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Rflong7
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Hi 
**Updated** Now I can say I'm going to Simscamp for the Gamescom for TS4. I'm really excited (and nervous as a cat on a hot tin roof)!
I've been trying to keep up with all the posts. I know what I want to see about the game and what I hope will make it fun.
Here's where I'd like to know what the rest of the Forum cares to find out. There will be many people posting and uploading information, and they'll be better at it then I am. Still, I'll be sharing what I can and checking in here for any questions.
So... List away. I'll find out what I can.
*My Confirmation package picture*
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(ignore the kitten, she was either in the picture or was gonna chew something from the box)
.......
Not what we want to have in the game, those topics are fine on their own, but some specific features that are important to us in the game but might slip by (or not).
What would The Sims 3 Forum like to see and know about in The Sims 4.
What about the Neighborhoods...
1. Is it still an open neighborhood
2. Creating new neighborhoods- possible or is it only a new save.
Neighborhood editing tool: How, what, when, where, with- in game/or not?
(what level of customization to Sims 4 worlds. =Roads)
3. Neighborhoods/subhoods/minihoods- set up how? BG/add per expansion/store/travel?
4. How many neighborhood choices will we start with..
5. The next method of sharing neighborhoods?
6. Rabbitholes? If yes, what/If no, how/if some, which?
7. Night/day toggle for neighborhood view or not?
8. time setup- Months/years yet?
9. Two moons?
10. Stores- be able to buy clothes again like in the previous games? Other Stores?
11. Story Progression? What's the story? -Select families on/off -to not move out or age or (how will SP work), SP for neighborhood= aging setup
12. Sims can visit/move to other neighborhoods freely without losing previous relationships?
13. Will we have more realistic public transportation (Trains, Airplanes, Busses, etc.)?
14. Swimming in BG? diving boards/hot tubs / beach activities in BG?
15. Will towns have different types- City/Town/Vacation
16. Number of Sims reflect the world your Sims live in (City has more sims living there than small town)?
17. Will Sims randomly visit our Sims like in previous games or calling to come visit?
18. What's the name of the (main) neighborhood?
19. TS4 Story timeline. Is it a city/town/village?
20. Will we be able to choose the size of the population for our sim towns? I.E. set the sim limit?
21. Are the worlds/lots flatter to make placement look better when adding to the world
22. Will they include city buildings and apartments in BG so that more worlds can be built with them without them being tied to one world?
23. Learned from TS3 routing problems so as to avoid them in the future game?
24. (Trains, Airplanes, Busses, trolleys, monorails, etc.)?
25. Rabbitholes? if some, which?
26.
*Lots:
A. What kind of different community lots are there? Will we have a bakery or other food shops?
B. Functional restaurants with NPC waiters, chefs, hosts, and bus boys- or later expansion?
C. Vacant lot templates? or not? Make our own sizes? Types?
D. 24/7 community lot times/realistic times/ability to set hours?
E. Sinking lots/raised lots...
F. What can Sims do at community lots? While activities on lots be tied to lot type? Bar/gym/library
G. Will there be interactive objects on community lots (e.g. vending machines)?
H. Lot codes-...
What about CreatingPrograms
1. Create a World- in game/program
2. Create a Pattern- in game/program
3. Create a Sim- be able to start from main menu so as not to have to load a saved/new game to create a Sim.
4. Homecrafter- make wall covers, terrain paint, floors
5. Something in game, or by EA that allowed for developing custom content.
6. Will the game make it easier for custom creators to make, share, install
7. Pre-designed, untextured meshes for players in new tools to drag and drop to create their own meshes or not? (build/buy/CAS)
8. . Custom Content by outside modders possible/easier use/easier site and game recognition for CC
9.
What about Build Mode...
1. Lot sizes/New tools/New Methods for placement
2. floor height limit (10/5)?
3. Hand of god? (hand tool) and Eyedropper/copy tool again, or not?
4. Basements: dark surrounding black abyss again or like it was in TS2/if we could add windows
5. Building tools: free hand wall tool? Modules drag and drop etc.? New tools?
Half-Walls with BG
stair tools (L and U-shaped staircases)
recolor chimneys/choices?
Skylights
windows that you can move up and down in build mode
curved walls in our games, driveways, gardens?
Can we adjust the angles of the roofs we build?
