Things You Probably Don't Know About in The Sims 4

[@YAUUN]

Actually, I think it would be great if clumsy sims (why doesn't Sims 4 hve unlucky) had the random chance to start a fire while making salad

[@JamesFluker]

This would be hilarious

[@carlitosmedina922]

Spencer from icarly would like to know ur location*

[@OO-ct4hq]

@@carlitosmedina922 Spencer from iCarly OPEN UP!

[@emmabinns6335]

Mine do it anyway. Anytime a clumsy sim cooks they inevitably burn the house down, with some exceptions.

[@kaimikalaniYT]

Oh you can. I’ve done it somehow before and it was so dumb 😂

[@IamWakon]

I learned more from this one video than from 5 years casually playing the game.

[@CarlsSimGuides]

Glad it helped! That's great to hear.

[@monicat8]

Same thoooo

[@deepdarkcocoa7956]

Foreal!!!

[@LavenderSkyla]

Same. Holy crap. Im having my sims grow flowers and arrange them for my castaway off grid game save. Those poor sims are always hurting for money. Ive been having one sim vacation to the jungle and dig everything they find

[@lynn6367]

Same 8-13 a lot this vid soooo much more!!

[@snapple3004]

I like to put my family in their own club, it makes them more connected feeling and extra boosters when you have enough points.

[@fujerica]

yes, I use clubs *a. ton*, especially for families

[@natalyaduncan8423]

Why have I never thought of this

[@misso295]

Yes clubs can be the best hack, make a club where cooking, cleaning and gardening are the activities and invite everyone to your house and let them do all your work whilst you build skills 😂 just make sure you harvest before they come over bc they will pocket your harvestables.

[@irongirltoni]

Thats a good idea!

[@ladelame1]

Clubs are AMAZING. If you stack up the club perks right your sims will FLY through skill levels. I had a sim go from Charisma level 2 to Charisma level 9 in a single club gathering.

[@avg3487]

This is actually a weird thing I accidentally found out. If you're in the scientist career from get to work and create a "satellite dish" using the Invention Constructor, you can place the satellite dish on your home lot and a new channel will be available on your TV. I can't remember exactly what the channel was called, but it was an alien channel. It doesn't add much, but it's a nice detail in my opinion.

[@nyawz1997]

Yes i find it fun too

[@imretrodd7120]

Haha Rick and morty who?

[@itsallforpele]

The channel is just a bunch of symbols I think

[@zaniyah3470]

thanks

[@AshalindsYT]

Cool

[@zombzombkatie264]

Handiness/upgrades tip: Adopt a dog. I found my Sim’s dog loves to go outside, dig around and drop upgrade parts inside the house. Nice free bonus.

[@irishduchess7577]

ZombZombKatie My current family has 3 dogs (had to stop jogging in Brindleton Bay because I’d end up adopting a stray) and none have done the upgrade parts. Does it have to do with their traits? One dog and my cat are hunters, they bring fossils, pet toys, kid toys, and metals.

[@malina5383]

ZombZombKatie don’t you need the expansion pack for it though?

[@Niffie]

Most Simtubers honestly don't "TEACH" you anything! They're just there to "Showcase", which sucks. While you, on the other hand, ARE A LEGEND! I'm so grateful that you exist Carl! Keep being you!

[@isabelacavassin3062]

All toddler's beds have energy 1, but if they're on the highchair, they can take a nap that gives them energy 3

[@CameronSaryn]

The Littlest Big Bed also gives 3 energy

[@rileykohles2063]

i like the energy 1 because then i don’t have to take care of them for a while

[@isabelacavassin3062]

@@rileykohles2063 true

[@jmpf9168]

My Sims always take them out of the high chair, I can’t get them to stop it drives me freaking nuts.

[@xyzah_6296]

Cc beds give 10

[@bluereenie2]

I load my toddlers with harvestables so I don't have to "feed" them. When they are hungry, they eat fresh fruits and vegetables. In fact, I keep my sims loaded up with fresh produce so that I don't have to have them cook and eat meals (which is time-consuming) so they can get on with other activities.

[@gemwolfz2860]

it's not neglect if the kids pockets are full of grapes

[@lilmizzpoet]

My toddlers won’t eat the produce in their inventory. Then I get told they’ll be taken away

[@Ice.muffin]

Ooo sameeee, I do exactly the same, can't believe others do it too😁, almost feels like cheating, it's so easy compared to the classical way of feeding them.

[@bluereenie2]

@@Ice.muffin plus you get a positive buff from eating fresh foods.

[@Ice.muffin]

@@bluereenie2 True! It's all worth it having all that trees and bushes around lol😸.

