I would love to see tiny homes and/or tiny living on small lots side by side one another and/or solar panels to reduce electricity costs on sim's homes. In addition, I would love to see greenhouses with overhead sprinklers and have a recycling holding tank for the water used from the overhead sprinklers.
I would love to see tiny homes and/or tiny living on small lots side by side one another and/or solar panels to reduce electricity costs on sim's homes. In addition, I would love to see greenhouses with overhead sprinklers and have a recycling holding tank for the water used from the overhead sprinklers.
Too bad the starter/small space living didn't make the cut--hopefully they'll combine some of the ideas because I think small space living is sustainable living and that is definitely eco-friendly!
Whatever the team does, I'm sure it'll be a fun stuff pack. I really think the way the devs set up this pack was great marketing.
OMG, I had one of those hoodies! I bought two of them in San Francisco when I visited it in the early 90s -- one for me and one for my hubby. I passed mine on to my step-daughter when I 'outgrew' it. Now I wish I had kept it.
Addition to the water conservation section: laundry and showering and other non-food uses of water can (optionally) use the greywater and/or rainwater tanks.
Maybe it's just my generation, but guys who spent a lot of time on how they look... seem kinda useless; like they don't have anything better to do but consume and try to be pretty Give me jeans and comfy T-shirt any day!
Also, consumerism like this kinda goes against the "Eco" grain as all the useless products they are buying require factories. It would be like sending mixed messages. "Don't waste! Buy more crud!" Meh.
Cinderellimouse oh my goodness, I absolutely love those hoodies!! I really hope EA includes them, they're so cute!! Great find, I've never seen them before!
People used to wear them a lot years ago, I remember my Dad's friend who was in a band used to wear them, and there's kind of a revival of that kind of hippy/indie/music/alternate culture going on here. For some reason I thought they were based on a style of North African clothing, maybe Berber, but I think I'm mistaken. The images above say they are Mexican.
Anyway, I connect them in my mind with counter-culture. And they are the sort of thing that an environmentalist or eco warrior might wear.
I love a lot of the ideas. I'm hoping for more tiny home elements as they can be very eco-friendly if done right. Space saving furniture would work well. Clotheslines are something I'd like to see back as well, maybe a hand washing machine? With the wringer? Solar panels sound awesome as well, and something I would use. More bright colors for adults, and children in terms of clothing. Longer hair as well. More toddler activities, maybe a sandbox? More outdoor activities would be nice, because they are more eco friendly than the computer! Maybe even a camping stove. Did one come with Outdoor Retreat? I don't have that pack, so we may already have one.
I would love to see tiny homes and/or tiny living on small lots side by side one another and/or solar panels to reduce electricity costs on sim's homes. In addition, I would love to see greenhouses with overhead sprinklers and have a recycling holding tank for the water used from the overhead sprinklers.
Too bad the starter/small space living didn't make the cut--hopefully they'll combine some of the ideas because I think small space living is sustainable living and that is definitely eco-friendly!
Whatever the team does, I'm sure it'll be a fun stuff pack. I really think the way the devs set up this pack was great marketing.
I'm wondering if it will possible to combine some elements of small space with eco living. Or even put the starter/small space stuff in an EP or game pack of some kind. though I guess that depends on the theme of those.
I also support the idea of adding some of the starter/small space furniture suggestions in this pack if possible. Like more 1-tile desks. Also reclaimed wood and industrial metal indoor/outdoor furniture. A bit like an extension of the base game kitchen set but a bit more rustic.
Need more naturalistic, earthy or hippie like styles. We could use more dreadlock styles, including shorter dreads or hair with beads. I need two long braids as well. We need a new section in accessories for facial piercings-- I would love to see a hoop nose ring. Let's add thumb rings as an accessory too. A cool shirt would be someone who looks like they are always wearing a backpack, too.
And WEATHER. What could be more eco than seasons?
I would like to see a tree of life belly tattoo (henna?), which would be great when women are pregnant, for example. And mothers to infants and toddlers could wear their babies using baby slings. They could always have their baby with them, sleeping or not, and would only have to put them down for certain actions.