6. Keeping a vibrant build system like now? What's new?
7. Being able to EASILY put in stairs with landings
8. Able to place walls next to foundations easily - w/o cheats?
9.No CASt? How: Recolorable everything but especially trees, shrubs, flowers for outdoors, flowers in pots for table centerpieces, recolorable roofs and chimneys . I wish all the current building tools were BASE game for Sims4 so we don't get everything piecemeal like we did in Sims 3 with each expansion.
10. Will houseboats be in the base game?
11.
What about Buy Mode...
1. Are there different styles of furniture (e.g. modern, country, Asian, African, Indian, Italian...)?
2. Are we able to move decor objects (pictures, plants etc.) up and down the wall?
3. CASt gone?
What about Create a Sim...
1. Sim Skin Color Options (for BG)
2. Height options?
3. New family set up options in CAS (family tree dynamics)
How many Sims can be created for one family/flat share? (Eight or more?)
4. How many Body modifiers(?)/where:
5. Layer clothing
6. Even distribution of Hair/clothes, accessories between genders/ages
7. Will our Sims be able to have middle names/nicknames? How many characters per name
8. Sim CAS set up/personality set up & options
9. For CAS can you dye hair AND not have it affect children.
10. More Hair
-can hair grow
-Can you adjust curliness & length for certain parts of a style of hair
-How many channels for hair colors
-will the hair become animated,?
11. Will there be accessories/jewelry -for both genders and all ages in BG? If not: for which gender/age group will there be accessories/jewelry in the BG,
12. Are hats/caps/hair ribbons etc. still extra or can they be added to ANY hairstyle?
13. Piercings? Where/how many available
14. Tattoos- preset placement or layers like TS3 pets colors.
15. Can we add freckles, moles, scars, etc.? If so, how: any restrictions or can we place them freely?
16. Can we adjust the money our Sims have for living when made in CAS?
17. Fingernails and toenails so we can paint them
18. ? Can Sims have different levels of intelligence?
19. Set more relationships in game?
20. What about storing outfits in dressers...I change my sims' clothes according to the seasons and would love to be able to store them with having to go back into CAS just to change their clothes.
21. Dominant and recessive traits please
22.
What about The Sims...
1. New Life Stages?
2. Personality traits or/and Moodlets or not?
3. Aliens in the Base Game or Playable Ghosts or What?
4. *How does the New Mood thing work?
5. Baby legs? Baby clothes...maybe, finally?
6. LTW again/will they get a new one after reaching 1st?
7. Aspiration Failure or not? Failure at all in this game?
8. Family interactions? Kids/toddlers/teens- more interactions between ages?
9. Do pregnant Sims have a maternity wardrobe?
10. Are days off when pregnant/maternity leave forced?
11. Does the Sims new walk match their personality?
12. How does the new expressions system for Sims work? -do Sims cry?
13. Sim family dynamics? More/setup/relationships/interactions?
14. Will Sims have personal dressing options and if we'll have the ability to get rid of items from the Sims' dressers?
Are the shirts with cupcakes/aliens- show their personality?
15. Memories and do they actually affect Sims actions-behavior/emotions than just a picture and text?-include fully integrated memories
16. Will the Sims in create a Sim look the same in game as they do in CAS?
17. Will our Sims communicate with the player; How? (break the 4th wall)
18. Will their eyes bug out again?
19. Can the Traits and Aspirations system be used to work together, and or if possible, would traits gradually change within a Sim's life over time.
20. Home schooling ?
21. Gardening BG- gardener?
22. Will children be able to take music lessons again and skill up with them? What is/are the music/creative object for kids/tots/teens (brass instruments - trumpet, sax, clarinet, flutes)
23. Will our Sims have picnic baskets like we have now?
Will our sims be able to use a beach towel?
24. Honeymoons in BG?
25. Sims on TV- TS1/2/3/4?
26. Food? How- buy/free/mix and customize
27. Cut-scenes/loading screens
28. Can our Sims have multiple jobs?
29. Sims walking together holding hands.
30. Careers and how to get them. Chance cards? friends/skills promotion
31. If there are punishments in the Sims 4 (like in Generations) are they automatic like Sims 3? Or can we choose whether or not the Sims parents punish their children
32. - Do Sims have special likes/dislikes (music, food, color, preferred gender they'll fall in love with, interests...)?
