Ideas at a Glance for Toddlers
So as an aside from the family play thread chat I wanted to offer people a place to suggest their ideas for a perfect scenarios for toddlers in TS4 in a bite size format as suggested by a couple of us...
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Hi guys, loving the pics and fantastic ideas all around. I was trying to put together requests from the family play thread a while back, just keeping to the most basic most repeated ones. I know it's not nearly all of what people wanted but tbh I also got bogged down trying to reread that thread! Anyway if it's ok I'll just toss my findings here, sorry it's not all completely toddler specific. :#
Babies – free from crib or at least remove need to set baby down in between interactions. Possible compromise, allow baby to be moved to other objects ie baby sling, pram etc.
Toddlers – patch them in with at least the level of interaction they had in S3. Add content either in a GP or EP that expands on their gameplay. We want toddlers that are challenging, adorable, interactive, unique, and - for those of us that don’t like them - skippable.
Children – More ‘play’ interactions such as tag, make believe, dress up etc. so that they no longer sit around chatting calmly all day.
Teens – Differentiate them from adults. This could be done in a variety of ways, the foremost of which is to make them shorter. Other options include adding teen specific aspirations, activities and behaviors ie. Mood swings, rebelling, ‘hanging out’, etc.
Milestones
Important moments in a sims life should matter to them, and their families. Milestones should be recognized in some way. Perhaps by a moodlet in-game, preferably effecting emotions/behaviour of the entire family, and effected by traits and relationships.
Walk
Talk
Potty training
First day of school
Addition of new family member
First crush
Elementary school graduation
Prom/Graduation
First job
Engagement
Wedding
Funerals/death
Emotions
Proud
Events
Wedding parties
Baby Birthdays
Funerals
Prom
NPCs
Baby sitter
Social Services Worker
General Gameplay
Less linear family aspirations
Uncontrolled sims should not start up affairs unless their traits encourage it
Bug/Feature Fixes
Culling
Incest bug
Name chance after marriage option
Mendelian Genetics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mendelian_inheritance
Family Tree
Preserve sim portraits even after sim is culled
Maintain familial bonds even if ancestor is culled
Babies – free from crib or at least remove need to set baby down in between interactions. Possible compromise, allow baby to be moved to other objects ie baby sling, pram etc.
Toddlers – patch them in with at least the level of interaction they had in S3. Add content either in a GP or EP that expands on their gameplay. We want toddlers that are challenging, adorable, interactive, unique, and - for those of us that don’t like them - skippable.
Children – More ‘play’ interactions such as tag, make believe, dress up etc. so that they no longer sit around chatting calmly all day.
Teens – Differentiate them from adults. This could be done in a variety of ways, the foremost of which is to make them shorter. Other options include adding teen specific aspirations, activities and behaviors ie. Mood swings, rebelling, ‘hanging out’, etc.
Milestones
Important moments in a sims life should matter to them, and their families. Milestones should be recognized in some way. Perhaps by a moodlet in-game, preferably effecting emotions/behaviour of the entire family, and effected by traits and relationships.
Walk
Talk
Potty training
First day of school
Addition of new family member
First crush
Elementary school graduation
Prom/Graduation
First job
Engagement
Wedding
Funerals/death
Emotions
Proud
Events
Wedding parties
Baby Birthdays
Funerals
Prom
NPCs
Baby sitter
Social Services Worker
General Gameplay
Less linear family aspirations
Uncontrolled sims should not start up affairs unless their traits encourage it
Bug/Feature Fixes
Culling
Name chance after marriage option
Mendelian Genetics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mendelian_inheritance
Family Tree
Preserve sim portraits even after sim is culled
Maintain familial bonds even if ancestor is culled
