Please like this guys! I left a comment that's 8x longer saying the same thing 😅 James really needs to read this. It's an awful bug and really ruins keepsake boxes.
Man everytime I actually like and enjoy a feature in sims 4, some annoying bug they should've tested for ruins it immediately and who knows if it will ever get fixed. So frustrating
I love how James has multiple pictures of the house as he renovates but zero pictures of any of the kids as babies, toddlers, and children before they age up.
i love that James just got confused with Ash's outfits (party and swimwear) and immediately did the same mistake on Koji after realizing his mistake with Ash, not even blinking at the thought of Koji having a full coat for "swimwear" which would've told him it wasn't swimwear 😂😂😂
@@JamesTurnerYT I think there are heavy duty water resistant hearing aids that can handle being submerged, but they're rare and expensive - the average person's hearing aids are like AirPods, they can handle sweat, but not being dunked, so they're removed for swimming and showering. That said, slippers are included in "sleepwear" in the Sims 4, and most people wear slippers while hanging around the house, not while in bed. My dad definitely wears his hearing aid while hanging around the house, so keeping it in sleepwear isn't super weird, since sleepwear can also be considered "lounge wear". Only needing a hearing aid in cold weather is very weird though haha.
@@JamesTurnerYT not actually a propos the hearing aid, but I was wondering if you’re still planning on introducing the kids to the werewolf side of the family? I think it’d be cool if they had the sleepover with Nina’s kid, that’d be really cute 😊
I definitely think the forsaken sweater needs to be in the keepsake box to mark the journey Kevin took to finally achieve his lifelong dream of becoming lord of the knits
A gameplay suggestion for Rye: Since he is a trying to be a comedian (and embracing the struggle) he could "perform" on his microphone outside the house, close the sidewalk. Sims would listen to his comedy routine and tip him from time to time. That would increase his comedy skill AND get some money for the household hehe
i love the idea that as soon as sydney gave the (empty) keepsake box to hilary, the word spread around & everyone in the bigwallet fam was like QUICK WE GOTTA BE THE FIRST ONES TO FILL THE BOX so everyone's just coming over at 2 am that same day
"You're saying Sidney gave MY daughter-in-law a keepsake box?" "Well she's his daughter Reg-" "Unacceptable. My descendants should remember _me._ " "Well I don't think he put anything in it." "QUICK! Kevin, gather all of the pictures and -- and the book!" "Which book?" "MY book -- oh nevermind. Get Brie on the phone and tell her to take some photos to Addison's house asap. I'll take care of the book."
the worst thing is that sydney was dying as he gave that keepsake box, so Reginald trying to one up him in his final moments of life is so tragic and cruel 😆
Have to say, as a partially deaf new viewer, who does use a hearing aid in my left ear... I love this. This put a massive smile on my face and it's the first time I've personally seen a Simmer actually include them as part of the character. I thought you were just going to remove both Koji and Ash's hearing aid permanently. This was really lovely, thank you, James.
It means a lot to me too. I wear hearing aids in both ears. I just wish the ones available weren’t quite so clunky looking. Mine are very sleek and fit behind my ears nicely - which is great because I wear glasses too. Add a mask, and my poor ears are doing so much work! 😆
@@SheaTheSarcastic I feel that~ I feel like the colour options arent that great either because for mine I have a small variety of colours for when i dye my hair to either match and hide or pop against and look cool, but I haven't seen too much of them to remember in game how they look. I feel that (+ my headphones awkwardly balanced for my aid too lmaoo)!! I''ve taken to the bandana variant of a mask where the strap is connected to the button and it sits that way; it's just less to balance. I'm glad James did this and so many of us could have a slightly brighter or entirely better day because of it, I'm glad you got a smile from the episode as well ^^
@@sarahj9378 I'm so glad I found him, honestly. I know from some other LPs he's inclusive but recently, I don't expect many to be as inclusive as James is, sadly, but it's wonderful. Hes's a good lad, I'm blessed to have found his channel 💓
I think it's a good time to age those extra babies Hazel and Trenton had to children so that Willow and Ash can meet them and Sandalwood and have a slumber party. Also Kevin should definitely add something he knitted to the keepsake box, maybe Column could contribute too (the other branch of the Bigwallet family should probably have their own box as well).
I know we're not playing Brianne anymore, but I feel like her struggling to get pregnant could be a sign for her to have a science baby. It fits her story line: She was career driven, had an adventurous lifestyle and now that she's a little older, she needs some science help to have a baby. It makes sense in my head lol
I was saying that to the screen when he popped into her household. He should have set her up with a science baby. Don't need to play, but would have loved that for her story.
Koji only have hearing aid in his sleeping wear because he does not want to hear all the chaos from the kids in the daytime, but know that he still need to be aware of his kids' safety during the night hahaha
Immediately when you said how styled Ash after Ash from Pokemon, I thought it would be hilarious to give him the serial romantic aspiration ( as an older sims obv) so he can catch them all. I am aware it's dumb, but it made me laugh! You could prob do collector stuff, but that's kinda boring at this point in the Sims.