[@laurettadelmar2781]

Just a tip as well that I found useful, if you decide to do the detective career in the ‘Get to Work’ expansion, unlock the ‘Observant’ trait using your satisfaction points. It lets you see all the traits a sim has when you first introduce yourself making it a HELL of a lot easier to find the criminals and arrest them. It can be so annoying when the game doesn’t let you keep ‘getting to know’ the sim so I would highly recommend it to help you solve cases a lot faster

[@lucywilliamson4001]

Yes! I really struggled with the detective career until I figured this out.

[@cucamongaphilips]

That's actually how I always spend my sim's first 500 points, and I don't even have Get to Work. It's so useful.

[@roney4411]

Thanks

[@justsomeokami8867]

Carl: “They can be right or left handed-“ Me: Say what?! I thought they were all right handed!! 🤯

[@emilyhope3333]

Audrey Ivey I was surprised too! if you have a mod you can change their dominant hand to make them even more customized!!

[@Lea-mx5dh]

Can someone tell me what influences this??

[@emilyhope3333]

Lea I think it’s randomized

[@Lea-mx5dh]

@@emilyhope3333 ah okay

[@Incoherent-excitement]

Emily Hope How do you check and what mod to change?

[@RefugeeNT]

Thanks for the tips Carl. They're very useful) Toddler care advice: Try using high chair to restore toddler's energy need. It's more effective than a bed or tent. Toddlers also eat faster in a high chair. After the toddler finishes the meal just press 'Nap' interaction several times and you'll see how fast energy need will replenish :)

[@ArtejahOfficial]

RefugeeNT did not know this! Thank you I will definitely try this out!

[@RosheenQuynh]

I stopped using the high chair because my Sims take too long to take the toddlers out of it so they start crying and that's just sad :( I just drag plates of food to their room, honestly.

[@RefugeeNT]

@@RosheenQuynh yeah, that's a big disadvantage. Also interactions like "stuck in here!" and "let me out" are hard to cancel ,sim just keeps trying to let toddler out and often ignores the cancellation which is weird.

[@RosheenQuynh]

@@RefugeeNT Really? I wasn't aware of those glitches. That's interesting

[@helenalori74]

I want toddlers to sleep as long as possible so I don't need to take care of them since they are sooo annoying XD

[@LineMo09]

This game is so big I learn something new almost every time I play or watch others play. Great video as always, love your dry humour.

[@iremhatipoglu9536]

You should play Sims 2 and Sims 3 they're so much realistic compare to Sims 4

[@ねこ男の子]

@@iremhatipoglu9536 They are better games but I still prefer 4. Gotta keep up with the times and I can't go back to those graphics. That being said I don't even play with four seasons cause the snow animation makes me cringe. Lmao

[@iremhatipoglu9536]

@@ねこ男の子 graphics definetely important but there are much more important things that can make a game better. Sims 4 is a bad game with good graphics :d

[@fadligallagher]

@@iremhatipoglu9536 the sims 3 was a bad optimization game, even my pc could run monster hunter world in 1080p 60fps.

[@ねこ男の子]

@@iremhatipoglu9536 I agree. I just can't go back to them unfortunately. But hey that's why there's plenty of games. There's at least one for everyone! In our case let's just hope they release an awesome one.

[@ella-pp5jn]

It takes sims like 4 hours to eat ONE plate of food.

[@TinyCloud90]

@Razzy Playz lmao true that.

[@misso295]

And worse the bug that made them get up and hug anyone you wanted them to speak to 😫 then their food would go in their inventory!!!

[@AshMcMiller]

I hate this.... I usually just click the x to make them stop taking so long to do everything

[@andyhaochizhang]

And if they are talking while eating, 8 hours.

[@Selene231189]

get the hangry addon!

[@silvernightingale8208]

I like how your voice is more confident and at ease now.

[@CarlsSimGuides]

Hey thanks! When I first started I got nervous the moment the mic came on. It's purely psychological, but it's much better now.

[@jessgentry5290]

Townies tend to be ugly 😂

[@elfdrow6679]

that's an understatement lol and almost 80% of random generated townies tend to have the belly value full. so no matter how fit they get they look bloated.

[@mustafabraxton4469]

male townies tend to be ugly

[@roque87]

Townies are cosmic horrors straight from a cthulhu horror story

[@rezaruki3912]

Random generated sims always been ugly xD

[@chiquita7390]

My townies tent to be fat and or half dressed. They also come with kids that don't look like the parents at all.

[@honey-x1s]

been playing the sims for almost 2 years...just realized you can plant on the grass. Thought you needed those square pots and circle pots.

