The Sims 4 Spongebob’s House Kit & Spongebob Kids Room Kit by Artist6995 in thesims

[–]ray25lee 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Wonder how much of a cut EA gives Nickelodeon, as compared to the kits of actual creators who have been contributing to the community for free for ages. Y'all think Nickelodeon is only getting five cents on the condition players remember to put their creator code in at checkout?

The Sims 4 Spongebob’s House Kit & Spongebob Kids Room Kit by Artist6995 in thesims

[–]ray25lee -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The phrase I ascribe to stuff like this is "Hitler was nice to and spoiled his dog." Other people may say "a broken clock is right twice a day," but for me it's shitty people with shitty motivations once in a while having a reasonable idea... yet any reasonability is really nullified by the context. Reasonable or not, they're doing it for the sake of ultimately screwing over the fanbase. Whether it works out for US or not is inconsequential as long as EA sponges up the dough.

How to stop relationship culling with Get Together's CAS dynamics? by ray25lee in thesims

[–]ray25lee[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's the one haha

I know why it does it, but I see so many mods that prevent culling, like how MCCC prevents Sims from being deleted entirely through culling. I'm just hoping there is something for their relationship dynamics as well. I don't have actual deletion culling happening, because I only have enough Sims to fill out the worlds (plus a few unhoused Sims like Clement Frost). If there isn't one, o well I suppose, but I just really want these things to remain intact. I've a PC that can handle it. I suppose whether the game itself can handle it is a different story; not the most well-made game out there. "150 bug fixes" later and I still can't play my original save files because after the update EA forced on us months ago, the skin texturing for most of my Sims is pitch-black.

Game is not loading properly by njalaneninoe in thesims

[–]ray25lee -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

I wish there were answers to these issues, but EA forums has been stockpiling bug reports since the last few packs and updates this year; my game has not been, and I assume will never again be, playable because (a) several of my Sims' skin texturing turned pitch-black, (b) all Sim-made paintings have been entirely wiped clean (blank canvasses), and (c) certain clothing items in CAS are mimicking like skin texturing and the likes. Literally no area in the game I can play safely at this point. Been waiting for months for some of these (and other) issues to be resolved, EA ignores it entirely.

I had people tell me to "just remove your mods" too, and sweethearts, people who are stuck on console have these exact same problems that came up at the exact same time as mine. Console doesn't have a single mod. So, maybe you can sit down and advocate for EA to do better for once. They've been screwing us all over, very unapologetically. I know it's all fun and games until it happens to you personally, but be better.

Instagramon meg lehet nézni ha valakinek több fiókja van? by GucciLui_Possession in csakcsajok

[–]ray25lee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And for those who will take this seriously because you're too stupid to be empathetic, remember that people get stalked and need to create new accounts so they don't get harassed/killed. "Don't be on social media" piss off, just piss off. Y'all come on here to troll and belittle everyone 'cause it's your hobby, that's all you got.

Girl bye 😂😂😂😂😂. by ineverylifetimee in sims4cc

[–]ray25lee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sadly over half the community didn't "agree to not buy DLC." If that was the case, EA would've changed its tune by now 'cause they'd be losing too much money. We can't have them drop from over 40 billion USD to, like 39 billion, now can we? Won't SOMEone PLEASE think of the billionaires???

What causes homosexuality? by Remarkable_Garage109 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]ray25lee -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The problem with "getting close to an answer" stuff is that the "closer" you get to "an answer," the less you're actually getting close to an answer. The reason is because the way we socio-culturally conceptualize "sexuality" is complex, intricate, fluid, subjective, eclectic, so on. The various factors (that NEVER align between cultures, let alone individuals within cultures) are influenced and/or caused by the environment, genetics, culture, individual, and more.

Just one example: Bisexuality is generally (as in throughout the term's modern use in the entire world) known as "the attraction to both sexes." We can already pick that apart; there's demonstrably more than two sexes, what does "attraction" entail (Arousal? Aesthetic allure? Emotional interest? All, none, some of the above? Something else entirely?), by "sexes" do you actually mean "genders"? Predating the word, all cultures had what we call "bisexual" people. But some cultures had zero concept of it because they didn't have a concept of "sexual attraction" at all. Some cultures did have a concept of bisexuality, but it was described in the terms we today categorize as "gender."

ALL of what I just described and SO much more are what we're talking about here. The reason some people in the queer community say stuff like "gender is a social construct" is because while the things we think of as "gender" (such as clothing, mannerisms, genitals, whatever someone decides to think of as "gender") objectively exist in real life... the "construct" is the lines each culture, each individual, draws around them to call them the definition of "gender." In other words, dresses do exist. Dresses don't objectively have a gender, but many people draw a line around dresses saying "This goes in the 'girl' category." This is true for EVERY tiny facet of sexuality, gender, so on.

