more ideas for sims 4

@AndyZhang2896Now spiral staircases MUST be added. I understand they'll have to create a new animation but COME ON, how many different new animations would they need to add for someone walking up a spiral staircase? Is there even more than one? Well, maybe two if they have different directions, one for spiral staircases going clockwise, one for counter-clockwise... And then two more for up and down... ok, maybe 4.

Players have created CC with custom animations, I'm AMAZED players haven't created a CC spiral staircase yet!

@Sashas0nic I use mods and I love them dearly. However, the mods you mentioned aren’t exactly what I meant, but it’s ok. (I might still use them though, because my sims themselves deserve memories) I don’t think I would use that ‘Memories Patch’ I was referring to myself hence the part of my original post about “Being God of a virtual world”, I actually quite enjoy creating the stories myself and seeing how other sims in other universes have different stories such as Darling Welsh, from City Living, is a great example.

Her story changes from simmer to simmer, in some she’s cis gendered, trans, non-binary. Some people make her and her roommates cousins, some say she’s a social worker that took Darling in. I LOVE THAT! I love the changing stories and how anyone can create a different story for the same character.

Also, I forgot who asked for it, but university....Why not have it as a Get to Work add on? Like, I can see EA, or a talented modder, having University be a part of their “jobs” menu and give simmer’s the option of going with the sim to “work” (University) or just sending their sim off. As for how to pick majors, maybe have a list of “Jobs” as different Majors and your sim can earn skill points according to which major chosen (There’s a better schools mod that does this for elementary and high school). Also when you “Graduate” and you receive a degree you get a trait called “Graduate” which can function like the “Connections” trait that gives you jobs at higher levels.

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Man, I wish I could program.

No problem, @MsSamLStory  guess I mainly mentioned the MCCC as it has the Story Progression, and controlling of NPCs to a large degree, as well as much more (I don't use it myself, but hear a lot about it) also, from your mention of 'Stories' and such, it can do that also to an extent. (jump to about 6:10 mins in the following video, for those that want an outline of the mod)

I often post in these topic threads, in case people search for answers in the future.. 🤓 🤔

Afterall the Sims 4 is pretty packed full, with the expansions, but sometimes customization is there for people too ⭐

There's also a Mod called Meaningful Stories, by Roburky, who is constantly adding to its features.

Happy Simming: Play it, Mod it, (or not) but Have Fun ☕

@Psychotps, Some people want University to because they are replicating real-life experiences, others want it to tell stories, while others want it because they remember the fun they had with it in TS2 and TS3.  For me, I loved TS2’s University! ❤️🥳 I played that pack all the time.:eahigh_file:  (I didn’t like TS3’s University nearly as much, but I did enjoy it.)  I also find that by having University, it gives our Young Adult Sims more distinction from regular Adult Sims.  

Farming is much, much more than just growing some fruits and veggies  in a garden.🤨  When people say they want farms, they usually mean they want animals as well: cows, chickens, sheep , and horses.  Not to mention that the produce from farms is on a much larger scale than even our biggest gardens could handle.😃  Also we would like to see grain crops: wheat, oats, rye, soy, corn.  With a farm pack (especially if it were an EP ) we could churn butter, bake bread with our harvest, spin and weave wool, “put up” canned goods, and live off the land. :eahigh_file: True, not this doesn’t’ fit into everyone’s playing style, but neither was City Living, or almost every other pack, except for maybe Seasons.😉  Are you saying you only want packs that directly benefit you? 🤔 I didn’t’ want laundry in the game, but I’m glad they included it since the vast majority of people really wanted it!  I don’t use the laundry features much, but I do use a lot of the CAS and Build/Buy mode stuff that that pack has!  

