Bigger Worlds, please

"citysimmer;d-954590" wrote:
I don't really understand how having a smaller world improves performance because my PC is not very good and is not built for gaming at all and runs big worlds like Windenburg just fine. (If someone who knows more about this can tell why I would love that.)

To my understanding, the concern they expressed when people were complaining about DSV wasn't that they were afraid of the impact one large world would have within itself, but rather the impact multiple large worlds would have on the game by just existing. I don't think this concern has anything to do with the way our computers perform, but instead with the way the game does.

It's unfortunate because I doubt we will ever see worlds that match the quality of Windenburg (and maybe SM) from here on out. But I do think they have a reason to be concerned about performance, because I've seen first hand the kinds of stupid things that can cause performance issues in this game; like having too many homeless sims, or having too many relationships, or having too many items in your inventory.. the list goes on for a while and I could easily see the worlds being part of it.

Sims 5's got you covered.

Yeah, most likely this is because the game cannot handle larger worlds, I also get the impression that the team are very limited when it comes to time and budget, hopefully because they are working on a sequel.

Like everyone said, I don't think we'll get more worlds of Windenburg's size. But I'm hopeful we'll get some other worlds like Forgotten Hollow that are small but with a lot of charm and personality.

"logion;c-16926174" wrote:
Yeah, most likely this is because the game cannot handle larger worlds, I also get the impression that the team are very limited when it comes to time and budget, hopefully because they are working on a sequel.

Given that they usually start development within 1-2 years or more beforehand and have kept releasing fast content at the same time I feel like a sequel would not be an excuse for them specially having said that they have planned content for more years. Even the whole performance excuse does not swing by me given that data from other worlds is not used actively when playing in a specific one so a dormant world so to speak should have little impact on performance.

"Cupid;c-16925921" wrote:

"citysimmer;d-954590" wrote:
I don't really understand how having a smaller world improves performance because my PC is not very good and is not built for gaming at all and runs big worlds like Windenburg just fine. (If someone who knows more about this can tell why I would love that.)

To my understanding, the concern they expressed when people were complaining about DSV wasn't that they were afraid of the impact one large world would have within itself, but rather the impact multiple large worlds would have on the game by just existing. I don't think this concern has anything to do with the way our computers perform, but instead with the way the game does.

It's unfortunate because I doubt we will ever see worlds that match the quality of Windenburg (and maybe SM) from here on out. But I do think they have a reason to be concerned about performance, because I've seen first hand the kinds of stupid things that can cause performance issues in this game; like having too many homeless sims, or having too many relationships, or having too many items in your inventory.. the list goes on for a while and I could easily see the worlds being part of it.

They should have thought about this in the first place. What made them think we wanted tiny little hoods, they aren't really worlds.

Bigger worlds!!! Period!!! I felt robbed when I purchased and opened some of the more recent expansions and saw the number of buildeble lots. Get famous was just the same, (although it has more than others). I appreciate being able to manipulate terrain and building heights and such, but we need more lots without having to wipe the existing buildings. I love this game; I've killed many an hour with it. I'd just like to have more lots per map.

And cars..... Definitely want cars!

How sad that we have a Sims game where Windenburg is the big world it feels so small to me everything is so separated no real feel of neighborhoods. Del Sol Valley world size was a complete joke if they cant make worlds bigger than that its time they move on to Sims 5 and make a game which can handle the content people actually want.

I agree that more content really should've been added into ts4 certainly by this time in its lifespan.

Bigger worlds may help, but all of the loading screens in ts4 breaks my immersion too much for me to enjoy the game.

Whether it's a few seconds or a half a minute of sitting there waiting for my sims to load into a new "world" or even the next door neighbor's house, I rarely have my sims go anywhere because it's just not worth the wait to spend a few unsatisfying minutes exploring that area's lacking content.

del sol valley has to be the BIGGEST disappointment since Magnolia Promenade.