[@dreasmile]

Haha I just discovered that the square and circle pots existed like 2 days ago and until then always planted on the grass, exact opposite 😂

[@LovelyGamer115]

I ONLY discovered this thanks to the magic realm expansion! I had a bunch of pots and was using the magic to garden and accidentally clicked off the side and bam a dragon fruit plant on the grass!

[@dreasmile]

@@LovelyGamer115 hahaha what a coincidence! How does the magic help gardening? Does it build faster skill or something?

[@atlas909-n4r]

@@dreasmile No, it does things instantaneously.

[@OfficialRoses]

haha i’ve been playing for 10 years😭 i’m gonna be 20 now

[@Data37373]

This was amazing. I bought the sims for my daughter. I wanted to learn how to play the game so I could teach her....needles to say I play it more then she does and we have almost every pack hehe. This guide is probably the best one I've seen for new/semi new players. I learned alot from it personally. Great work and thank you.

[@이달의소녀이브]

I get that you want to teach her and the idea behind it is really sweet. Now I do think it might be better for her to figure it out herself. She will find her way and this way she can feel more proud and independent of herself which I think is very important in personal development.

[@mariebonhoure8791]

I LOVE lot traits, I hope we had more. I always add three to lots I built or renovate: two "positive" and one "negative" it help to balance things and adds some fun :)

[@CarlsSimGuides]

I had cursed in my handiness video. I needed a fire for this one and fired that fresh save up, got a fire on the 2nd try. It definitely can add some variety with the negative ones.

[@hannahviolette4553]

My favorite career combo is the stay-at-home flower arranging. Paired with gardening you can get rich pretty darn quick!

[@ButterBabes]

I've never commented on one of your videos before, but I've used your guides religiously for years through many different iterations of Sims games and love that you're on KZbin too! Thanks for making consistently great content for such a long time and massively enhancing my own enjoyment of the Sims series. My game experience wouldn't be quite the same without you, honestly. I love not only your awesome guides like this one, but also your critiques, as they are spot-on but also very constructive. Thank you again for all the hard work and intelligent discourse you bring to this game!

[@CarlsSimGuides]

Such kind words, thank you very much for saying so :)

[@KatzeARL]

@PBS Foundation hey, same here! I was in college when The Sims was new and I'm back on it because 10€ for entertainment during lockdown: you cannot beat that with a stick! :)

[@niceguy1853]

Is their room for a fourth thank you?

[@lieslmichelle4136]

same here! and thank you!!

[@yasminni485]

One of my favourite things to do with the handiness skill, that took me a while to figure out is even possible, is buy a cheaper bed and upgrade it fully. It dramatically decreases the amount of time your sims need to sleep and they wake up with some positive moodlets. You can even upgrade the bunk beds.

[@carmendelrey1796]

"since townies tend to be ugly.." bruh u really just had to come for them ☠️😭

[@Kanal7Indonesia]

This is why I play as the Grim Reaper to kill ugly townies with the extreme violence mod 😩

[@raimonda8999]

I have a crazy ghost teen sim who died of drug overdose and now goes around towns killing ugly sims and collecting urns/gravestones for her huge graveyard. Her best friend is a vampire who sometimes tags along to suck blood of ugly townies before slaughtering them

[@misso295]

When playing challenges with Townies I always edit them in CAS with full edit mode on 🤣 I keep their race and 90% of the time their name but adjust their fitness, make their eyes bigger with lashes and make their features more proportionate

[@doneliawhite1121]

I recreated all Of my townies.....cause there were looking like a cat without no fur

[@misso295]

donelia white recently all my recreated townies have randomly changed into the UGLIEST clothes. Even the sims I play with are changing outfits after showering in WEIRD ways. For example, I deleted the Pancakes, downloaded the updated family with Iggy, changed their clothes in CAS, moved them in and then after showering they change into the outfits of the original Pancake family. Then if I play another family they rock up in completely random clothes, I’m talking long socks, sunnies, shorts, knitted jacket, sandals, earrings, cap etc.

[@littlebird4091]

I never let my sims eat the fruitcake since I got a bug once where my sim ate it, was disgusted, and then made the disgusted face at every meal he ate afterwards. Don't know if it's been fixed since then but I'm not risking it! It's a bit of a bummer when you go to the trouble of crafting an excellent meal and he acts like he's eating cat food.

[@crystalsunshine]

LOL "nobody ever set their house on fire making a freaking salad!"

