I'm glad it's in all the worlds, but I'd like the ability to set which world gets what type of weather. I just can't see OS getting blanketed with snow. Or the new adventure world either.....
I don't think that will be possible.In sims 3 ine world was one game file. Sims 4 one save file is mutple worlds connected
Note, she said they wouldn't confine it to one world. Well, o.k. how about three vacation destinations? Just sayin' it out loud.
3 Vacation destinations is not a single world. That's 3 worlds. And that's not what she's saying. She's referring to previous answers that clearly state Seasons would be for all worlds, and not confined to specific worlds.
Let the rumor die already. These same rumors came around with TS3 too. They obviously design the game engines with the two biggest packs in mind (Seasons & Pets).
What rumors? I haven't heard any. I'm just going by past remarks about the engine though we do get the occasional comment they wouldn't do it (confine it) to new worlds only. And since they said Pets/Cats and Dogs was their biggest EP to get out of the way....it does make me wonder if that is true, how easy or hard is seasons? Just speculating.
This whole “Seasons confined to a single world” has been a rumour that people have followed since 2015.
The past remarks about the engine are getting taken out of context. They’ve only said they can’t move lots or change terrain of existing worlds. They’ve said nothing about dynamic backdrops and weather. Modders have changed the existing worlds, and even the Devs have fixed up areas (there was a random unfinished lot from testing in the Willow Creek area with the mansion waterfront lot in the backdrop they removed, they’ve also fixed glitched terrain throughout WC and OS).
And Pets is always the biggest because it’s a whole set of Animations. Seasons can still be the second biggest though.
I'm glad it's in all the worlds, but I'd like the ability to set which world gets what type of weather. I just can't see OS getting blanketed with snow. Or the new adventure world either.....
I don't think that will be possible.In sims 3 ine world was one game file. Sims 4 one save file is mutple worlds connected
Why not? We could have season settings for each world. When a sim travels across worlds it'll just load up the active season for that world.
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I'm glad it's in all the worlds, but I'd like the ability to set which world gets what type of weather. I just can't see OS getting blanketed with snow. Or the new adventure world either.....
I don't think that will be possible.In sims 3 ine world was one game file. Sims 4 one save file is mutple worlds connected
I'm glad it's in all the worlds, but I'd like the ability to set which world gets what type of weather. I just can't see OS getting blanketed with snow. Or the new adventure world either.....
I don't think that will be possible.In sims 3 ine world was one game file. Sims 4 one save file is mutple worlds connected
The connected neighborhoods in The Sims 4 is not any different than the sub-neighborhoods from The Sims or The Sims 2, the latter of which had universal weather. Universal weather in The Sims 4 is probably little different in implementation than it was in The Sims 2.
I read that they were having trouble spreading it out over all the worlds and weren't going to do Seasons until they could find out a workaround for it.
Prepping a list of mods to add after Infants are placed into the game. Because real life isn't 'nice'.
I read that they were having trouble spreading it out over all the worlds and weren't going to do Seasons until they could find out a workaround for it.
I read that they were having trouble spreading it out over all the worlds and weren't going to do Seasons until they could find out a workaround for it.
In that case I truly hope they'll be able to figure it out, my heart will break if TS4 never gets seasons
Is this something you read a long time ago or recently?
I'm so excited for seasons. Hopefully it will be more than just weather-types and clothes (all though I want that too), but also temperatures and of course moodlets or traits that have to do with different weather types. I feel like sad sims should be into rain etc. So many opportunities here!
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I'm glad it's in all the worlds, but I'd like the ability to set which world gets what type of weather. I just can't see OS getting blanketed with snow. Or the new adventure world either.....
I don't think that will be possible.In sims 3 ine world was one game file. Sims 4 one save file is mutple worlds connected
The connected neighborhoods in The Sims 4 is not any different than the sub-neighborhoods from The Sims or The Sims 2, the latter of which had universal weather. Universal weather in The Sims 4 is probably little different in implementation than it was in The Sims 2.
