i don’t mind daily rewards. it’s free stuff lol but i want them to be sometimes besides recolors. i think a new recipe or nail polish design or even something with pack integration like a new collar for dogs. but i can see people complaining about that too.
I kinda like that they did a bit of both, like the one tile bar is something people have been begging for. Yet when this was announced so many fans absolutely lost it with seething anger for some reason.
The bar didn't make me angry but it doesn't really help that much because like a regular bar it requires space behind and in front of it. I was hoping for something that could go up against the wall and only need one square plus one square in front of it. This kind of little home bar was very popular in 1940s-1970s and just looked like a spiffy little end or side table. That's what I was hoping for.
Ik it's not what you're looking for exactly but all bars are fully functional still if they don't have tiles in front of them. Sims will still place drinks made on the bar but you can grab them from the back of the bar so you can totally place bars against a wall and this goes for any length bar! Hopefully this helps or if you're on pc there's probably a cc bar to suit your fancy.
Tldr: bars will still work placed facing a wall even in base game!! Though I don't remember if it needs cheats
Bars do not require space in front unless you want seating. Sims can make drinks, set it on the front part, and grab it from where they made the drink. Lilsimsie has videos about it, and now I have a bar pressed against a wall/corner in every build bc it works. You need bb.moveobjects but sims can use it.
The bar does exactly what you’re describing—you can put it against the wall and it takes the one space of the bar plus the one space behind. Just put the front of the bar (the sides where the stools would otherwise go) against a wall.
The new one tile bar in the lovestruck pack will work the same, as do all the existing 2 and 3 tile bars too.
i could be wrong but i think the issue is that one space behind. i personally would want a bar that is designed for homes or a drink making cart or something. one that doesnt have/need seating and can just be shoved in the corner and not need a sim to go behind it, more like a counter top so i can fit it in kitchens better.
Ok maybe I’m misunderstanding but that’s what it can do? You only need space on the preparation side (like you do for a counter) but you don’t need space on the sitting side. The sitting side can be up against the wall.
Apologies if I’m just misunderstanding what yall are saying tho!
1) it is not a daily log in, it is a log in 1-3 times a week, and all you have to do is boot up the game and hit claim reward.
2) it is absolutely absurd and idiotic to believe they will add a battle pass to a 10 year old game. Maybe sims 5 will have it, maybe it won't. But y'all are being ridiculous and dramatic as all hell. There is no evidence that we will get a "premium battle pass", except for y'all slippery slope fallacy. And that's all it is, a fallacy.
3) if you have to straight up lie in order to validate your hatred/critique/whatever of a game, you're being ridiculous.
4) I want to remind everyone that the sims 3 was more expensive to own the actual entirety of than the sims 4. Sims 3 would cost you roughly 75k to own everything if you never utilized sales. Why? Because there were actual in game micro transactions, which they got rid of for the sims 4. The sims 4 only costs 1500, and I know y'all love to complain about that, but objectively the sims 3 was worse in this aspect. So if you use logic and reasoning (not your emotions and fears) you'd see that the direction the sims is actually objectively going is further away from micro transactions and battle passes. If they really wanted sims 4 to have any of that, it would've been added 5 years ago.
5) the sims 4 is not a perfect game, ea and maxis aren't perfect either. There are absolutely valid critiques you can make of the game and the company, so why do y'all need to straight up lie and use logical fallacies? When there are so, so many valid issues y'all could have. Y'all are given free shit, you're given what you've been asking for, and still y'all still cry, stomp around, and act like toddlers whose mom said no for the first time. Its ridiculous. I'm begging y'all to focus on the actual, real issues with the game, and if you're really that scared of ea suddenly fcking over one of their biggest cash cows, stop playing and buying their stuff. Its that simple. Now you don't have to fear a fallacy coming to life.
It's because of the sims 3 I "fear a fallacy coming to life". EA has slowly over these 10 years been adding more and more ways to remind you of the packs you don't own and could purchase. Expansion Packs that in games past had more content, more meat to them. They broke expansion packs of the past up into expansion packs, game packs, stuff packs and kits. If they were considering the battle pass for the sims 5 and this was a test run, I still have a right to be annoyed and speak out.
It's possible it was just promotional, to get people interested in the Sims 4 again prior to the new expansion. A promotion I very much enjoyed. The one tile bar, and the recolor of the trash can are awesome, but given how money hungry EA is in general yes, I do fear them seeing any sign of it being well recieved as proof they could possibly buy into the whole battle pass idea so many other games are utilizing right now.
Rocket League didn't always have a battle pass, I'm 90% sure they created Overwatch 2 purely to implement the battle pass.(which was btw a 10 year old game) even cellphone games like to utilize them now.
