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Hi! Long time listener, first time caller here and I apologize if this isn't the right space for this question, but I've been thinking about this since the request for functional cars was so large last year. The way the game is set up currently, most automobiles (cars, streetcars and the like) are shown in animations and sims can't walk too far off the lot in certain areas (for example, in foundry cove using the camera you can scroll and see the surrounding area of the neighborhood) even though it only has debug items. My main questions are...
1) Is the world layout like this because if too many simulation actions were running at once, the game would break? And a follow up question tied to this, do you think this would impact the idea of having multipurpose lots where many sims could live/be on a lot at once?
2) Would the sims team ever consider opening these parts of the world up? Maybe even as an optional base game that you can purchase like deluxe? Or would this be a task that would be too time consuming considering that the team has to work on multiple things at once.
3) If this is a concern about how much space the game would take up if this were to become a feature, would it be more or less cost effective to open these lots instead of adding more lots and worlds?
I hate to compare The Sims to a game like Red Dead Redemption 2 or GTA but when it comes to space/features within a game, I think a lot of players might be okay with using up space in order to have the features that make the game meaningful. Additionally, I hope this next part doesn’t come off as a request but, I think it would be nice to be able to walk around areas in neighborhoods and maybe have NPC’s live in some of the houses.
Thanks for listening! Hope you all are well! ?
1) Is the world layout like this because if too many simulation actions were running at once, the game would break? And a follow up question tied to this, do you think this would impact the idea of having multipurpose lots where many sims could live/be on a lot at once?
2) Would the sims team ever consider opening these parts of the world up? Maybe even as an optional base game that you can purchase like deluxe? Or would this be a task that would be too time consuming considering that the team has to work on multiple things at once.
3) If this is a concern about how much space the game would take up if this were to become a feature, would it be more or less cost effective to open these lots instead of adding more lots and worlds?
I hate to compare The Sims to a game like Red Dead Redemption 2 or GTA but when it comes to space/features within a game, I think a lot of players might be okay with using up space in order to have the features that make the game meaningful. Additionally, I hope this next part doesn’t come off as a request but, I think it would be nice to be able to walk around areas in neighborhoods and maybe have NPC’s live in some of the houses.
Thanks for listening! Hope you all are well! ?