A nice architectural feature I think would be an indoor waterfall that goes on tall walls down to a pebble bottom floor, and the water recycles itself over and over again and this is meant to purify and humidify the air. Maybe sims could drop herbs or essential oils into the water for certain healing or mood effects. And if you wanted more use for essential oils, they would double as medicine, could be added to baths, in cooking, and could be used in oil diffusers (like when sims light incense). This could be part of the herb or wellness skill.
Having pantries that function like closets (esp corner pantries, that fit kind of triangular) would be cool. They could keep dried goods and foods, as well as herbs, and any not-in-use appliances, teabags, etc. in there. Seeds, etc. This is also good to keep stocked in case of weather emergencies (theoretically... since sims never have to really worry about food).
A generator for when power goes out during those random thunder storms...
And this is kind of just an aside, but can we fix the bug where freckles go away just because you change someone's makeup on one of their outfits?
Nature and nature inspired furniture, no offence to anyone, but maybe clothes that are like cultural styled like as in, clothes that cover sims private parts but the rest is visible, also live in natural built almost cubby looking houses inspired by many cultures around the world where people live like that, or tiny houses, and have natural furniture
Eco friendly clothes.
I like all these ideas. One thing that I think is important is to distinguish the style of this pack from the stuff in Movie Hangout. A lot of the clothing/decor in that pack was shabby chic/boho, so in my opinion they need to make sure to go in a different direction for this pack. Instead of hipster or boho stuff, which has been done in the game already, I hope they focus more on live-off-the-land environmentalist type of style.
I like all these ideas. One thing that I think is important is to distinguish the style of this pack from the stuff in Movie Hangout. A lot of the clothing/decor in that pack was shabby chic/boho, so in my opinion they need to make sure to go in a different direction for this pack. Instead of hipster or boho stuff, which has been done in the game already, I hope they focus more on live-off-the-land environmentalist type of style.
Do you have links to images of what you have in mind?
I think the clothing, building & furnishing options in a pack with an eco living theme should center around sustainable, eco-friendly options. I don't mean to slam OP or anything, but the content of the pictures seems like it's centered more on a TS3 High End Loft Stuff kind of vibe.
Here are some possible references ( Never mind... I haven't been around for long enough to post links appearantly ) and ideas for stuff that could be in this pack:
Gardens in a jar/indoor plants (would be great if we could take care of these plants just like regular outdoor plants, but decoration items like this would be greatly appreciated):
I also like the idea of upcycling and DIYs (this could be added as a new skill or be an art style used for items):
DIYs made with cans, buttons, gallon containers used to hold milk, egg cartons, newspapers, and plastic bottles themes in mind. The furniture could be upcycled as well as the clothes. (These would be just a few items, not an entire CAS of upcycled clothing.)
I think that there should be alternate eco-friendly versions of objects that would take up a lot of energy:
On another thread I heard someone proposing the idea of being able to write books and practice the writing skill on paper and in notebooks, which is an idea that I absolutely love. I also heard other talking about bunk bed, which I would totally place in my homes in a heartbeat. Bunk beds should come for a variety of ages. I want bunk beds for toddlers, children, and adults. The notebooks could be recycled notebooks and the bunk beds could be made out of wood.
Energy saving product and renewable energy resources...
clotheslines
solar panels
wind turbines
solar powered TVs
manual hand fans
water powered objects
more open fire ways of cooking food
My ideas for possible actions and traits:
The "Eco-Freak" - Someone that rants about alternative energy resources and criticizes sims for wasting energy and hurting the environment. They use eco-friendly items and become upset when they see the energy wasting products in their own homes.
The "Litter Critter" - Someone that doesn't care for the environment and throws trash around everywhere they go. They keep home appliances on even when they aren't being used.
