Amid fervor for information on The Sims 5 at at the moment’s Sims Summit occasion, The Sims 4 crew introduced it will create a brand new hub for customized content material in its current-generation recreation.
Customized content material, or CC to die-hard Simmers, is a core a part of the preferred Sims video games. It may be within the type of hair, garments, nails, or pores and skin textures within the Create-a-Sim maker, or it may possibly appear to be Construct Mode options, corresponding to furnishings, wall and flooring types, crops, or different gadgets. Greater mods can change how all the recreation is performed. There is a gigantic quantity of The Sims CC on the market, but it surely’s usually scattered throughout websites, one thing Digital Arts hopes to vary.
At present, The Sims Useful resource stands as one of many largest locations for CC of all types. However others make the most of Tumblr or observe the web sites of well-known creators like Deaderpool, who makes the ubiquitous MC Command Heart mod.
Whereas many gamers use CC and mods on PC (console customers can’t use CC), others proceed to draw back from it. Typically that’s due to the missing consumer expertise at ad-laden websites like The Sims Useful resource, which gives a month-to-month subscription to take away each adverts and obtain wait occasions. (The location is free to make use of in any other case.) In different circumstances, individuals fear about malware and spy ware which may be tacked onto their digital items. In its presentation, EA promised a CC utopia the place gamers might obtain “secure” content material. It ought to be famous that many websites do examine what’s uploaded. The Sims Useful resource, for instance, says it has a submissions crew that makes certain content material is suitable, virus-free, and of respectable high quality.
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Nonetheless, this glorious place comes with a serious caveat: It’s a must to be invited to add your work and be a part of what EA calls “The Mod Squad.” What standards the crew is on the lookout for precisely or whether or not that may proceed after launch, nobody is aware of but. (It appears doubtless that extra risque CC shall be excluded.) Present websites are way more open, which is essential for these simply getting began.
This appears much more unique than EA-operated The Sims 3 Change, which shut down in 2018. That additionally served as a hub for customized content material uploads and downloads however wasn’t invite-only.
The Mod Squad and its CC haven isn’t right here but, and we don’t know when it’ll come (The Sims 4 crew solely vaguely mentioned gamers can maintain checking again for updates). However when it does, it’ll be fascinating to see what ripple results it might need on the unbiased and creator-driven Sims modding websites.
