are hints always in wall art?

Its possible. Check the wall art in Island Living for some witch/magic references when its released

"sunspriter;d-960504" wrote:
is this a thing?
I just noticed the seasons painting on 5 panels has three swatches that are definitely the canyons in strangerville, and I know seasons was hinted in the cats and dogs calendar swatches, and island living in the strangerville calendar?

Im not aware of the painting you're referencing. But to me , it has become very obvious they in fact do leave hints.

There are very few hints in the game. Just because a pack is announced does not retrospectively make anything remotely related to its theme a hint. Most of the time it’s merely a coincidence.

"elelunicy;c-17105764" wrote:
There are very few hints in the game. Just because a pack is announced does not retrospectively make anything remotely related to its theme a hint. Most of the time it’s merely a coincidence.

Nah, there are hints. There were many for City Living about Pets, as well as about seasons in Pets. Sounds of dogs barking in the city was not just "coincidence". The calenders and certain furniture blatantly referenced animals and seasons. The calendar in Strangerville had tropical island designs, which is out of place in a pack involving a mysterious desert town. At this point idk why people are so adamant about denying them. Maybe because the hints reveal something y'all personally don't want in your game?

They hint, but then I think they deny hinting because to admit to the hints would be admitting to future planned releases and from what I understand they aren't supposed to discuss future planned content. So they put in the hints, we see the hints, we ask about the hints and they say "Whaaat!?!? We don't hint". ;)

I think some of the past hints are overrated. Some content was just bound to return as it was in all the past Sims version (Pets, Seasons), the question was not if but when will it happen and in what exact form.

"elelunicy;c-17105764" wrote:
There are very few hints in the game. Just because a pack is announced does not retrospectively make anything remotely related to its theme a hint. Most of the time it’s merely a coincidence.

It seems to me that you just go into each discussion about hints to act like you know for a fact hints don't exist :D

I strongly disagree. Coincidence is not a thing in a video game where everything is done because somebody planned it and drew it out and made it. Everything in this game is intentional .

"mika;c-17106154" wrote:

"elelunicy;c-17105764" wrote:
There are very few hints in the game. Just because a pack is announced does not retrospectively make anything remotely related to its theme a hint. Most of the time it’s merely a coincidence.

Nah, there are hints. There were many for City Living about Pets, as well as about seasons in Pets. Sounds of dogs barking in the city was not just "coincidence". The calenders and certain furniture blatantly referenced animals and seasons. The calendar in Strangerville had tropical island designs, which is out of place in a pack involving a mysterious desert town. At this point idk why people are so adamant about denying them. Maybe because the hints reveal something y'all personally don't want in your game?

Yeah I don't get this coincidence stuff. This is a video game where every item has a purpose and every item is planned and placed intentionally. They know certain images being to mind certain things.

City living had a lot of pets suggestions.

At this point I see the hint deniers as just people trying to pretend to be smarter than everyone else because they don't "fall for" coincidence. When really coincidences in a game of this nature don't make much sense.

"EnjoyfulSimmer;c-17107065" wrote:

"elelunicy;c-17105764" wrote:
There are very few hints in the game. Just because a pack is announced does not retrospectively make anything remotely related to its theme a hint. Most of the time it’s merely a coincidence.

It seems to me that you just go into each discussion about hints to act like you know for a fact hints don't exist :D

I strongly disagree. Coincidence is not a thing in a video game where everything is done because somebody planned it and drew it out and made it. Everything in this game is intentional .

I never said hints don't exist. Spa Day for example was 100% hinted in Perfect Patio (the hot tub's description says it's commissioned by the Perfect Balance Spa, the exact same name of a spa in Spa Day). I just find it funny when people think everything vaguely related is a hint. Some of the pack themes are extremely general and they literally need to intentionally avoid using them, or else people would think they are hints.

Get Togther's DJ booth for example sometimes displays a dog. Was it added as a hint to pets?

https://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f42/thecatviking/petsconfirmed_zpswty5f8lg.png

Maxis Artist: "Let's add a cute dog to the DJ booth! It would go really well with this track!"

Maxis Manager: "No!! You can't add a dog! We're releasing pets in two years and it would be a hint!!!"

Maxis Artist: "Oh okay..."

And there are sheep in Windenburg. Was that a farming hint?

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CRuDCm_UwAAO02V.jpg

Maxis Artist: "We're making a rural neighborhood! Let's add some sheep in the background to make players feel like they're in the countryside!"

Maxis Manager: "No you can't!! We're going to release a farming pack in 4 years and those sheep would be a hint!!! We can't have hints!!!"

Maxis Artist: "Oh sorry my bad..."

Do you realize just how ridiculous it sounds? Things like animals, cities, tropical islands are commonly used everywhere and they are not going to deliberately avoid using them just because they happen to be the theme of a future pack.

"elelunicy;c-17107270" wrote:

"EnjoyfulSimmer;c-17107065" wrote:

"elelunicy;c-17105764" wrote:
There are very few hints in the game. Just because a pack is announced does not retrospectively make anything remotely related to its theme a hint. Most of the time it’s merely a coincidence.

It seems to me that you just go into each discussion about hints to act like you know for a fact hints don't exist :D

I strongly disagree. Coincidence is not a thing in a video game where everything is done because somebody planned it and drew it out and made it. Everything in this game is intentional .

I never said hints don't exist. Spa Day for example was 100% hinted in Perfect Patio (the hot tub's description says it's commissioned by the Perfect Balance Spa, the exact same name of a spa in Spa Day). I just find it funny when people think everything vaguely related is a hint. Some of the pack themes are extremely general and they literally need to intentionally avoid using them, or else people would think they are hints.

Get Togther's DJ booth for example sometimes displays a dog. Was it added as a hint to pets?

https://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f42/thecatviking/petsconfirmed_zpswty5f8lg.png

Maxis Artist: "Let's add a cute dog to the DJ booth! It would go really well with this track!"

Maxis Manager: "No!! You can't add a dog! We're releasing pets in two years and it would be a hint!!!"

Maxis Artist: "Oh okay..."

And there are sheep in Windenburg. Was that a farming hint?

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CRuDCm_UwAAO02V.jpg

Maxis Artist: "We're making a rural neighborhood! Let's add some sheep in the background to make players feel like they're in the countryside!"

Maxis Manager: "No you can't!! We're going to release a farming pack in 4 years and those sheep would be a hint!!! We can't have hints!!!"

Maxis Artist: "Oh sorry my bad..."

Do you realize just how ridiculous it sounds? Things like animals, cities, tropical islands are commonly used everywhere and they are not going to deliberately avoid using them just because they happen to be the theme of a future pack.

You can view this your way and I will view them my way. Theres nothing to say that these packs don't start being developed long before they are ever released. So I don't think its far fetched at all if they put a dog animation in the booth as a hint.