Some possible interactions could be drinking from open water or enclosed water areas, foraging for new kinds of berries and mushrooms natural spawned in the world, littering, being able to hang up laundry on a clothesline, raising your own food (animal domestication), sunbathing, recycling, composting, and having children make mud pies and play in the dirt
Extra suggestions:
working fountains that could be used as a water source
bathtubs that have to be manually filled with water from a water source
hoses to water more than one plant at once
being able to pee behind trees
eating raw fish from a lake (possible death method)
installing solar panels yourself (possible death method)
dying from eating poisonous berries and mushrooms
getting a rash from poison ivy
being fined for littering
A side note:
I know that this is only a stuff pack, so there is no possible way for all of these ideas to be in the pack. I also understand that some of these things are a bit extensive and go too in depth to be in a stuff pack; however, I hope that these suggestions serve as inspirations for other people in the community and developers. I also hope that some of these ideas are used at a later time in a future pack. *cough* *cough* pets expansion, family expansion, seasons expansion *cough* *cough* In addition, as someone that originally placed Eco Living as #3 on their list, I am a lot more excited for this pack. I love seeing involvement from so many different people in the community and being able to give our input on a pack. Hopefully, we'll be able to do this again in the future and that this pack comes out great in the end.
Maybe it's just my generation, but guys who spent a lot of time on how they look... seem kinda useless; like they don't have anything better to do but consume and try to be pretty Give me jeans and comfy T-shirt any day!
Also, consumerism like this kinda goes against the "Eco" grain as all the useless products they are buying require factories. It would be like sending mixed messages. "Don't waste! Buy more crud!" Meh.
Anyway, I'm excited about the eco-living pack--it was one of the three options I liked, but I'd love to see the ability to go either way. Like Air conditioning vs fans vs windows that open; like energy guzzling appliances vs energy-star (RIP) appliances vs old school manual labour; like leaving lights and electronics on vs turning them off; like throwing trash away instead of recycling it and recycling it. Of course there should be positive/negative consequences for a sim depending on which object they use or action they do depending on their traits.
I think it would be really cool to have the ability to have a wasteful trait and an eco-friendly trait. Especially since this is such a hot topic of late with folks who are antipathetic towards environment saving measures and think the whole thing a con. I'd love a sim who is wasteful to get annoyed with having to recycle. Or having flatmates and one is eco-friendly and gets mad when their eco-unfriendly counterpart doesn't recycle.
If the game is just going to be about laundry... I'm cool with that too.
Lol, now I'm curious what your generation is. My youngest son is in his third year at university, economics major, dean's list, has just secured a summer internship with a financial firm making more in those 2 months than I make in 6, is on the college baseball team, is involved in several volunteer organizations. He spends about an hour getting ready in the morning and is impeccably dressed and groomed when he goes out. He's in another state but occasionally will text me if he thinks he looks particularly dashing. My husband and I love to tease him.
@luthienrising - I love the images you shared. I would LOVE to see more patched clothing for this stuff pack. For me, the ideal way to reconcile laundry and eco-living as themes would be to give our Sims the ability to make their own clothes with a new 5-level Sewing Skill!!
Patched skirts:
Homemade dresses:
Ren Faire look (a lot of people in the creative anachronism community make their own clothes):
Maybe it's just my generation, but guys who spent a lot of time on how they look... seem kinda useless; like they don't have anything better to do but consume and try to be pretty Give me jeans and comfy T-shirt any day!
Also, consumerism like this kinda goes against the "Eco" grain as all the useless products they are buying require factories. It would be like sending mixed messages. "Don't waste! Buy more crud!" Meh.
Anyway, I'm excited about the eco-living pack--it was one of the three options I liked, but I'd love to see the ability to go either way. Like Air conditioning vs fans vs windows that open; like energy guzzling appliances vs energy-star (RIP) appliances vs old school manual labour; like leaving lights and electronics on vs turning them off; like throwing trash away instead of recycling it and recycling it. Of course there should be positive/negative consequences for a sim depending on which object they use or action they do depending on their traits.
I think it would be really cool to have the ability to have a wasteful trait and an eco-friendly trait. Especially since this is such a hot topic of late with folks who are antipathetic towards environment saving measures and think the whole thing a con. I'd love a sim who is wasteful to get annoyed with having to recycle. Or having flatmates and one is eco-friendly and gets mad when their eco-unfriendly counterpart doesn't recycle.
