a ton of revenue. 100% of the ad revenue from the video will be dispersed between various blm organizations, including bail-out funds for protesters. it will be split between the following, dependent on necessity

brooklyn bail fund

minnesota freedom fund

atlanta action network

columbus freedom fund

louisville community bail fund

chicago bond

black visions collective

richmond community bail fund

the bail project inc

nw com bail fund

philadelphia bail fund

the korchhinski-parquet family gofundme

george floyd’s family gofundme

blacklivesmatter.com

reclaim the block

aclu

turn off your adblocker and do not skip ads. between each time watch 3-5 other videos (mix it up) before restarting. this will ensure you aren’t marked as spam by youtube. mute the tab if you need to focus elsewhere but don’t mute the video itself. and let. it. play.

youtube will donate to blm for you.

please, please reblog. for people who don’t have money to spare, this is incredibly important information to have.

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UPDATED TO BE BASE GAME COMPATIBLE

Cool Cow Cut

My first ever successful frankenmesh! I used the sleek back moschino hair as a base to append the other parts and I couldn’t transfer the mesh to a basegame hair for some reason (I’m still learning, pls be patient with me) so the moschino stuff pack is required. The sideburns were taken from this amazing hair by the latented @tekri.

Enabled from teens to elders

Ea palette

Disabled for random

UPDATED TO BE BASE GAME COMPATIBLE

DOWNLOAD (Patreon | free/no ads)

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UPDATED TO BE BASE GAME COMPATIBLE

@cas-fulleditmode tysm of making me realize what dumb mistake I was doing to not get it to work 💚

Hornee Hair 😈

available for males

teen to elder

ea colors

luxury party stuff required ‘cause I’m potato and still learning how to make meshes bgc

Download at my patreon (free, no ads)

I’m trying to change my cc preview style, please be patient with me 👻

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