In gaming everything is possible. I don't think they cant do it.
They can but would EA want to spend on developing that? This is the question.
For example Get Together might be released with bare bone animations. The things they are comfortable to make animation for or might not cost them much.
EPs like seasons and pets need lots of game changing animation and looking at how EA is treating this game I dont see them happening any time soon. EA wants to spend the minimum on this game to gain the maximum possible profits.
Everything I post is an opinion here and I think every post of others is as well.
Also there is a big possibility that Seasons EP will be half baked. In one of the surveys it clearly stated seasons pack to have ONLY 2 seasons instead of 4!
That says a lot of EA not wanting to spend money on this game.
Everything I post is an opinion here and I think every post of others is as well.
It's not that uncommon to have snow in the desert. . . It's uncommon to have it in some really green places like Florida, they get more snow in New Mexico (Albuquerque).
Also there is a big possibility that Seasons EP will be half baked. In one of the surveys it clearly stated seasons pack to have ONLY 2 seasons instead of 4!
That says a lot of EA not wanting to spend money on this game.
I don't believe that to be the reason. EA just gave us a huge update for free. So it doesn't seem to be the case that EA doesn't want to use money on the game.
As I see it the problem is more that EA doesn't want any new version of Sims to be too similar to the previous one and EA gave us Seasons EPs with 4 seasons for both TS2 and TS3. Therefore EA will try to find something to make different for TS4. I can't guess how they will do that this time. But depending on their idea they could change the number of seasons and include something else instead.
I don't know what is true or not. Some facts is that Sims 4 gaming engine is more limited than the Sims 3 gaming engine. Think of The Sims 4 as a tablet game not as PC game. It would be very hard for them to add that.
It isn't a tablet game and does not use a tablet engine.
I know for a fact you can take the code that Sims 4 uses and move the game to a tablet and a smart cellphone very easy. I have some programming experience I am not great at it. Have you ever programmed anything? Imagination for a second. Taking The Sims putting it on Windows computers, Tablets, phones, Android phone&tablets, and Apple computers&phone&tablets. The game is cross-platform that might be why EA moved The Sims studio under their mobile division. If there is going to be another Sims game it going to be cross-platform to get more money out of players. The animations will be very limited and the gaming engine will be even more limited. Mobile games are only built in 2D.
They could probably make a tablet version of the Sims 4 basegame. I agree with that. But the problem is that TS4 like the previous Sims games are meant to have a big number of expansions and I don't believe that they could move all those EPs, GPs and SPs to a tablet too because TS4 will then finally be way too big a game to have running on even tablets with 32 or 64 GB of memory. Most tablets still only have 16 or 32 GB of memory and the OS uses a big part of this for its own purposes. TS4 with all expansions will be way too big for such a device.
We all know that The sims have a lot of expansion packs. There are ways to have it where devices don't have to download the whole code it just has to have basic code to tell it to connect to this server and follow this rules. Having said that the biggest problem is that EA would have to be willing to put money into a seasonal expansion pack. That also means adding animation I am not saying it impossible. I am just pointing out that money is an issue. I have look at Ea stocks. It not been doing as well it could. If I had money I know I would invest into EA while it at the low end of stock market. It currently .51 cents a share please note I am using after hours.
I don't know what is true or not. Some facts is that Sims 4 gaming engine is more limited than the Sims 3 gaming engine. Think of The Sims 4 as a tablet game not as PC game. It would be very hard for them to add that.
It isn't a tablet game and does not use a tablet engine.
I know for a fact you can take the code that Sims 4 uses and move the game to a tablet and a smart cellphone very easy. I have some programming experience I am not great at it. Have you ever programmed anything? Imagination for a second. Taking The Sims putting it on Windows computers, Tablets, phones, Android phone&tablets, and Apple computers&phone&tablets. The game is cross-platform that might be why EA moved The Sims studio under their mobile division. If there is going to be another Sims game it going to be cross-platform to get more money out of players. The animations will be very limited and the gaming engine will be even more limited. Mobile games are only built in 2D.
The Sims 4 wouldn't even be able to run on the new iPad Pro. To run on maximum settings, it would require more power than any tablet on the market right now. The Sims 4 uses a lot of RAM, lots of processing power, and and huge amounts of graphics power. Something that tablet games do not.
I mean, people have trouble playing the Sims 2 on current Windows Tablets. I doubt 4 is going to be on there soon.
