How to Get New Clothes in The Sims 4?

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Personal style is a big deal in Sims 4, and luckily the game allows you to express it through clothing. While creating a Sim, we outfit our Sim with numerous clothing items. Everything is covered, from sleepwear to party clothes, and plenty of options exist. But what happens when our clothes get stale? What happens if you want to change your Sims clothes every day? This is what this guide will be about, as we’ll tell you everything there is to know about getting new clothes in Sims 4. 

You can get new clothes for your Sim by interacting with your wardrobe or mirror, allowing you to enter CAS mode and plan your outfits. You can change your Sims clothes by selecting the “manage household” option, allowing you to open CAS. New clothes are available throughout the game as you master certain skills and unlock certain career promotions. You can also unlock a good deal of clothes through cheats. If you have Highschool Years expansion pack, you also shop for new clothes on a phone app called “Trendi”

Now that we’ve covered how to get new clothes in Sims 4, it’s time to analyze this in more detail. If you’re interested in how to plan your outfits and how to unlock all clothes in Sims 4 via cheats. Stay with us and keep reading!

How do you update Sims outfits? 

The first thing you’ve probably noticed when you started creating your Sim in a new playthrough is that you have several different types of outfits that you can create. In Sims 4, you can create outfits for everyday, formal occasions, sports, sleepwear, partying, swimming, cold weather, and hot weather. 

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You can save up to five outfits per category and change them at any time. Also, at your disposal, you have a certain “career” outfit that you will get as soon as you select your career path. Those outfits can’t be easily modified through conventional means but can be altered through cheats.

You can update your Sims outfit through CAS and by interacting with wardrobes, mirrors, and closets. Let’s see how to do that. 

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Updating clothes through wardrobes, mirrors, and closets

This is the most accessible way to update your Sims outfit, and as soon as you interact with the pieces of furniture mentioned above, you will get the following options: plan an outfit, change your outfit, and try on outfits. 

The “change your outfit” option only allows you to select your already saved outfits. It doesn’t allow you to get new clothes for your Sim. Try on outfits option. Likewise, only allows your Sim to try on every single outfit in the rotation. You will see your Sim posing and changing into every single outfit it has at its disposal. 

To get new clothes in Sims 4, you will have to select the “plan outfit” option, as it’s the only option that gives you the opportunity to select the new clothes that your Sim is going to be wearing. 

sims 4 wardrobe

Selecting the “plan outfit” option will transport your Sim into CAS, where you can pick your everyday, formal, athletic, sleepwear, party, swimwear, and hot and cold weather clothes from scratch. 

Updating clothes through the manage household option

Alternatively, you can update your Sims clothes by going into CAS via the “manage household” option. If you have cas.fulleditmode cheat on, you will get to change almost anything when it comes to your Sim, even its age.

Going to the “manage household” option will allow you to update the clothes of every single Sim in your household simultaneously. 

How to change your work outfit in The Sims 4? 

We’ve previously mentioned that you can also update your work outfit in the Sims 4. Although this is not available through conventional means, you can do it by using cheats. To change your work outfit in The Sims 4, follow these steps: 

  1. Press CTRL+SHIFT+C to activate the console.
  2. Type “testingcheats true”  to enable your cheats to work. 
  3. Type “sims.modify_career_outfit_in_cas” 
  4. This will launch CAS immediately, and you will be able to pick just about any outfit to serve as your work outfit. For example, my Sim, who works as a scientist, will, from now on, go to work in a suit of armor. 
Modify sims 4 work outfit

Can you go shopping in Sims 4? 

You can go shopping in Sims 4. If you have The Sims 4: Get to Work expansion, you can visit retail stores and purchase pre-made outfits that are presented on the mannequins. You can even run a retail store and sell just about anything. 

Once you’ve navigated your way to the retail store, you need to approach the mannequin, and two options will appear “try on clothes” or “purchase clothes.” Due to clothes being pricy, we recommend you try them on first.

going shopping in sims 4

With the Highschool Living expansion, you can purchase clothes at the thrift stores or, if you don’t like leaving the comfort of your own home, you can simply try the smartphone app called “Trendi” through which you can purchase new and hip outfits. 