33. Will a healthy active lifestyle influence an elder's posture and walk?
34.
What about the Technical Q's ...
1. What about Macs? Will it be native?
2. The new game engine?
3. Will they "finally" get off 32-bit and change to 64-bit.
4. Higher more realistic hardware specifications.
5. Will The Sims improve the dynamic lighting to be a tad more powerful
*Less Bloom?
6. EPs and SPs- in Retail Stores or DLC from Origin/EA Store only?
7. What are the system requirements? - Will the Sims 4 require higher technical specifications than the Sims 3 and if so, roughly, will it be that much higher?
8. Will they have a VSYNC toggle in the game ? Or some way to control FPS.
9. Game booklet?
10. Options... tic boxes? Overwhelming- want to personalize the game (Aliens/Creatures/Seasons/What?).
11. Will the game be checked for compatibility with the newest Windows OS?
12. Will there be a touch interface for the new game available? After all, there are several OS's at this point with touch interfaces.
13. Auto save option?
14.
And there always seems to be a few General Q's...
- How does the game Start- Choose Save/Choose Family/Choose Activity/Choose Online?
1. How many Expansions are planned?
2. Will there be Stuff packs
3. Story progression?...
4. The next method of sharing neighborhoods?
5. Better Launcher- subcategories/ or No launcher?
6 * Will weather be integrated into the base game
7.
8. When does TS4 take place (before/after TS/TS2/TS3)?
9. Can friends with benefits marry without needing to be soulmates?
10. LTRewards? Aspiration Rewards? Career Rewards?
11. Easy access to jump from house to house, or enter Edit world/hood without having to load last saved household or not? (How will the Start- one family/pick)
12. UI: Is it easy to expand or collapse; not see it all the time?
UIs layout
13. Vamps: A return of the classic vampire or not?
14. If the sims have personal inventory and we put a skill book into it will they read it on their own the way they read other books? I would love it if they would.
15. Cover pictures on uploads- Standard/Options for players
16. Pictures and Videos! how/where/share
17. Stories for upload- on site/in game. TS3 site remove pictures, story is gone/upload limit.
18. New Appliances? Toaster...please give us a toaster.
19. *Will there be free content days again, (not talking giveaways for 'liking' Facebook pages), but appreciation for players just for being players. Not penny pinching your fan base..
20. Will TS4 be sold in both Digital Downloads and Physical Copies?
21. Will Smartphones and or Tablet computers make an appearance in the base game?
22.
23. Will base game add-ons come with the game or with updates like they did this time? Examples; Tattoos, body hair, really fun skin tones.
24. EPs. how will they be implemented. will one or all the worlds upgrade with the new lot types (ALL THE NEW LOT TYPES) or will we be forced to build our own and/or rely on the community
25. Sims visit/move other neighborhoods without losing relationships?
26. Cohesion not only between Expansions (working together), but between development teams- each dev team not undoing fixes of the other development team. How does that sound?(don't know if anyone will ask that)
27 Will our Sims have picnic baskets like we have now?
28. Will our Sims be able to use a beach towel?
29. Separating the mattress from the bed in some way, so Sims can upgrade a bed to get the best/fastest night's sleep on any bed frame.
30.
What about Game Play Questions
- How does 'multi-tasking' work exactly?
- How is the average daily life of a toddler/kid/teen Sim (Do we finally have kindergarten/day care? Can we view them in school?...)
- Can our Sims buy things from a store before they use them (e.g. gifts, flowers, jewelry, chocolates, toys)?
- What kind of careers does BG offer?
- How does a Sim get a job?
- Are there any annoying groups (e.g. Rebells, Stars, Jocks...) a Sims joins by interacting with certain objects and/or by talking to other Sims belonging to any of the specific groups?
- Can Sims do anything mean (e.g. stealing)?
- Do Sims automatically have cell phones/smart phones?
- Can Sim A fall in love with Sim B while Sim B has no interest in Sim A?
- How easy/difficult is it to become rich? (WAYS TO EASY IN TS3!!!)
- Do Sims have bank accounts?
- Can young Sims get pocket money?
- Anything special for elder Sims?
- Can Sims eat together, i.e. sit at the same table while eating and have a conversation?
- Who are the returning characters from previous games (e.g. Cassandra Goth, Don Lothario...)?
- Will there be NPCs (e.g. gardener, maid, butler)?
