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CAS in future Sims games
Nyosim
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As wonderful as some of the CAS items have been in each of the four games, some things have always bugged me. Like how adorable that long T shirt is, but it’s always attached to that cropped denim jacket, or how much I love that ponytail but I don’t want it with blunt bangs. Unless you know how to edit a mesh you’re stuck with them.
Then I saw some character creation in EVE Online: and Black Desert Online:
Holy plum it’s amazing...
You can choose to have a jacket over that top? Whether or not that shirt can be tucked or untucked? Adjust length and height of hairdos? Make poses and take custom shots without a tray editor? A basic color wheel?
Needless to say I’d love to see all these in TS5 or beyond, but I’d love to hear your ideas too!
Then I saw some character creation in EVE Online: and Black Desert Online:
Holy plum it’s amazing...
You can choose to have a jacket over that top? Whether or not that shirt can be tucked or untucked? Adjust length and height of hairdos? Make poses and take custom shots without a tray editor? A basic color wheel?
Needless to say I’d love to see all these in TS5 or beyond, but I’d love to hear your ideas too!
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even sims 4 i'd love to see a color wheel for skin tones.
You’d also have to rely on CC for nail and toe polish and facial piercings. The polish is understandable since it was never a feature for any game (TS3 had werewolf claws, not actual nails). OTOH having to do so for facial piercings is really lame. If it could work for TS2 why wasn’t it ever in TS3 and may never be in TS4? Side note here but I really miss the makeup opacity slider too.
At the very least the separated jackets from eve and the hair sculpting from bdo would be wonderful to have! Both of them have pretty good push-pull sculpting as well, it wouldn’t hurt Maxis to take a few cues from that.
But back to layered clothing.
Accesoiries categories could be the same as it is in sims 4. Belts could be added however, becoming seperate from clothing.
But basic clothing could consist of: Underwear (either a set or top and bottom seperate) then you have pants/skirts, tops or dresses over that.
Then you get a layer for vests, sweaters and other things to wear over the shirt or dress. And then you have the outermost layer: coats.
Depending how a sim is dressed, you'd see more of the lower layers. And it could even be a thing that sims with the snob trait or other traits think less of sims that have their underwear showing, wether it is underpants being higher than their pants or bra straps showing under a strapless top.
All clothing selected during CAS could have it's value detracted from the household funds that could be visible.
However, you could be able to select different financial classes for your sims, to make things easier or harder at the start. Ranging from dirt poor to filthy rich and various options in between.
Moving on to traits, I feel they should have more impact and there should be more negative ones. Default sims are so nice that the good trait is pointless.
I also feel like they should bring back sliders and have traits on top of that.
These sliders shouldn't come with points, they should just represent their disposition towards different aspects of life.
Sexual orientation could be a slider. A sim could prefer men, women or be a shade of bi. And a trait could allow a sim to not be interested in romance.
Shy/outgoing should certainly be a slider again.
Neat/slob too.
Interest in technology should also be a slider. At the lowest they won't even use phones, a little higher they'll use the minimum stuff for practical reasons but will turn to books and other things for entertainment instead of a television. And at the top they'd strongly prefer to use tech for everything and get special joy from purchasing advanced tech but can feel sad or angry when dealing with less impressive tech.
Also, sims should not have mobile phones by default. Should be something from buy mode under tech with several variations that cost different prices. I want my poor sims to not pull out a fancy smartphone.
Interest in children should also be a slider. At the lowest they hate children, and the further it moves up the more they'd like children and would want to have children of their own. In the middle they'd just be neutral on it.
Interest in celeberties should also be a slider. I don't want all sims to be obsessed with that and it shouldnt cost a trait for them not to be.
If they are super interested in that they could already be interested in minor celeberties, and the more famous someone is, the more less interested sims will take notice. The least interested sims won't act different even if it's a 5 star celeberty.
Interest in career should also be a slider. At the top they'd be a workaholic and might have trouble relaxing on vacations, and at the lowest they'd want to get rich and never work a day. More towards the bottom would be sims that prefer to switch jobs often.
Loyalty should also be a slider that determines various things. How likely they are to cheat on their spouse, if they'd be comfortable with job offers made behind their boss's back and if they'd toss a friend or loved one under the buss if they could benefit from it. The most disloyal sims could even enjoy betraying other sims. But the most loyal sims won't ever cheat on their spouse, boss or friends.