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How to unlock special clothes in Sims 4? 

Not all clothes are available to you when you start the game, as they are numerous outfits that are specialized and only available if you manage to fulfill certain prerequisites. You can get new clothes for your Sim by: 

  • Mastering certain skills. You will get access to new specialized clothes if you keep leveling up certain skills.
  • Getting promotions in careers. Each career or job you do in Sims 4 has its own unique outfits. You unlock certain clothing sets specific to that career by getting a promotion. You can unlock career-specific clothes by using cheats to get a promotion in a specific field.
  • Purchasing club and restaurant perks. The Sims 4: Get together expansion added so-called “clubs” that you can be a part of. Each club has its own stylish attire that you can acquire as you gather more perks. 
  • Purchasing festival merch. If you have The Sims 4: City Living expansion pack, you can attend festivals, for example, Spice Festival. You will get a notification when a festival is taking place in-game, and you will get the opportunity to purchase merch that stays in your inventory forever. 
  • The Sims 4: Nifty Knitting Stuff allowed crafty Sims to knit their own clothes. All you need is yarn and certain skills to unlock fashionable but comfortable clothing pieces. 
Sims 3 knitting

And that would be all, if you’re interested in more Sims-related guides, check out how to bake a birthday cake in Sims 4!

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Valentina Kraljik is a writer and editor at Game Horizon with a deep love for everything related to video games. With a degree in Information Sciences, she brings a well-informed and unique perspective to her work. Valentina's writing is known for covering a wide range of video game genres, but she truly shines in her expertise in open-world RPGs. From offbeat euro-jank games like "Gothic" to critically acclaimed titles like "The Witcher," Valentina is well-versed in this exciting genre. Her passion for imaginative storytelling is reflected in the topics she writes about, with favorites like "Disco Elysium," "Elder Scrolls: Morrowind," "World of Warcraft," and "Mass Effect" influencing her tastes in games. Even though nothing beats a good high-fantasy setting, she often wanders into the realm of first-person shooters, occasionally even hitting the target. With a commitment to objectivity and insightful analysis, Valentina strives to bring a fresh perspective to the subjects she covers, even when exploring genres that may be unfamiliar to her. Her blend of academic rigor and creative flair sets her apart in the world of media writing.

EA Reveals the Next Sims Game Will Be Free-to-Play Without Subscription

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The Sims 4 was released more than nine years ago, and even though many fans criticized the game due to some obvious restrictions that the previous game in the franchise did not have, it was well enough played and pumped out a lot of additional content.

The publisher behind The Sims 4 has been working on the next-gen installment in the series code-named ‘Project Rene’ for quite some time now, and recently, we got new information regarding the project.

The most surprising news is, however, the fact that the game will be free and open for all, without seemingly hidden game mechanics that are designed to trick the players into spending more money.

Project Rene will be Free to Download. This means that when Project Rene is ready and fully open to players, you will be able to join, play, and explore it without a subscription, core game purchase, or energy mechanics. We want the play to be super easy for you to invite or join friends and experience new features, stories, and challenges.

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But in the rest of the aforementioned blog post, the catch has been mentioned. For quite some time now, it’s obvious that the real monetization strategy of EA when it comes to The Sims games are not the initial releases but the plenty DLCs, content packs, customization options, and other resources that often come at a pretty hefty price and are often a target for criticism.

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The Sims 4 is currently free to download, but to experience everything that the game has to offer, a fan should shell out hundreds of dollars to access some of the features that were left out of the original game and were included in the subsequent expansions.

EA confirmed that this monetization strategy will also continue in the future, as Project Rene will include content and packs, but the updates that add new features will be free to an extent.

Beyond regular updates to the core game, we will sell content and packs, but we plan to change this up a bit. For example, basic weather may be added to the core game for free, for everybody. And in the future, a pack for purchase may be focused on winter sports with activities like ice dancing or a snowman building competition. It’s important that with Project Rene we lower barriers to play and give all players the broadest shared systems because that feels like the strongest foundation for us to grow from.

Project Rene is, according to EA, still in the early stages of development, and quite a lot of time will pass before the game sees the light of day. However, you put it, there is an eager community waiting for any news related to the release.

