Hello all,
As we have recently added a few new forums for The Sims 4 on Console I thought I would give you a quick rundown of what is what and where is the what
(I know - super confusing...)
So to kick things off, this section here -
The Sims 4 Console Game Feedback - is for all your feedback regarding the current state of the game on consoles. Also feel free to drop request here as well.
General discussion regarding the Sims 4 on Console can be found in the discussions section of this forum -
Console Discussion.
For bug reporting and technical issues we would love for you to head over to Answers HQ where many other players and our wonderful colleagues are helping out!
The Sims 4 Console Technical Issues - need any kind of help with the console game, this is the place for you!
The Sims 4 Bug Reports - found a bug? Hit 'New Topic', fill out the bug report form and post it!
Hope this clears things up a bit, but as always if you have any questions just tag me in your post below and I'll pop over
Thanks,
-Mage
Comments
I can understand why you have restrictions to prevent spam but when most console owners can't even post unless it's to reply to a different thread you're not going to get much feedback
> My Initial view of the sims4 on my xbox is .. it is terrible. The controls do not work as the tutorials say they do. I have not been to get one control to work. I am going to give it a month and if after that month I cannot get around any better than I am now.. I am going to rquest a refund for the terrible port of sims 4 to the xbox.
I'm playing on the Xbox One and am a complete newb to console playing and the controls are fine for me. Perhaps log your issues under the technical issues thread that @EA_Mage provided above
@Faye_Buttons As the console version is just out we haven't received many bug reports and that is why the list is currently just PC items. For now, if you have a bug to report for console I would recommend posting a New Topic.
@Malacath Feel free to comment on this thread or on the one in Console Discussion. We also have some help for New Members in this thread
The tutorial needs improving to make it less intrusive.
> I bought a copy of The Sims 4 Deluxe Party Edition for Xbox One. I got it home and put it in but it won't download in the system. I get a message saying "the disc is dirty or damaged" so I took it back to Gamestop and exchanged it for another game disc but still got the same thing. I can't find a "contact us" button on neither the EA website not The Sims website. Anyone in here know whats going on with this? I've tried to uninstall the game from my system then put the disc back in and start over, I've tried that for an hour with both discs, but still got the same result. Gamestop won't give me a refund even with the receipt so I feel like I just wasted $60.
Have you tried the usual troubleshooting steps of fully shutting the console down and then uplugging for a few minutes?
Just hold the power button down for 10 seconds and wait for the console to fully shut down. Once it's fully shut down unplug from the mains for a couple of minutes.
After a couple of minutes plug back in, switch on and insert disc again.
Especially if using instant on mode the console can sometime start misbehaving requiring a full shutdown and power disconnect.
Have you tried installing another game from disk to see if that works? Just to make sure its not the actual console thats the issue.
- Going 'back' (B) in menus, especially build/buy NEVER works. I have to spam it so many times and it chucks me all the way back out rather.
- Game glitched and i aged up my toddler into a teen, was so annoyed with this
#1 Time stinks. When I fast forward, it will only do it briefly or I’ll have to go back to pause and try and fast forward again to make it work. It definitely doesn’t speed up like it’s supposed to.
#2 Toddlers are buggy. Playing an active adult sim and trying to interact with a toddler is like pulling teeth. It might take me 5 sim hours to feed the child because i have to click the action 3 or 4 times before it actually processes that it’s supposed to do that. Then once it processes, it’s a buggy slow process. My toddler was almost taken away because it took hours (sim time) for the game to comprehend that i was trying to feed my toddler. Same goes for any adult/toddler interaction.
#3 Sometimes i get stuck on interactions and i have to quit the game to fix it (and pray i recently saved) recently i was stuck chatting on the computer for over 24 hours (sim time) - couldn’t get up to work, eat, shower, nothing.
#4 I’ve had to force-close the game due to freezing multiple times. Just found out today that if i just let it sit there for 5 minutes or so, it will eventually unfreeze. Still, that shouldn’t be an issue.
#5 When i return home from traveling, I’d say 50% of the time anything i did while i was away from home is totally gone and my sim returns home the way he was before he traveled. Like, if i met someone knew or did anything, it’s forgotten upon returning home.
Last but not least I’m a little salty that City Living is $40. I see that on PS4 you can purchase the game itself, city living, vampire all for $50. Meanwhile, i paid $60 for the game to get it early with deluxe party. Kind of stinks to know that if i waited a week, i could have gotten twice as much for $10 cheaper.
J ai le pack complet vie citadine patio vampire et vintage et quand je fait un événement mariage j ai une erreur l application a cesser de même lorsque que je me rend au karaoké merci de faire le nécessaire cela arrive depuis votre dernière mise à jour ps4 erreur ce-34788-0 vient de voir l erreur sur d autre forum avec d autre joueur sims
This is the English forum for the Sims, so sadly majority of us do not Speak French (even though I would love to be able to ).
I would recommend heading over to the French Sims forum: http://forums.thesims.com/fr_FR
Thanks,
-Mage
You can change the sims outfits when making a sim by pressing R1 or L1 to switch between daily, sleepwear etc. Also buy Chester draws to edit outfits
Rotation is super buggy atm. You have to place something down first then pick it back up to rotate it. Its getting annoying
Please please add sim exchange or gallery or whatever you call it so we can download others builds and Sims.
Till then I refuse and so does everyone else refuse to play this game. There is no excuse for it either.... fallout 4 on Xbox allows mods and custom content and sharing of others creations... so no excuses please... honestly I think it's pure laziness or you just want to cash grab on the packs instead... either way allow us to share stuff it's not hard...
- I really miss the gallery from the PC version. Perhaps it can be added for consoles as well?
- I hope that seasonal challenges (such as SimPlant challenge) are also planned for console.
- Please make exclusive DLCs available on consoles as well such as Plumbob Lamp Rewards and P.R.I.M.A. 3000 PC
- I noticed that the Ultra Lighting Patch from PC isn't available on Xbox. It'd make the game look much better.
- In general the graphics aren't as good as on PC. I'd love to see improved texture quality (too blurry compared to PC version), improved anti-aliasing and improved performance (e.g. it takes much longer to switch from build to live mode compared to PC version)
- If the graphical requests aren't feasible with the regular console hardware you might consider making the game Xbox One X enhanced. 4k resolution would make the game look much better.
- Please add an option to increase menu icons and fonts (hard to read if you're not sitting directly in front of TV)
- Please improve the controls. First of all we need hotkeys (i.e. pressing the view button longer changes the rest of the controls to hotkey mode -> that way we can access things quicker, switch between live and build mode faster, etc.). Second the cursor mode needs to be overhauled, it's too imprecise. I think the controls for TS3 and TS3 Pets on Xbox 360 were better. Third: Explain the controls when we need them. For example I just found out by accident that you could sell items from your inventory by pressing Y+X at the same time. Or that you could drag and drop items in live mode by pressing X. I often press the LS button which is supposed to explain the controls to me but it isn't context-sensitive enough IMO. When I have the inventory open it should show me the controls for the inventory, etc.
- Please allow us to rotate objects 360° (not only 45° steps)
- Please add achievements for DLC expansions
Thanks for taking the time to read my feedback!