The Sims Freeplay Falling For Fall Update [Sep 2022]

Presented by the EA Creator Network.

Crack out the PSL’s, it’s Autumn in The Sims Freeplay! Be sure to update your games when the update goes live at 10.30PM UTC Monday 5th September 2022.

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Here’s all the info from the official blog:

“Sul Sul!

Fall is a time of fresh starts, a chance to celebrate the changing of the seasons. Get your home ready for Autumn and boost your curb appeal with gorgeous harvest décor in two SimChase events.

We absolutely love hearing your feedback and suggestions on what you want to see more of in The Sims FreePlay. Your suggestions continue to inspire us and help shape the decisions we make! Earlier in the year, a survey appeared in our game and you voted that glamour and luxury theme were your most desired aesthetic for a future update! Now, your Sims can live the VIP lifestyle they’ve always dreamed of with the breathtaking rewards available in our latest live event and Influence Island!

-SimGuruMegz

Base Game Improvements

New Inbox Notifications

In an effort to streamline pop ups and notifications, plus refresh yourself on what your Sims got up to during your last play session, we’ve designed a new inbox system for Sim and SimTown news! The envelope icon is located in the bottom right-hand navigation next to the town map (which now nests the Globe icon/Social button too). You will now be notified when your Sims finish actions, finish a work shift, get a promotion, when construction finishes and more! Your Inbox will also let you know what’s happened in your SimTown while you’ve been away, and also give you the ability to go straight to the location of your Sim or completed construction via the new green map icon!

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Active Tasks – Menu Refresh

Have you ever want to know what live events are coming up next or what you can look forward to, without checking out our blog notes? Well, we’ve refreshed the Active Tasks menu so it’s more like a calendar and easier to navigate! You’ll notice that tasks are now split into two tanbs: Active and Upcoming!

The ‘Active’ tab shows what is available to start now and what you’re still able to complete within the remaining time available. Check out the Upcoming tab to find a list of all the current update’s Live Events! Events are ordered by the start date, and once they begin it will disappear from ‘upcoming’ and move into ‘active’. When there is less than 24 hours to go until it starts, it turns into a countdown!

Hot Tip: Click the new magnifying glass next to the task to explore the event requirements in more detail. It will open an exploded view so you can have a closer look of the prizes you’re able to earn!

SimChase Seasons 47 & 48

If you love decorating with an autumnal palette to make your home feel more inviting inside and out, then don’t miss SimChase Season 47: Fall Feud & Season 48: Autumn Aversion!

As you race against your rival in Season 47, you’ll unlock milestone rewards perfect to create a beautiful outdoor harvest display that includes textured rugs, tray of pumpkins, tall cornstalks with flowers, wreath with lanterns, rustic weathervanes, rocking chairs, mudbrick fencing, matching double gate, casual preteen outfits for male and female Sims and much more!

One of the best things about fall décor is that it can suit your home all year round! Add notes of color detail with rewards from Season 48 that include giant wall wreaths, collection of tins and kitchen clutter, farmhouse kitchen sink and matching benchtops and cabinets, autumn leaf garlands, retro fridges plus casual outfits for Female and Male teen Sims!

‘Glamorous Getaway’ Live Event

Live the celebrity lifestyle and become the talk of SimTown when you unlock the exclusive ‘Glamorous Getaway’ mansion lot! Sims can now live out their wildest dreams with gold-plated furniture and luxury decorations full of glitz and glamour. Don’t forget to invite your neighbors inside for an up close and personal tour of your new crib. As you craft resources and progress through the event, you’ll earn milestone prizes that include:

Marble wallpaper & flooring
Floor lamp with plant decoration
Giant marble kitchen table, matching dining chairs
Premium kitchen cabinets & benchtops
Gold smart fridge with ice dispenser interaction!
Art deco arched glass doors & window frames
Giant portrait paintings and much more!

Influence Island – Seasons 29 & 30

Convince Sims to join your clan in Influence Island Season 29! Get closer to winning an exclusive grand prize to create breathtaking interiors and exquisite spaces with sophisticated and elegant furniture and homewares. Rewards include:

Wall sized entertainment unit with hidden TV screen
Lavish giant modular & corner couches
Golden room partitions
Geometric bookshelf displays
Designer outfits for Female Sims and much more!

Inspired by Season 12, the new Season 30 delivers rewards for you to convert your Sims’ basement into a beautiful wine cellar in all new color variants! Pick out the perfect room or unused corner to transform it into way more than just a room, but an authentic cellar – complete with bottles in racks on shelves. Showcase your style and taste with high end provincial decorative lighting, tall bookshelf and L-shaped wine bottle wall storage, stonework wallpaper and flooring, kitchen bench tops and cabinetry, staircase with hidden wine bottle storage, rounded bar display, bar fridge, tall bar table and chairs with a fancy cheeseboard and more!

Halloween Chocolatier Hobby Event

Trick or treat! Halloween is just around the corner, so get your costumes ready as you prep to invite Sims over for a ghostly party. Complete the rerun of our iconic event within 7 days to earn a range of costumes and gingerbread furniture packs that are sure to spook, scare and delight – there’s something for the whole family!

