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Actor is a new Career in the Get Famous Expansion Pack
The Sims 4 Get Famous features an Actor Career. It is an active one, meaning you are able to follow your Sim to work and have control over how well they perform at their job. In this guide, we'll look at the career and its unlocks, while I'll provide advice that will not only help you to get promoted, but also gain more fame from your performances. There is a separate skill for acting, which governs many of the career's success rates: Acting Skill Guide.
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Gigs give you the audition time, gig time, pay, and recommended skill levels.
You join the actor career like any other, using either the phone or careers tab. Press 'J' to bring up the jobs screen, and you'll find a little button to the right that says, 'Check Open Auditions'. I'm sad to say that you can only sign up for one gig at once, which is very unfortunate as it would have been nice to emulate an actor's busy schedule.
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Preparing for a role means leveling your skills. This will help you to pass the audition phase. If you fail, try again.
Once you have signed up, there are two phases: the audition and the actual filming of the performance. The Audition goes down like a normal career. Look to the jobs panel to see what time it is. Get in a preferred mood and teleport off to ye old rabbit hole. When your Sim disappears, they'll be gone a few hours. Whether they did well in the audition or not is determined on a few things - their acting skill level and whether or not they completed the 'daily tasks' in this case, preparation for the audition.
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Different Gigs require different skills. Using the costume takes some fitness, especially with all that dancing around.
In order to get an audition, you must be right for the part. They may need a dancer, singer, guitarist, or someone charismatic. Taking auditions when skills are too far out of range is foolish. You'll have a couple of days to prep, but will typically have tasks ahead like, "Reach Level 2 Fitness" or "Reach Level 3 Guitar". You have some time to do this, and can get the skill level you need early on in the career. Later it becomes much harder to get 2 levels within the 18-24 hours you have. In general this part of the career is nice. You see, you can specialize your actor and look for gigs each day that line up with their abilities, while in the meantime training up skills to expand toward different types of roles.
Once you have got a role from a successful audition, check the jobs panel again to see what time the shooting takes place. This is also visible when you sign up for the gig in the first place. It's just hard to keep track of. You'll have the option whether you go with your Sim and take control, or else send them alone (and thus be able to choose things like work hard which is not visible during auditions (see Careers for more info)). You'll often have two daily tasks to complete before the shoot, which helps you prepare and improves performance - especially if you send the Sim alone.
When the time comes, try to be confident (you can use the mirrors at the studio to Psych Self Up). Even if confident does zilch for performance in the job, it does give you more acting skill gain. You have time while on the set, so you can stay confident the whole time using mirrors and other emotional manipulation techniques.
Getting a Gold Reward means a promotion in a single day for the most part, but you'll also gain more fame. In the top left corner, you'll have a to-do list like any other active career. Do the stylist and costume fitting list is my advice. Tasks like, "practice acting", "gossip with crew", "get notes from director", and others appear and are all super easy (I hate that part). Once you're an established pro, you can skip a lot of this and simply go in without worrying about gold to collect your pay check.
Going with good energy, hunger, etc. it is extremely easy for a seasoned player to get gold every. time. unless there has been a major event beforehand, like a fire.
The 'X' marks the spot - click the X to do a scene. Knock all of them out, and the commercial or movie shoot is done.
For every shoot, there are always certain tasks. Tell the director you're ready and get into costume/makeup. Once you've told the director you're ready, the stage lights up and you can choose which scenes to shoot. X marks will appear on the stage. You click these and can then begin filming. It's possible to relieve yourself or fix your mood in between takes, just pay attention to time. You have the option of doing Risky scenes. If you fail, you get 0 points for them, but passing gives double the points of 'safe' which can also be failed if you are in a horrendous mood or extremely below skill level.
Money and Fame are rewarded for a completed acting gig. Go get another right away if you want to advance quickly.
Finish all the scenes, and the job is done. The film shooting is over, and shortly thereafter you'll be notified of your reward. Even if you got gold, it doesn't mean you got the max reward. Pay is always the same, but it's possible to get 3 fame stars from a single shoot. Most often, I got 2 at low level but with high level acting and a shoot with many scenes it's possible to get Gold + 3 fame stars. More scenes to shoot, done in a risky manner, results in more fame but only if you can hit the break points (I don't know them, it's just either 2 or 3 if you go far enough with the 'points').