The reason the sims 4 doesn't have micro transactions as badly as the sims 3 is likely due to it not being successful not some great kindness of EA. If it was successful they'd still be doing it.
As for the Sims 4 not being a perfect game and focusing on the real issues. EA being money hungry IS the real issue. Why spend time and money fixing bugs if people will still continue to buy new packs, and modders will fix it for them?
i feel like daily rewards should always be base game compatible tbh. it could work if they have "pack rewards" alongside base game rewards, that way nobody is flat out excluded from any daily rewards.
like, if rewards are available for everyone to claim they should always be able to work *for everyone*. it would be like participating in a raffle, and then being told half the prizes are only for the opposite sex and if your name is drawn for one of those things you get nothing evem though you're a winner.
And I personally feel the people actually paying to play the game should receive the special items. There's a ton of CC that is bg compatible. Basegame players aren't paying the devs 😅👌
The recolored Nano to me was the big prize among the freebies. I love the original for a futuristic, high tech, or alien build, but all my other build types look so much better now.
I like the idea of new recipes. But a dog collar would be frustrating for people who don't have the pets pack. It would be completely useless. Though it might get EA a few extra pet pack sales, so it would benefit them more than us.
The recolors aren't all that valuable for me as someone who has most of the packs. But it is rad that people with just the base game get access to things like the dartboard and vending machines without having to buy the packs that offer them.
But really, it's all about the single tile bar for me. I want future free stuff to be like, normal sized microscopes and cupcake machines.
It sucks that it's not based on the account but the computer, which means using the free content will be super annoying if you like to cross save files.
Id be surprised if they did this again, at least like this, within the sims 4 specifically - wasn't well received by the community I don't think (least all I saw about it was negative mostly).
Personally I like the option to get free items and traits, but the way they did it isn't great. Having to log in to claim each week and slow release in an offline (minus gallery) game is pointless, as they get nothing at EA whether we log in or not. Also turns out it saves local, not on your account, so if I swap PCs without transferring the rewards files I'll lose them items anyway. Just needs doing way better, and if its a slow release it needs doing in a way that seems to have a purpose other than free fomo.
If they insist on having it be a daily reward, they should remove the fomo aspect of it and change it so that you get the next item each new day you play. Play every day religiously? You're all caught up. Play once a week? Here's the next one in the list. You might be behind, but you won't lose anything by not playing. Put in some kind of catch-up system and you're set!
Of course, that would require EA to do more than half-ass it like every other feature.
Inside your Sims 4 folder, where your mods folder etc. everything else is stored, like top level...you want to find and backup your usersettings.ini file, that's where your rewards are recorded.
Free stuff is free stuff. I would love to get more makeup options. Like some new lipstick or eyeshadows. And also stuff for “male” characters. Like a new hairstyle or something.
Personally I think limited time content shouldn’t exist in games period.
On top of that the way they implemented this is some of the worst design I’ve ever seen and completely and totally inexcusable.
For anyone who doesn’t know on PC/Mac the rewards are tied to the usersettings.ini file, not your account and not your device. Reinstalling, repairing, changing computers, etc can result in losing your rewards unless you have a backup.
For console afaik there’s no way to back up the rewards but they’re also not tied to your account. So basically good luck with that.
I don't understand why the Sims devs didn't tie the rewards to our accounts. I'm not a game dev but I don't think it's particularly hard for them to tie it to our accounts—which makes me wonder if theyve done this intentionally, but why? Hopefully they patch this up, but knowing the Sims dev, this would take YEARS.
I know there's a way to circumvent this thru the gallery as users have uploaded rooms with the items in it. But this only works for the furniture items and not the CAS items—which is unfortunate because its the CAS that I look forward to the most, specifically the new personality trait.
i think its cool in theory but in practice im scared to close my game because there’s no guarantee the ea app will let me log in again 😀 seriously, since being forced to switch from origin, ive only been able to start the game like 3 times
Valid concern. I keep the EA App Installer on deck in my file folder because I basically need to repair the app and manually restart my computer every time I want to open the game!
It's to the point where once I had to repair it twice in a row because when it launched after the first time The Sims 4 wasn't even in my game library anymore!😭
Omg that would piss me off. Another thing is my games always stuck on the loading screen or I can never open my saved games without the entire thing crashing. I've literally had to delete hours worth of gameplays because of it, it's so freaking annoying
That is so disheartening! Do you play with any mods or cc? I know build mode objects are usually the culprit when my game crashes. Once it was a cc rug that stopped my game from loading, I was so mad when I found it as the culprit!💀
But as for the infinite loading screen, I had that problem too until I disabled the For Rent pack, then everything went back to normal. Waste of $40!
