"ClarionOfJoy;c-17138405" wrote:
"halloweenchild;c-17138139" wrote:
I'm indifferent, I owned Island Paradise but I hardly got a chance to play in that world without serious lag. And when I did the underwater lots, while pretty were kinda lacking imho.
The Isla Paradiso world needed fixing so all you had to do was download fixed version if you didn't want to fix it yourself. Or download other tropical worlds that also had diving lots.
Scuba diving in TS3 was an active self-employment career and you can sell the fish, shells and bottles in several ways including creating your own active fish market. You can also incorporate it into other careers like the marine biologist career. Scuba dive in the morning and analyze it in the afternoon to draw samples for cloning and other experiments.
Having scuba diving would have been a great active career in TS4 instead of the rabbithole you people constantly and hypocritically complained about in TS3. The only active career you have in TS4 is cleaning up garbage. "oh, it's so fun!" :D
I wasn't really that much into modding at the time, so I didn't bother to try and fix it. I played on the saves that had not as much lag and what I played I enjoyed, but still found somewhat underwhelming. I'm also aware of all the stuff you could do with the underwater lots and the careers etc. Like I said, I own the pack, just didn't get to play that world as often as I liked because of the lag.
Honestly, I'm glad you were able to get so much out of Island Paradise when it was originally released. But for me, I can only talk about what I experienced and that was a lot of lag, routing issues (had a sim swim Up an island) and empty underwater lots. I did enjoy the houseboats though, even though they were just giant cubes and super slow.