-I just want to love my little idiosyncratic Sims again/Gardener? private school? Let the families eat together again. More things for children to do
-Will the Sim breakdown enough to where it really matters or not? Consequences
-Will cars actually be more than just decorations -Animations?
What other romantic interactions will sims have?
slow dance be in the base game
What romantic interactions and kisses will be on the sofa and bed?
What new kisses our sims will have.
Will there be any kisses returning from sims 2 and 3?
- cars/stores/com lots?
What sims can do when they multitask:
Can they drink and eat at the same time?
Hold Hands while walking?
Talk while Walking?
Talk to each other while in a car when one sims is driving?
Use phones while cooking, sitting on the sofa, and on bed?
Can they drink together while being cuddled on a sofa together?
What about Online Game Options...
1. Can they tell us some more of the online features?
2. Co-op, MMO, What or not?
3. While it seems TS4 won't have phone/tablet app hookup/side social games- will EA still implement it later? As the Store was first not added to TS3 base game (because of fan uproar) yet was only put off til added later.
4. Will I miss out on certain items and game play features since I don't want to use the game to socialize online?
5.
Can't forget the Movie making...
1. Will there be any new machinima tools in The Sims 4?
2. Will the "Moviemakercheatsenabled true" cheat make a return?
-hoping for built in cheats and "mods" such as a user-friendly interface/cheat for animations, poses, and things instead of having to create mods.
3. Is it possible to adjust camera speed and lighting within the game (rather than having to manually edit the text files?)
4.
Cheat Code and set up
1. Keep memory of cheats used in play session- don't have to retype codes for on/off
2. What are the new codes? - Separate codes for game/neighborhood/CAS/?
..... Overall opinion- What has improved in game play for Sims 4?....
So... maybe it can be useful.
If you don't think it's a good idea, that's okay. I'd still like put down a few specifics of what this forum would like to know.
Thanks!
*In preparation of spelling mistakes.
**Updated** Now I can say I'm going to Simscamp for the Gamescom for TS4. I'm really excited (and nervous as a cat on a hot tin roof)!
I've been trying to keep up with all the posts. I know what I want to see about the game and what I hope will make it fun.
Here's where I'd like to know what the rest of the Forum cares to find out. There will be many people posting and uploading information, and they'll be better at it then I am. Still, I'll be sharing what I can and checking in here for any questions.
So... List away. I'll find out what I can.
*My Confirmation package picture*
(ignore the kitten, she was either in the picture or was gonna chew something from the box)
.......
Not what we want to have in the game, those topics are fine on their own, but some specific features that are important to us in the game but might slip by (or not).
What would The Sims 3 Forum like to see and know about in The Sims 4.
What about the Neighborhoods...
1. Is it still an open neighborhood
2. Creating new neighborhoods- possible or is it only a new save.
Neighborhood editing tool: How, what, when, where, with- in game/or not?
(what level of customization to Sims 4 worlds. =Roads)
3. Neighborhoods/subhoods/minihoods- set up how? BG/add per expansion/store/travel?
4. How many neighborhood choices will we start with..
5. The next method of sharing neighborhoods?
6. Rabbitholes? If yes, what/If no, how/if some, which?
7. Night/day toggle for neighborhood view or not?
8. time setup- Months/years yet?
9. Two moons?
10. Stores- be able to buy clothes again like in the previous games? Other Stores?
11. Story Progression? What's the story? -Select families on/off -to not move out or age or (how will SP work), SP for neighborhood= aging setup
12. Sims can visit/move to other neighborhoods freely without losing previous relationships?
13. Will we have more realistic public transportation (Trains, Airplanes, Busses, etc.)?
14. Swimming in BG? diving boards/hot tubs / beach activities in BG?
15. Will towns have different types- City/Town/Vacation
16. Number of Sims reflect the world your Sims live in (City has more sims living there than small town)?
17. Will Sims randomly visit our Sims like in previous games or calling to come visit?
18. What's the name of the (main) neighborhood?
19. TS4 Story timeline. Is it a city/town/village?
20. Will we be able to choose the size of the population for our sim towns? I.E. set the sim limit?
21. Are the worlds/lots flatter to make placement look better when adding to the world
22. Will they include city buildings and apartments in BG so that more worlds can be built with them without them being tied to one world?
