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• fullspiral Posts: 14,717 Member

  July 2017

  When you consider how much time and development went in to toddlers and family play ( including all the time toddlers were hush hush before their appearance) you can see why so much else in the game has fallen behind or lacking.
  
  It's time to get the rest of the game up to speed!

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• Pamtastic72 Posts: 4,545 Member

  July 2017

  It's time for Sims 4 Home Improvement Stuff!

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• ehaught58 Posts: 2,765 Member

  July 2017 edited July 2017

  I see this thread got moved to the Stuff Pack discussion area! Why? This is about the Quarterly Teaser not a Stuff Pack!
  @SimGuruDrake

  
  "If you build it, they will come." - Movie: Field of Dreams

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• Cinebar Posts: 33,618 Member

  July 2017

  Pamtastic72 wrote: »

  It's time for Sims 4 Home Improvement Stuff!

  
  Wow, that's a good idea. Spiral staircase would be nice.

  "Games Are Not The Place To Tell Stories, Games Are Meant To Let People Tell Their Own Stories"...Will Wright.

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• Simpatsyann Posts: 1,308 Member

  July 2017

  ehaught58 wrote: »

  I see this thread got moved to the Stuff Pack discussion area! Why? This is about the Quarterly Teaser not a Stuff Pack!
  @SimGuruDrake

  
  Because the teaser is about a stuff pack.

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• ehaught58 Posts: 2,765 Member

  July 2017

  Simpatsyann wrote: »

  ehaught58 wrote: »

  I see this thread got moved to the Stuff Pack discussion area! Why? This is about the Quarterly Teaser not a Stuff Pack!
  @SimGuruDrake

  
  Because the teaser is about a stuff pack.

  
  So, all we are getting in this next quarter is a Stuff Pack?

  
  "If you build it, they will come." - Movie: Field of Dreams

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• Simpatsyann Posts: 1,308 Member

  July 2017 edited July 2017

  It's certainly possible there might be more, but literally all the teaser references is the toddler-related stuff pack.

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• JimG72 Posts: 1,161 Member

  July 2017

  It's a life simulation game....so it should be no surprise that more of the dev focus is on playing the game rather than building.

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• ChadSims2 Posts: 5,090 Member

  July 2017

  All we're getting is a stuff pack which has never added in things for build mode. New build mode features are patched in or added in expansions and they did not even hint at a patch slow 3 months ahead.

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• ehaught58 Posts: 2,765 Member

  July 2017

  JimG72 wrote: »

  It's a life simulation game....so it should be no surprise that more of the dev focus is on playing the game rather than building.

  
  That is not the way it was in the first 3 versions. Building had as much weight as game play, and there were a lot more building tools. The Sims 4 has changed direction in that sense and building has fallen to the wayside. Have you ever played any of the previous versions?

  
  "If you build it, they will come." - Movie: Field of Dreams

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• SparklePlumley Posts: 1,061 Member

  July 2017

  ehaught58 wrote: »

  JimG72 wrote: »

  It's a life simulation game....so it should be no surprise that more of the dev focus is on playing the game rather than building.

  
  That is not the way it was in the first 3 versions. Building had as much weight as game play, and there were a lot more building tools. The Sims 4 has changed direction in that sense and building has fallen to the wayside. Have you ever played any of the previous versions?

  
  True. When stuff came out there was always just as much build mode items as CAS and buy mode.
  In TS4 build mode and buy mode are one. Maybe that has something to do with it.

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• Aeriexo11 Posts: 646 Member

  July 2017 edited July 2017

  Pamtastic72 wrote: »

  It's time for Sims 4 Home Improvement Stuff!

  
  Make it a Game Pack, release terrain tools as free patch prior to release. Sort of like they did with swimming in the ocean in Sims 3.
  
  (Gamepack so there isn't limitations on things like spiral staircases, or any other kind of new content)

  My Legacy Family Tree

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• zombiesue Posts: 148 Member

  July 2017

  IMHO the entire game is nearly pointless if you can't get the lots the way you want them in the first place

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• uo_aaronjd Posts: 425 Member

  July 2017

  While im excited about more family stuff (HOORAY!!) someone seriously needs to look at what has happened to restaurants and Dining out since the Parenting pack was released. Musical chairs is back and with a vengence! Tryng to run a cafe is like trying to organise a football match!
  Im always excited to see new stuff but we really need a Bug fix pack not just for Dining out but for all the bugs in Sims 4 which get reported and then seem to be politely put into the in tray and not disturbed
  

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• DegrassiGen Posts: 2,168 Member

  July 2017

  Pamtastic72 wrote: »

  It's time for Sims 4 Home Improvement Stuff!

