10 years ago

UPDATED Sims 4 Season expansion pack HAS to have Disasters!!

So everyone was yelling about seasons being the second expansion pack and i agree. BUT i'm tired of the same: Summer,Winter,Fall and spring aspect. I want something more, that would be, NATURAL DISASTERS.

Tornadoes at Spring!
Earthquakes at Summer!
Flood at Fall!
Blizzard at Winter!

So much ideas!

I know all this is very hard and require A LOT of coding. But it will be so worth it!...Share you're ideas and tell me what you think.

EDIT: Since some people don't want disasters that would be cool to be able to turn them off.

EDIT: Okay so here's what disasters would do, but firstly let's start by saying that they will not have a big impact on you're house or you're family, but they will mess with you're game a little bit.

Let's start with tornadoes: Tornadoes will occur at spring time, firstly you will see a warning sign that tornadoe is occuring at certain time and at certain day so you better take a shelter (New tornadoe shelter would be included) Firstly it will start raining then it get dark and then at BACKROUND
you will see a big twister.

And here's the impact on you're GamePlay:

- You will lose electricity and water. (Works the same as you wouldn't pay bills)
-It will give you're sims some scared moodlets.
-You will have some dirt piles around you're house. (Same as when earthquakes occurred in the sims 3 ambitions)
-And if you will not take the shelter you have a small chance of one of you're sims dying from the twister. (The death is gonna be very rare)

Now earthquakes at summer:

-You're screen will be moving
-You're sims will get some scared moodlets
-And you will have some dirt piles around you're house. (Same as when earthquakes occurred in the sims 3 ambitions)
(There is no gonna be death by earthquake)

Flood at Fall:

-Half of you're house is gonna be in water and you're sims will be able to swim in it. (The water will disappear after the time)
NOTE: The flood will not change you're house and will not do any damage.
-From swimming in the flood you're sim may get a playful moodlet, maybe ''Danger is fun''?

Blizzard At winter:

-You will lose water (Because it's so cold and water will freeze)
-ALL of you're sims will get ''Cold'' moodlet
-If you're sim will be in light clothes for example swimwear, and will go outside they will get ''Very Cold'' Moodlet and if they will continiue walking while in ''Very cold'' moodlet, they have a chance of dying from cold.
-Warming you're self near a fireplace will remove ''Cold'' moodlet

And when any of these disasters will occur, you're sims job will be canceled for that day. (Same with children)

So what you guys think now? Do you agree? Share you're ideas.

MzB06
Seasoned Newcomer
10 years ago
"MarianneSimmer;13483292" wrote:
"2HubbiesNLove;13483023" wrote:
For severity of storm sake I'd have to pass on "tornadoes" and "earthquakes" just for the fact that if I put a lot of time and effort in my Sim family and a disaster snuck up on them- losing everything I spent hours working on would just be for nothing. Maybe thunderstorms for ambiance with rolling thunder and animated back drops of lightning flashing. And where I live even though it's a southern state we don't get rain in the fall. It usually starts snowing mid October lol. We normally get flooding bad in the spring to early summer.

I once thought about natural disasters and thought it would be awesome and add a lot of rich gameplay, but than I thought- oh, how much of headache it would be to have my household killed off and/or their home destroyed due to annoying weather. If they did add those types of disasters into an expansion pack than definitely need a option to turn them off. I normally always turn seasons off anyway.

Yes.

Exactly. I love Seasons, but having the concept of a random weather disaster occur and destroy everything you've worked hard on would be a major pain....in the foot :D
ShadoShryke
10 years ago
If they did something like this, they should do the following:

Make a gradient setting for allowing a certain % chance of them (25/50/70/100) but have it be random disaster events based on time of year.
- Flooding in rainy seasons (fall, winter, spring)
- tornado/hurricane affects in Spring/Fall
- Earthquake with a chance of some minor damage to the home or just spooking (emotional triggers) Sims for a period of time

Disasters should not necessarily damage your house or specific area, but could have other affects on power or travel too and from work:
- Massive flooding or snow in nearby area causes you to be hour later too and from work, reducing $$ per day
- Schools and Businesses closed due to inclement weather - You got a free SNOW DAY!!
- Power outage due to tornado hitting the local power station for

Either way, if they did this, they should have a disable/enable toggle, just as they do in the SimCity games and just like Aging in the Sims titles.

