Ahh, The Sims. A life simulation game. The newest
instalment of the game, which is The Sims 4, is already 8 years old as the time I’m recording
this. This is the longest running time for a sims game so far. So, what is it that makes The Sims 4
still up and running ‘till this day? That’s right, DLCs. Or what we call packs in this case.
Packs have been a staple to the sims since the very first game, but the number seems
to be much more exponential in the fourth instalment. As of 8th of January 2023,
The Sims 4 already has 12 expansion packs, 12 game packs, 18 stuff packs, and 17 kits
and these numbers are still counting. Heck, in the last sims announcement, it was stated
that there’s going to be at least 2 new expansion packs this year. Hmm I wonder what’s their
motivation to keep pumping these packs up… Obviously, each pack adds a plenty of new features
to the game and of course, there’s bound to be some type of integrations between different packs,
and this video is going to cover them. Hello guys, this is onlyabidoang and today I’m gonna
be showing you 50 cross-pack features in The Sims 4. For this video, the packs that’s
gonna be showcased will appear on this section of the video so you won’t miss them out. So
with those out of the way, let’s get started. Seasons and weathers will apply to all worlds
from other packs, but each world will usually have different types of climates. Selvadorada
will be hot and sunny on summer and be warm and rainy on fall, winter, and spring with no snow,
Brindleton Bay will have a more stormy summer, there’s no snow in Strangerville and
Tartosa so it’ll be rainy on winter instead, Sulani also doesn’t have snow, but instead it
has this exclusive monsoon weather with way harsher thunderstorm on summer and fall, Del Sol
Valley will mostly be cool and rainy on winter, the climate varies in Mt. Komorebi depending
on the season except for the mountainside where it’s always cold and snowy, Henford on Bagley will
always be cloudy and rainy throughout the season, especially on Spring and Summer, and many other
types of climates that I can’t mention all here. If you own the robot vacuum cleaner from Cats and
Dogs pack and have the Bust the Dust kit with the dust feature enabled, activating the robot
will reduce the room’s dust level as well. With Nifty Knitting stuff pack, you can also
knit animal clothing for cows, llamas, chickens, foxes, and rabbits. You can also use llama wool
as materials for knitting to knit with less cost. The club feature from Get Together can have
member requirements from other packs, such as having certain level of skills, traits, occult
status, careers, and even fame level. You can also set the club activities to be activities from
other packs. There are many types of activities that can be set here so you can integrate
your clubs with features from other packs. If you’ve obtained the “Frequent Traveller” hidden
lifestyle, the option to “Ask about Home Region” will appear if you’re talking to the locals of
the world you’re visiting. Doing this social interaction will give you a description of their
home region and each world will have their own unique descriptions. Apparently, this doesn’t
apply to worlds released after Snowy Escape, like Henford-on-bagley, Tartosa,
Moonwood Mill, and Copperdale, because four of them will have the same template
description. Guess the devs forgot about them. The fame system introduced in Get Famous allows
you to obtain fame points by doing activities from other packs. For example, you can earn fame
points from singing, using the DJ booth, doing science experiments as a scientist, updating your
social media status , having a basketball duel, sharing vampire knowledge, licensing songs
from the pipe organ or lyrics from singing, starting a protest as a politician, getting
the best outcome after wishing for money in the wishing well, selling archaeology artifacts,
publishing a research paper, creating and uploading snowboarding video, and many more.
When managing a restaurant, you can set the menu of your restaurant with foods and drinks
from other packs, such as grilled meals, ice creams, popcorns, pastries, grand meals,
pies, scones, insect meals, werewolf meals, boba tea, Halloween meals, cottage living meals,
and even school lunches. You can also put meals that are only exclusive to some food stalls from
City Living, Jungle Adventure, and Snowy Escape. If you use the climbing wall
treadmill from Fitness Stuff pack, you can also improve your rock-climbing
skill from Snowy Escape expansion pack. By using the Bits n Bobbles
vending machine from Snowy Escape, you can also buy various Voidcritter cards from
Kids Room stuff that can be used by children. When a fox is targeting your chickens or rabbits, dogs with the aggressive trait can
bark at them and chase them off. Cats and dogs can interact with various
animals like rabbits, foxes, chickens, cows, llamas, and bird flocks by meowing or barking at
them. They can even be scared of them as well. When applying to university, you or another
household member that’s at least a 4-star celebrity can flaunt their fame to boost their
admission chance for university. If successful, they’ll be accepted into several
distinguished degrees, but if failed, they will have lower chance to be
accepted into distinguished degrees Enrolling in certain university majors will
also give you a big boost on many careers from other packs once you’ve earned a degree, like
detective, scientist, doctor, politician, critic, social media, gardener, conservationist,
civil designer, fashion photographers, freelance crafters, and salaryperson.