The weather or seasons in TS2 is not universal, it's per lot. In the neighborhood view you can set the type of season but inside each lot but it doesn't cross loading screens into a different lot, it's whatever weather the lot is set to have. So, it could be snowing next door and spring on a different lot, sometimes when Sims show up on a community lot they may be wrongly dressed in coat or without. It has to be more complicated for TS4 in that way, because we had open spaces in TS4, instead of just closed lots like TS2. As you can see how complicated it got in TS2 (easier in TS3 since it's all open world and universal) from lot to lot.
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Seasons is the only expansion pack I have waited for and a long time now. They keep bringing out other things instead. I feel unloved and unwanted like a red headed Scottish stepchild , lol. That idea that someone had about a north and south pole sounded interesting but doubt these developers can do that, it would be a lot of work. I will just be happy to get seasons finally so that I can put some of those wintry clothes I keep getting to use lol
I'm glad it's in all the worlds, but I'd like the ability to set which world gets what type of weather. I just can't see OS getting blanketed with snow. Or the new adventure world either.....
I don't think that will be possible.In sims 3 ine world was one game file. Sims 4 one save file is mutple worlds connected
The connected neighborhoods in The Sims 4 is not any different than the sub-neighborhoods from The Sims or The Sims 2, the latter of which had universal weather. Universal weather in The Sims 4 is probably little different in implementation than it was in The Sims 2.
The weather or seasons in TS2 is not universal, it's per lot.
Which makes it universal -- ie it functions on every lot in every sub-neighborhood in your game. And without The Sims 2's 'dimensional time' it will likely function in coordinated fashion -- ie it will be spring in both the San Myshuno spice district and Oakenstead in Willow Creek simultaneously without having to manually set the season for each seperate lot. That's the matter of import.
Yeah, I can see it working similarly to Sims 2, except the current season will be applied to the entire world instead of per lot. We can have 4 seasonal quarters, and each world has its own season for each quarter. So if it's quarter 1, it could be winter in Willow Creek and summer in Oasis Springs, and it'll reflect when you visit each world. Something like that.
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Race Against the Clock: Can your elder sim turn back the clock before their time runs out?
Yeah, I can see it working similarly to Sims 2, except the current season will be applied to the entire world instead of per lot. We can have 4 seasonal quarters, and each world has its own season for each quarter. So if it's quarter 1, it could be winter in Willow Creek and summer in Oasis Springs, and it'll reflect when you visit each world. Something like that.
That makes the most sense. Someone else pointed out that seasons would change on different lots in sims 2.
Yeah, so did the time of day, and it doesn't do that in sims 4.
Yeah, I can see it working similarly to Sims 2, except the current season will be applied to the entire world instead of per lot. We can have 4 seasonal quarters, and each world has its own season for each quarter. So if it's quarter 1, it could be winter in Willow Creek and summer in Oasis Springs, and it'll reflect when you visit each world. Something like that.
That makes the most sense. Someone else pointed out that seasons would change on different lots in sims 2.
Yeah, so did the time of day, and it doesn't do that in sims 4.
I'd imagine that it would be theoretically possible to have those seasons customized as well. So every season lasts, say, 28 days. You can then determine the order of seasons as per previous titles. You can go Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter. You can go Spring, Spring, Winter, Summer. You can have year-round Winter.
Maybe you'd even be able to specify by neighborhood. Brindleton Bay has (1) Spring (2) Summer (3) Autumn (4) Winter, but for Oasis Springs you input (1) Summer (2) Summer (3) Summer (4) Spring. Time then moves through all the worlds and while season 3 gives you autumnal weather in Brindleton Bay you're still getting hot conditions in the desert.
