Build/buy mode has too much stuff
I have almost all packs, and I love building houses. When the game first came out I could easily build a nice home in 1-2 hours. Now it would take me almost the double time because all the stuff I ...
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I agree to most of this, and thank you to the person mentioning there is a mod to expand the catalog - it always drove me nuts to scroll only 2 lines at the time. Back in TS2 we got added a small arrow and by clicking it we could expand to five(?) rows. They could do that again.
I rarely use the search. Even if I think I searched a smart quote, the list of results is so narrow that with tons of items in the catalog I only get to see the first ten (?). Also wish the results could show the object icon, then I would not need to check all options in case they are what I am looking for - and perform the search again and again. So, it's useless.
I wish there was a custom system to add each and every catalog item to 5 new categories. We could name those categories any way we would like, personally I would use them to separate royal furniture from broken 2nd hand stuff. I f there were 5 categories, I'd use them to grade content on a scale from cheap to expensive - not talking about the cost of each item, but the style. A smaller item that is luxurious won't always be in the §1000 range...
Also would like to adjust price tag and catalog categories even, for some items. EA might add similar items over time, instead of grouping them by cost and category, they might be spread on multiple categories, even. Even worse, curtains might be tagged "wall hanging" and a framed painting might be tagged "misc decorative". I'm surprised that EA obviously don't use a basic category defining making it easier for their teams to think along the same lines. I still don't know when EA see an item as Deco/Sculpture instead of Deco/Misc.
It's so easy with the CC because then I can decide for myself what category and price-tag to add. And I often disagree with the creator, but adjustments makes it much quicker for me to find the item when I need it.
When I build I spend way too much time just scrolling the catalogs because I can't find what I'm looking for. So, I build less than I would with a better system.
That said - I think we've got an amazing amount of good BB objects with TS4!
I rarely use the search. Even if I think I searched a smart quote, the list of results is so narrow that with tons of items in the catalog I only get to see the first ten (?). Also wish the results could show the object icon, then I would not need to check all options in case they are what I am looking for - and perform the search again and again. So, it's useless.
I wish there was a custom system to add each and every catalog item to 5 new categories. We could name those categories any way we would like, personally I would use them to separate royal furniture from broken 2nd hand stuff. I f there were 5 categories, I'd use them to grade content on a scale from cheap to expensive - not talking about the cost of each item, but the style. A smaller item that is luxurious won't always be in the §1000 range...
Also would like to adjust price tag and catalog categories even, for some items. EA might add similar items over time, instead of grouping them by cost and category, they might be spread on multiple categories, even. Even worse, curtains might be tagged "wall hanging" and a framed painting might be tagged "misc decorative". I'm surprised that EA obviously don't use a basic category defining making it easier for their teams to think along the same lines. I still don't know when EA see an item as Deco/Sculpture instead of Deco/Misc.
It's so easy with the CC because then I can decide for myself what category and price-tag to add. And I often disagree with the creator, but adjustments makes it much quicker for me to find the item when I need it.
When I build I spend way too much time just scrolling the catalogs because I can't find what I'm looking for. So, I build less than I would with a better system.
That said - I think we've got an amazing amount of good BB objects with TS4!