With the flower arranging skill, you can arrange a wedding bouquet by your own which
can then be used in your wedding ceremony later. If you hire a butler from
the vintage glamour stuff, they can also do laundry and use
the vacuum cleaner if there’s one. The same goes if you summon Bonehilda using
the séance table to take care of your chores. Cats and dogs can sometimes be seen observing the washing machine. Cats can even jump on
washing machine or dryer. Additionally, playful cats can play with water droplets
that fall from clothes hung on a clothesline. Cats can play with the yarn basket from
Nifty Knitting stuff. After doing this, a yarn ball will come out of it and they can
play with it as well. And yes, technically they can keep playing with the basket and produce
an infinite amount of yarn balls from it. If you have a dust bunny around your dusty home
and tell them to search for some valuables, they can also find item and collectibles from
other packs, such as insects, ancient relics, fruits from other packs, geodes,
robot upgrade parts, and many more. If there’s a sim that’s possessed and
a vampire tries to drink their plasma, the vampire will get infected
as well and become possessed. With the juice fizzing skill, sims can
use the fizzing station to make unique juice with ingredients from other packs. Making
a drink using the bizarre fruit will make those who drink it become infected and possessed,
drinking a juice made out of plasma fruit will make vampires happy and fill their thirst
need but other sims will be uncomfortable, and drinking a juice made out of honey will make sims
resistant to freezing or burning temperatures. Spellcasters can bind their cats and dogs
to become their own magical familiar. After being set as one, the spellcaster
can then summon them anywhere at will. You can also send them foraging so they can
return with random collectibles or magical items. Additionally, they can sometimes talk or give
you advice and can even revive you from the dead. Vampires who work as a veterinarian can
extract plasma packs from pets using the vet surgery machine for their own consumption
Cats and dogs can be afraid of thunderstorm. They will feel tense, and cats will
even hide under the bed sometimes. Besides animals introduced in the pack,
sims with the Animal Enthusiast trait from Cottage Living pack will also get the special
energized moodlet when interacting with cats, dogs and the rodents from My First Pet stuff
pack. They will also gain relationship boost when interacting with these pets as well. Sadly, it
doesn’t apply to dolphins from Island Living pack When you’re making candles, an activity from
Eco Lifestyle pack, instead of buying regular wax blocks, you can also use beeswax that you’ve
harvested from beehives as the candle material. Vampires can protect themselves
from the sun by using the umbrella when going outside during the
day. Also, they don’t even have to use one when it’s cloudy or rainy outside
since the sunlight will be blocked. Cats and dogs can sometimes be
seen interacting with pet rodents. When the weather is bad outside, animals from
Cottage Living such as chickens, rabbits, cows and llamas will go back to their homes
to seek shelter from the weather. They’ll go out again once the weather gets better.
If you have Parenthood game pack, kids and teens can do yoga or meditate to increase
their emotional control character value. If you’re enrolling in a university,
when selecting an elective class, you can choose to enrol in class
about skills from other packs, like knitting, DJ mixing, flower
arranging, pipe organ, vampire lore, etc. Participating in these classes or doing
its tasks will increase the skill you’ve chosen. With Seasons also installed, mermaids will have
the magical ability to influence weather. They can summon rainstorm, thunderstorm, or even clear
the skies in exchange for their hydration need. Still talking about mermaid’s hydration
need, besides swimming or showering, it can be increased slowly when mermaids are outside
on a rainy weather. The same goes when they play with a sprinkler, play on the lawn water slide,
use the sauna, take a dip in the hot spring, use waterfall in a bottle, jump into a water
garden, and other water-related activities. Also, when it’s hot outside, their hydration
need will decrease faster instead. Mermaids will increase their singing skill
much faster if compared to other sims Spellcaster will learn the medium skill from
Paranormal stuff pack much faster than other sims. They’ll also gain this special focused moodlet.