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Valentina Kraljik is a writer and editor at Game Horizon with a deep love for everything related to video games. With a degree in Information Sciences, she brings a well-informed and unique perspective to her work. Valentina's writing is known for covering a wide range of video game genres, but she truly shines in her expertise in open-world RPGs. From offbeat euro-jank games like "Gothic" to critically acclaimed titles like "The Witcher," Valentina is well-versed in this exciting genre. Her passion for imaginative storytelling is reflected in the topics she writes about, with favorites like "Disco Elysium," "Elder Scrolls: Morrowind," "World of Warcraft," and "Mass Effect" influencing her tastes in games. Even though nothing beats a good high-fantasy setting, she often wanders into the realm of first-person shooters, occasionally even hitting the target. With a commitment to objectivity and insightful analysis, Valentina strives to bring a fresh perspective to the subjects she covers, even when exploring genres that may be unfamiliar to her. Her blend of academic rigor and creative flair sets her apart in the world of media writing.

How Long Does It Take To Download ‘The Sims 4’? Can You Speed It Up?

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The Sims 4 is still the world’s most popular life simulator game. The franchise’s fourth installment will be ten years old in 2024, and the fans feel that new content and game should be coming. Until then, The Sims 4 will be the go-to game for new and old players to play, and with the recent availability of the base game for free, Sims became even more popular. Of course, people are wondering if it is worth waiting for the download of the The Sims 4 base game with potential expansion packs. So how long does it take to download The Sims 4, and is it possible to speed it up?

The base Sims 4 game is approximately 50 Gbs, with the contents and save files storage being included. If you add in the expansion packs, for example, ‘Seasons,’ which requires 25 Gbs of hard disk space, the total size of the Sims 4 game is around 75 Gbs. Of course, if your internet download speed clocks up to 40 Mbits per second, the base game and the expansion pack of Sims 4 will take around 4 hours and 7 minutes. Download speed depends on the PC’s strength, household members using the Internet, and the processes your computer engages in during the download.

All things considered, The Sims 4 is quite a big game, at times comparable to the likes of God of War game, which is fascinating knowing that Maxis’ game is nine years old. If we include the expansion packs and other add-ons, Sims gets even bigger, which will be the main topic of this article. If you’re interested, stay with us until the end.

What is the size of The Sims 4 game?

Life simulator games are vastly different from RPGs or first-person shooter games because they focus on the opposite style of gameplay, and with that, the “machine” needs to deal with different things when running it.

The Sims franchise is notorious for its game size and many game expansions over the years, which escalated with the release of The Sims 3 game. This 2009 life simulator was the first Sims game that included the open world features, where the Sims could walk and travel to other ‘cities.’ The Sims 3 game was huge, and even good computers struggled at times to load it – it was just too big and “clunky” to load.

The process of loading the game was an issue, but the game was huge as well, even for the base game. This trend continued with Sims 4, which was released in 2014.

How Long Does It Take To Download the Sims 4? Can You Speed It Up?

The game developers removed the open-world feature for the new release but expanded Sims 4 in other aspects – especially with the customization, add-ons, and graphics.

The Sims 4 game is huge, with the base game being around 50 Gbs in size, while the players also need to make sure they have additional hard disk space for the save files and other add-ons.

Now, the base Sims 4 game is sufficient enough for most players, but there is a reason why EA Games released so many expansion packs and add-ons over the last decade. They are supposed to expand the gameplay potential and add more things into the game so players have more to do, and the game manages to still be interesting.

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If you want to dedicate yourself to the Sims 4 game, you’ll probably need at least one expansion pack that costs $30, and those need additional disk space on your device. For example, the ‘Seasons’ expansion pack needs at least 25 GB of disk space with an additional 1 Gb for safe files and other add-ons.

This makes The Sims 4 game at least around 75 GB in size, which will take some time to download on your device, but how long? Let’s find out.

How long does it take to download The Sims 4 on your device?

To determine the time for the download, we need to determine the internet speed. Of course, in this case, the download internet speed is the focus, and one can measure it with the special ‘speed tests that are available with one search on your browser.

Let’s make an example from my specifications and internet speed information. After measuring my download internet speed, the speed test clocked it at 40.36 Mb per second.