[@chloeanne18x]

crystalsunshine I watched Clare Siobhan’s series and I swear that happened and the salad survived

[@mauve3734]

Does the fire sprinkler system actually work

[@clara.212]

@@chloeanne18x Oh yeah! lmao

[@claireburke4319]

lolitaspeach haha definitely not

[@crystalsunshine]

@@claireburke4319 I kind of miss the firefighting career we had in Sims 3. I wonder if my new computer can handle Sims 3 if I only use one or two of the expansions lol

[@Jaccks2006]

I love that you’ve expanded to KZbin. I’ve been reading your guides for years! Great job;)

[@thisismyopinion]

Great video again Carl , I do not play with mods or cheats but i have found several short cuts that are very usefull, my favoraite 2 are, '1' - If you need to make friends for any aspiration level.. take a photo of or with somone and within 4 trys you will be good friends :) '2' - Do as many of your sims wishes as fast as possible and save those reward points up till you have 3000 buy the 'Connections' reward , it will start all careers at level 4 - sit at the computer and go down the list joining and leaving all the careers but the one you want 'save that till last to join :) ' you will be rolling in cash as you get a chash payout on leaving each career, plus! when all done go into your family Inventory for all the unlocked goodies WIN! :D BTW it only takes a copule of days to get the 3000 reward points to spend especialy if you open the calendar and create a couple of holidays and completing the holiday tasks gives a nice points payout too :)

[@elizabethmills1286]

So that is why I couldn’t find the mood that my Sim should be to get a promotion in their job, they got rid of it

[@CarlsSimGuides]

Yep! That's why...

[@katie8881]

I've been still doing the moodlet that websites recommend because I thought it just moved to the backend (insider tip). The fact that moods do nothing is news to me!

[@iremhatipoglu9536]

I didn't notice till I watched this video. I was still get shower my sims for gain moodlets for their job :P

[@katelynmcintyre9056]

I'm pretty new to the sims, but: If you have a sim with the fishing aspiration, they will end up with tons of fish. Level them up in cooking until they can make a poke bowl, then you can make them for free with their fish. Extra bonus is that they get a focused buff!

[@rsolsjo]

"If you don't want to socialize your Sim with others in an attempt to recreate reality" Yeah, relatable. 😂

[@WaveofConfusion]

Once a sim makes a meal, they tend to head to watch tv out of habit. So i take advantage and make them watch the cooking channel. So easy to get cooking up!

[@mechellech9040]

A word on fruitcake lol my sims for whatever reason get sick on everyone's fruit cake with the exception of Bob Pancakes fruit cake...Not sure why this is. lolol

[@pellet1167]

The same sim food poisoned my sim twice so he locked him in the bathroom for like 3 to 5 days... didnt end well.

[@jillvann4742]

Pellet #1 That sounds like something I would/maybe did do

[@pellet1167]

@@jillvann4742 Idk if you've heard of Jim Pickens, but I basically try to top the evil things he's done

[@jillvann4742]

Pellet #1 Interesting goal xD

[@laurettadelmar2781]

Pellet #1 Jim Pickens is our lord and saviour

[@Chuckler127]

Carl: Yep, I'd say you pulled it off. I watched the entire vid all the way through, even the credits.

[@KemiiDK]

When you tab into your desktop to show backing up save files... 4.42am, CARL GO TO SLEEP!

[@BuddhaFang]

Re: hot keys: This is how my brain says them G: Goals (aspirations) J: Job L: SKILLLLLz RRRelate Y: “Simolog-why” O: Overall (needs) U: unify (clubs)

[@jazzanietrujillo2033]

THANK YOU!!! New to the game and desperately needed something like this!!

[@BadWebDiver]

Great Mnemonic, thanks! :)

[@beautyofblaque]

LOL same except, for me L is "Levels" Y is "Yourself (traits/age) and R is "Relationships". Idk what O is, I think my brain just remembers it because it's the oddest one and stands out.

[@qualifiedarmchaircritic]

I lost it at 'SKILLLLLLLZZ'

[@BannedFromTheaters]

To make friends fast (almost to a level of cheating) is to go to your phone and click “take picture with...” and your meter will essentially go up till friends. I think I saw this in one of your comments and I’ve been using it ever since bc spamming interaction can be so tedious

[@Gimpygladiator]

Thank you! This was great, and a lifesaver. I'm a veteran Sims 1&2 player, and just FINALLY got a computer that could handle SIMS4, and MAN amI overwhelmed - in a good way. Just started playing today. So many changes! Corners! Pre-made rooms! Whoa. I'm stoked! But I keep finding things left and right that I don't know how to fix or undo, like making a deck against the house removes the walls the deck is up against. Searching for videos that explain some of these quirks, but I'm Deaf and most videos don't have caption options, so a great big bonus thank you for having captions on your videos!

