Logged into the game for the first time in four months today.
Apart from the usual "Sexy Ghost and hunk" posts... There are almost no new Sims or lots.
Of the Simmers I follow only Lilsimsie have posted anything at allsince April. And very little.
What's going on? Was Eco Lifestyle so unpopular that the game died even before nifty knitting?
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Yeah... I almost only follow known Simmers and Maxis, and for the last 5 months only Lilsimsie and Maxis have posted ANYTHING, and Maxis barely anything.
Any tips of Simmers worth following? I don't do CC, I don't do "Sexyhunknumber13541353". I want quality households, generic beauty queens (of any gender) and pregnant teen mom ghosts I can do without...
Some in my library currently though (and some off the top of my head because I do use a lot of their stuff): Minraed, RethaSim, simsperation84 (maybe goes by Fantasims now), SimDoughnut, TheKalino, Chrelizabeth, SinSnam. I use a lot of luckyheather's builds too but mostly I build my own lots.
Those are some of my go-to's when looking for sims though. I like them because they are different and things I wouldn't bother to normally make for myself. I actually don't much like CAS. It's great, and best of the series, I just personally would rather build and play the game than spend time in there.
BTW, German simmers seem to create less stereotypical Sims.
https://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/968125/blueprint-builds/p1
For lots I recommend the Sims Resource. It has some really nice no CC ones. And I think they might do Sims too I just always make my own. If you message me what sort of Sims you’re looking for I’ll try to make something for you. It sounds like a fun little challenge actually to get the creative spark back. Maybe someone should do a thread where we all make Sims for each other.
I've actually found this to be the case too.
but well if anyone needs builds I've been getting more active with building lately
origin ID is zimzziyo if anyone is interested
also taking requests but only if I feel like I complete them
(meaning don't ask me for anything to fill that huge 64 x 64 lot (such as castles or whole villages)
I've deemed it almost impossible and it drains my life spirit with only mention)
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I dont see a problem with people using the packs they want. They're investing their own time and creativity. Limiting ones self can be stifling . Its all about enjoyment at the end of the day. And there are plenty who do base game builds @Onverser Base game builds are quite popular too. I see plenty builders who post majority Base game, which i didn't like since I want to utilize the stuff that comes in DLC.
Sure they can do what they want, but it's just annoying from a player perspective when you can't find anything on the gallery you can use because they all use every single stuff pack. Like I have all the expansions and game packs but I still struggle to find things I can download without having to rebuild half the lot as they fill it with some niche stuff pack I don't have.
As you said, if you have DLC you want builds that incorporate it, not to be stuck with base game builds. But not everyone's gonna have every DLC and it's quite annoying when you can't use 90% of gallery builds as they fill them with stuff like "Cool Kitchen Stuff"
My suggestion is to just look up base game builds, theres a ton on there. Then just redecorate a bit once you put the home in your game @Onverser
My point is that I don't download from popular creators because I don't like redecorating builds
I understand that. I was just saying that theres also builders (popular and also unknown builders) who share Base game things. There isnt a shortage of base game builds .
I haven't built a single thing since I finished the builds for my save file. I'm going through a creativity block as far as building goes. With that being said, I have done more game play than I normally do, and I'm enjoying that a lot. For me, I don't necessarily think it's because of the game so much as this year is just uninspiring.
Something I have noticed is the search is really bad I wish they would upgrade that. And that there was a faster way to see what's in the middle and at the bottom.
And since they merged with consoles it doesn't seen like there's any more stuff than before? A lot of times I search for keywords, common things and I reach the end fast and I'm like that's all there is?!!!!
And one other frustration I wish we can search for cc content only if we wanted to. I know the cc disappears unless you have it but I have a lot of cc so most things usually stay and I decorate the rest of lot or sim myself. I prefer this. Shame there is no option.
I've been having problems for the last couple of days now. Today seems sporadic connections but yesterday I couldn't get access at all for about 5 hours.
Simgurufrost announced the gallery was down for matenience yesterday on twitter. Today it is working fine for me.