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New Spectator

4 years ago

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.

EA_Leeloo
4 years ago
Hi there! A quick heads-up: I moved this thread to the Game Feedback section. :)
Cynna1065
4 years ago
"Sthenastia;c-17742804" wrote:

I use the stuff for both packs also, but to be honest I need to use objects from another packs to complete one room, because it is impossible to do if you want to use only one. I like that furnitures but I totally have no idea what EA thought when they compiled the item list. It is ill-considered for me. I expect that Stuff Packs will have a full set to make at least one room or more. Tyni Living is closer to be better than anotherstuff packs, but I really miss some solutions for tiny bathroom or kitchen.

Tiny Living was such a letdown. It's such an exciting and timely theme. If it had been a game pack or even an expansion with many more space-saving and functional items, it could easily have been the most innovative pack in the entire series. Instead, the theme was wasted, which I find to be a pervasive problem with TS4.

I partially blame the new clutter category. It is unique to TS4. In the past, players needed to depend on modders if they wanted an extensive variety of clutter. EA/Maxis focused more on game systems and function. These days, I find that the opposite is true. EA/Maxis pads each pack with so much clutter, it seems that they have forgotten that they used to provide the function and the fun. That includes items within a set that actually matched as well as woodwork that was separate from the upholstery.
OldeSimsFan
New Traveler
4 years ago
Agree with you all! Those combination units shown would have been perfect for Tiny Living. Did we get them (at least in concept)? No. Another failing is in carpets. I had more in TS2 base game - both in colors and patterns - than I do now 6 years into TS4. The only thing that saves my building/decorating bacon is CC.
Sthenastia
New Spectator
4 years ago
Another talented (harrie) CC creator, who knows how to create full, matching collection of furnitures. As you can see, neutral colors and nice patterns can really change the game.

https://64.media.tumblr.com/5e38fbb7976e61b27580de7001138c29/4c752452a40fa71e-39/s1280x1920/657755dc94d5fad1a65db663cc0227ef32bf1c72.jpg

https://64.media.tumblr.com/1e8a9b929cc24d4949df73fa261f6cc4/b0e3aa0c538ef7d7-b6/s2560x500/90e96ec4b1784c2312c26de51e7e3843e177b31b.jpg

https://64.media.tumblr.com/ab0a57a5b233fc20a15f6ed42d7e2dbf/c9309c7c03497871-fc/s1280x1920/544d7d590cdd03b0e6bd800d0421fb53a3de6bb8.jpg

https://64.media.tumblr.com/a3ee0d4b2b7f435ecdc3612166a4da49/c9309c7c03497871-6a/s500x750/584621bc3d5b48a13a74a8614844b666e8a88f66.gifv

https://64.media.tumblr.com/58f4936d415dddc28acb178c2a6e6136/80bc44755cd320ce-0a/s1280x1920/d01a837d89eeb9cf3af5ac496c26bfe9197eb57a.jpg

https://64.media.tumblr.com/d3c79b5df9e3192ccf337db1206c7a9c/b0e3aa0c538ef7d7-7c/s1280x1920/58c444e7d81b485ba593c78234cd4a2efbbe47fe.gifv

https://64.media.tumblr.com/1c4801c4b505163601c408812b28bc13/097ab853aa6b0dd4-01/s500x750/34733d764e6267903d37bf34cbfc21593fdd49bd.gifv

https://64.media.tumblr.com/905aff551acf6033c2af9b3d14f143af/80bc44755cd320ce-64/s500x750/f80b415fc590db3129ef987bef089081d204b7e8.gifv
OldeSimsFan
New Traveler
4 years ago
Really! Good looking items there. Where are they hiding to be found? Not seen them at TSR
ChadSims2
Seasoned Novice
4 years ago
So much work and thought put into the original post. I completely agree with all that was said and there really is no logic with My First Pet its nothing but random items left out of Cats and Dogs you can no nothing with it alone.
Sthenastia
New Spectator
4 years ago
Base Game needs this dramatically. It is sad that cc creators fix the buy mode :/

https://twitter.com/IllogicalSimmer/status/1351485365744402432