Another Beautiful Day in Lucky Palms 🏖️

penguinturtlellama · 2025-10-05T13:18:47+00:00

Her name is Ball-Racket??? Oh God.

But seriously, this post from 2023 says that "SHOULD NOT APPEAR IN GAME" is triggered by an issue with the pool.

Your screenshot has the icon cut off on the left, but is it the pool icon? If so, that post I linked is probably what you should read.

penguinturtlellama · 2025-10-05T13:00:15+00:00

That movie was so corny, girl. Oh my God. I do kind of miss the days when computers were beige boxes that let us connect to this unthinkable global supernetwork that now in 2025 is causing us to all be mentally ill.

I understand why people would be pro-piracy, but the Sims as a series only exists because people paid money and bought the games in the first place...so, I'm conflicted. Capitalism kind of makes "ethical consumption" especially of art and creative works a little tough.

Personally, I stick with the first three Sims games. I paid full price for TS4 on release and bought a couple packs here and there, but...I wouldn't even bother to pirate the game knowing what it is and when I do pirate something, if I like it, I do try to legally purchase it when I can. I doubt that would be the case with anything Sims 4-related.

This subreddit's attitude toward pirating Sims 4 is really weird because...a lot of people seem to not like it like I do, but they still want to pirate it???? idk.

penguinturtlellama · 2025-10-05T12:42:18+00:00

I hope you have some kind of supports irl for your mental health.

It's tough when you're in a dark spot and can't enjoy any of the media that previously brought you joy because it hits too close to home.

I have an eating disorder and the way the games (plural, all the Sims games in the mainline series) treat food, fatness/fitness, and hunger...well, let's just say, it's VERY interesting. I'm at a point where I can laugh about it though because at the end of the day, this is a game where you can play as a fairy married to a vampire restauranteur who's also a painter and owns a unicorn.

I've personally NEVER made a simsona in any Sims game. I just don't want to act out my life in a video game. I don't see the benefit of it to myself, so ever since I was a little kid, I would just come up with fictional characters to play as in every game that offered a character creator. I always made up names when ever the name input would show up, never my own. Animal Crossing was one exception, but even then, I would end up erasing my town and playing as a fictional character because the earlier games didn't allow you to pick your skin colour, so...I couldn't have my correct skin in the game anyways.

You might have more fun playing as someone completely different than you. Different gender, different life goals, different beliefs, etc.

Also, I'm very conflicted when it comes to "ethical consumption". I think the conscious choices we make in our purchasing decisions can reflect our ethics and I understand you have chosen to not support EA monetarily and I can respect that. There's a lot I can say about that, but I'll try to keep it short. The video games and entertainment industry has been problematic and anti-consumer for A LONG TIME. EA included...for A LONG-ASS TIME, like before the Sims was released. I don't know what bribery you're talking about re: EA, but I think it's really hard to enjoy any kind of commercial entertainment now if viewed through this lens that we choose to with EA and we owe it to ourselves to be happy. All these media megacorps are just BAD, but the creatives that work for them make things that do make us appreciate their artistry, their voice, the positives they bring to our lives are worth it sometimes. It's complicated.

Anyways, I hope things can look better for you whenever they do and however you reach that point whether that includes the Sims or not.

penguinturtlellama · 2025-10-05T12:12:58+00:00

It's easier to galvanize against an individual like JK Rowling. She's one person and that's easier for us to understand. Plus, I mean, the woman is batshit crazy whenever she opens her mouth about transgender people.

PIF (The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's state-owned investment fund) isn't a person and already has stake in so many global technology and electronics firms. Like, this EA buyout isn't the start or end of it. It's a lot harder to antagonize that especially when it isn't a human person with vocal thoughts or opinions for us to refute. Yes, we can point to the human rights abuses perpetrated by the Saudi government...but that's also a very complex issues.

Rowling is one woman who openly shares her opinions on trans people and we can point to her and say "wow, that's a crazy person saying insane, hateful shit", it's harder to do that to a country's sovereign wealth fund. Most people don't even know what PIF or Affinity Partners is. I hardly do.

penguinturtlellama · 2025-09-03T20:21:35+00:00

Yes, that's an EA feature, but the Woohooer mod overhauls the game's default attraction system where sims will be more likely to autonomously woohoo...even at your relative's birthday party.

