Bust the Dust is in a horrible state even after the patch. Let's investigate what is wrong and suggest things Maxis might do to improve this awful Sims 4 kit.
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Dad: pees on the carpet Everyone inside the house: What an inspirational day!
Yeah no one gets grossed out or laughs mocks them for peeing their pants
@@KCH55 lmfao... nope, i guess not. true, true
Just inspiring the kids to be messy, too I guess
@@KCH55 that would be so much better
Truly inspiring 🤣🤣
Sims 4 is officially dead to me. I haven't played in over a month at this point. Sad. I had high hopes at the beginning of last year.
I stopped months ago too after I found out they didn’t give aliens all the skins they added, they just do stupid stuff when there could be soooooo much customisation but they hold sims like you need to play it a certain way. Hell my hair colours not even in the game or my eye colour lol
I haven't played since 2017 and honestly no regrets
In over a month? you should pat yourself on the back you been playing since 2014.
I stppped playing too, even the thought of it bores me 😅
It actually sucks we all stopped playing because I remeber when I would play sims 3 that is all I would crave to do, and make stories everything sims 4 literally lost all of that spark
The dust bunny sugar daddy animation took me out! 10/10
My friend made a joke like that so I turned it into a real thing :D
It's literally amazing.
This is like the pinnacle example of one of TS4’s core problems. So many of the expansions are isolated experiences that don’t really integrate well into other expansions or even the base game. It feels almost alienating how distant everything you purchase is from each other, except for worlds (kind of). Literally stunned at how bad this is.
Agreed 1000%
Whats the best ep?
@@Momo-po5tn Honestly, I’d say Get Together or Seasons The traits GT adds are really helpful, Windenburg is probably one of the best worlds there is, clubs have a lot of benefits, while Seasons boosts a great skill (Gardening), adds depth and climate to any world you have unlock, and I’m actually super fond of the holidays and love creating my own.
And also EAxis’s issue of rushing their products, especially the Sims. Like these unfixed, broken, or unintegrated problems have been happening since TS2 and enough is honestly enough now
I did appreciate how each pack can be stand-alone, and how you did NOT have to install them in a particular order (like you did previous iterations of The Sims), but you're right. They don't gel together at all.
The sim peeing on the carpet is actually EA pissing all over this game!!!!
They are saying you asked so here you go... Broken or not 🤣
And their audience.
...and the game changers still saying its inspiring
If I had a simoleon for every time I checked the dust level of a floor instead of “go here” I’d be richer than any dust bunny could ever make me.
They move around because it's alphabetical, which is a thing that was easy. Ask if mermaid
@@drake713 the Sims 2 setting for interactions is so much more elaborate, it's insane. I don't even need to read the things to know which one to click on.
@@oceanegougeon3025 because there was an actual system implemented, not this minimalistic approach, minimal effort so if you wanted to ask a sim something in ts2 you went to the Ask.. tab even if it was a friendly question so everything wasn't named "Ask if.. X"
All this time I thought I needed a sugar daddy but all I’ve needed was a dust bunny, thanks EA.
😄😄
So, a sugar bunny?
You just needed a dusty daddy all along 😂
I love this thread 😂😂😂
You’re right. There’s an actual sugar daddy mod for the game and it doesn’t pay this well in terms of in-game money. But it is a balanced and integrated game experience since modders are apparently able to do what EA can’t. I’m starting to suspect their programmers are just trained chimpanzees since those don’t need salary.
What’s insane to me is this was supposed to be the pack that convinced us that “kits” were okay and worth spending money on, and they released it in a completely broken state with no fix yet weeks after release.
Shooting yourself in the foot, for sure. Yet easy to fix. Depressing.
Depressing that the 'amateur' modders fix these things within hours of a pack's release, yet the 'professional' developers do nothing for months, and if they do try to 'fix' them, they do a half arsed job.
Actually that is something that's always bothered me. Pee puddles are just treated like any other type of water puddle.
I still wish they were yellow lol.
in Sims 2 they attempted to split the puddles into pee and normal but they found it causes strange bugs and so didn't include it..
