So is this the real solution towards a "better routing system" or is this just a massive glitch attached to a unfinished build of the game? I'm quite worried. I hope this will be fixed. I can't post links to the pictures because I'm still new, but I'm sure you have all seen the screencaps already. What is going on with that?
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I gave up singing. Sorry.
Here have my luchADORE to cheer you up.
"Better routing" means sims go across each other and objects.
> Seems it's the fix for some of the routing issues.
I was afraid that would be the case. So we're just going to have to settle with Sims walking through everything like ghosts? *sigh*
As opposed to stomping screaming getting stuck and bugging crashing my game....I'll take it. Plus we've some some of the better routing in how they go around things when possible but I guess if doing that is risking a stomp scream or if the player rapidly changes action queue they'll go through stuff instead of clog.
I gave up singing. Sorry.
Here have my luchADORE to cheer you up.
> There's no improved routing and there are no smarter sims. Just a salvaged Projectr Olympus. Rushed and unfinished.
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> "Better routing" means sims go across each other and objects.
With everything I've seen so far, including the severe clipping, I really do believe TS4 was meant to be an online game at first. It's upsetting, but I love the Sims series too much to give up on it now. I guess I will have to rely on mods more than ever this time around. Although, I don't think mods can fix those dreadful clippings....
Yeah, it's disappointing. It's definitely not better. It's just exchanging one problem for another.
Exactly.
Sad we need modders to play a game we pay for.
Mods cannot fix every single clipping issue though, also I know that the community loves their mods and all,
But why is it that everyone keeps saying "Well mods will fix it", does nobody stop to think that this is a problem EA/maxis should be fixing?
It is their game, and they are getting the money... meanwhile modders are doing these things for free (and sadly, better)
just like every other pc game
•Collectors Edition + Headset
I'm sorry you patronize that. I don't.
Agreed. I really appreciate all of the work that the modding community does for this series. But it's sad that so many players have to turn to mods to fix the games. I think mods should be fun little extras to spice things up, or to give you more options. Why should so many people have to download mods just to make the game run correctly?
I have several mods in Skyrim. Out of all of them one is a fix (and it's just a graphical error). All of the rest of them are just to add fun or to tweak the game to my liking. In TS3 the majority of the mods that I have are to fix problems and oversights. I'd hate to see that repeated in TS4. These things need to be fixed by EA.
Routing issues were blamed on the open world in Sims 3? It's been a while since I've played Sims 1 but I seem to recall there being similar issues in that game.
Assuming the clipping is intentional to fix routing issues then it's simple; I would rather put up with clipping that doesn't affect the actual game play than put up with routing issues which does affect game play.
As for why they didn't just fix routing and cut down on the clipping? Maybe it was too time consuming.
Did the developers really blame the open world for routing issues and thus saying clipping is to fix routing all bull then? It would seem so.
I just don't see how that would be the case though. I would think you would have routing issues whether you're on a single lot or you're on an open world.
Too time consuming to fix issues that have prevailed for as long as you are saying is the very definition of insanity. It means they are doing the same exact thing over and over again and expecting different results, which is the definition of insanity.
but if you had to pick between waiting 6months and getting it without errors or getting it now and getting it riddled with them
I'd go with the first option (then again i'm a patient person).
The problem with this franchise (and this is what i fear most about this game coming from sims 3)
once we have the basegame, EA doesn't give the sims team time to just fixed things, they'll have to jump right into the next expension to keep things running, and if this basegame really ends up riddled in bugs/glitches, I cannot imagine what this will become in 12 expensions... .
Anyway Like i said haven't seen the videos yet, i'll do it tonight and judge for myself just how bad things look,
but i am verry watchfull and carefull this time around... .
That's actually not the definition of insanity but regardless, assuming the clipping is intentional to fix the routing issues then they aren't doing the same thing again; they are trying to fix the problem.
It may not be the solution you want but that doesn't mean they aren't trying to fix it.
Indeed.
The release date has already been pushed back about 6 months.
To me its a very poor solution. All games have bugs I more then understand that I have played plenty. I am at the point I am sick and tired of excuses and want so actual truth for once. Not smiling thought live play that has things in it leaving people asking whats going on, is this in the final game? Why are Teens, YAs, Adults and Elders all the same heights? The teens and elders seem like a total after thought as do babies and children.
They have given you answers, just not the ones you want apparently. They have said toddlers and pools would have taken too long.
I'm not sure if they ever explained why teens are the same height as adults but they did say teens look different and you should be able to tell them apart, and from what I have seen you can tell them apart.
I have never in my life, seen clipping this bad before. Ever.