How Long Does It Take To Download the Sims 4? Can You Speed It Up?

This is a fairly decent download speed if I consider that it was only 18 Mb per second only a year ago when researching the topic of Fortnite game download speed.

As I did then, I used Omni Calculator, which determines the download speed and how long it takes for The Sims 4 game to download on my device. I put in my download speed information and the approximate size of the game with the additional expansion pack.

The results showed that the 75 GB-sized Sims 4 would take approximately four hours and seven minutes to fully download on my personal computer. This is discounting other factors – other members using the Internet in your household and the strength of your device.

This software and tools mostly don’t consider those, so let’s apply these examples to my personal experience. How to speed up the download speed? Let’s find out.

How to speed up The Sims 4 download speed?

In this case, Task Manager on your Windows is your friend because you can ensure that the background task and applications don’t run and disrupt your efforts in downloading The Sims 4 game.

How Long Does It Take To Download the Sims 4? Can You Speed It Up?
Task Manager is a go-to tool to relieve your device from unwanted processes and applications running in the background.

Believe it or not, those background processes really do mess up with your PC, so to prevent the disruptions, open the Task Manager by simultaneously clicking the CTRL+Shift+Esc buttons on your keyboard.

When the Task Manager is opened, the ‘Processes’ tab is where you can turn off unwanted applications – by ‘Right-clicking’ with your mouse on one of the processes and selecting the ‘End Task’ option.

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Browsers are notorious for ‘eating’ out your PC’s performance, so make sure you don’t have one opened. Another issue that most people encounter is the temporary files, which are mostly the leftover trash files from deleted applications, which you can get rid of by going to the search tab using your ‘Windows Key’ and writing the ‘%temp%’ command in it and delete all files from that folder.

These files cause clutter on your PC, so make sure you clean out your folder regularly.

Of course, the internet router is another important culprit, especially regarding internet speed. If the members of your household use the internet during the download time of The Sims 4, you can expect slower performance and the longer time it takes.

If there is no one and you’re download speed is pretty slow, reset your internet router, which will “fix” the issue in most cases, or acquire a WiFi extender that increases the number of signals in your home.

Nevertheless, The Sims 4 will take some time to download because it’s a fairly big game, especially when we include expansion packs that are an important part of the game – and that’s not including other “smaller” add-ons and packs that EA Games regularly sells.

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Are The Sims Games Fun? Here Is What We Think

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For various reasons, life simulators were never the most popular gaming genre in the gaming industry. One of the reasons was that life simulators could erase the line between real and virtual lives, which made some people anxious. When Maxis first released The Sims in 2000, players were shocked at how one game replicated real lives without blurring the lines of real life. Sims were in their own fictional world, speaking different languages and living their lives with some supernatural happenings. After two decades, The Sims franchise became one of the most notable games worldwide, which made us think – are The Sims games fun?

Sims games are really fun. Some people would find this answer unbelievable, but since the first Sims game, the franchise has offered players many great features that made controlling their characters fun and immersive if they wanted to role-play. Game mechanics like socializing, going to the gym, and Sims trying to make it in their career is extremely fun. The games also offer less serious gameplay like Sims partying, supernatural beings making their appearance, or players just torturing their Sims. Sims is fun and full of content for every player to experience.

We will discuss this topic by mentioning why Sims games are fun, comparing the franchise games, and some aspects that need improvement. If you are interested in this topic, stay with us until the end.

Reasons why Sims games are fun

The gameplay of Sims is interactive and full of content.

Are the Sims Games Fun? Here Is What We Think
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One thing new players will like about Sims games is the content. The way your Sims can interact with almost everything around them. Kitchen appliances, throwing trash, cleaning, eating, sleeping, and socializing with other Sims are just “drops in the sea of the interactions” in The Sims.

You can go with your Sims to concerts and parties and attend various other events. Interaction with other Sims is one of the most interesting things about Sims, and players can hang out with their friends and even find their love interests. Sims can adopt pets and children, find love, eventually move in together, and stay together until imminent death. If Sims had children, players could continue playing with descendants of the original Sims.

These only prolong the experience and enrich the gameplay of Sims games.

Sims games always had good bonus content or expansion packs that added so much to the gameplay.