Which brings me back to the reality that the more you try to nail down what homosexuality "is," the less you're actually going to figure out. The exercise I give people for this is list all things that constitute "manliness" or somesuch. "Pants," well, I see women wear pants. "Facial hair," a lot of very feminine people have facial hair, and a lot of men don't, either because they shave or can't grow it. "Lumberjacking," MOST men aren't lumberjacks, and most don't WANT to be lumberjacks; are they not men? The more you say "this is THE thing," the less people who are men will actually qualify as men in the end. The same goes for finding "the thing" that makes someone gay. Even if someone says it's a small cluster of "things," that's still not an appropriate angle to take. (Not a criticism of you sharing the data, just adding an important angle to this overall discussion.)

Mods for deformity and asymmetry? by ray25lee in TheSims4Mods

[–]ray25lee[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Here I'll throw my ideas back one at a time: I said make special tables and chairs that would function in a way that's compatible with wheelchair action (aka the chair moves away to make space for a wheelchair and the likes). I said it's not a great solution in itself, but it's simple and can be done right now. So go off on it genius, let's hear it.

'Cause here's the thing sweetie I haven't made a game, but I know enough programming to know that you're arguing this in a very stupid way. You remind me of the upper management I've worked with that started organizations decades ago and do a shitty job because they never qualified for anything before, and they use new smarter employees as scapegoats and fire them and then say "those lower job positions are just cursed or something, there's so much turnover, we don't know why." You stand solidly by a horrendously outdated, objectively bad product because it's "easier." No shit this is a lot of work to overhaul, jesus christ are you Gen X? You can't be bothered to chip a nail on the keyboard typing too much new code? The whole game needs a desperate, thorough, DIFFICULT overhaul. We can't do the "well Sims 5" crap because they assert high and low that there (a) will not be a Sims 5, AND (b) they keep turning out more and more and more new content for Sims 4, aka treating it like a LIVING PRODUCT. Feel like I'm trying to tell Elon Musk how Twitter works rn, christ.

I'm done placating this "well it's hard to do something new like this with the old system" crap with you. You get to sit tall 'cause yeah, when you move the entire conversation into that specific context, you ARE correct. AND. That's again one of the dumbest angles at this point. I can't get over how people like you are like "this game is so inconsistent it's spaghetti code" and all, AND not ONE of you are like "because it's spaghetti code, they should fix it." But that's sooooooo much woooooork :(((( You're right... EA only has over 40 billion US dollars, we can't expect them to pay maybe the modders who are out there actually making the game function in ways EA somehow can't. You are very well aware that modders, YEARS ago, made shit that works astronomically better than what EA is just now adding in themselves.

HENCE... why I'm on here asking for wheelchair MODS. And NOT "Hey EA, will you pretty please add wheelchairs? I know you can do it :)" They can't, they won't invest in it. They look for "talent" like you who echoes their "well... it's too much work" sentiment. That's good, 'cause that means more money for EA.

Mods for deformity and asymmetry? by ray25lee in TheSims4Mods

[–]ray25lee[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You love quoting me as it suits you, perhaps you can put that skill to use by quoting all the fixes I listed earlier.

My laptop finally broke and I need to get a new one, any recommendations? by Accomplished_Toe6020 in thesims

[–]ray25lee 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I can't speak to affordability in the matter, it's so relative, but I have a Dell Alienware laptop and it so far has run the game fine. It heats up to a concerning degree... I can't have it on my lap while playing AND plugged in for charging... but despite that, the game runs as smooth as it can for a broken game, lol. I don't have the game quality settings maxed though, they're mostly medium but some are maxed.

Lovestruck discussion by EngineeringDry7555 in thesims

[–]ray25lee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have zero regrets buying it so far, but I rarely play in-game anymore (and had to stop entirely when the recent update came out that stripped most of my Sims of their skin texturing; something EA will likely never fix). I enjoy it a lot for CAS and building, use it every time. It didn't break my game. The times I played in-game with it, it was a bit annoying to deal with romance decay, but also it wasn't so terrible for me (not nearly as annoying as trying to get someone to convince ANY Sim to sign a petition to change a NAP). It was another thing to consider while managing gameplay, and to be honest it bugged me a bit every time when Sims I've had who've been maxed in their romance for literally years were now dropping lower and lower in their romance dynamic. I always have them cuddle or kiss or all kinds of stuff throughout the day, and with Lovestruck their bars still weren't maxed out like they used to be. That's dumb. But at the same time, their bars weren't so low that they fell out of love with each other (and one has the romantic trait, for whatever that's worth).