It makes me cringe when seeing the pets drink the pee puddles, animals are smart enough IRL not to drink piss
@@nixienooo i’ve seen dogs drink pee in real life 🤷🏻♀️
@@Human-hs8sp To be fair, they didn't in Sims 3 either. I still play 3 and love it, just that this particular thing isn't 4's fault.
I turned mine off after a couple days. If I didn’t clean several times a day, then you couldn’t keep up. If you have a really big house, cleaning by family members AND a maid/butler would barely keep up. And the money part is stupid, I was doing a rags to riches game and it made it pointless.
Yeah I had it when my Sim went outside to vacuum GRASS!!! Also, when I saw them vacuuming a toilet!!! Yeah, no.
That’s why I didn’t bother to buy it. I hope they fix it
How do you turn it off?
My maid wouldn't ever vacuum my upstairs so it was always terrible 🙄😒
Right?! There’s not even an option to order your Butler to vacuum the house. Why was that function not integrated smh
I told EA Help this... they said it was “working as intended.”
Seriously? Too bad I don't think this even comes with their Great Game Guarantee, either.
You mean getting money for nothing? Of course it did, it's just a metaphor about our relationship with them... EA never intended for Sims 4 to be good. It's sad, but it's true...
They hate us
The bunnies are cute in theory, but let's be honest , they're incredibly annoying 🙄
I think it would be fine if they were more hidden, like if you have a house at max filth for four days, they have a 10% chance of spawning every night, but as of now they’re really annoying
Yeah, I thought the same until they showed up in my game. And after I turned them off I still had this weird glitch when one suddenly showed up in one of my saved games. It happened only once but talk about taking annoying to whole another level.
I think the dust bunnies are really cute, but they don't fit everyone's play styles so they should've been optional/togglable.
The dust bunnies should definitely function more like the Penny PIxies lot trait -- pocket change, not mortgage payments.
If the dust bunny picked up small amounts of simoleans and small clutter objects/decorations, would be so much more realistic.
I see what they were going for but like everything else in the Sims 4 it's not complete and polished.
That might be what they were going for. The archeology loot is all shelf deco. It just really needs a hard monetary limit or else be limited to base game objects. As for the simoleons, they definitely should've set it to no more than 5 or 10. You know, like finding change on the ground.
Yes I have dust bunnies in my home all the time, they don't give me much money, it would be so realistic if the game did this too.
I will keep stating that this kit is unused items from Cats & Dogs.
No doubt the dust level feature was an unfinished and unused feature about hair shedding from cats and dogs
@@ginadavis7331 A roomba is even included in Cats & Dogs too.
@@Sailor_S Has the roomba ever worked though? lmao
So they split that pack 3 ways? Cats & Dogs expansion pack, a stuff pack you can't use without Cats and Dogs, and now a "kit"? We haven't even gotten horses or cows yet! We got all kinds of pets in the Sims 3. At this point, they putting their game content through a shredder and selling the strips individually. 🙄
@@hope-cat4894 i wish we had hard evidence, this is too sad to be true :/
Not to mention that if you don't bother cleaning your house, the dust bunnies soon turn into filth fiends which combust for some reason, meaning that if you get tired of constantly vacuuming each floor (and you probably will) again and again, you'll soon have random fires starting all over your house... It's honestly just the DLC that keeps on giving and giving!
There’s a reason why I uninstalled sims 4 and went back to sims 3 ya know
literally me. i love sims 3 gameplay
i'v been playing sims medieval atm, took a little break from playing 3 after a very long week session, still far better than sims 4 :P
I wish! I still have all of my Sims 2 & 3 physical CDs but I'm afraid they'd melt my computer LOL
@@PressedApples melt your computer how? well, my computer isn't that good but i still can play it fairly well with medium graphics
@@lakemorke same! My personal favorite of the series
The title of the video should of just been "Still Broken: The Sims 4"
Still Broken: A Sims 4 Story.
The desperation in "JUST MAKE A VACUUMING PACK"... I felt that in my soul
If it would be properly done so it works with other packs then it could be fun I guess
Completely unrelated to bust the dust but since the lastest update has anyone else had a sim who constantly gets the scared emotion because "they're near the ocean and afraid of it" when they're NO WHERE near an ocean?? I'm talking Willow Creek and windenburg. I removed the pools from the lot to see if that was triggering it but nope, still constantly scared meaning my sim stops doing tasks half completed cause they're too scared to do anything except scream
Yea i really don't get the scared emotion sometimes they just randomly popped up for really odd reasons :/ can someone explain this pls
Thats weird. I have never gotten that buff before? Do you have any mods, and maybe some custom traits?
