@sparkfairy1 nice wedding pictures it is a shame that one Sim had the sleepy thought bubble
I notice him cos he looks a bit like clp
@sparkfairy1 are you playing with clp in your game?! Confession time
Haha nope no idea who that is! (Probably looking silly now!)
@king_of_simcity7 I'm not really an expert at these things. Only started taking pics for the thread I'm quite pleased with the pretty room I made for the wedding though
I do t mind the plumbobs normally but I always turn it off when I'm filming and I cheat to keep thier moods high or enhance friendships if I need to. As these are temporary saves I am not cheating in my normal game play
@sparkfairy1 nice wedding pictures it is a shame that one Sim had the sleepy thought bubble
I notice him cos he looks a bit like clp
@sparkfairy1 are you playing with clp in your game?! Confession time
Haha nope no idea who that is! (Probably looking silly now!)
@king_of_simcity7 I'm not really an expert at these things. Only started taking pics for the thread I'm quite pleased with the pretty room I made for the wedding though
Was that a community lot?
No I made a special room in my sims garden because there was room. Created and decorated it, had the wedding then demolished and sold it all I'm not much of a builder but I'm trying to decorate and learn how to build more effectively
that said still love sims... well the consept of lifesimulating... actually it be cool to play historical simulation game, settings in like old greace or Rome or Nordic... or.... you could make a whole serie of singel standing games, with a little conection of transferign DNA (carecteres) when you change time or something....
if I could mix sims (best of sims2 and sims3 + some new ideas) with civilization I think it be awesome
Sims: Roman Empire (play in various regions of the Empire, rather than neighborhoods or Worlds)? I'd bite for that one if they reverted to sims 2 or 3 type gameplay. The Roman Empire could include Greece and Egypt, anr even some 'barbarian' lands as regions, giving a good range of variety. I loved playing Pharaoh back in the day alongside Simcity (2000, I think).
@sparkfairy1 nice wedding pictures it is a shame that one Sim had the sleepy thought bubble
I notice him cos he looks a bit like clp
@sparkfairy1 are you playing with clp in your game?! Confession time
Haha nope no idea who that is! (Probably looking silly now!)
@king_of_simcity7 I'm not really an expert at these things. Only started taking pics for the thread I'm quite pleased with the pretty room I made for the wedding though
Was that a community lot?
No I made a special room in my sims garden because there was room. Created and decorated it, had the wedding then demolished and sold it all I'm not much of a builder but I'm trying to decorate and learn how to build more effectively
They should do a class on Sim Building 101. I can't build to save my life. I can, on occasion and when random inspiration strikes, edit an exsisting build to my liking but that is about the furthest I can stretch my abilities on that matter haha.
I recently found out there are blueprints for houses on google for TS2. I haven't had the time yet but I printed out some Victorian houses to try my hand at.
that said still love sims... well the consept of lifesimulating... actually it be cool to play historical simulation game, settings in like old greace or Rome or Nordic... or.... you could make a whole serie of singel standing games, with a little conection of transferign DNA (carecteres) when you change time or something....
if I could mix sims (best of sims2 and sims3 + some new ideas) with civilization I think it be awesome
Sims: Roman Empire (play in various regions of the Empire, rather than neighborhoods or Worlds)? I'd bite for that one if they reverted to sims 2 or 3 type gameplay. The Roman Empire could include Greece and Egypt, anr even some 'barbarian' lands as regions, giving a good range of variety. I loved playing Pharaoh back in the day alongside Simcity (2000, I think).
exsactly... and you could do well and get in goverment... or do badly and haveing to become a slave... extra.
maybe you join the legion.. and get send around.
instead of supernatural types you got a background as a start... and that will in some ways determan how others react to you.
try a play from slave to rich and influent... how many generations?
but for me the family play of the time would be important, ofcourse it would be difrent than the sims as it was difrent back then.
@sparkfairy1 nice wedding pictures it is a shame that one Sim had the sleepy thought bubble
I notice him cos he looks a bit like clp
@sparkfairy1 are you playing with clp in your game?! Confession time
Haha nope no idea who that is! (Probably looking silly now!)
@king_of_simcity7 I'm not really an expert at these things. Only started taking pics for the thread I'm quite pleased with the pretty room I made for the wedding though
Was that a community lot?
No I made a special room in my sims garden because there was room. Created and decorated it, had the wedding then demolished and sold it all I'm not much of a builder but I'm trying to decorate and learn how to build more effectively
They should do a class on Sim Building 101. I can't build to save my life. I can, on occasion and when random inspiration strikes, edit an exsisting build to my liking but that is about the furthest I can stretch my abilities on that matter haha.
I recently found out there are blueprints for houses on google for TS2. I haven't had the time yet but I printed out some Victorian houses to try my hand at.