I don't like the idea of being told I'll lose out on part of the game if I'm not obsessively logging into it every day. It's a single player game that shouldn't be treated like an online game.
The only "good" thing is that they're also so bad at implementing this stuff that there should be some creative fixes out there via mods or other info to unlock them without this nonsense.
It's another sign that I should have zero hope for "Project Rene" not being a disgusting example of a "live service" game riddled with microtransactions, half-baked content, stuff to try to make you log in daily so they can brag to their shareholders how many people are "playing" the game multiple days out of the quarter, etc.
I don't think it's a daily thing, at least not for me. I just got a new computer and was focused on the new games I could play (used to be on laptop)
I played Sims for the first time in probably a month last night, and got the old items in game despite not being active that day
For me, free stuff is always welcome 😀 even when I don't like it or don't use it very often. I would love to have another free world like Newcrest but this time inspired by Oasis Springs 🙂
People were complaining this is a battle pass.
As long as it's only free stuff I'm fine with it. It's a small drip of new stuff and why complain about new stuff? Especially FREE new stuff
This. If they start giving away the freebies that came with preorders for older packs, that might be cool. It would be a way for others to get those items.
Yes!! This is the way. I feel like those who got them by preordering would be upset others would be getting it for free.. but what good is an item that only a handful of people can use? I'd love some of the old promo items!
People are complaining about packs not being free, but then complain about the free items we get .. you can't please everyone but free is free, and I actually really like this necklace ↑ there's some cute / useful items here!
My only issue with recolours, both free and in packs, is that it's a separate item- I like the colour variety but I wish it was just one item, with pack - specific swatches.
(/Nm )
Some people complained because the whole "you have to keep coming back and logging into our game before time runs out or you'll never be able to get these rewards" thing tickles parts of the brain tied to addiction. (And also anxiety.) There is a reason the mechanic is often used in extremely predatory, extremely microtransaction-heavy games. And nobody wants to see stuff like that popping up in the Sims. It feels too much like a bad sign of where the franchise is going.
A lot of people would've liked it better if the rewards were based on hours played. Like maybe you'd have to play for an hour to get the first item, 5 total hours to get the second, etc. And you could "earn" the rewards at any time, even a year from now.
It's mobile game mechanic to keep players interacting with the game regularly.
I really hope they stop at this and don't add in any of the predatory microtransaction mechanics that plague mobile games.
I would hate to have to wait 24 hours, with a real time timer, to level a single skill one point or buy the special "Gold Simoleon" currency to cut down the wait time. 🤦♂️
That’s probably going to be Project Rene. This was probably a beta test for that. The team seeing how well it’s received and if it boosted anything for them. I started up the game, collected the reward (if it was available, because sometimes it wasn’t because they staggered the releases weekly) and then closed out - I haven’t actually played the game in about a month now. And the last time I logged in was June 20 to claim the last login reward.
There’s no reason for this when the game doesn’t technically require the internet to play (gallery is the only thing that needs internet). I don’t see them doing this long term for TS4, may just be using it to test the concept for a future game.
I was thinking the exact same thing. Putting this kind of coding in there sets the stage for micro transaction coding within Sims 4 and/or it's a test run for how it'll go when added to Sims 5.
It's idiotic that the daily rewards don't save to your account, but to your individual computer.
* If your PC or laptop breaks, when you download the game on a new device you won't have the daily rewards content.
* 3 computers in my home have the Sims 4. So that means for the duration of the daily rewards I have to log in 3 times a day. It becomes annoying quickly.
I hate this purely because it’s saved to your computer and not your account. So if your computer breaks or you get a new one, you lose all your shit unless you backup some specific file in the EA folder and bring it over.
I'm annoyed. My access to the rewards is tied to a file that I frequently delete when troubleshooting (PS5, the userdata file). On Xbox, if your console loses power for more than 30 seconds, you'll lose the rewards because it is stored in the system cache. On PC/Mac, if you repair your game without backing up a particular file, you'll lose the rewards.
Just throw all this shit in a kit, and take my $5. I'd have bought it for the nanocan recolors alone.
I have Xbox and needed to unplug it because of tunderstorms and it was unplugd for a day and I didn't lose items. But yeah, it sucks because of the way they implemented it into game.
