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The Sims 4 |OT| Behold its true form and despair!
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stargateheaven
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Do you think they'll add some missing features in by patch, or just expansions? 
I can't believe there isn't even car pools. It always made me chuckle before when there was an old beat up car to pick you up, then it slowly got better the better your career was. eventually a helicopter would pick you up. brilliant.
but no, not in this
I can't believe there isn't even car pools. It always made me chuckle before when there was an old beat up car to pick you up, then it slowly got better the better your career was. eventually a helicopter would pick you up. brilliant.
but no, not in this
Tiu Neo
Member
I'm ok if that means smaller, but cheaper and more constant content packs. Something like a cheaper alternative of the Sims 3 Store.
Actually, you can turn aging off without cheats. On gameplay options, there is a box to choose how long the Sims lives will be. Bellow that, there are some checkboxes, to turn aging off for your sims and for the neighborhood sims.
My game is on portuguese, so the options may have different names, but they are there.
Do you think they'll add some missing features in by patch, or just expansions?
I can't believe there isn't even car pools. It always made me chuckle before when there was an old beat up car to pick you up, then it slowly got better the better your career was. eventually a helicopter would pick you up. brilliant.
but no, not in this
Likely a mix of both, the patches coinciding with the expansions. The real meat will of course be in the form of the expansions though, otherwise not many people would buy it. Only company I can think of that introduces more features in their games via post-release patches than via DLC/add-ons is Paradox Development Studio.
And again, anyone know how I can move a single person out rather than moving the entire household? It's a bit awkward having an ex-husband live with his ex-wife.
artsi
Member
Bohemia does this with Arma too and it's great, but I'd never imagine EA to take the same approach.
FleetingFlowAir
Member
I think there were patches in Sims 3 that added features (I'm unaware of what they did, though), so if they're generous Sims 4 could have the same treatment. Otherwise, we'll need to wait for expansions.Do you think they'll add some missing features in by patch, or just expansions?
I can't believe there isn't even car pools. It always made me chuckle before when there was an old beat up car to pick you up, then it slowly got better the better your career was. eventually a helicopter would pick you up. brilliant.
but no, not in this
I have a PC that is 3 years old and a laptop that is 5 years old, the game works great with them both. Loading times are quick and the game runs smooth. I was very surprised to find the game worked on my laptop because the specs are bad.
My PC specs:
Windows 7
Intel Core i3 3.2GHz
3GB RAM
ATI Radeon HD 5450
My laptop specs:
Windows Vista
Celeron Duel-Core 1.8 GHz
3GB RAM
Mobile Intel 4 Series Express Chipset Family
I mean my friends who come visit and then immediately make a b line for thing. It defeated the purpose of inviting people over.
Have the person you want to mentor play the instrument then click them and there's a mentor option.
Oh, okay. Thank you. Is there a way to do it with someone you don't live with?
Oh. Now I get it - sry!
I cried a lot
Have you tried the Household management in the top right when you're at the over-world map? When you select a household from the list there's a pencil button that says "Edit, add or remove Sims from the current household in Create a Sim". I've not created a household with multiple Sims so I've not been able to try it myself.
Yeah you are absolutly right what I meant is that after seeing my gf playing Sims 4 and enjoying the hell out of it, i don't think all the whining about the missing features or the bad press vibes have any impact on the sucess of the series. Don't get me wrong - all I wanted to say is many "hardcore" gamer, as I named them poorly, are focusing too much on the "not that much of an evolution against sims 3" thing.
Oh, OK. So I misunderstood you.
I figured I could do that because of the whole multitasking thing, but that's not what's bothering me. It's trying to control one of my sims who spends most of the time on his PC in his small room, while constantly having to direct the rest of the family away from it because they all wanna watch the TV. For some reason, it's ONLY his TV. I had to delete it to stop them coming in (they still do).
Baron_Calamity
Member
I'll have to look but i think you are right. You can buy tablets and play games.
Possibly, but it is also a very streamable game with it being voyeuristic anyway. It'd be one of the few games I could watch if I had input from the chat to tell streamers to do stuff.
storybook77
Member
Blizzard. Diablo 3's turn around has been phenomenal.
when you 're not playing as the household, you have to click on the house then go into "More" then "Manage Household"
-Stranger-
Junior Member
Help I bought my girlfriends Sims 4 yesterday and we have been trying since to get the fucker to run.
We have reinstalled it about 3 times, run it in compatibility mode/as an administrator and done a clean boot. Nothing works.
Any one going through the same thing or got any ideas, would be much appreciated.?
Damn EA need to get their shit together.
We have reinstalled it about 3 times, run it in compatibility mode/as an administrator and done a clean boot. Nothing works.
Any one going through the same thing or got any ideas, would be much appreciated.?
Damn EA need to get their shit together.
What happens when you run it?
And your specs? Desktop, laptop? Stranger?
-Stranger-
Junior Member
When I double click the icon for Sims 4 on the desktop or click play via Origin, the computer seems to be thinking for a few seconds and then nothing.
No error message just no response, checked task manager and back applications and it's not there.
Specs
Desktop
Windows 7
Intel Pentium Processor E6700
AMD Radeon HD 6450 512mb
500 GB HDD
4 GB DDR3 Memory
Nothing special but it runs The Sims 3 fine.