Note: If you’ve already completed this event, you won’t see it in your game. If you’ve unlocked any of the packs in previous attempts, you’ll only have to create chocolate for the remaining packs.”

Events List

Bold entries are new! All events start at 7AM UTC.

Title	Duration	Start Date	End Date
Influence Island Season 29 – Glam Lounge	10 days	5 SEPT	18 SEPT
Glamorous Getaway Live Event	10 days	5 SEPT	18 SEPT
SimChase Season 47: Fall Feud	9 days	16 SEPT	26 SEPT
Snow Problems Christmas Quest – Player Favorite (2017)	13 days	18 SEPT	3 OCT
Influence Island Season 30: Wine Cellar V2 (Inspired by S12)	10 days	25 SEPT	6 OCT
Maternity Pack 30	9 days	28 SEPT	6 OCT
SimChase Season 48: Autumn Aversion	9 days	29 SEPT	7 OCT
Captivating Coast Live Event	10 days	5 OCT	16 OCT
Halloween Chocolatier Hobby Event	7 days	9 OCT	16 OCT
SimChase Season 29: Garden Grapple	7 days	9 OCT	16 OCT

Sales List

Pack Name	Contents	Price (USD)	Start Date	End Date
“Hispanic Heritage Month” Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with tables, chairs & vases *rerun	Painted Dining Set Chairs & Table Both in purple, orange, blue and yellow variants Decorative painted pottery vases Four bright color variants	FREE	5 SEPT	17 OCT
“Sims 4 Pride Paintings” Celebrate Pride all year long with 3 beautiful paintings made by amazing LGBTQ+ Artists *rerun	Painting 1: Stride with Pride by Jupiter Stevens-Hill Painting 2: Untitled – Ashley Lukashevsky Painting 3: A Recipe for Good Times by Mohammed Iman Fayaz Maximalist Safari Blog Notes here	FREE	5 SEPT	17 OCT
“Glam Kitchen” Set your autumn feast with a glam kitchen set.	Pumpkin pie White, brown, brown, gold stands Kitchen Rangehood/Cabinets Oven Kitchen Island (no sink) Kitchen Island (with sink) Benchtop All kitchen variants come in matching white/grey or navy/black	$.9.99	5 SEPT	19 SEPT
“Autumn Outdoors” Smell the autumn breeze in your cool outdoors.	Floral arbour display White Brown Fiddle Leaf floor plant Light green Dark green Hay Bale seats with pumpkins Orange Teal blue Trellis Garden Bench Black Green Garden Swing Set Black Green	$11.99	8 SEPT	22 SEPT
“Oktoberfest Outfits” Say cheers and celebrate Oktoberfest in style!	Female Adult Outfits Red, yellow, green, blue Female Adult Boots Red, yellow, black, grey Female Adult Long Side Braid Hair Brown, dark brown, fire red, lavender, pink, blonde and wine. Male Adult Outfits Black, red, green, brown	$9.99	20 SEPT	3 OCT
“Cozy Bedroom” Spend your autumn in this rich cozy bedroom.	King Bed Grey & cream Navy & black Bedside table Grey Bronze-brown Luxe Ottoman Grey Navy Floor standing lattice mirror Silver Black Wardrobe & Corners Cream Black Red	$11.99	4 OCT	17 OCT

* All packs are live 7AM UTC

There are some extra items for sale with this update that aren’t mentioned in this list. Please see my video for more details.

Additional Notes.

BASE GAME IMPROVEMENTS
- Tutorial Levels Refresh (First Time User Experience = FTUE)
  1. This is not player facing information, internal information only. Only new players will see this and have nothing to compare it to.
  2. Problems:
    - The order of tasks and instructions during the FTUE is not meaningful to players and isn’t effectively teaching them how to play properly
    - Some of the information of the FTUE is repetitive and makes it frustrating for players.
    - There is a lot of reading of small text
  3. Changes:
    - We’ve improved usability, reshuffled goals to be more grouped and related to each other to better teach the game mechanics and made it more fun by showing desirable content earlier and replacing repetitive tasks with other meaningful goals.
    - The duration hasn’t changed.

Pop Up Notification Removals
1. This is not player facing information, internal information only.
2. We’ve done a ‘clean up’ of how many pop up notifications players receive in their game to improve their experience of FreePlay
3. Removal example: “The Fresh Fruiternity Live Event ends in 3 days! You will have a chance to use what you have collected, but won’t be able to collect anymore.”
4. Players will already have logged in at the start of the event, and will continue it with/without the daily alerts counting down the days of the event with sims queuing workstation tasks.
Removal of Autoplay Advertisements in Short Actions
1. This is not player facing information, internal information only.
2. Autoplay ads interrupt gameplay and are frustrating for players while they are gardening/cooking/baking.
3. It has been replaced with opt-in ads instead that will autocomplete the action for the player.

Influence Island Event Re-tuning
- Problems:
  1. To improve event participation, completion and enjoyment, we’ve re-tuned the difficulty to make it easier for players to make the non playable characters from Neutral into Clan Mate and get closer to winning.
- Changes:
  1. No changes to the amount of Rounds
  2. No changes to the amount of Network Credits
  3. No changes to chocolate and bribes
  4. Easy, medium and hard challenges should be easier to succeed at
  5. First challenge is always guaranteed for all players