Sims 4: The best tips to start

With this practical tip, we present the best tips to get you started with the Sims 4. This will help you find your way around the new Sims world faster and get you started right away.

Sim family: start small at the beginning

If this is your first time playing the Sims, you should definitely start small. This is especially true for family size.

• Therefore, it is best if you initially create only one Sim. If you feel far enough, you can expand the Sims family and let new people move in.
• Families with children in particular are much more difficult to manage because there are many more needs, wishes and feelings. Therefore, increase slowly.

Just like in real life: your Sims have needs

Every Sim has its needs. For example, he is hungry, wants to have fun or lacks social contact. Follow the requests so your Sims are happy.

• You will see a smiley at the bottom right. If you click here, your Sim's current needs will appear.
• You should make sure that everything is in the green. The in-game tips will help you figure out what your Sims need. So you can quickly meet the needs and make your Sims happy.

New in Sims 4: Pay attention to the feelings of your Sims

In addition to the normal needs that already existed in the previous parts, there are also feelings recently.

• Your Sims have different emotions and these have an impact on the environment. The environment can also affect your Sim. That depends above all on his interests and characteristics. For example, if your Sim is very neat, his mood can change if another Sim leaves his dirty plates on the table.
• In such a situation, it is important that you react so that the mood does not completely change. If your Sim gets too much into it, the emotional state gets worse. In this example, put away the plates and rinse them off. Then your Sim will be happier again.
• You can see how your Sim is feeling at the bottom left of the screen. Just click on the individual point to learn more about the emotional state.

Create a sim to your liking

The create mode is much more mature with Sims 4. So you can create much more custom Sims.

• Simply click on certain parts of the body and pull them as you like them. So you can literally shape a Sim.
• In addition, the voice, the gear and also the destination of your Sims can be freely selected. You can upload your Sim to the community and download Sims from other players.

Build individual houses

With the Sims 4 you can now also create more individual houses. The construction mode, which you can call up using the tool symbol at the top of the screen, gives you a lot of freedom:

• For example, you can buy finished rooms, place them and align them individually. Simply pull on the rooms, rotate them and add more rooms. The practical thing: the furniture moves with it.
• If a Sim is in the way, this is no longer a problem with Sims 4. You can still continue building. It is then reloaded.
• You can also use a search to find furnishings, so you don't have to click through all categories - especially if you already know what you're looking for.

The golden Sims rule: stay open to new things

The exciting thing about Sims 4 is that you can always discover numerous innovations.

• It is therefore important that you stay open to new things and let your Sims decide freely. In this way, you may be able to discover very exciting things that you can practically integrate into the life of your Sims.

In another practical tip you will find the system requirements for the Sims 4. If you do not want to play Sims 4 alone, you can also give the game away for free.