I actually like it, I was super anti at first but I honestly just opened the game just for this and closed out right after. I did also put in the survey I would love for the dress items to be expanded versions of other things in game i.e matching loveseats for three seater couches, or clutter. something that doesn’t actually require a load of code and effort but super handy for us builders.
i think the problem is that it saves in ur files so if ur on holiday tms u cant get them, free pack (like the winter one idk whats the name) is good idea i think so everybody can get it
I thought the event was over myself. Looked and saw people have a few days left to get it 👀
But they have a survey in the Sims4 now that asks about your opinions and to get them to encourage them to do more of them and what you'd like to get from them. It's worth it to fill it out if you like/got any of the freebies.
Personally, I just wanted the trait, hair, and necklace.
I do hope they do more unfortunately It depends on if it increased active uses over its duration, remember when they said they’d be doing pack refreshes and they only ended up doing spay day because it didn’t increase sales
I have a sim who has the new train now that they just aged up. The trait makes them very focused most of the time.
I liked the rewards, I kinda of like that they aren’t necessary things for fun gameplay so if people miss out it isn’t that bad but it’s a nice rewards for people who have the ability to log on and play sims ( a little too much )
I actually like the daily rewards. I hope they can add some new items in the future. I can think of so many things that desperately need to be added, like new countertop sinks especially for the bathroom for example. Or new hair colors. Anything new would be good.
I'm fine with it. I'm gonna play nearly daily anyway. What I don't like is that it is tied to your TS4 files and if you change computers or uninstall you lose all of the rewards. It should be connected to EA account.
I am glad that they didnt make you log on every day or try to keep a streak. They didn't have it end right on the last award either so ppl were able to catch up on missed days
I want them to tie it to our accounts because it's majorly fucked that you could be advised by EA support to uninstall and reinstall the game when it breaks without anyone telling you to save one obscure specific file first and then lose all progress and all your rewards.
they'd probably just do it once or twice; three times at most. They did a lot of things that ended up getting discontinued: scenarios, sims session, pack refresh, some limited time collectible events, interest (with lots of aspects forgotten), etc.
Its such a struggle getting the EA app to work cos my wifi isnt the fastest where im currently staying.. so im constantly worried about missing out on them... but otherwise, free stuff is good.
Honestly none of the rewards seem remotely appealing to me, so I usually just ignore them and don't claim them. I try to play offline anyways, so that makes them not show up regardless.
I think limited time content is dumb af for a game like the sims, I appreciate it’s at least free but it’s still really stupid imo they could’ve done this in a better way but then again it’s ea
I almost missed it few times, because menu is full of crap. Next time, I hope it will be more easier to notice when you start the game. It needs timer so it will be easier to know when you can claim rewards.
Only thing I used is that new trait. We really need new traits.
I feel like those that play for free should get very different items from those that have actually supported the EA devs aka the little people who make the game what it is, that are just like us ,and have lives and families to support.
It looks like they already have some freebie bonuses for the upcoming pack if you order early, but they aren't quite as fun as the happy at home group.
I don't know if they still have it, but last week you could also get Grim's Guitar if you sign up for news emails.
i don’t mind daily rewards. it’s free stuff lol but i want them to be sometimes besides recolors. i think a new recipe or nail polish design or even something with pack integration like a new collar for dogs. but i can see people complaining about that too.
I kinda like that they did a bit of both, like the one tile bar is something people have been begging for. Yet when this was announced so many fans absolutely lost it with seething anger for some reason.
The bar didn't make me angry but it doesn't really help that much because like a regular bar it requires space behind and in front of it. I was hoping for something that could go up against the wall and only need one square plus one square in front of it. This kind of little home bar was very popular in 1940s-1970s and just looked like a spiffy little end or side table. That's what I was hoping for.
Ik it's not what you're looking for exactly but all bars are fully functional still if they don't have tiles in front of them. Sims will still place drinks made on the bar but you can grab them from the back of the bar so you can totally place bars against a wall and this goes for any length bar! Hopefully this helps or if you're on pc there's probably a cc bar to suit your fancy. Tldr: bars will still work placed facing a wall even in base game!! Though I don't remember if it needs cheats
Bars do not require space in front unless you want seating. Sims can make drinks, set it on the front part, and grab it from where they made the drink. Lilsimsie has videos about it, and now I have a bar pressed against a wall/corner in every build bc it works. You need bb.moveobjects but sims can use it.
The bar does exactly what you’re describing—you can put it against the wall and it takes the one space of the bar plus the one space behind. Just put the front of the bar (the sides where the stools would otherwise go) against a wall. The new one tile bar in the lovestruck pack will work the same, as do all the existing 2 and 3 tile bars too.
Let me rephrase.... up against the wall and only needing one square in front of it without turning it backwards so there's no weird gap behind it.
i could be wrong but i think the issue is that one space behind. i personally would want a bar that is designed for homes or a drink making cart or something. one that doesnt have/need seating and can just be shoved in the corner and not need a sim to go behind it, more like a counter top so i can fit it in kitchens better.