Intelligence could be a slider too. The dumbest sims could learn slower, be clumbsy, have a low brow sense of humor and struggle to use some objects. The most intelligent sims however might feel annoyed by dumber sims however and would tend to have more worries. But they'd learn skills faster. Still, it would have a downside.
Interest in the occult could also be a slider from the start. Those who aren't interested are skeptical and hate the sight of such beings, while the most interested want to become one.
I have been asking for Sims like that for years.
I have actually lost count of how many times I have seen some cool hairstyles but always wanted to make that small change to it. Even if it is just hair length
Im talking windows, doors, tables, plants, tshirts, hair etc.
-more relationship options in cas (boyfriend,girlfriend etc.)
- create a style
- color wheel
- Height options
I like to see a system where sims can obtain a negative trait but can get rid of it if they work hard enough. Should be able to start with these traits too, for the increased challenge.
Alcoholic for example. Sims medieval has alcohol, its just dumb the main series does not have it.
Agressive could also be one, making sims start fights and such. Meditation, anger management classes and other stuff could help solve it.
Gluttony too.
Heck maybe they should pretty much have all seven sins represented.
Like if your sim was in law enforcement before moving to this new place, they could get hired at a higher level in that career when applying?
How high they'd start could depend on their mood and traits.
Id like DIFFERENT HEIGHT SIMS!! Maybe we get 3 presets, short, tall and average and when say a tall and short person do something romantic like kiss the taller person bends down to do it or the shorter person jumps up or something. That'd only be about 3 different animations for stuff like kiss or tell a secret or something (TxS, TxM, MxS)... Maxis is a company dedicated to making games so this isnt really a whole lotta work, especially if its in something like sims 5.
And ability to make skinnier fingers lol
> Sims 4 has an amazing character creator. I create sims without mods/cc who are quite nice . But theres always room for improvements.
Agree for sure. I was so impressed with the Sims 4 CaS when it was first released, there's so many neat features now. But yes, always room to improve.
But it's the personality part that took a dive. Sims are too similar. Aspirations can be changed on the fly and have little meaning.
There's no preferences, no favorite meal, no favorite color. No general lifestyle. Just something they can quickly change up.
Only three traits which is not enough, and most do very little.
I do think that sims need to be given a general goal in life again, a main aspiration that affects their general outlook on life. Like in sims 2, and a long term goal chosen after that seperately, what goals are available would be determined by their life aspiration. Would be some overlap but each should have unique goals exclusive to that aspiration.
And they should add more of that.
Family, romance, popularity, pleasure seeker and knowledge could return as they where pretty much.
Fortune could return focusing just on getting rich, being very materialistic but the business part of it could be seperated into a new ambitious aspiration for workaholic sims focused on reaching the top of a career.
Inner peace could be a new aspiration, these sims want to be healthy of body and mind.
Power could also be a new one, which can take many forms. They'd favor careers where they get to be in charge, enjoy telling other sims what to do, and might want to learn magic. They'd want power at all cost so might struggle with moral dillema's.
Some traits could be unavailable to specific aspirations, but only where it makes complete sense. A hothead could want inner peace, they'd just get extra upset when angry and want help for it.
But a sim with the family aspiration can't hate children for example.
Teens 'round here look much the same as uni students, unless they're still in their school uniform.
This gives me an idea.
Clothing should have stages of wear.
New clothes look awesome, but over time, they start to fade, get stains that never quite come out, and have holes/repairs. The longer your sim has the outfit, and the more often they wear it, the more worn it becomes.
We almost need to return to the ts2 method of buyable clothes, that then remain in the household dressers, so that they can become hand-me-downs for the next kid, or you could reuse your grannys wedding dress.
Edit:
My post from another thread
And excellent textures on everything plus crisp patterns (like soft fabrics and HQ graphical prints, etc.).
Also, I love the Party category. There's a vast divide between everyday and formal, and Party helps fill that. I think there could even be a new category or two. Between Party and Everyday (Out & About?) or between Everyday and Sleep (Lounge Homewear or Casual)? Like Everyday+ or Everyday-, heh. Everyday can be casual but it's always also their "epitome" defining look, perhaps separate that from Everyday? Just some thoughts... Anyway, either way I like having the Party category and I do miss it playing Sims 3 (which is my GoTo game).
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Haha, this is actually one of my favorite combinations to play. I like the conflict it brings. A Sim wants a successful lineage but hates children. Can they learn to love their own?
Totally agree that traits should be more meaningful though.