Knowing the Sims team, they could handle it with humor and finesse, just like the Zombie-pocalypse and garbage monster disasters that happens in SimCity.
SimHustler
10 years ago
> @ShadoShyrke said:
> If they did something like this, they should do the following:
>
> Make a gradient setting for allowing a certain % chance of them (25/50/70/100) but have it be random disaster events based on time of year.
> - Flooding in rainy seasons (fall, winter, spring)
> - tornado/hurricane affects in Spring/Fall
> - Earthquake with a chance of some minor damage to the home or just spooking (emotional triggers) Sims for a period of time
>
> Disasters should not necessarily damage your house or specific area, but could have other affects on power or travel too and from work:
> - Massive flooding or snow in nearby area causes you to be hour later too and from work, reducing $$ per day
> - Schools and Businesses closed due to inclement weather - You got a free SNOW DAY!!
> - Power outage due to tornado hitting the local power station for
>
> Either way, if they did this, they should have a disable/enable toggle, just as they do in the SimCity games and just like Aging in the Sims titles.
>
> Knowing the Sims team, they could handle it with humor and finesse, just like the Zombie-pocalypse and garbage monster disasters that happens in SimCity.

This exactly, I would like to control the chances of it happening, and I would like to see power outages for a couple hours and snow days. Maybe a down tree that you have to chop up or something like that. Maybe it you loose a panel of siding or have to redo your roof. I dont want to loose my sims homes but slight damage could be fun.
Prink34320
10 years ago
I remember accidentally summoning a meteor shower into my Sims' house on the PS3 version of The Sims 3... my Sims just aged together and got married, the party was on fire, literally, everyone was dancing like maniacs trying to escape a burning house :3
SZ5061
10 years ago
I love the ideas of Disasters, however i think it would be better if they were a "distant" thing. For example, in the spring time there is a tornado warning in Willow Creek, it starts hailing, then raining and the wind picks up, branches fall, lightning strikes, power goes out, and in the distance where the backdrop is you see a simulated tornado away from the town, so you dont have to worry about your house getting destroyed but you get the simulation of a tornado in the distance.
AussieSimmer1
10 years ago
Disasters/Seasons were both mentioned in the survey that was sent out last year.
Cynel1
10 years ago
"SZ5061;13489986" wrote:
I love the ideas of Disasters, however i think it would be better if they were a "distant" thing. For example, in the spring time there is a tornado warning in Willow Creek, it starts hailing, then raining and the wind picks up, branches fall, lightning strikes, power goes out, and in the distance where the backdrop is you see a simulated tornado away from the town, so you dont have to worry about your house getting destroyed but you get the simulation of a tornado in the distance.

I like that it makes it less Stressful on the players Operating system.
LyricAiLove95
10 years ago
I think disasters should be very rare occurrences, but also I wouldn't mind seeing a sand storm for Oasis Springs and heavier rain fall for Willow Creek. Make some things world exclusive.
Hamsysincy
Rising Rookie
10 years ago
You need to explain how the disaster works and what are their impacts?

Tornadoes at Spring
Earthquakes at Summer
Flood at Fall
Blizzard at Winter

If they destroy houses and kill sims, i would not want them at all in Seasons EP. Imagine you have to go thru every cycle and anxiously hope that the disasters wont fall upon your household.
But if they have a non destructive impacts outdoor and some effects on Sims, i wouldn't mind.

Anyhow, i am not keen on this idea. No offence :smile:
FriendlySimmers
New Traveler
10 years ago
sorry op but i have toi disagree wityh you i do went seasons but i do not went disaters