Sorry for the reupload. Premiere decided we did not need right-channel audio.

I just hope the Sims 5 isn't just another character creator/building simulator. I want engaging gameplay in live mode.

One would be silly to not notice the furniture customization is direct response to ParaLives features. People have been asking EA for more customization for decades and they didnt listen. Now ParaLives is closer to release and showing some of their cards EA now implements features they ignored for decades because the fans LOVED them in ParaLives game play releases. This is a PERFECT example of needing competition in the market place.

Thanks for sitting through the bullshit so I don't have to, Carl. You're the best.

Congrats for being chosen as one of the first members of Curseforge, Carl! Your mods are exceptional, eapecially the Dine Out one! You deserve it and much more! 😁

Thank you! All the other simmers videos are so long and look super overwhelming! I really appreciate having a shorter video that gets to the point!

Thank you, Carl! I gotta say, what they showed of Sims 5 may as well have been Paralives, which really shocked me. I hope this doesn't throw a wrench into the Paralives' team's work.

Honestly, I think the Overwolf/CurseForge collaboration was the biggest news of the livestream. Hopefully, it will evolve to become available in game through the gallery somehow. We all already knew they were working on the next generation of Sims, but it was nice they put it in perspective as YEARS away yet, as well as giving an idea as to how they are going to implement optional multiplayer capability.

The current Sims team doesn't seem to have a clue and I don't expect good things from the new Project Rene (or Sims 5 as people are calling it). I expect it'll be a technical wonder for design and decorating... but be about as deep as piss on a plate as far as gameplay goes - much like Sims 4. Sims 2 was an awesome game and Sims 3 was a huge experiment that tried to expand outward to do new things. They should've expanded on that but instead, took 3 steps backward, polished the decor a bit, ripped out anything that resembled gameplay in favour of "hilarious" situations and called it a base game - well, at least in that they were right as it was a base game where about $2k in expansions, stuff packs, and game packs was launched from - all of which were sub-par and lacking. The only real saving grace are people like Carl and other modders that took the disaster that is the Sims 4 and tried to make it what it should've been. Sadly, for me, it's too late. I have lost all love and desire I had for the Sims franchise (having been a Simmer from the first iteration of the series). Paralives has a small chance to re-ignite the flame from the cooling embers but Sims 4 packs or Sims 5 is about as laughable as that ridiculous dance number.

youre a life saver my dude. i couldnt get myself to sit thru the full thing or all the long reactions from other lovely simmers who are just less direct. i live for your summaries man its so refreshing to hear someone not bullshit anything.

I'm one of those more or less freaking over the phone. It isn't just a technical issue, but unfortunately the more they blur the lines with mobile the worse the monetization scheme considered "standard." It doesn't make sense to crucify until they reveal the damning monetization details, but I'm not holding my breath.

Miss ya dude! Hope youre doing well!

Miss you Carl. Regardless of whether you’re still doing sims stuff, but just know whenever I google stuff about the sims I ALWAYS click your articles over any else

I'm glad you are not abducted by aliens and are just working hard! Love you Carl!❤️

Miss you, Carl. :-(

I hope everything is well with you, and I miss your videos. That is all thanks for everything!

Watching this special felt like a 90s Nickelodeon award ceremony where they are talking way down to the children thinking the cringiest of things will entertain them. I'm glad that we heard the news, what little there was, but I'm still disappointed we don't have fairies, genies, and hobby stuff like what was in Freetime for Sims 2. Those are my dreams.

Hope you are ok, miss your videos

You are a trooper. Glad that babies will no longer be furniture, so maybe I'll actually play a file with stages of life as oppose to the "start as a teen or young adult and go from there". Fingers crossed this opens up more free updates for the Sims 4. Not holding my breath, given EA.

Ahh how I miss your voice and commentary here on UKposts 😄 BUT I’m so happy that you’re modding now because your mods are essential to the game. I hope you’ll get even better and more reliable financial compensation through the new mod hub system so you don’t have to rely on Patreon only. Thank you so much for making the sims enjoyable again! 💙

Congrats on joining the new platform. You were the first person I thought of when I heard the news. You've done so many awesome fixes on their game, you deserve to be officially recognized for it.