You'll gain more fame with higher ranked gigs, because they tend to have more scenes as mentioned above. This will raise your celebrity level and allow you to purchase perks, such as the ability to skip auditions (established name). It is mentioned here because it's extremely relevant to the career itself. Raising your Acting Skill will give you access to better talent agencies. I'm not sure which is best yet but I'll come back to this. It's clear one is likely 'best' but true benefits of all of them aren't yet known.
This job has ten ranks like nearly all others. There is a money bonus when you level up, and you unlock costumes and sets as you go. The Median Pay is just a relative payout for gigs that appear for that level. You can take lower level gigs if you want an easy ride. You'll notice that several ranks share the same median pay, but it doesn't mean that better gigs do not appear. It's just a relative metric. I think the idea is that you should be able to make this in a week, though you can certainly make much more if you keep your schedule full.
| Rank | Actor Type | Median Gig Pay | Promotion $Bonus | Reward for Promotion |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Uncredited Extra | $640 per Gig | Sign up for Auditions | |
| 2 | Background Actor | $640 per Gig | $200 | Voidcritter Stage and Costume |
| 3 | Commercial Spokesperson | $1,755 per Gig | $250 | Family Home Stage, Camping Adventure Stage |
| 4 | Guest Star | $1,755 per Gig | $350 | Pirate and French Court Costumes, Pirate Ship Wheel and Pirate Ship Stage |
| 5 | Supporting Actor or Actress | $4,010 per Gig | $400 | Police Drama Stage, Hospital Drama Stage |
| 6 | Sitcom Star | $4,010 per Gig | $600 | Apocalyptic Costumes and Apocalyptic Scene Stage |
| 7 | Rising Star | $4,010 per Gig | $800 | Western Stage and Victorian Drama Stage |
| 8 | Seasoned Thespian | $9,800 per Gig | $1200 | Medieval Costumes, Creature and Alien Costumes, Medieval Adventure Stage |
| 9 | Superstar | $9,800 per Gig | $1500 | City Street Stage, Romantic Garden Stage |
| 10 | Silver Screen Icon | $9,800 per Gig | $1800 | Super Hero Costumes, Sci-Fi Costumes, Super Hero Headquarters Stage |
You unlock a variety of costumes if you level the acting skill. Many 'costumes' are regular clothing, as it should be, when playing in a typical role although dozens of costumes exist.
That's all I have to say about actor, despite that this may be edited for some minor details. I know some of the viewers of my youtube channel were disappointed about the career, but at the same time others will love it. People who like silly animations and feeling like they are a Sim or telling a story will like it, while those who enjoy deep mechanics will perhaps be disappointed. When you combine acting + the career of the same name, it is deep enough for the average player. There are other ways to gain fame, and we'll talk about those as coverage of this pack continues.
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Comments (21)
Hello~
It's been 4 years since this comment but I will reply anyway.
Every gig, my sim gets around 37k simeleons.
Idk how but I'll just say what I have in the game and you can compare it with yours
My agency is "well-suited"
I have the career-boosting fame perk (the one that gives you double the pay"
I have unlocked the perk that allows me to skip auditions and putting on makeup and clothes
I always pick the 'risky' actions
I always pick the highest-paying gig
My sim is at the peak of fame and is at the highest level for the acting skill.
I always do the prep tasks and make sure my sim goes to work in a positive moodlet
This is in response to this ENTIRE THREAD. It's best to have the University Expansion Pack And Put Your Sim Thru College (for acting) Try Keeping Their GPA At An 'A+' Or 'A' And They Will Automatically Start Their Acting Career At A Level 9. It Also Helps To Have Your Acting Skill Fairly High (between 7-10) To Have All Agencies Available Automatically Instead Of Having To Wait Til You Reach Certain Levels For Them To Be Available. Inviting Over Your Director And Co Stars Also Helps When It Comes To Performing With Then On Set! Having A Good Relationship With Them Helps With Those Risky Scenes. I Made $36,879 My Last Acting Gig I Can Give More Tips And My Sims Skill Levels/Perks As Well Just Ask! Didn't Wanna Type Too Much Hehehe
I found a couple of strange anomalies (I know this is an old thread, but it's happening to me in 2021) Checked my lot for things out of awry and I had about 5 bouncer doors??? removed them and everything went well.... except, next gig for next actor, there seems to be two "more choices" options. I clicked pause until I could find the one that reacted with the director, then I could get the ready to perform or get notes from director or both! Hope this helps. I have my sims maxed out in every level, but still have glitches. Just press pause and keep clicking. :D
Also the perk that lets you skip hair and makeup, and costume (established name?) comes in handy if you HATE the costume for your part. For example, the sci-fi movie role has a really stupid costume, I have my actress get the hair and makeup but put on a CC bodysuit instead of the dumb chicken costume they have.