[@HelloKittySiims]

3:57 Game generates random sim Carl: *yikes* Me: *relatable* 😂😂

[@abagfullofcats4247]

I haven’t played Sims since Sims 2. When I heard sims 4 was free, I downloaded it along with some add-ons and expansions. Your videos have been so helpful. There is SO MUCH in this game and it has overwhelmed me. Thank you for making learning about it stress free.

[@jobananas4364]

You can also get Snaggle Fluster and other special drinks like Space Energy Juice if you have Dine Out as you can add them to custom menus

[@knusprigeschuhsohle7939]

Thanks, I didn’t know there was this job opportunity for the mixology career Conveniently my sim is stuck at lvl 9 in the job because career progress is going super slow 🤣🙄

[@CarlsSimGuides]

I think I got it after a few tries. I just saved where I was about an hour from work and reloaded until I had it. It's cheesy but so is its level 9 requirement.

[@mawitha_]

just leaving a time stamp for myself 🤓 how to backup save 14:35

[@tealkerberus748]

salty cl0ud I just copied out the instructions into my notes file.

[@casss2313]

I thought they removed ideal moods for careers! I'm glad I wasn't just going loopy.

[@harlethan5748]

I’ve only read your guides online and had no idea you had a channel. You helped me navigate through so many tombs in Sims 3 lol!

[@katie8881]

Somehow, I literally just figured this out: you can store harvestable in the fridge. So if there is an ingredients list, it will count to have the harvestables in your inventory OR stored. You can put fish in there too.

[@KatzeARL]

Found out about the fish yesterday. Didn't think of harvestables! Great idea! Thanks!

[@ladelame1]

Every house I have is maxed with eight sims. That tip about clicking needs buttons to automatically find a fix is going to change my life.

[@aching0623]

The Sims 4 be like: Level up in [insert skill here] skill- Worth 100 Aspiration Points. Get ENGAGED to [insert sim here]- worth only 75 Aspiration Points??? The Sims 4 has a lot of flaws to long time fans, but I get the feeling the developers made whims turned off by default because they knew they never properly optimized them. Remember when our sims’ wishes (Not whims) actually had impact and granted exciting rewards?

[@nyx6937]

I wonder if it makes sense for EA's bottom line though: a point system which rewards materialism equals more money spent on package stuff. Getting engaged, that's not linked to any in game object. To be fair, the one aspect that's improved a lot in the Sims 4 is interpersonal relationships though. It always gelt very random even in the Sims 3 but no longer. PS: There's a cheat for Sims' whims, which works like $motherlode does for simoleons, but then the player has very little left to do imho : )

[@atlas909-n4r]

This is one of the reasons why we won't ever have cars. Cars MUST be a base game feature, its "too much work" and they won't get paid for that work so they dont touch them. Same thing with whims, they're broken but if you dont use and dont know their existence you won't notice it and it plays in their favor.

[@MsBuchnerd]

@@atlas909-n4r But... we already had cars in Sims 2 if I remember correctly. It did nothing more though than having a way to go to work, when you missed your ride.

[@dantevega2115]

Very good video. lots of good tips for improving moods or placing mood lifts. One thing I think you forgot to mention is the Painting skill, as it is a very good Simoleons maker provided the amount of time and effort. Also when your sims are in an angry, flirty, or confident mood you can set the sim(s) to paint the matching mood. By placing these paintings in a room or an area you can place an aura on it to emit to give the surroundings the buff related to the nature of the painting. Don't spend asperation points on that love potion. Create a flirty painting or two and set the aura when you want for the low cost of 100 Simoleons and reusable indefinitely.

[@woin9361]

Wow I really had no idea that your Sim will rectify a need if you click on that button next to hunger, social, etc. You are so helpful!

[@actaemazantor9558]

Money Tree + Copypasto Spell = easiest money evah.

[@deebraun7488]

This is the first video I've seen by you but I've been using your online guides for years! You are the best and thank you so much for sharing all that you've learned!! 💕

[@uwu-un9ic]

taking selfies with other sims or taking pictures of other sims increases the friendship a lot! I'm not sure if this works without moschino stuff.

[@themudpit621]

There is more useful information in this single video than I've learned from watching a thousand other Sims videos. What are you, some kind of Sims savant? Thanks for your website too, I've been using it for years. Absolutely first class. Thank you!!

[@magicjack7570]

As a simmer since 2000 I always appreciate your Wikis and vids bc I definitely am always surprised how many things I never realized , so thanks!