I got the sims 4 for free many years ago during a free event and this is absolutely the right move, there’s not enough in the base game to warrant the price for many (including myself) but people will inevitably be tempted by the packs once they’re hooked on the game. Thanks for your dedication, Carl, as soon as I saw there was an event I was waiting for your video breaking it down!

😭 WE ALL MISS YOU SO MUCH ON YT!

if project rene is ts5… the issue with ts4 that needs improvement in the next iteration is NOT build/buy mode. like i would take the exact build/buy we have right now if it meant sims that aren’t boring clones of one another. there is no saving ts4 for me at this stage, I haven’t played or bought new content in years. if they can’t fix it for ts5 the series is dead to me.

Wonder what Carl is playing now since being gone a year.

Hi Carl. I know it is a long way away but I really hope you make a Carl's Paralives Guide in the future. I have used your content (website mainly) so much for the sims. You helped me find stuff that I didn't even know existed (and helped my impatience when I kept getting the answers wrong to access secret areas). :D I will keep my fingers crossed and carry on watching. Thank you.

Where is Carl now? I need someone to explain the new dlc!

I'll never play Sims again. EA is horrible. And now so after ALL THAT MONEY they got off me, they are now giving the game away for FREEEE?? EA, your greed has destroyed a perfect game. I played only Sims for 20 years. I'll never touch it again. BTW Carl... excellent video, as always.

Yes, folks have been nit picking about project Renee...yes it will be Sims 5. Just like sims 4 was a different project before it was labeled sims 4.

So unfortunate the sims 5 isn’t happening soon

This is the best Summit breakdown video. Thank you, Carl.

Yeah saw the 'rene' footage and thought it looked like hijacked Paralives programming. I don't expect much creativity from companies like EA any more.

I am really looking forward to babies in the sims 4 and I do hope they do more than crawl. You may forget The Sims Freeplay but I play that as well it is a very restrictive game on mobile or iPad you cannot cheat so too bad so sad. But the one thing is babies you can change them, walk them and they can walk along furniture they can play a xylophone for 3 hours. They play with blocks, you can put them in a high chair feed them or if you want they can make a mess, they can go into a walker, you can bounce them on the bed, put it this way there are a few interactions you can do with your sim. Different clothes, different skin colors, well I hope you do read this but I know people prefer to bypass the sims Freeplay. Building may be ok but at least you don’t have to think howto do the roof it’s already done for you when you finish your build. It’s a expensive game.

Thank you so much Carl for your creativity in your mods and I cannot forget your tutorial since I started playing the sims 4. Someone always told me look up carls guide and that’s exactly what I did. I am looking forward to your mods and having them in my game dine out, your Color wheel which I did see something similar in the live stream early this morning.

Just wanted you to know i appreciate your videos, and have for awhile. Plus your voice reminds me of a friend of mine's as well. (he's from Chicago) and is also a vidya aficionado (Planet coaster ) thanks for guiding us through the shitshow the the sims 4 ended up being.

I feel like they’ve learned that money is a thing required for development but not as important as love and player feedback

So glad you're out there! You are doing awesome, thank you!

So glad you are in, Carl! I love what you are doing with your mods!

I come to Carl for real Sims News 🤣

I miss your voice, Carl! THANK YOU for your video & ALL the hard work you have been doing!! =)

Good to see you again Carl Edit: songs that played through out the stream including the one they performed are all on the sims radio. Yall should listen to those. It makes my playthrough even better

Saw the customization thing and immediately thought of your color picker! Mods are the only reason I touch a Sims game these days. EA should just flat-out pay you, but in lieu of that, I'm continuing to spend my money on Patreon instead of their latest EP.

I missed your voice, legend! thanks for the video, short sweet and to the point, just what I needed.

Karl thank you for the info . I’ve missed your guides and hearing voice your take on things .

