Sims 4 multiplayer is something many of us have been craving, but it's not a feature that seems likely to make it into the game just yet. There are a variety of Sims 4 mods that players have been using to fulfil certain wishes, and the option to go multiplayer is one such mod available for you to download.
The Sims 4 is almost a decade old, and in that time our pleas to EA have gone unanswered. With the Sims 5 official announcement hinting at “collaborative play”, however, we could be in for a co op mode in future iterations of the life simulator. For now, though, here's how to mod your Sims 4 game with a multiplayer script if you really are keen to play with friends.
What EA has said about Sims 4 multiplayer
If comments from EA's CEO Andrew Wilson are any indication - and you have to hope they would be - an online future is something that the company is considering. This statement is from EA's third quarter of FY2020 earnings call.
"As Maxis continues to think about The Sims for a new generation – cross-platforms and a cloud of a neighborhood world, you should imagine while we will always stay true to our inspiration, escape, creation, self-improvement, motivations – that this notion of social interactions and competition like the kind of things that were actually present in The Sims Online many many years ago – that they will start to become a part of The Sims experience in the years to come.
We are very excited. This is a game that really doesn’t have any competition in its category for delivering and fulfilling these motivations for players and we think of the tremendous growth opportunities for us for many many years to come."
How to use The Sims 4 multiplayer mod
The Sims community has created a serious mod to bring multiplayer to The Sims 4. The Sims 4 Multiplayer mod is designed to let you play with other people in real-time on a local network. The mod basically uses one PC as a server, which allows up to 12 players to join the same game.
This is about as close as we can hope to get to a Sims 4 multiplayer mode, for the time being at least. You can check out the mod at sims-multiplayer.com and there's a Patreon if you want to support the project
Remember, this isn't an official EA product, so you'll want to be careful when downloading and installing.
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