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The Sims 4 - World Developer
EdgeWithYou
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Since The Sims 4 has been announced, I am not too optimistic that The Sims 3 Create a World will be updated. I have compiled a list of features that I wish would be added to a Sims 4 world developer (if there is one). These features will certainly add a whole another dimension to the possibilities of creating your own unique world, and will be straight-forward and make the program easier to use.
New Features of Creating the World:
Weather Preferences: When creating a world, you can set a custom weather pattern, which can improve the feel of the area you are creating. EX: if you are making a northern/ arctic world, you can set snow to be much more consistent than average (in game, the player can readjust these options if they want a normal weather cycle).
Street Parking: A separate, wider road type can be placed in the world, which will allow cars to park in front of their desired destination.
Effect Objects: Like the Fog Emitter, effect objects would display different elements; birds, waves, etc. However, the effects can be placed right when editing the world, as opposed to having to code it yourself.
In-Program Terrain Texture Creator: Adjust the hues, saturation, contrast, and more of terrain textures right in the world developer.
Water and Sky Color Editors: Adjust the colors of the water and sky right in the world developer.
Random World Name Generator: Like in Create a Sim, there could be a random world name creator for those who have a difficult time deciding on one.
Lot Folders in Game: To keep a track of lots made specifically for a certain neighborhood, you can add them to a folder so they are easy to find and plop down right in the world.
Add Families in Game: Create and place families that will be included in the downloaded world.
Distant Terrain Creator: An array of different shaped distant terrains can be customized by editing an image file.
New Features of Sharing Your World:
Updated World Exchange Pages: The world pages on The Sims 4 Exchange should be similar to the world pages that are current in the Sims 3 Store. That means, you could take multiple pictures and add them to the world album, choose a cover photo, add a custom world logo, and give a description of the world. This will give players a more detailed idea of what they are downloading onto their computer.
Custom Content Filter: To protect you from infected files, there should be an option to download a custom content - free world. The separate file would be right on the world page, along with the version with additional objects. Downloading the custom content version will then be entirely at the person's discretion.
New Features of Creating the World:
Weather Preferences: When creating a world, you can set a custom weather pattern, which can improve the feel of the area you are creating. EX: if you are making a northern/ arctic world, you can set snow to be much more consistent than average (in game, the player can readjust these options if they want a normal weather cycle).
Street Parking: A separate, wider road type can be placed in the world, which will allow cars to park in front of their desired destination.
Effect Objects: Like the Fog Emitter, effect objects would display different elements; birds, waves, etc. However, the effects can be placed right when editing the world, as opposed to having to code it yourself.
In-Program Terrain Texture Creator: Adjust the hues, saturation, contrast, and more of terrain textures right in the world developer.
Water and Sky Color Editors: Adjust the colors of the water and sky right in the world developer.
Random World Name Generator: Like in Create a Sim, there could be a random world name creator for those who have a difficult time deciding on one.
Lot Folders in Game: To keep a track of lots made specifically for a certain neighborhood, you can add them to a folder so they are easy to find and plop down right in the world.
Add Families in Game: Create and place families that will be included in the downloaded world.
Distant Terrain Creator: An array of different shaped distant terrains can be customized by editing an image file.
New Features of Sharing Your World:
Updated World Exchange Pages: The world pages on The Sims 4 Exchange should be similar to the world pages that are current in the Sims 3 Store. That means, you could take multiple pictures and add them to the world album, choose a cover photo, add a custom world logo, and give a description of the world. This will give players a more detailed idea of what they are downloading onto their computer.
Custom Content Filter: To protect you from infected files, there should be an option to download a custom content - free world. The separate file would be right on the world page, along with the version with additional objects. Downloading the custom content version will then be entirely at the person's discretion.
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A rotate object thingy which actually works
Trees that stick to the terrain and never float
Distant terrain which starts out on a flat level
Most of the terrain tools from Simcity 4...
A weather preference system would be amazing, or (and I'm probably dreaming a little too much here), weather which is slightly based on elevation. I'd love to have a world with a more mountainous region, where it snows, and then some low lying lands where it only snows in winter.... or something like that. A climate control setting or something would be another thing to call it
This sounds wonderful!