You might use CC for more eye colors, but not everyone can have CC in their game or even want CC in their game! 🤨 I refuse to play with CC for a reason.  Other people might have parents that won’t let them use CC.☹️  And let’s not forget our fellow Simmers who play on a console and can't  have CC in their game! 😞

I don’t’ miss cars that much, and they are of little use in a  world that isn’t’ open. 😕 But I did enjoy refurbishing cars in TS2 where we also didn’t have an open world.  I just think hat if they give us cars and like they did in TS2, people will be mad that they can’t really drive places like they could in TS3.🤭

Also, in regards to the animations that they would have to do with spiral stairs.  You mention only 4 animations at the most (up, down, clockwise, counter-clockwise), but  they actually would have to do animations for each size of Sim that exists:

1)Teen through Elder

2) Children

3) Toddlers

And this would be both up and down. So at least 6 and double that if they have clockwise and counter clockwise stairs,  which comes to 12  … plus cats  (4 more animations {up, down clock, and counter} large dogs (4 more) and even 4 more if small dogs aren’t’ included in the cats animations since small dogs are the same size as small cats. 

So, that would be 20 animations (and 24 if small dogs don’t share the same animations with cats)!  Though, this might only be 10 to 12 animations if all spiral stairs go in the same direction. 

But…. I think the main problem with the lack of stairs is that there are 3 wall heights that our buildings can have. 😞 This might be why it has taken so long for EA to give us more stair types, and probably why CC creators haven’t’ done them yet!  And even if they had, we still need them in the game since not everyone can or wants to use CC and Mods.☹️

But Sim Guru Romeo has Tweeted a teaser about the possibility of spiral stairs coming to the game. I linked it above, but here is the link again:https://twitter.com/SimGuruRomeo/status/1163839694259384320?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1163839694259384320&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fsimscommunity.info%2F2019%2F08%2F21%2Fthe-sims-4-realm-of-magic-simguru-qa%2F

@MsSamLStory , EA wouldn’t do a University add-on to Get to Work.  That would mean that for people to use the University features they would have to buy Get To Work! 😮  That would really reduce the amount of people who would purchase the add-on, and then a lot of people would get really angry! 😞  Plus, any add-on of this type would be incredibly small in scale, and University would need to be at least the size of a Game Pack, and even better as the size of an Expansion Pack.  Yes, Modders could do what you suggested, but again, if you have to already have Get To Work to use the University stuff, people would be upset at the Modders for setting it up that way!🤭

As for creating different stories for the same Sims, I have seen the Official Sims 4 Forums discuss this , including discussing Darling Walsh, as well as other well known Sims like the Goths, Pancakes, Count Vlad, etc. But you can explore multiple story lines for some of your Sims by creating multiple Save Games for the same Sim or Sim household.  So in one game you could have the Goths move into a bigger mansion and have a lot more children; but in another save game you can have them divorce and marry other people, and yet in another game you can move them all to the beach and turn them into Mermaids! 😃  It is like having multiple parallel universes in your game! 🤓🥳

If you really want to program, depending on the age you are now, you can either learn it when you go to college later on, or you can go back to school and learn it.  If you really are interested in it, look into it! 😇

@Psychotps I see what you mean about the previous University EPs being tedious with all the added activities and social groups + dorm interactions--but consider this: adding in a University/College/Trade School option similar to the way grade school and high school function, except it's optional like a career or part-time job. I would absolutely love this if teen Sims (and up) can apply for further education on the phone, and have homework/term papers and build skill requirements to move on to the next level. They would be required to build skills, too, and after they complete their further education, they get some sort of advantage when applying for a job later that's related to their major, depending on how well they did--increased wages, starting on a higher career level, higher skills, existing relationships with other Sims in the field.

Farming would be great as a career option, in my opinion. They could set up stalls in community lots and sell their produce, have cows, chickens, and pigs (they used to have a dairy corral and chicken coop in TS3). These extra items could also just go to Sims living off the grid, since that's a new lot trait.

I loved Create a World, though I wasn't very good at making the neighborhoods look real. It was really heavy though, and made my computer crash a lot, even after I switched to a newer machine. Maybe something in between TS3's CAW and TS2's capability of customizing the number and placement of lots within an existing pre-set terrain would be possible for TS4..?

A simpler form of Create a Style would be great, too! That way I could make my furniture, doors, and windows, and other Build/Buy items less likely to clash, color-wise.

