I would like Maxis/EA to free all functional NCP items such as coffee bar, cafeteria bar, bars ect. It would be great if all these item could be functional on any lot type without mods or a sim having to hire a NCP for it to work. In other words it would generate NCP's where every it is placed.
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I don't understand the decision-making process that ended up driving TS4 backward rather than forward. On second thought, maybe I do understand. The crux of the issue is that the TS4 engine is a hot mess that is incapable of providing the player with the freedoms of the past installments. At this point, some serious consideration should be given to letting TS4 go instead of piling more content onto a foundation that was weak from the start. Eco Lifestyle should be the nail in the coffin.
I couldn't say this any better. I really hope they will consider to change this
The TS4 engine is a pared-down non-resource-hog that doesn't lag for trying to do too much. And the graphics are better.
Simmer since 2001
Not going to lie, I'd prefer the resource hog of Sims 3 or load times of Sims 2 to Sims 4's shallowness. I thought it was pretty accepted at the point that 4 was supposed to be a whole other animal that was scrapped after Sim City failed, with the various comments and datamines through the years.
Sims 4 does toddlers, vampires, and graphics the best in my opinion, but I need to see more. Perhaps I am being optimistic, but the packs feel more ambitious right now.
On the other hand, TS4 doesn't lag for doing too much, it seems to lag even while doing so little. Direct a Sim to do something and they stand around burning daylight. TS3 used to hang because it was keeping track of everything going on in an entire world. I don't get why TS4 hangs while trying to manage one lot at a time.
For some time now the TS4 engine has been like a Toyota (or equivalent) trying to haul the trailer from an 18 wheeler. Every pack only adds to the load. Better graphics? Sims, maybe, allowing for the art style. At the world level TS3 is much better, and regarding walls, floors, objects, & ceilings TS2 does what 4 can only dream about. Plain and simple the engine fails to take full advantage of the technology advances available when the game came out.
Totally agree with you, it is such a shame. If this game was executed to best of it's potential, it would be magnificent.