It is great to hear you will be on Overwolf. I love using mods and love playing the Sims 4 - modders like you help make the Sims 4 a fun game with improved gameplay. I wish I could support mod creators on Patreon. I did up until last year, but I have become unable to work through ill health and need to save every penny I can. I've aquired a lot of Sims pack over the years (before my current financial situation) so I want to make the best of what I already have. So I'm happy that Overwolf will be providing some compensation to all the mod authors and will give me a place to easily find and download great mods.

Something told to look for this vid! miss you carl!

The only thing that's keeping me connected to TS4 are people like you, Carl, you show much more love and common sense than EA, you and the modders are the ones keeping this alive, I scarcely play it now and most of those times it's TS2 or TS3, TS4 has become a cash-grab, which is a pity, seeing they're eyeing Paralives like this is giving me hopes (that I'm reluctant to have) for Paralives more than TS.

Carl! Where are you?

Hello Carl I hope all is well I don’t see you active on here or Patreon. ❤

Good summary. Also, I had no idea you had fixed dine out. I shall go search for your mod right now. Thanks for the work you do, man. I don't see anyone else mention this in their stream summary videos, so I'll plop this here: *They did show faeries twice in the stream*, and is a lot different than "SpinningPlumbob's" Fairies vs Witch mod, so I guess thats one expansion confirmed.

Ty for a short and to the point video Carl!

Ugh. So they make the base game free after realizing they can’t make more money off it to give people a lackluster product and get enticed to buy the packs? Only to be disappointed by the lack of depth, bugs, and utter frustration that is the Sims 4? Pass. I’m sticking with 2 and 3. Thank you, Carl, for a straightforward summary that isn’t clickbait about Sims 5! Appreciate your hard work with mods, too!

The fact that you are involved in the overwolf program gives me hope. Thanks Carl.

I am sooo happy you will be on Curse! I loved Curse for World of Warcraft, now I will be an add on fiend!

Carl! OMG! You fixed Dine Out for us! You are too awesome for this world. We don't deserve you! 😭

Welcome back!

I doubt they'll ever change in the gaming aspect. It's always the interior design features that gets pushed on. If they want to fix the gaming experience they'll take notes from the sims 2, but here they are copying paralives.

thanks Carl, you are the best as always, i like your voice and your honest opinion. I won't invest another penny in kitts or packs in Sims 4. As excited and curious as I was each time, disappointment came shortly after.

You are the best! I cannot play Sims now since they force me to play in the legacy edition, even though my computer is 100% 64 bits. So it's making go through problems. I'm trying to fix it. The Sims dine out mods seem great! I always enjoy your input of how the game is evolving.

This is the best synopsis on the entire internet 👏

Yes, I played that summit at 1.5x speed; thanks for the Dine Out fixer mod

I've been missing carls commentary. I can't blame you for working on mods buy as a console player, it leaves us in the dust

I’m so happy that you are going to be included in the curse forge mod squad!

My only take is that by making mods official, they have absolved themselves of EVER fixing things that free workers have mod fixed.

Well atleast is free i supposed, but only the base game i guess, still i will pirate all the expansions nonetheless, i'm not willing to pay like 1000+ dollars, just for a game that may end up being boring (which i know it is already)

You're back!

Thanks, Carl! 👍💓

3:30 - Oof... There goes my excitement for Wicked Whims... 🤣

Thank you. I tried to watch the review, but they talked so much blabla that I prefered to wait for your summary. Also, thank you for the bug fixes.

"Thousand bugs-worth of content"

So far I noticed a new world being San Fran. Babies can be on parents back. Children can ride bikes (took too long for that) Dentures is hilarious and memories! Don’t see double sink vanities…. those chairs look like the same stuff we’ve got Sucks.

I wish there was a feature that lets you apply real life measurements to build a home more accurately. Like a simplified Revit with gameplay.

I love how unhinged you sound in this vid. Me too Carl

If one of the new expansion packs adds cars into the game I could honestly play sims 4 for the next 3 or 4 years but if not I pray sims 5 comes out next year with cars included it made the game so much more realistic ! , I loved driving my Sims families about ❤

Miss you!! Come back and let's us know what you think about the recent bs. The last packs high-school, the fake generations and the horses

I'm so glad we're going to be able to put babies on the ground again.