If the game is just going to be about laundry... I'm cool with that too.
Lol, now I'm curious what your generation is. My youngest son is in his third year at university, economics major, dean's list, has just secured a summer internship with a financial firm making more in those 2 months than I make in 6, is on the college baseball team, is involved in several volunteer organizations. He spends about an hour getting ready in the morning and is impeccably dressed and groomed when he goes out. He's in another state but occasionally will text me if he thinks he looks particularly dashing. My husband and I love to tease him.
What you described sounds like the average joe consumer today and yeah... I'm not in your son's generation I visited a close friend in Cali the other day who I hadn't seen for about two years and his house was practically empty with only a bed, desk, guest room bed and desk, a sofa and a TV. We were joking about how his place looked exactly like mine. It should be noted we we're born about two weeks apart!
That said, while I can appreciate guys (perhaps) trying to challenge gender norms--there's got to be a more sustainable way of doing this rather than shopping. All of these fashion products are made in countries that have lousy eco-standards. It slays me
I'm loving seeing all the recycled/re-used items! Like the bathtub sofa. It would be awesome to see that type of thing at the flea market in San Myshuno!
I love this thread. (: I have a few things that I searched through google with; I apologize if I post something that's already been posted. I tried to go through the pages to see, and I don't think I have something that someone else posted. But here it goes.
I am not sure how much stuff will actually go into this pack since it is a stuff pack; but I'm hopeful that at least some of these decor get into it and/or plants, if nothing else.
However, I did find some SUPER cute things for toddlers that I would love to have.
How cute are these? And your toddler can take it a part and rebuild it.
Decor:
Jars - I would absolutely love some of these hanging jars; with little pebbles, flowers, and candles inside.
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Too bad the starter/small space living didn't make the cut--hopefully they'll combine some of the ideas because I think small space living is sustainable living and that is definitely eco-friendly!
Whatever the team does, I'm sure it'll be a fun stuff pack. I really think the way the devs set up this pack was great marketing.
Build/Buy
Food and Garden
Power generation
Water Conservation, Power Conservation, etc
Decor
Clothing and CAS
I MUST FIND ONE!!!
To the shops! o/
I really like these suggestions!
Yeah, I know what you mean. :-/
People used to wear them a lot years ago, I remember my Dad's friend who was in a band used to wear them, and there's kind of a revival of that kind of hippy/indie/music/alternate culture going on here. For some reason I thought they were based on a style of North African clothing, maybe Berber, but I think I'm mistaken. The images above say they are Mexican.
Anyway, I connect them in my mind with counter-culture. And they are the sort of thing that an environmentalist or eco warrior might wear.
Ah! Like Swampy! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swampy
And definitely a bag like this to hang at the wall;)
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I'm wondering if it will possible to combine some elements of small space with eco living. Or even put the starter/small space stuff in an EP or game pack of some kind. though I guess that depends on the theme of those.
Yes. I need this. Give it to me now!
I also support the idea of adding some of the starter/small space furniture suggestions in this pack if possible. Like more 1-tile desks. Also reclaimed wood and industrial metal indoor/outdoor furniture. A bit like an extension of the base game kitchen set but a bit more rustic.
And WEATHER. What could be more eco than seasons?
I would like to see a tree of life belly tattoo (henna?), which would be great when women are pregnant, for example. And mothers to infants and toddlers could wear their babies using baby slings. They could always have their baby with them, sleeping or not, and would only have to put them down for certain actions.
A nice architectural feature I think would be an indoor waterfall that goes on tall walls down to a pebble bottom floor, and the water recycles itself over and over again and this is meant to purify and humidify the air. Maybe sims could drop herbs or essential oils into the water for certain healing or mood effects. And if you wanted more use for essential oils, they would double as medicine, could be added to baths, in cooking, and could be used in oil diffusers (like when sims light incense). This could be part of the herb or wellness skill.
Having pantries that function like closets (esp corner pantries, that fit kind of triangular) would be cool. They could keep dried goods and foods, as well as herbs, and any not-in-use appliances, teabags, etc. in there. Seeds, etc. This is also good to keep stocked in case of weather emergencies (theoretically... since sims never have to really worry about food).
