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is it true that toddlers and kids have been left out for ROM?
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I assumed they would do something for kids,like the sims 1.
agree
For a game where they have this emotions system, having accidental magic could have been amazing. Is the child angry? Things may break. Is the child scared? They may summon a teddy bear. Are they hungry? A plate of animal crackers may appear.
As someone who plays on long lifespans, it seems like for a majority of my kids’ lives, they are locked out of magic. Where is the parents teaching them to control their magic? Practice duelling with them, teach them spells, all the fun and family stuff? I am not exactly a family player, but this is quite weird.
Children could have learned unique spells that stick with them through life.
- Summon toy
- Vanish homework
- Ward against the monster under the bed
- Morph food into snacks
Just four simple ones that came to mind that would not be too strong or breaking. Even then, in order to balance kids, just lock them at adept rank (the second one) until they become teens.
This is the reason why I was afraid of magic being a game pack. I knew features would be cut or done poorly so that it fits in that theme. Would have preferred an expansion pack based around magic.
The latter annoys me especially because I made this psychotic little girl with her dog that looks like a living voodoo doll a long time ago, and when I learned that kids could have familiars, and that cats and dogs can be familiars too, I thought okay, now she can at least have that creepy dog follow her everywhere and make it attack people she doesn't like (because kids can actually learn the Pet Training skill). But nope...
Now I'm waiting for mods to fix this.
Edit: A teleportation spell or having them fly on a broom (which I haven't actually tried yet - maybe they can do that?) would also be great for kids, because they walk sooo slowly, even with maxed Motor skill, that taking them anywhere is a pain.
Something wicked this way comes!
I don't use MCCC.
Yes but that isn't the reason anyway. It's very simple actually - and I know I sound like a "hater" or whatever but it's true.
Without including anything for kids they save money from art and development and risk very little in return. They don't need to put in the resources for it. See how everyone is so infatuated with the magic pack that most of them don't care? That has paid off on their end.
EA for the past years have settled for the bare minimum for the last few packs - they aren't the type of studio to go the extra mile.
Something wicked this way comes!
I don't use MCCC.
My guess is the animations. Kids have a different body type and require their own animations (wand duels, cauldron, etc. whatever). This is very likely the reason why they left out child mermaids from Island Living as well.
And they finally should have given us the ability to use all hair colours for kids and toddlers. I am still annoyed, that this is not possible in the game.
Sometimes when using the cauldron they won't stretch
https://twitter.com/MarianaF53
Would be cute if kids had a stool and climbed on it while using the cauldron
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I'd be super happy for kids to get Inferniate. If being a firestarter is good enough for Drew Barrymore, it's good enough for them. Plus it would provide so much story potential.
The Sims 4 hasn't introduced a new musical instrument since 2017
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are you willing too share the mod?
Oh my God. Please share this! Please!
I feel exactly the same. I knew we would not get magic for kids in advance but the absence of any cas item is just disheartening. Don't they care about children and toddlers at all. There have been GP's before which were only gameplay for teens and above (Vampires, Jungle Adventure and Strangerville) but they all had at least something for younger sims to wear.
And about the unnatural hair colours for children, I totally agree. It's the only cc I have.
I just got done with him in CAS and while he may not be able to cast spells, he *does* have a spellcasting idle animation in CAS. Maybe someone else mentioned it in this thread, but I don't remember seeing it.
I'm going to call it for the night (and possibly the weekend, I have a TTRPG session to write) but if I discover more, I'll say so.
Sure I can upload, if you won't mind the stretching lol. I haven't figured out how to add the Perks chart to them and they can ask for a duel, the options show but nothing happens afterwards. I'll see if there's a way to add Child to those interaction tunings.
Also, witch kids have their own CAS idle.
https://twitter.com/MarianaF53
Yes! All the hair colors for children. That is how I started with CC.
I play rotational with a lot of alien families. My aliens have the fun hair colors as teens, which means bald toddlers and children because they couldn’t have any hair. I got so so tired off it that I started using CC just so that my toddlers would be cute again.
You are the MVP of this pack.
they can keep the mod
its bad enough seeing toddlers with extra long arms holding an umbrella. that's without mods
I meant it for myself. they can keep it cos I don't want it. I never said anybody else Wouldn't want to use it. Not a fan of seeing young sims with extra long arms and legs.
I really don't know how to make the Perks chart visible for kids. This is how it looks.
https://twitter.com/MarianaF53