--T
ETA: autocorrect.
if for sims 3 have you tried looking at the zooprofessors university... don't have lin on new forum, but you might find it using search or asking in the DNA thread
I was playing WoW yesterday and was really looking at the graphics, the whole game play, new EP and everything and was really wondering why can't EA be that great? Sure the graphics in TS4 are really nice but the whole game play could be some much better. They could have pretty much what every fan wants and even new stuff too! Maybe bcuz WoW is just that one game wit new things being added but idk I still think it's very possible for EA to be on the same lvl as Blizzard.
I was reading the info on City Living and this phrase popped out at me: "In San Myshuno, one of the stories we want you to tell is moving up from the low level apartments, to live in one of the incredible penthouse apartments."
This sort of sums up a lot of the Sims 4 problem for me. (Leaving aside the things that simply can't work with the game's base programming.) The previous Sims games provided options we could use to tell stories: send the kid to private school, or not; go to University and study, or join a fraternity, or cheat, or not go at all; plop extra lots close together for a close knit neighborhood with local shops, make them sparse by removing premades that are too close, make a downtown with all the shops together, just play as it is. Sims 4 seems determined to dictate a story to us. It doesn't allow for a lot of the old things or flexibility because it's not part of the story that they want us to tell.
I was reading the info on City Living and this phrase popped out at me: "In San Myshuno, one of the stories we want you to tell is moving up from the low level apartments, to live in one of the incredible penthouse apartments."
This sort of sums up a lot of the Sims 4 problem for me. (Leaving aside the things that simply can't work with the game's base programming.) The previous Sims games provided options we could use to tell stories: send the kid to private school, or not; go to University and study, or join a fraternity, or cheat, or not go at all; plop extra lots close together for a close knit neighborhood with local shops, make them sparse by removing premades that are too close, make a downtown with all the shops together, just play as it is. Sims 4 seems determined to dictate a story to us. It doesn't allow for a lot of the old things or flexibility because it's not part of the story that they want us to tell.
spot on
the sandbox is gone... atleast from my point of wiuv
ofcourse if you want to play the way they want... or like to... it might not feel as gone
I was reading the info on City Living and this phrase popped out at me: "In San Myshuno, one of the stories we want you to tell is moving up from the low level apartments, to live in one of the incredible penthouse apartments."
This sort of sums up a lot of the Sims 4 problem for me. (Leaving aside the things that simply can't work with the game's base programming.) The previous Sims games provided options we could use to tell stories: send the kid to private school, or not; go to University and study, or join a fraternity, or cheat, or not go at all; plop extra lots close together for a close knit neighborhood with local shops, make them sparse by removing premades that are too close, make a downtown with all the shops together, just play as it is. Sims 4 seems determined to dictate a story to us. It doesn't allow for a lot of the old things or flexibility because it's not part of the story that they want us to tell.
That jumped out at me too. See I'd think that was fine if this was a side game like Urbz. I found those side games mildly entertaining for what they were-but I knew that going in and they didn't compare with the depth and love I had for the main sims series because of the depth of freedom.
I think maybe they've lost touch with what sandbox players want and need from the sims. When sandbox is a really popular trend I find it heartbreaking that the ultimate sandbox of over a decade isn't there showing the best of the best.
@sparkfairy1 nice wedding pictures it is a shame that one Sim had the sleepy thought bubble
I notice him cos he looks a bit like clp
@sparkfairy1 are you playing with clp in your game?! Confession time
Haha nope no idea who that is! (Probably looking silly now!)
@king_of_simcity7 I'm not really an expert at these things. Only started taking pics for the thread I'm quite pleased with the pretty room I made for the wedding though
Was that a community lot?
No I made a special room in my sims garden because there was room. Created and decorated it, had the wedding then demolished and sold it all I'm not much of a builder but I'm trying to decorate and learn how to build more effectively
They should do a class on Sim Building 101. I can't build to save my life. I can, on occasion and when random inspiration strikes, edit an exsisting build to my liking but that is about the furthest I can stretch my abilities on that matter haha.
I recently found out there are blueprints for houses on google for TS2. I haven't had the time yet but I printed out some Victorian houses to try my hand at.
--T
ETA: autocorrect.
if for sims 3 have you tried looking at the zooprofessors university... don't have lin on new forum, but you might find it using search or asking in the DNA thread
How's everyone doing? Have you been checking out the info and videos for the new ep? I have. I was quite excited when the first video came out... but then with each bit more info, screenshots, further videos and livestream that followed I've become less and less impressed. In fact, I've reached a point where I'm pretty much totally put off.
Ah well. At the moment I am busy in my ts3 game anyway. I'm setting up my hoods and have been drooling over the awesome Lots there. I've made the Bjergsen family (from ts4) and plan on playing them first. Just gotta decide whether to give them a dog or two and which world to play them in.
Does anyone know if large dogs can have puppies with small dogs?
