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Little animations of daily life
MoonfoxNightcry
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I’d love to see sims doing little animations of completing processes of daily life, or being part of big changes, rather than them happening instantly with no interaction by the sim.
For example:
* Changing walls: in build mode, you select what wall colour/print you like and paint as usual, but when you go back to live mode, your sim uses a paint roller to paint the walls (just a quick animation in one spot, it would only take a couple of seconds). Possible failed animation of them getting paint splattered and dirty?
* Changing floors: as above, but an animation of a sim kneeling with a hammer
* Unpacking moving boxes when they move in: this would look like the decorate house animation, but a pile of cardboard boxes appear in the house when your sim first moves in. They “open the box” and their inventory fills with some small/cheap items
* Weeding - I don’t think this exists?
* Dusting - for any surface that isn’t a counter (tables, benches, sideboards)
* Vacuuming
* Putting away dishes
* Grocery shopping and restocking the fridge
* Putting laundered clothes in the dressers
What do you guys think? Would you like more of these little animations? What ideas do you have?
For example:
* Changing walls: in build mode, you select what wall colour/print you like and paint as usual, but when you go back to live mode, your sim uses a paint roller to paint the walls (just a quick animation in one spot, it would only take a couple of seconds). Possible failed animation of them getting paint splattered and dirty?
* Changing floors: as above, but an animation of a sim kneeling with a hammer
* Unpacking moving boxes when they move in: this would look like the decorate house animation, but a pile of cardboard boxes appear in the house when your sim first moves in. They “open the box” and their inventory fills with some small/cheap items
* Weeding - I don’t think this exists?
* Dusting - for any surface that isn’t a counter (tables, benches, sideboards)
* Vacuuming
* Putting away dishes
* Grocery shopping and restocking the fridge
* Putting laundered clothes in the dressers
What do you guys think? Would you like more of these little animations? What ideas do you have?
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Comments
Sims used to weed when they garden but now they use a piece of equipment to suck up the weeds. I don’t mind the change.
Maids and butlers dust and will wipe their finger across a surface to see if it’s clean. That’s good enough for me.
I don’t need to see them put away dishes or clothes.
Vacuuming seems like something I’d want them to do once and never again. Add ironing to that as well.
Sims having to go off the lot to buy food to stock the fridge with could be cool. It would give me a reason to let them leave the house.
Heck, add the sim wearing some gardening gloves and shorten the time it takes to weed by hand if they pick that option to have it be viable.
I dunno, I just like more down-to-earth, rustic animations.
Folding clothes,ironing,washing windows, takining their stuff out of moving boxes after moving in. Etc. I just love details like this especially since I never foward anything no matter how mundane it seems lol.
Sims do weed on low gardening skills.
The things you pointed out are the kind of things I expected to see when the game came out.
Wishful thinking🥰🥰🥰
Optional chores could be a thing, but I'm going to stress the importance of the word optional. I know that domestic players want these kinds of details, and there's no reason they shouldn't have them, I just don't want the game forcing me into chores.
I could see it work in a non-invasive way. Furniture and floors could be selectable to dust or wash, and after the Sim cleans it, there's a little sparkle. But they wouldn't dirty on their own so it wouldn't force the player to do chores. It could feasibly work that way with a lot of housework. And neat Sims could autonomously clean.
Think about it. They would have to do something with Sim time. How would a sim get all that stuff finished plus needs and potty training etc. I already modify Sim time and needs with MCC to make the day longer so they can get everything done. Work, garden, help with homework, prepare meals and work tasks. They have to go jogging or they gain weight. That's real enough for me.
edit: WAIT! I read the list again. Yes, weeding is in the game. I think the op has to explore more of the game that we already have. Sims can plant seeds and Sims have to water, weed and spray bugs. It's just like a real life garden. Sorry, more time playing the game then I care to admit. The game already has lots of reality if the player expands their game play.