Get Famous remains one of The Sims 4's stronger expansion packs. It added a detailed fame system to the game, complete with a new Interim career, fame tree, and star-studded venues. There are even award ceremonies called the Starlight Accolades.

Interim is one of the best ways to earn a nomination - for more advice there, yous can check out our guide on How to Succeed As An Actor - but luckily, it'due south not the only way. Every bit it turns out, a lot goes into the nomination procedure. Luck and timing is inevitably part of the procedure (as it tends to exist in the world of the rich and famous), just difficult work and patience will take your Sims far. If your Sim is looking to brand it big, here is everything yous need to know about nabbing a Starlight Award.

8/8 All The Starlight Awards

An aspiring actor struggles to get their lines down, and looks angry about it.

There are a few means for Sims to earn nominations, just the v general categories include Best Acting, All-time Song, Best Painting, Best Video, and Best Book. Here are all the possible awards that active Sims can win:

  • For [their] nearly recent performance, [Your] won the Starlight Accolade for All-time Acting!
  • For bringing such aural beauty to ears effectually the globe, [Your Sim] won the Starlight Honor for All-time Song!
  • [Your Sim] has won the Starlight Accolade for All-time Painting!
  • For [their] latest digital chance in a comedy or activeness period drama or other types of digital genre release, [Your Sim] won the Starlight Laurels for Best Video!
  • For such riveting writing and storytelling, [Your Sim] won the Starlight Accolade for all-time book!

Other awards do exist for townie and NPC Sims, only unfortunately, active Sims can't win these:

  • [Townie] won the Starlight Accolade for being an all around, overnice Sim. Plain, you tin can become awards for that!
  • Some Sims only give 50%, but [NPC] gave 110% every day, well deserving of the 110% Starlight Honour Laurels!
  • For the outstanding fashion achievement for wearing really tight pants that look Real skilful and non constricting at all simply we all promise you can still exhale, [Townie] won a Starlight Laurels!

vii/8 The Road To Winning

A group of paparazzi try and snap good photos of famous Sims

Mostly speaking, the higher the value of a Sim's work - whether it be a volume, video, painting, or even gig - the better their chances of being nominated. Certain genres or techniques can as well give Sims a leg-upwardly and writers appear to have better shots at nominations with Biography, Mystery, and Science Fiction, but Bestsellers in any genre also up their chances.

Novels also must be sold straight to publishers, and paintings to collectors. Actors accept the all-time adventure at a nomination by earning Gold on a movie gig (as opposed to commercials or TV shows) and songwriters should license their songs, no matter what instrument they're using. Genre doesn't seem to matter for video producers, only the quality definitely does.

six/8 Getting Nominated For A Starlight Laurels

A Sim daydreams about the road they've taken to become a celebrity.

Nominated Sims volition receive a notification within a week of the consequence, so keep an center on the Notification Bar at the top-correct of the UI. If Seasons is installed, Award Ceremonies will bear witness also evidence up on the agenda. If a Sim misses the upshot, they will take nada take a chance of winning an award, then make certain y'all testify upwards - and be on time!

Until the event, though, feel free to play the Sim as y'all normally would; y'all don't have to gear up anything beforehand unless you desire to pop into CAS and change their formal article of clothing for the occasion.

five/8 The Perfect Venue

Studio PBP Lounge in Sims 4's Del Sol Valley neighbourhood.

The Starlight Accolade Award Ceremonies always happen at Studio PBP, in Del Sol Valley. Because this lot has the Hottest Spot in Town lot trait, Sims won't be able to enter unless they're at least B-List celebrities or, unless they're in a group with a celebrity who can become them in. Clicking on the velvet ropes (to adjust the entry requirements) works, too.

Renovating the lot is fine, equally long equally there is at to the lowest degree one microphone, and enough chairs to seat nominees and guests. The microphone is absolutely required for the result since Sims use it to have their awards. Yous can too add a new venue if yous want the ceremony to take identify somewhere else. Just make sure that it's a Lounge venue blazon with the Hottest Spot in Town lot trait. Later a venue change, it might accept a few in-game days or weeks for ceremonies to start happening again, just they will eventually start functioning as usual.

4/8 Attending The Ceremony

Sims on a red carpet

The ceremony technically starts at 7pm, but it's a good idea to make it at the venue at least an hour beforehand to make certain your Sims can go into the venue and into place in time for the ceremony. On Award Ceremony days, whatever nominated Sim will be allowed in, no thing their celebrity status.

If you lot forget about the event, yous'll besides receive a notification when the effect starts. If your Sim arrives too early, the Bouncer may brand them await a while before entering the venue (if the Sim isn't already a B-lister), but it's better to get there a scrap early on than information technology would be to miss the event by fault.

3/viii Winning An Honour

A Sim blows kisses to a crowd of fans while accepting their Starlight Accolade award.

Unfortunately, actually winning an award is mostly up to luck; some Simmers win Accolades without fifty-fifty trying, while others become weeks earning Gold on acting gigs with no luck whatever. As well, the more celebrity Sims there are in attendance, the less likely the active Sim is to actually win. But while luck is out of your command, timing is not, and timing is equally of import, hither.

If yous see the notification that your Sim has won, click on the microphone immediately and select "Accept Spoken communication." Yous must do this before the next Sim accepts their award, otherwise, fifty-fifty if your Sim wins, they won't get the trophy in their inventory. Some Simmers recommend having ii microphones in the ceremony surface area to make it easier for your Sim to become their hazard.

two/8 Celebrity Isn't Everything

A bouncer denies entry to a Sim trying to get into PBP Lounge

Interestingly, you don't really have to play much with Get Famous at all to earn a Starlight Accolade - you don't even demand to be a legitimate celebrity. Sure, existence a celebrity tin exist helpful for getting into the venue in the starting time place, it doesn't really affect how probable a Sim is to win an award.

A Sim doesn't even have to exist nominated to win an honor; fifty-fifty if your Sim isn't actually nominated if they've recently washed something that could earn them a nomination, they still have a small take a chance at winning a legitimate Award.

ane/8 Other Accolades

A celebrity Sim signs autographs at a meet-and-greet event, while paparazzi take photos.

If all else fails, there are plenty of other awards to win through the fame system. Completing a Golden-ranked Celebrity Meet & Greet issue volition earn your Sim a Starlight Accolade, though this is slightly different from the ones earned at Award Ceremonies. The Glory Meet & Greet version has a world in the center, where the two palm trees are on the Award Anniversary version.

They look basically the same from far away, though, so Sims could always pretend that they won a legitimate laurels. Maybe it could also exist a consolation prize, for Sims who missed out on their legitimate award by not getting to the microphone in fourth dimension?

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