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[Idea] Open-Districts
Hello there, everyone! Even though I’ve been a huge fan since The Sims 1 was released, I’m only participating in the forums now so I don’t actually know if this has been discussed already. I apologize in advance if it has. Wouldn’t it be amazing if we could at least have open districts in which there wasn’t any loading screens between the lots? We all know that open world is not a possibility, but I think open districts would be AMAZING! If we had at least the ability to load 2 lots simultaneously would already make the experience of playing The Sims 4 so much more enjoyable. Since there aren’t any MODs available for such mechanics, I can only assume it’s harder than I think. But if the developers made these changes, the game would be nearly perfect. What are your thoughts?[Idea] Cutscenes for Loading Screens
Hello there, fellow Simmers! Since The Sims 4 was released, the loading screens have been a huge issue and an utterly annoying immersion breaker. Wouldn’t it be fabulous we we had at least some cutscenes showing our Sims getting in a car, bus, train, subway, airplane etc. depending on where they’re traveling to or how far they are from the chosen destination? I’ve always had this thought on my mind and I think it would make the game feel much more alive and immersive. The lack of open world mechanics could be compensated if the loading screens were more fun and interactive, don’t you think? I know nothing about programming and game making, but it doesn’t seem like such an absurd change to the way the game works. We used to have some beautiful and extremely interesting cutscenes back in The Sims 2. I think it’s long overdue they make a comeback. Thoughts?
Native American / Indigenous pack
I would love to see a Native American with all the tribes like Spokane, Cherokee, Sioux from US including Alaska, Canada and even Mexico like the Aztecs and the Mayans. The one thing that I love about the Native American tribes that they don't waste what they hunt. They use everything. What would be in this pack: Teepees, Wigwams, Long Houses (Coastal like Salish, Haida, Tlingit) etc.. Clothing from Deer, Bear etc, hair style braids,, beaded jewelry or regular clothes etc. Animals: horses, dogs as well as bears. wolves and buffalo aka bison etc. Food: Buffalo, Deer meat (venison), Fish, Fry bread (yummy), fruits and veggies etc.. Fun stuff to do or visit: Pow wow, Tribal gathering, Drum circle, Dancing (Jingle,. Fancy Shawls etc.) for the women, Tiny Tots dance for the kids etc... For more info; Pow Wow Dance Style I think this will be a fun learning experience for everyone Non-Indian and alike. Feel free to add to the list.
Memories, Scrab book and themes organising
Hi everyone. What do you guys think about the Sims 3 memories and srab book. It would be nice to get something similar for Sims 4. It works kind of like a journal where you can save photos of the sim and write a story about the sim. Also one more thing. The object themes organizer in the build/buy menu was so good in the sims 3, if you remember. You could name a theme and place/save all objects there you wanted and it was easy to find. And then, not sure if this is a new idea, but it would be great to have a save option in CAS, when you design a full outfit for sim, it would be so nice to be able to save that outfit so you wouldnt have to do it again every time you go to CAS and create new sim. You could just have like a fashion menu for your own designed outfits and pick from there.
Add "Limit sim appearing into other world" option!
As a long-time player, I am very sick seeing non-neighor sims appearing on other world. Appearing any sims on the festivals/events are fine, but appearing on normal days consantly? I think we should have an option: - Limit residents appearing on other world - or new reward Trait: "Love Staying Indoors" (restrict this sim appearing in other world) option, because: - The walk_by situation should limit sims within the world (for example, World X sims should appear only on World X and not Y) - And walk_by should not appear anything if there is no sims in neighbor at all - Limit Werewolf to Moonwood - Limit Fairies to Innisgreen You already have 2 options, so why not expand it?Resizable walls, doors, windows, and sofas in terms of length, width and shapes?
Is it just me or does anyone else think that resizable doors, walls, windows and sofas in the Sims 4 should be implemented, right? I don't know about you guys, but that would definitely benefit me a lot in build mode. For example archways in the build mode. It would be better to have a resizable length so you can have the freedom on how long you want the archway to reach. Also, the walls where you can adjust its width would be so much better than just creating one tiled room to fill the gaps. The freedom to resize the windows and doors' length. Freedom to change sofas' shapes and sizes.
