Customer Service

Imagine you are excited about going on vacation. Work has been stressful and you need a break.
A hotel with nice amenities is reserved. You looked at all the info and planned fun places to visit and unique experiences.
It is all paid for.

You arrive and check in at the hotel. The lobby is missing some things. Oh well, small thing. You are are HERE!! Let's have fun.

One of the exciting things about this hotel is the room can be customized. You go to the Customize Gallery and try a few things then the screen goes blank. Nothing you do helps. Guess you have the default room for now. Sad, you were looking forward to the fancy designer room.

Time to get cleaned up for a nice dinner. Halfway thru your shower with shampoo in your hair, the water goes ice cold. Aaaaaugh! You are frozen. That's when you notice your partner is frozen in place, unmoving. What?? So weird.

Both of you shake off the lag, whatever that was. The shower is warm again, somehow. You get the shampoo out of your hair.

On the way to dinner you stop at the front desk to report these problems. The staff says:

"We are waiting for a few more reports from other customers before repairing the Gallery and the weird freezing."

How long have these things been waiting? you ask.

"Hmm. A year? 9 months, maybe. Oh, the weight rack has never worked since it arrived."

"By the way, the hotel cancelled your entertainment selections.
There is a computer in the lobby where you can troll the internet instead.
Welcome to the Autonomy Hotel!"

That's how it feels to play Sims 4 right now.

My new normal is workarounds and ignoring weird bugs.

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u/LoneLasso — 2 days ago

SciFi Strangerville: Moon Castle & Pink Motel

Mystery solved! Now I'm rebuilding with homes and lots for scientists, aliens and soldiers. I found some amazing builds in Gallery. Having fun with it and I want to share. I've taken so many pics of these places.

Moon Castle & liminal Pink Motel

Moon Castle at Winterfest

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I love this build! Thank you, DarkEpsilon747 !! One tower for a rocket build. Comes with full size trees inside, garden with special plants, cool kid room and the *best* media room. I'll let the media room be a surprise. Kitchen and dining is spacious. I've had parties here.

My changes / additions:
Removed a palm tree from the small tower and put in a Climbing Wall. Had to increase the tower diameter a little. The height was fine.
Used a cheat to add a Sleeping Pod in one of the bedrooms. Just because.

Sunsnow and rocket view from second floor

Pink Motel: Was looking for a lot that felt like a liminal space. I found it with this No Tell Motel build. Listed in Gallery as a Bar. It has a nice bar. The 6 bedroom suites have different romantic decor. A great place for singles and dates. Thank you, yukihyo6121 !!

I added a secluded hot tub area. Added a fancy outdoor grill to feed a group. (And I don't like ordering food from the bar) Had to remove the parking and cars to to fit it on this lot. The pink works with the red rock landscape. Beautiful in moonlight.

Pink Motel Pool

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u/LoneLasso — 2 months ago

Mixed Signals & Feelings Whoa, whoa, whoa

IMPARTIAL? No strong feelings one way or the other. A first for me. Anyone else have this?

They have been married for a long time. Spontaneous serenades and affection.
I rotate between households. Their satisfaction will drop while I'm at other households then I love bomb them back up, as one does.

Close, Steamy, Spouse, Amazing Compatibility, Very Attracted = no strong feelings??

A friend called Caleb and asked if he was okay, that he heard they might divorce. But, they aren't fighting in my game! What would you do?

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u/LoneLasso — 3 months ago

Violates Positive Play? nah

"Mother, I am Vampire. Crawl? Never!!"

And, she didn't. But she mastered the stink eye. Madeleine Vatore, oh my.

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Excited about my first vampire baby. This is what I posted in a Discussion on EA Forums.
And it was deleted because it "violates Positive Play".

What would an aristocratic Vampire Baby say?!!! I think my take on it was clean.
The game can have bloodsucking Vampires or babies giving attitude but I can't TALK about it.
EA, don't make me highlight all the dark themes in Sims 4 . pssh.

My mistake was participating on EA Forums.

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u/LoneLasso — 3 months ago

https://simscommunity.info/2026/04/28/sims-4-survey-general-player-interest/

"Electronic Arts wants to know how you play the game in the latest official The Sims 4 Survey. If you’ve been a member of the EA playtest circles then you’ve probably received an invitation for a public Sims 4 survey..."

Scroll down to the survey link near the bottom of the article if you want to participate.
Let EA know what you think!

Ques 3 & 4 were hard for me to answer because I enjoy all of those options listed!
The versatility of Sims sandbox play is what keeps me playing. I mentioned this in my survey's text box. Sul!

u/LoneLasso — 4 months ago