The Sims added Top surgery scars, chest binders, and shapewear!

Watch the ep of our vodcast, Perfectly Queer, to see a chat with our former Ambassador MomoMisfortune who helped campaign for The Sims to add pronoun options in-game!

i made a post earlier saying that my game wasn’t loading and a few people said they had the same issue so i’m just making a post to let people know and make sure people are aware of it happening!!

so i was in game earlier today (less than an hour before this issue happened) and i needed to go in game to check something in one of my saves. after the sims logo shows up on screen there’s usually a loading screen after it and then that takes you to the main menu. however instead of it the main menu loading like it should, i was stuck on an infinite loading screen.

i updated my game yesterday and i didn’t have any issues (i have has issues with infinite loading screens because this but only when trying to access a save never literally before the main menu), and like i said i was in game less than an hour before this issue started happening. other people who are having the same issue also said that they updated their game as well.

i currently only have mcc installed (which was cleared for the latest patch by the deaderpool), pose teleport and better expections. all of these mods are compatible with the latest patch and i haven’t installed/ changed anything since the last time i was in game.

if you were thinking of updating your game please be aware of this

I swear I get baby fever everytime they try to eat they toes 😭🥹😂

DID YOU SEE WHAT THEY DID TO DON LOTHARIO. I CAME RUNNING HERE AS SOON AS I SAW.

JAIL. JAIL FOR EA FOR 1000 YEARS

What happened to the Alderbergs?

I got a question yesterday by the lovely @echoweaver regarding if I'm done with the Alderbergs. This question kept me awake lol 😅

it's a complicated question.

Technical reason: The world I was playing in from 1621-1625 is the same world as Hopebury , but an older version. At the time I was planning on making another banilla fantasy medieval save to play , but got over-whelmed with all the building work, so I decided to put that on ice and start smaller. I tried to save the updated world with a new name but it didn't work and now I don't have access to that save-file.

I still have access to the save-file before leaving to the colonies and all the sims , but the thought of having to rebuild an early colonial world makes me feel nah. Besides I also came to the realization that besides the witch trials and the american revolution, I don't like american history that much.

Emotional reason: when I stopped playing the Alderbergs I was feeling down and very drained both from real life events and the challenge. Too many sims to keep track of - with births , weddings and deaths, anxiety regarding stuff that was happening in my ordinary life.

The Alderbergs had been an escape for me during the pandemic , but it was starting to have the opposite effect. I explained in the last update I did for the Alderbergs (1614) that it was getting harder and harder to do those update - I guess it was an early sign of what I guess was an burnout after almost exclusively playing the same family for over a year.

But the question is - I'm I done with the Alderbergs? Yes and no.

I can't go back to the colonial savefile and to be fair I have no desire to , but if I work around it I can go back playing in Outland, but things needs to change so I don't feel so drained and right now I'm having fun with Hopebury.

I might finish up year 1615-1620 updates that are still in my drafts for you guys after I'm done with the fall/autumn round of Hopebury.

I hope it answered the question!

Fun fact: The Alderbergs is 2 years old now! I started playing 2nd September 2021 ^w^

Okay, Immediate thoughts on the Horse Ranch Expansion Pack

I’m pulling my information from the video above, the leaked pics and info here, and the blog post here.

First of all, i have to get this out of the way: I wish it was called Sims 4 Horsin' Around. Missed opportunity.

I won't lie: I wasn't one of the people clamoring for horses, either in Cats and Dogs or Cottage Living. But I'm still excited to have them join the game. And as I've before, splitting them off into the own packs can be a bit annoying, but it does allow the team to go deeper with them. Hopefully that's actually the case.

Speaking of which. Treating horses like cats and dogs was the right choice. I'm glad they're part of the family, unlike cows, llamas, and chickens. I'm glad they have the same customization options as dogs and cats. Although that does just highlight the need or a human CAS color wheel.

The world looks really nice. I'm glad to know it's 3 neighborhoods, but I am really curious about the amount of lots and their sizes. One of the neighborhoods is a national park. I'm hoping it's more like the Henford-on-Bagley wood area (where there are remote lots) rather then the national park from Granite Falls. And I do want a nice variety of lot sizes, especially the bigger ones for full ranches and farms.

The small goats and sheep are cute. Since you can actually sheer and milk them, I'm curious how they interact with other packs (Can we use sheep's wool for knitting?)

WE HAVE CEILING PAINT COMING HELL YES YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW LONG I'VE WAITED FOR THIS!!!

The Build and Buy look good. Fine. I've been iching for more (south)western decorations. I'm so glad we have a full kitchen set. I'm personally not the biggest fan of cow print everything but that's okay. I'm mostly excited for those barn doors and windows. Can't wait to make a Johanna Gaines/Fixer Upper TM inspired house.

