Option to turn off loading screens.

"Haskorentaro;13011130" wrote:
> @Writin_Reg said:

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> They have to know that not everyone owns a gaming computer. They sure as heck designed the game as if no one did.

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> I totally agree with that.





You dont need a gaming laptop in the world of 2014, I play sims 3 fine on a $350 laptop. I think its people playing on outdated computers, besides putting everything on high isnt always good.

Higher is better.

I didn't mind at first because my loading times were short. But they do increase. I've tried on two systems, both with SSDs (well, the notebook has an mSSD, but same difference), and on both gaming laptop and (older but still exceeding recommended specs) gaming desktop, after awhile, loading screens were taking an excess of a minute. This means two minutes to get anywhere, which is ridiculous.

Of course, neither system had those 3 second load times I see some people mention (but have never seen either in the wild or on anyone's stream), but it was okay when they were 10-15 seconds. When they started hitting 20 seconds, it started getting annoying. because that's 20 seconds to get to the map, then 20 seconds to get to the new lot.

And those times when you can't travel with a member of your household for some inexplicable reason and you have to go back to them to travel? Again, that's more time.

I do not mind waiting for lots to render in sims 3 because I have a good video card and it takes a second. I use relativity so travel time is a non-issue for me as well. And I can actually leave someone writing a book or painting a painting while I have another sim go do something.

See, what doesn't make sense to me is that most people who play video games like playing on higher end machines. They must have been aiming for people who play zynga games instead of standalone PC games. The problem is, they want the type of free to play model, but they don't understand the different market. The free 2 play people aren't going to shell out $70 for a game, so it doesn't matter if it will run on their netbook or not.

What they should do is what they were doing before -- have a game that appeals to PC users. Aim for people who use midrange machines and have a good engines to build on. Then do what they were doing in the Sims 3 -- sell a bunch of stuff that some people will buy and some won't.

Then also have your free 2 play game. Have it be based on the standalone game, and have it run in a web browser. That way people can idly play on their phones or whatnot. That way you're going after both markets plus have overlap. But you want to win the people who are investing money in their systems and games first -- they're more likely to pay extra for F2P stuff than the people who just want to play F2P stuff.

"ejoslin;13011173" wrote:
See, what doesn't make sense to me is that most people who play video games like playing on higher end machines. They must have been aiming for people who play zynga games instead of standalone PC games. The problem is, they want the type of free to play model, but they don't understand the different market. The free 2 play people aren't going to shell out $70 for a game, so it doesn't matter if it will run on their netbook or not.

What they should do is what they were doing before -- have a game that appeals to PC users. Aim for people who use midrange machines and have a good engines to build on. Then do what they were doing in the Sims 3 -- sell a bunch of stuff that some people will buy and some won't.

Then also have your free 2 play game. Have it be based on the standalone game, and have it run in a web browser. That way people can idly play on their phones or whatnot. That way you're going after both markets plus have overlap. But you want to win the people who are investing money in their systems and games first -- they're more likely to pay extra for F2P stuff than the people who just want to play F2P stuff.

Yep. And they started going after the Zynga crowd. Here a quote from an article regarding Zynga's current status: "No one's surprised that Zynga is now hemorrhaging money and employees. Zynga's core strategy was "Find the most easily distracted people in the world, then try to hold their attention for several years."

But you keep trying EA. Just be careful what you wish for.

"CrackFox;13011313" wrote:
I firmly believe that they left out open worlds because of the time situation. It was a rushed game and lots of features were left out to save time, toddlers, ghost and pools to name a few. They left them out because creating a game engine without them was much quicker and less expensive. I don't think they did it for the fans who had crappy computers, that is just a convenient excuse, I believe so anyway.

I just think it would have been odd to have gotten a game with open worlds and still be missing lots of basic features, colour wheel included. Where those things also left out for the player's benefit? I'm sure if they could pretend they were then they would.

By the way I love the Sims 2 and I don't really mind not having open worlds. This if from a person who isn't particularly angry about the situation.

I don't know too much about the technical parts of game development but I'm pretty sure that's something that would have excluded pretty early one. Mostly because it was an online game like Sims online, it's really looks similar with the areas and all.

They will always pretend that they were doing it for the players but we know EA ;)

"CrackFox;13011313" wrote:
I firmly believe that they left out open worlds because of the time situation. It was a rushed game and lots of features were left out to save time, toddlers, ghost and pools to name a few. They left them out because creating a game engine without them was much quicker and less expensive. I don't think they did it for the fans who had crappy computers, that is just a convenient excuse, I believe so anyway.

I just think it would have been odd to have gotten a game with open worlds and still be missing lots of basic features, colour wheel included. Where those things also left out for the player's benefit? I'm sure if they could pretend they were then they would.

By the way I love the Sims 2 and I don't really mind not having open worlds. This if from a person who isn't particularly angry about the situation.

@Schweighsr made an excellent post about this and I can only recommend everybody reads it:
http://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/801025/ea-silence-on-family-play-and-family-play-fans/p33

If only there was a mod to disable the video for the loading screen I would be soo happy. I didn't mind it before but now it's just a continuous loop

Thank you for the mention, Cyron43!

I wouldn't count on the loading screens to be reduced w/o them altering the game's engine and it would not be possible due to the complexity of under taking a task. If Sims 5 makes a appearance it may be possible for them to do so. Sometimes trying to appease low tech just do not work because you cannot use the tech that is available today to it's full potential.

LAWL the title still makes me laugh....
Option, turn off.
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