@@that-possum-guy3209 My dad's one could go in the rain, but not in the pool. If that makes sense. It could only handle a little bit of water, but nog for too long
@@that-possum-guy3209 I looked this up before - I think hearing aids that can be submerged exist, but are very expensive and rare. Most are like AirPods, they can handle rain or sweat, but shouldn't be dunked. If someone's whose life surrounds the water needed a hearing aid, they might look into waterproof ones, but most won't. It will be interesting to see if this changes with tech advances, a child not being able to hear while learning to swim sounds potentially risky. (Obviously deaf people have been learning to swim since humankind began, but swimming is already a risky activity, not being able to hear warnings when you're used to being able to hear during other activities sounds tough.) And no one sleeps wearing a hearing aid, but the Sims also includes slippers in sleepwear, which most people do not wear when actually in bed. I know my Sims end up wearing PJs a fair bit at home, I could see someone including the hearing aid for those situations.
@@that-possum-guy3209 Not that I know of. I have ben using them since I was three. Not all hearing loss are a good fit for a rechargeable model. Some people still use batteries. One aid dispenser even asked if I wanted to buy a sweat guard to protect for athletics and very light water.
Could you have Quinn bring the kids to visit Nina, Angus and Sandalwood? That could be one friend at least. Also a few thoughts for the keepsake box: Kevin could knit toys. Also doesn't Addison have one of the earlier Bigwallet's first dollar unlocks in the restaurant? And maybe a death flower because you never know? XD
Yes, you're right, Addison does have the first ever Bigwallet dollar, that has to go in the box! Though i think he took it with him when James ended the Dine Out lp, so it might be in his inventory or in his house inventory
Aging for active households is a good idea since that would let Sandalwood to grow up with Willow and Ash. However, you might lose some Bigwallets like Ambrose or Chaz before you get to throw a family reunion!
I think turning aging on makes sense and you should definitely expand the living room, but I think if you do, it makes sense to put a second story on the house, so it won't be so wide. My favorite part of this episode is Koji and Quinn changing the cots into toddler beds. James' impression of Koji trying to get the side off the bed was hilarious and then right after Quinn discovering that she dislikes handiness was perfect! Lol 😂 Also, maybe an unpopular idea, but I would watch Sims movies with James commentary 😅
If he adds a second floor so he can finally get his alcove for Uncle Rye, just make sure to keep the infant nursery and toddlers on the ground floor! It's already complicated enough. They'll still get taken upstairs now and then though, I'm sure.
The hearing aid differences are left ear only, right ear only, and both ears. I very much wish sims would let us lock devices like this so I don't have to put the hearing aids back on for every outfit.
yes, those things should be like hair. if set on “everyday” it sets it for all categories; but if you change it in “formal,” it will only change for that specific category.
"Ooooh mail! Don't walk in there prancing around! Get out of my house! Get out of my toddler's room! Get outta here! " 😂😂😂😂 I laughed and rewatched this 5 times lol
the lovely thing about mccc (which i just recently downloaded) is that there is a sim command to "send home" so now if i need to unlock my door for a stay-over, i can just immediately send home random sims who waltz in. also useful for when your stay-over guests get in the way of you taking care of your babies >.< i had to make my twins' grandma go jogging cuz she kept cooing at one when their dad was trying to feed them EDIT: i also put the "private lot" lot trait on my house, not sure if it's really helpful, but i think i've seen a decrease in random sims stopping by.
As a Teacher of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing 🤟🏻it brought tears to my eyes that you took the effort to go through and make sure their hearing aids were on except for swimwear ❤ it's too bad they didn't add cochlear implants as well, but I'm sure modders are on that. The medical wearables update was such a wonderful addition for more people to see themselves in the game!
Get together's clubs are perfect for meeting other kids! I usually make a club called Scouts, limit ade to child, and you can add sims you don't know to the club. You could even have the kids join real scouts and then only include them (it's classed as a career, for the club requriments) Love the bigwallets serieses! I'm slowly but surely making my way through the back catalogue
The mailman that intrudes in their house is the best LP character I've seen in a long time 😂 It reminds me of having burglars, except instead of stealing our stuff, he just criticizes it.
Really loving the idea of having an extend family kids slumber party that others have mentioned. Would be fun to see how everyone gets along or doesn’t Also don’t forget about hosting a family reunion!
I clicked on this video and was so excited to see that it was captioned. And then to have both Koji and Ash be hard of hearing and use hearing aids made me so happy. I am not Deaf myself, but my mom is hard of hearing so I was very glad to see that this video was accessible. I emailed James last week about captioning, and I just assumed he didn’t see the email, and then saw this! Thank you James!
I love how you pointed out wearing hearing aids when sleeping is quite dumb. My grandpa needed the radio on while sleeping and used to snore a lot and my grandma has been almost completely deaf since her forties, she always said she didn't divorce him because at night she took her hearing aids off and she got a peacefull nights sleep
I wear hearing aids and you're right that you shouldn't wear it for swimming because the water would break them. I also have to be careful about things like waterfights and rain, make sure I always have a hood I can put up even if rain is unlikely. Living in England, you never know, it could rain at any moment and I've got to be prepared. The second hearing aid for one ear might be a cochlear implant. Cochlear implants are a type of hearing aid for people who are sevearly or profoundly deaf, that uses a magnet on either side of the skull to send electrical signals directly to the inner ear. You'd be able to see it's a cochlear implant on short hair, there would be a wire coming from the part that attatches to the outer ear, going up to a flat oval shaped part on the skull above the ear. The part of the cochlear implant that's inside the skull has to be fitted surgically, which is very expensive. Currenly most health services will only pay for people to get cochlear implants in one ear, even if they are profoundly deaf in both ears. That's probably why CAS only has them for one side. I think they should still have made CAS assets for both sides so you can make an accurate self sim, or to look better with an asymetric haircut. Some people do get cochlear implants in both ears, usually becuase they have another disability like a visual impairment or an intelectual disability that would make having hearing in only one ear particularly difficult. I think the medical wearables and glasses should be like haircuts where the default is for them to be the same on every outfit, but you can change them individually (like take off the hearing aids for sleepwear) if you want to. The external part of a cochlear implant should usually be taken off for sports like basketball because of the risk of it being damaged if you get hit in the head with the ball. Other types of hearing aids usually don't need to be taken off for sports, but you might take them off to protect them from water or mud.