Would be interesting of they make a North and a South for TS4 then while at north worlds is summer, at south worlds be winter
I don't think they need to go to that point; we've got enough variation as it is. For example, when it's snowing in Windenburg or Brindleton Bay, it might be raining in Oasis Springs or fog in Willow Creek. Or you get short or powerful storms in Oasis springs, while Newcrest might get longer but steadier showers.
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Note, she said they wouldn't confine it to one world. Well, o.k. how about three vacation destinations? Just sayin' it out loud.
3 Vacation destinations is not a single world. That's 3 worlds. And that's not what she's saying. She's referring to previous answers that clearly state Seasons would be for all worlds, and not confined to specific worlds.
Let the rumor die already. These same rumors came around with TS3 too. They obviously design the game engines with the two biggest packs in mind (Seasons & Pets).
What rumors? I haven't heard any. I'm just going by past remarks about the engine though we do get the occasional comment they wouldn't do it (confine it) to new worlds only. And since they said Pets/Cats and Dogs was their biggest EP to get out of the way....it does make me wonder if that is true, how easy or hard is seasons? Just speculating.
I think they'd rather just skip Seasons altogether rather than limit it to only certain worlds (such as destination worlds). And many of the comments about the game engine were from early in the game, when the developers were still exploring the limits and what can be done within those limits. Just compare the upcoming Jungle Adventure GP to the first GP, Outdoor Retreat. You can definitely tell that they've got a greater mastery of the game engine now than they did back in the early days of Sims 4.
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I would like the ability to set climates for each world though. If i see snow in Oasis Springs im going to be cheesed. I would love it in most of the other worlds though (especially Granite Falls vacation world). Id prefer not to have to mess with my settings constantly to toggle it on and off whenever i go anywhere haha
What if they're preset? There is snow in the desert depending on elevation but it could be a light dusting or more like a hard freeze, while Windenburg gets the heavy stuff.
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Yeah, I can see it working similarly to Sims 2, except the current season will be applied to the entire world instead of per lot. We can have 4 seasonal quarters, and each world has its own season for each quarter. So if it's quarter 1, it could be winter in Willow Creek and summer in Oasis Springs, and it'll reflect when you visit each world. Something like that.
That doesn't really make sense at all to me -- rather I think that it'll be the same season across the worlds but the weather will be different. As I said elsewhere, if it's snowing in Winter in Windenburg and Sims travel to Oasis Springs, it'll still be Winter but it will be raining instead. Those would be the two most extreme examples of weather/climate differences, but there could be other variances like heavy snow in Windenburg and lighter snow in Brindleton Bay, or light rain in Newcrest v. heavier rain in Willow Creek.
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I read that they were having trouble spreading it out over all the worlds and weren't going to do Seasons until they could find out a workaround for it.
I read that they were having trouble spreading it out over all the worlds and weren't going to do Seasons until they could find out a workaround for it.
Sounds interesting - do you have the source?
It’s just rumours. No one knows what’s going on with Seasons except the developers.
I read that they were having trouble spreading it out over all the worlds and weren't going to do Seasons until they could find out a workaround for it.
In that case I truly hope they'll be able to figure it out, my heart will break if TS4 never gets seasons
Is this something you read a long time ago or recently?
It’s fake rumours. No one would be able to know this.
Yeah, I can see it working similarly to Sims 2, except the current season will be applied to the entire world instead of per lot. We can have 4 seasonal quarters, and each world has its own season for each quarter. So if it's quarter 1, it could be winter in Willow Creek and summer in Oasis Springs, and it'll reflect when you visit each world. Something like that.
That doesn't really make sense at all to me -- rather I think that it'll be the same season across the worlds but the weather will be different. As I said elsewhere, if it's snowing in Winter in Windenburg and Sims travel to Oasis Springs, it'll still be Winter but it will be raining instead. Those would be the two most extreme examples of weather/climate differences, but there could be other variances like heavy snow in Windenburg and lighter snow in Brindleton Bay, or light rain in Newcrest v. heavier rain in Willow Creek.