And just an FYI, the Sims 4 has a much more powerful engine that the Sims 3. It's just EA have done very little with it.,
I wish all these players who speculate would just shsh sometimes, if they don't know
EA already asked players if they want Seasons in a Survey, it means its possible;
Weather & Disasters:
Experience the awe-inspiring beauty and power of nature as never before as weather plays a major role in shaping your Sims’ lives and environments. How will you prepare your home for severe conditions? Will you weather the storm and help rebuild your neighborhood after disaster strikes, or tempt fate and take part in a little looting?
Seasons:
Experience the joys and challenges of changing weather! Seasonal festivities, outdoor attire, and new activities like skiing, sunbathing, and face painting guarantee that Sims will have plenty to do no matter what the temperature is outside.
Please don't listen to anyone outside of EA, because they literally know nothing about the Sims 4
Says the guy that got that which is an Aprils fool joke put out by another site. Really Jack - Jack? No the only reference EA has said about weather was in the coming ep surveys where they mentioned Vacations like a winter vacation. There was also a supernatural ep mentioning elementals that each could control one of the 4 elements - wind, earth, fire, water on a sim like making it rain on a sim, or hit one with lightning - etc. I have seen both of EA's ep surveys as they were posted by simmers who got them - and the one you said was actually an April fools joke to make people think they were getting awesome weather and disasters.
Sims 4 isn't going to have seasons like Sims 3, where the weather changed gradually, with leaves falling off the trees in autumn, trees blooming in the spring, etc. The last survey sent out asked if people would be interested in a two-season (summer and winter) expansion pack which tells me just about everything I need to know on that subject. It doesn't mean those two seasons won't be well done, but it certainly is disappointing.
I think Seasons will be a bit like Sims 2, because of the loading screens. Although, I am going to miss the neighbourhood rain or snow, I always loved seeing the town covered in snow ugh so pretty!
I think it'll be awhile since Seasons always came after 2,5 / 3 years, just like Pets, i'm really curious though how it'll look and all!
I hope the EP after Get Together is something like: Get into Life...(corny title, but aren't they all?) which combines Seasons with toddlers and other family related fun stuff.
On the other hand, maybe Seasons would be seperated into bitesize game packs, like Get into Fall, Get into Winter, Get into Summer, Get into Spring. In which case, I think I'd lose my marbles.
I really don't know how anyone can say anything will happen (or won't happen) as a fact. There is no proof leading for us to know one way or the other.
You're asking a question only the devs can answer.
This. Only those working on the game know if it's viable with TS4.
Also there is a big possibility that Seasons EP will be half baked. In one of the surveys it clearly stated seasons pack to have ONLY 2 seasons instead of 4!
That says a lot of EA not wanting to spend money on this game.
See, this I hate. I really hope the surveys aren't the actual idea for the game. There is no point in a seasons EP without all 4 seasons.
I like the idea of each world having different weather because that'd be more realistic than the entire universe being synced with the same weather... But then again my sims often pop in at certain bars for a quick drink and it'd be weird if they keep switching between spring, back to winter then back to spring. You know?
I think Seasons will be a bit like Sims 2, because of the loading screens. Although, I am going to miss the neighbourhood rain or snow, I always loved seeing the town covered in snow ugh so pretty!
I think it'll be awhile since Seasons always came after 2,5 / 3 years, just like Pets, i'm really curious though how it'll look and all!
There's this really cute fan-made video knocking around that shows what snow could look like in the game. I'd really like it if they managed to make seasons look like this.
I like the idea of each world having different weather because that'd be more realistic than the entire universe being synced with the same weather... But then again my sims often pop in at certain bars for a quick drink and it'd be weird if they keep switching between spring, back to winter then back to spring. You know?
I would agree if traveling between the worlds weren't instantaneous. But it would be weird to me going from summer to winter to summer again in the course of a day.
I like the idea of each world having different weather because that'd be more realistic than the entire universe being synced with the same weather... But then again my sims often pop in at certain bars for a quick drink and it'd be weird if they keep switching between spring, back to winter then back to spring. You know?
I would agree if traveling between the worlds weren't instantaneous. But it would be weird to me going from summer to winter to summer again in the course of a day.
One of the things I really want in a Seasons EP is to be able to set the weather options per-world, so I can suit my own story about those worlds. Sometimes I might do it all-one-season, sometimes not.