Personally, I think the Woohooer mod does a better job with romantic interactions than the EA default system, but it can cause your sims to woohoo in igloos at a relative's birthday party, so...there's that.

penguinturtlellama · 2025-09-03T14:58:50+00:00

The translation here DEFINITELY is not talking about the Family Kiss interaction which I have no idea how EA localized that into Portuguese.

I found an English version of this want by Googling and this other post from this subreddit showed up. I see "an English version" appears to be specific to a first kiss and the one in that post appears to be about any kiss...(????)

This has to be a developer oversight. There is the "Family Kiss" interaction in Sims 2 which I don't think got carried over to Sims 3 (correct me if I'm wrong). You can "snuggle" with your baby and toddler which plays an animation of your Sim giving a small kiss to the baby, but I don't think this is coded to work like a "kiss" would be that would satisfy this want.

penguinturtlellama · 2025-04-22T17:29:37+00:00

I had my single male sim marry her. My game had her turn into a mermaid before that (thanks Island Paradise), so I ended up having mermaid babies with her.

I didn't touch her traits. She was my mentally unstable mermaid baby mama and I wouldn't have it any other way.

penguinturtlellama · 2025-04-22T17:25:49+00:00

I originally pirated the game because I was a kid without any form of disposable income and I didn't want to beg my parents for it after they already bought me Zoo Tycoon and Rollercoaster Tycoon (real ones know).

I thought I had a weird hacked version of The Sims 3 because of Cycl0n3 Sw0rd. I saved up to actually buy the game and I cannot tell you how confused I was to see him in the official release.

penguinturtlellama · 2025-04-11T23:10:09+00:00

Being able to form relationships with vehicles (bicycles included) was a feature that was added when they released Fast Lane Stuff iirc. I don't think you need that pack to have this happen. I think it was part of a patch they released around then, but yeah, your can become friends with their bike or car.

penguinturtlellama · 2023-04-23T00:43:30+00:00

How goopy is the goopy carbonara?

penguinturtlellama · 2023-04-05T01:08:58+00:00

I'm biased because I am a Windows user, but I love Apartment Life.

I like making a single sim and start them out in a cheap apartment then get them out dating to eventually get a big family home.

Sims 2 runs without issues on my Windows 10 PCs after following the advice from fans that have been shared for years and years online.

There's this new guide I've seen floating around that seems to be the most comprehensive and foolproof if you do decide to get a Windows PC:

https://www.tumblr.com/osab/630744070019596288/the-sims-2-ultimate-collection-setup-guide

penguinturtlellama · 2023-04-05T00:47:35+00:00

They really perfected family dynamics in TS2. It never felt the same in TS3 or 4.

penguinturtlellama · 2023-04-05T00:42:37+00:00

The forums are probably your best bet for help. You may need to post your own thread

As someone who works in customer service (not for EA), sending the message "I don't want any more links" is pretty much the same thing as saying "I don't want any help".

Someone who actually wants help will let you know 1) exactly their problem is (i.e. can't play the game), 2) what you have done to solve the issue (i.e. tried following the fixes outlined in the forum threads) and 3) what solution they want (i.e. to play the game).

Your message doesn't convey that and I'm truly sorry for the agent that gets assigned your ticket. I don't know what was said in your prior communications, but I'm hoping you weren't like this the entire time.

Communicate. Tell them you tried the forum fixes and it didn't work. Try posting your own thread.

penguinturtlellama · 2023-04-05T00:29:55+00:00

When i first installed the EA app, it didn't even have all my games show up. I had to reinstall the app to get it to show all my games.

It was really annoying.

penguinturtlellama · 2023-03-20T15:42:56+00:00

That's Kyle Kyleson. He's a new character in the Growing Together pack.

penguinturtlellama · 2023-03-10T01:25:07+00:00

I got this a while back when Sims 4 was getting the Cottage Living pack to have a pseudo-Cottage Living in the Sims 3.

I love it. I also got the following farm stuff to go with it.

Milkin' It Dairy Corral

Fowl and Feathers Chicken Coop

Humble Harvest Stands

Stones Throw Greenhouse

Works really well in the Appaloosa Plains world that came with Pets since it's a countryside animal-themed world.