23. Learned from TS3 routing problems so as to avoid them in the future game?
24. (Trains, Airplanes, Busses, trolleys, monorails, etc.)?
25. Rabbitholes? if some, which?
26.
*Lots:
A. What kind of different community lots are there? Will we have a bakery or other food shops?
B. Functional restaurants with NPC waiters, chefs, hosts, and bus boys- or later expansion?
C. Vacant lot templates? or not? Make our own sizes? Types?
D. 24/7 community lot times/realistic times/ability to set hours?
E. Sinking lots/raised lots...
F. What can Sims do at community lots? While activities on lots be tied to lot type? Bar/gym/library
G. Will there be interactive objects on community lots (e.g. vending machines)?
H. Lot codes-...
What about CreatingPrograms
1. Create a World- in game/program
2. Create a Pattern- in game/program
3. Create a Sim- be able to start from main menu so as not to have to load a saved/new game to create a Sim.
4. Homecrafter- make wall covers, terrain paint, floors
5. Something in game, or by EA that allowed for developing custom content.
6. Will the game make it easier for custom creators to make, share, install
7. Pre-designed, untextured meshes for players in new tools to drag and drop to create their own meshes or not? (build/buy/CAS)
8. . Custom Content by outside modders possible/easier use/easier site and game recognition for CC
9.
What about Build Mode...
1. Lot sizes/New tools/New Methods for placement
2. floor height limit (10/5)?
3. Hand of god? (hand tool) and Eyedropper/copy tool again, or not?
4. Basements: dark surrounding black abyss again or like it was in TS2/if we could add windows
5. Building tools: free hand wall tool? Modules drag and drop etc.? New tools?
Half-Walls with BG
stair tools (L and U-shaped staircases)
recolor chimneys/choices?
Skylights
windows that you can move up and down in build mode
curved walls in our games, driveways, gardens?
Can we adjust the angles of the roofs we build?
6. Keeping a vibrant build system like now? What's new?
7. Being able to EASILY put in stairs with landings
8. Able to place walls next to foundations easily - w/o cheats?
9.No CASt? How: Recolorable everything but especially trees, shrubs, flowers for outdoors, flowers in pots for table centerpieces, recolorable roofs and chimneys . I wish all the current building tools were BASE game for Sims4 so we don't get everything piecemeal like we did in Sims 3 with each expansion.
10. Will houseboats be in the base game?
11.
What about Buy Mode...
1. Are there different styles of furniture (e.g. modern, country, Asian, African, Indian, Italian...)?
2. Are we able to move decor objects (pictures, plants etc.) up and down the wall?
3. CASt gone?
What about Create a Sim...
1. Sim Skin Color Options (for BG)
2. Height options?
3. New family set up options in CAS (family tree dynamics)
How many Sims can be created for one family/flat share? (Eight or more?)
4. How many Body modifiers(?)/where:
5. Layer clothing
6. Even distribution of Hair/clothes, accessories between genders/ages
7. Will our Sims be able to have middle names/nicknames? How many characters per name
8. Sim CAS set up/personality set up & options
9. For CAS can you dye hair AND not have it affect children.
10. More Hair
-can hair grow
-Can you adjust curliness & length for certain parts of a style of hair
-How many channels for hair colors
-will the hair become animated,?
11. Will there be accessories/jewelry -for both genders and all ages in BG? If not: for which gender/age group will there be accessories/jewelry in the BG,
12. Are hats/caps/hair ribbons etc. still extra or can they be added to ANY hairstyle?
13. Piercings? Where/how many available
14. Tattoos- preset placement or layers like TS3 pets colors.
15. Can we add freckles, moles, scars, etc.? If so, how: any restrictions or can we place them freely?
16. Can we adjust the money our Sims have for living when made in CAS?
17. Fingernails and toenails so we can paint them
18. ? Can Sims have different levels of intelligence?
19. Set more relationships in game?
20. What about storing outfits in dressers...I change my sims' clothes according to the seasons and would love to be able to store them with having to go back into CAS just to change their clothes.
21. Dominant and recessive traits please
22.
What about The Sims...
1. New Life Stages?
2. Personality traits or/and Moodlets or not?
3. Aliens in the Base Game or Playable Ghosts or What?
4. *How does the New Mood thing work?
