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sailorleontine
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can we have a pack based on The Netherlands?

as a Dutchy myself coming from The Netherlands, i want these in The Sims 4 and the first non-tropical world with a beach, i can't think of in other stuff
i'm also thinking about dykes and polders, the closest world we can get is Windenburg but that world is based on Germany, i want to have
The Netherlands country in The Sims 4 based on things other country don't have including some Dutch games and food

also a special event like Henford-On-Bagley, San Myshuno, Mt.Komorebi and Copperdale but in a unique way, we have our own thing like traditional Dutch games
(especially good for little kids since we need more options on kids) and Carnival that's in like each ages

and the Dutch climate wise: in Summer it's not too hot and in winter it's not too cold

(i think it's simulair with Windenburg except it's not that very hot in Summer, 15 up to 20 degrees)

maybe with flowers we can have a category for each flowers with the likes and dislikes

possibly a personality trait like direct and honest (we have a "act normal" attitude and can be in the complain category)

i can't think up other ideas based on The Netherlands but i hope EA sees this

 

  • @sailorleontine that's a great pack theme. I had a fun trip to the Netherlands from the UK on a Ferry several years ago. It's certainly unique in so many ways and could provide so much inspiration. I'd love to be able to build a windmill. I remember travelling around and thinking it's not like anywhere I've ever been before.

    It would be a good way to introduce soccer to the game as well since so many great players and revolutionary coaching techniques have originated from the Netherlands.

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  • @sailorleontine that's a great pack theme. I had a fun trip to the Netherlands from the UK on a Ferry several years ago. It's certainly unique in so many ways and could provide so much inspiration. I'd love to be able to build a windmill. I remember travelling around and thinking it's not like anywhere I've ever been before.

    It would be a good way to introduce soccer to the game as well since so many great players and revolutionary coaching techniques have originated from the Netherlands.

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    sailorleontine
    Seasoned Ace
    9 months ago

    omg i haven't even thought of that, The Sims 2 used to had soccer (kind of) i hope we can get that back

    at first i was thinking about bikes but we already have them in The Sims 4 haha :D
    (same with ice-skating since we're so good at it but we already have them in seasons if i'm not wrong)

    can't speak for other countries but where i'm from we have modern houses, i don't think we have one other then Del Sol Valley maybe
    modern apartments too, i'm so in for more modern options in The Sims 4 worlds 🙂
    (i don't live in one but modern houses and apartments are there in The Netherlands)

    i'm so in for Soccer in the game since we don't have any

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    sailorleontine
    Seasoned Ace
    2 months ago

    that's technically based on Sweden actually but i understand where this comes from because everybody thought it was gonna be based on The Netherlands and i'm one of those people (Amsterdam in particular)

    but aside from Sweden i admit it's a bit of a mix with Denmark, Norway, a bit of Finland and a bit of The Netherlands

  • I'm Dutch too, not sure if it would be something for a full expansion since I'd really expect a lot of content there but maybe a game pack with a world that adds more than like 4 lots. It could have two regions with several lots: An Amsterdam style city region with a few classic Amsterdam style houses as well as a cafe to visit and there could be an open market in the street now and then where you can buy various stuff and there could be some street performers. 

    The second region could be outside of the city with more of a farm theme, with windmills and tulip fields around. It could be a very pretty and colourful place. There could be a miller NPC to interact with, to buy grain from to bake your own bread. 

    Cheese making could be a new thing you could do in this pack, a new skill with new objects, along with a cold storage to put your cheeses and let them ripen. If you have cottage living you could use dairy from your cows for it, but here you can buy that from a farmer too. It should have something special you could do with it at a high level though, like making some special cheeses with unique effects. One could have a disgusting smell and cause sims who eat it to also spread that smell until they do something to get rid of that. Another cheese could be deadly if eaten, and be for display purposes only, increasing in value over time. Yet another could be addictive, eat it and your sim will want to eat all the cheese on the lot until that moodlet expires, getting sad if there's no cheese to eat or you won't let them eat it. It could also be possible to construct some things out of cheese. 

    Clogs could also be created at the woodworking table as a new option, an alternative woodworking table could be added too since there's still only one since the base game. It would unlock the option in CAS to wear wooden clogs in various designs. 