I'd love to get cars again, too. I get that they wouldn't really work the same as in TS3 because TS4 isn't open world, but there are so many functions the cars had before--pretend to drive for kids, learn how to drive and makeout for teens, building the car, Woohoo in car--it would even be nice if Washing the Car can be done as a chore to teach kids responsibility or something, or Nap in Car for Sims who get locked out or are parked somewhere else and are too tired to drive home.

I know there was some mention of diseases, but what about zits? Teen sims used to get zits and it would affect their mood. Some sims could also have allergies and some long-term conditions (but not too serious/life-threatening)--animal allergies, food allergies, asthma, near sighted-ness/far-sightedness.

I also miss groceries, even just ordering food similar to the way we purchase books would be good. That way sims could eat fresh fruits and buy specific ingredients if they wanted to make something/try to influence the gender of the baby of a pregnant sim.

I'm not too sure about adding sims with religions or disabilities, too. If these aren't done right, it could become offensive.

@PugLove888 I don't own Get to Work and I don't want it. Because it contains one thing that I hate so much, aliens. I hate occult, especially from what I heard, aliens sometimes kidnap a sims and there's a chance they get pregnant. It's a big NO from me.

Yeah, pretty sure many people will say "This is not what we ask, we want FUNCTIONAL cars!". But even if it can be driven, I think it is pretty pointless. When we can travel around the world by pressing 'M' then choose a destination, why wasting time for walking to the car, get into a car, then waiting for the cars going into loading scene. Such a waste of time. But I don't mean I like the idea of pressing 'M' to travel around, it feels unrealistic. I prefer something like The Sims 3.

If EA wants to make a car that can be driven around, the world should be open, without loading scene traveling from neighborhood to another neighborhood.

Yeah, it's impossible to realize everyone's wish. There are too many requests. But important things that TS1, TS2, and TS3 have, I expect it to present in The Sims 4 too. What I feel now is some content gets removed in TS4, for examples, TS3 Island Paradise have Resort Lot Assignment but we don't have it in TS4. I really hope they bring it back. (Correct me if I'm wrong, I'm new to The Sims game. Beside TS4, I only have TS3 Base Game without EP, never played TS1 nor 2).

Nice news! Did you know about this?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpSMezQpOPE

There's probably an update coming before Realm of Magic released. I hope it's an update with spiral stair for the base game (modern style, classic style, etc). Then the Realm of Magic will include magic-themed spiral stair. It will be sad if you need to purchase RoM just to get spiral stair. But I don't think they will do something cruel like this LOL

*Sorry if there's some grammar error. I'm not a native English speaker.

@PugLove888 Oh, can you explain what you mean by "babies that aren't objects"?

@PsychotpsI think it's more than 4. Imagine a spiral staircase with 3 tiles width. Walking up on the left tiles vs on the right tiles will have a different animation. Understand what I mean?

But if they only give us a fixed, uneditable spiral staircase like this, then the animation will be less. I hope the spiral staircase is editable tho. Can adjust how width I want it to be, how big the inner radius is. Something like this will be nice.

I think these players intentionally didn't create spiral stair and let EA do it LOL

@Sashas0nic  Thanks! I actually downloaded the experience mod and it’s a little weird, but I’m enjoying it so far. I already haveMCCC, and have story progression on and I enjoy it. Also shout out to my girl Urbansimss!

@PugLove888 Sorry, but I feel like maybe you’re wrong about the whole “People would be mad at modders” point for two reasons.

1. I HAVE mods that require Expansion packs in order to function. I also am not angry when modders (such as Kawiistacie) require certain expansion packs (usually for skills not available otherwise) in order for me to download them.

2. People will, and always have, hated on sims for literally anything because everyone has different opinions and different ideals on what the “perfect Sims game” is. I remember the uproar when pools and toddlers weren't in the game and I still see simmers, and know people personally that will age up their babies and toddlers because they find them annoying.

I’m sure EA is busy with other things, such as their last few expansions and Sims 5, I know for a fact the devs are overworked with an endless crowd of people who seem to hate every move they make, so I honestly would feel horrible if EA did this themselves. But these are just ideas to have for Sims 4 that I personally think would be cool.

