MOD UPDATES + PERSONAL INFO & CONCERNS + FUTURE CONTENT
Added 2021-08-04 01:04:52 +0000 UTCDear all,
I hope that you are doing well and having a nice summer (or winter if you live in the southern hemisphere❄️☀️🌍)
I have been taking a small break to spend some time with my family these past couple weeks, I really needed that. But while I was gone, two updates from the sims 4 came along and broke some Farmland features... 😢 So we are going to see together what's happening next for my content in this post, talking about mod updates, new mods, and I will be sharing some personal information and concerns as well! Let's get started!
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FARMLAND - UPDATE 2.0
As I just wrote up above, some Farmland features have been broken since the last two very recent patch updates from The Sims 4. I am working this week and next week on fixing those issues, plus introducing some new features making it more compatible with Cottage Living. I am, for example, adding the option to adopt Cottage Living animals in the fields!
Thank you so much for reporting the new glitches and for your patience. Please understand that updating such huge mod packs is not common and quite a challenge actually, and I am doing my best to have it updated as soon as possible.
I will let you know by the end of the weekend how things have been going during the week, and hopefully releasing this new version sometime next week. Thank you again for your patience, I know how frustrating it is when things break after an update. But we'll get this through💪
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NEW MOD - PLUMFRUIT
Some of you who follow me on twitter might have seen some teasers for my next Mod Pack called Plumfruit. It's a smaller Mod Pack, but filled with many new tech items inspired by Apple and other companies. Like the PlumPhone (iPhone), PlumPad (iPad), PlumPod (HomePod), PlumWatch, (you get it now😜) etc. I was hoping to release this pack in July but as always, time flies way too fast... So I will be releasing this one during August, excuse me for the delay, and find more information at the end of this post about future content & personal information/concerns.
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BROOKHEIGHTS - 2.0 UPDATE
Yes, Brookheights is still holding dearly in my heart, and updating such a big open world/mod pack is even more challenging than for my other projects! I started in January to revamp this mod but got busy with the Farmland development.
I will have to unfortunately start the development all over again for this project. This is going to be a huge amount of work but I want to get it out again for you all. I hope you understand that working by myself on such huge projects is not a piece of cake and I will do my best to have it back on tracks as soon as I can, in the next few months. Thank you once again for your patience.
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FUTURE CONTENT + PERSONAL INFO & CONCERNS
Now is time to share a bit more about the future content on this page, and to share more about myself and my concerns. This is kind of hard to tell you this, but I've come to realise over the past few months how hard it is for me to have a proper communication with you all, but also with anyone, including my relatives. This is a personal struggle I have been dealing with for a long time, and it is not getting better, breaking my heart day after day and messing with my mental health.
Since I started creating content for the Sims 4 last year, tens of thousand people started to follow me on social media, and several thousand of you are even supporting me through this platform, which is unbelievable. This has been really scary for me, making it harder and harder to keep up, leading to me locking myself up in my office for months to work on Farmland with almost no social interaction. I'm having a really hard time.
I feel a lot of pressure doing what I do and feel disconcerted with all these eyes looking right at me. I don't know how to handle such a huge amount of people waiting on my work, but I am learning along the way how to be better at it, and it will help deeply in my future endeavours. I want to please you all with more content but sometimes fail by wanting to do too much, too fast... And coming back after a few days to harsh comments on social media doesn't help me to focus on work, it makes it more and more scary to log in, anywhere. This is all new and unknown territory for me, and I appreciate your patience and support so much whilst I am learning on how to improve myself. I often think that I don't even deserve all your support and love, it's tearing me apart.
The solution I had thought about was to hire a full time community manager, to help me respond to each one of your messages, and improve my organisation over all. But the reality is that because of administrative problems (due to COVID - of course), I haven't been able to return to my home country (Mauritius) for 8 months now. So I am unable to hire someone there and have had a very unstable personal life since then.
I am doing my best to improve all this, and will take some time this week to find a solution on how to improve communication until I am able to return to Mauritius and hire someone there to help me.
This lead me to make the decision to create smaller mods for now (like the Plumfruit pack) until the end of 2021. Brookheights and Farmland are some of the greatest projects I have ever worked on, I deeply loved creating them! But everything that is happening around them is too hard to handle for me, even more with the limited resources I have for development and community management. And not being able to keep on all my commitments to you is starting to seriously drive me crazy and disappointed with myself.