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I like the idea of each world having different weather because that'd be more realistic than the entire universe being synced with the same weather... But then again my sims often pop in at certain bars for a quick drink and it'd be weird if they keep switching between spring, back to winter then back to spring. You know?
I would agree if traveling between the worlds weren't instantaneous. But it would be weird to me going from summer to winter to summer again in the course of a day.
One of the things I really want in a Seasons EP is to be able to set the weather options per-world, so I can suit my own story about those worlds. Sometimes I might do it all-one-season, sometimes not.
If it were optional, it would be great. I just cannot think of the worlds as separate because the travel between them is instant and who is in them is not determined by where they live. But I would like the option to make the vacation world a different season.
Is this for real? Because if we aren't getting Seasons (my favorite expansion) with Autumn (my favorite season), I will not be bothering to purchase anything else. In all the previous games, Seasons was what I looked forward to the most.
OMG STOP LISTENING TO PLAYER SPECULATION! No need to complain about an EP that's not even in development (maybe it is, who knows). A modder was able to make a pretty sweet Autumn mod, which shows that the sims team could make an awesome seasons EP when the time is right.
Maybe the survey only mentioned two seasons because basically, there is spring(willow Creek) and summer(oasis Springs). I think they would have a world for fall and another for winter.
There's this really cute fan-made video knocking around that shows what snow could look like in the game. I'd really like it if they managed to make seasons look like this.
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They can but would EA want to spend on developing that? This is the question.
For example Get Together might be released with bare bone animations. The things they are comfortable to make animation for or might not cost them much.
EPs like seasons and pets need lots of game changing animation and looking at how EA is treating this game I dont see them happening any time soon. EA wants to spend the minimum on this game to gain the maximum possible profits.
That says a lot of EA not wanting to spend money on this game.
As I see it the problem is more that EA doesn't want any new version of Sims to be too similar to the previous one and EA gave us Seasons EPs with 4 seasons for both TS2 and TS3. Therefore EA will try to find something to make different for TS4. I can't guess how they will do that this time. But depending on their idea they could change the number of seasons and include something else instead.
'Well, everything except seasons, cars, Open World, toddlers and newspapers,'
'Oh, I forget about moving babies from their cribs, that is not possible either,'
'But we do have some rich new party packs coming out soon,'
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The Sims 4 wouldn't even be able to run on the new iPad Pro. To run on maximum settings, it would require more power than any tablet on the market right now. The Sims 4 uses a lot of RAM, lots of processing power, and and huge amounts of graphics power. Something that tablet games do not.
I mean, people have trouble playing the Sims 2 on current Windows Tablets. I doubt 4 is going to be on there soon.
And just an FYI, the Sims 4 has a much more powerful engine that the Sims 3. It's just EA have done very little with it.,
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Says the guy that got that which is an Aprils fool joke put out by another site. Really Jack - Jack? No the only reference EA has said about weather was in the coming ep surveys where they mentioned Vacations like a winter vacation. There was also a supernatural ep mentioning elementals that each could control one of the 4 elements - wind, earth, fire, water on a sim like making it rain on a sim, or hit one with lightning - etc. I have seen both of EA's ep surveys as they were posted by simmers who got them - and the one you said was actually an April fools joke to make people think they were getting awesome weather and disasters.
SEE Jack:
http://simsvip.com/2014/04/02/april-fools-around-the-simming-community/
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I think it'll be awhile since Seasons always came after 2,5 / 3 years, just like Pets, i'm really curious though how it'll look and all!
No that would be "Get in Insane"
This. Only those working on the game know if it's viable with TS4.
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See, this I hate. I really hope the surveys aren't the actual idea for the game. There is no point in a seasons EP without all 4 seasons.
There's this really cute fan-made video knocking around that shows what snow could look like in the game. I'd really like it if they managed to make seasons look like this.
I would agree if traveling between the worlds weren't instantaneous. But it would be weird to me going from summer to winter to summer again in the course of a day.
One of the things I really want in a Seasons EP is to be able to set the weather options per-world, so I can suit my own story about those worlds. Sometimes I might do it all-one-season, sometimes not.
If it were optional, it would be great. I just cannot think of the worlds as separate because the travel between them is instant and who is in them is not determined by where they live. But I would like the option to make the vacation world a different season.
EA aren't that generous.