Travel/Tourism pack idea
• Airport (Hidden lot?) • Cruise ship (Neighborhood?); • Hotel lot type (?) • 3 or more different cultural neighborhoods; • Transports: Van, motocycles, etc. • Souvenir collectibles;...
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Oh i understand. That's the only thing i could think of a possibility for players that wants to permanently live there, but it'd definitely have rentals for vacationers. I even imagined the cruise ship being a small part of some coastal neighborhood, something that works like the Magic Realm. But how do you think the team could portray it?
I agree and would love the option to travel to new destinations using a more realistic mechanic than just hitting "M" on my keyboard. Some have argued that having Sims load into an "in-between" lot, such as an Airport or Sea Port, just adds more loading screens, but I argue it wouldn't as the Travel Port could replace "Manage Worlds" screen:
AIRPORT Community Lot
- Home Lot > Computer/Phone > Travel to Airport
- (load screen)
- Airport > Choose Destination (Functional Gameplay)
- (load screen)
- Destination
Take a VACATION (current system)
- Home Lot > Computer/Phone > Take a vacation
- (load screen)
- Manage Worlds
- (load screen)
- Destination
REAL LIFE
- Home
- (drive)
- Airport
- (fly)
- Destination
I could see a Tourism system split up into a set of Getaway Expansions:
- Fly Away Getaway
- Sail Away Getaway (Cruise Ship)
- Railway Getaway
- Subway Getaway
Each of these EPs would have a Travel Port hidden lot:
- Airport
- Sea Port
- Train Station
- Subway Station
Working within the constraints of how EP-Worlds are typically packaged, EP-Worlds tend to consist of 3 neighborhoods each containing 4 lots. I imagine that Travel EP-Worlds would detach these neighborhoods into three separate Destination Worlds to explore, each World equaling a single large Neighborhood of 4 or 5 Lots. Hopefully each of these Destination Worlds would offer unique cultural gameplay to set them apart.
But what if Players don't want to load into a Travel Port to visit these new Maps? I offer a few solutions to unlock these Destination Worlds on the Manage Worlds screen by either completing an Aspiration (Frequent Flyer) or earning enough Culture Skill, or owning a Private Plane or Sailboat, for instance.
Personally, I would love to experience the gameplay of travel in The Sims 4, complete with a trip to the Airport or Train Station and enjoy their respective game tasks. I would like to take in the view of the open ocean as my Sims wander the decks of a Cruise Ship. I would like for my Sims to collect Travel Magnets or new Post Cards or other souvenirs. I would like the opportunity to add new adventures to my game with new ways to spend Simoleons through travel and tourism.
@Vyo4 These are real interesting ideas. I think the game could give us the options (like Active Careers) to "Travel directly" and "Go to the Travel Port". The loading screen, as you showed would add only one more, but this remembered me that a travel UI, instead of loading the Manage Worlds, like the club hangout UI or the Social event lpcation UI too, would be great for the game and a pack like this
@simsplayer818Thank you. I really loved your builds.
