Carl's Sims 4 News – Page 4 – Game Updates, New DLC Releases and Mini-Guides

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The Sims 4 Latest News on patches and new DLC release dates

The Sims 4 Realm of Magic Announced

Posted on August 26, 2019 by Carl - Sims 4 News

The Realm of Magic Game Pack releases on September 10, 2019 for PC and Mac. Console players will find it available a bit later, on October 15. The new pack features several new additions:

Spellcasting – 24 new spells across 3 magical disciplines
Alchemy – 15 potions can be crafted
Glimmerbrook and Magic Realm – Two new locales. Five standard lots in Glimmerbrook, 1 very large lot in Magic Realm (editable via cheats)
Brooms – a new mode of transportation
Familiars – Animal companions that fly around your Sim, providing protection and passive bonuses.
Magical Build/Buy items, like a functional Cauldron

Check back for our coverage of the developer livestream where we’ll learn more about all of these features. I’ll be covering the stream to give you a great, concise summary within a day of its posting. In the meantime, we’ll publish things we learn here on the frontpage.

The Sims 4 Moschino Stuff Review

Posted on August 26, 2019 by Carl - Sims 4 News

Sims in new Moschino-exclusive outfits pose in front of the new backdrop you can place. The backdrops feature several animated patterns and lighting is customizeable as well.

Reviews aren’t my thing, but I took a stab at it with this coverage of The Sims 4 Moschino Stuff Pack. I focus mostly on the photography. You’d be surprised, but there isn’t that much fashion in this pack, it’s more about fashion photography.

Extensive poses and means of controlling Sims to get them in the correct spot are available via a new mark you can place on the floor. The new subject marker, camera tripod, and even lighting are live-draggable to allow you to put them in your inventory.

The Sims 4 Photography Patch and Game Health News

Posted on August 26, 2019 by Carl - Sims 4 News

I’ve created a new Youtube Video ahead of the upcoming Photography Patch releasing with Moschino. The new patch offers a couple of things freely. First, you’re now able to place photos on a table, resulting in the game creating an automatic stand-style photo frame for you. It’s possible to resize these to a degree.

Additionally, you can click the photo while it’s hung on the wall to change the frame to something that matches your room’s decor.

The developer livestream was a good opportunity to learn all about what Moschino offers to players through its extensive photography features.

Make Seasons Better!

Sims 4 Seasons Cheats 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

Disable Seasons individually
Always Sunny! Set to Base Game Weather
Grow Year Round - Make Plants Always in Season!
Healthy Year Round - No more Winter twigs
Disable Color Changes - on ALL Plants & Trees
Disable Fall Leaves
Disable Ground Snow
Keep the Stuff You Paid For!

A Deeper Game

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

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!

Calling all Blender Users

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.

Sims 4 Snowy Escape

The Sims 4 Snowy Escape launches November 13, 2020 and my coverage has started. Until I get my review ready, you can learn about the following:

Snowy Escape Cheats
Lifestyles in Snowy Escape
Climb Mt. Komorebi
Sentiments in Snowy Escape
Rock Climbing
Skiing Skill
Snowboarding Skill

Sentiments & Platforms (Free Patch!)

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.

Best Mods in Sims 4

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.

Secrets and Other New Stuff

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 Cheats

New 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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Support Us

Readers who use adblock or those who'd like to thank me for my efforts can now pledge $1/$5 monthly via Patreon. This helps a lot with server costs and provides some stability for my business.

Super Sim Checklist + Other News

Super Sim Text + Checklist and Video Guide! Here is my Super Sim Challenge Guide and Checklist to accompany my video guide to making Super Sims in The Sims 4 that you can view on Youtube.

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.

Let's Play Playlist

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.

Latest Videos and Guides

Discover University Expansion

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.