Farming EP ideas!
Hey everyone! I've noticed a lot of posts asking for a farming EP over the past bunch of months, so my thought was, WHY NOT MAKE ANOTHER ONE?!?! Here are some ideas I'm really hoping to see! Hopefully...
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I have been wanting a Farm EP since early Sims3 days, but we only got a few box type things. Glad we did get them since they got rid of the Sims3, but I wanted a real farm.
I don't want horses in a Farming EP.
They take up so much resources and if that happens, there won't be hardly any real producing farm animals in it. What simmers that want a Farming EP forgets is that we don't get as much with EPs like we use to.
1. No underwater world in IP
2. only Cats & Dogs, no insects/fish/small animals in cages/rock pets/horses.,
3. 2nd example MFP with only a hamster
4. No houseboats in IP
5. No crystal ball(real working)
6. All the supernaturals in seperate packs and they were all in one in the Sims3
7. Spreading out hobbies like sewing and candlemaking instead of a hobbies pack
Well, Sims4 is riddled with examples.
therefore, if horses are in it, there won't be but maybe one or two farm animals represented and little or no farm equipment. With horses taking up so many resources, simmers who want farming can't have it both ways. This could be the only time to get these animals as I don't think they will revisit this subject again with so much missing from the Sims4 game. Equipment and farm produce animals says farming. Horses belong in an equestrian pack, midevil, fantasy(making unicorns & pegasus at the same time), cowboy pack, or something that they fit well into. And I have never figured out why anyone would think a werewolf would belong in a farming pack. Farming is about work and werewolves are not real and have nothing to do with farms or farmwork, which I know living in one of the biggest farm states in the US.
A real Farming EP should be all about the work, the equipment, the farm producing animals, new harvestables, new fence types, barns, and not furniture/ect. that we already have so much of taking up resources and adding zero to the real farming experience.
The main things I really want and think are needed to make it a real Farm EP are:
1. Equipment- tractors-plural both old and new, cab and no cab- a good selection. Plows, plant setters, and something to mass water the plants with that can attach to the tractors. Hand plows for the poor or for pioneer sims. Haybalers and tetters to make haybales. Square would be nice to.- Haybale woohoo as in Sims3.
2. Real producing animals- Pigs, chickens, cows, and goats are the main ones, but sheep would be nice too if they were added after the other four. These could have babies, be sold, and produce from them could be collected and sold.
3. Real farm crops- corn, green beans, peas, pinto beans are some of the main ones, but I think there should be more than that.
4. Fencing- electric that really shocks, barbed wire that cuts sims, rickety old fencing. Chicken wire fencing.
5. Barns- some in the premades in build and then whatever for those who like to build.
6. Real feed to buy. Sweet feed grain, salt blocks, and haybales(round & square-for sims who don't want to farm their own) for cows, leftovers made into slop for pigs and feed bags for them, chicken feed, goat feed, ect.
7. Farmer's Co-op to buy feed supplies, farm equipment, animals up for sale, and to sell off produce from animals and the farm animals a farmer doesn't want. Would love to go in like at the store from GTW and pick which animals and supplies I want.
8. troughs for pigs and cows. Round hay holders.
9. Farm career- raises animals and grows crops to make a living off of.
10. recipes- pinto beans, cornbread, and recipes that say farm eating
11. If anything for the house comes in, it would be nice if it doesn't take away from the first 10 above. antiques would be nice. Small milk jars with holding container, large milk jug decor piece, pitchfork(sims use to pitch hay to animals), ect., farm toys for kids, rag doll for girls/toddler girls/and infants if they are ever freed. Little House on the Prairie dresses for women/girls/toddler girls and pa type clothing for men, boys, and toddler boys
12. Making larger lots in the Farm neighborhood. This is a farming EP, so everyone should have some type of farm animal on their lot.
Could go with that traits about being City loving or Sulani loving.
If cows, pigs, chickens, and goats are put in and they want to put in sheep, they could be sheered and used to make stuff or the wool sold for money.