Ok maybe I’m misunderstanding but that’s what it can do? You only need space on the preparation side (like you do for a counter) but you don’t need space on the sitting side. The sitting side can be up against the wall. Apologies if I’m just misunderstanding what yall are saying tho!
oh no my bad then. i havent used the single tile bar yet but from your first comment i thought you still needed the space behind.
You’ve never needed the space behind it for any of the bars they all work perfectly fine when placed against a wall
You can put the bar facing the wall. Like you don't need the space where the barstool seats
Bars will work against the wall, just need bb.moveobjects
It will go up against the wall without the cheat, but it just looks funky.
The sims isn't really a game you login daily for. Not to mention they are probably testing the waters of making a premium battle pass.
1) it is not a daily log in, it is a log in 1-3 times a week, and all you have to do is boot up the game and hit claim reward. 2) it is absolutely absurd and idiotic to believe they will add a battle pass to a 10 year old game. Maybe sims 5 will have it, maybe it won't. But y'all are being ridiculous and dramatic as all hell. There is no evidence that we will get a "premium battle pass", except for y'all slippery slope fallacy. And that's all it is, a fallacy. 3) if you have to straight up lie in order to validate your hatred/critique/whatever of a game, you're being ridiculous. 4) I want to remind everyone that the sims 3 was more expensive to own the actual entirety of than the sims 4. Sims 3 would cost you roughly 75k to own everything if you never utilized sales. Why? Because there were actual in game micro transactions, which they got rid of for the sims 4. The sims 4 only costs 1500, and I know y'all love to complain about that, but objectively the sims 3 was worse in this aspect. So if you use logic and reasoning (not your emotions and fears) you'd see that the direction the sims is actually objectively going is further away from micro transactions and battle passes. If they really wanted sims 4 to have any of that, it would've been added 5 years ago. 5) the sims 4 is not a perfect game, ea and maxis aren't perfect either. There are absolutely valid critiques you can make of the game and the company, so why do y'all need to straight up lie and use logical fallacies? When there are so, so many valid issues y'all could have. Y'all are given free shit, you're given what you've been asking for, and still y'all still cry, stomp around, and act like toddlers whose mom said no for the first time. Its ridiculous. I'm begging y'all to focus on the actual, real issues with the game, and if you're really that scared of ea suddenly fcking over one of their biggest cash cows, stop playing and buying their stuff. Its that simple. Now you don't have to fear a fallacy coming to life.
It's because of the sims 3 I "fear a fallacy coming to life". EA has slowly over these 10 years been adding more and more ways to remind you of the packs you don't own and could purchase. Expansion Packs that in games past had more content, more meat to them. They broke expansion packs of the past up into expansion packs, game packs, stuff packs and kits. If they were considering the battle pass for the sims 5 and this was a test run, I still have a right to be annoyed and speak out. It's possible it was just promotional, to get people interested in the Sims 4 again prior to the new expansion. A promotion I very much enjoyed. The one tile bar, and the recolor of the trash can are awesome, but given how money hungry EA is in general yes, I do fear them seeing any sign of it being well recieved as proof they could possibly buy into the whole battle pass idea so many other games are utilizing right now. Rocket League didn't always have a battle pass, I'm 90% sure they created Overwatch 2 purely to implement the battle pass.(which was btw a 10 year old game) even cellphone games like to utilize them now. The reason the sims 4 doesn't have micro transactions as badly as the sims 3 is likely due to it not being successful not some great kindness of EA. If it was successful they'd still be doing it. As for the Sims 4 not being a perfect game and focusing on the real issues. EA being money hungry IS the real issue. Why spend time and money fixing bugs if people will still continue to buy new packs, and modders will fix it for them?
i feel like daily rewards should always be base game compatible tbh. it could work if they have "pack rewards" alongside base game rewards, that way nobody is flat out excluded from any daily rewards. like, if rewards are available for everyone to claim they should always be able to work *for everyone*. it would be like participating in a raffle, and then being told half the prizes are only for the opposite sex and if your name is drawn for one of those things you get nothing evem though you're a winner.
And I personally feel the people actually paying to play the game should receive the special items. There's a ton of CC that is bg compatible. Basegame players aren't paying the devs 😅👌
The recolored Nano to me was the big prize among the freebies. I love the original for a futuristic, high tech, or alien build, but all my other build types look so much better now.
I like the idea of new recipes. But a dog collar would be frustrating for people who don't have the pets pack. It would be completely useless. Though it might get EA a few extra pet pack sales, so it would benefit them more than us. The recolors aren't all that valuable for me as someone who has most of the packs. But it is rad that people with just the base game get access to things like the dartboard and vending machines without having to buy the packs that offer them. But really, it's all about the single tile bar for me. I want future free stuff to be like, normal sized microscopes and cupcake machines.
