"Sims can now move to a new Town using the Phone or Computer." So excited about this!

etherealwog · June 2013

"Sims can now move to a new Town using the Phone or Computer." is now available from the new 1.55 update. Can I just say I am so excited about this! No more saving a family to the library, then starting again after moving them to a new town. I know it's "basically" the same, you still will have to start new relationships because it's a new town, but at least its a continuing game. When I used to copy to library it felt like I was starting anew. I wonder if you move two families that know each other to a new town, if their relationships will stay. I would assume they would.

So excited!

JayedTadaSkier · June 2013

It'd be great if the steam version would let me update the sims to get these great additions to the game. $:\$

etherealwog · June 2013

Oh man, that's to bad. The new update even allows for you to own a second home. It has a lot of great stuff, not to mention fixes of issues.

vickigoh · June 2013

The new move house function is good but the problem is all relationship will be gone..even within household.

taylor7878 · June 2013

I did use the option and move town as I wanted to try it out, now my sim had 5 kids before she left when she moved she only had 1 and that was the baby that moved with her, in her family tree she had no kids apart from the baby and no ex husbands when she had 2,

while I love the option I wish we could keep our family bk in another town and at leat still be conceted through phone calls or pc.

forgot to mention the kids where all adults she was a elder and had adopted the baby.

etherealwog · June 2013

Interesting. So it's just an easier way to move them than using the save copy. At least they did add it. Would have been nice to keep the relationships from other towns, like you do with WA friends.

drowningmermaid · June 2013

How long does the move take? I've played 3 sim days since choosing to move and nothing's happened but I can't save my game because they're "traveling"

Viresse · June 2013

I'm having the same problem with my family, it seems like they are moving (I get messages about how I can't edit the town, and they can't travel because they "are" travelling) but nothing happens

AmyWritesStuff · June 2013

Same issue here. I'm at my wit's end with it.

WaxingCrescent05 · June 2013

Would be good if we could keep all relationship with previous town members and the game would treat them like the foreigners from WA.

natjadebabe · June 2013

I reacently wanted to try out this new option in my game (yesterday) and well I had a household of 4 sims and 3 pets. They all moved to a new house together and there relationships were exactly how they were in the previous town. Now I have split them up so that the siblings are next door neighbours.

However it would be so much cooler if you were able to keep the previous relationships with the sims from their hometown. Also, their jobs stayed the same - Just with new bosses

CursedDice · June 2013

natjadebabe wrote:

I reacently wanted to try out this new option in my game (yesterday) and well I had a household of 4 sims and 3 pets. They all moved to a new house together and there relationships were exactly how they were in the previous town. Now I have split them up so that the siblings are next door neighbours.

However it would be so much cooler if you were able to keep the previous relationships with the sims from their hometown. Also, their jobs stayed the same - Just with new bosses

How did you do that? I wanted to have one of the oldest girls to move out to their own house so that her and her boyfriend could live there. I couldn't find a way to do it, so I bought another house and I don't know how to get some family members to move in

KatieTerrorFace · June 2013

JayedTadaSkier wrote:

It'd be great if the steam version would let me update the sims to get these great additions to the game. $:\$

Why don't you just move to using Origin? o.o

natjadebabe · June 2013

CursedDice wrote:

natjadebabe wrote:

I reacently wanted to try out this new option in my game (yesterday) and well I had a household of 4 sims and 3 pets. They all moved to a new house together and there relationships were exactly how they were in the previous town. Now I have split them up so that the siblings are next door neighbours.

However it would be so much cooler if you were able to keep the previous relationships with the sims from their hometown. Also, their jobs stayed the same - Just with new bosses

How did you do that? I wanted to have one of the oldest girls to move out to their own house so that her and her boyfriend could live there. I couldn't find a way to do it, so I bought another house and I don't know how to get some family members to move in

How many sims are in your household? Because my situation was I had two sims (brother and sister) living together, I got the brother's girlfriend to move in with the family. Then I got one of them to select to 'Move to new town' when they're all in the new town, in their new home, I got the Sister to select 'Move' and just put her in the house next door, now she is my main game and the brother and his girlfriend live in the house next door

Sorry if that's kinda hard to understand I didn't really know how else to put it :P

SIMAddict211 · June 2013

Just be careful because I tried and this option nearly f***** up my game I could not save or exit game it kept saying cant save or edit while sims are moving but nothing happened so I had to deleted the town and all the caches in order to get my game back luckily i had another family I was playing in another world but I ended up losing my Sunset-valley family :x this option is very deceiving to me like other said its just like copying your family to the library they lose all friendships and wishes.

etherealwog · June 2013

WaxingCrescent05 wrote:

Would be good if we could keep all relationship with previous town members and the game would treat them like the foreigners from WA.

Ya when I first saw the update I assumed that was what they would do. They didn't so now it's just a different way to move to a new town. Oh well, still nice if it works, but it seems it is freezing some peoples games.... guess we wait for another patch.

Renita · June 2013

I must say, I'm pretty excited about this. When I hit Gen 10, I'm going to make that heir move out to a new town and start a story with her. I'm currently on Gen 4, quite a few bugs and glitches, but still going strong

erynnnn · July 2013

I was wondering if anyone knew how to move your family back to the
Previous town. I moved my family to another
Town without knowing that the town they lived In previously would be completely
Gone. I moved them back to the original town and everything I did was gone. All my generations of families
Had disappeared. I was so angry. Just wondering if there is any way to get it back. Thanks

fabjamie · July 2013

I'm so happy about this. Legacies in the same town get boring around the 4th generation. Now I can spice things up

mooredt21 · July 2013

I tried moving in my game but my Sims just get in the cab, turn around and go back home. I tried 3 times in a row and gave up.

I saved my Sims to the lot bin and moved them to the new town but even in the same household most of the family relationships were broken. I don't think I'll try it again until I know that it works.

MAnatomy · July 2013

Wow that will be nice

Hopefully i can fix my ******* laptop so it will turn on so I can play again

MinDtriKz · July 2013

I am happy about this too!

angldior · July 2013

I will never use this and I don't see the point of EA having it in the game. It's pretty much the same as saving your family to the bin and moving them into a new town. It is completely useless.

Hikiri · July 2013

I'm getting a pop up that says there was an unexpected error and your move had to be cancelled

Sundaymoon · July 2013

Hikiri wrote:

I'm getting a pop up that says there was an unexpected error and your move had to be cancelled

This happened to me when I have a child in boarding school or a pregnant sim.

Lozzomatic · July 2013

I get the family as far as hopping in a taxi and driving off, only for it to load the selected town to the 'create a family' screen and I cannot see my family anywhere.

So disappointed. I don't think I'l' bother getting the sim 4 if dumb things like this happen. :x

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