"MadameLee;c-16734445" wrote:
@changelings the idea of townies being generated with disabilities would infuriate some simmers who don't want disabilities "thrust upon them"-so you would need a way for it to be turned off But I am aware that Sim Guru Grant, one of the developers wouldn't want autism/mental health to be a trait. I'm one of the ones who do want disabilities.
and I know that so far they talked to people (Simmers) who use wheelchairs and hearing impaired or deaf folks.
Sim Guru Grant doesn't want it to be a trait - and neither do I! It would be distasteful and oversimplified, as Grant put it, to make it something on the level of "Loves outdoors".
Not wanting disability to be a trait =/= not wanting disabilities! It just means it would be implemented in a different way. I used the word "trait" in my post, but I was referring to a separate system with the same name (I couldn't think of anything better).
Anyway, I'm excited!
"Tiarella;c-16735598" wrote:
I would :love: love to have this in my game!
I don't think they'll do it for TS4, and I fear that if they tried, it wouldn't work very well--not because the idea isn't good, but because they won't allocate the resources needed to do a good job. (I've become pretty cynical about EA using TS4 as a cash cow. /moo :unamused: ) Nonetheless, it's a :star: great :star: suggestion, and I'd want to buy an expansion pack that added so much to the game.
Players have been asking for sims with disabilities since The Sims first took off. Closest I remember Maxis/EA coming was decorative walking canes for elderly sims--was that TS2 or 3? I forget. It's time!
(In answer to your question, I'm physically disabled, and have many neurodivergent relatives.)
I'm a little worried too about it being done poorly, but they seem genuinely interested and I've really been liking the way they've handled things lately. They *have* put out significant free content updates in the past (gender overhaul, toddlers, and then the recent Carribean update) as well as really well done, non-"cash cow" type things like Seasons, which so many of us genuinely loved. While I don't think a system as complex as the one I described would happen, I think they might be able to come up with a similar workable idea for free. And they did say that such an update would be free if it were to happen!
Hope it all works out.
