CC Expansion Pack

No thanks. I don’t want an expansion slot taken up by badly created junk and game breaking mods. If you want to pay cc and mod creators for their stuff, there is nothing stopping you from sending them your money now without trying to force me to as well.

"g01denswan;c-17955381" wrote:
No thanks. I don’t want an expansion slot taken up by badly created junk and game breaking mods. If you want to pay cc and mod creators for their stuff, there is nothing stopping you from sending them your money now without trying to force me to as well.

WOW! That was a little harsh!

And the OP is on console, so she can't use mods/CC or I'm sure she would not have made the suggestion.

Also expansion packs are not ever required, so you would never be "forced to spend your money" on it if the devs ever decided to take up this suggestion.

Anyway back on topic, this is not something I personally would be interested in, simply because an Expansion Pack is supposed to "expand" the game and bring new game play. Most modders and CC Creators can't do new animations, routing, etc or write code for a totally new, unique object that has different interactions and mechanics.

And while I appreciate the work that goes into making CC (as I am a CC creator myself and I know what's involved), more "stuff" is not what I'm looking for in an expansion pack. If it was stuff pack, that would be different, but I still would probably not be interested in it simply because there are very few CC creators who actually create unique and different things. For the most part they hack up existing EA meshes and combine them to create something "new" which inevitably looks re-markedly similar to what is already in the game.

I want packs that bring totally new and refreshing items, styles, and game play.

I think it sounds like a good idea, but I thin k it could easily end up with half the content already existing in many sims games. So, maybe it would work better with simmers on console? I would not buy it, because I already have plenty CC. But others might like getting served some of the better CC out there without needing to spend hours searching for it. Could work for lots of simmers, sure :)

This sounds messy

Expansion packs should also expand the game and provide new gameplays and interactions. CAS items are not enough, it will not be worth $40. So no.

"g01denswan;c-17955381" wrote:
No thanks. I don’t want an expansion slot taken up by badly created junk and game breaking mods. If you want to pay cc and mod creators for their stuff, there is nothing stopping you from sending them your money now without trying to force me to as well.

Agree with the sentiment, but it really wasn't necessary to mock CC creators like that. And who is forcing anyone to buy a pack?

As for the original post, I definitely wouldn't want a paid "cc pack", kind of the entire point of CC is that it's free player made add ons and not paid in game content. I suppose it could be cool if they had some creators help out with items though similar to how they've got players to build for recent packs. Because no offense to the Sims team, but a lot of CC creators definitely have more of a clue when it comes to fashion and hairstyles than them ?

They could add the well made and interesting cc stuff as free updates, like they did with the furniture items before.

While it's an interesting idea, I agree with the point that it might work better as a Stuff Pack or Kit rather than an expansion. Maybe a Game Pack - maybe, if they had enough of a cohesive theme.

"Chicklet453681;c-17955459" wrote:

"g01denswan;c-17955381" wrote:
No thanks. I don’t want an expansion slot taken up by badly created junk and game breaking mods. If you want to pay cc and mod creators for their stuff, there is nothing stopping you from sending them your money now without trying to force me to as well.

WOW! That was a little harsh!

And the OP is on console, so she can't use mods/CC or I'm sure she would not have made the suggestion.

Also expansion packs are not ever required, so you would never be "forced to spend your money" on it if the devs ever decided to take up this suggestion.

Anyway back on topic, this is not something I personally would be interested in, simply because an Expansion Pack is supposed to "expand" the game and bring new game play. Most modders and CC Creators can't do new animations, routing, etc or write code for a totally new, unique object that has different interactions and mechanics.

And while I appreciate the work that goes into making CC (as I am a CC creator myself and I know what's involved), more "stuff" is not what I'm looking for in an expansion pack. If it was stuff pack, that would be different, but I still would probably not be interested in it simply because there are very few CC creators who actually create unique and different things. For the most part they hack up existing EA meshes and combine them to create something "new" which inevitably looks re-markedly similar to what is already in the game.

I want packs that bring totally new and refreshing items, styles, and game play.

Was it harsh? I don’t think so. What’s wrong with calling baldly created junk just that? Have you seen some of the stuff out there? She wants No restrictions, no limitations and no specified theme. I don’t know about you, but I would not be okay with adult themed content, stuff with blood and gore, content with a different art style, or altered texture files without mesh changes.

Concerning not being forced to spend my money, it wasn’t that long ago when fans of game influencers requested that game influencers build the lots and now we already have 3 packs with their builds. This would be much worst as we can just demolished the game influencers’ lots and replace with our own if we don’t like them, but we can’t just delete content we don’t like in packs and replace with what we want. If the request is approved, it’s highly likely it won’t be limited to a single pack so I would be forced to support cc and mod creators if I want future content.

"Onverser;c-17955855" wrote:

"g01denswan;c-17955381" wrote:
No thanks. I don’t want an expansion slot taken up by badly created junk and game breaking mods. If you want to pay cc and mod creators for their stuff, there is nothing stopping you from sending them your money now without trying to force me to as well.

Agree with the sentiment, but it really wasn't necessary to mock CC creators like that. And who is forcing anyone to buy a pack?

As for the original post, I definitely wouldn't want a paid "cc pack", kind of the entire point of CC is that it's free player made add ons and not paid in game content. I suppose it could be cool if they had some creators help out with items though similar to how they've got players to build for recent packs. Because no offense to the Sims team, but a lot of CC creators definitely have more of a clue when it comes to fashion and hairstyles than them ?

Not sure why you think I was mocking cc creators. Some of them do create high quality stuff. Was I not supposed to notice that some cc are badly made and/or is a different art style? Sorry if you are offended, but stuff I don’t like is junk to me since they just take up space.

As for being forced to buy a pack, what other option would I have if the cc is included in all future packs that I would otherwise want? Game changer built lots have been included in all 3 packs that include lots since they were first added in Snowy Escape so this would likely be added to all future packs as well if approved.

If console players want cc and mods, why don’t they request optional free packs like the Christmas pack instead of paid packs? That way the rest of us aren’t made to chose between either tolerating stuff we don’t want in our game or not buying a wanted pack. And players who can’t afford additional content won’t have to then lose out on cc as well.