Buy Mode set is half-baked in general
Lets be honest, The Sims 4 has the best build mode but I see a huge weakness which is repeate with every pack and base game updates. I want to highlight some weaknesses and show some things which need to be developed or corrected.
1. Swatches
Weird, not matching textures and swatches are extremally common in the sims 4. What is worse, sometimes furnitures from one pack do not match to each other. For example Cool Kitchen cabinets and counters:
https://static0.thegamerimages.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Sims-4-cool-kitchen-units.jpg?q=50&fit=crop&w=740&h=389
2. Some packs have similar items
I do not know why, but some items are the same in packs. For example:
This type of windows (Base Game, Spa Day, Eco Lifestyle ect.):
https://simscommunity.info/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/07-14-15_6-22-PM-4-300x169.pnghttps://simscommunity.info/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/07-14-15_6-23-PM-300x169.png
This type of decoration (City Living, Get Famous, Eco Lifestyle):
https://simscommunity.info/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/100.png
3. Recycled textures between packs.
Some objects are totally copy-pasted between base game-packs or pack-pack. For example used counters in City Living. They are just copied counters from base game with some changes in base swatches:
https://simscommunity.info/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/23.png
Realm of Magic has the same issue:
https://preview.redd.it/s9t0hnuzu9m31.png?auto=webp&s=bd6b889473a4692f3d400158b2b7d73a575aa9f6
4. Lack of "mirror" version of some items.
Every type of unusual couch or armchair has this problem:
City Living:
https://simscommunity.info/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/20.png
Moschino:
https://simscommunity.info/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/08-10-19_10-50-11-AM.jpg
Snowy Escape:
https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ekXbmp839LM/X7sPI6gEtII/AAAAAAAABHM/fgX_LIssyLoTINcJ6eIWjY0yV7UI8fnzwCLcBGAsYHQ/w1200-h630-p-k-no-nu/Snow%2BEscape%2BLiving%2BRoom%2BDisplay.jpg
5. A lot of buy content in the packs are totally random:
I can not find any logic in My First Pet Stuff for example. What can I built?
https://simsonline.info/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Sims-4-My-First-Pet-Stuff-Pack-build-items.jpg
I can not also fine any logic in Vintage Glamour for example. Ok. Two beds wow! New desk. Nice! But where is any chair for this desk or matching furnitures to finish the bedroom or living room in this pack? I am not sure for which room this pack is, because I feel like this collection is too small to build a bedroom or living room. I guess that the bedroom is the closest but what about another rooms?
https://s6.ifotos.pl/img/TS4VGS28I_qqwnxae.png
Why Dine Out has no furnitures for kitchen (open kitchen for example), but Vampires has whole set of cabinets and counters?
Why Snowy Escape has not closed version of new counters?
6. Island counters ALWAYS have wrong texture. Why?
7. Windows and doors from the same collection have different sizes. Unfortunately new patch does not help because doors are smaller and it is hard to put them higher.
1. Swatches
Weird, not matching textures and swatches are extremally common in the sims 4. What is worse, sometimes furnitures from one pack do not match to each other. For example Cool Kitchen cabinets and counters:
https://static0.thegamerimages.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Sims-4-cool-kitchen-units.jpg?q=50&fit=crop&w=740&h=389
2. Some packs have similar items
I do not know why, but some items are the same in packs. For example:
This type of windows (Base Game, Spa Day, Eco Lifestyle ect.):
https://simscommunity.info/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/07-14-15_6-22-PM-4-300x169.pnghttps://simscommunity.info/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/07-14-15_6-23-PM-300x169.png
This type of decoration (City Living, Get Famous, Eco Lifestyle):
https://simscommunity.info/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/100.png
3. Recycled textures between packs.
Some objects are totally copy-pasted between base game-packs or pack-pack. For example used counters in City Living. They are just copied counters from base game with some changes in base swatches:
https://simscommunity.info/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/23.png
Realm of Magic has the same issue:
https://preview.redd.it/s9t0hnuzu9m31.png?auto=webp&s=bd6b889473a4692f3d400158b2b7d73a575aa9f6
4. Lack of "mirror" version of some items.
Every type of unusual couch or armchair has this problem:
City Living:
https://simscommunity.info/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/20.png
Moschino:
https://simscommunity.info/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/08-10-19_10-50-11-AM.jpg
Snowy Escape:
https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ekXbmp839LM/X7sPI6gEtII/AAAAAAAABHM/fgX_LIssyLoTINcJ6eIWjY0yV7UI8fnzwCLcBGAsYHQ/w1200-h630-p-k-no-nu/Snow%2BEscape%2BLiving%2BRoom%2BDisplay.jpg
5. A lot of buy content in the packs are totally random:
I can not find any logic in My First Pet Stuff for example. What can I built?
https://simsonline.info/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Sims-4-My-First-Pet-Stuff-Pack-build-items.jpg
I can not also fine any logic in Vintage Glamour for example. Ok. Two beds wow! New desk. Nice! But where is any chair for this desk or matching furnitures to finish the bedroom or living room in this pack? I am not sure for which room this pack is, because I feel like this collection is too small to build a bedroom or living room. I guess that the bedroom is the closest but what about another rooms?
https://s6.ifotos.pl/img/TS4VGS28I_qqwnxae.png
Why Dine Out has no furnitures for kitchen (open kitchen for example), but Vampires has whole set of cabinets and counters?
Why Snowy Escape has not closed version of new counters?
6. Island counters ALWAYS have wrong texture. Why?
7. Windows and doors from the same collection have different sizes. Unfortunately new patch does not help because doors are smaller and it is hard to put them higher.
