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One big disadvantage of getting laundry in a stuff pack.
liliaeth
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So Laundry won. Not my favorite, but I'm sure the fans of it are happy.
My only thought now though, is that won't it be hard to include new washing machines that look different from the ones you'll get in the new pack?
I mean, if Laundry had come as an update, you'd be likely to eventually get new skins for it in either a stuff pack or expansion pack; that give you new looks of the machine. But now that it's in a stuff pack, I doubt they'd ever even give new skins for it in any of the future packs. Since they'd have to put something in, that only those people who bought the original stuff pack, can do anything with. That's not a problem with things like the icecream maker, or the huge tv, but I'd imagine it might end up being an issue with something like a washer or dryer that needs to fit in different kind of homes.
My only thought now though, is that won't it be hard to include new washing machines that look different from the ones you'll get in the new pack?
I mean, if Laundry had come as an update, you'd be likely to eventually get new skins for it in either a stuff pack or expansion pack; that give you new looks of the machine. But now that it's in a stuff pack, I doubt they'd ever even give new skins for it in any of the future packs. Since they'd have to put something in, that only those people who bought the original stuff pack, can do anything with. That's not a problem with things like the icecream maker, or the huge tv, but I'd imagine it might end up being an issue with something like a washer or dryer that needs to fit in different kind of homes.
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I really hope you are right.
maybe, I just don't use cc, I barely even use mods as it is, and I'm still hesitant about the ones I do have.
Yup, well-said! I think the washbasin and clothesline will likely function uniquely compared to your basic washer/dryer so more regular appliances won't be out of the question. Also a washer/dryer combo unit would be awesome.
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I rely heavy on CC.. Maxis makes the base items and animations and creators mod stuff to make the game beautiful.. But if your not used to unzipping, moving files and testing the CC a few items at a time, I can see why CC would scare some from using CC
honestly, for me it's not the unzipping part. It's that quite often, I don't like how the cc looks in my game. I just prefer maxis' own stuff
I used to create so the 1st thing I do when I get a new game is to see if I can improve it with CC.
I have well over 7,000 pieces of cc. I made a "Test" folder inside my mods folder. I download a few pieces or a set of CC, and then go into my game and check them out. Anything that doesn't suit my taste gets deleted. Then the good items are filtered into category folders like clothes, hair, walls, or furniture. So if I need to find something again, I'm not wading through 7k files.
Good, clean file management is important.
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> I rely heavy on CC.. Maxis makes the base items and animations and creators mod stuff to make the game beautiful.. But if your not used to unzipping, moving files and testing the CC a few items at a time, I can see why CC would scare some from using CC
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> I have well over 7,000 pieces of cc. I made a "Test" folder inside my mods folder. I download a few pieces or a set of CC, and then go into my game and check them out. Anything that doesn't suit my taste gets deleted. Then the good items are filtered into category folders like clothes, hair, walls, or furniture. So if I need to find something again, I'm not wading through 7k files.
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Good idea.. I just did 2 or 3 items at a time to keep track of them.. The test folder would make it possible to do more..
That's kinda what I've been thinking. One pair that's cheap/traditional style and a more expensive/energy efficient pair.
Besides, if you don't see them now, how else would you see them?
Except that toilets existed in the basegame, so when they make new toilets, talking or otherwise, they're all based on the original toilets. Whereas there are no washers or dryers in the basegame, and there won't be, since they're part of a stuffpack, rather than brought in as part of an update. It's why the dishwasher had to come as an update, so that it would be part of the basegame, and could return in various forms in other packs.
The difference is that people didn't buy outdoor retreat for the bear suits, and they didn't buy backyard stuff for the table. Those packs specific items were respetively the vacation world, and the slide.
The problem with the laundry pack, is that laundry is 'the item' of the pack, if they put said item in other packs, for a lot of people there'd be no reason to pay money to buy this specific pack.
And different colour options as EA probably won't add too many colour swatches to choose from, that's where I'll be recolouring them, same as other CC recolourers out there!