Likes and dislikes need a big overhaul.
Currently it just feels like one of countless features that was added to sims 4 and instantly abandoned. On paper it sounds really great, but if it only provides a positive or negative moodlet but won't affect behaviour, what's the point? So what I suggest is the following: If sims dislike something, they will never do it unless you tell them to. They will also refuse to do it if other sims ask them to join in it, unless they have a really good relationship or they have traits that would make them do it. Though some traits could make them refuse no matter how good the relationship is. If they dislike music, they will automatically change it to music they like when entering the room, or will turn it off if they don't like any music. Traits could play a small role in it too. A hotheaded sim could get angry and break the stereo instead to make it stop, but a generous or otherwise more kind sim might leave the music on despite their dislike. If they dislike cooking they will only ever make quick meals, might get the desire to order food more often too. Won't automatically help sims who are cooking either. If sims like something however, they will prioritise doing that when they can, tending to their needs aside. Which could allow them to develop skills on their own instead of needing to be told if they like the activity. They could also get the want to do these things they like. Colours and decor styles can stay as meaningless as they are though, I don't see how that could be made of any use. However I would like to see food added as a new category. With so many meals in the game, it would be nice to give our sims preferences there. Foods they like they could make on their own more often unless they dislike cooking, and foods they dislike they won't make on their own and will dislike too if made to eat that. For vegetarians everything with meat could automatically be locked in disliked. Eating food sims like could also make them a little happier. Traits could play a part in this too, like a glutton could not be able to dislike food unless a vegetarian, then it's just the locked meat meals. But a high maintenance sim could often enough but not always get displeased with any food they don't actively like, and eating disliked food could affect both them and foodies more than other sims.
Households Tagged as Other Households Still Display in World Select
I went into the Caliente Household to fix the romance with a cheat between Don and the girls. I then tagged the household as "Other Households" with Manage Households. However, now I have the Caliente household appearing in my World Select screen. I'd expect for Households I move to the "Other Households"/"Unplayed" category to not display on my world select screen. I don't want to see them there as I don't intend to play with them.
Flower Arranging Skill Gained from Bonsai Tree
I'm not entirely sure this is a glitch, however I found it odd that if it was added to the features of the Bonsai Tree object, that the object description doesn't list it. I have no mods or CC currently installed. On this computer, I only have the base game, Outdoor Retreat, and Get to Work active. (I have all the other packs installed, however I used the game properties through the EA app to deactivate the other packs as this is an older computer.) My sim already had max gardening. Pruning the Bonsai Tree granted her skill gains for Flower Arranging. The object description only lists Gardening. Since Flower Arranging is a skill from Seasons, I found it odd as there is no way to put this skill to use otherwise. Completely up to date on all patches.Developers - omg STOP with the stupid Mischief skill
My sim was at the computer researching Natural Living. The split second he was done, he started to troll the forums. NO, no, no! I immediately stopped the action, but it was too late. Those few short seconds were all it took for him to acquire the mischief skill. Stop forcing this on players. It isn't mischief, it is evil bullying, plain and simple. I will go into cas.fulleditmode and make all my sims dislike Mischief. Doesn't matter, they do it anyway. Insulting other sims? Jeering at them? Yelling at them? I want to casually play a nice, calming game, and the "Bullying Skill" ruins it. :(
[Idea] Occult Stuff Pack
RoM, V, W , IP, L&D, EbN and GtW all have occults with limited occult specific CAS and Build/Buy. I'd love a stuff pack to flesh out and fill in the blanks for occults. Some of the occult CAS and Build/Buy are merely themed such as Victorian for Vampires and nature inspired for EbN for example. However, the occults themselves could have a larger range of occult specific themes. Add missing occult ability trees for Mermaids and Aliens. PlantSims be a permanent occult with an ability tree. More traits that would help occult synergy (Mystical, Disruptive and Macabre are the closest occult friendly traits, if you want to discount the basic Good/Evil traits) Lot traits that encourage each or every type of occult to visit and a trait disallow all occults! Feathered and bat wings for Fairies or even Vampires (but be great if it could be any occult). Missing single bed, fridge, stove, etc. for EbN nature theme. RoM's The Iron Counter needs a cabinet counterpart (drives me nuts I don't have matching cabinets for my favourite counter). Small appliances for various occults/themes. Non-plant/flower nature themed CAS and Build/Buy. Air, fire and water fairy themed attire and Build/Buy would be nice to have different elements Fairies. But these could also transcend to other occults such as Mermaids and Spellcasters. Something to do with Spellcaster extra talent points! If you are not going to add/update your packs where there is missing/wanted features CAS/Build/Buy. Just put it in a pack to expand the occult themes.
Does the "For Rent" sign automatically attract tenants?
In the For Rent DLC, if I put a For Rent sign outside after setting everything up, will it automatically attract potential tenants? Or do I have to manually put people in via the menu? I would like to have a more realistic approach where potential tenants come to ask for a unit. Pretty much like how in the Discovering University DLC if you put up an ad for roommates they automatically come to your house, and you can accept them.More text in descriptions
With the last update, we got a new notebook with the option to write text in it. I looked forward to this new option, because in my save files my Sims sometimes have a backstory and this would have been a great option to write this in there. But only 250 signs is not enough. Also on the map the lot and household descriptions, sometimes it would be great to be able to write more text.
Tend garden not applying for houseplants
I play on PS5 - All Packs, games, kits & content - latest update is installed. My sim checks her plants but even when houseplants need maintenance I get the pop up no plants need tending. I would love if we could get this so the tending automatically works for indoor plants too not just outdoor ones. At the moment I have to select "maintain houseplant" on every single one for my sim to look after them!
[GTW] No linked option for Aliens between self and disguise
On other occults (vampires, fairies, mermaids, werewolves), there is the option to linked their non-transformation self with their transformed self. There is no option for Aliens in this way, which makes it very tedious if you want their Alien self and their disguise to wear the same outfits. Given that every other occult that this applies to has this option, it would be great to have this extended to Aliens.
Make the Inventory more usable
At the current state of the game, sims inventories are a mess and barely usable. They are full of stuff that keeps piling up in there, and a lot of it can't be removed because it's needed for gameplay reasons. (Knitting baskets, bicycles, soccer balls, cameras etc can all only be used from the inventory.) The existing filters are a hassle to use and don't work for many items. Sorting by newness makes sense for quickly finding recently added items, but not for anything else. Freshness only makes sense to sort by for foods. Favouriting things doesn't help much, either. Suggestions: Make the search/sorting function more useful by letting us search/filter/sort by category of items. By "what sort of thing even is this". Examples for possible categories: Consumables (foods, drinks, potions) Harvestables (fruit/plants, fish, wool, etc) Books Arts and crafts (finished crafts, craftable items, things like easels, instruments, the archeology table, knitting basket, cameras etc) Activity items (toys, earbuds, bikes, soccer balls, skiis, snowboards, climbing gear, jungle excursion stuff, etc) Upgrade parts Collectibles (gemstones, time capsules, display figurines, sea shells, what have you, there are so many collectibles in the game by now) Other for the possible few items that fit in neither category For maximum visual improvements, separate the categories by something like a line break or a small horizontal divider. And let us search and sort by category. Show me all books! Show me all types of wool I have! Where are all my toys! Whatever happened to my climbing gear? Well, I don't know, because I can currently only sort by things like freshness and rarity, and freshness or rarity are not a sensible sorting type for climbing gear and ear buds. I would maybe have an easier time locating my tripod if it was a rare tripod, but such a thing doesn't exist, so you have to just dig it out from between wool, spoiled fish you forgot about, anti-insect potions and random upgrade parts. What do you guys want from an inventory? (I couldn't find an existing discussion about this, but I can't be the only one to find the current state of the inventory annoying?)
Fishing Anomaly
Problem occurs when inviting other non-played characters to go fishing. Once everyone is fishing and the played character stop fishing and wants to chat with one of the other non-playable characters, they do not stop fishing no matter what. Even when the "call over" option is selected. Solution: When a played character attempts to interact with any non-played character the non-played character should stop what they are doing and shift attention to the played character's command/selections.
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