Re: Sims 4 Sports Tournaments Expansion Pack
@MazsolaCsibi Your diving examples are great! Not only did I understand this as a 1-v-1 example, but your images remind me that synchronized swimming and synchronized diving could also be a possibility to include in a sports pack.
Gameplay objects would need to be a major feature to properly code a racing mechanic. Swim lanes would be objects that snap together. A running track would be needed (with upgrades for hurdles) for jogging, sprinting, relay. Field sports would require their own placible objects. A gymnastics tumble mat (10x10) for floor routines. A gymnastics tumble track (2x14) for Cartwheels, Somersault, Round-Offs, etc. A soccer goal object for 1-v-1 shootouts (ref Sims 3). Weightlifting Squat Rack object.
The way that I could imagine the Sims 4 implementing a Sports pack is with emphasis on training and practice to prepare for rabbithole tournaments - just like horse competitions (Sims 3 & 4). Not ideal, but works within the limits of Sims 4 coding. For this, it'd be new and unique to see a bracket system be instituted for a Tournament mechanic.
To round-out a Sports pack, emphasis could be on Sports Culture:
- Tailgate parties
- 1-v-1 contests
- Youth sports
- Coaching
- Training & performance
- Competitive personality
- Sportsmanship
- Physical therapy
I could see a new skill being introduced: Athletics (Sport Ability). Not to be confused with Fitness. Was a skill in Sims 3.
Fitness
- Improve Strength
- Improve Speed
- Physique
- Endurance (Energy Need)
- Reduce Injury
Athletics = How well do you play sports?
- Reduce failure rate / clumsiness
- Improve Competition Success Rate (tournament and 1v1 contests)
- Improve Jump Height
- Improve Jump Length
- Improve Agility
- Unlock Styles and Techniques:
- Stretches
- Jump Rope
- Gymnastic Flips & Leaps
- Hurdles
- Bodybuilding Flexes & Poses
- Swimming Styles
New Community Lot Type: Athletics Center
- On-site NPCs: Sports Trainer & Physical Therapist
- Sims will autonomously seek out and play sport activities here. Hone the Athletics Skill. Challenge other Sims to a race or contest, or Sims may challenge you!
- Increase the frequency of autonomous interactions with Sports Equipment (Basketball Hoop, Soccer Goal, Soccer Ball, Football, jump rope, Gymnastics mat, etc)
- Ages Teen+ will spawn
There's also the possibility to include a Physical Therapist career to help with training, recovery and to pass a physical for Tournaments ("Clear for Competition"). I go into this idea further in another forum post about a Sports Pack:
