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JonaO703's avatar
9 months ago

Gallery requests

Please see the below list of feedback for requested changes to the Gallery.  Thank you for your time and consideration!  

EDIT:  Many thanks for the additional feedback y'all.  I've revised my post to include all the requests in a list for easier reading.  If anyone would like to share more feedback, I'll add it here.

  • Bring back the News-feed (please, please, please 🤗)
  • Increase the character limits for...
    • Player Bio
    • Household / Lot / Room descriptions
    • Comments on shares
  • Add a "Recommended" filter or new tab which includes shares that are similar to creations we have favorited, saved and/or placed in the game (Would it also be possible to recommend creators who have similar styles to those we've followed?)
  • Distinguish between lots with different orientations, ex. 30x20 (front has 30 tiles) and 20x30 (front has 20 tiles)
  • Add Color filters for shares that primarily use specific colors for décor, trim, furniture, clothing, etc.
  • Allow Households to be placed from the Gallery without clothing and accessories, similar to placing lots unfurnished
  • Add confirmation notice popup when uploading duplicate shares, i.e. "This lot / household has been uploaded already. Are you sure you want to continue?"
  • Allow option to filter the Randomize from Gallery button in CAS to "Exclude Maxis Creations"
  • Add a prompt or simply highlight disallowed words when uploading to the Gallery.  If necessary, display the description or name in a prompt window, remove the disallowed word and add a * in its place, so the player can easily see which word(s) were removed
  • Add options for Gallery thumbnails...


Thanks again! 😊

31 Replies

  • itsddudi00

    I'm pretty sure that was a feature that you could turn on and off in the options menu but I think it was removed in and update and I've searched up recently how to have it but whatever it said, wouldn't work. Please EA we need this back. A small creator like me would be getting too much notifications abt this and someone who gets about 10 a second, can turn this off. 

  • These are such spot on points, I agree with all of them. The character limit and the idea of a “recommended” section would be super useful. Also, it’d be great if we could get notifications when someone comments or likes our uploads.

  • Yeah, like i received a comment on a build of mine and i only saw it almost a year later, because i share my creations to free space on my library, so i don't usually search for comments.

    I also wish the gallery could also differentiate 30×20 lots from 20×30 and so on. Sometimes i can't find builds that fit some lots even though they're the same size.

    And the ability to set the main colors of a shared build would be really helpful. Is really hard searching for a monochromatic build with an specific color.

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    JonaO703
    Hero
    9 months ago

    Yes!  That's it exactly.  I like to at least say thank you. 😊

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    JonaO703
    Hero
    9 months ago

    That's a really good idea to have recommendations.  Adding to what you said, it would be cool if it also considered things we've favorited and people we've followed.  I'd almost like to see that as a completely separate tab.

    I also agree that it would be nice to have a higher character limit for comments. 😊

  • I use my Gallery shares to remind me of colour schemes and items I've already used, because my memory is really bad. That's usually when I see comments on them. Otherwise I'd miss them. So I've started checking for a couple of days after I've posted a new build incase I need to say a quick thank you to someone as there's no other way of knowing they've posted a comment. 

  • Would love it if there was a way to sort the main page by recommended posts. This would take info from what you've saved and placed from other creators and recommend similar stuff that has the similar key words in the title and similar hashtags. Also agree with your idea of increasing character limits in titles and description but I would also love the same for comments.

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    JonaO703
    Hero
    9 months ago

    What I miss most about the newsfeed is getting the notifications from people who've made comments on my creations.  I really like the engagement part but it's difficult (near impossible) to keep track of new comments across all my shares.  I also miss getting notifications when people I follow share their creations.  I'm glad we can filter by "following" but it's not quite the same.  I don't really miss notifications from followed players' favorites but even that was nice sometimes, when it highlighted creations I might have missed otherwise.

  • Yeah I'm hoping the Gallery is going to be getting some work done 🤞. I hadn't looked at it for a while but it seems to be really badly cluttered with duplicates too, even worse than before and in a state of disarray. Search hasn't worked for a long while either (on Xbox Series X). I don't download from it but I do like to see others creations. I never used the Newsfeed before but have read so much about it I'd really like to see what it's all about.

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