So...whatever happened to that blue plumbob?

CK213

EA was hinting at it heavily at one point. They even put it in TS3.

Only pic I have of it at the moment.
Jus' curious.

SilentDancer

You know, I've actually been pondering the same thing, CK. My guess is that they stopped using it in advertising when they officially decided to not go the online route with the game, for the time being. I'm still thinking the online gameplay was supposed to be the big step/reveal for TS4.

Edit: They even removed the mention of options for online activities from the Q&A. I remember them having something about that there before in the answer about it being a single player offline experience.

keFUNKNEY101

It was for when the sims 4 was the online multiplayer game. The blue representeded sims controlled by someone else apparently. I guess theres no need for then anymore.

Just another piece of the conspiracy that I'd the sims 4.

EmanuelOkus

I think that it had to do with the online component and since that got scrapped so did the blue plumbob

windweaver

Yeah CK, what the folks before me said; I too think it was the mmo they had planned before simcity fell flat.

I guess they did get rid of all the online part. I haven't been following too closely what's been going on at E3, but there really wasn't anything at all about optional online stuff, was there? Not that I saw.

Interesting, at least from my perspective as a single player, off line kind of Simmer.

alejandro15039

It was for the final expansion pack Into The Future.

emiie10

I completely forgot about the blue plumbob. Is that photo from university?

munchie885

Got a secret can you keep it swear this one you'll save...

Katlyn2525

I saw a video about it, but any information when you try to track it has been wiped off the internet.

DarkMirage

I agree with everyone else, it was part of the always online game/mmo.

Katlyn2525

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=PcIdKqvMD00

http://honeywellsims4news.tumblr.com/post/63437610043/more-corroboration-for-patrick-kelly-the-sims-4

They both disappeared.

Lizziemay12

Katlyn2525 wrote:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=PcIdKqvMD00

http://honeywellsims4news.tumblr.com/post/63437610043/more-corroboration-for-patrick-kelly-the-sims-4

They both disappeared.

Hey, thanks for these! I can't believe they started it in 2008!! 6 years they've been working at this game.

As for the blue plumbob, I think sims had a blue plumbob above their head of they were in a like outing group or something.

Found a picture. It doesn't belong to me: