#the sims 4 rant

[charey111]

Pic of fine ass Kaila for attention.

The next expansion pack seems fun but I’m silently protesting. I’ll still play the game and post on here when I can, but I’m not buying anything EA until they fix that game breaking bug that came with For Rent. The fact that it’s bugged out AND potentially game breaking is disappointing. No more 💰 until they fix that s**t. 😒

[sejianismodding]

☢️ I'M JUST GON' LEAVE THIS RIGHT HERE AND GO BACK TO WHAT I WAS DOING - WHICH WAS FIXING ANOTHER EAXIS !@#$ UP.

THE DEFORMER MAPS ARE FINALLY FIXED.

IT ONLY TOOK THEM HALF-ARSING OUR SPINES AND BREAKING CHILDREN TO FINALLY FIX WHAT I'VE BEEN POINTING OUT FOR SEVEN (7) !@#$ING MONTHS.

[minisimmie4]

Can someone tell me why the Sims 4 team doesn't create very long hairstyles ? Or a simple messy bun ? They do the craziest hairstyles but we just want simple everyday wearable styles guys.

[jessnotwiththemess]

speaking of the sims, why tf is san sequoia so small, they could have done more with that world, get together might have been the golden age of the sims

[awwhoneybaby]

Very disappointed in the Sims community and their very vocal distain towards Black Simmers for begging for a Caribbean/African themed world, especially because they're literally SO MANY American/European themed worlds...like there's even 3 Asian/2 Latinx themed worlds and we barely have 1, EVEN THE DAMN IMAGINARY STAR WARS WORLD BUT NO...we get edges, hairs, SOME clothing, but not a world? Like the closest thing we have to anything Caribbean is the St.Feu household that Maxis created, and even then that's JUST A HOUSEHOLD ON THE GALLERY. Stop silencing BLACK Simmers, like y'all show y'all asses every time we speak our opinions or real shit. A whole account was suspended because of the mass reporting just because a Black Simmer asked to be represented...I hate how even in the big year of 2025, over 25 years of The Sims, it's never enough being a Black Simmer.

[naijawhims]

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[gerbithats]

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

[lumenniveus]

I have to vent this out. It's hilarious though.

You know how I run a cc fixing side gig? Yea someone was asking about that "functional" toaster from Cowbuild and why it wasn't functional at all today. I took a look at it. It is an atrocity of an object.

Watch me lose braincells under the read more cut

The custom tuning of the toaster was made by Necrodog. That's fine on it's own, but it is incomplete. As in: Cow's toaster is NOT functional at all because half of the code is missing. You can't do anything with the CC you paid real money for. Cool, huh?

Second thing is the weight of that file. You know how EA uses 256x256 or sometimes 512x512 for smaller appliances? Cow's toaster uses 2048x2048 as texture. Just to put that into perspective, that's larger than the texture used for an entire sim and completely unnecessary for an object about the size of a microwave.

The mesh isn't any better. It has no LODs at all so you will run one single mesh the entire time. Okay, fine, I do that too sometimes when I can't shave off polygons but mine aren't 9938 Vertices to 15024 Polygons large. Yo, I could fit 6 of my Lamborghinis in that! Just saying, I'd rather have the cars than one broken AF toaster. Besides that none of the objects have shadow LODs. Yippee.

Anything else? The whole set is a problem zone. Everything is unoptimized and I know those of you who are running her CC have a laptop that's doing its best to imitate a jet engine. Those meshes are made for rendering, not for gameplay.

I love it when you bring me broken stuff to mess with. I love it even more when it gets fixed in the end. THIS is above my non-existing paygrade. I'm considering to blacklist Cowbuild CC from my cc-clinic just because there is no saving that. My sincerest condolences to whoever paid to get it.

[therichantsim]

I'm an idiot because NONE of these stores have a public bathroom. AGHHH!!!!

Also why am I just now realizing this lot is NOT playable with the new EP. Apparently only one resident and business can exist on one lot??? What's the point of For Rent? Why can't they integrate these packs across packs? Get to work, For Rent, and Small Business should work cohesively together. I'm so glad the last pack I bought was Cottage Living, because this is some BS.

[charey111]

I am soooo jealous of yall having a blast with Love Struck but I refuse to update 😩😩. EA launched two emergency patches and the game is still broken. I’ve been in offline mode since the pack dropped and don’t plan on updating anytime soon 🥲.

[sejianismodding]

☢️ Update 2/25/2025 - MOAR body distortions are being reported. I sure hope this isn't due to EAxis' half-arsing our "Male sims with Feminine Frames" spine fix.

THIS IS A RANT. YOU'RE WELCOME TO IGNORE IT. I DO THIS FOR PERPETUITY.

⋆⋅ AIN'T LIFE GRAND?!

This was meant to be a "BUGWATCH", but then I noticed that we're now getting reports that !@#$'s deforming all over the place - where it wasn't before.

On kids - https://forums.ea.com/idea/the-sims-4-bug-reports-en/toddlerinfantschild-body-and-face-distortions/11928891

On necks - https://forums.ea.com/idea/the-sims-4-bug-reports-en/sims-neck-set-to-wide/11912011

I've been harping on about those EIGHTEEN (18) broken Deformer Maps for SEVEN (7) !@#$ing MONTHS, and INSTEAD OF FIXING THEM, EAxis removed the dependency, making it appear as though our bodies are indeed fixed.

It feels like a slap in the face to not fix those Deformer Maps, but I'll let it slide 'cause MY sim don't look like a freak no more and that's what matters... at least they didn't during my very brief play-test before my nap. [*]

Maybe removing that dependency is what they meant to do SEVEN (7) MONTHS ago but "forgot", and continued to "forgot" for SEVEN (7) MONTHS.

Certainly EAxis' special bug fixin' team knows what the !@#$ they're doing, but I can't help but wonder if what's being reported now is related to those Deformer Maps. I have no idea if any of them affected kids. Only THREE (3) or FOUR (4) of those EIGHTEEN (18) Deformer Maps !@#$ed with our spines. I have no idea what the rest did. If the dependency was removed, would my BUGFIX for Our Broken Bodies even affect those kids or those necks?

I will not be investigating this until I see it for myself, which might take a while because I'm hardly in Live Mode and the reports I read claim that the more extreme deformities aren't appearing in CAS.

Yes, I am being a bit of a !@#$. I had a nap and have oodles of "be a !@#$" energy now.

They should have fixed the !@#$ing Deformer Maps.

⋆⋅ <INHALES SHARPLY>

Now that I've gotten that out of my system, I'm going to see if I can update the SGFX overrides.

I'm only encountering errors with Sims4Studio when trying to export Tuning resources, but it's been reported that modifying CAS items is also bugging out.

I'll do what I can.

[*] I swear, if I load my new saved game and see my sim's body spazzing out, I'm going to !@#$ing lose it.

⋆⋅ ⚡ NOW THAT I'VE CALMED DOWN...

I want to point out that EAxis went mucking around body sliders.

[EA Forums] Body sliders in Create a Sim are back on track! Adjusting the belly, butt, and thighs of male Sims will no longer transform certain full-body outfits into avant-garde fashion.

It's possible that they just broke everything while half-arsing our bodies.

[satureja13]

Since Sai had to change in his dark form to keep his pointy teeth, he has some outfits there I haven't seen on him for years. And I keep wondering why they throw out these weird shaped clothes -.- (-> here is another example) Jeb is a bit shocked to see his beautiful boyfriend like this. But he loves him nonetheless ^^'

Who has bulges there? Ah, I know! Shoplifters!

Edit: @undiamas18 I just checked, it is a pullover for a masculine frame. That's so weird.

Also that dress shirt, Sai wears in the post I linked above, is also for males (see below again)

[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.

[siyabsimmer]

In light of this whole simsulani shit, I have an urge to get something off my chest. Might seem harsh, but that's just my opinion, you don't have to agree with it.

If you're in this community just so you can make a profit off of it - be so fucking ashamed of yourself.

At what point has this community become so fucking greedy? Instead of creators who are genuinely interested in making some fun stuff for the game, we get a bunch of people who are hungry for a quick buck.

They steal, they give off in game stuff as their own (/greenllammas, I'm looking at you. you might have fixed the original post, but the internet remembers all), they paywall their stuff, which is in most cases lazy and subpar to say the least. CC shopping used to be so much fun, but now you get either perma paywall, or months of early access.

Where did we get lost, people? When has this became a new normal?

And don't even get me started on poses. Putting them behind a paywall has always seemed weird to me to begin with (it's one of the easiest things you can do in blender. yes it's challenging and hard and can be very tedious, but it's not even close to how difficult it is to make a mesh for the game, don't piss me off, i said what I said) but to steal from someone else and then put it on early access??? bro, I have so many questions for you.

You all are greedy little people and I'm honestly ashamed to be in the same community as you.

[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.

[holocene-sims]

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september 2, 2021 1:00 a.m. grant's mind

🎵 did you learn to dream in the morning? abandon dreams in the afternoon? wait without a hope in the evening? did you stand there in the traces and let them feed you lies? did you trail along behind them wearing blinkers on your eyes? did you kiss the foot that kicked you? did you thank them for their scorn? did you ask for their forgiveness for the act of being born? 🎵