[@deadxbyxdawn306]

The first time I realized my sim was getting fat, she was a game streamer that lived in one of the apartments. She would eat and stream constantly, I got the potion to where she didn’t need sleep so it was money aaaallllllday.. I noticed one day she went to scoop the kitties poops and I noticed she was a big rounder. Realizing yep she gained weight so I made her exercise and got her back to her normal fit self ^-^ I thought this was super immersive 🖤

[@resoldbaby7687]

i noticed it when i was doing a mob boss life and he got triplets and after he had gotten all the way up in career and i moved them to a mansion i was like- now hold on a second he was a beef cake

[@merm9894]

*him explaining a lot of good high paying jobs* Me who used motherlode: *well*

[@saradimino409]

I’ve watched this video a few times and I never get tired of it. This guys pleasant cheerful voice giving us actually helpful information

[@kaitlynwhite3196]

I’ve learned that one of the best ways to bring down a negative mood like tense or sad petting dogs or cats bring it down faster also when your teen is in a bad mood have them right in the journal I think it comes with Parenthood and that helps them get rid of the mood swing faster.

[@katie8881]

If your game is too laggy, live underground. I had a sim live in a small house that went down multiple sub-levels and I couldn't believe how smooth things ran when the background didn't need to be rendered. I also like putting my rocket ships two levels underground with tall walls, then it can seemingly come up from a bunker.

[@dancingdivamissa]

Is it only me who found Bjorn Bjergsen is the most gorgeous premade townies ever 😂😂😂

[@cherie7329]

dancingdivamissa nah you’re not alone lmao

[@dancingdivamissa]

@@cherie7329 because I make sure he left clara in every saves in my game😂😂 clara ended up married don lothario in one of my save lol she must've been desperately lonely

[@skelmirsdottir]

No, the most gorgeous townie ever is Caleb Vatore. Fight me.

[@_isabelle19_]

What about Morgyn?

[@skelmirsdottir]

@@_isabelle19_ ok, you got me, Caleb and Morgyn.

[@221BBakerStSH]

Growing and selling lilies gives you an incredible profit. After they are fully grown, you can harvest 10 flowers per day and sell them for $36 each (at normal quality). A few plants in your garden really boosts your income. They are very common in Willow Creek and you are able to harvest the wild plants after only 24hrs. They also make excellent beginning fertilizer until you unlock Growfruit.

[@WillyBootleg]

This was good stuff. I've been a Sims fan since the original game, though the last one I really played was Sims 3. I've been getting ready to start playing Sims 4 and this video had a LOT of niche information that I haven't seen mentioned anywhere else. One tip that I am familiar with though, and highly recommend ALL players listen to from this video.. HOT KEYS. Learn the HOT KEYS. It will make your gameplay a lot more efficient and fun.

[@scottmartin1148]

I just started playing Sims 4 about 10 days ago and this was one of the first videos I watched. It was even better to go back and re-watch it after I've spent some significant time in the game. I've watched a lot of your videos but this one is definitely 5 stars for new players.

[@etherasmr4720]

"in an attempt to replicate reality" WOW Carl low-key trying to roast us or roast himself? life's mysteries

[@magpie7938]

It’s so crazy to hear the guy behind the guides. I’ve been using them forever.

[@tabytastick]

Good morning Carl. While playing I found a random Gnome... bug? That gives you free seed packs. There is no cheat to use this but you need Seasons for the holidays. During a holiday with gnomes go and please a gnome so they get a halo. Then go into Build/buy and put that gnome in your household inventory, wait until the holiday is over and the other gnomes are gone. Now go back and get that household gnome with the halo and put it out on your lawn with open space. Every day now the gnome will drop a few seed packets. If left down they start to make a spiral pattern. I just pick them up and use them as I need them (free produce, flowers or just sell the packets as is). I am not sure if you can have more then 1 of these gnomes on you property but I know ever family can have thier own. The gnomes are also perminant, they do not leave the next holiday and you can move with them.

[@jammiejammed]

i do not think it is a bug, it seems as if it was implemented on purpose lol

[@soyeah3747]

i got 3 gnomes from the harvestfest event in which pleasing the gnomes is one of the activities

[@taliaghoul]

Also, if you have appeased your Gnomes on harvestfest, while they have the little halo, and you leave your lot during the holiday and come back, the gnomes (all 3 of mine) will continue to produce seed packets until you sell the gnome.

[@annalouise6438]

The needs buttons!! 5 years of playing and I'm only just learning this now 😂😂 thanks for all the tips!

[@sixlikesgore7503]

i've been following your guides, tips, and tricks ever since you started posting Sims information online. thank you so much, sir

[@misso295]

Little tips: when children are completing the creative aspiration try to get an adult to “encourage” them on the craft table, always do the social aspiration last so you can purchase “incredibly friendly” from rewards, the fastest way to boost toddler skills: look at books for imagination, hug the bear for social (also fills fun and attention), and use the slide for movement (run around with clothes off to boost energy first).