The faithful trait(negative to any romantic social and won't break off a marriage/engagement/boygirl friend relationship to go with anyone else; completely negative to all romantic socials no matter how long a sim tries nor how strong the friendship bar is. Friendship bar should dwindle down to nothing as romantic interactions are tried) would be nice since family and farms are together.
hard work moodlet- very powerful boost
I don't want horses in a Farming EP.
They take up so much resources and if that happens, there won't be hardly any real producing farm animals in it. What simmers that want a Farming EP forgets is that we don't get as much with EPs like we use to.
1. No underwater world in IP
2. only Cats & Dogs, no insects/fish/small animals in cages/rock pets/horses.,
3. 2nd example MFP with only a hamster
4. No houseboats in IP
5. No crystal ball(real working)
6. All the supernaturals in seperate packs and they were all in one in the Sims3
7. Spreading out hobbies like sewing and candlemaking instead of a hobbies pack
Well, Sims4 is riddled with examples.
therefore, if horses are in it, there won't be but maybe one or two farm animals represented and little or no farm equipment. With horses taking up so many resources, simmers who want farming can't have it both ways. This could be the only time to get these animals as I don't think they will revisit this subject again with so much missing from the Sims4 game. Equipment and farm produce animals says farming. Horses belong in an equestrian pack, midevil, fantasy(making unicorns & pegasus at the same time), cowboy pack, or something that they fit well into. And I have never figured out why anyone would think a werewolf would belong in a farming pack. Farming is about work and werewolves are not real and have nothing to do with farms or farmwork, which I know living in one of the biggest farm states in the US.
A real Farming EP should be all about the work, the equipment, the farm producing animals, new harvestables, new fence types, barns, and not furniture/ect. that we already have so much of taking up resources and adding zero to the real farming experience.
The main things I really want and think are needed to make it a real Farm EP are:
1. Equipment- tractors-plural both old and new, cab and no cab- a good selection. Plows, plant setters, and something to mass water the plants with that can attach to the tractors. Hand plows for the poor or for pioneer sims. Haybalers and tetters to make haybales. Square would be nice to.- Haybale woohoo as in Sims3.
2. Real producing animals- Pigs, chickens, cows, and goats are the main ones, but sheep would be nice too if they were added after the other four. These could have babies, be sold, and produce from them could be collected and sold.
3. Real farm crops- corn, green beans, peas, pinto beans are some of the main ones, but I think there should be more than that.
4. Fencing- electric that really shocks, barbed wire that cuts sims, rickety old fencing. Chicken wire fencing.
5. Barns- some in the premades in build and then whatever for those who like to build.
6. Real feed to buy. Sweet feed grain, salt blocks, and haybales(round & square-for sims who don't want to farm their own) for cows, leftovers made into slop for pigs and feed bags for them, chicken feed, goat feed, ect.
7. Farmer's Co-op to buy feed supplies, farm equipment, animals up for sale, and to sell off produce from animals and the farm animals a farmer doesn't want. Would love to go in like at the store from GTW and pick which animals and supplies I want.
8. troughs for pigs and cows. Round hay holders.
9. Farm career- raises animals and grows crops to make a living off of.
10. recipes- pinto beans, cornbread, and recipes that say farm eating
11. If anything for the house comes in, it would be nice if it doesn't take away from the first 10 above. antiques would be nice. Small milk jars with holding container, large milk jug decor piece, pitchfork(sims use to pitch hay to animals), ect., farm toys for kids, rag doll for girls/toddler girls/and infants if they are ever freed. Little House on the Prairie dresses for women/girls/toddler girls and pa type clothing for men, boys, and toddler boys
12. Making larger lots in the Farm neighborhood. This is a farming EP, so everyone should have some type of farm animal on their lot.
Could go with that traits about being City loving or Sulani loving.
If cows, pigs, chickens, and goats are put in and they want to put in sheep, they could be sheered and used to make stuff or the wool sold for money.
The faithful trait(negative to any romantic social and won't break off a marriage/engagement/boygirl friend relationship to go with anyone else; completely negative to all romantic socials no matter how long a sim tries nor how strong the friendship bar is. Friendship bar should dwindle down to nothing as romantic interactions are tried) would be nice since family and farms are together.
hard work moodlet- very powerful boost
