End of The Sims.

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simnostalgia:

If you haven’t heard, EA just fired most of The Sims team and silently killed the franchise (what was left after the closure of The Sims Studio at least) and moved the remaining team to the mobile division.  This means that there probably won’t really be anymore Sims games for PC or Console other than maybe a few stuff/expansions for TS4. (and I have a strong impression that The Sims Mobile won’t last very long either.) 

It seems like they’re trying to pass off what’s happening as just some layoffs for budget reasons and down play what’s happening.

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Reddit Post by alleged former SIMGURU. (Unverified but says that TS5 was never in development, this was the plan all along.)

I’ll post more as I hear more. If anyone knows anything let me know.

Posts by alleged former guru:

Send me an Old Hollywood actor

Jean Harlow: Do you have a garden? If so, what kind of plants do you have?
Humphrey Bogart: Do you travel a lot? Where have you been?
Myrna Loy: Do you like going to parties?
Spencer Tracy: What time do you wake up?
Grace Kelly: What do you do when you’re bored?
Jimmy Stewart: Do you have a good sense of humor?
Veronica Lake: List some random facts about your physical appearance.
Gary Cooper: Do you talk a lot?
Jean Arthur: Do you have any siblings?
Clark Gable: Are you an introvert or an extrovert? A bit of both? Something else entirely?
Barbara Stanwyck: What are your hobbies?
Cary Grant: Do you have any pets? Have you ever had any?
Gene Tierney: What are three things you like about yourself?
Bing Crosby: Can you sing or play a musical instrument? Would you like to?
Katharine Hepburn: Who do you admire? Why?
Fred Astaire: What are your favorite sports?
Ginger Rogers: Is there anything you’ve said that you’d like to take back?
Gregory Peck: What is your dream job?
Audrey Hepburn: What are your favorite quotes?
Donald O’Connor: What is your favorite ice cream/sorbet flavor?
Carole Lombard: What makes you laugh?
William Powell: Describe your hairstyle.
Bette Davis: Do you hold grudges?
Frank Sinatra: What countries would you like to visit?
Lauren Bacall: Do you like to read? If so, what are your favorite books?
James Cagney: What would you call your autobiography?
Rita Hayworth: What is your middle name?
Peter Lorre: How many languages do you speak?
Irene Dunne: What does your neutral face look like?
Henry Fonda: If you could do anything for anyone, what would you do?
Lucille Ball: What are some of your favorite jokes?
Jack Lemmon: What is/was your favorite subject in school?
Marilyn Monroe: Do you like your name? Why or why not?
Gene Kelly: What color are your eyes?
Greta Garbo: Do you get sick easily or a lot?
Joel McCrea: Describe your laugh.
Debbie Reynolds: What are you afraid of?
Dick Powell: Are you a night owl or a morning person?
Elizabeth Taylor: What is your religion?
S.Z. “Cuddles” Sakall: What was the best year of your life so far?
Joan Bennett: Do you worry much about your appearance?
Robert Taylor: Describe your family.
Eleanor Powell: Describe your bedroom and post a picture if you want.
George Burns: List some random facts about yourself in general.
Gracie Allen: What is your shoe size?
Montgomery Clift: How tall are you?
Lana Turner: What are you allergic to anything?
Paul Henreid: Are you a coffee person or a tea person?
Hedy Lamarr: As a child, did you have one article of clothing that you absolutely loved (like wouldn’t take it off type of thing)? What was it?
Claude Rains: Do you wear makeup on a daily basis?
Cyd Charisse: If you had to describe yourself in only a few lines, what would you say?
Peter Lawford: What are your pet peeves?
Vera-Ellen: Who are you jealous of?
Buster Keaton: Are you easily offended?
Paulette Goddard: Give a sample of your handwriting.
Bob Hope: Do you have any dietary restrictions (vegan, vegetarian, gluten-free, Kosher, etc.)?
Dorothy Lamour: Say what are you live in, but be broad (e.g.: American Southwest, Maritimes, Central Europe, North America…)
Charlie Chaplin: What kind of people get on your nerves?
Ruby Keeler: What are your gender and preferred set of pronouns?
Tyrone Power: Do you have any stuffed animals? What kind of animals are they? What are their names?
Joan Blondell: Are you at all nostalgic or sentimental?
Ronald Colman: Do you know any songs/poems/passages from novels or stories by heart? What are they?
Ingrid Bergman: Are you good at doing impressions of people?
Mickey Rooney: What book are you reading at the moment?
Judy Garland:Do you believe in an Afterlife?
Groucho Marx: Do you tend to be sarcastic/ironic?
Jeanette MacDonald: Do you prefer warm or cold weather?
Harpo Marx: Do you talk a lot? Too much?
Joan Crawford: Write a poem describing one or many of these three things: your eyebrows, a baked potato, a yellow tie-dye sock.
Chico Marx: Can you change your voice/fake accents?
Mary Martin: Can you cook/bake at all?
Zeppo Marx: Do you think you’re funny?
Mary Tyler Moore: What are your parents’ first names?
Edward G. Robinson:Draw a self portrait.
Doris Day: Who do you miss?
Dick Van Dyke: Can you sew/knit/crochet/etc.?
Janet Leigh: What are some things that you feel guilty being happy about?
Basil Rathbone: What is one belief/conviction you’ll never give up?

First confirmation The Sims 5 isn’t being developed.

veetiesims2:

honeywellsims4news:

Since the disastrous launch of the Sims 4, the closing of Maxis Emeryville, and the reorganization of the studio lumping Maxis in with the mobile division has left many fans wondering if The Sims 4 was the last iteration of the series for the pc.  

In the wake of the latest round of layoffs – u/fashionPolice2001 – a user claiming to be a former guru confirms work on The Sims 5 never began:

We usually started the next iteration immediately after shipping the
basegame, but when we finished TS4 this never happened. Still today
there has been no work started on TS5.

He [Daniel Hiatt] didn’t leave, he got laid off, along with a slew of other Sims 4
developers. It’s the beginning of the end for the studio for sure. Sims
Mobile is a total failure, there is no development on Sims 5 and the
creative leadership are no longer around. They will try to pump out as
many mediocre packs for Sims 4 as long as they can and will eventually
close down the entire studio.

Yes, they are making money, but the question is how much vs how much
developing it would cost. Also, they don’t have any of the core creative
leadership left who could come up with a great concept for Sims 5.
After Will Wright it’s been mostly rehashed ideas, so what would you
expect from a Sims 5? Won’t happen.

Filed under rumor and speculation for now.

Source: Thanks Rudy

Glory glory hallelujah,
Sims 2 nothing can outdo ya…

Can you tell I didn’t want a Sims 5 anyway?!

cupidjuice:

REBLOG IF YOU’RE A TS3 SIMMER

This is probably the only time I’ve been content with any of my s3 saves, and I plan on sticking to it for a while. I don’t even know where to start though, all the S3 simmers I used to follow have been AWOL for years. So if you’re a S3 simmer please reblog this! OR if you know some active s3 simmers, tag em in the replies! ♥

strange-lotus:

ATTENTION! THIS IS IMPORTANT!

PLEASE BE AWARE! DO NOT BUY THIS DEODORANT! IT IS BAD!

This happened to my friend, she had an allergic reaction. It is undiluted and bad for your skin! Please reblog to bring awareness to this so no one else has to deal with it. PLEASE BE CAREFUL!

Sims 2 Crashing – FIXED!

marasims:

Hey penguins, wanted to follow up with my previous post about my Sims 2 crashing and the tricks I used to get it working again! Since applying them, I haven’t had one crash or purple flashing since! (At this point, I have played the game several hours, switched households multiple times and loaded a ton of lots to make sure the issues are gone)

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Tip#1: Make sure to check that your Graphics Card is listed in the Video Cards.sgr files in your Sims 2 installation folder! If not, use the Graphics Rules Maker , add your GPU to the list and double-check that it HAS been added there (I had problems with this and had to do it manually in the end!). Make sure to copy the new Graphics Rules AND Video Cards files to both folders in the installation location (Config and CSConfig).

Tip #2: Make sure that you have to correct texture memory amount assigned for your game! If you haven’t already, run DxDiag on your computer ( https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4028644/windows-open-and-run-dxdiagexe ) , click “Save all info” on the bottom and save it on your desktop. Open and check your Display Memory under “Display Devices”. That Display Memory is the amount you need to change for your Graphic Rules-files. See Leefish post for more info: http://www.leefish.nl/mybb/showthread.php?tid=7909

Tip #3: If you have applied the “4 gig patch”, make sure that it is working properly
Check your Documents > EA Games > The Sims 2 > Logs folder and
open a file called “COMPUTERNAME-config-log”.

If the memory under “Machine info” (top of the list) is anything less than 4000MB (mine says 4096 MB), the patch hasn’t been fully applied. Jessa shows in this VIDEO how to download AND fix the patch: https://youtu.be/-0iwuLZyjMg

Tip #4: Especially if you are playing on Windows 10, make sure to do the Memory Allocation Fix that Jessa shows in the video above! You NEED this! This fix also helps Windows 7 users!!

Tip #5: (Not sure if this is necessary after applying #4, but I did it before I fixed the memory leak issue and didn’t have any crashes after that either) Make sure your Virtual Memory amount is set high enough in Control Panel > System > Advanced settings > Advanced tab > Performance settings > Advanced > Virtual Memory. Set the custom amount for your main drive to be 25,000-30,000 and click “Set”.
=== Thanks so much to Gina for this tip!===

Check out Jessa’s post on ModTheSims for more links and important information: http://modthesims.info/showthread.php?t=610641

I’m listing here all the tricks I did both for you guys and for myself aswell, in case I need to go through this whole thing again at some point in the future (after switching Graphics Cards, which thankfully won’t happen in a few years!). Hopefully it’ll be useful and helpful for you guys!

Special thanks to Jessa, Gina and everyone on Leefish forums for all the useful information and tips on how to fix the graphical problems!

Now, on to more Sims 2 livestreams!!!