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Also: Make two copies of your save (check time saved) so that you can use the other if something goes terribly wrong - like you want to put in a fire alarm that you forgot to put in before your Sim burnt to death in the first! Save the best version over the other after!
And: Save often........
Thank you for sharing my challenge.
I love starting with nothing and building from there. The only money cheat I use is to take money away!
I just played thru the Rosebud challenge using only base game options. It was great fun.
It’s been awhile since I played doctor but there are about four or five interactions you need to do and then you should be able to diagnose the sim. After you complete one task the next usually pops up. I can’t remember what the tasks are but it’s something like “take temperature” “assess patient” “take sample” “take X-ray”. As long as you’re doing these to the same sim you should get the “make diagnosis” option and one of the diseases will be highlighted. If it’s still unclear which diagnosis to make you can usually guess by looking at the sim and their thought bubbles. If the “make diagnosis” option doesn’t come up then just keep doing tasks that pop up until the green work bar at the top right of the screen is full and the coin thingy turns gold. Once I get that full I do whatever I want to skill up or fill needs.
And something I wish I had done early on was to make a “game template” that I can use to start every new game because I got really tired of spending hours adding extra lots like the spa and bowling alley and customizing others to add things like the rock climbing wall or toddler potties on community lots every time I started a new game.
I generally make a new save at a new part of story or whatever in the game. Or switching between my main households. I keep an active save like "Build Mode 404" for awhile then make a new one later "Build Mode 505". Delete the old one after awhile. Keeps the save slot fresh. You can turn an auto-save on in settings. I've not had to do that, but it may help if you forget to save often. Especially on an unreliable device.
I actually bought a UPS (Uninterruptible Power Supply) for my desktop since it's my gaming computer. A power glitch for even a split second (Or the cat pulling out the cord or something, lol) could force it to reboot. It's already proven handy. I could keep playing for about an hour or two, but if there is a power outage I just wrap up what I'm doing, shut-down, then go do something on my laptop. Like play Sim City 4, (An old game now)
And don't worry about how the roof looks. Trust me, you're not going to see it often when you play and everybody struggles with those.
True. I did struggle with roofs. I like making roofs now. Hated it at first.
if i were to tell myself anything, id tell them to save every. single. family. save your legacy characters, save your favorite sims and back them up somewhere. ive lost a loooot of incredible sims that way.
Try this guide to see if it helps
Gameplay controls for The Sims 4 on console
https://help.ea.com/en-us/help/the-sims/the-sims-4/gameplay-controls-in-the-sims-4-console/
> i began with my sims obsession by watching my childhood friend play the sims 2. i was then reintroduced to the sims 3 in high school and got obsessed with it. easily over 1k hours into that game. now i'm putting just as many hours into the sims 4. if i knew what i knew when i began, i dont think I would have played it as long as i did. i went into it because it was this massive world that i carried a lot of stories into! and the exploration is what keeps me interested! thats why storylines and challenges keep me so invested.
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> if i were to tell myself anything, id tell them to save every. single. family. save your legacy characters, save your favorite sims and back them up somewhere. ive lost a loooot of incredible sims that way.
Yes! it's been so on and off for me as well! I agree storylines keep me pretty invested as well.
Sims Lit by gogojelly
Sims Lit by gogojelly
> A piece of advice to our new Simmers: Have patience. :P
> This game will teach you patience, that I am sure of, but you will need patience to go through loading households, loading CAS, etc.
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> And save your game!! I personally save my game every sim day and if something special has happened. To decrease the change of corrupting your save file; use "save as" instead of "save".
> I have a couple of saves of the same households that looks like this:
> "Household family name, week3,day1"
> "Household family name, week3,day2"
> "Household family name, week3,day3"
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> I generally keep two or three saves of the household to use as a backup just in case the latest one does get corrupted.
Is thata regular issue? Save corruptions?
I’m new here to the forums. I’ve recently re-discovered The Sims and afternoon playing around with it, decided to make a town full of people and play out a story!! Wish me luck !!
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> I’m new here to the forums. I’ve recently re-discovered The Sims and afternoon playing around with it, decided to make a town full of people and play out a story!! Wish me luck !!
Good luck re discovering sims is the best!
> Hi guys I'm new to the forums, but have been playing since Sims 1. I decided I really want to try more story telling and challenges in the Sims any advice for adding links and/or challenges to the forums?
Awesome I can relate, I have been very interested in the storytelling aspect and have been trying to figure out how to share them. There's a guide to Sims Lit on this forum (found in the creative corner), I've mostly referred to that. As new members we can't post links yet. However I have uploaded my stories on to a free blog (wordpress), once you become a member you should be able to share your links.
Sims Lit by gogojelly
Lenovo Ideapad 330 A4-9125 4GB 500GB 15.6" Notebook - Onyx Black
Specifications:
- Processor: AMD A4-9125 (2C / 2T, 2.3 / 2.6GHz, 1MB L2)
- Graphics: Integrated AMD Radeon R3 Graphics
- Chipset: AMD SoC Platform
- Memory: 4GB SO-DIMM DDR4-2133
- Storage: 500GB HDD 5400rpm 2.5"
- Display: 15.6" HD (1366x768)
- Multi-touch: Trackpad yes
- Optical: No optical drive (blank installed)
Its possible your computer doesn't meet the minimum requirements to run the game. Difficult to know, without knowing spesifics and what packs you have for the game. Cats & Dogs especially, is demanding. The more packs you have, the more load on your system.
Minimum and recommended requirements: Answers HeadQuarters post here.
If you are not sure what information to look for, and where to find it, I recommend getting help from someone.
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AHQ - Game help and Bugs
Is there a way in the make a sims part where u can use 2 items in the same category like if I wanna use a mod to change my eye color then I wanna use a face paint to? Is there a way to do that or no ?
It depends on what slot the CC uses! Say your eye colour CC is in the face paint slot, then you won't be able to apply face paint to your sim as well. You could download some eye colour CC which uses a different slot, like Skin Details or Rings!
Start with one sim. When you get the hang of it, you could add more sims to a household.
If all your sims needs are low, and you can't get their needs up in time, there's a cheat for that. First press Ctrl+Shift+C. Then type in: testingcheats true . Press Ctrl+Shift+C again to make the white bar go away. {Now you can hold Shift and click on the sim. Choose cheat needs and then Make happy. Then all the needs will go up.} Repeat the part between the brackets for every sim in the household.