Just wanna say, love the idea of auto aging all big wallet families. But I think that you should occasionally drop in and so we can see how Hazel’s triplets are doing and a little werewolf baby 😊😊😊😊
Candle has walked by the house 2 episodes now haha need to meet him for a family reunion (if it allows distant relatives 🤔) and also, maybe a 2 story craftsman?
I really love the chaos this let’s play brings!! it really gives “the family have come to stay for the holidays and I can’t wait for them to leave” vibes 😂😂
PSA: The keepsake box was bugged for a while. Maybe the patch fixed it, but it was deleting photos, make sure you have a copy on the wall or in the personal inventory too, just in case.
!!!Keepsake Box Bug Alert!!! (If no one has commented this yet please boost so James can read.) There is an unsolved bug with keepsake boxes and other storage items that don't share inventory (so base game chests and the university ones as well as keepsake boxes, I think). Photos that get placed inside turn black and you can't recover them/make the photos look like they used to again. Just checked to see and I don't think the bug's been fixed yet, so hopefully you have a save you can roll back to before you put all of them in the keepsake box because they might corrupted forever. It's only noticeable upon relaunch/when you relaunch the game and load up a save after you place the pictures in the affected storage item. Safe photo storage locations are individual Sim inventories, household inventories, and displayed on walls/in frames slotted to tables/dressers/etc. One solution community has used when the family they're playing aren't the Bigwallets and don't own like all the land in the game is placing all photos they want to save on a wall of a room uploaded to the gallery/saved to their library.
I'm enjoying this series so much, I think it's one of my favorite LPs at the moment! Also the infant age up animation is so cute I think EA did really good with it! 💖💖💖
I am always in favor of a house expansion/ speed build video! I would love this to include the James-ified tree house, too. And I agree with you about aging being on.
definitely get MCCommand Center!! I’d love to see some chaos with that - you could also mark the mailman for death since there’s a few sims in this world *cough* like Kenji *cough* who are too weird around kids!!!
Maybe make a smallish second floor family room for the slumber party that can link over to the 'new' treehouse. Also I loved the keepsake box journey!!
I love the idea of Hilary & Addison staying over indefinitely. That means they keep their house but can have the guest bedroom, and you’ll have two extra sims to help out. It’d be nice to see more of them since their adulthood felt so rushed 😂
Maybe they could move to the neighborhood, so they'd be closer? Like they sold the booming restaurant business and moved to the suburbs to support their kids and grandkids. I kind of like that idea - then give them a key and they could just live next door or somewhere nearby.
Love love love you putting the hearing aid in, James! Beautiful storytelling, and it was all led by the game choosing to put in a hearing aid instead of the eyeball ring or a random nose piercing!
On the topic of in game movies, I once saw a youtuber who's sims were 100% autonomous, so he started commentating a movie that they were watching and getting really invested in it, but then the sim decided to do something else and turned off the TV. The youtuber said, "Hey! I was watching that!"
This was probably one of the funniest episodes ever 😂 I was DYING when James was yelling at the mailman omg 😂 Also, I saw someone say they would watch sims movies with James commentary and me too!! I was low-key so invested in what the little dog was gonna do lol
I would love to see the treehouse upgraded all the way to include the slide and pole at the back. Also would love to see the kids playing in the treehouse. I know building a 'real' treehouse that you can put walls down in is more useful in the long-run, but it would be very cool to at least let the kids (Ash and Willow at least) play in this treehouse object (and slide down the slide) to see the unique interactions at least one time before you get rid of it and build the 'real' treehouse? But if you decide that doesn't work with the story you're going for here, that's ok too.
Yeah so happy for another video just got home from the hospital after having my dressings changed from hand surgery to see this video perfect way to relax 😊
I love that fact that james didn't accept the easy ride to the top with Rye. I also noticed that Willow is left handed! I know I say this about every one of your let's plays but the organic way that things develop is so wonderful. I just love it. I think you should turn the aging on and off for everyone periodically so you don't lose complete control over their aging.
