Disabling Seasions But Keeping its Stuff - Want to disable weather or make plants in season year-round? You can do so with my new Seasons Tuner Mod
Improving Sims 4: The past month, I've spent every day tinkering The Sims 4, making quality of life improvements, gameplay changes, and new difficulty settings for the game. If you'd like to learn more about my project, visit the post on Patreon where you can download it now.
Hiking is a new activity in The Sims 4 Snowy Escape
Outdoor Retreat first brought hiking to The Sims 4, but Snowy Escape has added a little bit more to this function. There are various hiking options, all available on the boards near the entrance to hiking trails in Mt. Komorebi. Each hiking option, such as hike to mountain shrine and hike around, can be carried out alone or with other sims. Depending where your Sim is in the neighborhood some options may not always be available.
Once your Sim has completed their hike of choice you can click on the location boards or on your Sim for options for returning to their home lot.
Sims can be attacked by bugs while hiking
Occasionally your Sim will have small encounters as they hike around. Your Sim will display surprise or perhaps shock indicating they have noticed something or have been attacked by something. Encounters result in a moodlet, or can boost a moodlet your Sim already received from a previous encounter.
While my Sim was pleasantly surprised by Fireflies in the bamboo forest at dusk while going for a hike, not all encounters are enjoyable. The less desirable bug and critter encounters can be repelled, and their unpleasant effects can be alleviated by lotions or sprays from the Bits'n'Bobs vending machine. If your Sim is fortunate enough to have some high-level skills such as Fitness or Logic, then these too will help protect your Sim during these encounters (much like Jungle Adventures bug attacks).
Spirit encounters are a bit different. The Spirits can be collected or wished upon. A wish can grant a State of Tranquility Moodlet and a Simmi Capsule. My Sim received a rare. Other times the Spirits may grant your Sim a small amount of Simoleons. Collecting the Spirits is not always successful and tends to make them angry.
Hiking around will play out in a few ways. Your Sim may enjoy themselves, taking selfies as they happily stroll around the Bamboo Forest or climb the stone steps to the Cave Shrine to shout and listen for the echo. Or they may be unhappy with uncomfortable encounters and wish they had stayed at home instead of wasting their time with a terrible hike. Your Sim can write a wish on an Ema Board at the Shrine or simply enjoy their peaceful encounters with nature.
Snowy Escape can definitely be lovely.
Meditative Hikes seem like the other types of hikes until you get a special moodlet. While on a Meditative Hike any negative emotions will have a faster cool down. On my Sim's third Meditative Hike, he got a Fine +4 for 4hrs moodlet: "Emotionally Mindful" (From Being Emotionally Mindful).
This is the beginning of Surge Emotions. The Fine moodlet your Sim gets will unlock the "Mindful Walk" ability when you click on your Sim. After a few more hours Walking Mindfully and a Meditative Walk later the Fine moodlet became strength +10: Controlled Emotions (From Being Emotionally Mindful) A state of complete mindfulness, ready to burst forth in any emotion one puts their mind to.
When this happens, your Sim can use 'Surge Emotion' by clicking on them. You can select literally any type of mood including Fury, Ecstatic, Depressed, Confusion, Centered, Can't Focus, Bold, Apathy, Time for Fun, Shameful, Ready for Action, Passion, On Edge, and Ingenuity. Each triggers a related emotion.
Surge emotions lasts 12 hours with a +4 in the chosen mood.
The Surge Emotion ability can be used one time, then your Sim must do Meditative Hikes or other slow paced activities such as cloud gazing and painting.
We now have a Youtube Channel with over 50 guides in video format to go along with the huge site I've already created. Check it out and consider subscribing if you like my style.
The Sims 4 Seasons expansion now has options! Want to disable weather or make plants in season year-round? You can do so with my new Seasons Tuner Mod
The past month, I've spent every day tinkering The Sims 4, making quality of life improvements, gameplay changes, and new difficulty settings for the game. If you'd like to learn more about my project, visit the post on Patreon where you can download it now.
Cottage Living Guide! Here is my guide to new features in the Sims 4 Cottage Living Expansion
You can also find handy Cottage Living Cheats
I have much more to come, since you can actually write a few guides about this pack!
Blender has been incredibly useful in video production, so I made my own Physics and Simulation Improvement Addon that lumps a ton of unique tools into one compact interface.
Snowy Escape Cheats
Lifestyles in Snowy Escape
Climb Mt. Komorebi
Sentiments in Snowy Escape
Rock Climbing
Skiing Skill
Snowboarding Skill
I've released a guide to Sentiments in The Sims 4 & Snowy Escape.
There is a new platform tool in The Sims 4. There's also a new Sentiments system, but it'll take some time to create a guide to that. Players can also use rental lots in any world now by changing lot types of builds in manage worlds.
I've created a massive List of The Best Mods in The Sims 4 that should be very helpful to new players and those who have not yet explored modding and how much it can do for your gameplay.
New - Secrets I have a new guide to secrets in the game. If you prefer, you can also watch a video about secrets in Sims 4.
Nifty Knitting is now available. Learn all about the stuff pack on my guide page here.
NEW - Nifty Knitting CheatsNew features in the Sims 4 June 2020
The Sims 4 Eco Lifestyle Guide
Eco Footprint: How it Works
Neighborhood Action Plans
How to Cheat in Sims 4 Eco Lifestyle
Civil Designer Career
Insect Farms & Bio Fuel
Fabrication Skill in Eco Lifestyle
Juice Fizzing NEW
Traits and Aspirations in DLC
Gameplay Ideas for Sims 4 Eco Lifestyle
Updated
Trait Cheats Updated
Traits List Updated
Aspirations List Updated
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This is inspired by a new series in which I start at toddler and gradually take on the major bonuses. Here's a link to the full playlist!
I now have a guide page to Tiny Living Stuff where you can learn about Murphy Beds, the new death, as well as the lot bonuses you'll receive if you manage to keep the size of your lot down with this new pack's Tiny Home Lot Type.
New I now have a guide to Making Super Sims in The Sims 4. Look for a text version within the next 72h. It won't have THAT much more info but it will help out as a checklist.
This was inspired by a series, "Let's Play a Super Sim" in which I start at toddler and gradually take on the major bonuses. Here's a link to each part for people who are interested. You can also see the Let's Play as a Playlist on Youtube.
The Sims 4 Discover University has been announced for November 15 for PC/Mac and December 17 for Xbox and Playstation 4 consoles. Click to learn more about the pack, see my summary of the livestream or read our FAQs below.
Other Guides to Discover University:
New Lot Traits: Study Spot and University Student Hang Out
New: Discover University FAQ: Gameplay Features
New Video The Sims 4 Discover University Gameplay Tips Video
More videos coming soon!
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