Nope but they're all afraid of thunderstorms lol.
@@RedRoseSeptember22 yeah I get that one too but never that they are afraid of the ocean?
I wish all Sims weren't scared of thunderstorms. It's ridiculous! Make it random, at least.
I hate EA. Just waiting for paralives to release so I can actually give money to people that value the consumer instead of using us for profit. I mean how many times can you give honest criticism and ideas and be ignored for months just for one or two things to be added when they feel like it?
*Scruffy Voice* Second.
Amen
I swore Carl said, "I've noticed Maxis are kind of in the business of selling bugs", instead of "buffs". I think what I misheard is far more true.
They already got their money for this trash, they're waiting for modders to fix it now. 🤷♀️
waiting for modders to fix it so they never have to and just make the modder's life hell when they have to update it every time EA releases a half-arsed patch that ""fixes"" other things and breaks a million more.
I would like to buy it, if they fixed it properly. I am super into this type of gameplay! It's too bad it doesnt function the way it's supposed to :(
SO MUCH TRUTH 😪
@@sassi9262 pirate it, you don't waste one cent and you get the gameplay.
Modders are the only reason I play it lol. I wouldn't touch it without mods.
my sim was crying then a puddle was show up my sim: WHO THE F..CK MADE THIS MESS?! repeat it so many times
I have to turn this pack on and off once in an hour because even if it's disabled, bunnies do appear after a while. Tf is wrong with it
I'm on console and I turned mine off and my player is STILL vacuuming like CRAZY! I can't even play this game anymore 😡
@@g.e131 you can sell the vacuum cleaner, I guess
@@Rouzhianna lol I didn't even think of that! Thanks!
I like that the archaeologist did a starving animation when Carl said not to do that as a profession😂
I'm so glad this video came out. I was literally about to buy this kit because I heard that they "Fixed" it
Please don’t do it! I bought it and then I turned it off _after_ the “tuning” 🤦🏻♀️
They never actually fix anything.
They didn't fix it. They broke it more. The idea was great, but the implementation was a disaster.
They fixed the CONSTANT T-posing, so it only happens often in tiny and smaller houses.
Don't, they never TRULY fix anything, maybe a bandaid that's too small over the wound of glitches, but never a true fix lmao 💀
I reported the, random money being given, to the bug reports page and a simguru told me this is by design. Giving my sim money for just having dust is by DESIGN. Who tf thought of this? And then my report was deemed resolved. 🙄
"it does have potential" applies to every single dlc The Sims 4 has. Seriously, they all lacking the big punch that actually expand the game.
The Sims team reminds me of me when I didn't get an assignment done and have to bullshit all of it. That's what every single pack feels like.
Smelling pee is a family activity now! A new muse.
Conspiracy theory: the sims team made it this bad as a cry for help. They're being held captive by EA
Lol FULL capital punishment for their crimes!
@thedegenerateotaku you know how many people work on the sims team now?
At this point, I really want them to STOP developing for sims 4, just fix sims 3's crashes & bugs. Just, ffs, please, you ruined the damn f*cking game. Don't they even test the pack? How dare they give unfinished game & keep recycling bs to us? For years? Slow f*cking progress.
I agree! they should add sims 2 to orgin and fix the sims 3!
Oh they absolutely clearly do not test the packs whatsoever
@@zoeisonline Sims 2 with all of the DLC can be easily found for free online. Stop giving EA money.
@@a.p6462 , they won't. I read an article that EA stated they will not release or update TS2 again. I made a video about it several weeks ago.
@@TheScienceguy77 do you know any sites that are safe? Im scared of accidentally downloading a virus on my computer
My maid doesn't even clean up the dust
Man, it's amazing the difference in community between this and Civ 6. That game gets positive updates and really good value for money, and the player base seems so happy.
