Are they ever going to update babies?
I know that updating babies was a hot topic in the past. I used to check the forums often for any updates until life got too busy. I was wondering if there has been any recent talk of updating the bab...
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I personally am inclined to believe that "updated babies" will never come. Not true sims-like babies that can be created in CAS.
I do think it might be possible for them to update them to be tied to other objects, like a swing, play mat, changing table, etc.
It could be similar to how chairs "snap" to slots at dining tables or desks, etc and the animations still work regardless of what object the chair is snapped to. Babies could be moved away from the crib and snapped to a new object. But of course, these would also require different animations (sitting up for a swing, laying on tummy for floor mat time, etc).
Of course, I'm not sure how this could be done in "live mode" since we can't move chairs around in live mode unless they worked like deco slots like the ones that sims use to set down books and dirty plates, empty glasses, etc. But then again you'd have the community up in outrage the first time the sims placed the baby down on an inappropriate slot (like on a grill or bookcase, fireplace, etc).
But, I'm also not confident the teams feels like it's a priority. I know they can monitor playing styles and statistics from game play sessions. Maybe they have noticed a trend of the majority of players skipping over this life stage. There's a lot of people who state they immediately age babies up, now I'm not sure if it's because they're kinda pointless the way they are, or they just don't enjoy that type of game play and babies are just an unpleasant step to get to more interesting life stages.
But I do hope they improve them in some way before TS4 ends, just for those people who do enjoy babies.
I do think it might be possible for them to update them to be tied to other objects, like a swing, play mat, changing table, etc.
It could be similar to how chairs "snap" to slots at dining tables or desks, etc and the animations still work regardless of what object the chair is snapped to. Babies could be moved away from the crib and snapped to a new object. But of course, these would also require different animations (sitting up for a swing, laying on tummy for floor mat time, etc).
Of course, I'm not sure how this could be done in "live mode" since we can't move chairs around in live mode unless they worked like deco slots like the ones that sims use to set down books and dirty plates, empty glasses, etc. But then again you'd have the community up in outrage the first time the sims placed the baby down on an inappropriate slot (like on a grill or bookcase, fireplace, etc).
But, I'm also not confident the teams feels like it's a priority. I know they can monitor playing styles and statistics from game play sessions. Maybe they have noticed a trend of the majority of players skipping over this life stage. There's a lot of people who state they immediately age babies up, now I'm not sure if it's because they're kinda pointless the way they are, or they just don't enjoy that type of game play and babies are just an unpleasant step to get to more interesting life stages.
But I do hope they improve them in some way before TS4 ends, just for those people who do enjoy babies.
