#the sims 4 news

[luthsthings]

RIP, CmarNYC

I’m very sad to report that Sims 3 and 4 creator CmarNYC passed away in October 2023. For 15 years, Simmers benefited from Cmar’s long-honed computing skills as she created much-loved modders’ and players’ tools, including the Sims 3 and 4 MorphMakers and Skininators, the TS4 SimRipper, the Sims 3 XCAS core mod, and many CAS sliders. She was also a contributor to S4PE, which likely was used by creators you rely on. Without Cmar’s work, the Sims franchise would have had a much less rich array of mods and custom content. She will be greatly missed.

As well as Sims, Cmar loved cats, and donations are suggested to the ASPCA, the TinyKittens Society, or an animal-related charity near you.

[chingyu1023vick]

Patch 1.113

I finished checking my mods for the latest burglar patch and tagged their status on my Google spreadsheet. The good news is that all custom traits are compatible with the patch. I'll update the rest of the affected mods asap.

Feb 27, 2025 Updates for patch:

Age Up add Preferences V15

Balanced Life {Merged Edition} V22

Blue Fear V6

Introduction Hider / No Autonomy V8

Massage Socials Fix V5

More / Less Skill Boost from Moods V6

No Mopping in Bad Weather/ Outdoors V4

Occult Fanatic Trait V6

Smarter Self-Care V21

Walk Normally V8

Feb 28, 2025 Updates for compatibilities:

UPDATE: Holiday Tradition Custom Preferences V1.1

Minor update for compatibility with my Custom Traits in Club Filter V26

UPDATE: Higher CAS Story Skills V4

Updated to include missing Thanatology Skill from EP17 Life & Death Pack

UPDATE: Life And Death Rebirth Tweaks V1.1

Minor update to fix missing strings for the Chopstick Savvy trait

UPDATE: Lot Traits Turned Challenges V4

Updated to add packages to unlock and turn the Locked Lot Traits from EP03 City Living and EP07 Island Living into freely-use Lot Challenges. Be reminded that some of these originally Locked Lot Traits like Cheap or Pricey have no impact on gameplay despite their description.

🆙UPDATE: Custom Traits in Club Filter V26 (Big Update)

Add-on for World Resident club requirement. This auto assigns hidden traits to tell which world a Sim is currently living in, and you can select them in the trait section of the club requirement.

Added traits & preferences of the upcoming Businesses & Hobbies pack.

Updated to include missing traits from previous packs, kits, and patches, including Life & Death, High School Years, and more.

Added my holiday tradition custom preferences and my next traits pack

I now put "Plant Sim" in the new occult section added in patch 1.113.

Adjusted wealth requirements for each club filter option.

Fixed a few llama icons for EA hidden gender & sexuality traits.

I will revisit this mod to update custom traits from other creators after fixing my other broken mods. Please tell me if any trait is missed in the filter!

🔆 Changelog in February 2025 HERE

🔹 Links to ALL My Traits, Game Mods, and CCs

🔹List of IDs for creators who want to refer my traits to their own mods 

🔹 List of Chingyu’s CC Traits Name and Descriptions for mod users

🔹 Check Mod Status after a patch & Compatibilities

👁‍🗨 Learn how to install a mod & FAQs

👁‍🗨 Terms of Use

👁‍🗨 Ask Questions/ Suggestions/ Bug Reports on Discord

▶ I need to see a screenshot or LE report to help you figure out what’s wrong!

👁‍🗨 Download on my Patreon

👁‍🗨 Follow me on Twitter

[northernsiberiawinds]

Thief.

Hi @nonvme​ how are you?

I usually solve such issues in personal messages with the authors to give them the opportunity to simply apologize and not repeat their mistakes, but this situation has upset me a lot, because I wrote to you in the comments a few months ago, but you never answered me (your private messages are closed).

You steal my textures and call it your own, as well as sell it on your patreon without any permission and credits.

Let's start from the beginning.

1. https://www.patreon.com/posts/sakira-skin-and-67386343

“credits: obscurus-sims, lamatisse, and google lol” — absolutely no mention of me, it's amazing, because it's almost entirely my texture.