[@james64468]

I do painting that makes a lot of simeleons. It one of easy aspiration. It be slow at first but it also fills fun.

[@jade_meiko]

I just started playing about a week ago and I’m really proud of myself stumbling across a lot of them

[@katie8881]

Harvestables are great for toddlers. I just fill their inventory and they can eat immediately whenever is convenient.

[@nikkilambert4175]

I didn’t know you could click on the sim portrait to help with job performance. You’re videos are awesome! I’ve learned so much from all of them! Can’t wait for the next!

[@Yellow6182]

Thanks for giving me motivation to play the game again and to try and make a family 💛✨

[@rainaire]

your journey setup is mad good.

[@Tru1Tani]

The cowplant emotional juices last 8 to 12 sim hours and have overpowered most othet moodlets (except tense due to needs)

[@rhondaweasley]

Thanks for the bit about dropping a house from the gallery. I just built up all of Newcrest from the gallery. I usually go in the house afterwards and delete like 90% of the clutter to make the house less a display peice and better for sims to actually be played in it. What's aesthetic isn't always the best playable layout, but I appreciate builders cause it means I don't have to build up everything from scratch. I almost feel bad I delete most of those aesthetic final touches they proably spent ages on.

[@mrbladesletplays]

I do have to point out one thing in this is with a DLC and that is clubs it can be very op My Sims club cleans the house and make paintings for him to sell at his store

[@themightymeowmeows7349]

So many of the other videos have no new information. This video was actually helpful and not one curse word so I could watch it with my daughter.

[@desertrose1226]

Tbh nothing I hate more than swear words on vids even though I swear myself lol

[@mildredmelusine6970]

Great video Carl :) I used to play on PS4 and just got a gaming laptop. After re-purchasing all the packs I’m having to learn how the PC controls work. I appreciate that you made a list of hot keys!

[@TheRubinator13]

I know this is old, but! 14:30 there's an other way to "back up" your game incase something happened to your computer. You just upload your house and sim/family to the online gallery. When you upload sims it saves all the skill level and achievement progression in the game! So essentially you can pick up from where you left off just by uploading your sims and their homes to the gallery

[@sonrashigura4739]

Been playing since day one and he still pointed out stuff I didn't know about, thanks Carl!

[@AshalindsYT]

🖤🖤🖤

[@locktock9]

I feel called out on the hotkeys thing haha. I click everything, I dont even use the keyboard commands for time control I manually click the pause play and fast forward buttons, I manually use my mouse to open the panels and switch sims by clicking their portraits. I also place furniture using the mouse and rotate it using the rotate buttons you can physically click with your mouse, I also rotate the camera view by holding right click, and pan the camera around to look at things using the mouse by clicking and dragging, or moving it to the edge of the screen. and ive been playing since I was a kid (im now in my 20s)

[@docette2015]

Some interesting stuff in here! I hadn't really realized they'd gone ahead and removed "ideal moods" from careers -- wonder why they did that? (And I swear the Get To Work careers still have that. . .at least, I seem to recall Wheatley Notamoron needing to be Focused to get the most out of being a doctor.) I hadn't know the harvestables had different mood buffs for different levels of quality either. . .then again, my Sims don't tend to eat their own produce much. Always nice to have something new to look for in my game~

[@skelmirsdottir]

omg I love that name! Gotta use that now in my game too xD

[@Kanal7Indonesia]

Your videos are so informative and you actually know the in-n-out of the game unlike those so called "Simtuber." Thank you very much! 💚💚

[@SupremeViola]

Worth noting that Snaggle Fluster's downside is rendered moot by Steel Bladder.

[@CarlsSimGuides]

I left out the bladder drain in an attempt to be concise, so definitely :)

[@psilopsychic]

try explaining this sentence to a 14th century peasant

[@Julia-tk2em]

@@psilopsychic instant heart attack

[@DaBayleef]

I think these are all pretty useful! Plus they'll be a nice refresher after taking a break from the game. As a side note: I recently re-bought sims 3 on steam with the expansions I never got to have in high school. I keep revisiting your sims 3 guides to help me out and it's very nostalgic!

[@SomeoneBeginingWithI]

There's a general pattern you touched on but didn't explicitly state: some crafting skills have a type of item for some of the emotions, which you can only make while in that emotion and can then use to cause that emotion again later. For example with painting you can make a sad painting while sad, angry painting while angry, flirty painting while flirty, ect. For all the emotions except inspired (which just boosts painting skill) and tense (can't paint while tesne). Viewing these paintings, or having them around with the motional aura on, will give a moodlet for that emotion. Mathematical Diagrams are just the name of the focused paining. For cooking there are silly gummy bear pancakes for playful, a "flaming spaghetti" I forget the exact name of for angry, high protein plate for energised. I think there's something for flirty too but I don't remember seeing anything for sad, angry tense, or confident. I haven't explored flower arranging and mixology enough to know about those.