5. Baby legs? Baby clothes...maybe, finally?
6. LTW again/will they get a new one after reaching 1st?
7. Aspiration Failure or not? Failure at all in this game?
8. Family interactions? Kids/toddlers/teens- more interactions between ages?
9. Do pregnant Sims have a maternity wardrobe?
10. Are days off when pregnant/maternity leave forced?
11. Does the Sims new walk match their personality?
12. How does the new expressions system for Sims work? -do Sims cry?
13. Sim family dynamics? More/setup/relationships/interactions?
14. Will Sims have personal dressing options and if we'll have the ability to get rid of items from the Sims' dressers?
Are the shirts with cupcakes/aliens- show their personality?
15. Memories and do they actually affect Sims actions-behavior/emotions than just a picture and text?-include fully integrated memories
16. Will the Sims in create a Sim look the same in game as they do in CAS?
17. Will our Sims communicate with the player; How? (break the 4th wall)
18. Will their eyes bug out again?
19. Can the Traits and Aspirations system be used to work together, and or if possible, would traits gradually change within a Sim's life over time.
20. Home schooling ?
21. Gardening BG- gardener?
22. Will children be able to take music lessons again and skill up with them? What is/are the music/creative object for kids/tots/teens (brass instruments - trumpet, sax, clarinet, flutes)
23. Will our Sims have picnic baskets like we have now?
Will our sims be able to use a beach towel?
24. Honeymoons in BG?
25. Sims on TV- TS1/2/3/4?
26. Food? How- buy/free/mix and customize
27. Cut-scenes/loading screens
28. Can our Sims have multiple jobs?
29. Sims walking together holding hands.
30. Careers and how to get them. Chance cards? friends/skills promotion
31. If there are punishments in the Sims 4 (like in Generations) are they automatic like Sims 3? Or can we choose whether or not the Sims parents punish their children
32. - Do Sims have special likes/dislikes (music, food, color, preferred gender they'll fall in love with, interests...)?
33. Will a healthy active lifestyle influence an elder's posture and walk?
34.
What about the Technical Q's ...
1. What about Macs? Will it be native?
2. The new game engine?
3. Will they "finally" get off 32-bit and change to 64-bit.
4. Higher more realistic hardware specifications.
5. Will The Sims improve the dynamic lighting to be a tad more powerful
*Less Bloom?
6. EPs and SPs- in Retail Stores or DLC from Origin/EA Store only?
7. What are the system requirements? - Will the Sims 4 require higher technical specifications than the Sims 3 and if so, roughly, will it be that much higher?
8. Will they have a VSYNC toggle in the game ? Or some way to control FPS.
9. Game booklet?
10. Options... tic boxes? Overwhelming- want to personalize the game (Aliens/Creatures/Seasons/What?).
11. Will the game be checked for compatibility with the newest Windows OS?
12. Will there be a touch interface for the new game available? After all, there are several OS's at this point with touch interfaces.
13. Auto save option?
14.
And there always seems to be a few General Q's...
- How does the game Start- Choose Save/Choose Family/Choose Activity/Choose Online?
1. How many Expansions are planned?
2. Will there be Stuff packs
3. Story progression?...
4. The next method of sharing neighborhoods?
5. Better Launcher- subcategories/ or No launcher?
6 * Will weather be integrated into the base game
7.
8. When does TS4 take place (before/after TS/TS2/TS3)?
9. Can friends with benefits marry without needing to be soulmates?
10. LTRewards? Aspiration Rewards? Career Rewards?
11. Easy access to jump from house to house, or enter Edit world/hood without having to load last saved household or not? (How will the Start- one family/pick)
12. UI: Is it easy to expand or collapse; not see it all the time?
UIs layout
13. Vamps: A return of the classic vampire or not?
14. If the sims have personal inventory and we put a skill book into it will they read it on their own the way they read other books? I would love it if they would.
15. Cover pictures on uploads- Standard/Options for players
16. Pictures and Videos! how/where/share
17. Stories for upload- on site/in game. TS3 site remove pictures, story is gone/upload limit.
18. New Appliances? Toaster...please give us a toaster.
19. *Will there be free content days again, (not talking giveaways for 'liking' Facebook pages), but appreciation for players just for being players. Not penny pinching your fan base..
20. Will TS4 be sold in both Digital Downloads and Physical Copies?
21. Will Smartphones and or Tablet computers make an appearance in the base game?
22.
