The Sims 4: Difference between revisions

==Other Information==

* ''The Sims 4'' is set in a new time period and has no continuity to previous games.<ref>[https://twitter.com/SimGuruSarah/status/476086336693100544 Sarah Holding on Twitter: "@Tensimoles @TrueSkarrr The timeline got pretty crowded with TS1, TS2, and TS3, trying to fit another game into the timeline would be tough."<!-- Bot Generated Title -->]. Retrieved on 2 October 2014.</ref> However, some Sims from previous games (such as the [[Goth family]]) appear; the timeline for ''The Sims 4'' therefore exists in an "alternate universe" from the timeline of the first three games.<ref>[https://twitter.com/SimGuruSarah/status/476086214005489666 Sarah Holding on Twitter: "@Tensimoles @TrueSkarrr I would call it an alternate universe...it was the most flexible way for us to keep all your favorite Sims in TS4."<!-- Bot Generated Title -->]. Retrieved on 2 October 2014.</ref>

* [[Toddler]]s did not initially appear in ''The Sims 4'' base game.<ref name="Neighborhoods, Weird Moments, and More">[http://www.thesims.com/news/neighborhoods-weird-moments-and-more Neighborhoods, Weird Moments, and More] on [[TheSims3.com]]</ref> The life stage was completely left out of the game, and was not combined with the [[baby]] stage.<ref>[https://twitter.com/SimGuruGraham/status/481874460455088128 Graham Nardone on Twitter: "@_lovcat_ @TheSimsBoi Babies and Toddlers were not combined. We know they're distinctly different and didn't want to shoehorn them in."<!-- Bot Generated Title -->]. Retrieved on 2 October 2014.</ref> However, they were added in with the [[The Sims 4/Patch 46|January 12, 2017]] update after two years of the game's initial release.<ref>https://www.thesims.com/en_GB/news/sims-4-adds-toddlers</ref>

* [[Swimming pool]]s were not included in the base game,<ref name="Neighborhoods, Weird Moments, and More" /> however, they were re-added in [[The Sims 4/Patch 7|Patch 7]].