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Will neighbourhood editing ever be an option?
king_of_simcity7
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I came to The Sims from Sim City back in 2000
Building cities was my thing, playing The Sims was my thing, in TS2 I eventually used Sim City 3 to build a neighbourhood but that was nothing compared to joy of a CAW tool in TS3
Ok, TS4 now looks unlikely to have a CAW tool, but what about the option to add lots and move them around? What about adding trees and effects?
In TS2 you could do that in the base game, you could do that in TS3 after Ambitions but thanks to CAW, I built my own world as I wanted straight away
But in TS4 I hear horror stories of tiny worlds with not many lots.
Will they ever give players the option to make their worlds their own? At least add some lots and maybe some trees?
What about add a balloon? In TS3 I call the balloon the 'charm balloon' as it adds charm to the game.
Why are TS4 players being given nothing as usual? It isn't TS1 so why is the game as limited as TS1, but without the same charm?
Discuss nicely
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Building cities was my thing, playing The Sims was my thing, in TS2 I eventually used Sim City 3 to build a neighbourhood but that was nothing compared to joy of a CAW tool in TS3
Ok, TS4 now looks unlikely to have a CAW tool, but what about the option to add lots and move them around? What about adding trees and effects?
In TS2 you could do that in the base game, you could do that in TS3 after Ambitions but thanks to CAW, I built my own world as I wanted straight away
But in TS4 I hear horror stories of tiny worlds with not many lots.
Will they ever give players the option to make their worlds their own? At least add some lots and maybe some trees?
What about add a balloon? In TS3 I call the balloon the 'charm balloon' as it adds charm to the game.
Why are TS4 players being given nothing as usual? It isn't TS1 so why is the game as limited as TS1, but without the same charm?
Discuss nicely
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No one knows.
The other map design that they had makes it seem like it could be possible. I wouldn't really trust EA to give us this much.
But I'd love to be wrong.
A bit like toddlers then, they are 'looking into it' but then go quiet and never mention it again...
Or can't, until they have features down and a release date. (I'm sure this is as frustrating for them as it is for us. I know I often find it frustrating to not be allowed to talk about my work, which is the usual case.)
Good points
There is such a backlog of things to do it seems like things have gone haywire over there
Moving or changing lots would be the only thing that I could see being problematic because of the way lots are selected from a separate map view and not just by clicking directly on the lot in the open world. If they would make lots selectable from within neighborhood view, maybe, but that would add another loading screen to wait through—load the world select menu > load the world > load the neighborhood > load the house. I'd be fine with that, if it meant we were allowed to have full world editing, but maybe a lot of people wouldn't be?
But I really see absolutely no reason why we can't at least delete a palm tree or move a picnic table or place an extra trash bin or something. No reason at all. I'm very annoyed that they're not allowing us that much.
I don't think we know enough to say there's a "backlog" or that anything's "gone haywire". There could be a clear plan that things are falling into nicely, with a lot of what's been highly requested (and is possible) well on the way through development. It's a one-way window, though, and we're on the side that can't see. It's easy to imagine anything you like behind that dark glass; doesn't make whatever we imagine true.
Very hard to say... At the very least I hope they will share a tool for users to use, it's not really "fair" that a portion of creators can't create the way they're used to or the way they long to within the Sims 4.
*There's nothing wrong with loving the Sims 4, there's also nothing wrong with seeking improvements.
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The thing that bothers me about your post is you keep referring to the sim players, like it is about us and not you. sorry if this sounds negative. How about why am I/we being given nothing as usual or Will they ever give me/us the option to make my own world.
Sorry but it just seems to me that you are talkin about us and not you.
I would love that, have always wanted to do that also
I am speaking out on behalf of others
Why? Do you not play or have the game.
No, I wouldn't buy it, sorry.
But I still feel obliged to speak out as I have been a member of the community for 15 years
Sorry you are not buying the game, did you try the free offer.
There are things like CAW that I would like to see in the future and some other things, but I am happy with what I have seen so far and can't wait for the Get Together Ep. They have been adding some really nice stuff so far.
Some players are very shy at speaking on here and I do not wish for their voices to fall on death ears. I am like a messenger
But I had seen enough to put me off TS4
I haven't seen a shy person out here yet. except those who love the game. But you are a one sided messenger.
Oh well have fun on the forum, that is what it is for. don't want to derail your message.
Cheers
I was actually talking about this with another Simmer in another thread how we both like making our own world look. Being a builder, I'd love to have more creative tools especially for neighborhood editing. The Sims 2 offered more creative freedom for me than the Sims 4 does in terms of having a town editor. Plus it had that SimCity hook up, so Simmers could make their own worlds too. It was awesome.
Thanks for the feedback