On one hand, it's strange that the season would change while sims are traveling, but on the other hand, even in Sims 2 that happened when you move across sub-neighborhoods. It could be snowing in the shopping district while it's fall downtown. I'd like to be able to set the seasons for each world in Sims 4 too.
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Yeah, I can see it working similarly to Sims 2, except the current season will be applied to the entire world instead of per lot. We can have 4 seasonal quarters, and each world has its own season for each quarter. So if it's quarter 1, it could be winter in Willow Creek and summer in Oasis Springs, and it'll reflect when you visit each world. Something like that.
That makes the most sense. Someone else pointed out that seasons would change on different lots in sims 2.
Yeah, so did the time of day, and it doesn't do that in sims 4.
I'd imagine that it would be theoretically possible to have those seasons customized as well. So every season lasts, say, 28 days. You can then determine the order of seasons as per previous titles. You can go Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter. You can go Spring, Spring, Winter, Summer. You can have year-round Winter.
Maybe you'd even be able to specify by neighborhood. Brindleton Bay has (1) Spring (2) Summer (3) Autumn (4) Winter, but for Oasis Springs you input (1) Summer (2) Summer (3) Summer (4) Spring. Time then moves through all the worlds and while season 3 gives you autumnal weather in Brindleton Bay you're still getting hot conditions in the desert.
If they can’t implement toggles for various Sim states (Aliens, Vampires, etc), then how are they supposed to implement seasonal controls on a world by world basis? They’ve said they wouldn’t do seasons without seasons in every world, that doesn’t mean they are going to give us options for custom seasonal cycles, seasonal duration, etc.
I would like the ability to set climates for each world though. If i see snow in Oasis Springs im going to be cheesed. I would love it in most of the other worlds though (especially Granite Falls vacation world). Id prefer not to have to mess with my settings constantly to toggle it on and off whenever i go anywhere haha
What if they're preset? There is snow in the desert depending on elevation but it could be a light dusting or more like a hard freeze, while Windenburg gets the heavy stuff.
Wouldnt mind that either but id also like to be able to tweak things with sliders or something in the options
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-Cars Update
-Spiral/Diagonal Stairs Update
-Hotel Pack
-Romance Pack (possibly combined with Hotel Pack)
-Bands Pack
-Royalty Pack
-Fashion Design Pack
-Fairies Pack
-Werewolf Pack
-France-inspired World
I'm glad it's in all the worlds, but I'd like the ability to set which world gets what type of weather. I just can't see OS getting blanketed with snow. Or the new adventure world either.....
Funny you say that, I lived in an upper desert with Joshua trees that looked similar to OA except without the rivers...and it froze in the winter.... we rarely got rain but once in a great while we did. I remember it snowing once.... the desert looks beautiful blanketed in snow! I agree about being able to set what type of weather we want.
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I don't think that will be possible.In sims 3 ine world was one game file. Sims 4 one save file is mutple worlds connected
This whole “Seasons confined to a single world” has been a rumour that people have followed since 2015.
The past remarks about the engine are getting taken out of context. They’ve only said they can’t move lots or change terrain of existing worlds. They’ve said nothing about dynamic backdrops and weather. Modders have changed the existing worlds, and even the Devs have fixed up areas (there was a random unfinished lot from testing in the Willow Creek area with the mansion waterfront lot in the backdrop they removed, they’ve also fixed glitched terrain throughout WC and OS).
And Pets is always the biggest because it’s a whole set of Animations. Seasons can still be the second biggest though.
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Why not? We could have season settings for each world. When a sim travels across worlds it'll just load up the active season for that world.
Race Against the Clock: Can your elder sim turn back the clock before their time runs out?
There's always a way.
Sounds interesting - do you have the source?
In that case I truly hope they'll be able to figure it out, my heart will break if TS4 never gets seasons
Is this something you read a long time ago or recently?
