#Sims4 a rant

[rebellesims420]

paywalled cc

Putting recolored CC from a Game pack behind a paywall is just so crazy to me .

[siimplyjessica]

I don't know why CC creators are forcing people to use HQ CC textures (2048x4096)?? do you know how big those are? I make a lot of custom content, and before educating myself I said one time I was like, let me start using and creating HQ items, my output started tripling in size. I created two or three objects and in no time I was like over 8 GB of information just creating HQ textures. You guys are bloating the game for literally no reason.. for pretty screenshots? Cool.. go ahead and do that but you're bloating people's games for no reason literally. This game already requires over 150 gigabytes of free space on a computer. If you use HQ textures and continue adding CC to your game, you need probably over 350 GB of space..

When it comes to creating debug items, like I have a collection coming out that redoes all the frying pans and mixing bowls, those little textures are maybe 128x128, and I will double those to 256x256 and sharpen the image because those are tiny, but to start making and outputting textures that are 2048x4096, that bloats the game for absolutely no reason except to maybe get a pretty screenshot. But then you need probably well over 16 GB of RAM, a very expensive graphics card and over 350 GB of free space to run the Sims. And you're asking people and forcing people to do that with you when you put out CC that is " high quality ". Why? If you want to take pretty pictures in the game or do blender renders in super high quality, go for it to your heart's content. (and at this point you are forcing because 99% of CC creators don't give people the option to download regular textures anymore. Like it used to be a few years ago You could find people offering regular and HQ textures) Forcing people to download textures that are 2048x4096 is evilness, that's all I can call it because a lot of people don't have the wherewithal to know how to de-bloat their games, a lot of people don't create CC, and they're enlarging their files and games unwittingly not realizing that they're slowing down their computer, unnecessarily forcing their computer to work in overtime trying to process all these huge huge CC files. DX11 completely changed the game in my opinion and made it beautiful, DX11 helps your computer run your game a little more smoothly, while increasing the look of the game, almost providing its own g shade filter. And de-bulking the game by putting caps on texture sizes and you're still creating HQ? I have to speak out because I feel so bad for all the computers out there. You know how expensive it is? My dream is to build my own computer, but I haven't been able to because you need at least a good two grand to do that. And you're like at this point putting an imaginary weapon to people's heads and forcing them to download HQ content.. because every single day I see more and more creators switching to HQ because they want the "best rounded edges on their CC" or creating CC to be compared to the next creator because everybody is competing with each other, or they want the best looking CC for a screenshot, not realizing that going up in high qualities and going up in polygon count is excessive and pointless for little pixel people that you don't zoom in on for the most part unless you're taking extremely pretty screenshots.. You're getting sucked in by the beautiful pictures CC creators put on their posts and I get that way too, I will see something and get swept away in it's shock and beauty and I have to tell myself, 'Jessica you don't need that and it's too big of a object to put in your game!' Only a few people realize the importance of low quality, low polygon content and those are probably the biggest creators in the space like @imfromsixam , @peacemaker-ic and @syboubou , @aharris00britney, up-and-comer @valiasimsI , @felixandresims etc.. I know I'm missing people but It's just an example. I just can't stay quiet anymore.

[marsmerizing-sims]

NEVER BUY FREE CC FROM ANYONE!

So... I found this.

I know, it's impossible to prevent something like this to happen when the internet is an open world. And I have prepared myself for things like this. I am not here to call out the seller, I don't know who they are, and I am 100% sure there are more irresponsible people like this online.

I just want to tell everybody, that you SHOULD NEVER buy CC/Mods for any games, that is not posted by the creators. This seller is literally selling FREE CC. Not just mine, but many others too. And I'm talking about thousands of CC. This is from an Indonesia based online marketplace. But I'm sure, that somewhere in your area, there's one like this too. I just want you to be aware, that this is wrong. It's violating not just the creator's T.O.U, but also EA's policy. If you don't want to pay early access--that's totally fine. But this 👆 is beyond stupid.

Message for fellow Indonesian Simmers:

Tolong ya, temen-temen simmer Indonesia. Hargai kreator-kreator yang udah susah payah bikin konten dengan AT THE VERY LEAST download konten kami dengan jujur, mau bayar gak bayar, gak jadi masalah. Jangan kasih uang kalian ke orang-orang seperti seller ini!

Salam hangat untuk admin Vinci_shop dan teman-temannya.

[doxepinz]

When I was in the mood to play sims 4 but the patch broke your UI mod and the CAS Unlocks mod so you gotta wait for them to update the mods. 😫

[charey111]

I’ve been a lifelong sims player since sims 1 but I’m SOOOO excited for Paralives. I’ve been a Patreon of them for some time and love how the game has advanced over the years especially with such a small development team. That doesn’t mean I will ditch sims 4. I enjoy playing the sims 4 but honestly, that’s because of the amazing mods and cc that was created for it. The Sims 4 as we all know, isn’t on the same level as its past predecessors and it’s sad to see the direction EA has taken the franchise. I have no interest in playing sims 5 as a result.

Life by You seems promising. I LOVE how customizable the game is, but still don’t love it due to how much it’s still lacking. And not a fan of the character design but love the way the world looks. But it’s still very early in development as well. What are your thoughts? 💭

[babypeachsims]

Have any other Simmers been experiencing lots of lag lately? My game got stuck while travelling to another location - ended up having to restart my machine just to make the game close down... :(

[southernfriedsims-blog]

the last error code jacked up my save file, so i just downloaded blowtorch and a disgusting amount of cc and i'm about witch it up because it's aug 1st and even though it's hot as balls down here in the south and will be when santa rolls up in his flip flops but oh well fall is near and i can do what i want

[ptdn]

how do I even play offline?

[kenziesprecher]

If the sims team ever comes out with a wall covering kit Imma scoop that kit up like a chicken. Wall’s desperately need new colors in the paint category I want it to look like Sherman Williams and Behr paint are at war in the paint section.

[missginger82]

I love the sims with my whole heart, it is my comfort place since the first game, its so tight connected with my childhood, and even if I know not everything is perfect and okay it's my happy pill.. But I still feel detached from those new packs we get thrown at - I'm sure it's beautiful worlds and ppl will play it, but they feel insignificant, boring even.

I don't care about horses bc this feels like something that was already there (or should be already included in another pack), I don't need another dessert-like, american inspired world.. Why can't we get a crowded citie inspired by Amsterdam or Paris or London or Rome or something European?

Don't get me wrong, I'm sure this new pack will be beautiful as always, but I miss diversity, the last releases are too similar for me and I'm bored of American suburbs or desserts..

[maddenslookingglass]

I'm so tired of youtube videos about realistic mods for the sims. Booooooo! Where are the unrealistic mods videos? Real life sucks!

[jeanbeansims]

haven’t played sims in so long bc of college…. 😔

[doxepinz]

I have like 1k likes and all of them are CC I haven’t touched the game in months #oops

[greennymphs]

i just looked back at my sims notes and i forgot i created witch lore with a coven and gods

like okay?? work

[brokeaesthetic]

I've had this game for a little over a year and to say i'm disappointed is an understatement I want to rant again but this time I want to rant about The Sims 4, why is it such a horrible game? I remember winning this game for years and finally. I decided to use my 40 something dollars last year to buy it. Just for the end of free a couple months later. And being disappointed because the game was absolutely horrendous. The constant glitching, The fact that half my CC doesn't even show up in the game. Dude the fact that they cut corners with so much of the game development is crazy. I've always heard people who've been playing The Sims for a while. Talk about how the other games are better. But I just decided to watch a video on it. And holy shit they were they right. I mean, that's actually impressive how they made the game so much worse than the original 3. I mean EA what were you thinking? Every time I pay for and download a pack It's fun until it starts glitching. My Sims shouldn't keep clipping through stuff and ignoring my commands. I hope for this new Sims5 game that they actually put in the work to fix stuff and have it look good. And not have as many bugs. And actually put things in game that should be in game. Why do I have to buy seasons, pets, And a laundry day pack. Most of this should have already came with the game. This is actually disgusting on EA. It's so clear what they were doing with this game. It was basically just for money, and they don't really care about their players.

[harasccfinds]

So i was trying to make my own poster meshes and i can't get them as separate pictures :( i think i'll just make individual sized ones for my finkl posters...

(also ik i should probably upload this to my main but i dont feel like it lol)