Suggestion - Sims 4 - Sims with Disabilities
I honestly believe Sims 4 is the perfect environment to represent people with disabilities. There are very few major games which do so. Elements that could be put in include: Wheelchair Bound Sim...
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@PugLove888 @RandomBuzziness Great points and ideas!! I also think that it's a valid option to have a 'black hole elevator' that can be added, and perhaps have the ability to then choose what floor it goes to. I would love having a wheelchair accessibility option - as has been pointed out, perhaps it could also be something certain elders could use also - plus, as I mentioned, making some type of black hole bathroom needs/use option may also be a nice semi-realistic/interactive option. Now I want a new pack!! 🙌
@PugLove888 @SheriGR I know the elevators currently available in Build/Buy are not usable for residential lots (though I suppose that could be cheated) but I do see they can be placed for other lot types. Have you used them in any of your builds? Are they functional elevators? I imagine they're only good for two stories rather than multiple floors like the elevators from Sim 3?
@RandomBuzziness , I am not much of a builder.😳 Also most of what I do build are houses, so I've never tried an elevator in a build. @SheriGR builds a lot more than I do, both residential and commercial lots! 😉
@RandomBuzziness @PugLove888 I have also been curious about this. I will try them out and see, but I have always assumed they were specific to the City Living apartments and businesses on upper levels. In that case they are a black hole functionality (when you arrive at the penthouse or business you are exiting an elevator). That's what I meant... if they could make something similar where elevators could be added in BB with that black hole functionality. Since you have a specific apartment or business in mind when you use them in City Living, I assume it would require a dialogue box asking the player what floor they want to go to?
@SheriGR , or else just have the elevator only be able to go to one floor like in City Living? 🤔🤷♀️
@PugLove888 @RandomBuzziness This is what I found in my test:
- I built a multi-story building (residential). I added an elevator from debug/hidden objects on the top floor. The game will not allow you to add a second one on the first floor - it says only one per lot:
- I then had a Sim purchase the lot and move in. Upon loading the lot the sim appeared upstairs. But... When I click on the elevator there are no options, and if I click on the ground and tell her to go here I get the routing bubble/can't do:
- Scary stuff... If I moved her into a different lot and have her visit that lot as residential when she visits she is automatically transported to the top floor and trapped there when the lot loads. I had the same results if I made the lot type 'Generic' or University Housing. There is no option to make it an apartment building, which is likely the location needed for this to work?
- I built a multi-story building (residential). I added an elevator from debug/hidden objects on the top floor. The game will not allow you to add a second one on the first floor - it says only one per lot:
@SheriGR , yes they would definitely have to rework those elevators if this were to work. 😞 Nice detective work, though! 🙌
@SheriGR Thanks so much for testing! All of this is very useful to know. So it appears that the CL elevators currently in the game are only designed to get you to/from an apartment to street level. They'd definitely need to be updated if they were ever to be included in a wheelchair access pack. I have seen a mod that says it will work for multiple floors and on residential lots but I have never tried using it.
