Any problems you have with expansion packs ? What could been better
This is any problem you have with any expansion. What could been done better thread.
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I agree that the retail in GTW should have been combined with Dine Out. That way retail stores could operate without you having to be present, giving more time for creating items for sale. Maybe require one or two days a week to go keep tabs on the employees. And GTW could have focused more on the active careers and better developed aliens. Another issue with retail and restaurant ownership is that you spend all that time at the store but it doesn't count as being employed. They could have added a "Self-employed" option to GTW for Sims that don't have a regular job but make money with writing books or selling paintings or finding collectibles to sell, and that could have covered retail/restaurant management as well.
I still don't get how GT gets the reputation as a pack about parties -- I can count the number of parties I've thrown on one hand and I've had all sorts of different clubs. Currently I've got a club for Mean Sims to work out together so my Sim can get to the top of the Criminal career. I do have a group that goes out dancing every so often, but that doesn't make it a "party" pack. And Windenburg itself makes up for some of the game flaws.
Not being a builder I'm apathetic about the lack of buildable apartments in CL; I do find the town to be a bit clunky in places, and I've had the recurring bug with festival objects not totally despawning so when the next festival hits you get items spawning into each other (like food stalls spawning on top of selling tables at the Flea Market). And currently the festivals are getting ruined by inclement weather, like a thnderstorm during Geekcon or a blizzard at the Spice Festival. And I wish some of the lot traits were available for general use; I'd like to add a Needs TLC trait for some of my cheap houses in Oasis Springs (and get the mice and roaches).
I've barely scratched the surface of C&D (my mother-in-law passed away at the time it released so I really didn't have the time or the heart to play much) but my main bugaboo with the pack is that individual Sims in a household have to each train dogs in commands. If a dog learns Sit or Shake Hands from one Sim in a household, only that Sim can command them -- any other Sim has to go through the effort of training the dog. And after a time, the pet should be smart enough to be able to find their own food and use the litter box/go outside to do their business. I'll get the alert that "Fluffy is hungry" only to find they have a full food bowl sitting a few feet away, and I have the top of the line litter box that never needs cleaning (laser beams zap away the poop) and my cats still ask for a clean litter box.
As for Seasons, other than bugs like the stinky leaf piles in public areas and not being able to travel on holidays without my household returning from work/school early (though I can incorporate that in my storyline, like a minimum day at school and work shutting down for the holiday) I'm pretty content with it. I've already mentioned the issues with Seasons and the CL festivals, and I hope there'll be a solution. Don't really have much to quibble about though. Currently playing with 2 week seasons but finding they're almost too short for what I want so thinking of switching to 28 when Spring rolls around again since I play on Long lifespan; I want to send a Sim to Granite Falls to start work on Herbalism but best time to do it would be Summer and I just can't seem to find the time.
I still don't get how GT gets the reputation as a pack about parties -- I can count the number of parties I've thrown on one hand and I've had all sorts of different clubs. Currently I've got a club for Mean Sims to work out together so my Sim can get to the top of the Criminal career. I do have a group that goes out dancing every so often, but that doesn't make it a "party" pack. And Windenburg itself makes up for some of the game flaws.
Not being a builder I'm apathetic about the lack of buildable apartments in CL; I do find the town to be a bit clunky in places, and I've had the recurring bug with festival objects not totally despawning so when the next festival hits you get items spawning into each other (like food stalls spawning on top of selling tables at the Flea Market). And currently the festivals are getting ruined by inclement weather, like a thnderstorm during Geekcon or a blizzard at the Spice Festival. And I wish some of the lot traits were available for general use; I'd like to add a Needs TLC trait for some of my cheap houses in Oasis Springs (and get the mice and roaches).
I've barely scratched the surface of C&D (my mother-in-law passed away at the time it released so I really didn't have the time or the heart to play much) but my main bugaboo with the pack is that individual Sims in a household have to each train dogs in commands. If a dog learns Sit or Shake Hands from one Sim in a household, only that Sim can command them -- any other Sim has to go through the effort of training the dog. And after a time, the pet should be smart enough to be able to find their own food and use the litter box/go outside to do their business. I'll get the alert that "Fluffy is hungry" only to find they have a full food bowl sitting a few feet away, and I have the top of the line litter box that never needs cleaning (laser beams zap away the poop) and my cats still ask for a clean litter box.
As for Seasons, other than bugs like the stinky leaf piles in public areas and not being able to travel on holidays without my household returning from work/school early (though I can incorporate that in my storyline, like a minimum day at school and work shutting down for the holiday) I'm pretty content with it. I've already mentioned the issues with Seasons and the CL festivals, and I hope there'll be a solution. Don't really have much to quibble about though. Currently playing with 2 week seasons but finding they're almost too short for what I want so thinking of switching to 28 when Spring rolls around again since I play on Long lifespan; I want to send a Sim to Granite Falls to start work on Herbalism but best time to do it would be Summer and I just can't seem to find the time.
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