Builders, do you play in Live Mode?

"phantasmkiss;c-17145794" wrote:
To be fair though, Sims 4 build mode is amazing and I love it.

I agree 100%, and it's easy to use. I never really mastered building in TS3 (not that I have in TS4 but I do alright) :D .

"Sharonia;c-17145826" wrote:

"SweetieWright_84;c-17145718" wrote:

"Sharonia;c-17145698" wrote:
I don't build. :D

Thankfully there are tons of great builds in the Gallery, huh?

Oh yes. I don't know how I would cope if I had to play with the premade maxis builds. :D

LOL, some of them aren't too bad but they do get stale after the millionth time playing in them.

"SweetieWright_84;c-17145894" wrote:

"Lustianicia;c-17145860" wrote:
In my opinion, what's the fun of building if you don't even take the time to enjoy your own creations in gameplay mode? :smile:

Honestly, whenever I build something really amazing, I cannot wait until I get the chance to see my Sims use the house/venue!

I sort of feel the same way. Everything I build, I build with the intent to play in. The only problem with me is, when I get inspired, I'll build until I hit a creative wall, it's the same for playing as well though. Usually if I get stuck with one, I'll do the other. If I get stuck in both, I'll create sims, which admittedly, I'm not too good at. :D

That's exactly how I am as well. I always build with the intention to ultimately play with the lots that I create... there has never been a time when I never actually used a lot I created at least once. I'm also the kind of person who will have inspiration to build... but will eventually become "built out" for awhile and won't have any creative ideas... but then I'll get back in the creative mood again awhile later.

I agree. Although for me, I seem to get more "simmed" out than "built out." I find myself looking at houses in real life, or when my husband or kids are playing other games, and I think "I can build that in Sims!" They kind of get a bit annoyed when I tell them to stop so I can see the building behind them :D . They get it though. I find inspiration in the most unexpected places.

I build mostly for my sims, though sometimes I get the extra idea for a build that I just need to do even though I'm not in need for it in the game. But it's somewhere like 65-45 for live mode.

Honestly I don't build much in Sims 4 as my building and such was more to do with maps and new created worlds. So Sims 4 does not offer that kind of building at all. All I do in 4 as far as building goes is my own houses and lots - mostly starter stuff - for rags to riches play that i rarely even share - as it is not really share worthy. Map building is more my thing.... so i just play the game.

@Writin_Reg, I assume you mean CAW tool in TS3? I never got the hang of that. I tried but I couldn't do much. Plus, it froze a lot.

just wondering, at what point is one considered "a builder"?
I love building for my sims, the fact that they get to use it makes the building more rewarding for me.
But also the venues I got reflect the type of sims I play, for example I only got 2 gyms in whole cause I hardly ever play athletic sims.

"Writin_Reg;c-17146473" wrote:

"SweetieWright_84;c-17146387" wrote:
@Writin_Reg, I assume you mean CAW tool in TS3? I never got the hang of that. I tried but I couldn't do much. Plus, it froze a lot.

I built on maps all the way back to sims 1 - which was mostly a copy map extension using simple code - then I'd change up the new area.

Sims 2 I made maps using Sim City 4 and turn them into templates.

Sims 3 yes - CAW but mostly helping other creators troubleshoot and fix their world creations and of course fixing Maxis ep maps that had issues - mostly routing. CAW was a beast to be sure unless you really showed it who was boss - that was not me - lol but many of my friends are world builders using CAW, but for me it was mainly a tool for fixing or solving problems with the worlds and helping the Creators make their worlds run troublefree. But yes CAW is not user friendly for sure - but it did do the things I needed it to do. I enjoyed feeling helpful in Sims 3 - I miss that.

Sims 4 has truly left me out of my element... but luckily I have also always liked playing the games. I had to play in order to troubleshoot map problems - so for me I played as much as I built. I also got ideas for maps in Sims 2 from playing the game. So I am a builder - player.

I didn't come into the franchise until late TS3--about a year or two before Supernatural released--so I know very little of TS2, and nothing about TS1. When Origin had TS2UC for free, I got and played around with it but I still know very little.

"FurSimsOfficial;c-17147652" wrote:
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Oh no thats a little different from what I do. I meant rebuild my own build lots from years ago. I just decide what the world should look like according to my storyline at the time or new lot ideas that I came up with. I just had 2-3 new lot ideas or Sulani, so I demolished what seems the best ground for my ideas and what I can miss. I left the rest for what it is until I have better plans for them. I try to keep pre-mades in my world, but when they die out and their homes get filled with weird sims, I have no problem replacing those houses as well as the sims who live in them.

Oh, ok. I misunderstood, my mistake. That still sounds time consuming.

Mine started out as a challenge for myself; to see if could stick to rebuilding/building on every lot and make something I like. Then it sort of just snowballed into me saying, "If I'm going to build new lots for every world, then I might as well make all new Sims." I have one more household to make and I will be done. My goal is to have it all done so I can spend the rest of the summer playing in it.

I've made two save files, one unpopulated and the other populated. They have the same builds and everything just one has sims and the other doesn't. I'll probably share them here (on the forums) at some point.