I hope you understand and are not too mad at me for not being as present as you wish I could. But I am a fighter and am doing everything I can to improve and heal, to provide you with quality content and to be able to communicate better with you.
In a less near future (maybe in a year or two), I'm thinking more and more about heading somewhere else, maybe creating my own video game, with a full dev team and all! Or maybe take some time to work on my music, or even movies (and by the way, you can now watch the latest movie I've been working on, called Resort To Love on Netflix, produced by Alicia Keys).
I will let you know where I'm heading next of course, but in the meantime, we still have a lot of Sims content to explore and cherish here. And I am excited to see where we will be heading next, together.
Sending you all LOTS of Love!!!
Arnie
Comments
you have given us so much .....all will work out :)
2021-10-02 07:27:49 +0000 UTCYou have already gave us soo much!! Thank you
宣彤 刘
2021-09-29 20:53:18 +0000 UTCI downloaded it but everything isn't showing up. Wallpapers, certain store features like the elevators, lit up phones, etc...
2021-09-03 05:32:48 +0000 UTCThank you so much for your kind words! Oui je parle Francais, j'ai meme grandi en France! ;)
Arnie
2021-08-18 20:17:15 +0000 UTCThank you so much for all your work! you give us so much ! some people don't understand all the work that represent, and you work alone, your not a big company like the sims company. but don't worry we are a lot understanding that, take your time, that need to stay a passion not an oppression. Take care of yourself. oh and sorry but I have a question if one day you have time to answer, Do you speak french? I'm french and see you're from Mauritius so it's why ^^
Artemisims
2021-08-15 01:03:02 +0000 UTCI am sorry about the immense pressure you receive, but just remember how many fans you have!! Me included!
Siri
2021-08-11 21:58:58 +0000 UTCI support you ❤️
SimsStar
2021-08-09 17:53:23 +0000 UTCIt is important to take care of yourself. I can't create what you can, so I patiently wait until you are able to update and complete projects. I am happy to support you through this format with what I can. Don't let the negative comments get to you, some people are just miserable and want to pass their misery off on others. Keep your head up and do what you love.
Angela
2021-08-07 21:14:27 +0000 UTCJust wanted to say that you are making wise and healthy decisions and need to look after your mental health in these challenging times and try to remember that many many support your decisions and if some do not it is their loss and poor judgement not yours.
4bon
2021-08-07 07:40:10 +0000 UTCWhat youve done is incredible and obviously a lot of hard work. I opened up farmland and was totally wowed. So of course we always want MOAR! But if its not fun, if its just extra stress then dont do it, this is supposed to be an escape from lifes pressures. As someone else said you cant ever make everyone happy so just do what you CAN do, make YOU happy. And realize those vocal critics are the minonity, most of us are thrilled. Its too bad one has to pay to leave a nice comment lol but i figured this mod definitely deserves support :)
Marie King
2021-08-06 12:30:13 +0000 UTCSo sorry to hear all of the negative comments you receive! You have created some incredible content to enhance the game and you should only be praised. I cant imagine how complicated it is! You do what is best for you and focus on whats important - your family and your mental health :)
2021-08-06 08:34:16 +0000 UTCYes, I agree, just keep your mods updated will be alright with me. You can work on new content whenever you get back and don't be rushed, I can wait. Your work is incredible and I rather you put it out when it's ready. Thank you for making such charming worlds.
Marie Duran
2021-08-05 17:55:58 +0000 UTCyour health comes first :) take all the time you need we can wait for the updates and or fixes :) your doing such an amazing job and your trying to get everything done but, do it at your pace! Dont try and rush things your youll make some mistakes or youll add or change some things that you wont like so take all the time that you need and try and not stress too much over it! I can only imagine how much stressful it must be for you to try and get everything done right so take your slow time doing it but most importantly focus on yourself first because your physical and mental health should come first above anything else :)
2021-08-05 17:53:38 +0000 UTCTake all the time you need and thanks for your transparency <3
2021-08-05 14:57:14 +0000 UTCArnie, the best I can say is to stay offline until you finish what you are doing. Your results ae always amazing, but the world can be a harsh and hurtful place with no regards for your personal feelings. You have to protect you. You want things done right, but also don't overwhelm yourself. Maybe make your updates smaller with just a few things at a time instead of trying to overwhelm yourself with a huge makeover update. This is why the Sims does there small updates because it is a lot of work. While many of us complain about them not fixing the issues, we also understand the time and efforts that go into the programming that they do. We are just upset that instead of fixing what they have, they continue to add to it and make us pay for it. Take your time Arnie and manage it however is best for you.