Lady Siara
Member
I am determined to finish my nightmare house tonight. I have the exterior mostly finished, aside from the roof because you apparently need to be a savant to use multiple roof pieces without it looking ridiculous. Maybe I'll just do an extremely tacky flat roof with accents or something.
Also, as expected, you guys were right; my funds are running dry. My sim is going to wonder why her house is so big when she can only walk in 4 rooms. I wonder if sims still have that inquisitive feature where they try to figure out how to get to blocked off areas in their house...
Also, as expected, you guys were right; my funds are running dry. My sim is going to wonder why her house is so big when she can only walk in 4 rooms. I wonder if sims still have that inquisitive feature where they try to figure out how to get to blocked off areas in their house...
Sounds like the same issue with the poster above you, except they're on NVidia and Windows 8.1 and you're on AMD and Windows 7. Wonder if you both have an application in common that's running and preventing this from running.
You write jokes on a computer.
Eventually you can write comedy routines, test them out on a microphone (its only use, no singing "instrument" yet), refine them and perform them at the bar downtown. Haven't looked into comedy much but its pretty fun.
Loving the game so far, about 10hrs in. Definitely more like Sims 2 but with the refinements of 3. Kinda miss the skill journals but there's plenty to unlock. The special rooms you get for reaching tops of careers are nice, I actually look forward to dlc expanding these.
Try running it in windowed mode. In origin, right click on the icon for it in your library and select 'Game Properties'. Then enter '-w' and hit apply. Then try and start it again.
Skele70n said:
Your mileage of whether it's worth buying hinges a lot on what you like most about the Sims. But completely messed up? Not even close.
For what it is, it works most of the time. It's a pretty focused game at times, and the missing features from the earlier games can chafe a bit. But Sims 4 as itself is fine.
So the answer is from me would be "Yes, but..." If you're really curious, get it, but honestly, I could also see an argument for waiting a while to get more content with it later. It's not like The Sims is a series that vanishes from the stores fast.
-Stranger-
Junior Member
Yeah it seems that way, I just tried disabling my anti-virus software and firewall to see if that was blocking it, but still no good
Not sure whether we should just wait and hope EA can patch it.
Hmm, still nothing. I tried shutting down as many other processes as I could and nothing changed either.
-Stranger-
Junior Member
Hey just gave that a shot, still didn't work although the computer seemed to be thinking abit longer.
Quick note for the thread, multiple outfits for each category CAN be saved. When in CAS, and choosing clothes, notice the little carat sign pointing up? Click that and you can add more outfits for that category.
Also, from Gamefront:
This lets you change genetics as well.
Stranger and Cory64, try this:
Also, from Gamefront:
Gamefront said:
This lets you change genetics as well.
Stranger and Cory64, try this:
Damn. I was trying to live a computerless life.
Not sure if this was mentioned, but EA is trying to combat piracy with an interesting glitch. When the modesty blur comes up, on pirated versions it doesn't go away and makes the whole screen blurry.
http://www.shacknews.com/article/86145/ea-combats-the-sims-4-piracy-with-unique-bug
I think this is hilarious! The EA forums are having threads pop up with people complaining of this glitch.
I like things like this and the pirate hats that appear in that game. I am against piracy, but I like the intentional glitches.
http://www.shacknews.com/article/86145/ea-combats-the-sims-4-piracy-with-unique-bug
I think this is hilarious!
The EA forums are having threads pop up with people complaining of this glitch.I like things like this and the pirate hats that appear in that game. I am against piracy, but I like the intentional glitches.
Bananajama
Banned
I've always enjoyed Sims games...
There I've admitted it!
But I'm going to wait and see what the mod community make for this before I dive in...!
There I've admitted it!
But I'm going to wait and see what the mod community make for this before I dive in...!
Nothing. FWIW Chrome has been behaving the same way since I tried updating it to 64-bit a few days ago, but I've done a virus sweep and registry clean and nothing's changed.
You got me on this one. Other than googling on the issue I can't be of much more help. My only other suggestion is to do a full re-install, but make sure to delete your Sims 4 folder out of your Documents folder where all your settings would be.
FYI, for the thread, Jim Sterling's Review. Gave it 2 1/2 stars. Other critics are giving it either 7's or 8's and some lower than 7's so far.
Not sure if this was mentioned, but EA is trying to combat piracy with an interesting glitch. When the modesty blur comes up, on pirated versions it doesn't go away and makes the whole screen blurry.
http://www.shacknews.com/article/86145/ea-combats-the-sims-4-piracy-with-unique-bug
I think this is hilarious!
I like things like this and the pirate hats that appear in that game. I am against piracy, but I like the intentional glitches.
Yeah, it's ace. Favourite one is still the Serious Sam 3 invincible enemy one though.
I used to hate things like that. I think it was one of Codemasters LMA manager games that made your results go to shit slowly over time if it was pirated. The reason I hated that was because 1) It wasn't obvious and 2) it had a high false-positive rate. Now they're better at detecting them, I'm glad they exist... Even if it does only slow the pirates down rather than stop them.
-Stranger-
Junior Member
Still no good, also tried deleting the cache folders mentioned above...
EA support forums don't seem to have any idea.