What Sims 4 dlc do you wish was in TS3?

Paranormal.I know we have supernatural but I like paranormals features better

"Evalen;c-18074100" wrote:
I wish we had the search. very useful. So now that you asked us, what is yours.

That's what I would like. I don't know how many times I've scrolled through all the items in miscellaneous decor knowing what I want is in there and still can't find it. Search would definitely help and is the only thing I remember from my brief time playing 4 that I liked.

"nickibitsward;c-18074301" wrote:

"Evalen;c-18074100" wrote:
I wish we had the search. very useful. So now that you asked us, what is yours.

That's what I would like. I don't know how many times I've scrolled through all the items in miscellaneous decor knowing what I want is in there and still can't find it. Search would definitely help and is the only thing I remember from my brief time playing 4 that I liked.

But at the same time, not having the search bar has forced me to memorize where everything is. Which I feel like I do. :D

"nickibitsward;c-18074301" wrote:

"Evalen;c-18074100" wrote:
I wish we had the search. very useful. So now that you asked us, what is yours.

That's what I would like. I don't know how many times I've scrolled through all the items in miscellaneous decor knowing what I want is in there and still can't find it. Search would definitely help and is the only thing I remember from my brief time playing 4 that I liked.

What I do when I can't find something, is to find it in Edit Town in one of the houses I've built that has the item, then grab it so it will bring up the information on it. Knowing the price for it makes it easier to find, since I have a much smaller area to look through.

I use the collection folders as my search tool. I have a folder for kitchen clutter, bathroom clutter, farming and garden item and so on. Finding items or rather objects is easier when I place them into a category.

Most DLC released for The Sims 4 is present in The Sims 3 one way or another. But there are certain features that I wish existed in The Sims 3:

CAS:
- The ability to combine any hat with any hair.
- The push-and-pull system to modify bodies and faces.

BUILD MODE:
- The ability to move objects up and down and scale up and down (can be done with a mod, but it's pretty clunky)
- The ability to change the height of individual rooms and create all sorts of split levels. The CFE cheat sorta allows this, but it's hard to use.
- The ability to freely place windows and doors and wall objects (strangely enough, the latter exist in Sims Medieval, which means TS3's engine is capable of such feature).

GAMEPLAY:
- Toddlers. I love how integrated they are in the game. In TS3, they feel like they're just there. They can't do much. Toddlers in 4 have waaaaay more interactions and things to do, and packs do a better job at integrating them (such as Seasons including a kiddie pool).
- The Calendar feature. I love that you can customize your own events and holidays.
- The Singing skill. I think it's pretty underrated. City Living did singing better than previous packs, and it's a pity they didn't add an active career for it. I love that you can sing a capella or with an instrument, including piano for the first time.
- The Group feature. Having the ability to do thing "together" makes outing a lot easier. It's better than having to click on every Sim and having to invite them to do something.

There are also some objects I would love to see in TS3 as well, such as the yoga mat (there's a mod, but it's not the same), the Don't-Wake-The-Llama game (which was also in TS2), the walk-in closets from Get Together, the vanity table from Vintage Glamour (there are vanity tables in TS3, but Sims don't see in front of it to put on makeup; I just love that interaction).

Overall, The Sims 3 has waaaaaaaaaaaay more interactive objects than TS4. I was struggling to come up with objects TS3 does NOT have. Even objects from TS1 managed to made their way to TS3, such as the mechanic bull and the canning station. Objects some people would assume are exclusive to TS4, such as the rock climbing wall and the ice cream maker, were actually released as premium Store objects. TS3 just have SO MUCH to do. No wonder most of us are still playing it on a regular basis.

Just had to pop in and give a loud AMEN to this @AnisEB97 :

I really did wish Sims 3 had a business type pack like the Sims 2's Open for Business. The Sims 3 Store stuff for retail is just not it at all, and the Sims 2 business system still reigns supreme to this day.

Yes it does! :star:



I don't play 4 (because the loss of an open world killed it for me...) so I dunno what specifically I would like to see from it in The Sims 3. I guess from what I remember in the short time I did play it, the epic building tools, pulling sliders in CAS, and the search bar would be lovely to have in The Sims 3. :) Those are the things I feel The Sims 4 did very right. ?



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I agree with the person who say that we need the search bar in build/buy mode as sometimes I forget where a certain item is. Now I do sometimes create new collection folders in the game for the items that I download from ATS3 and then sometimes putting EA content that I use the must in them with the CC.

I don't have all of the packs for TS4 as I only have 2 EP's and 1 SP, so I can only think of the things that are either in those packs and the BG and maybe a few things from the ones that I did the free trials on.

I do like the roof tool that TS4 has compared to how we have it in TS3. I like being able to just use the pull and tug for the roof from TS4 to create the height and width of the roof and especially if the house or other buildings on the lot will have different roof heights.

I also like how the game allows you to create a story for your sims while in CAS and then putting them in a career when you start your gameplay based on the answers that you give from the questions that's asked during the process.

I also love the calendar that TS4 has as you can see where the in-game holidays fall depending on the length of each season. Plus being able to create your own holidays and setting up what activities to do with each one or cancelling the holidays altogether if you're a player who doesn't celebrate any holidays at all.

I may had only played Snowy Escape during the free trial but I also like the idea of having our sims to either remove their shoes upon entering into their house and either going barefoot or putting on slippers. When I had played that pack and had sent my sim to Mt. Komorebi for vacation, I had noticed the signs in the house that we could click on that allowed the player to choose if the sims kept their shoes on or take them off. Of course I wish there was skiing in TS3 as well as sledding and snowboarding down a hill. And yes I know that we have snowboarding in TS3 but it's only limited to the snowboarding ramp, so it would had been nice to snowboard down the designated hills in the game.

I also tried the Eco-Living pack as well when it was on the free trial last year and just thought that it was cute how our sims could do woohoo in a dumpster. I just love the cute way the sims looked at one another and how the sim inside of the dumpster would help the other sim into the dumpster. And speaking of the EL Pack, I also love the idea of candle making even though I didn't get a chance to try that during the free trial and being able to recycle items using the recycling machine.

I love the little kiddie pools from the TS4 Seasons pack. And yes, I know that Sandy over at ATS had converted the pools from TS4 to TS3 so that we could use them in this version of our Sims games which I have downloaded into my game. But I know that there are a lot of people who would prefer to go CC/Mod free in TS3.

I remember when I first played TS4 Base Game and had sent my Sim to the park and spotted the pirate ship jungle gym there, I had her go over when she saw some kids playing on it and had her play with them. Of course playing with them meant that she went to the front of the boat and played like she was a sea creature.

There's a few more things that I see over in TS4 that I wish that we have over in TS3 but I will post later as I have got to go for now... :)

Calendars, holidays (sorry, but the TS3 ones just feel like another day), toddlers, and CAS in general. It's glaringly obvious that TS3 was made in the late 00s/2010s, and the "curly hair" (if you can call it that) is just awful.

"StrawberryYogurt;d-997566" wrote:
Either ep, gp, or sp. Or kit i guess :p

Like when playing TS3, 'Man I wish X was in this game too' do you have any?

*School projects for the kids. Those are grade boosters!
*All the sims 4 meals we can cook(including baking/gourmet meals)
*Actively going to work in the medical career on a normal schedule(seeing the inside of a hospital instead of doing a free clinic on a random lot)
*Teaching Toddlers/Children/Teens character values.
*I also wish all female clothing was maternity-enabled without the use of mods

I have more, but I can't remember them off the top of my head