A generator for when power goes out during those random thunder storms...
And this is kind of just an aside, but can we fix the bug where freckles go away just because you change someone's makeup on one of their outfits?
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Eco friendly clothes.
Do you have links to images of what you have in mind?
Will add a few more bits soon
Omg on this one I love his hair!! :
Cas for toddlers and kids:
Gardens in a jar/indoor plants (would be great if we could take care of these plants just like regular outdoor plants, but decoration items like this would be greatly appreciated):
I also like the idea of upcycling and DIYs (this could be added as a new skill or be an art style used for items):
DIYs made with cans, buttons, gallon containers used to hold milk, egg cartons, newspapers, and plastic bottles themes in mind. The furniture could be upcycled as well as the clothes. (These would be just a few items, not an entire CAS of upcycled clothing.)
I think that there should be alternate eco-friendly versions of objects that would take up a lot of energy:
On another thread I heard someone proposing the idea of being able to write books and practice the writing skill on paper and in notebooks, which is an idea that I absolutely love. I also heard other talking about bunk bed, which I would totally place in my homes in a heartbeat. Bunk beds should come for a variety of ages. I want bunk beds for toddlers, children, and adults. The notebooks could be recycled notebooks and the bunk beds could be made out of wood.
Energy saving product and renewable energy resources...
clotheslines
solar panels
wind turbines
solar powered TVs
manual hand fans
water powered objects
more open fire ways of cooking food
My ideas for possible actions and traits:
The "Eco-Freak" - Someone that rants about alternative energy resources and criticizes sims for wasting energy and hurting the environment. They use eco-friendly items and become upset when they see the energy wasting products in their own homes.
The "Litter Critter" - Someone that doesn't care for the environment and throws trash around everywhere they go. They keep home appliances on even when they aren't being used.
Some possible interactions could be drinking from open water or enclosed water areas, foraging for new kinds of berries and mushrooms natural spawned in the world, littering, being able to hang up laundry on a clothesline, raising your own food (animal domestication), sunbathing, recycling, composting, and having children make mud pies and play in the dirt
Extra suggestions:
working fountains that could be used as a water source
bathtubs that have to be manually filled with water from a water source
hoses to water more than one plant at once
being able to pee behind trees
eating raw fish from a lake (possible death method)
installing solar panels yourself (possible death method)
dying from eating poisonous berries and mushrooms
getting a rash from poison ivy
being fined for littering
A side note:
I know that this is only a stuff pack, so there is no possible way for all of these ideas to be in the pack. I also understand that some of these things are a bit extensive and go too in depth to be in a stuff pack; however, I hope that these suggestions serve as inspirations for other people in the community and developers. I also hope that some of these ideas are used at a later time in a future pack. *cough* *cough* pets expansion, family expansion, seasons expansion *cough* *cough* In addition, as someone that originally placed Eco Living as #3 on their list, I am a lot more excited for this pack. I love seeing involvement from so many different people in the community and being able to give our input on a pack. Hopefully, we'll be able to do this again in the future and that this pack comes out great in the end.
Lol, now I'm curious what your generation is.
Patched skirts:
Homemade dresses:
Ren Faire look (a lot of people in the creative anachronism community make their own clothes):
Add Manage Neighbourhood Options - assign your own Sim to NPC jobs!
The Problems with Death in The Sims 4
Distinguish Elder gameplay with Elder-only reward traits
Filter Rugs by Room Size
What you described sounds like the average joe consumer today and yeah... I'm not in your son's generation
That said, while I can appreciate guys (perhaps) trying to challenge gender norms--there's got to be a more sustainable way of doing this rather than shopping. All of these fashion products are made in countries that have lousy eco-standards. It slays me
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I am not sure how much stuff will actually go into this pack since it is a stuff pack; but I'm hopeful that at least some of these decor get into it and/or plants, if nothing else.
However, I did find some SUPER cute things for toddlers that I would love to have.
Decor:
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