2:59 definitely never ever wear your hearing aids anywhere near water! You will immediately ruin them and those things can cost 1000's to replace! Also, why on earth would you wear hearing aids to sleep? It would be so uncomfortable and they'd most likely be whistling constantly with your head on the pillow. Personally I don't even wear mine in the house, it can be very very tiring to constantly have that much sound input when it's not a natural thing for your brain anymore. I take mine off as soon as I get in the door. Personally I don't like the hearing aids that blend in with the skin or hair. I used to have purple hearing aids and they were awesome! I could match them to my outfit and jewellery if I wanted 😁💜 it also made them more visible to other people and indicated that I needed accommodations. A lot of people seem to think that wearing a hearing aid makes you not deaf any more but it really doesn't. It's a useful tool and it can definitely help make communication easier but it can never completely fix your deafness, you'll still need to lip read and guess what people are saying a lot of the time, so you'll still need people to face you and speak clearly. They don't make my hearing aids in fun colours anymore so now I have to have grey ones 😢. P. S love that we can have these sort of conversations sparked by the sims 😁
You can gift the keepsake box as a friendly gift option at any age if the entrust option doesn’t come up and they still work and show the options 👍 great series love the chaos 😀
I’d love the kids to be friends with sandalwood! also, I think it would be super fun and chaotic to up the household size, maybe even to add more kids or pets! but just so you know, you can’t enter CAS if you have more than 8 sims because it’ll delete them. I love the outdoor retreat gameplay but if you want, you can sometimes find the elixir of fertility on plopsy. there’s also a mod to spawn bugs outside of granite falls if you want to continue collecting them without going on vacation!
DO NOT PUT PHOTOS IN THE KEEPSAKE BOX! It breaks them so they turn black unless you have a mod to fix it
Please like this guys!
I left a comment that's 8x longer saying the same thing 😅 James really needs to read this. It's an awful bug and really ruins keepsake boxes.
+1 so it’s seen
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Man everytime I actually like and enjoy a feature in sims 4, some annoying bug they should've tested for ruins it immediately and who knows if it will ever get fixed. So frustrating
i saw lilsimsie had a similar problem with the keepsake box, she wanted to keep all her graves in there and it bugged out :(
I love how James has multiple pictures of the house as he renovates but zero pictures of any of the kids as babies, toddlers, and children before they age up.
Priorities 😂
"No I'm not strict, I'm dying!" is probably my favorite James quote out of context 😆
"Honestly, I need some mama time."
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“I’m dying of old” 😂😂😂😂
@@ameliaryley 😂😂
i love that James just got confused with Ash's outfits (party and swimwear) and immediately did the same mistake on Koji after realizing his mistake with Ash, not even blinking at the thought of Koji having a full coat for "swimwear" which would've told him it wasn't swimwear 😂😂😂
Yeah, oops
james being james 😂
@@JamesTurnerYT I think there are heavy duty water resistant hearing aids that can handle being submerged, but they're rare and expensive - the average person's hearing aids are like AirPods, they can handle sweat, but not being dunked, so they're removed for swimming and showering.
That said, slippers are included in "sleepwear" in the Sims 4, and most people wear slippers while hanging around the house, not while in bed. My dad definitely wears his hearing aid while hanging around the house, so keeping it in sleepwear isn't super weird, since sleepwear can also be considered "lounge wear". Only needing a hearing aid in cold weather is very weird though haha.
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@@JamesTurnerYT not actually a propos the hearing aid, but I was wondering if you’re still planning on introducing the kids to the werewolf side of the family? I think it’d be cool if they had the sleepover with Nina’s kid, that’d be really cute 😊
Tbh Agatha deserves that lottery money after all the hard work she and her clones put in the restaurant
Do you think the clones are going to split it or it’ll go to Agatha Prime
@@happysillygoofy 🤣🤣🤣
maybe she kept cloning herself to boost her chances to win 👀
@@happysillygoofy this is so funny hahaha!
I definitely think the forsaken sweater needs to be in the keepsake box to mark the journey Kevin took to finally achieve his lifelong dream of becoming lord of the knits
A gameplay suggestion for Rye: Since he is a trying to be a comedian (and embracing the struggle) he could "perform" on his microphone outside the house, close the sidewalk. Sims would listen to his comedy routine and tip him from time to time. That would increase his comedy skill AND get some money for the household hehe
microphone*
No need Tiggy, everyone knew what they meant. It’s not a legal document, just a TH-cam comment.
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Lmao. Do you mind if I borrow this (assuming I remember it)? I love it.
i love the idea that as soon as sydney gave the (empty) keepsake box to hilary, the word spread around & everyone in the bigwallet fam was like QUICK WE GOTTA BE THE FIRST ONES TO FILL THE BOX so everyone's just coming over at 2 am that same day
"You're saying Sidney gave MY daughter-in-law a keepsake box?"
"Well she's his daughter Reg-"
"Unacceptable. My descendants should remember _me._ "
"Well I don't think he put anything in it."
"QUICK! Kevin, gather all of the pictures and -- and the book!"
"Which book?"
"MY book -- oh nevermind. Get Brie on the phone and tell her to take some photos to Addison's house asap. I'll take care of the book."
@@one_smol_duck I want to like this a thousand times. I laughed so hard at this! 🤣🤣🤣
@@one_smol_duck can’t let the rivalry die out, lol
the worst thing is that sydney was dying as he gave that keepsake box, so Reginald trying to one up him in his final moments of life is so tragic and cruel 😆
The rivalry between Reg and Sydney is still alive! 😂😂😂
Have to say, as a partially deaf new viewer, who does use a hearing aid in my left ear... I love this. This put a massive smile on my face and it's the first time I've personally seen a Simmer actually include them as part of the character. I thought you were just going to remove both Koji and Ash's hearing aid permanently. This was really lovely, thank you, James.
