carlssims4guide

Mermaids Video Form

Here is the new video for Mermaids. I've also released a text form of the guide:

https://www.carls-sims-4-guide.com/expansionpacks/islandliving/mermaids.php

Island Living Features Every Player Should Know

I put out this video this morning, but a text version was published earlier if you prefer: 

Island Living Features Every Player Should Know 

Thank you as always for your support! I'm really enjoying the coverage. The gameplay is not as deep as I'd like but it sure has a lot of eye candy..

Features to Know About in The Sims 4 Island Living

I listed out things that would've been helpful had I know them two days ago. None of this is very in-depth and leaves plenty to be discovered. Here's the link:

 https://www.carls-sims-4-guide.com/expansionpacks/islandliving/features-to-know-about.php 

Island Living Guides

Hey all. I've been at it for 2 days now, time to make a post listing out what I've done so far. Not working on videos yet. It's better to do text first so I am more familiar with the content. Here we go:

Island Living Expansion Pack   (needs updated soon) 

2019-06-20 12:30:39 +0000 UTC View Post

Video Version (Island Living)

Here's the video version of the guide. A couple of cuts I'm not happy with in there but I managed to salvage it. Tough one to edit, due to how fast EA cuts things in their trailers and the need to mix in footage from the Q&A session. That is not one I'd like to repeat, even though I usually have a lot of fun with them.

The Sims 4 Island Living Expansion Details

Hi guys and gals, I thank you for actually sticking around after the month rolled over. I see more people doing that and it really encourages me. Today I covered the new livestream but i've not yet finished my video form of the guide. Island Living releases June 21 for PC/Mac and July 16 for Playstation 4 and Xbox One players. For now, we have a good old text version ready to go - it has just about every detail revealed today so you'll know as much as I do about this Expansion. I'll get start...

A Trip Down Memory Lane: History of The Sims 4 Patches and Game Improvements

Hi everyone! I had an idea last week, but it took a while to come together because it required me to look up all the patches since launch. Thankfully, I found a list which helped me look through and compile info, then get footage and summarize everything I needed to. This is a history of updates to The Sims 4, which may be interesting to new and old players. You'll be surprised how much has been added, or what wasn't there when we started back in 2014. Let me know what you think!

Woodworking

It's really random, but how about today we do Woodworking? I had fun making it, and appreciate your support more than ever at times like this. The community is energized again due to TS4 being free and it's exciting and gives me a lot of hope the year could go well. Please let me know where you feel it could be improved or give me your requests for other guides. I'm eager to continue to improve.

https://www....

The Sims 4 Beginner's Guide Video

Since The Sims 4 is free to download and keep over the next week if you grab it, I decided to attempt a beginner's guide.  The community is swelling overnight so there are a lot of new players out there. There's so much to the game, but I focused on the main mechanics and tried to provide some decent advice. A much longer video would be better but I don't feel comfortable attempting it. The longer they are the harder they are to get right I've found. Maybe in another 6 months after more ...

Mod Review Series and Site Improvements

I've spent the past couple weeks moving to https and cloudflare so it's slowed down my content creation. I did get out some newbie articles on the site, but a lot of time was spent diagnosing speed issues on the guides. I found a few things and trimmed some ads/auctions to speed it for everyone and the data is nice - speed is up from 30-60% for the vast majority, so I'm happy with that. 

I just put out my first mod review, it's a side series I'll come back to now and then just to h...

Alien Abductions and Male Pregnancy (Alien Babies!)

I noticed there were hardly aliens any more, so investigated this subject to figure out the best ways to trigger abductions in a game with all the packs installed. Turns out there are still only a few ways, but they are reliable and using the method I did, it wasn't very difficult to come up with an Alien baby, should anyone *desire* that :)

Thanks for your support as always folks! I have been working on a how to's section over on the guide to cover specific topics, and of course mo...

Fit/Fat Guide Now Available in Text Form

Hi there. I got around to writing out a text version of my fitness/fatness video and published the calorie information I'd promised, along with the hunger regen from each type of meal. It's not ALL recipes but it does cover the ones unlocked via cooking/gourmet cooking. I think the vegetarian variants at the bottom use the same calorie data as their meaty counterparts, but I'm unsure so left those blank for now. You can find it here:

2019-04-05 22:55:24 +0000 UTC View Post

Spring in The Sims 4 Seasons: Making an Easter Holiday

I made this guide to inform people on how to create custom holidays with an example of making an Easter-themed holiday for The Sims 4 Seasons. Covers the spring time and some activities that can be enjoyed during that season.

Let me know what you think of this style of video. It's much more varied than normal given the activities are all over the place. However there are many little things in the game that don't deserve their own guide but could be tied together in a video like this. 2019-04-03 22:54:58 +0000 UTC View Post

Fashion Trends: The Sims 4 Style Influencer Career

Hi all,

I confess I didn't do very well covering the Style Influencer career that came in the November patch, just too much going on.. .but I went back to it today and improved the page while also publishing this video on the topic. It has just about everything you need to know to succeed and includes some good advice for getting fast promotions and making use of the abilities you unlock as a stylist.

Your support has helped a lot - as I say in this video the channel has hit  ...

Story Summary (StrangerVille)

Hi all. Today I did a quick review of the StrangerVille story, as there are lines you can miss that explain what's happened in the town's past. If you have not yet played the pack, you can expect this to completely ruin the story for you so don't visit this page. 

http://www.carls-sims-4-guide.com/gamepacks/strangerville/story.php

I'm thinking once this is over I'll sta...