23. Will base game add-ons come with the game or with updates like they did this time? Examples; Tattoos, body hair, really fun skin tones.
24. EPs. how will they be implemented. will one or all the worlds upgrade with the new lot types (ALL THE NEW LOT TYPES) or will we be forced to build our own and/or rely on the community
25. Sims visit/move other neighborhoods without losing relationships?
26. Cohesion not only between Expansions (working together), but between development teams- each dev team not undoing fixes of the other development team. How does that sound?(don't know if anyone will ask that)
27 Will our Sims have picnic baskets like we have now?
28. Will our Sims be able to use a beach towel?
29. Separating the mattress from the bed in some way, so Sims can upgrade a bed to get the best/fastest night's sleep on any bed frame.
30.
What about Game Play Questions
- How does 'multi-tasking' work exactly?
- How is the average daily life of a toddler/kid/teen Sim (Do we finally have kindergarten/day care? Can we view them in school?...)
- Can our Sims buy things from a store before they use them (e.g. gifts, flowers, jewelry, chocolates, toys)?
- What kind of careers does BG offer?
- How does a Sim get a job?
- Are there any annoying groups (e.g. Rebells, Stars, Jocks...) a Sims joins by interacting with certain objects and/or by talking to other Sims belonging to any of the specific groups?
- Can Sims do anything mean (e.g. stealing)?
- Do Sims automatically have cell phones/smart phones?
- Can Sim A fall in love with Sim B while Sim B has no interest in Sim A?
- How easy/difficult is it to become rich? (WAYS TO EASY IN TS3!!!)
- Do Sims have bank accounts?
- Can young Sims get pocket money?
- Anything special for elder Sims?
- Can Sims eat together, i.e. sit at the same table while eating and have a conversation?
- Who are the returning characters from previous games (e.g. Cassandra Goth, Don Lothario...)?
- Will there be NPCs (e.g. gardener, maid, butler)?
-I just want to love my little idiosyncratic Sims again/Gardener? private school? Let the families eat together again. More things for children to do
-Will the Sim breakdown enough to where it really matters or not? Consequences
-Will cars actually be more than just decorations -Animations?
What other romantic interactions will sims have?
slow dance be in the base game
What romantic interactions and kisses will be on the sofa and bed?
What new kisses our sims will have.
Will there be any kisses returning from sims 2 and 3?
- cars/stores/com lots?
What sims can do when they multitask:
Can they drink and eat at the same time?
Hold Hands while walking?
Talk while Walking?
Talk to each other while in a car when one sims is driving?
Use phones while cooking, sitting on the sofa, and on bed?
Can they drink together while being cuddled on a sofa together?
What about Online Game Options...
1. Can they tell us some more of the online features?
2. Co-op, MMO, What or not?
3. While it seems TS4 won't have phone/tablet app hookup/side social games- will EA still implement it later? As the Store was first not added to TS3 base game (because of fan uproar) yet was only put off til added later.
4. Will I miss out on certain items and game play features since I don't want to use the game to socialize online?
5.
Can't forget the Movie making...
1. Will there be any new machinima tools in The Sims 4?
2. Will the "Moviemakercheatsenabled true" cheat make a return?
-hoping for built in cheats and "mods" such as a user-friendly interface/cheat for animations, poses, and things instead of having to create mods.
3. Is it possible to adjust camera speed and lighting within the game (rather than having to manually edit the text files?)
4.
Cheat Code and set up
1. Keep memory of cheats used in play session- don't have to retype codes for on/off
2. What are the new codes? - Separate codes for game/neighborhood/CAS/?
..... Overall opinion- What has improved in game play for Sims 4?....
So... maybe it can be useful.
If you don't think it's a good idea, that's okay. I'd still like put down a few specifics of what this forum would like to know.
Thanks!
*In preparation of spelling mistakes.
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Where are we going, and why am I in this hand basket?!
Are there going to be personality traits? Moodlets? Will cars actually be more than just decorations?
"We've been attributing the state of The Sims 4 to greed but I think it's time to give sheer incompetence another look."
-Honeywell
I get what you mean, Tangie.
Those would be good to see, Glic.
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Hope, there isn't any RABBIT HOLES , I would like to build my own Hospital, school, ect. I love building my own things to use.
Ask a few more, please.
Building tools: free hand wall tool? or modules drag and drop etc.?
