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Did Anybody Else Think About This?
nerdfashion
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As you (hopefully) know, there have been some "building mistakes" in The Sims 4 Realm of Magic. There's a staircase to nowhere, but that's not what we're here to talk about I'm talking about the roofing pattern on the bar.
If you haven't realized yet, the roof pattern is the default one. And I've seen people get completely freaked out about it! But did you ever stop to consider that it was intentional? The default roof pattern, unlike the default wall pattern, is completely usable for certain builds. And it can even look good.
If you haven't realized yet, the roof pattern is the default one. And I've seen people get completely freaked out about it! But did you ever stop to consider that it was intentional? The default roof pattern, unlike the default wall pattern, is completely usable for certain builds. And it can even look good.
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Has anyone seen the builds in S2 those are pretty terrible.
But they're not complaining about the roof patterns not matching, they're complaining about it being the default. At least from what I've seen.
And the staircase to nowhere. I feel like that stairway is something to be expected in a strange, magical house. I mean, it could still be just an error. But when I first saw it, I thought it was supposed to be that way because it looked peculiar.
Same possibility for the roof. I have a feeling they were going for that quirky, mismatched whimsy of a place where magic is hidden. You only find these places if you know what to look for. There's a story there:
"You're a Spellcaster and you know that there are others secretly living amongst the mundane Sims. You know enough to go to Glimmerbrook, so you wander around there until you spot these strange, subtle signs that signify something is 'off'. You go into the bar and, sure enough, you encounter other magical folk. You've found your tribe!"
Simsie, the Game Changer who "outed" the builds, is a completely realistic player. I think the whole concept of the magical world and the style of it just went right over her head.
In lilsimsie’s video she technically complains about both. That the roof patterns are different and the one that doesn’t match is the default one.
The houses are made the way they are so that they load easily and quickly on any computer or laptop, as not all players have high-end setups. They also can only use base game items and items exclusive to the pack the house came with, which will severely limit what the creators can use, especially in a game pack with a very limited amount of content. Also, the developers probably want to encourage players to make the houses their own, so they only place what they need to in them. HQ was probably created with the same idea in mind, but it's also purely meant as an area to practice magic. It doesn't need to function as anything, nor does it need to look a certain way, so, frankly, I think we should just be happy that it exists at all.
I wish people would understand this and stop complaining about the houses. I'm sure the developers know they're not great, but that's likely on purpose. So far, I think the only legitimate housing complaint was the missing toilets from Get Famous. The rest are just this fandom being completely unable to enjoy anything we are given. If we really are getting a university pack this year, I worry that the complaining will only get worse.
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There's even a recent thread about it.
And yes, let's "encourage" players to edit the lot uneditable without cheats, makes perfect sense. What about the many sims players (the majority probably) who play their game without ever looking up cheats or only basic money ones ? Add a loading tooltip to give them the cheat ?
I will never understand people bending over backward to excuse this laziness and pretending it's quirky. You know what's quirky and magical ? Basegame bookcase hidden doors. I haven't seen any in Glimmerbrook.
If the patio roof being different was intentional, the base game metal texture was right there. Something to clearly say "this is a late addition to the existing roof".
What's the intention behind different height windows btw ? Every house in Glimmerbrook has some so it has to have a secret purpose.
I don't think there's anything "wrong" with the uneditable lot in the magical realm. It may not be to the preference or style of everyone, and parts of it are a little bland, but it's complete (although slightly amateur looking with base game limitations but they don't use anything from other packs so this is partly why) and it functions without routing problems. The devs only suggested editing it for people who want to put beds in there for their Sims to stay, not because it's somehow incomplete.
As for the regular lots, I've never felt like even the base game houses were anything special to see, either. And I felt the exact same way when I played Sims 2. The houses have always been simplified. Part of the point of the Sims games is the building, customizing, and decorating to the player's preferences. I've always replaced or altered most of the lots because of this.
Now, with all of that said, I'll be real here... I do think they are struggling lately to keep every new pack within the game's minimum specs limit and the 32-bit boundaries. And honestly, they need to just let this go and bump up the specs and switch to 64 because it's looong overdue and yes, the builds and content are suffering for it. Since University is rumored to be right around the corner, I'm really hoping that they don't extend this out through that EP because it will drag it down and then there will be rioting. We don't need another Island Living fiasco.
Honestly, as much as I love the pack, these are just typical EA oversights. I like furnishing stuff - but I mind having to do it. Staircases leading nowhere, mismatched roof patterns, and an exceptionally bland (technically uneditable) HQ aren't intentional quirks, they're lazy oversights. It might look funny, and some of us don't mind fixing this stuff, but some people are either not great at it / don't want to do it / simply feel that they shouldn't have to replace the very houses the pack came with to have a nice looking game. I mean .. the before/after of what we did with Glimmerbrook and what it actually looked like by default are telling enough
Lol to me that's so spot on... of course I don't watch a lot of videos and ones that are just made to nitpick about something for clicks and views even less. You gave me a good laugh
I'm not worried about the empty houses... I agree HQ should have been looked over a little more thoroughly because I don't like using cheats but the homes out in the world are made that way possibly because they only have the basegame and the pack to use. They just leave it to the simmer to fill it as they see fit for the type of sim family they want to live there. It works well for me it might not work well for those that want something heavily decorated. So who's wrong.... no one really. If you want it decorated do it your way, use the gallery.. or decorate it as your sim makes money to fill it to make it theirs.
I actually didn't think about the impact furnished big homes have on the computers ability to run them @floridameerkat. Even though I do limit very large lots myself because I can notice problems with certain builds.
I'm able to run HQ fine though.. and that was a relief, especially after the dueling started.
I think you missed their point. These aren't issues your'e supposed to fix. They were intentionally added because they're meant to be weird and quirky spellcaster houses with stairways that don't appear to lead anywhere or items to don't seem to match. It seems the creators were playing off the stereotype that witches and magical sims in general, don't follow social norms, and that includes how they decorate and build their houses.
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No I got the point, I just really don't think that's what happened
I get what you're saying, the builds in this year's packs have been a little more noticeably bare, and I can agree with that. And as I said above, I think it's because they are forced to stay within the boundaries of the game's minimum specs and the 32-bit crowd and that really needs to be changed because the packs are suffering for it.
But despite these limitations, I still think the staircase was intentional. I looked at it and immediately thought of the teleportation spell, and thought that it was the wizardly entrance to the house in the back. It's a magical pack, so I just expected there to be magical explanations, I guess. But it made me think that they might have liked to have built a house with no common entrance so you'd have to access it only by magic, but that would have been pushing it too far because Spellcasters don't begin with teleportation and they wanted people to be able to access it normally as well.
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Exactly this! It's expected that the lots are going to be a bit bare to give you the oppurtunity to use stuff from other packs but lately the builds just aren't good! Brindleton Bay wasn't a huge town but all of the builds are functional amd look decent enough. It's even harder to justify that in the Strangerville pack. The purpose of that pack is to create a hero Sim and play the story! Not worry about creating builds. There's absolutely no excuse for the non buildable lots. Not everyone uses the cheats so they are stuck with extremely sparce builds!
The Maxis gallery used to compensate for this by having a few decent builds in there but lately they will post a few trailer sims weeks after the pack is out. As I mentioned in a previous thread, the build buy items are really good, surely they want to showcase these with some good builds?