The weather or seasons in TS2 is not universal, it's per lot. In the neighborhood view you can set the type of season but inside each lot but it doesn't cross loading screens into a different lot, it's whatever weather the lot is set to have. So, it could be snowing next door and spring on a different lot, sometimes when Sims show up on a community lot they may be wrongly dressed in coat or without. It has to be more complicated for TS4 in that way, because we had open spaces in TS4, instead of just closed lots like TS2. As you can see how complicated it got in TS2 (easier in TS3 since it's all open world and universal) from lot to lot.
Race Against the Clock: Can your elder sim turn back the clock before their time runs out?
That makes the most sense. Someone else pointed out that seasons would change on different lots in sims 2.
Yeah, so did the time of day, and it doesn't do that in sims 4.
Maybe you'd even be able to specify by neighborhood. Brindleton Bay has (1) Spring (2) Summer (3) Autumn (4) Winter, but for Oasis Springs you input (1) Summer (2) Summer (3) Summer (4) Spring. Time then moves through all the worlds and while season 3 gives you autumnal weather in Brindleton Bay you're still getting hot conditions in the desert.
I don't think they need to go to that point; we've got enough variation as it is. For example, when it's snowing in Windenburg or Brindleton Bay, it might be raining in Oasis Springs or fog in Willow Creek. Or you get short or powerful storms in Oasis springs, while Newcrest might get longer but steadier showers.
Fun must be always -- Tomas Hertl (San Jose Sharks hockey player)
I think they'd rather just skip Seasons altogether rather than limit it to only certain worlds (such as destination worlds). And many of the comments about the game engine were from early in the game, when the developers were still exploring the limits and what can be done within those limits. Just compare the upcoming Jungle Adventure GP to the first GP, Outdoor Retreat. You can definitely tell that they've got a greater mastery of the game engine now than they did back in the early days of Sims 4.
Fun must be always -- Tomas Hertl (San Jose Sharks hockey player)
What if they're preset? There is snow in the desert depending on elevation but it could be a light dusting or more like a hard freeze, while Windenburg gets the heavy stuff.
Fun must be always -- Tomas Hertl (San Jose Sharks hockey player)
That doesn't really make sense at all to me -- rather I think that it'll be the same season across the worlds but the weather will be different. As I said elsewhere, if it's snowing in Winter in Windenburg and Sims travel to Oasis Springs, it'll still be Winter but it will be raining instead. Those would be the two most extreme examples of weather/climate differences, but there could be other variances like heavy snow in Windenburg and lighter snow in Brindleton Bay, or light rain in Newcrest v. heavier rain in Willow Creek.
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It’s just rumours. No one knows what’s going on with Seasons except the developers.
It’s fake rumours. No one would be able to know this.
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On one hand, it's strange that the season would change while sims are traveling, but on the other hand, even in Sims 2 that happened when you move across sub-neighborhoods. It could be snowing in the shopping district while it's fall downtown. I'd like to be able to set the seasons for each world in Sims 4 too.
Race Against the Clock: Can your elder sim turn back the clock before their time runs out?
If they can’t implement toggles for various Sim states (Aliens, Vampires, etc), then how are they supposed to implement seasonal controls on a world by world basis? They’ve said they wouldn’t do seasons without seasons in every world, that doesn’t mean they are going to give us options for custom seasonal cycles, seasonal duration, etc.
Wouldnt mind that either but id also like to be able to tweak things with sliders or something in the options
-Cars Update
-Spiral/Diagonal Stairs Update
-Hotel Pack
-Romance Pack (possibly combined with Hotel Pack)
-Bands Pack
-Royalty Pack
-Fashion Design Pack
-Fairies Pack
-Werewolf Pack
-France-inspired World
Funny you say that, I lived in an upper desert with Joshua trees that looked similar to OA except without the rivers...and it froze in the winter.... we rarely got rain but once in a great while we did. I remember it snowing once.... the desert looks beautiful blanketed in snow! I agree about being able to set what type of weather we want.