“Do not claim as your own, I work way too hard to have somebody else try to claim my stuff“  —  It's so nice to ask to respect your work when you don't respect someone else's.

Do I need to comment on something? She just took my skin n7, added a couple of details on face and called it her own. And she put it in early access on her patreon to make money on already free сс. She listed other authors in the credits and didn't mention anything about me.

2. https://www.patreon.com/posts/precious-skin-75050799

“Do not claim as your own, I work way too hard to have somebody else try to claim my stuff“  —  and again. The duplicity of this man never ceases to amaze me.

Here she changed a bit more, but she used my skin's face as a base. And again, no mention of me in the credits.This time she didn't mention credits at all, but I see at least @obscurus-sims​ details.

3.

“Credits to Slephora, Obscurus, and Pinterest for all respective bits and pieces”  — okay.

And again, no difference. The textures are identical.

Honey, if a person wants to use my eyelids, he just uses it. There is no need to put my cc in early access again, which has been free for three years.

I want to say that I create my textures completely from scratch, without using EA blanks. Absolutely all the details on my skins are created by me. And as an artist, I can say with confidence that it is impossible to create a texture that will match someone else's pixel by pixel. It's impossible. Moreover, most of my textures are completely drawn by me. What refs from the Internet is she talking about? Did you take refs out of my head? By Bluetooth?

@nonvme you can still apologize and I won't hold a grudge against you. Just apologize and remove my textures from your page. If you had answered me a few months ago and corrected your mistakes, then I would not have written this post and would not have spoiled your reputation. But you didn't answer me.

I'm sorry that you all had to read so much text. I hope your day is going much better than mine.

P.S. I had to re-post to remove some 18+ pieces from the skins.

UPD 15/06/23

Guys! Thank you so much for all your words of support! This is really very important to me. I didn't even expect you all to support me so much. I don't have enough words to express my gratitude to all of you 😢❤️!!!

Nonvme deleted CC that included my textures, and also promised not to use it anymore. It's enough for me to forget about this incident and don't contact patreon support.

I want to add that any author who makes his textures from scratch knows every pixel of his texture. The author of the original content will know if you have used his texture, even if you have somehow modified it. If you steal other people's textures and you haven't been caught yet, it only means that the author hasn't seen your page/cc yet, because he can't monitor the entire Internet. But one day he will find out about you, do not doubt.

[blunt-hound]

EA laying off Apex Legends Devs and planning on replacing them with AI

(The first link is to PC Mag, it has pop-ups, so I recommend using an ad blocker.)

According to articles I've seen recently, EA has been laying off employees and plans on replacing some Apex Legends devs with AI in order to increase ingame micro transactions.

Because of this, according to the second link, some players have begun boycotting the game and EA, along with no longer playing the game altogether.

I honestly haven't played the game since the beginning of Breakout, so I could get cosmetics from the anniversary event 💀

But, if what these articles say is true, then I plan on not spending any more money on EA altogether tbh.

If you play the Sims 4, I have a link to a DLC unlocker. I'll link it below. It's by someone in the Sims 4 tumblr community, so there's no need to go any sketchy websites.

I use this and highly recommend using it if you play the game as well. All the Sims 4 DLC combined (kits, packs, etc.) would cost well over a thousand dollars, and no one has that kind of money to be spending on games in this economy 💀

If I find out any more info, I'll try my best to keep this post updated.

[musthavemods]

If you’re new to playing Sims 4, you’re probably wondering how to go about downloading and using Sims 4 mods and CCs in your game. Mods and custom content (CC) can take your Sims 4 experience to the next level by adding new gameplay features, items, and styles. However, they can be quite tricky to use and may cause major issues, like the deadly white screen, when installed incorrectly. This guide will walk you through the process of installing Sims 4 mods and CC on both PC and Mac. Click To Read More → MustHaveMods

[ellkriz]

Halloween part: 2 cas default mod

[rainmustfallts4]

Grim is coming to us, guys!

[balkanikabg]

Patch 1.101

Hi guys! I just wanted to make a quick note to say all my mods have survived yesterday's update.