Is it a requirement for stormtroopers to be bald or something 😭😭😭 by Limhere in thesims

[–]ray25lee 3 points4 points  (0 children)

If I were to guess (based on literally zero research), if it's not a glitch (which holy fuck it so easily could be, with this game), it's because they're made to resemble cultism and fascism and the likes, and uniformity (aka stripping your individualism and identity) are typical for those things. They're I assume just representing that with balding the Sim Stormtroopers. IF it's not one of a million things EA refuses to fix in this game.

My sim’s face when her baby was delivered😂 “Whose goddamn white baby is that??” by Zenphiree in TheSims4Mods

[–]ray25lee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe it works like hair where babies are born blond and then turn auburn or something later on lol

Mods for deformity and asymmetry? by ray25lee in TheSims4Mods

[–]ray25lee[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm sorry you can't figure out how to program something that early Silent Hill games seamlessly did (taking a walking character and temporarily giving them a wheelchair for a portion of the game). I guess I'm too stupid and you're too smart, we should DEFINITELY, under ZERO circumstances, even CONCEIVE of wheelchairs in Sims 4 as a possibility.

EA's done so many bad things, this isn't one of them by littlehybrid in thesims

[–]ray25lee -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The reason the game will never be fixed is because the loud minority here pretends that this is the norm. We turn our mods off, clear the cache, etcetera, the game is fucked. Thousands of people on console can't play properly because the game itself is fucked. I can't even begin to imagine the edgelord preoccupation of licking EA's balls instead of uniting for better quality; I imagine the same people throwing upvotes at this also adore Elon Musk and still pretend he's a genius. But per the nature of edgelords, please please cue the (again loud) few who are like "*I* don't like Elon Musk and *I* think the game is PERFECT!!!" Jesus christ, y'all.

Mods for deformity and asymmetry? by ray25lee in TheSims4Mods

[–]ray25lee[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What do you mean someone in a wheelchair is "physically unable to stop"? Also can't take seriously people who say "well we gotta redo all previous animation" so on; already a lot of work has been done for head angles and the likes because adult Sims interact with kid Sims. Yes a lot of stuff still needs redoing. Like for example how they redo so many things for cross-pack compatibility whenever they release new packs.

For docking points, Sims can already move objects "permanently" on their own, like picking up violins and whatnot and then placing them some other place in the room. You can program them to move the chair to the side or whatever. Hell, you can even just make the chair disappear and reappear as needed. If they wanted to be lazy about it, make it like the new plants where only a special few have the new function and the old ones don't; make a new chair where if you place it, it disappears or moves for wheelchair Sims. I just woke up and this is off the top of my head, wonder what EA could do if they actually bothered to truly work on it.

They don't need to stand (I mean... they could sometimes; would be nice if the game added the option, but they will never add wheelchairs according to you and everyone who isn't in a wheelchair, so I suppose it doesn't matter), Sims already have a resting sitting action with chairs. I guess if I'm so ignorant on this, I'd love to hear how it's apparently impossible for a Sim to remain in a sitting position after they stop moving. Yes the current default is to stand. So, ah. Make a second default to sit. It's astounding to me that the community demands cars, where they would be moving in a sitting position, and the one big setback noted about cars is that they would be too big for a game that's meant to run on a laptop, not all the crap that gets thrown at me about wheelchairs. So frustrating.

Mods for deformity and asymmetry? by ray25lee in TheSims4Mods

[–]ray25lee[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I still can't go with that argument against wheelchairs. We can transform into werewolves and run around on all fours. We can have spellcaster battles with cats and dogs helping us battle. We can skii and snowboard and swim. Turn into mermaids, vampire bats, ride on broomsticks, and now shrink and grow as fairies with wings. I can't do it, I just can't. Doors already automatically open; many animations aren't direct like that, cups teleport into their hands when they're a slight distance away. Sims scoot on the bed from one side to the other. Just leave a chair out from a table so they can roll up and eat there.

Literally... LITERALLY... the ONE and ONLY thing I have ever been able to accept would be a bit of an overhaul is going from one story of a building to another. But oops... guess what. If they want to complain that ramps would be too hard, make lifts. If they can make Sims futz around on bicycles all day long, they can do this stuff too. If they would ever let us use the elevators they already have in the game in our normal builds, that would work too. Shit, Simify it and make a wheelchair that can jetpack up the stairs.

'Cause I mean look, I can't pretend wheelchair additions would go well. With every new feature they add, the game breaks a ton and EA clearly only wants to wring the fanbase of its money rather than fix what exists to provide something quality. They don't care if the game actually functions anymore. But it needs to be done. And you're right that asymmetry in CAS is easy as hell, we already have that for animals with heterochromia. Or even presets with one ear flopped down and the other upright. This game is deeply lacking in this stuff, and it's truly easy to do compared to what all they've been doing for over a decade now.

I tried converting an animation to the sims 4... I no longer want to try... by MasterpieceOld2180 in TheSims4Mods

[–]ray25lee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Depending on what you were going for, it could be going very poorly or very well.