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It means a lot to me too. I wear hearing aids in both ears. I just wish the ones available weren’t quite so clunky looking. Mine are very sleek and fit behind my ears nicely - which is great because I wear glasses too. Add a mask, and my poor ears are doing so much work! 😆
@@SheaTheSarcastic I feel that~ I feel like the colour options arent that great either because for mine I have a small variety of colours for when i dye my hair to either match and hide or pop against and look cool, but I haven't seen too much of them to remember in game how they look. I feel that (+ my headphones awkwardly balanced for my aid too lmaoo)!! I''ve taken to the bandana variant of a mask where the strap is connected to the button and it sits that way; it's just less to balance. I'm glad James did this and so many of us could have a slightly brighter or entirely better day because of it, I'm glad you got a smile from the episode as well ^^
one of my favorite things about James, he's very inclusive. 💓
@@sarahj9378 I'm so glad I found him, honestly. I know from some other LPs he's inclusive but recently, I don't expect many to be as inclusive as James is, sadly, but it's wonderful. Hes's a good lad, I'm blessed to have found his channel 💓
I think it's a good time to age those extra babies Hazel and Trenton had to children so that Willow and Ash can meet them and Sandalwood and have a slumber party. Also Kevin should definitely add something he knitted to the keepsake box, maybe Column could contribute too (the other branch of the Bigwallet family should probably have their own box as well).
Yes it would be awesome to age up the rest of the kids in the family! I wanna see a slumber party with a werewolf and half-alien kids
This would be so cute!
yeah! Chaz can but the other, simpler box
@@cxrrine that would be perfect for Chaz 🥹
I missed that they have extra babies! Was that a neighbourhood stories kind of deal? (I forgot what it’s called!! 🫣)
You do realize that Ash simply must catch all the Void critters... And that you brought this upon yourself🤭
Genius!
I know we're not playing Brianne anymore, but I feel like her struggling to get pregnant could be a sign for her to have a science baby. It fits her story line: She was career driven, had an adventurous lifestyle and now that she's a little older, she needs some science help to have a baby. It makes sense in my head lol
I was thinking the same thing! It would be awesome if Breanne had a science baby
Yes I'd love for Brianne and Ray to have a science baby!
as someone working on my own science baby- id love to see this!
I was saying that to the screen when he popped into her household. He should have set her up with a science baby. Don't need to play, but would have loved that for her story.
I was hoping he would give her a science baby when he played her to fill the keepsake box
It's so funny that Quinn's boss "rejected" her resignation and now it's been a couple years and she's still working that job. 😂😂😂
Poor Koji is not gonna be able to hear at the party 😂
At least he gets to feel the music
lol that was so funny that he did that right after making the same mistake with his son 😂
@@Chet_Thornbushel its one of my favorite James Turner things. He catches himself doing an oopsy once and then proceeds to do it again 🤣
I know a lady who turns off her hearing aids at parties as they're so loud it's overwhelming and only reads lips during them instead..!
Maybe it's not a bug, it's a feature! With so many sims in the house, he needs a little bit of peace and quiet.
Koji only have hearing aid in his sleeping wear because he does not want to hear all the chaos from the kids in the daytime, but know that he still need to be aware of his kids' safety during the night hahaha
Your picture is EVERYTHING. Hercules is my favourite Disney movie of all time and Megara is incredible. 💜
@@ItsAlannaBanana yes! she is my favourite too haha
@@Daisy-og8er You have TASTE.
Immediately when you said how styled Ash after Ash from Pokemon, I thought it would be hilarious to give him the serial romantic aspiration ( as an older sims obv) so he can catch them all. I am aware it's dumb, but it made me laugh!
You could prob do collector stuff, but that's kinda boring at this point in the Sims.
I would like to see them use the void critter toy. It would make so much sense to collect the cards.
That's hilarious
If it's not a naked teacher it's an intrusive Mailman. 😱🤣😂
This part of the family tree has unfortunate moments with strangers.
And the people coming in to have mudbaths that break the tub lol
I thought about that teacher too!!!
The game has 3 hearing aid options. L , R & Both. People who use an aid full time should have it on except when there swimming and sleeping
Are there no waterproof hearing aids?
@@that-possum-guy3209 My dad's one could go in the rain, but not in the pool. If that makes sense. It could only handle a little bit of water, but nog for too long
@@that-possum-guy3209 I looked this up before - I think hearing aids that can be submerged exist, but are very expensive and rare. Most are like AirPods, they can handle rain or sweat, but shouldn't be dunked. If someone's whose life surrounds the water needed a hearing aid, they might look into waterproof ones, but most won't.
It will be interesting to see if this changes with tech advances, a child not being able to hear while learning to swim sounds potentially risky. (Obviously deaf people have been learning to swim since humankind began, but swimming is already a risky activity, not being able to hear warnings when you're used to being able to hear during other activities sounds tough.)
And no one sleeps wearing a hearing aid, but the Sims also includes slippers in sleepwear, which most people do not wear when actually in bed. I know my Sims end up wearing PJs a fair bit at home, I could see someone including the hearing aid for those situations.