Kinda the same opinion on the human CAS. Nothing really stood out as amazing but so far nothing horrendous. A lot of it really isn't my personal style, but that's okay. I think it fits the theme.

I'm SO relieved the team hired an Indigenous sensitivity reader, added specific Native American items to the pack, and are donating to the Sacred Healing Circle. That's really important, and I'm glad they took that step. I hope they continue to have these types of collaborations and input.

So we’re still doing the pre-order bonus content I see. Can they please stop that? I'm begging now.

Overall I'm glad we have this coming. It's surprisingly soon after Growing Together - I figured we wouldn't get anything until the fall/holidays. I'm hoping this ends up being worth $40.

My infants update chaos…

So we all at this point have Ptsd from the infant update, Post-traumatic Sims disorder.

You either hear stories about how updating The Sims 4 was a dance on roses or how Ea just NUKED people's computers. But honestly what do we expect from Ea, which if you didn't know Ea is a acronym for Evil Assembly.

Just kidding don't sue me plz....

Well now everyone sit around me like the grandkids of veterans, so I can tell my war stories.

First of all infants wasn't released until 10 am pst, which in my time-zone is the equivalent to 6 pm. So not only did I have to go around awaiting the update all day. I then had to boot up the game at 6:15 pm only to realize the game hadn't updated ¬_¬ . I tried to update my game, but there were no update available on the Ea app. Then tried to repair my game, which took an infinity. But finally when my game was finalizing the repair, the "update required" button appeared. Every time I clicked to update the game, the Ea app downloaded the update. Only for the game to not been updated, I just continued to try to download the update over and over again. Until I closed and restarted the Ea app, but that shit app logged me out. When I logged I got the infamous pop up…

"Logging didn't go as planned" - Ea 2023

I had to restart my computer 4 times only to get logged in to the Ea app and have to face a blank library. Not an empty library like everybody else, but a blank screen. Restarted my computer 2 more times. Finally at 6:55 pm my game fucking UPDATED, infants was finally here. I was so relived to actually play with infants, after everything I had been through I was fucking exhausted. I painfully sat through the loading screens and was just about to start playing. When I had to fucking leave my house and run errands, I did not get to play with infants that day…

Well… turns out infants are boring as hell with out Growing Together.

I didn't have a horrible experience with the update as I deleted my mods folder and backed up my save files before. But I was definitely miserable during the process T_T .

Ea plz get your ass together, fix your horrible app and make The Sims 4 an actually a playable game. For gods sake stop putting everything behind overpriced paywalls, I have wasted so much money it's not funny. At this point Ea just nuke me and put me out of my misery X_X

OOPS 🤣

quick question, do you guys know exactly when this “face bug” on the sims will be fixed? I haven’t noticed it since the update but ppl are claiming that’s a significant difference..

She looks just like her mother.... thanks, sims 4 update.

Is anyone else’s sliders not working with the new update or is it just mine?? Specifically the asymmetrical slider and nose ones 😀

that’s his sister 💀 the update broke my game all of my doors are gone and so is wicked whims

i made a post earlier saying that one of my sims faces (ginger) was messed up after i put them in the game and then went back into cas

the first pic is how they’re supposed to look and the second pic is after i put them in game and then opened cas. as you can see their face has completely changed, their lips are way smaller and slightly more upturned, their nose has become like super thin, and it looks like their eyes have ever so slightly moved up as well. it is worth noting thou that both their nose and their mouth are custom presets however their eyes are not

i also noticed that the game slimmed them down quite a significant amount. again the first pic is the before and the second pic is the after (ignore the dif coloured shorts that was on me i changed the colour of them).

i would assume this issue is caused by the last update, because this started happening for me after i updated my game. i’m not sure if it is the same for everyone (by that i mean i’m not sure if the issue has only started happening for people after they updated their game) however if you haven’t updated your game i would hold off for a bit because this bug does seem to be happening to other people as well. i’m not sure if the sims team has changed something to do with the weights or rig or whatever, but clearly they have done something which alters sims faces once you put them in game.

don’t update your game and stay safe from these horrible bugs!

Tae and Marcella welcomed home ✨Mia Valdez Camren✨

Baby hat @spacecasesimmies

Socks @giuliettasims

HELLO???

Mini mini update

Sorry for being quiet this past 2 weeks, I went back to work last Monday , so I have less free time now. It feels good to be working again but I tend to get tired and out-socialized when I get home.

Hopebury is still going strong though! I'm about to finish playing the peasant class for the 1st autumn round , I plan to add a few posts to the queue this weekend.

It makes me very happy to see how many of you seem to like the challenge ❤