Sims 4 Sports Tournaments Expansion Pack
Hello Simmers, It would be amazing if the Dev's introduced in-depth gameplay pertaining sports. Basketball, Baseball, Swimming, Gymnastics, Bars, and Diving. There could a completely new UI for trai...
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@darula4u I was not arguing 😃I would go mad for a Tournament expansion pack. And it to be integrated with existing packs. Like Get Famous and Get Together. ⚽🏈🏀
I was only trying to explain in-depth, definitely all friendly here!
Also, I love your images of the Sims in potential competing gestures. It brings to life exactly what we'd like to see!
Wouldn't we all love to cheer our sims on in a sports tournament leading up to the huge tournaments challenge!
I know. Keep discussing. Keep explaining. Keep arguing 🥳 I want these ideas presented to the developers. Get us in-depth sports events! While I was trying to shoot a swimming competition picture, I went crazy, they did not swim in line, regardless of me setting the lap markers on the bottom. Or I could not find a sporty swimming suit for the female body. Or even in a Club gathering, using a bike is not an option... it is an option, Bike here together, my sim was riding everybody else was jogging. And of course, ruined that picture as well, when before running, they all changed out of their carefully set up Club outfit into their random athleticware... Never work with Sims, useless bunch 😉
Experientially speaking per patch notes and fixes, I know the Dev's have exactly what it takes to properly execute such an amazing expansion pack.
I'm sure swimming in lines, jogging in lines or even having a sim play basketball on a 1 on 1 will be easy for the Dev's. Considering we have many existent features in game that already highlight the potential for a Sports Tournaments Expansion.
Keep the photos coming, I'd love to see more!
@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:
