After gathering suggestions from The Sims 4 gamers, we’ve got made some huge adjustments to the Xbox model of the sport.
By well-liked demand, we’ve reversed some earlier adjustments to Construct Mode and made different enhancements. Most of those enhancements are associated to controller buttons – to create a extra seamless play expertise, we’ve tried to make the features of buttons extra constant throughout totally different sport modes. Right here’s what’s new:
Bumper Button Performance
It was once that the bumper buttons would have totally different features relying on what mode you have been in. In CAS (Create a Sim), the buttons switched between Sims, whereas in Reside Mode, they might modify how shortly time handed.
Now, the bumper buttons will swap between Sims in each CAS and Reside Mode. Sport pace in Reside mode might be adjusted with the triggers.
Construct Catalog Adjustments
The Construct Catalog will now reduce when you choose an object to put. This may allow you to see extra of your present construct when you resolve the place to put the brand new object.
Once you return to the Construct Catalog you’ll now routinely return to the objects you have been taking a look at most not too long ago. This may make it simpler to leap again into what you have been doing, making a quicker constructing and adorning course of.
Construct Mode Object Rotations
Home windows, doorways, and tiles used to rotate in a different way than different objects in Construct Mode. They used Y as an alternative of the correct and left bumper buttons. We’ve modified this to carry them extra according to the best way different objects are dealt with. Now you’ll have the ability to rotate these utilizing the correct and left bumper buttons, the identical means you’d rotate the rest.
As a substitute of rotating your doorways and home windows, the Y button will now permit you to place a number of. With tiles, the Y button can be used to toggle between inserting a single tile or tiling the ground of a whole room.
Switching Cursor Modes
Now you can change cursor modes utilizing the View button.
New Shortcuts
We’ve added numerous new shortcuts. For instance in CAS you possibly can press up on the d-pad to leap to the id panel and down on the d-pad so as to add or take away Sims out of your family.
Gallery Connection
The Gallery is at present down for some deliberate enhancements. When it comes again, Simmers taking part in on Xbox might want to hyperlink their accounts to their EA accounts to entry it. You are able to do this simply by going to Choices > Sport Choices > Different and deciding on Hyperlink EA Account.
When you’re getting used to those adjustments, it’s a good suggestion to go to the Different part below Sport Choices and allow Present Controls Legend. When you don’t like on-screen prompts, you may also carry up the Controller Overlay by urgent L3. We’ve cleaned up the Controller overlay so that it’ll not show extra or inaccurate button callouts.
In addition to these enhancements, we’ve additionally mounted numerous bugs on this replace that have been affecting Xbox gamers. For instance, we’ve made it doable to resize objects in Construct Mode once more. Press and maintain LT+RT whereas holding the article, then press proper or left on the d-pad to regulate the article’s measurement. We’ve additionally mounted a bug that was inflicting the cursor to fade after utilizing the Relationships panel, one stopping heaps from being rotated for those who’ve used Transfer Lot, one other that was locking controls when viewing venue data for lots positioned from My Library or the Gallery, and a complete lot extra.
Total, we’re assured these adjustments will make gameplay much more intuitive for our Xbox Simmers. We’re grateful to our group members for his or her suggestions. Learn the total patch notes right here.
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