☢️ While we're waiting for patches, they're announcing EVEN MORE CONTENT! We're also getting a new FOMO Event. Remember how well the last one went? - A very short rant because I'm not really here. This is all a fever dream.⚡ 9/18/2024 - Patched but still broken!
I APOLOGIZE IN ADVANCE IF YOU'RE NEW AND HAVEN'T READ ONE OF THESE BEFORE. THIS IS A RANT. YOU'RE WELCOME TO IGNORE IT. REALLY, YOU CAN IGNORE IT. I DO THESE THINGS FOR PERPETUITY.
Now, I know where this discussion is gonna go, "well the people working on the new content aren't the people working on patches," which, I mean, I don't know that for certain, but I assume the people working on new content are also the people modifying the code and causing the problems, innit?
Furthermore, the game has been in a state since Update 7/23/2024 aka Lovestruck's release.
Whether or not you've personally experienced every one of the issues reported is irrelevant. We're a community and we shouldn't minimize each others experiences with bugs.
Maybe fix the broken !@#$ before breaking it even more?
Nowhere in this Laundry List https://www.ea.com/games/the-sims/the-sims-4/news/laundry-list-september-3rd-2024 does it mention fixing our bodies and as I've said literally everywhere I've complained about this, FIXING OUR BODIES IS AS SIMPLE AS RESTORING THE 18 DEFORMER MAPS THAT WERE BROKEN IN UPDATE 7/23/2024.
I posted my fix for this and an explanation of the problem on Answers HQ on 7/30/2024
We couldn't get a small emergency patch addressing this at any time over the course of August 2024?
The way our sims look isn't a priority?
With such a simple fix?
3.26 MB is too much? To be fair, it's more like triple that size in the raw format before package-ing, but I digress.
I get it, y'know.
I get why our bodies haven't been fixed.
If it affected everyone ALL THE TIME and AHQ was flooded with reports about it, it would've probably been fixed by Update 8/8/2024. But because it's only affecting everyone SOME OF THE TIME UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES and AHQ isn't flooded with reports about it, it's not a priority.
I fixed the problem so I should be happy that at least I don't have to see my sim deformed and looking like a !@#$in' freak, but simmers who don't know that a fix exists are still dealing with it aren't they, and console simmers, well, they just have to sit back and wait on EAxis, which is precisely why I took the time to explain the problem and how to fix it, on Answers HQ.
I'm proud of the time and effort I put into solving that problem, and yes, it's quite likely that another creator has fixed it and maybe even before I did. Before Update 7/23/2024, I hadn't done anything with Deformer Maps or downloaded any mods that utilize Deformer Maps so it took me some days of little sleep, combing through thousands upon thousands of files, pestering my Update 6/6/2024 friends to send me more and more files, and downloading and dissecting mods that dealt with body shape, for me to finally get on the right track and fix it, but it still pisses me off knowing that I need a mod to fix the shape of my sim's body BECAUSE EAXIS STILL WON'T FIX IT.
But they can announce new content.
Gotta keep that cash cow flowing.
Gotta make sure everyone gets onboard and agrees the Shopping Cart was a brilliant idea and it's so useful and totes not unnecessary and kinda insulting and somewhat predatory. Sales all year round, kids! !@#$ the neurodivergent simmers! Why should their health and well-being affect my enjoyment of my game? I love the Shopping Cart button! It enhances my simming experience ten-fold! The majority of this paragraph is sarcasm!
Gotta squash that dissent.
You're totes welcome to criticize our decisions BUT DON'T YOU DARE TELL PEOPLE THAT THE ONLY WAY WE'LL GIVE A FUCK IS IF THEY STOP BUYING OUR SHIT! This one isn't sarcasm.
As a consumer you have rights, and as the company providing the product, EAxis has obligations. Only when you forget your rights are they allowed to do whatever the fuck they want, however the fuck they want, whenever the fuck they want.
If we all collectively gave a shit, they'd have to give a shit. Keep that in mind.
The simming community by EA's own estimation is about 70 MILLION strong.
70 MILLION x 40 USD is 2.8 BILLION USD and that's only if every one of us bought ONE Expansion Pack at full price. There are SIXTEEN Expansion Packs, TWELVE Game Packs, and FIFTY-ONE Stuff Packs.
This belief that has infected our community that EA can't possibly fix this game is outlandish.
Have you noticed your Pizza Delivery Specialist just stands around after delivering your pizza until they fuck off for themselves? That's a bug. A fix exis- A FIX HAS EXISTED FOR YEARS https://simvasion.com/food-delivery-fix/ yet it has never been rolled into an official patch. Can anyone explain why?
But hey, new content, right?! I'm excited! Are you excited?! This is more sarcasm!
"Very short," my butt.