By request and probably needed, for this one...
This is a thread for gathering things Maxis and SimGurus let us know about the My First Pet SP.
Please take general discussion of the pack to the lots and lots of other threads — it is off topic here. Thanks
And thanks in advance to everyone who helps source info!
Quicklinks
Blog Posts, Trailers, & Dates (below)
GameplayCAS and Build/BuyMy First Pet + the Cats & Dogs EPOdds and EndsBlog PostsThis Stuff Pack is Filled With FurTrailershttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_uRr36nQG0DatesRelease: March 13, 2018
Livestream: Friday, March 9, at 11:00 AM PST. To find what time that is where you live, head to
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Comments
An overview:
The pets:
But hedgehogs aren't rodents!
Small pet ownership and care:
And in case you really needed to know...
Some clarification on retail, the pet treat, and Parenthood traits:
Small pets on non-owned lots
Pets on vacation! (Or not, as you choose)
Interactions with Cats & Dogs
Rabid Rodent Fever:
Do you need Get to Work for a cure?
source: http://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/comment/16367626/#Comment_16367626
From the livestream:
Clarification on rodent disease treatment:
How to acquire rodent disease when that's your goal!
Build/Buy
Habitats:
Fish table:
Is there a plain coffee table?
CAS
Hamster costume info: source: http://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/comment/16367626/#Comment_16367626
This is the phrasing about what's needed for this pack:
These are the pack minimum requirements:
https://www.ea.com/games/the-sims/the-sims-4/pc/system-requirements
Do you have to have Cats and Dogs?
How the pack works with Cats and Dogs:
Why it was done this way:
This new approach to SPs is why the pack wasn't in the quarterly teaser:
Costs, future of this model, etc.
So, does these mean now we'll get Sims 4 Birds etc. etc. etc.?
Some people have questions about SPs in general:
Like... bunnies?
And the other Community SP themes?
Why no pet stores?
Why wasn't a pet store added as a venue?
Interactions with other packs:
Some pack-development info: source: http://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/comment/16367626/#Comment_16367626
Info about the relationship with Cats & Dogs will be coming "shortly". This is why the pack wasn't in the quarterly teaser:
On this pack and Cats & Dogs:
Functionality with Retail:
Habitats:
Nah, I'd rather they relegate this to its pack. If you have GTW and the disease is a part of it, why buy the SP that re-introduced it for the disease?
I believe so. One of the gurus on Twitter said she named her's after her recently deceased small pet.