@elanorbreton I've been watching too. I'm not going to decide until I see all the info on the EP. But I am sort of indifferent at the moment. Karaoke looks good, esp with duets. I like the slightly darker play that comes with mice, cockroaches etc and the fact that it can be in some areas/ lots and not others. But I'm getting the impression, including from the live stream, that some lot traits are just to create an emotion. Sunny aspect will have you will be more happy or energised. I get it, it's the system they implemented, so what else are they going to do- but the emotions system to me lacks any depth or sense. I guess my point my is I am sick of things that just create emotions. I also want to know how ' the most individual sims you have ever met' will be implemented. I find the personality system the most flawed so these type of statements annoy me in particular. Anyway hope I'm wrong.
The idea of festivals, protests and some other bits sound interesting so I will not decide till I hear all the info.
And the talking toilet ??? Why?? I just just dont get it.
I get it, it's the system they implemented, so what else are they going to do- but the emotions system to me lacks any depth or sense. I guess my point my is I am sick of things that just create emotions. I also want to know how ' the most individual sims you have ever met' will be implemented. I find the personality system the most flawed so these type of statements annoy me in particular. Anyway hope I'm wrong.
Sums up my experience as well. The emotion system pretty much dictates gameplay and no sims really have an individual personality. Whether a sim is Active or Lazy, they act the same when Energized... Active sims just get Energized more often. The depth of personality and chemistry just isn't there.
@elanorbreton I've been watching too. I'm not going to decide until I see all the info on the EP. But I am sort of indifferent at the moment. Karaoke looks good, esp with duets. I like the slightly darker play that comes with mice, cockroaches etc and the fact that it can be in some areas/ lots and not others. But I'm getting the impression, including from the live stream, that some lot traits are just to create an emotion. Sunny aspect will have you will be more happy or energised. I get it, it's the system they implemented, so what else are they going to do- but the emotions system to me lacks any depth or sense. I guess my point my is I am sick of things that just create emotions. I also want to know how ' the most individual sims you have ever met' will be implemented. I find the personality system the most flawed so these type of statements annoy me in particular. Anyway hope I'm wrong.
The idea of festivals, protests and some other bits sound interesting so I will not decide till I hear all the info.
And the talking toilet ??? Why?? I just just dont get it.
Did you mating between the dogs work?
@cherpar That talking toilet had to take some work but did you notice they didn't put the effort into the gaming console to increase social? So it's just another group object that's useless in building relationships. Ridiculous that a talking toilet is what they choose to put their time and effort into. I bet the karaoke machine doesn't even build social. I pre-ordered and now I'm regretting it.
Lol, I haven't even made them yet. I was just planning ahead on which dogs to give my family, cos I'd quite like a lab or retreiver and a spaniel. I think spaniels are small in the game, aren't they?
I haven't even finished doing my hoods yet as I have some empty Lot spaces. Normally I don't play unless all Lot spaces have been filled up, but I'm kind of anxious to get going so I may have to break my ocd compulsion this time!
@cherpar That talking toilet had to take some work but did you notice they didn't put the effort into the gaming console to increase social? So it's just another group object that's useless in building relationships. Ridiculous that a talking toilet is what they choose to put their time and effort into. I bet the karaoke machine doesn't even build social. I pre-ordered and now I'm regretting it. [/quote]
Really ? The console doesn't raise social? Isn't that part of the point of gaming wit friends? Wow. Could it be that will fix that before release?
Lol, I haven't even made them yet. I was just planning ahead on which dogs to give my family, cos I'd quite like a lab or retreiver and a spaniel. I think spaniels are small in the game, aren't they?
I haven't even finished doing my hoods yet as I have some empty Lot spaces. Normally I don't play unless all Lot spaces have been filled up, but I'm kind of anxious to get going so I may have to break my ocd compulsion this time!
Haha I do that too - I have to make sure everything is placed before I start to play!
Lol, I haven't even made them yet. I was just planning ahead on which dogs to give my family, cos I'd quite like a lab or retreiver and a spaniel. I think spaniels are small in the game, aren't they?
I haven't even finished doing my hoods yet as I have some empty Lot spaces. Normally I don't play unless all Lot spaces have been filled up, but I'm kind of anxious to get going so I may have to break my ocd compulsion this time!
Haha I do that too - I have to make sure everything is placed before I start to play!
OCD is a plum.
--T
Totally *6 hours later still fluffing around with the world* Oh well, I can always start playing tomorrow...
I'm a girl who likes to play with boys, what can I say...
“Instead of putting players in the role of Luke Skywalker, or Frodo Baggins, I'd rather put them in the role of George Lucas.”Will Wright.
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Was that a community lot?
@sparkfairy1 well, you did a great job with the wedding Lot, it looks awesome.
