The Sims 4: Game Options

The Sims 4: Game Options (Menu)

Graphics

• Sims – Adjusts the level of detail of Sims.
• Objects – Adjusts the level of detail on objects
• Lighting – Adjusts the quality of lighting and shadows.
• Reflections – Adjusts the quality of reflections on water and mirrors.
• Visual Effects – Adjusts the quality of swarm particles
• Edge Smoothing – Adjusts the anti-aliasing. Higher settings make edges appear softer, but also reduce game performance.
• 3D scene resolution – Adjusts the 3D object resolution without reducing UI resolution.
• View Distance – Controls how far out the world is drawn.
• Uncompressed Sim Textures – Enabled using uncompressed Sim texture (tick box)
• Post processing effects – Enables global focus, lighting, and shadowing effects
• Laptop Mode – Enables faster rendering and reduces visual quality.

 
 

Music

• Electronica
•  Pop
• Romance
• Alternative
• Blues
• Classical
• Retro

 
 

Gameplay

• Autonomy (Off / Full) – Adjusts the level of free will that Sims demonstrate. When Off, Sims will only react to events in order to preserve heir own lives.
• Disable Autonomy for Selected Sim – Disabled Autonomy for the selected household member, while other Sims roam free with Autonomy On.
• Auto Age (Played Sims) – Yes no Only Active Household. – Enables Sims to age over time. If disabled your Sims will not age up.
• Auto Age (Unplayed Sims) – Tick – Enables unplayed Sims to age over time. If disabled your Sims will not age up.
• Sim Lifespan – Long Normal Short – Adjusts the lifespan of your Sims. The higher settings the longer your Sims live.
• Traditional Social menu (tick/untick) – Enables legacy style pie menu, grouping actions by type rather than by contextual relevance.
• Memories Helper (tick/untick) – Enables visual prompts to capture memories.
• Fill Empty Homes (tick/untick) – Toggle the automatic NPC population of Empty Homes in the Neighborhood.

 
 

Controls and Camera

• Edge Scrolling – Enables the camera to move when the mouse cursor is near the edge of the screen
• Sims 3 camera – Set the camera to use The Sims 3 settings such as middle mouse button pitch control
• Invert Horizontal Rotation – Inverts the horizontal camera Rotation
• Invert Vertical Rotation – Inverts the vertical camera rotation controls.

 
 

Video Capture

• Capture Size – Small Medium Large
• Capture Quality – Low Medium High Uncompressed
• Capture UI (tick/untick) – Add/Remove UI for recording

 
 

Music

• Voices
• Sound effects
• UI Sounds

 
 

Memories and Pictures

• Capture UI (tick/untick) – Add/Remove UI for screen capture

 
 

Other

• Online Access
• Online Notifications
• Auto Reconnect
• Share User Data
• Mods – Script/Non-Script (Popup) “Maxis does not pre-screen or support Mods. Please use with caution – Supports mods