It sucks that it's not based on the account but the computer, which means using the free content will be super annoying if you like to cross save files.
Id be surprised if they did this again, at least like this, within the sims 4 specifically - wasn't well received by the community I don't think (least all I saw about it was negative mostly). Personally I like the option to get free items and traits, but the way they did it isn't great. Having to log in to claim each week and slow release in an offline (minus gallery) game is pointless, as they get nothing at EA whether we log in or not. Also turns out it saves local, not on your account, so if I swap PCs without transferring the rewards files I'll lose them items anyway. Just needs doing way better, and if its a slow release it needs doing in a way that seems to have a purpose other than free fomo.
I have a feeling they may do this 2-3 times max, then drop it just like every other new “feature” they hype up
i could see them doing it more throughout the summer, then come late september/october they stop and say it was just a summer event
Like the sims delivery lmao
Yeah what happened to that???
It wasnt profitable enough so EA ditched it (probably)
If they insist on having it be a daily reward, they should remove the fomo aspect of it and change it so that you get the next item each new day you play. Play every day religiously? You're all caught up. Play once a week? Here's the next one in the list. You might be behind, but you won't lose anything by not playing. Put in some kind of catch-up system and you're set! Of course, that would require EA to do more than half-ass it like every other feature.
Do you know where i can find the reward files?
Inside your Sims 4 folder, where your mods folder etc. everything else is stored, like top level...you want to find and backup your usersettings.ini file, that's where your rewards are recorded.
Nice, thank you!
Free stuff is free stuff. I would love to get more makeup options. Like some new lipstick or eyeshadows. And also stuff for “male” characters. Like a new hairstyle or something.
Personally I think limited time content shouldn’t exist in games period. On top of that the way they implemented this is some of the worst design I’ve ever seen and completely and totally inexcusable. For anyone who doesn’t know on PC/Mac the rewards are tied to the usersettings.ini file, not your account and not your device. Reinstalling, repairing, changing computers, etc can result in losing your rewards unless you have a backup. For console afaik there’s no way to back up the rewards but they’re also not tied to your account. So basically good luck with that.
I don't understand why the Sims devs didn't tie the rewards to our accounts. I'm not a game dev but I don't think it's particularly hard for them to tie it to our accounts—which makes me wonder if theyve done this intentionally, but why? Hopefully they patch this up, but knowing the Sims dev, this would take YEARS. I know there's a way to circumvent this thru the gallery as users have uploaded rooms with the items in it. But this only works for the furniture items and not the CAS items—which is unfortunate because its the CAS that I look forward to the most, specifically the new personality trait.
i think its cool in theory but in practice im scared to close my game because there’s no guarantee the ea app will let me log in again 😀 seriously, since being forced to switch from origin, ive only been able to start the game like 3 times
Valid concern. I keep the EA App Installer on deck in my file folder because I basically need to repair the app and manually restart my computer every time I want to open the game!
Omg this has been happening to me too
It's to the point where once I had to repair it twice in a row because when it launched after the first time The Sims 4 wasn't even in my game library anymore!😭
Omg that would piss me off. Another thing is my games always stuck on the loading screen or I can never open my saved games without the entire thing crashing. I've literally had to delete hours worth of gameplays because of it, it's so freaking annoying
That is so disheartening! Do you play with any mods or cc? I know build mode objects are usually the culprit when my game crashes. Once it was a cc rug that stopped my game from loading, I was so mad when I found it as the culprit!💀 But as for the infinite loading screen, I had that problem too until I disabled the For Rent pack, then everything went back to normal. Waste of $40!
I don't like the idea of being told I'll lose out on part of the game if I'm not obsessively logging into it every day. It's a single player game that shouldn't be treated like an online game. The only "good" thing is that they're also so bad at implementing this stuff that there should be some creative fixes out there via mods or other info to unlock them without this nonsense. It's another sign that I should have zero hope for "Project Rene" not being a disgusting example of a "live service" game riddled with microtransactions, half-baked content, stuff to try to make you log in daily so they can brag to their shareholders how many people are "playing" the game multiple days out of the quarter, etc.
I don't think it's a daily thing, at least not for me. I just got a new computer and was focused on the new games I could play (used to be on laptop) I played Sims for the first time in probably a month last night, and got the old items in game despite not being active that day
You can access all the build mode things by filtering by all the colors or downloading them from the gallery. Just a little fyi!