    Fierljeppen could also be done in the farm area: Using a long pole to vault over a waterway. Would require a high enough athletic skill, otherwise your sim falls in the water. It could be a short cut on one place to get around faster, and elsewhere with a longer more difficult jump it could lead to a hidden little swamp area. Could be a swamp monster there during certain hours at night that your sims could try to avoid. It could spread a nasty sickness to them that could be deadly if not cured, but this area could also have some interesting ingredients only found there. Like the cure for that disease and something to make one of the rarest cheeses. 

    Stingy could be a new trait introduced, sims who hate wasting money or hate wasting anything really. They prefer cheap furniture and items, will never tip and could have a lot to say about other sims being wasteful with money. Are very happy with anything free though, but purchasing any expensive item could give them a negative moodlet. And it would stack so the more you spend, the worse it gets and the longer it lasts. When out on a date or on other outings with other sims, they can suggest going Dutch, each paying for themselves. The stingy sim is no mooch. 

    Complainer could be another new trait, also very fitting for our culture. (also we seriously need more negative traits.) The complainer is not mean or sad, but they certainly have strong feelings about, well, anything. They need to vent, online, in person, on social media. Other complainer sims could enjoy that exchange. Whenever something bad happens to them, they will not let it go, their negative moodlets last longer but that time does get reduced when they get to vent about it. Watching news could also get them really riled up, they would get angry just from watching that. On the plus side, they are very open to listening to other sims vent or complain. To them that's welcome communication. It helps them build up relationships faster. 

    Nonchalant could be a less negative new trait though that also fits us Dutch. These sims react with a shrug to whatever weird thing happens around them and just go about their business. Like they have seen it all already. They would way more often be in the neutral 'fine' emotional state, they could require like 3 points in any emotion before it kicks in for them, so would also not so easily switch moods. Some other sims might find them uncaring though, so some interactions might be more likely to go poorly when directed at these sims. Like propose to them and they'll still act casual, like it's just another tuesday. 

    Soccer could also be brought back through this pack, Sims could play soccer, it could be added as a new career. Would just require athletic skill and nothing new there, but Sims can now also play soccer when outside. Watching a soccer match could also be a whole thing, maybe a new kind of party to host for Sims with friends. Athletic and Bro sims could really go nuts with that. 

     

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    sailorleontine
    Seasoned Ace
    2 months ago

    you're probably right about making it a game pack instead of expansion pack and omg some ideas made me laugh like the monster and the cheese part, i'd love to have a cheese making aspiration

    i love the Dutch game options like Fierljeppen

    i'm totally cool with 2 new death types

    the more personalities the better, we need more negative and neutral personality traits since most of them have positive personality traits and i've thought about the complainer personality trait too and i have to admit i'm one of those people so i might add that to my simself if this pack idea comes out🤣🤣👍

    the other 2 personalities i hate to admit it but i totally agree, we Dutch people don't care about anything at times (nonchalant) and despite me hating the other personality trait i'd like to have them in The Sims 4 especially since non-Dutch people get to learn more about the culture from The Netherlands😆😆👍

    i'd love to have a football career and yes i love this new kind of party option😄😄👍

    i'm totally in for your ideas😍😍

    oh i forgot to mention i'd like to have 1 side based on a city and the other more of like a farm side of the world
    we definitely need stuff you've mentioned, maybe even a open market kind of venue or lot trait

    you should definitely add that topic based on The Netherlands in your version😉😉

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    thefirsttemplar
    Seasoned Ace
    31 days ago

    Thanks, a cheese making aspiration would certainly be fun to have too. 

    And I always like to have a bit of a supernatural element and some chaos stuff in every pack, to keep things lively. We may not have swamp monsters here but we do have swamps so something like that could be fun to have. 🙂

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    sailorleontine
    Seasoned Ace
    31 days ago

    no problem, i love your ideas, i've been thinking of creating Clogs in this pack idea
    we have Nifty Knitting for clothes making, few small items and a hat

    and as a Stuff Pack called Crystal Creation you can create things you've found like creating a ring
    in some other packs we can create other stuff like servos

    but we don't have any single stuff about the shoes types so i'd love to create Clogs in this pack idea

    we also need some strange things like a swamp monster you've mentioned

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