If a sim is skilled enough in knitting and then tries out cross-stitching from Cottage
Living expansion pack, they’ll get this focused “Nifty Stitching” moodlet and
get boosted cross-stitching skill gain. If a sim plays with the doctor playset a lot
as a child, when they grow up and either join the doctor career from get to work or start
their own veterinarian business from cats and dogs, they’ll get a happy moodlet.
If a vampire tries out the Sun Soothing facial mask from the mini-fridge, after
taking it off, they’ll get this confident moodlet for 12 hours that protects them from
burning when they’re out in the daylight. Additionally, if a sim got sunburnt
after sunbathing for too long, they can wear the same Sun Soothing facial
mask to get rid of their sunburn much faster Mermaids can also benefit from one of these
facial masks. If they wear the Hydrating facial mask and then take it off after some time,
it’ll fully replenish their hydration need and the need will stay full for 12 hours,
even if they use it to do mermaid powers. If you’re living in a lot with the industrial eco
footprint level and then it rains, it’ll be an acid rain instead. Acid rain have a more greenish
water particle than regular rain. Sims will react to the rain disgustingly. Your hygiene need will
also be reduced slowly as long as you stay in the rain, and it’ll drop even quicker if you shower in
it. The acid rain will also produce this different kind of mud puddle. If you play on it or have an
acid mud fight, they may get sick so be careful. When a Servo robot is outside during a rainy
weather, their durability need will be reduced, so it’s important for them to bring out an
umbrella so they won’t break. Their durability need will also drop if they do water-related
activities from other packs that I’ve mentioned before. Additionally, if a Servo is struck by
lightning, their charge need will be fully charged and they’ll gain this 2 hour energized moodlet.
Green energy and water source machines from Eco Lifestyle expansion pack will be affected
by the weather. When the weather is windy, wind turbines will produce more energy. Solar
panels will produce less energy when it’s cloudy or rainy, and dew collectors will produce
more water supply when it’s rainy or snowy. Werewolf will have new social interactions with
vampires, both friendly and mean interactions. They can also have a “Supernatural Brawl” with
a vampire, where they will fight with a unique animation until one of them loses. Also,
if a vampire drinks plasma from a werewolf, they won’t like the taste and
will get angry because of it. Werewolf with the enhanced smell ability unlocked
can sense different types of smells from occults from other packs. Vampire’s scent will make
them angry, while spellcaster, mermaid, and alien’s scent will make them dazed. Each occult
will have unique scent visual effect as well. If a werewolf howls, any dogs
nearby will also howl along. If a werewolf has the lunar epiphany ability
and then read one of the werewolf literature, they’ll learn something about a magical
chamber. If they explore one of the cave entrances in Moonwood Mill, choose to follow
the magical melody and then choose to howl with the moon music, they’ll get the
chance to obtain the rare Moonwood Wand. There are two types of them and these
wands can also be used by spellcasters. With the “Natural Healing” ability unlocked,
werewolves can quickly heal not only the injuries after fighting other werewolves, but also injuries
from other packs, such as malfunctioning vending machine injury, rock-climbing injury, ski and
snowboard injury, hand injury from clearing paths in Selvadorada, sunburnt, nausea after consuming
plasma fruit, the hypnotic effect of vampires, soccer afterschool activity injury,
side effects of eating toxic herbs, and many other types of debuffs.
If a teenager performs well in high school and then chooses to graduate high
school early, they can have the option to apply to university. Because of that, it’s now
possible to be enrolled in one as a teenager. When a teen is attending the Social Studies
class in high school, it will improve not only the writing skill, but also Selvadoradian
Culture skill and archaeology skill from Jungle Adventure game pack. Meanwhile,
besides painting and photography skill, attending the Art class will also improve
their acting skill from Get Famous pack. If you get expelled or drop out of high school
and grow up to adulthood, you won’t get accepted to most of the degrees when trying to apply into
university. Some careers from other packs will also be locked out. You need to get an online
diploma first to be able to apply to them. So those are 50 cross-packs features in The
Sims 4. Of course, there’s more of them but I’m only gonna be covering 50 of them for
now so the video won’t be too long. Also, if you know any more cross-pack features
in Sims 4 that I haven’t mentioned here, feel free to share it to the others down in
the comments below. Thank you so much guys for watching this video. I hope you like it
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