We already mentioned Sims game expansions that became part of the Sims experience from the franchise’s early days. The Sims Unlimited was the first expansion pack released for Sims games twenty years ago. Today, these packs are full of content and include the Get Famous installment, where your Sim can become a famous actor, High School years, which is focused on teenagers during high school years, and many more.

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Expansion packs are expensive, and some fans won’t spend their hard-earned money, but most base Sims games are good.

Customizing your character is widespread and diverse for everyone to play. 

Are the Sims Games Fun? Here Is What We Think

Before you start the Sims experience, you can customize your character in any way you want. Sims 4 is best because it allows players to customize their characters from scratch. Mods and CC addons add even more options for players to use. Do you want your character to have merchandise from Harry Potter? Download CC from the Sims community and talented modders doing their best to make the game even more enjoyable.

In this aspect, players have many options, whether they buy expansion packs or find CCs or mods from the community. As players, we have many options, making Sims games even more fun.

Customization of the buildings is enjoyable, and one can lose hours editing them.

Building and customization of the houses in Sims games made the games so popular in the gaming community. Players can start building their homes after they customize their characters. First, you need to pick the land/area where Sims will live and start customizing their house.

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Players can choose anything from the foundation and material of their roofs and even decide if they will have one or two floors in their house. After putting the foundation in place and the walls up, one can start designing the interior. This is the most exciting part about building because players have many options to choose from. Even though I love the pure gameplay of Sims, the building aspect is pretty “neat,” and it will take hours for one to work on the house.

Besides Sims, pets are also part of the game.

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Sims games are mostly about Sims, but Sims Unleashed presented us with special pet expansion packs, letting players have the whole Sims experience. Pets have become part of every Sims game since the first game, and Sims 2 implemented the feature fully into the game.

One of the funniest experiences I had with pets was in Sims 3. My Sim had an Animal Lover trait, and all of a sudden, dozens of dogs would come in front of my Sims house and just stand there waiting for you to adopt them. Of course, the interactions were the best part because you could feed them, pet them and play with them.

CC designers and modders added more animals to Sims games, and some expansion packs added animals like rats, guinea pigs, rabbits, and more.

Besides Sims, you’ll have to take care of your pets, which makes the gameplay organic.

Are Sims games fun to play?

With all being said, we can conclude that Sims games are fun to play. The game experience is innovative enough for players to enjoy it, and seeing the progression of your Sims is entertaining, with many features the Sims franchise offers.

Expansion packs that offer good unique features and storylines one can pursue while also making your Sim becoming the best in their field of the world.

Customization is a huge factor in these games, and your Sim can be edited in any way you want. Do you wish to self-insert your own look and put your counterpart in the game? Sims game will provide you with those tools. CC addons and mods from the Sims community are impressive and easily added to the game, so definitely check out the Sims community for those features.

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Sims games are expensive, but there is an option to download the base Sims 4 game for free, and if you like it, purchase special expansion packs and more. Don’t worry; you won’t have to spend your money in most cases because the base game is enough.

Overall, each Sims game brought many great features: First two games added so many great new features to the game that revolutionized the franchise, and Sims 3 added an open world and dynamic gameplay that never got stale. Sims 4 focused on additional content and customization of Sims and houses, which are the best part of the most recent game, but the gameplay could use some work.

Sims games are fun, and we cannot wait for a new one to be released soon.

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Dora Naletilic started developing her gaming skills on Game Boy and the first PlayStation consoles, with Tekken, Crash Bandicoot, and sports games dominating her repertoire. However, Dora truly fell in love with video games when she stumbled upon the Warcraft III game, which changed her perspective on gaming. After seeing the ultimate demise of Arthas and invading of the undead known as Scourge of Lorderon, Dora became a fan of DOTA, which made her a MOBA fan. Her nerves are tested daily on Summoner's Rift, but she still loves League of Legends very much. Dora especially loves action role-playing game franchises like Fallout and Mass Effect and has a special place for Mafia II, Uncharted, and the Metal Gear Solid franchise. Although she admits to being bad at shooters, Call of Duty and Destiny 2 have dominated her gaming life for years, while GTA made her excited about in-game bank heists.