[@elia9188]

You could craft emotional drinks. When you get LV 10 at mixology you unlock the possibility of crafting the emotional potions you could buy in reward store

[@irishduchess7577]

Flirty heart cookies🙂🍪

[@SomeoneBeginingWithI]

@@irishduchess7577 Oh yeah, that's right!

[@Zazsuran]

What’s going on with the dog at 16:41?? I have never seen that before

[@CarlsSimGuides]

He ran away! I used him to beg for likes for the video and didn't have anything in the house for him. Definite animal abuse. I was switching households a lot but kept saving so his situation kept growing worse as I got more footage. He eventually said screw it and took off.

[@Zazsuran]

Oh no LOL!!

[@Daonyx]

I just wanna know how everyone moves their camera around to freely. I can only go up/down side to side and rotating is annoying because it rotates per 90°

[@sam127nct]

we choose the sims 3 camera from the settings, and use the mouse to control it there's no secret

[@warukunai4977]

i guess you can try clicking the tab key on your keyboard to enter cinematic mode. you’ll be able to move the camera quite freely as you wish and even see through your sim’s bedsheets when they’re woohooing lmao 🤣

[@volkskoll806]

this video is 2 years old and still great even when some stuff have changed since. i can't believe i've been playing this game since it came out and only recently i learned that the bonus aspiration trait is only unlocked when first chosen on create sim.

[@simsationsgold7177]

Also if you click on the sim's image in the bottem area, you can find them way faster. The camrea will pan and find them for you.

[@Rubberbandman0529]

Simsations Gold yeah, I’m surprised by how many people don’t know this when I’m watching gameplay & they’re looking all over for their Sim

[@burykot]

I always do that and I am playing Sims for few months only.

[@skelmirsdottir]

I also saw by a Sims 4 only channel that the girl didn't know if you only right-click on their image only the game camera will move to that sim, whereas if you left-click you will switch to that sim. You can also hit the enter key to bring your camera back to your current sim

[@katie8881]

Clubs create a HUGE boosts to skills. I have a long running club that's been through 8+ generations that has basically all of the skill boosts as well as a +3 happy moodlet. If a sim leaves for work while the club is going, they'll keep the moodlet through the whole work day. Another great way to get the moods is if you have Jungle Adventure and get the tree of emotions. I have perfect level of all of those so it gives the super-moodlet of whatever emotion PLUS the +3 happy perfect harvestable moodlet.

[@irishduchess7577]

Great video! It seems like there is always more to learn about this game! Loved your Sim names Julia Childless and Black Mail as well as your quip about muting phones replicating real life😂 Question about the fertilizer: does that mean the freshness of the fish isn’t a factor anymore, only simoleon value? Thank you as always-your content here and at your sites is so organized and helpful! I appreciate all the time and effort it must take to do and maintain everything!

[@ErinBarry]

I’m new to Sims and this video is so helpful. Evidently there is a lot I don’t know. You explain it very well and I will be watching many more of your videos to improve my Sims game play.

[@oshinsims]

Another AWESOMELY informative video. THANK YOU!

[@CodexArgenteus]

Thanks! I knew most of these, but still some great stuff I didn't know & I've played for about 4 years now!

[@Eddie-explains]

I love playing with whims ahaha, I try and do whims based game play and there are some cool mods that fix whims for people interested!

[@ryanwatt6706]

I remember I made myself in Sims once and she was a lefty which I am and I felt so happy lol

[@tealkerberus748]

Ryan Watt did you choose left handed, or did she just happen that way? Every sim I have is right handed, and it looks so wrong, I hate it. I need left handed sims!

[@ryanwatt6706]

Teal Kerberus it happened by chance lmao

[@cb6667]

Ryan Watt beta!!!!!!!!

[@ryanwatt6706]

CB 666 what’s beta mean??

[@yunoadirangga8155]

@@ryanwatt6706 must mean meta.

[@AlM22]

Woah! I never knew the one where you can click on the icon next to the need and your sim will auto do something to fix it!!! Will be very useful! Although I usually keep cheats on and disable need decay anyway but sometimes if I want to play normally it will be so helpful xD

[@BeckiieAnne]

I have been reading things you've done for maaaany years, could understand my excitement when i stumbled across your youtube accidently! Yay Carl!!