We’re very a lot on the highway to the subsequent The Sims 4 growth, Journey Awaits, and Maxis has rolled out a cool new replace to carry you over till the massive day subsequent month. The brand new patch is offered now on PC, and can arrive on consoles on September 23.
The replace has a few options price discussing, and you may see how they lay some groundwork in anticipation of the sport’s subsequent, very a lot on-theme growth.
The large new characteristic within the new replace is the Playground Venue, which is a spot the place sims youngsters can hang around and play. As a result of it’s primarily designed for youngsters, it’s a great place to search out new mates on your personal.
You possibly can create customized playground venues, and share them with different gamers. Individually, you’ll discover an up to date UI for Occasion Planning. You’re now in a position to filter out the particular venue kind you need (libraries solely, nightclubs solely, and so forth), due to the brand new filters.
One other large addition for youngster Sims is the flexibility for the little ones to Play Faux with themselves, or with one other youngster Sim. This new interplay may be discovered below Pleasant > Actions Pie Menu. There are a few widespread – and anticipated – choices to play with, akin to Play Fairy Story Citadel, Play Home, and Play Pirate Journey. This being The Sims, in fact, all of them have distinctive VFX.
Elsewhere within the replace, there’s a brand new color variant of the Ecru Slouch Beanie in Create a Sim. Maxis has additionally tweaked the Soul’s Journey positive factors and added Satisfaction Level rewards for every tier you full.
The replace’s console launch subsequent week will coincide with the launch of a brand new beta characteristic that you could choose into in case you like. It’s referred to as Reminiscence Enhance, and it basically makes an attempt to enhance the sport’s efficiency by optimising reminiscence utilization. You’ll discover it below the Different tab in Sport Choices.
Journey Awaits itself gained’t arrive till October 2, however an enormous motive why this replace is out now and never somewhat nearer to that date is that it permits mod creators to replace their work so it’s prepared for when the growth drops.
Talking of which, EA have additionally created a collection of brochures for Gibbi Level, the brand new world which arrives with Journey Awaits. It’s a intelligent thought that allows you to see among the attainable getaways you can create, and encourages you to examine again each day for extra inspiration.