I'll be honest, my feelings on Civ 6 are similar to my feelings on Sims 4. It's release felt like a step backwards for the series and I've since stopped playing it while waiting for a competitor to make a better game. I'm not nearly as upset with Civ 6 as I am Sims 4 though. I recognize Civ 6 as a decent game, it just has issues that make the game less fun than previous games for me.
Really? I know many civ 6 players that have uninstalled and returned to civ 5 saying it's much better, and their tired of pay for dlc that should be in the base game.
The "this is a tiny house, yup" idle animation from tiny house lots is another one that interrupts things or occurs for no good reason... and TODDLERS do it too, which they're clearly not supposed to, because they get temporarily freaky-stretched-out during the animation.
Can we also talk about the fact that none of my plants make harvestebles, and after three days, they die?
YES. I was so excited when this was FINALLY included in a patch a few months ago as “fixed.” But they literally didn’t fix it even though they said they did. That, with a bunch of other errors. 🙄
@@aurelie8220 its my favorite way to play the game, its HOW I play the game, and its just gone... i hate it now!
@@yoboomblooob - Ugh, that would really take the cake. Mine are resetting to just-planted stage whether they are sheltered, not sheltered, in-season, or out of season, and the reset usually happens around the first or second day of a new season. I've been using cheats to reset the sheltered ones to "blooming" stage cuz ain't nobody got time for that.
I'm glad I stopped playing this when moschino came out. The fact that people keep clamouring after EA when they bring out something new is embarrassing at this point.
One of the many reasons I'm not morally opposed to a little piracy.
Dang you gave up hope early but I see why
I was still playing Sims 2 and 3 at the time and needed space on my computer and I guess I came to the conclusion that Sims 4 just wasn't worth it and uninstalled it. Never been happier.
@@Crithosceleg People should've seen the initial state of the game and pirated it en masse. It's not like they can withhold the wages of their employees or something as a "hostage," they need to stop getting away with this bullshit. People who bought the game and bought the DLC legally just contribute to their complacency.
@@eonnephilim852 I mean yeah, I agree. That's what I always do - try before you buy, folks.
Ok but they still haven't fixed yamachan breaking into my homes and making a mess with cakes
I love this video, it's so good. It addresses all I was hesitating about. Obviously bust the dust is not integrated in the core game mechanics. I'm happy I didn't buy this pack. And I love the animations and your humour and your explaining style. Compliments.
Thanks so much. I try to work harder on videos and release a little less but put more effort into what I do release. I think its better for all of us.
I love that Carl can’t stop laughing when he does these because the whole game is so broken
Yeah i disabled the kit. It was effing annoying. My sims turned into crazies obsessed with vacuuming. Does EA even have testers. Really bad job.
Yeah I really wish it was just a minor reward when clean and dirty makes sims feel uncomfortable. It'd add more realism and that is more important than all this dust bunny stuff. It was clearly untested. No way they should've launched like they did. Now they have even more to fix.
@@CarlsSimGuides _IF_ they even fix it. Their running did nothing other than fix the turn off button which I finally was able to use to disable the kit 🤔
Like you said, it has potential. Just very badly executed. And even with the kit disabled, my sims want to clean already clean objects like bathtubs. My sims with vacuums in their inventory started vacuuming the museum, the bars and even the temples in Selvadorada. Every random person playing this game for 15 minutes will recognize this weirdness.
My pet peeve about this is forgetting to take the vacuum out of my Sim's inventory and then she vacuums everywhere. Gym, Restaurant, Library ...UGH!
The funniest part is that they recently had a sale and this pack wasn’t included 😂 like they are so cheap just give it away for free at this point it’s already broken smh 🤦🏽♀️
I’m SO glad I waited on reviews for Bust the Dust. I was going to buy it for more chores my sims could do, but thank god I didn’t.
The fact such a tiny pack has so many issues is very concerning. Also, was the pack playtested at all?
Tbh the whole game with every expansions are not tied together
Nearly 7 years and the game feels so empty and mundane. Absolutely amazing 🤩
The fact that they charged 5$ for a broken pack...
Liked the video for the phrase "dust bunny sugar daddy" alone :P (I don't have the pack, and now I know why I don't have the pack)
okay, but imagine this: - the moodlet system is changed slightly to include all kinds of floor-dirt - the floor is perfectly clean. everyone is inspired - the dad pisses himself. there is a puddle on the floor - the puddle counts as one unit of dirt - now everyone is happy because "someone lives here"
Long term resolution: fire the CEO and the head of the software Dept.