I'm sad I had to pay for it but I'm glad it's free I haven't played it in a couple years

Well, chances are I'm skipping getting the Sims 5 until its made completely free because everyone hates it and they need new cash cows.

I know this is a longshot, also considering this channel is dead, but I'm looking for a way to activate hidden aspirations on my Sims. I'm talking about the tutorial ones, the positivity challenge one, and others I might not know about. I've been scouring a little, but I haven't seen any documentation pointing to the existence of cheats letting us just equip aspirations. That's what I'm looking for. No, Reddit hasn't been helpful.

nicely done! 👍

Not sure why people are "unsure" of Curseforge Overwolf, WoW has been using them for how long? It is so simple to use for finding, downloading and updating your addons.

im glad were getting updates babies I'm kinda glad also look like one expansion look like recreation of California it wired i being seeing alot California realated things lately maybe it sign that i might end up their someday

❤🎉 daddy Carl went Straight to the point

I have to ask does dine out fixes also include running resturants away from the store is now financially viable? I mean I get on one hand part of the fun is running a restaurant in the pack, on the other hand having a 5 star restaurant that only profits 54 simoleons the one day you choose not to be there is less ideal.

hmm...hi i watch alot of your vids and really liked them.. you explained alot, im curious, why when im with another sim, say like building a rocket, it pops up they discovered rocket skill, and they help for hrs, yet when i manage that same sim a couple days later , they dont have it, i tested it on another sim for cooking, my skill went up, and again when i checked them it still at 1... any thoughts????

Any chance anyone has a guide for the no skills scenario? Its tough and grindy since all careers require skills to level up before getting promoted.

I'm excited for better game play, I usually only build homes to decorate or create characters, I just can't get into the sims interactions for too long because it feels like I'm not doing enough sometimes, and I just switched from Xbox to PC so excited to try out mods that's gonna be interesting I hope 😅 hopefully I don't get a virus.

Curious would there be mod support for consoles like how Skyrim and Fallout was. Or is it just PC

Double upload so double like

This sums up my thoughts pretty much exactly. It was so annoying how they hyped it up as an event, but then had no interaction with the audience and hardly told us anything we didn't already know. The baby update info would have fit in less than a tweet, and so could the project Renee info. I still don't understand the dance number.

Carl I missed you I thought you went back to your blog after all the mediocre Sims announcements, but it turns out you're out here fixing the unfixable Dine Out. Plus with the babies being released from the cribs next year, I'm going to miss all the memes about them being objects.

So...if we're sticking with the Sims 4 and they going to free the babies...can we also get a different teen model? Like something that represents a teen a bit more. That'd be nice. Although....I am super happy that babies will be more interesting at least.

I mean the overwolf thing is nice, but isnt it just a Ducktape sponsored by community creators to fix their bullshit offical, so they dont have to?

Can you do High School Years guide video?

Now the game is free, WE can finally access the gallery XD... you know what I mean if you do what I do.... XD jokes aside, I guess they finally did it since they already established most of the DLC and probably focusing on that new game which I think only playable on PC and have access of those editing stuff on mobile, the base game of The sims 4 when released is around 10GB and now its around 19GB... I doubt most phone can handle that much

I have a video idea for you about how many ways can you make your Sims Multi-task.

Thank you so much for killing dine out!

Hello. This question isn’t about the video. Do you know if they are still going to do handicap assessable and wheelchair stuff for the game? Thank You.

It's like a drug dealer giving you 1 free sample, then once you're hooked, BAM $900 DLC.

I've been done with the Sims for years but I'm still subscribed as a way to show gratitude and support for all the help Carl's Sims Guides have given me. Besides, I admit I like getting a glimpse of what the Sims is up to and getting validation for dropping the game. If I ever do decide to play again, I have all of Sims 3 (got it on Steam on sale for a ridiculously low price) which is by far more superior to Sims 4 anyway