So it's been nearly 2 months now after the maintenance of the Gallery and as someone who used to be active and create for the community of people on the Gallery I would like to address the concerns and also link the current issues that haven't been resolved so far to my knowledge.
If you resonate and encounter the same issues on your side, feel free to press "Me Too" and/or add your voice in the linked AHQ threads.
As you probably know, there was a maintenance for the Gallery from May 30th until June 1st. What sounded like overall improvements has from my point of view rendered the Gallery almost unusable as a result and unfortunately I don't see much progress being made to resolve reported issues.
Admittedly I haven't been happy with the state of the Gallery long before this maintenance for a variety of reasons and have been gone now basically for years.
I used to love the Gallery though as a creative space where I could share my creations and follow & interact with other people that did the same. I miss that time and I was actually hoping that the maintenance would make some things better.
To some degree it did. In particular, I was happy to see the performance improvements. But looking at the vast amount of issues and how little progress has been made, I'm not sure what to think.
I feel like the Gallery in its current state is basically unusable. Not only was the social function abolished overnight - which has been completely disheartening for those who have a close social circle on the Gallery. There are also technical issues that make navigating and finding content on the Gallery highly unpractical.
Below a list of current issues in relation to the maintenance as reported on the AHQ bug report forum.
'Item Name' search results are not accurate
Stats are missing
Gallery: Followers & Followed People are gone
Follower Names starred out
Download Numbers Lower After Maintenance (June 2023)
Some Maxis favorites are no longer favorited
Uploads Are Shown Multiple Times
Uploads are not getting any new downloads (seems like this one actually started happening again(?) after the 1.99 patch)
Also the News Feed has not returned yet. Although it was announced that it will be gone "at launch", considering it has been a while now, I'm linking this (feedback) report here as well:
Gallery missing News Feed
What makes it worse in my opinion is the uncertainty resulting from the lack of communication from EA to (proactively) address the concerns (besides the acknowledgement on some of the linked bug reports which I do appreciate). As far as I can tell, the issues that people encounter have not been anticipated pre maintenance and still the last official statement sounds like it was a success.
Below the original statement from the patch notes on May 30th and on Twitter about the Gallery maintenance. Two minor issues have been adressed in a patch on June 13th but the listed issues above still remain.
ā The following mods are cleared and don't need an update:
No Make-Up & No Accessories On Randomized Sims
CAS Presets Selection for Randomized Sims (The mod remains functional. However, I might update it for the new eyebrows/eye presets at a later point.)
In-Game Sim-Lighting
āļøThe CAS lighting mods are cleared for the patch but I assume that I will need to update them to include horses when the game files of the pack are available (additional file to be added):
CAS Lighting - City Light, Neutral Light & Torch Light variants
CAS Lighting - Golden Light
CAS Lighting - Spotlight & Daylight variants
ā ļøThe following mods for Gallery poses need to be updated for horses but will remain functional for households without horses.
No More Mirroring Mod
No Randomization Mod
Mod for Secondary Gallery Poses - Broken Pet Poses Fixed
Mod for Distinct Male/Female Secondary Gallery Poses
I will check my remaining mods at a later point, but I don't expect them to be impacted.
*the male, child, toddler & infant body is more or less the same as EAs, they have the same belly button and collar bones as pictured above, the rest isnāt edited much.
Hello, I am happy to share my new hair override with you! This hair is a base game style and comes in all 24 EA swatches. Creating it was challenging, but I am happy with the result. I hope you enjoy using it as much as I do. If you decide to use it, please tag me with #Mariaraz. ā„
Skin used on the sim made by: Nesurii ā„
Eyes used on the sim made by: DFJ ā„
Eyelashes used on the sim made by#PickyPikachu ā„