"Dust bunny sugar daddy"😂😂😂😂
As I was watching this video I noticed a dust bunny spawned in near a door and the door got deleted 🙃 thank you Sims
I haven’t played the sims in two years now and don’t plan going back. I hope Paralives turns out as nice as it seems and I hope EA doesn’t try to mess with them.
At this point, it's insulting. I feel like an idiot for continuing to give EA my money. It's like they are challenging themselves to put out worse and worse quality to see if we will actually still buy it. And we do. I feel had. 😔
Stop buying stuff and just go back to older sims games lol
Yeah I agree with the last two commenters, you don't need to buy this stuff at all - vote with your wallet xx
I'm so tired from this BS, they only care about making money, quantity over quality.
Duh. ALL businesses are in the business of making money, period. If they could do it without providing goods or services, they would. The goods/services are just a means to an end. It's up to the consumer (us) to decide whether those goods/services are worth paying for. Because we've been paying for poor quality, they simply keep providing it.
Not even quantity is justified, they may add more Sims 4 game and stuff pack, but it come with less content than in the previous game.
It also gets dusty WAY too fast. I had to vacuum my house several times a day in order to keep the floors relatively clean, it's so irritating. I hired a butler and a maid and they couldn't even keep up. My house isn't even that big - it's two bedrooms and doesn't have an upstairs. I've disabled the pack as well for all the reasons you mentioned too. Such a disappointment.
By the way, lilsimsie also found a Jungle Adventure (I think) treasure that was worth 10k.
Wait, does the sim just stand in the same place while cleaning all the house?
They go to individual rooms to clean (as defined by the game). But yes once there they do one spot.
Alternate Title: *The Sims 4 still has a lot of problems*
my hate for the sims 4 grows stronger and stronger everyday
Me too lol. Watching this makes me so angry
Me plays the sims 2 instead: wait what?
Me too & Sims 3... I have even expanded into city builder games! 🤷🏻♀️ My kids are saying I am turning into a “real” gamer!
@@lynareantoinette try cities:skylines, kingdoms & castles or tropico 4!
yep I play sims2 all he time, a timeless classic
I´d like to try Sims 2 but I heard EA deleted it from Origin :(
@@grease_monkey6078 true
This is why I'm not buying this pack! It's also WAY too expensive here in the UK.
That describes Sims 4 in its' entirety, no?
@@ThieflyChap Not for me
They have to fix this one I think... but you never know. They rarely go back in and fix anything, no matter how bad it is. They just leave it broken and move on to the next crap they can sell.
Yup. dine out still broken so I doubt they’ll fix this
sims sniffing a room with another sim's pee on the ground "Ah, the air!" *CHEF'S KISS*
We need that sugar daddy dust bunny in real life. Especially during quarantine.
My sim won’t leave the vacuum in the house, she carries it around with her everywhere 🙄
"Schrödinger's Video Game Mechanic" Brilliant! Too funny!
The idle animation is annoying. My favorite though is when you ask them to vacuum the living room they go and do the sidewalk. LOL
I wish I had the cash to support you, but you are still one of my all time favorite creators. Thank you
Really enjoy these videos where you go in depth on the features. Can't wait to see what you learn about the next pack too. It makes playing a little less confusing sometimes.
I agree completely about "go here". Everything else should be alphabetical, but "go here" belongs at the top.
I feel like I'm listening to the mid stages of a breakup where you're still trying to question things and you can't justify any of this nonsense anymore. Also, dust bunny sugar daddies.... Well, I guess it's better than locking Geoffrey Landgraab in your basement??
I haven't played in over a year, and I don't miss it. Been playing sims 3. I laughed so hard during this, thanks. Dust bunny sugar daddy 👯
Early squad where at??
Ova Here
People still comment this bullshit 😂
Hey, thanks for popping in. Early comments don't bother me. They help me eh?
The inspired buff all day long is really annoying but the animations all the time is what made me turn it off. This pack being considered fixed is embarrassing.
