Chicken coop hint in Get Famous [Farming]

"Stormkeep;c-16891649" wrote:
@RememberJoy Horses aren't farm animals, so it makes sense to separate them.

My cousins raise dairy cows and chickens, their home is called a "farm".
Growing up, we raised horses, and showed horses, and did rodeos. Our home was called a "Ranch.'
Horses are a lot of work and quite expensive to raise, very few actual farmers have any, and those that do generally just have a few for hobby purposes...they aren't technically part of the farm, anymore than the bowling ball in the closet is if bowling is one of the farmer's hobbies.

In the east a lot of the equestrian places are also called farms not ranches.

@jude72pla I imagine...if we wanted to get all technical, a ranch IS actually a sub-type of farm. I.e. All ranches are farms, but not all farms are ranches.
I still think it makes sense to separate horses from any pack focused on farming though seeing as they wouldn't really fit well with what most of us traditionally think of as farming; you don't grow them, you don't eat them, and they produce no byproduct that is used for food either (gelatin urban legends aside).

"Stormkeep;c-16905252" wrote:
@jude72pla I imagine...if we wanted to get all technical, a ranch IS actually a sub-type of farm. I.e. All ranches are farms, but not all farms are ranches.
I still think it makes sense to separate horses from any pack focused on farming though seeing as they wouldn't really fit well with what most of us traditionally think of as farming; you don't grow them, you don't eat them, and they produce no byproduct that is used for food either (gelatin urban legends aside).

You can be a farmer but still own horses. That's not a contradiction.

I desperately want horses in TS4.

And I want them to count as sims, even if the 8 limit remains. Anything less would be a letdown after TS3.

However I worry that farm animals (and horses) might be implemented like hamsters, as basically glorified objects. No ability to know/customize their appearances, gender, personality... nothing.

I want better than the last versions of them.

They did beat out the other options in the poll. In addition to sparking discussions of replacing pigs with llamas.

"JennyNoelle;c-16905633" wrote:

However I worry that farm animals (and horses) might be implemented like hamsters, as basically glorified objects. No ability to know/customize their appearances, gender, personality... nothing.

How would you like to customize a chicken or a cow? Do you want to paint a smiley face on a cow?

"JennyNoelle;c-16905633" wrote:

They did beat out the other options in the poll. In addition to sparking discussions of replacing pigs with llamas.

I agree! I would also replace pigs with sheep and llamas, since they produce whool that can be made into jarn (with the spinning wheel) that can be used for sewing clothing. Pigs are basically only held for their flesh, and I don't want to kill and eat flesh from my farm animals in The Sims. They should only die of old age!

> @FreezerBunnyCowplant said:
> How would you like to customize a chicken or a cow? Do you want to paint a smiley face on a cow?

There's a better chance of horses being 'sims', as this was how they were in TS3 and how it was planned to add them when they were still part of the expansion that would become Cats & Dogs. They even started working on them, before deciding to remove them from the pack, so it's likely they would simply pick-up where they left off. The other animals though, aren't likely to get the same treatment.

I don't think cows, chickens, pigs, or llamas would be implemented as 'sims' (and would not get a CAS style customization). So instead, maybe there could be a menu to customize them on a simpler scale when you buy them, or there could be a list of options on a market for you to choose from, or their appearance/personality could be random upon 'purchase'. This would allow for players to feel closer to the animals, as well as allowing for potential breeding (aka babies).

I dunno but making the farm animals work like the cats and dogs from the pets expansion kinda sounds like a bit of a stretch.

I’d prefer having a lot of farm animals and work very similarly to the rodents from my first pet or the farm animals from the sims 3 store.

And have all other farm related stuffs like horses, harvestables, and greatly executed off the grid system rather than only focusing to make the farm animals themselves (minus the horses) actually life-like and not getting the rest of the pack like i’ve mentioned before.

I’m a bit of a developer expert and making these farm animals walk, roam, and run around the neighborhood is not a good idea. All of the budget and resources would be allocated for those assets only and they are very expensive.

So instead, why not just make them object tied animals like what they did on my first pet? So more product toon and better execution would be done to implement other great features like full live horses, immersive farming and off the grid living system, and a new vibrant country side world.

And by the way, i dunno and i’m not sure but why would people want farming *expansion pack solely for farm animals (not including the horses) and make them act like the cats and dogs (walking, running, you name it) only?

I want a pig farm, now! :)

"TheIntrovertSimmer;c-16906189" wrote:

So instead, why not just make them object tied animals like what they did on my first pet? So more product toon and better execution would be done to implement other great features like full live horses, immersive farming and off the grid living system, and a new vibrant country side world.

You could actually use the technology from the roomba from C&D. It can move around your lot freely without taking up a space in the household. Imagine, instead of the roomba, there would be a chicken. And instead of the charging station, there is a chicken coop.
The technology is already there!

"Stormkeep;c-16905252" wrote:
@jude72pla I imagine...if we wanted to get all technical, a ranch IS actually a sub-type of farm. I.e. All ranches are farms, but not all farms are ranches.
I still think it makes sense to separate horses from any pack focused on farming though seeing as they wouldn't really fit well with what most of us traditionally think of as farming; you don't grow them, you don't eat them, and they produce no byproduct that is used for food either (gelatin urban legends aside).

There are communities and organizations here in the States that still use horses other then pleasure they are breed and raised for drafting.