@AndyZhang2896, what "babies that aren't objects" means that people want babies that Sims can carry around , like real babies.❤️  People want babies that they can walk around the living room with, carry up or downstairs, hand off to another Sim, and maybe even take for a walk in a stroller! As babies are now, they are tied to their bassinets.  All interactions are done in front of the bassinets and in fact, to do anything with the baby you don't click on the baby, you click on the bassinet! 🤨

I understand about not wanting Get to Work because of Aliens.  There are a lot of people who don't like supernatural aspects in their game.  (Although, technically the Sims that are abducted and end up pregnant are really just supposed to be surrogates for the resulting child since the baby ends up being full Alien and not half Alien/half Human.  But still, that isn't exactly comforting either! 😮😞)  I only mentioned Get to Work because you mentioned that the Sims 4 needed illnesses, and that is the pack that has them.😉. EA probably won't be adding any more illnesses that are like our real-life ones since Get to Work already has them.☹️  (The exception is the Rabid Rodent illness that comes with My First Pets Stuff Pack, but that is more of a big event, and not at all like the illnesses in Get to Work.  )

Funny, I never press "M" to travel!  I always use the scroll wheel on my mouse to widen the view until the travel symbol shows up and then click on that! 😃  I totally forgot that we could use "M"!😳

EA has stated that TS4 will not get an open world.  It was built on a totally different engine than TS3 was.  I think it would take so much work that they would just have completely redo the game,😞   in which case they might as well create The Sims 5! 🤨  So, sadly I don't think you would end up liking the cars they would add if they ever add them to the game.  😢  I don't mind the loading screens since they only take 30 seconds to 2 miniutes at the most.  The open world of TS3 caused the game to go so slow that it would eventually grind to a complete stop! 😠😞  It would take 10 or more miniutes for the game to unfreeze, but sometimes it would be permanently stuck unless I shut down the game and rebooted.... which would take another 15 -30 min to shut down and then another 20 minutes (at least) to start up again, and then the game would still be incredibly laggy! 😬  So maybe, after all that , my Sims would reach their destination an hour later in real life, as opposed to the 2 minutes maximum that it takes in TS4! 😃  If we have to go through this again then I don't want an open world.  An open world is pointless if we cant' play the game! 😞  They say that due to our computers being better today than they were when TS3 was the current game, that TS3 runs better than it ever did back when it was the current Sims version.  If that is the case then that would be OK!🙂  But that still doesn't' solve the problem of TS3 having a bunch of lots with no Sims on them.  I would always try to send my Sims out to a park or some other venue, but no other Sims would be on the lot by the time I got there and they would usually never show up!☹️  They all were elsewhere in the giant open world. 😕 At least with TS4 when my Sims go to a venue there are always other Sims there, or they arrive almost immediately after my Sims get there! :eahigh_file:

Yes! You are correct in that TS3 Island Paradise EP had resorts you could vacation at or even own!🥳  But it took soooooo long for the Island Paradise to load (one of the few times you would find a loading screen while playing TS3) that I usually didn't have my Sims travel there too often! 😢

TS2 was by far the best version of the Sims for playability and gameplay! ❤️🥳 TS3 had a lot of fantastic ideas, but they didn't work , or if they did work , the game itself didn't work!  The gameplay in TS2 was deep.  I would play for hours and hours and never get bored.  TS3 I just yelled at all the time.  TS4 is somewhere in the middle.  TS1 was so different, since your Sims didn't age.  It was static, but very charming! ❤️

Thanks for the video! 😇  While I did read about there probably being a surprise on TS4's anniversary, I hadn't seen this video, and I'm sure other people reading your post hadn't heard the news! :eahigh_file:

I agree with your assessment on spiral stairs.  If we interpret what Sim Guru Romeo stated correctly, then I think that spiral stairs will be introduced in a patch before Realm of Magic is released, and that Realm of Magic will have a more "magical" looking version. 😉  This is what they usually do with new features like this.  They did similar things with Gardening in the patch right before Seasons, and with the glass roofs as well! ❤️  I can't see them only having spiral stairs in Realm of Magic , since they know that some players won't buy it due to its theme, much like yourself! 

And don't worry!  I would never have known you weren't' a native English speaker if you hadn't mentioned it!  You write in English better than many native English speakers! 😃😇

Happy Simming! 🥳