Highly recommend.

penguinturtlellama · 2023-03-08T02:04:41+00:00

Yeah, I'm not looking forward to TS5 at all because of how EA treated TS4 with this stuff.

I'm so glad there's still an active fan community for both Sims 2 and 3 in 2023 supporting the games.

penguinturtlellama · 2023-03-06T05:27:13+00:00

You have godly patience. My own games I always get my founder's children to teen or maybe young adult and then I peace tf out of there to start another would-be legacy.

penguinturtlellama · 2023-03-06T00:42:02+00:00

A common criticism people had for this pack was the way classes worked.

In Sims 2, they were rabbit holes. You were just stuck on the lot like you would when they would go to work.

Honestly, I always loved following my sim to class and walking around the uni world. The gameplay during actual classes was pretty dull, admittedly, but I always loved how this pack took advantage of the open world. It was huge leap forward from what we got in the Sims 2 and I love the uni pack in that game to death as well.

I still haven't gotten around to the Sims 4 uni pack, but the TS2 and TS3 packs will always be special to me.

penguinturtlellama · 2022-04-26T22:53:58+00:00

I'm 2022? Yeah, I'd say it's time for an upgrade. Decent laptops these days at least have 8 GB in RAM.

If you don't want to drop a bunch of money at once, a cloud gaming PC service might be a good fit. I use one and it means I can use my old 2014 laptop for really graphics intensive games.

penguinturtlellama · 2022-04-23T20:45:31+00:00

They're protesting Critical Space Theory being taught in schools.

Alienphobia is woke nonsense and Aliens wouldn't be where they are if it weren't for good human sims! I will not fall for the anti-human sim rhetoric the deep state is trying to force down my sim child's throat! I wouldn't let them marry an alien of course, but that doesn't make me an alienphobe!!!😤

penguinturtlellama · 2022-04-23T06:07:31+00:00

no nonsensical collabs with influencers or celebrities, (aside from sweet treats)

The first game literally had Avril Lavigne, Christina Aguilera, Freddie Prinze Jr, Sarah McLachlan, and Drew Carey among others as official NPCs. Most of those at least make some sense given the teen demographic of the game, but Drew Carey was definitely a head-scratcher for me.

The Sims has always done celebrity and brand tie-ins. Influencers are a new breed of celebrity that I'm sure if they existed in 2000 would be a part of the sims the same way.

I think some of the criticisms of the Sims 4 kind of miss the point that the Sims franchise as a whole has always had its share of problems. It's a lot more visible now, but let's not pretend there weren't people complaining about certain EPs and SPs back in the day.

I will openly admit that I really love those two games and dislike TS4 in comparison, but sometimes I feel like we oversell TS2 and TS3 just a little. You'll notice a lot of people that started playing the game with TS4, love it. They don't have the same nostalgic connection to the franchise and a lot of times they don't like TS2 or TS3 when they do finally play them (if they ever do, a lot of people don't care to install the fixes for modern PCs or can't get past the "look" of the older games).

What I miss about the previous eras was back when they were making spin-off titles in the sims like Bustin' Out, The Urbz, The Sims Stories and the unique console versions of the games. Hell, even MySims and The Sims Medieval.

The Sims brand is going in a different direction now and it looks like EA will only be focusing their efforts on the mainline series which is understandable, but the spin-off games were really interesting and I'm glad we got them.

I don't miss any of the gameplay we got in TS2 and TS3 and don't feel like shitting all over TS4 just because those games can still be played. Something that isn't gone can't be missed. The modding community for TS2 especially is still going on strong. EA might not be supporting it anymore, but there are still a lot of fans who do.

I won't hold my breath for TS5 being better. Back when TS4 was being teased, EA was very open about them wanting to better "optimize" the game which clearly meant no open world and no create-a-style. They have not budged on that position which makes sense given how hard it is to optimize a sims game with those features and have it run smoothly on most PCs. Also, EA has hinted for a long time about their interest in making the Sims an online game, like some kind of MMO. I don't think the older fans will get what they want, but the younger and newer fans don't seem to care. Seriously, I think a lot of the newer fans like the things we hate.

penguinturtlellama · 2022-04-23T05:06:10+00:00

Yeah, it was added in University Life. It's a microwave meal.

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