Sims 4 "create-a-style-tool"?

Maybe in the Sims 5, if we get that far.

I don't want to see a Sims 5 if this is what they call Sims 4, but unfortunately, no, there is no create a still tool. Not even a colour wheel :(

They could perhaps offer an external app to do what CAST did in TS3, no one really knows beyond it not being in the release of the base game.

"pc452000;12526526" wrote:
unfortunately The CASt was the MAIN REASON The Sims 3 was so LAGGY even on high end rigs. So EA scrapped it. I am on their side, in this issue, Why put in something that will just hold back another franchise? If TS4 had Create a style, it wouldn't be anything more that a Sims 3.5... I honestly never used CASt.. it was clunky and just boring in my opinion.. I won't miss pools or toddlers or cars either..

I will half miss Create a Style, just because I do like to make accents match main colors, but I am still playing Sims 3 and will be for awhile, so it's not that serious.

As far as pools, I never built them except as accents, and even then it was rare. Cars I only bought during the "midlife crisis" to get the 10k lifetime points. They sat in the family inventory otherwise. Toddlers, if they weren't as boring as in the Sims 3 I'd play again, Sims 2 toddlers were much better, much more toddler like. But, I usually just adopt children in order to get to teen/adult stages so I was never upset over that loss. Maybe by the time I buy Sims 4, toddlers will be there again.

"pc452000;12526526" wrote:
unfortunately The CASt was the MAIN REASON The Sims 3 was so LAGGY even on high end rigs. So EA scrapped it. I am on their side, in this issue, Why put in something that will just hold back another franchise? If TS4 had Create a style, it wouldn't be anything more that a Sims 3.5... I honestly never used CASt.. it was clunky and just boring in my opinion.. I won't miss pools or toddlers or cars either..

Nope cast was so laggy thanks to downloads and broken pattern people downloaded.

I just reinstalled Sims 3 with all addons but without mods and downloads and it runs beautifully smooth

Seems TS4's plummy game engine can't cope with CASt - or pretty much anything except Emotions (which hardly work either). Yes, I share your disappointment too.

"keyb0x;12526530" wrote:
They could perhaps offer an external app to do what CAST did in TS3, no one really knows beyond it not being in the release of the base game.

I would be really happy with this. Sort of like The Body Shop was for Sims 2. If EA doesn't offer it, I'm hoping that a modder will create an easy-to-use tool that will serve the same purpose.

"Niana;12526594" wrote:

"pc452000;12526526" wrote:
unfortunately The CASt was the MAIN REASON The Sims 3 was so LAGGY even on high end rigs. So EA scrapped it. I am on their side, in this issue, Why put in something that will just hold back another franchise? If TS4 had Create a style, it wouldn't be anything more that a Sims 3.5... I honestly never used CASt.. it was clunky and just boring in my opinion.. I won't miss pools or toddlers or cars either..

Nope cast was so laggy thanks to downloads and broken pattern people downloaded.

I just reinstalled Sims 3 with all addons but without mods and downloads and it runs beautifully smooth

I have The Sims 3 with no mods or downloads and mine has always been laggy because of CASt.

No.
The create a style tool is something that needs to be coded into the game engine from the beginning, some people don't actually stop and think how it works and how much stress it puts on the game engine.

Every object in the sims 3 are the same, white default models with a 'skin' over them.. that's why you have to wait for these textures to load because EVERY object in the game needs it's textures reloaded over and over due to fact you can alter them on the fly.

While it was a good idea on paper it wasn't that great of a system, you can't put bump maps or reflections on the textures because they're basically all the same skin.

The Sims 4 textures have reflections on hard shiny floors, bump maps etc.. and no memory leaks waiting for textures pop in.

"Premi;775120" wrote:
Will The Sims 4 have the "create-a-style-tool" that sims 3 had? where you could fully customize your stuff? I hope it's not that "existing variants" thing, because that's VERY disappointing. That was my favorite part of Sims 3 and I was hoping they would make it even better in Sims 4.

Sadly, no. When they designed the game to be an MMO originally, they decided that letting people use CASt would be too hard. So they cut it completely out of the game. Also, they can now sell you recolors through the store!