Basements: dark surrounding black abys again? or like it was in TS2?
Hand of god? (hand tool?) and Eyedropper/copy tool again, or not?
Vacant templates? or not? (Rflong you may have asked that one, sorry)
24/7 community lots or realism again?
LTW again?
Aspiration Failure or not?
Moodlets or not?
Failure at all in this game?
Co op or not?
Predesiged, untextured meshes for players in new tools to drag and drop to create their own meshes or not?
Custom Content by outside modders possible or not?
Filters: A clear picture of what is real CC and or Store content by it's icon in game?
Bodyshop..program such as TS2 outside of CAS? please?
Collections: better filters or not?
Launcher again or not?
Editing: Night/day toggle for neighborhood or not?
Editing:Easy access to jump from house to house, or enter Edit world/hood without having to load last saved household or not?
UI: Is it easy to expand or collaspe inorder to not see it all the time?
Such as in TS1 and TS2..TS3's doesn't collaspe out of the way enough, since we have to look at moodlets all the time?
Vamps: A return of the classic vampire or not?
I won't ask about gameplay as my questions are already too long.
But one more: Will the Sim breakdown enough to where it really matters or not?
What has improved in gameplay for sims 4?
Do sims have a new walk that matches their personality?
Can pregnant sims finally be able to have a maternity wardrobe?
This is the number one thing I would like to know!
Wouldn't that be dependent on the player? It seems like a broad question and the people playing will hopefully give their opinions on the gameplay.
You want to know if the Sims are showing their emotions better?
I guess it is broad i don't know how best to put it really. When they start showcasing the game normally they show what's improved about the game play, why they chose it. So it covers a wide range of things to do in game. I want to know that stuff honestly. Not really looking for players to tell me their opinion. I'm looking for what the dev's added that improved in the game and i'm looking for demo's and talk on it. What's new that improves sims. Doesn't matter the topic.
You know the topic comes up before you couldn't do this now we offer this for players. Or before this was really difficult to do now we simplified it or we took it out and replaced it with this. I just want the run down of the game.
Oh, you want the devs to tell you what's improved? I guess that'd be for EA's Reveal video and not the players, then? I was thinking along the lines of players who are going to be testing.
Also, I'd really like to know how invasive the online social aspects are going to be. Will they be easily avoidable? Will I miss out on certain items and gameplay features since I don't want to use the game to socialize online? That might be a deal-breaker for me as well.
Great idea for a post, by the way. :-)
I was going to post what I wanted to know, but it seems darkraven read my mind. :P
Those two things are having me on the edge of my seat. I'm hoping they'll be nice, I really do.
Are they keeping a vibrant build system like they have now? I love the basements and ladders, I would like to see ladders from the base game on for root cellars.
Are we getting back they full Sim family experience? I know that not ever one who plays likes family time but for the ones who do its very important.
I agree, the Sims have to appeal to the player or it's not gonna work. I hope they show lots of pictures, their videos are going to be so important.
1. sims can visit/move to other neighbourhoods freely without losing previous relationships. For me that would be the *wow* factor I'm looking for! I could *vacation* wherever I'd like!!
2. basements...I would LOVE it if we could add windows!!! Imagine going into the basement with some natural light! Or have that window butted up against a pool? You could watch anyone in the pool swim!!
3. *back to the basic* sims. I just want to love my little idiosyncratic sims again!!! Enough with the "foot tapping"/ time wasting. Let the families eat together again! Bring back that horrid Dean and make us EARN our way into private school! Pluuuuueeesse bring back the gardener!! I love my garden but can't keep up! More things for children to do!! They SHOULD be able to play piano and other musical instruments! And they could darn well pull some weeds for an allowance if the gardener doesn't make a return!
4. Just thought of another to add to my wish list!!! Being able to EASILY put in stairs with landings!! I'm sorry, but not all of us are builders
Some good questions. :thumbup:
This is a big issue for me as well. I don't want to miss out on stuff just because my internet connection sucks and is unreliable. I was really happy that it's not always online, but what exactly are the online aspects?
I would also like it know if we can easily add non-foundation rooms onto homes with foundations, ie sunken living rooms, garages.
This would fall under Technical.
I would like to know about...
1) The new game engine.
2) Will they "finally" get off 32-bit and change to 64-bit.
3) Higher more realistic hardware specifications.
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