(Spoilers) Sims 4 StrangerVille Mystery Part 1

Here's my first video guide for StrangerVille. I don't go too in depth on story but it's inevitable you learn things while watching this as it is a walkthrough. Thanks as always for your support. This one is very weird to cover because I'm kind of walking on eggshells - being careful to not release my best pics as they are all potential spoilers. I kinda prefer the typical gameplay additions but it's OK to see something different and some people are going to really enjoy it.

StrangerVille Town Guide

I made a guide to the places you'll need to visit while uncovering the mystery of StrangerVille, with a few tips and only very minor spoilers:

http://www.carls-sims-4-guide.com/gamepacks/strangerville/town.php

Ill get something else out by tomorrow evening as well. Be sure and take the StrangerVille Mystery aspiration while you are on the case!

The Sims 4: StrangerVille Guides Coming Soon

I'm working on Strangerville coverage tonight, and it's been fun. I thought I'd make you all aware we have about 5 videos planned over the next two weeks that will cover everything, including the new goal to investigate the town, the new military career, and some spoiler-free information to solving it. I'll also have one full of spoilers that goes through the entire process of investigating the conspiracy. I think it's important to note that, because this pack has a light storyline that peopl...

Fame Quirks Guide

Hi everyone. I know that fame quirks can be super annoying, so maybe we can tailor our Sim's behavior while a slot is open to ensure we get one we want. Knowing the triggers of the various quirks can help you to avoid them, so I've listed them all out in a guide. Here it is:

http://www.carls-sims-4-guide.com/expansionpacks/getfamous/celebrity-fame-quirks.php 2018-11-20 19:14:24 +0000 UTC View Post

HI Everyone!

I just now put out my 2nd actual guide to Get Famous in video format, with 6 pages done for the site. Just thought I'd pop up here this time. I don't like to spam you but I suppose Patreon might pick up more steam if I posted more often. This side of things is fairly new to me so I'm very much winging it. Let me know if there is something I can do better!

On the guide we now have the following pages done:

The main page for GF: 2018-11-19 22:49:38 +0000 UTC View Post

Getting to Woohoo and Try for Baby

This video was fun to make. I wanted to hear from you all how you think the audio quality is coming along. I think loudness was a big issue for people on mobile, as it was just too quiet. I think we are at a level equal to other channels now, which is great. 

Secondly thank you all as always for your support. Traditional ads really just can't cut it any more, they are dropping quite a lot. People are rebelling against the crappy behavior or some marketers. Others do a good job ...

The Sims 4 Gallery Patch Features

Hi everyone. If you missed the livestream, I can save you some time by showing you the new major features of the gallery update that came out today. I love the changes overall. It's not what I was expecting (direct gameplay) but I cannot complain. This IS an improvement, and a rather big one at that.

Try for Baby with Father Winter!

Hi guys. I have just uploaded a fun little challenge I made for myself. Have a baby with Father Winter, starting in Winter and only have 3 days to prep. I think it's the best shot video I've made in terms of the footage, and my voice quality improves. I did get a new mic, made more possible thanks to your contributions to my project. So the people who support me for text guides are not put off by this realize I also made a text version of the idea as well: 2018-07-30 11:12:19 +0000 UTC View Post

Cheats (New Mic)

So I want to put this one out there even though I know most of you already know how to cheat and all that. The point of my sharing this is, you should be able to hear a massive difference in audio quality in terms of.. depth.  From this point forward my mic shouldn't be hindering me any more.

My voice sounds much more natural now that I have a better mic and it's something even I can appreciate. Everyone gets that weird feeling hearing themselves in a recording, and after this I am p...

Flower Shop with GTW Retail and Seasons

Hi guys and gals. This one is an idea I had brewing that I thought would be fun and a great opportunity to share loads of mechanics tips. This video walks you through every aspect of starting a flower shop, starting with traits I personally chose (to be a good salesman) and continuing on to planning the startup of the business. From there I look at retail mechanics, how they relate to Seasons Flower Arranging and what you can do to make a shop more successful. I am grateful for all your support ...

Beekeeping Guide

This is only video #3, so I'm still learning all of this. While I've yet to convert my notes to text, I will be making a beekeeping page on the guide. This newest release is me taking all the feedback you have provided and trying to make my videos higher quality. People have been very supportive with constructive criticism and I am grateful you took the time out of your day to give me your thoughts.

Even though I do believe that I did much better there's still more to improve. Hopefully p...

First Video

So, as Sims 4 has not provided me nearly as many writing opportunities as its predecessor, I've kicked around the idea of doing videos for a while now. I took a brief break from writing for Seasons to experiment with the software and start gathering feedback. I've wanted to do a total beginner's guide for a few months now and realized the potential was huge with video because I can directly show a new player how things are done and explain concepts to them. This sort of gets around one of the pr...

Updates Throughout

I've felt very motivated to get the guide where it should be, after having failed to do so last year. So far I've got the following updated for seasons:

Gardening Plant List:  http://www.carls-sims-4-guide.com/skills/gardening/

Reward Traits: http://www.carls-sims-4-guide.com/rewards/ 

Death Types: <...

Broken Cheats

You all probably already know this, but the skill and career cheats are broken. Cheats are very helpful for zipping through prerequisites for note-taking and avoiding repetitive tasks when guide-writing. So yeah, they slowed me down a lot. I've released less than I'd like this cycle. So far we have just pages on weather. Florist is next, then the gardening career.

Just wanna throw it out there how grateful I am for ALL of you. If 10% of readers did this we wouldn't need ads at all. To an exten...

Seasons Updates

I'll be all over Seasons this evening, but I've been quietly updating areas of the guide. Over the next months getting everything from all game packs and expansions incorporated into all the major areas is my primary goal, but of course covering entirely new things like the gardening career must be top priority. This morning to prepare for that, I updated the death guide as I feel it's more important to warn people about how Sims might die. It had been forgotten for some time which I'm not proud...