Milz2012
2021-08-04 22:43:38 +0000 UTCArnie, you can't please everyone. Do what you must do for your mental health. No one should be expecting more from you. You have given us a lot. Rest and take your time doing what you love to do.
Kilvio Taveras
2021-08-04 20:23:29 +0000 UTCWe understand, we will not be mad at you. 💛
Anna
2021-08-04 19:48:25 +0000 UTCHang in there Arnie! Don't worry, we like your work and as a game programmer, it always takes more time than you think. Try not to get discouraged!
Peggy Garberick
2021-08-04 18:09:11 +0000 UTCWe love you Arnie! We know how much you do for us, and I want to think that everyone knows you simple cannot awnser everyone ❤️ sending much love
Johanna Magnusson Nilsson
2021-08-04 16:47:30 +0000 UTCArnie, real life comes first. I discovered your mod with a google search for the top cottage living mods (Farmland <3) and I immediately saw the effort you put into your projects and just had to sub to support. I know how it is to feel the pressures of trying to appease your entire audience and you won't ever get to that.. however, you can get to where you put out your best work and know that it's enough for the rest of us. Your health is 100% more important than any game, mod, pack or development. Please take care of yourself at all costs.
2021-08-04 16:35:07 +0000 UTCPlease don't let the public rule your life. I totally understand and I'll bet most people will. Care for you first, we will happily wait!
Peggy Casey
2021-08-04 15:02:37 +0000 UTCThanks for the update, Arnie! Please don’t overwork yourself! Take all the time you need to recover, and your true fans will welcome you back with open arms upon your return! 😊
Rowan
2021-08-04 14:07:04 +0000 UTCPace yourself~! Sending love and support!
2021-08-04 13:04:31 +0000 UTCYou're doing a wonderful job. Please take care of yourself first 💚
Ethel Casey
2021-08-04 11:29:27 +0000 UTCThank you for updating us Arnie. Your work is marvellous, but your mental health is more important. Take care
Angela Hewitt
2021-08-04 07:07:14 +0000 UTCTake care and stay safe!
calanthemavis
2021-08-04 06:53:56 +0000 UTCThank you so much for all you do. And for taking the time to even explain/ express your personal life. Mental health is very important. Take the time you need to heal and recover to be Arnie 2.0. Also Resort to Love was awsome. I loved it; you're so talented.
MzFox
2021-08-04 04:18:47 +0000 UTCArnie, you are so sweet and we love you as you are!!! You already provide so much amazing content for the Sims community and I know you feel the pressure to keep us updated but so many of us are so grateful for what you have already created!! Sims is supposed to be fun and I hope you can find time to enjoy yourself, focus on your mental health and relax xxxx
2021-08-04 03:21:31 +0000 UTCThank you so much for your amazing work, and your bravery and honesty about your struggles. You are so inspiring! I hope you get the rest and respite you need and deserve. <3
2021-08-04 02:34:04 +0000 UTCYou have to take care of yourself. I really hope you are able to feel a separation from the pressures you are feeling and are soon on your way to feeling less isolated and less stressed. I also really hope the negative comments are few and far between. You make wonderful things. I imagine it used to be fun to do so... I really hope it becomes fun again.
Personforsure
2021-08-04 02:13:30 +0000 UTCplease read the Brookheights 2.0 section of the post ;-;
No-esha
2021-08-04 01:48:12 +0000 UTCA lot of us really really understand, like first hand. You've given us so much, thank you for that and for your bravery in communicating this stuff so frankly. I hope people tempted to be rude will take a step back. And I hope that you will soon have what you need to help protect you from that stuff. Take good care of yourself!
Julie Atwood
2021-08-04 01:28:14 +0000 UTCTake as much time as you need Arnie!! I love your content and the wait is always worth it. Thank you for your hard work! 🖤🖤
The Sarah O.
2021-08-04 01:12:24 +0000 UTC