My sim's median gig is 4825 as well. They probably have the fame perk, Easy Street, which doubles your income.
I just have a quick question. Does anyone know if played Sims from different households can become co-stars in the acting career? I have two Sims that I play as and I really want them to meet and fall in love on set but they never end up working on the same set.
Sims from different households or even in the same household will never be each others co-workers. The game will spawn them their own set of co-workers etc every time you take each individual sim to work, that's just how the code is written.
So, whenever I do an acting gig, my romantic interest is always the same gender as me. Does anyone know a mod to fix this?
Nope, it doesn't mean anything tho - it's just acting -and pixels
Anyone else have the issue of sin not going to their auditions? I’ve tried repairing the game, removing sim from career and placing back in. Nothing helps.
This is a really finicky piece of coding, if you are micro managing your sim when the time comes for them to go to their auditions anything you direct them to do (i.e. go here, wash hands etc) will cancel the prompt to go to the audition. So try playing with extreme caution lol around the time the audition is due to start and hopefully your sim will go off to it automatically while you are watching and not directing them. Apart from that all you can do is make a Bug Report with EA
I’m having an issue with my sim where everytime i complete the prep tasks and then travel to a different lot, the prep tasks change back into “not started”. When I join my sim to the set, the same problem applies and it acts like i haven’t done the prep tasks fifteen different times on different lots. Anyone else had this problem?
This is a known bug. The best thing you can do is head over to the official Bug Forum and click the Me Too button and help bring this bug to the developers notice. Actor Prep Tasks Reset Bug Report
I have a sim in the acting career and when its time for her gig it doesn’t say “one hour until gig starts” and when its time for her to leave, time just moves on. It doesnt come up either if i want to choose to come with or let her go alone. I went to a gig once and after it just stopped working. How do i fix this issue?
This is a known bug. There is a bug report and a work-around Bug Forum Link so head to the bug forum and leave a 'Me To' and hopefully the work-around suggested there will help you.
This is a known bug, there is a report and a work-around on the Bug Forum Bug Forum link
does anyone else have problems with this career? My sims just don´t go to gigs sometimes. It doesn´t show that they have work in one hour. I don´t know what it is....
Sadly that is just how this career works. The player has to really be mindful of when the gig is due and make sure the Sim isn't chatting or doing some other task that will stop the from auto going to the gig. Sometimes if it is starting to become very buggy as you play it helps to save, quit and then delete the localthumbcache/package file from your TheSims4 folder, then restart your game.
How does the median gig pay compute your final paycheck? I'm not sure how I did it, but I managed to get a whopping 39k paycheck for a musical gig at Silver Screen Icon. I am currently maxed out on the celebrity level and just finished the World-Renowned Actor aspiration, so I guess it had something to do with that?
Wow! Yes all of those things contribute, and so does the Easy Street fame perk. Easy Street DOUBLES your paychecks! But yeah, 39K is more than I've ever seen, by a lot!
I get roughly the same amount xD
I gotta say, this and University have been my favorite packs. But then, I'm a storyteller. I had fun making my Sim famous and moving her out of her dinghy house into a mansion in the big city. Now she's trying to get her 5-star celebrity restaurant to start turning a profit
Some things I would have liked to have seen was my Sim on my Sim's TV. Or at the very least to have unlocked the option to watch the movies and TV shows my Sim acted in (I understand the constraints of not being able to include every custom Sim in what's essentially a mini-cutscene)