Water Emitters in Build Mode
Product: The Sims 4 Platform:Sony Playstation 4 Which language are you playing the game in? English How often does the bug occur? Every time (100%) What is your current game version number? lates...
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@EA_Solaire Hello! My apologies for reviving this thread but it seems like something did change at some point regarding the behavior of the water emitters. So, I was thinking it might be worth raising this with the team to see if we could get this changed back.
I recently shared a Residential lot and a room on the Gallery that include a Grotto Pool with a waterfall effect that I created using water emitters. I got the idea from the below YouTube tutorial that was shared in 2019. There are a couple of other tutorials that were shared in 2020 that also show the water spouts in Build mode. This one is a good example because the creator used so many emitters. lol
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DClB8WEXvaU
They start placing the emitters at around the 3:10 minute mark. For this kind of creation, it would be extremely helpful for the water spout to show in Build Mode since switching between Live and Build is incredibly time-consuming. Even for other kinds of creations, being able to see what the water looks like would be really useful. I was discussing this issue with a friend who found and shared this thread with me. Even though it's a bit older now, I do think it's still a reasonable concern and any help you can provide would be greatly appreciated. Thanks so much for your time and consideration!
EDIT: I just noticed this thread is in Mods/CC issues but seems like it would be more fitting in the Game Feedback and Ideas forum.
I absolutely agree with this @JonaO703 it would be so useful. I usually create lots before I add Sims and when I saw your incredible waterfall recently I wanted to try it out myself as I've had no success with it before. So I made a small waterfall/rockery with a little pond and it took a few attempts to get the right water emitters for the effect I wanted. But to test an uninhabited lot I actually had to visit it with another household to see it in action. I originally chose water emitters that went straight up when I really wanted a more natural even flow of water. But I couldn't see I'd initially picked the wrong ones for that as I couldn't see it in build mode.
@simsplayer818 That's a great point about needing to have a sim on the lot for testing in Live Mode. Thanks for sharing!