@@that-possum-guy3209 Not that I know of. I have ben using them since I was three. Not all hearing loss are a good fit for a rechargeable model. Some people still use batteries. One aid dispenser even asked if I wanted to buy a sweat guard to protect for athletics and very light water.
Also not all people based on there loss like to use them 100% of the time. Some people keep them off at home for example.
Sydney's contribution IS the keepsake box!
I like the idea of Koji taking his hearing aid out at large parties though. Aging into a grumpy old man who doesn't want to be bothered. Haha
Could you have Quinn bring the kids to visit Nina, Angus and Sandalwood? That could be one friend at least.
Also a few thoughts for the keepsake box: Kevin could knit toys. Also doesn't Addison have one of the earlier Bigwallet's first dollar unlocks in the restaurant? And maybe a death flower because you never know? XD
Yes, you're right, Addison does have the first ever Bigwallet dollar, that has to go in the box! Though i think he took it with him when James ended the Dine Out lp, so it might be in his inventory or in his house inventory
I wasn't expecting to learn James is a Sharkboy and Lava Girl fan today, but I'm here for it
The whole keepsake saga and visiting past families was great!
Aging for active households is a good idea since that would let Sandalwood to grow up with Willow and Ash. However, you might lose some Bigwallets like Ambrose or Chaz before you get to throw a family reunion!
Itd be fun to use the tiny campers kit for the sleepover and do an outdoor camping sleepover
the little prancing walk of that mailman makes it 100% funnier whenever he breaks in to smell the furniture 😂
At this point James should age up sandalwood and other kids of hazel and Trenton into kids so that all the extended family’s kids have slumber party
I think turning aging on makes sense and you should definitely expand the living room, but I think if you do, it makes sense to put a second story on the house, so it won't be so wide.
My favorite part of this episode is Koji and Quinn changing the cots into toddler beds. James' impression of Koji trying to get the side off the bed was hilarious and then right after Quinn discovering that she dislikes handiness was perfect! Lol 😂
Also, maybe an unpopular idea, but I would watch Sims movies with James commentary 😅
If he adds a second floor so he can finally get his alcove for Uncle Rye, just make sure to keep the infant nursery and toddlers on the ground floor! It's already complicated enough. They'll still get taken upstairs now and then though, I'm sure.
The hearing aid differences are left ear only, right ear only, and both ears. I very much wish sims would let us lock devices like this so I don't have to put the hearing aids back on for every outfit.
And glasses. I mean, people usually need to see regardless of that outfit they're wearing.
Yeah, locking it would be perfect. I’d like it for facial piercings too, everyone I know sleeps in theirs.
yes, those things should be like hair. if set on “everyday” it sets it for all categories; but if you change it in “formal,” it will only change for that specific category.
I think it's ironic that the bigwallet family keepsake box was started by a non bigwallet and passed down to another non bigwallet....
"I'm not strict I'm dying! Dying of old!" -Sydney Price on one of his final days
"Ooooh mail! Don't walk in there prancing around! Get out of my house! Get out of my toddler's room! Get outta here! " 😂😂😂😂 I laughed and rewatched this 5 times lol
Lol me too😂
Agatha will have to share her winnings with a thousand other Agathas 😂
I had the same thought! 10 simoleons each!
"Oh! It's a bat. Oh! It's a vampire. Oh! And they're gone" LMAO 😂
the lovely thing about mccc (which i just recently downloaded) is that there is a sim command to "send home" so now if i need to unlock my door for a stay-over, i can just immediately send home random sims who waltz in.
also useful for when your stay-over guests get in the way of you taking care of your babies >.< i had to make my twins' grandma go jogging cuz she kept cooing at one when their dad was trying to feed them
EDIT: i also put the "private lot" lot trait on my house, not sure if it's really helpful, but i think i've seen a decrease in random sims stopping by.
As a Teacher of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing 🤟🏻it brought tears to my eyes that you took the effort to go through and make sure their hearing aids were on except for swimwear ❤ it's too bad they didn't add cochlear implants as well, but I'm sure modders are on that. The medical wearables update was such a wonderful addition for more people to see themselves in the game!
Says swimwear and removes the hearing aid from partywear 😂😂😂 one of James cutest moments 😂😂
James getting angry with strangers in his house is my favourite
Especially PRANCING strangers!
Same😭
I like turning aging on for the extended family. It makes it feel more real when they are all the right relative age!
Get together's clubs are perfect for meeting other kids! I usually make a club called Scouts, limit ade to child, and you can add sims you don't know to the club. You could even have the kids join real scouts and then only include them (it's classed as a career, for the club requriments) Love the bigwallets serieses! I'm slowly but surely making my way through the back catalogue
The mailman that intrudes in their house is the best LP character I've seen in a long time 😂 It reminds me of having burglars, except instead of stealing our stuff, he just criticizes it.
We missed you and Deli! Watching your letsplays is very comforting after a long work day. Thank you!
Really loving the idea of having an extend family kids slumber party that others have mentioned. Would be fun to see how everyone gets along or doesn’t Also don’t forget about hosting a family reunion!
Glad to see that you're back! I hope you enjoyed your little break! Looking forward to see what this family will get up to this time.
I clicked on this video and was so excited to see that it was captioned. And then to have both Koji and Ash be hard of hearing and use hearing aids made me so happy. I am not Deaf myself, but my mom is hard of hearing so I was very glad to see that this video was accessible. I emailed James last week about captioning, and I just assumed he didn’t see the email, and then saw this! Thank you James!
Invites two more sims to help out, and it turns into pure chaos instead. I love it.
39:04
**noon** "who is calling me at this hour!!?"
you need to make a copy of Afro Disiac's picture and put in the keepsake box. She is a family legend !!!!!
Yes!!!
You could get the MC Command Centre mod and increase the household size so you could try for triplets now for ultimate chaos!
I love how you pointed out wearing hearing aids when sleeping is quite dumb. My grandpa needed the radio on while sleeping and used to snore a lot and my grandma has been almost completely deaf since her forties, she always said she didn't divorce him because at night she took her hearing aids off and she got a peacefull nights sleep
I wear hearing aids and you're right that you shouldn't wear it for swimming because the water would break them. I also have to be careful about things like waterfights and rain, make sure I always have a hood I can put up even if rain is unlikely. Living in England, you never know, it could rain at any moment and I've got to be prepared.
The second hearing aid for one ear might be a cochlear implant. Cochlear implants are a type of hearing aid for people who are sevearly or profoundly deaf, that uses a magnet on either side of the skull to send electrical signals directly to the inner ear. You'd be able to see it's a cochlear implant on short hair, there would be a wire coming from the part that attatches to the outer ear, going up to a flat oval shaped part on the skull above the ear. The part of the cochlear implant that's inside the skull has to be fitted surgically, which is very expensive. Currenly most health services will only pay for people to get cochlear implants in one ear, even if they are profoundly deaf in both ears. That's probably why CAS only has them for one side. I think they should still have made CAS assets for both sides so you can make an accurate self sim, or to look better with an asymetric haircut. Some people do get cochlear implants in both ears, usually becuase they have another disability like a visual impairment or an intelectual disability that would make having hearing in only one ear particularly difficult.
I think the medical wearables and glasses should be like haircuts where the default is for them to be the same on every outfit, but you can change them individually (like take off the hearing aids for sleepwear) if you want to.
The external part of a cochlear implant should usually be taken off for sports like basketball because of the risk of it being damaged if you get hit in the head with the ball. Other types of hearing aids usually don't need to be taken off for sports, but you might take them off to protect them from water or mud.
If Syndey has enough points for a potion of youth, he could drink one so he can have more time with his great grandchildren.
You mistaking party wear for swimwear twice really cracked me up! Feels like something I would do. 😂
I think Aspen should get the Morning Sim trait (when you can) to match his toddler quirks.
The mailman is the guy you wave at ONCE and they suddenly invite themselves over for every family event.
Just wanna say, love the idea of auto aging all big wallet families. But I think that you should occasionally drop in and so we can see how Hazel’s triplets are doing and a little werewolf baby 😊😊😊😊
I feel like this house needs an awesome basement for kids to have a hangout!
That could be cool too
Candle has walked by the house 2 episodes now haha need to meet him for a family reunion (if it allows distant relatives 🤔) and also, maybe a 2 story craftsman?
I really love the chaos this let’s play brings!! it really gives “the family have come to stay for the holidays and I can’t wait for them to leave” vibes 😂😂
PSA: The keepsake box was bugged for a while. Maybe the patch fixed it, but it was deleting photos, make sure you have a copy on the wall or in the personal inventory too, just in case.
!!!Keepsake Box Bug Alert!!!
(If no one has commented this yet please boost so James can read.)
There is an unsolved bug with keepsake boxes and other storage items that don't share inventory (so base game chests and the university ones as well as keepsake boxes, I think). Photos that get placed inside turn black and you can't recover them/make the photos look like they used to again.
Just checked to see and I don't think the bug's been fixed yet, so hopefully you have a save you can roll back to before you put all of them in the keepsake box because they might corrupted forever. It's only noticeable upon relaunch/when you relaunch the game and load up a save after you place the pictures in the affected storage item.
Safe photo storage locations are individual Sim inventories, household inventories, and displayed on walls/in frames slotted to tables/dressers/etc. One solution community has used when the family they're playing aren't the Bigwallets and don't own like all the land in the game is placing all photos they want to save on a wall of a room uploaded to the gallery/saved to their library.
I'm enjoying this series so much, I think it's one of my favorite LPs at the moment! Also the infant age up animation is so cute I think EA did really good with it! 💖💖💖
I am always in favor of a house expansion/ speed build video! I would love this to include the James-ified tree house, too. And I agree with you about aging being on.
I enjoyed the commentary of the in-game movies a lot more than I thought it would. I want movie time with James!
I was so excited to see this pop up on my notifications when I woke up! I love my James LPs
definitely get MCCommand Center!! I’d love to see some chaos with that - you could also mark the mailman for death since there’s a few sims in this world *cough* like Kenji *cough* who are too weird around kids!!!
Maybe make a smallish second floor family room for the slumber party that can link over to the 'new' treehouse.
Also I loved the keepsake box journey!!
I love the idea of Hilary & Addison staying over indefinitely. That means they keep their house but can have the guest bedroom, and you’ll have two extra sims to help out. It’d be nice to see more of them since their adulthood felt so rushed 😂
Maybe they could move to the neighborhood, so they'd be closer? Like they sold the booming restaurant business and moved to the suburbs to support their kids and grandkids. I kind of like that idea - then give them a key and they could just live next door or somewhere nearby.
Love love love you putting the hearing aid in, James! Beautiful storytelling, and it was all led by the game choosing to put in a hearing aid instead of the eyeball ring or a random nose piercing!
Ash and willow should meet sandlewood so they can have a slumber party
"Unrelenting itch. Do I have a remedy for that? No." Me: YES YOU DO YOU JUST MADE SKIN SOOTHING LOTION
"Who is calling at this hour?!" It's 12:30 in the afternoon, James 😂
5:15 "Now Willow... okay, goodbye-" 😂🤣
On the topic of in game movies, I once saw a youtuber who's sims were 100% autonomous, so he started commentating a movie that they were watching and getting really invested in it, but then the sim decided to do something else and turned off the TV. The youtuber said, "Hey! I was watching that!"
This was probably one of the funniest episodes ever 😂 I was DYING when James was yelling at the mailman omg 😂
Also, I saw someone say they would watch sims movies with James commentary and me too!! I was low-key so invested in what the little dog was gonna do lol
Would be nice having the new swingset outside and also to see the kids in the treehouse
Great idea, make uncle Rye a live able tree house and give the kids the current treehouse.
i've been binging the previous let's play with reggie and his family, waiting for this one to have a new episode. so glad to see quinns family again
Passing down the kepsake box should happen at a family reunion party! Have a big ceremony!
Sometimes it stresses me out that James's sims always have such irregular sleep schedules
I think a world class comedian living rent free to help with the kids is *deeply* hilarious, personally
James Turner’s Sims 4 Movie Critic series incoming 🎉🎉🎉
I’m hoping for Siskel and Ebert level film reviews 😂
I would actually watch this lol 😆
I would love to see the treehouse upgraded all the way to include the slide and pole at the back. Also would love to see the kids playing in the treehouse. I know building a 'real' treehouse that you can put walls down in is more useful in the long-run, but it would be very cool to at least let the kids (Ash and Willow at least) play in this treehouse object (and slide down the slide) to see the unique interactions at least one time before you get rid of it and build the 'real' treehouse? But if you decide that doesn't work with the story you're going for here, that's ok too.
It may have been a long winded tangent sorting the keepsake box, but I genuinely really enjoyed that part!!
Aw I liked Willows default hair.
Absolutely invested in this chaos though 😅
As someone who wears a hearing aid, its super cool to see Ash and Koji wearing their hearing aids proudly!! Especially Koji after all this time!
Hearing James Turner say, “I need some Mama time” just made my day. 😂
Yeah so happy for another video just got home from the hospital after having my dressings changed from hand surgery to see this video perfect way to relax 😊
I love that fact that james didn't accept the easy ride to the top with Rye. I also noticed that Willow is left handed! I know I say this about every one of your let's plays but the organic way that things develop is so wonderful. I just love it. I think you should turn the aging on and off for everyone periodically so you don't lose complete control over their aging.
that mailman is unhinged lmao 😭😭 I'm actually tearing up laughing 😭😭
Binging this series I love it here
Should rename the Keepsake box to 'The Big Wallet'. 😀
2:59 definitely never ever wear your hearing aids anywhere near water! You will immediately ruin them and those things can cost 1000's to replace!
Also, why on earth would you wear hearing aids to sleep? It would be so uncomfortable and they'd most likely be whistling constantly with your head on the pillow. Personally I don't even wear mine in the house, it can be very very tiring to constantly have that much sound input when it's not a natural thing for your brain anymore. I take mine off as soon as I get in the door.
Personally I don't like the hearing aids that blend in with the skin or hair. I used to have purple hearing aids and they were awesome! I could match them to my outfit and jewellery if I wanted 😁💜 it also made them more visible to other people and indicated that I needed accommodations. A lot of people seem to think that wearing a hearing aid makes you not deaf any more but it really doesn't. It's a useful tool and it can definitely help make communication easier but it can never completely fix your deafness, you'll still need to lip read and guess what people are saying a lot of the time, so you'll still need people to face you and speak clearly.
They don't make my hearing aids in fun colours anymore so now I have to have grey ones 😢.
P. S love that we can have these sort of conversations sparked by the sims 😁
the mailman inviting himself into the house is the funniest thing 🤣
I LOOOOVVEEE the fact that the school called Rye about Ash misbehaving 🤣🤣🤣best non-birthing parent award goes tooooooo
I love the connection beetwen the families in these let's plays!
can I just say I can't NOT close the video until I hear the thrumphet w James "in the meantime, have an awesome day" I just love it
You can gift the keepsake box as a friendly gift option at any age if the entrust option doesn’t come up and they still work and show the options 👍 great series love the chaos 😀
Will Chaz’s household age then? With the cow-named niece and nephew from the Cottage Living LP? Are we going to see those characters in this LP?
I’d love the kids to be friends with sandalwood! also, I think it would be super fun and chaotic to up the household size, maybe even to add more kids or pets! but just so you know, you can’t enter CAS if you have more than 8 sims because it’ll delete them.
I love the outdoor retreat gameplay but if you want, you can sometimes find the elixir of fertility on plopsy. there’s also a mod to spawn bugs outside of granite falls if you want to continue collecting them without going on vacation!
I love that James got so engrossed in the movie 😂
I do that when I’m playing! 😂
@@GreatBritney99 lmao