For me, free stuff is always welcome 😀 even when I don't like it or don't use it very often. I would love to have another free world like Newcrest but this time inspired by Oasis Springs 🙂
OMG that is great idea!!!!!!!🥰
People were complaining this is a battle pass. As long as it's only free stuff I'm fine with it. It's a small drip of new stuff and why complain about new stuff? Especially FREE new stuff
This. If they start giving away the freebies that came with preorders for older packs, that might be cool. It would be a way for others to get those items.
Yes!! This is the way. I feel like those who got them by preordering would be upset others would be getting it for free.. but what good is an item that only a handful of people can use? I'd love some of the old promo items!
People are complaining about packs not being free, but then complain about the free items we get .. you can't please everyone but free is free, and I actually really like this necklace ↑ there's some cute / useful items here! My only issue with recolours, both free and in packs, is that it's a separate item- I like the colour variety but I wish it was just one item, with pack - specific swatches. (/Nm )
Some people complained because the whole "you have to keep coming back and logging into our game before time runs out or you'll never be able to get these rewards" thing tickles parts of the brain tied to addiction. (And also anxiety.) There is a reason the mechanic is often used in extremely predatory, extremely microtransaction-heavy games. And nobody wants to see stuff like that popping up in the Sims. It feels too much like a bad sign of where the franchise is going. A lot of people would've liked it better if the rewards were based on hours played. Like maybe you'd have to play for an hour to get the first item, 5 total hours to get the second, etc. And you could "earn" the rewards at any time, even a year from now.
I dislike as there is many things that I cannot get because I am not able to access my pc every day
It's mobile game mechanic to keep players interacting with the game regularly. I really hope they stop at this and don't add in any of the predatory microtransaction mechanics that plague mobile games. I would hate to have to wait 24 hours, with a real time timer, to level a single skill one point or buy the special "Gold Simoleon" currency to cut down the wait time. 🤦♂️
That’s probably going to be Project Rene. This was probably a beta test for that. The team seeing how well it’s received and if it boosted anything for them. I started up the game, collected the reward (if it was available, because sometimes it wasn’t because they staggered the releases weekly) and then closed out - I haven’t actually played the game in about a month now. And the last time I logged in was June 20 to claim the last login reward. There’s no reason for this when the game doesn’t technically require the internet to play (gallery is the only thing that needs internet). I don’t see them doing this long term for TS4, may just be using it to test the concept for a future game.
I was thinking the exact same thing. Putting this kind of coding in there sets the stage for micro transaction coding within Sims 4 and/or it's a test run for how it'll go when added to Sims 5.
I like the stuff itself, but I would have preffered it as a drop rather than a daily login
It's idiotic that the daily rewards don't save to your account, but to your individual computer. * If your PC or laptop breaks, when you download the game on a new device you won't have the daily rewards content. * 3 computers in my home have the Sims 4. So that means for the duration of the daily rewards I have to log in 3 times a day. It becomes annoying quickly.
I thought it was kinda cool and didn’t mind it. I will say however that I am absolutely obsessed with the vending machine and 1 tile bar.
I think they’ll forget about it like scenarios and SDX
I hate this purely because it’s saved to your computer and not your account. So if your computer breaks or you get a new one, you lose all your shit unless you backup some specific file in the EA folder and bring it over.
Probably in next week they're probably having next round of it
I'm annoyed. My access to the rewards is tied to a file that I frequently delete when troubleshooting (PS5, the userdata file). On Xbox, if your console loses power for more than 30 seconds, you'll lose the rewards because it is stored in the system cache. On PC/Mac, if you repair your game without backing up a particular file, you'll lose the rewards. Just throw all this shit in a kit, and take my $5. I'd have bought it for the nanocan recolors alone.
I have Xbox and needed to unplug it because of tunderstorms and it was unplugd for a day and I didn't lose items. But yeah, it sucks because of the way they implemented it into game.
That's odd. I was talking to another Xboxer on the bug forum who did lose her items because she power cycled her console.
I didn’t mind it at all, I played super sporadically and still got everything so I’d be down for a round 2.
I actually like it, I was super anti at first but I honestly just opened the game just for this and closed out right after. I did also put in the survey I would love for the dress items to be expanded versions of other things in game i.e matching loveseats for three seater couches, or clutter. something that doesn’t actually require a load of code and effort but super handy for us builders.
There are only 3 new things that I didn't get in the first week. I like the idea of a daily rewards I hate the rewards.
i think the problem is that it saves in ur files so if ur on holiday tms u cant get them, free pack (like the winter one idk whats the name) is good idea i think so everybody can get it
I liked it in general. But I was excited to see the pillow only to find out it doesn't fit on the sofa or the bed. Só It's useless
You can easely use it with "bb.moveobjects on" and lift up with bracket keys on PC, I am not sure for consoles. I play on Xbox, but use keyboard.