Keto Cookbook & Cooking Scrolls

The pie menu for both cookbooks is working as usual but I will try to add the new categories and see how customisable they can be. I might need to do some small changes to the recipes for any new tags but this is not something urgent since they are working perfectly fine in their current state now. My thought process is that they might need some extra new tags to be able to be sold on the upcoming sales table with the new pack, but I will see this once the pack is released.

Functional objects

All objects work fine at first testing, so they are safe to be used.

If you notice anything weird, don't hesitate to contact me here and  I'll take a look for you. Just remember other mods can sometimes cause conflicts and weird behaviour even if they are not related to food so just make sure all your mods are up to date.

@luthsthings @scarlets-realm

[ldr-ts4]

Oh my, guys it's real!

Hold your reins! The horses are coming 🐴

[northernsiberiawinds]

⚠️ Please read this for your safety! Our computer contains too much important information that is worth protecting!⚠️

⚠️ ADVISORY: Malicious Mods, Identity Theft, Malware, and You ⚠️

Hey, all! Not sure how many people will see this, but if you do, please reblog. This is a 'little' post regarding a potentially big problem affecting the Sims 4 community. If you download mods/CC at all (and yes I know CC is a type of mod), this applies to you.

TL;DR: For the sake of your personal info, identity, bank account, et cetera, please STOP downloading any mods/CC for the time being. Especially from the following sites: CurseForge, ModTheSims, The Sims Resource. It doesn't matter if you know the creator or not. Give it at least a week while we all figure out what's going on. If you must, I would recommend only downloading directly from a creator's Patreon (assuming they have one).

Other people have written at length about the mods in question, so I'll just share their posts below.

What's going on?

From the Sims 4 After Dark Discord server (a server you should join if you're not in it already):

⚠️If you downloaded any mod listed in the above post and played the game with them installed, this is the cleaner program Kuttoe (creator of the Home Regions and Townie Demographics mods) mentioned in their post: GitHub - overwolf/sims4-social-events-cleaner: Source files and exe release for a tool to clean up your machine if you have downloaded the "Social Events - Unlimited Time" Sims 4 mod ⚠️

Got confirmation from Kuttoe that as long as you didn't boot up the game with the malicious mods installed (or deleted them completely from your computer before playing the game), you *should* be fine. Still, I recommend that anyone who thinks they might have downloaded any of them run the cleaner program.

Here's an explanation from @anadius2 (reposted by Kuttoe) in the Sims 4 After Dark server (not providing a link to prevent brigading or spam, but you can DM me and I'll give you the link) about what the malware will do to your computer:

And a little dive into the back-end coding stuff for the more tech-savvy Simmers out there:

So, to recap:

Fake mods were uploaded to Curseforge, ModTheSims, and The Sims Resource

@msqsimsofficial had their account compromised on 2 of those sites (they are a victim of hacking, so do not send them hate!)

If downloaded, these malicious mods have the ability to steal very sensitive info (your passwords, credit card info if saved somewhere in your browser, data)

As of right now, antivirus software may not be able to detect the malware

Mac and Linux users seem to be safe; Windows users are the ones that could be affected

Why is this happening?

Unsure. Lots of theories are being made by people far more knowledgeable than me, but from the looks of things, could be crypto bullshit and/or an attempt to steal your data and sell it. This is very, very serious, and could wreck your life if said data/personal info falls into the wrong hands.

Identity Theft: What It Is, How to Prevent It, Warning Signs and Tips - NerdWallet

It's always a good idea to change passwords every couple of months or so, but if you think you've been affected, you also need to change your passwords for things like online banking, email and social media accounts, healthcare sites AFTER running the cleaner.

What now?

I want to talk about how we approach modding our games and downloading files in general.

Please STOP downloading mod file folders from people who did not create the specific mods. Period. This includes Sim dumps, building/lots with CC, mod folders promoted on YouTube, etc. This does not mean that anyone sharing them is doing so maliciously. In fact, I appreciate the amount of effort people put into compiling these resources! But unless you're super careful (and super knowledgeable), you run the risk of downloading malware like this on your computer. Make no mistake, the malicious files in question look like run-of-the-mill, everyday mods. Two of them were even posted from a trustworthy creator's actual account! The only way to know what they actually do is to peek into the code, and idk about you, but I don't know Python. So even after this issue is resolved, you really should only download files from the creators themselves.

