We’re proper in the midst of a really busy interval on this planet of The Sims 4. Following on from the summer roadmap, revealed just below a month in the past, Maxis has been steadily making issues occur.
The Nature’s Calling event kicked off recently with new quests and tasks, getting the sport (and gamers) within the temper for some outdoorsy enjoyable in preparation for the launch of Enchanted by Nature, the sport’s upcoming enlargement.
Enchanted by Nature is very much right around the corner, launching on July 10 – so slightly over one week from this writing. Maxis promised to launch a base sport replace on July 1 for all gamers, and it has delivered.
The replace – model 1.116.202.1030 on PC, 1.116.202.1230 on Mac, and a pair of.14 on consoles – brings numerous main options to the core sport, alongside a number of high quality of life enhancements for longtime gamers.
For starters, you’re now in a position to make use of glass partitions and glass roofs in your builds. You’ll discover the choice underneath Misc within the Wall Patterns part of Construct Mode. You possibly can place vegetation on roofs, too. The sport will present you the sorts of vegetation obtainable on your roof (relying on the footprint) while you browse Roof Sculptures in Construct Mode.
In actual fact, you may even inform whether or not or not any plant within the Out of doors Crops part can be positioned on the roof. There’s a wide range of them, too, with a number of sizes of shrubs and flowers so that you can select from.
The stock of your Sims has additionally acquired a giant refresh with this patch. The primary level is to make it simpler to search out what you’re searching for. There are new methods to kind, and a brand new badge to element when an merchandise had been not too long ago acquired.
Spoiled meals will present a purple background to make it clear they’ve gone dangerous, and there’s a brand new Spoiled stack the place you’ll discover meals you need to eliminate.
The in-game Pocket book has been equally refreshed. On high of a brand new, extra spacious format, you’ll additionally discover the brand new Class Pages extra helpful when managing discoveries. Talking of which, each time a brand new discovery is added, it’s going to come back with a badge to indicate that.
The circulate of the Pocket book has additionally been improved with the addition of a again button, in addition to new devoted buttons from Family Collections, and Sim Stats. Should you’re taking part in on consoles (or with a controller), you’ll discover it a lot simpler to scroll utilizing the fitting analog stick.
Should you’re a longtime participant of The Sims 4, you’ve possible been hoarding so many gadgets. The most recent replace makes the Family Collections UI simpler to navigate. Every assortment class now has its personal icon, rely, and completion standing.
The stock button on your Sims will play slightly animation when a brand new assortment merchandise has been discovered, and the Collections web page itself has a brand new format that higher shows the completely different classes.
That web page can even monitor progress, and you may even kind by completion progress in case you choose. For much more granularity, you may filter by Rarity, Title, Latest, Bonus Objects, and Lacking inside any particular assortment.
For a have a look at the all of the patch notes, together with the bug fixes made on account of participant suggestions, hit up the EA Blog, and do not forget to compensate for our Nature’s Calling event guide.