Thank you for this video. Many of us were under the impression that this pack was fixed. It's a shame because as stated, it can be a decent pack. I hope EA watches and takes notes because you gave clear (and easy) solutions. If anything, they can at least give the option to toggle the money aspect of the Kit.
Thanks a lot. To be honest though, what saddens me is it didnt take much thought to see a better path forward.
On other news... Scientists discover that a minute is 60 seconds.
Yikes! This brings back memories of the early days of the Sims 4. I don't remember the bug, vaguely remember it being Grim Reaper related, but it took 5 or 6 patches to fix it. Every patch that came out, they said "we fixed it" and it wasn't fixed. After all the "fixes" we've gotten over the years, I have no faith this will be fixed. After they try a couple times, they'll give up and move on like they did with countless other packs. Spaghetti code claims another feature.
Am I the only one who thinks laundry day and bust the dust should just be a stuff/game pack together? Just make a cleaning pack where you can do ALL OF THIS.
I disabled it but I still see the dirt and those bunnies from time to time.
Okay so I have a sim family of 2 (brother and sister since their mother passed) and the brother does wonderfully with the vacuum! He doesn’t use it all the time and he rarely has to use it a lot. The sister, on the other hand, made me sell her vacuum because she vacuumed everywhere and EVERYTHING. She legit started vacuuming the spa while she was there 😭 I just get her responsibility up by doing hw and dishes 😂
@carl I have to say that your videos are getting better and better. I love to binge watch your channel but the creativity and editing of your videos is just amazing. I can definitely see the work you put into them !
The fact that they’re always inspired makes me so mad
Turned it off in 15 min. Feel dumb for buying to be honest. Bust the dust is a bust. Waste of 5 bucks!
I wish sims would avoid puddles or try and step over them. Idk I think that would be a neat little feature :)
I don't know about you; but I don't like walking through puddles of piss, and carrying on with my day like nothing happened 😂
agree!
... in socks
It's not only that. It's never give me empty vacuum when it's full. You can't use full vacuum, but when you try to empty it's just glitch and do nothing. So you end up just buying new vacuum every time 😫🤦
It's seriously heartbreaking when you look at this for what is really is. Like... it's not just like some new objects are "annoying" or have "bad swatches", this is literally game breaking stuff that is being allowed to be put out simply because the current TS4 team is THAT incompetent and carele$$. It's beyond my comprehension.
Wow like, Carl is getting more and more pissed with each single video, I can feel it in his voice lol :D
It’s kind of why I keep watching. :)
That's why I have waited to buy this kit..lol. Thanks for this video! I'll keep waiting, and maybe EA will fix it
Lol nope, they already did a rework on it. Do you think they'll revisit a "cheap throwaway kit" to only please those who ended up buying this kit?
They never even bothered to fix the sims 3 lol I wouldn’t count on them fixing. All they do is push out content and break the game more.
I think EA also broke carl with this kit :/
I just feel this kit was very bad for consumers. It's not worth buying but could be if they would put a little effort into it.
I had to use cheats and self tracking to complete the dust aspirations since how dusty your house is is tied to how tense your sim is rather than how dusty your house is. My sim can't get tense so that is bananas
I wonder if the sims team ever really listen to what you have to say in these videos... Every time you make a video I come away from it agreeing with everything you say and yet nothing seems to happen? And patch updates are often only a half-fix of the problems... Have you ever been acknowledged by the sims team for your *extremely valuable* feedback??
It's pretty simple. The sims team can release a half-assed game and people will pay top dollar for it. Why would they put in the work to actually fix anything? As long as people are buying the game they couldn't care less.
Is anyone honestly surprised that Sims 4 isn’t working as it should? Oh, but continue to support the team and EA’s predatory practices, by all means 🙄
Great video Carl! We can always tell how much work and effort you put into your videos and shows!
Thank you for this video! 💖 I am curious though if you ever considered making a video about The Sims 2 like you did with TS3?
I uninstalled bust the dust because it is just plain broken I mean I also uninstalled batuu but that was just because it was batuu
Okay so it's not just me. Thought I was going crazy.
Now that I discovered your channel I subconsciously read all your articles in your voice! I was just doing that and it made me laugh - thanks for helping me out so much!
you know YEARS ago i wanted werewolves. but at this point i don't know about this anymore.