But what about CC shopping?

Here's how I like to approach it: I stick to lookbooks and combing through the Patreons/accounts of creators who make items I like. If I see a Sim dump with CC that I'm interested, I try to reach out to the poster and ask where they got specific CC. If I can't do that, I see if it was shared via Drive, look at the individual files themselves, then head to the original CC creator's official download page and get it from the source.

That's all I have for you! Stay safe, and happy Simming! 🫶🏾

[waterlily0210]

DaylifeSims Hair Conversions

These hairs by daylifesims were so gorgeous I had to convert them for children!

You MUST download the meshes for these hairs to work!

Alicia ◦ Alissa ◦ Alysea v2 ◦ Janey v2

download my conversions here !

[chingyu1023vick]

University Alumni Club

⏩ Two Alumni Lot Challenges Traits with gameplay effects to generate and spawn Sims 4 University Graduates to hang out.

🧩 Requires EP08 Discover University Pack

Trait Assignment & Removal:

This mod tracks if a Sim has the degree traits and auto-assigns/ removes the correlated university graduate traits.

This mod also tracks if a Sim is currently studying in the university and auto-assigns/ removes the correlated university student traits.

Alumni Hangout Lot Challenges:

These Lot Challenges spawn alumni Sims who have the degree traits onto the Lot.

Focused/Happy/Confident moodlets for the Foxbury Institute graduates when entering the hangout Lot.

Inspired/Happy/Confident moodlets for the University of Britechester graduates when entering the hangout Lot.

Other Gameplay Effects:

Special social Interactions for both university graduates and students.

You can use this with my Custom Traits In Club Filter to set the university graduate and student traits as club requirements.

Using this mod alone, you can still hold alumni meetings by putting the Alumni Hangout Lot Traits into a Lot and spawning other university graduates.

The game will generate and spawn new Sims with the degree and graduate traits onto the Lot if there are no available Sims in the world.

Compatible with all my other mods and traits. This mod does not override any game tunings.

👑 Mod Info HERE

🧡 Early Access HERE

Public Access: Apr 21

🔆 Changelog in March 2025 HERE

🔹 Links to ALL My Traits, Game Mods, and CCs

🔹List of IDs for creators who want to refer my traits to their own mods 

🔹 List of Chingyu’s CC Traits Name and Descriptions for mod users

🔹 Check Mod Status after a patch & Compatibilities

👁‍🗨 Learn how to install a mod & FAQs

👁‍🗨 Terms of Use

👁‍🗨 Ask Questions/ Suggestions/ Bug Reports on Discord

▶ I need to see a screenshot or LE report to help you figure out what’s wrong!

👁‍🗨 Download on my Patreon

👁‍🗨 Follow me on Twitter

[northernsiberiawinds]

HORSE RANCH EXPANSION DLC?

Too good to be true. But I'm already SCREAMING!

P.S. The picture is a custom picture of the site, since there are no official posters yet. The same thing happened when information about the high school appeared on this site before the official news. So there's a good chance it's true.

P.P.S. Guys, I want you to know that I just wanted to share my feelings about this news with you and didn't want to offend or something like that anyone! I love you all!

[milkteatrait]

lychee: two toned lips

girlies..... i think im back............ lychee is a lip product that highlights your sims' pigmented, two-toned lips. i wanted a cute lil natural maxis match lip for my sims of colour <3

base game compatible

9 swatches

disabled for random

available for all genders & frames (not kids)

download: patreon (always free, no ads!)

tagging some cc pages for clout <3 @alwaysfreecc @public-ccfinds @mmfinds @maxismatchccworld ummmm and that's all I know :(

[ellkriz]

Halloween cas default mod

🎃👻💀

Enjoy!

[an-established-butt-dent]

I'm a bald Solas lover I swear!!!!

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