  
  I will only get this stuff pack if Tim Allen is an NPC. If not that will be a heck no!

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• LadyKyn Posts: 3,595 Member

  July 2017

  Aeriexo11 wrote: »

  
  Make it a Game Pack, release terrain tools as free patch prior to release. Sort of like they did with swimming in the ocean in Sims 3.
  
  (Gamepack so there isn't limitations on things like spiral staircases, or any other kind of new content)

  
  If terrain tools is even doable in this game, since it is pretty limited considering the origin of the game. Dunno if any of the Simguru's ever confirmed if they were possible at all?

  

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• Karilan Posts: 2,935 Member

  July 2017

  While I like family focused gameplay, I have to say it's too much all at once though. Change it up EA!

  
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• Kathy090660 Posts: 813 Member

  July 2017

  I can't wait to get this, I play families only in my game and all my famlies have a toddler. I love they are putting this out.

  
  
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• liliaeth Posts: 1,087 Member

  July 2017

  Aeriexo11 wrote: »

  Pamtastic72 wrote: »

  It's time for Sims 4 Home Improvement Stuff!

  
  Make it a Game Pack, release terrain tools as free patch prior to release. Sort of like they did with swimming in the ocean in Sims 3.
  
  (Gamepack so there isn't limitations on things like spiral staircases, or any other kind of new content)

  
  One thing I'd really like for them to add is a way to copy a world. Like, if people want more space, they could copy one of the existing worlds, and thus get more lots to place their sims in.

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• SparklePlumley Posts: 1,061 Member

  July 2017 edited July 2017

  Karilan wrote: »

  While I like family focused gameplay, I have to say it's too much all at once though. Change it up EA!

  
  How is one game pack and a SP too much? And they weren't even released consecutively, Fitness came between them.
  
  I just don't understand it. The way people are talking, you would think that every single thing released this year was geared toward family play. Before anyone mentions Toddler release, you can't really count them, because they should have been there from the start. Therefore they are base game content, and can't be counted in this argument.

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• littlemissgogo Posts: 1,808 Member

  July 2017

  The building aspect really is lacking in a lot of ways and they haven't added much to the base content for building either so I can see why people are frustrated. Maybe something next quarter? Mostly just a waiting game now it seems.

  

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• Cinebar Posts: 33,618 Member

  July 2017 edited July 2017

  JimG72 wrote: »

  It's a life simulation game....so it should be no surprise that more of the dev focus is on playing the game rather than building.

  
  Really? Have you played the other games? Have you looked at past buildmode features? and accessories. Do you know how much is actually missing in TS4 in buildmode? Have you been able to decorate your ceilings? Place spiral or curved staircases? Build a shed that doesn't require a foundation? Build water under a bridge? Have a deck out in the water on stilts? Build a barn with a loft and actual barn door paint? And that is just the simple stuff first graders can do that isn't even in this game. Do we have multi story columns? No! (my pet peeve) (trying not to get heated here, jk) can you connect arching columns? No. Everything I mentioned is easy peasy stuff and not even in game.
  
  I won't say anything about not being able to change land heights to build something like the Colosseum without having to knock out too many floors...land height manipulation would be a huge plus for that
  
  Can you place curtains over doorways without Moo? No! I say builders are ignored. Where are the kitchen curtains already? another pet peeve.
  
  ETA: And by the way, we were told in that mag article before TS4 was released, we would be able to paint underneath the eaves/overhang....well it's three years later. Still waiting. Just look up and you see that same old dull sheetrock gray under the eaves.
  
  And why do most of the gates not ever fit most of the fences..useless.
  

  Post edited by Cinebar on July 2017

  "Games Are Not The Place To Tell Stories, Games Are Meant To Let People Tell Their Own Stories"...Will Wright.

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• elanorbreton Posts: 14,549 Member

  July 2017

  Cinebar wrote: »

  And why do most of the gates not ever fit most of the fences..useless.

  OMG this is one of my pet hates. What were they thinking?
  

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• dsef Posts: 1,219 Member

  July 2017

  elanorbreton wrote: »

  Cinebar wrote: »

  And why do most of the gates not ever fit most of the fences..useless.

  OMG this is one of my pet hates. What were they thinking?

  
  I hate when the gates and fences don't match, it annoys the hell out of me, and my mind just doesn't see it as one

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• pepperjax1230 Posts: 7,953 Member

  July 2017

  fullspiral wrote: »

  When you consider how much time and development went in to toddlers and family play ( including all the time toddlers were hush hush before their appearance) you can see why so much else in the game has fallen behind or lacking.
  
  It's time to get the rest of the game up to speed!

  Does that mean you are all for a Toddler SP @fullspiral?
  
  

  
  

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