@IceyJ I never knew that lol
@xoxoXD gorgeous dog, made me go awwwwwww...
I do t mind the plumbobs normally but I always turn it off when I'm filming and I cheat to keep thier moods high or enhance friendships if I need to. As these are temporary saves I am not cheating in my normal game play
No I made a special room in my sims garden because there was room. Created and decorated it, had the wedding then demolished and sold it all
Thank you @elanorbreton
https://twitter.com/sparkfairy1
Sims: Roman Empire (play in various regions of the Empire, rather than neighborhoods or Worlds)? I'd bite for that one if they reverted to sims 2 or 3 type gameplay. The Roman Empire could include Greece and Egypt, anr even some 'barbarian' lands as regions, giving a good range of variety. I loved playing Pharaoh back in the day alongside Simcity (2000, I think).
They should do a class on Sim Building 101. I can't build to save my life. I can, on occasion and when random inspiration strikes, edit an exsisting build to my liking but that is about the furthest I can stretch my abilities on that matter haha.
I recently found out there are blueprints for houses on google for TS2. I haven't had the time yet but I printed out some Victorian houses to try my hand at.
--T
ETA: autocorrect.
exsactly... and you could do well and get in goverment... or do badly and haveing to become a slave... extra.
maybe you join the legion.. and get send around.
instead of supernatural types you got a background as a start... and that will in some ways determan how others react to you.
try a play from slave to rich and influent... how many generations?
but for me the family play of the time would be important, ofcourse it would be difrent than the sims as it was difrent back then.
if for sims 3 have you tried looking at the zooprofessors university... don't have lin on new forum, but you might find it using search or asking in the DNA thread
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This sort of sums up a lot of the Sims 4 problem for me. (Leaving aside the things that simply can't work with the game's base programming.) The previous Sims games provided options we could use to tell stories: send the kid to private school, or not; go to University and study, or join a fraternity, or cheat, or not go at all; plop extra lots close together for a close knit neighborhood with local shops, make them sparse by removing premades that are too close, make a downtown with all the shops together, just play as it is. Sims 4 seems determined to dictate a story to us. It doesn't allow for a lot of the old things or flexibility because it's not part of the story that they want us to tell.
spot on
the sandbox is gone... atleast from my point of wiuv
ofcourse if you want to play the way they want... or like to... it might not feel as gone
That jumped out at me too. See I'd think that was fine if this was a side game like Urbz. I found those side games mildly entertaining for what they were-but I knew that going in and they didn't compare with the depth and love I had for the main sims series because of the depth of freedom.
I think maybe they've lost touch with what sandbox players want and need from the sims. When sandbox is a really popular trend I find it heartbreaking that the ultimate sandbox of over a decade isn't there showing the best of the best.
https://twitter.com/sparkfairy1
Thanks! I'll check that out
--T
Ah well. At the moment I am busy in my ts3 game anyway. I'm setting up my hoods and have been drooling over the awesome Lots there. I've made the Bjergsen family (from ts4) and plan on playing them first. Just gotta decide whether to give them a dog or two and which world to play them in.
Does anyone know if large dogs can have puppies with small dogs?
The idea of festivals, protests and some other bits sound interesting so I will not decide till I hear all the info.
And the talking toilet ??? Why?? I just just dont get it.
Did you mating between the dogs work?
Sums up my experience as well. The emotion system pretty much dictates gameplay and no sims really have an individual personality. Whether a sim is Active or Lazy, they act the same when Energized... Active sims just get Energized more often. The depth of personality and chemistry just isn't there.
Wonder if it complains when you take an Angry Poop...
@cherpar That talking toilet had to take some work but did you notice they didn't put the effort into the gaming console to increase social? So it's just another group object that's useless in building relationships. Ridiculous that a talking toilet is what they choose to put their time and effort into. I bet the karaoke machine doesn't even build social. I pre-ordered and now I'm regretting it.
I haven't even finished doing my hoods yet as I have some empty Lot spaces. Normally I don't play unless all Lot spaces have been filled up, but I'm kind of anxious to get going so I may have to break my ocd compulsion this time!
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@cherpar That talking toilet had to take some work but did you notice they didn't put the effort into the gaming console to increase social? So it's just another group object that's useless in building relationships. Ridiculous that a talking toilet is what they choose to put their time and effort into. I bet the karaoke machine doesn't even build social. I pre-ordered and now I'm regretting it. [/quote]
Really ? The console doesn't raise social? Isn't that part of the point of gaming wit friends? Wow. Could it be that will fix that before release?
Haha I do that too - I have to make sure everything is placed before I start to play!
OCD is a plum.
--T
Totally *6 hours later still fluffing around with the world* Oh well, I can always start playing tomorrow...
“Instead of putting players in the role of Luke Skywalker, or Frodo Baggins, I'd rather put them in the role of George Lucas.”Will Wright.