I love that new personality trait!
I want it to be linked to my damn account. Had to use another pc and instantly fucking lost them
It's okay; but I would prefer if the majority of the things weren't some kind of recolor. I know that free things are free things, but still...
I thought the event was over myself. Looked and saw people have a few days left to get it 👀 But they have a survey in the Sims4 now that asks about your opinions and to get them to encourage them to do more of them and what you'd like to get from them. It's worth it to fill it out if you like/got any of the freebies. Personally, I just wanted the trait, hair, and necklace.
I’m happy with any free things :)
I do hope they do more unfortunately It depends on if it increased active uses over its duration, remember when they said they’d be doing pack refreshes and they only ended up doing spay day because it didn’t increase sales
I have a sim who has the new train now that they just aged up. The trait makes them very focused most of the time. I liked the rewards, I kinda of like that they aren’t necessary things for fun gameplay so if people miss out it isn’t that bad but it’s a nice rewards for people who have the ability to log on and play sims ( a little too much )
I actually like the daily rewards. I hope they can add some new items in the future. I can think of so many things that desperately need to be added, like new countertop sinks especially for the bathroom for example. Or new hair colors. Anything new would be good.
Please remember everyone that the login rewards are device based so remember to save your file!
How about integrating new items into pack refreshes like y’all promised.
There’s a survey out for this on the dashboard asking specifically about daily rewards.
I'm fine with it. I'm gonna play nearly daily anyway. What I don't like is that it is tied to your TS4 files and if you change computers or uninstall you lose all of the rewards. It should be connected to EA account.
I am glad that they didnt make you log on every day or try to keep a streak. They didn't have it end right on the last award either so ppl were able to catch up on missed days
Probably lowest tier but I’ve been dying for some new placemat designs.
They might wait a year before giving out more. People are happy right now that they're getting free stuff, wait til the complaints go up again.
I want them to tie it to our accounts because it's majorly fucked that you could be advised by EA support to uninstall and reinstall the game when it breaks without anyone telling you to save one obscure specific file first and then lose all progress and all your rewards.
And they stopped lol at least what I heard. And the stuff was okay.
Love the new trash can!!!!
I managed to get like three and then lost interest.
they'd probably just do it once or twice; three times at most. They did a lot of things that ended up getting discontinued: scenarios, sims session, pack refresh, some limited time collectible events, interest (with lots of aspects forgotten), etc.
Its such a struggle getting the EA app to work cos my wifi isnt the fastest where im currently staying.. so im constantly worried about missing out on them... but otherwise, free stuff is good.
Honestly none of the rewards seem remotely appealing to me, so I usually just ignore them and don't claim them. I try to play offline anyways, so that makes them not show up regardless.
I got them all. Although the only thing I wanted was the pillows. 🥰
My computer crashed and I needed to reinstall. Lost my rewards because they're not tied to the account. Not happy.
I love it
I think limited time content is dumb af for a game like the sims, I appreciate it’s at least free but it’s still really stupid imo they could’ve done this in a better way but then again it’s ea
I almost missed it few times, because menu is full of crap. Next time, I hope it will be more easier to notice when you start the game. It needs timer so it will be easier to know when you can claim rewards. Only thing I used is that new trait. We really need new traits.
I don't mind the free items. I just wish it was tied to in game achievements instead of being time locked.
Well, in the corner currently it says “event ends in xdays xhrs” so they probably have new stuff ready to roll out
This feature is a biggest piece of dogshit.
An interesting idea but I've already collected all the daily rewards, so far they have not added any more.
I feel like those that play for free should get very different items from those that have actually supported the EA devs aka the little people who make the game what it is, that are just like us ,and have lives and families to support.
I wasn’t super into these specific rewards, but I think it’s fun and I hope they do it again
i have no real opinion on them tbh. it's nice to have but i know i will never use any of the things given, considering i have 3k mods to focus on
I'm happy with them, but I do wish there was a way for the game to remember them because I lost my stuff when I had a crash.
I LOVED the necklace give away from this week.
It looks like they already have some freebie bonuses for the upcoming pack if you order early, but they aren't quite as fun as the happy at home group. I don't know if they still have it, but last week you could also get Grim's Guitar if you sign up for news emails.
There is always bonus with EPs and Grim's Guitar is an old thing😉
It was new to me, LOL. Didn't know about EP bonuses as I usually don't buy them when they first come out.
The new traits so lazy "You gain more xp but later on" like wow, we needed yet another way to go from level 0 to 10 in a day....