Hey everyone. I usually play in one main save with aging off, but lately, I've been wanting to create a sci fi save. I'm thinking along the lines of: each world could be considered a "planet" with a specific type of architecture and/or people/aliens living there. Has anyone done anything like this? I know there are some people that play historical saves, and, while I've never done that, I'd think a sci-fi save would be quite similar, possibly easier. I do use mods and cc, but after a few quick google searches, there doesn't seem to be as much cc for futuristic/sci-fi stuff as there are for historical. Because of this, I am considering doing a sort of "it's the future/another planet but it's not that different from present day earth" kind of setting, but I'd really rather make everything at least somewhat unique and unusual. (that's the fun part after all) I'm thinking I can use Lot51's fashion authority mod to dress everyone (including the townies) for each "planet"Some worlds, I'm a little unsure what to do with. Mostly worlds like Copperdale, Willow Creek, and Henford On Bagley that don't really fit with the sci fi theme.I may never finish this, as I've tried creating a fantasy save before and stopped after placing like three houses from the gallery, but this is something that's been on my mind for a while, and I think I'd be cool once I finished it (and fun to work on as well, as I'm definitely more of a sci-fi kind of guy than a fantasy kind of guy)Do you think this would work? Any suggestions? Are there any potential problems I'm overlooking?

I don’t have a full sci fi save. My save is a fantasy save with some sci-fi elements. I have a Sixam Alien outpost parked in Strangerville and another one in Oasis Springs along with a training camp for alien hunters. There was also a Men in Black type unit operating out of a high tech warehouse in Willow Creek. I say “was” because they were sacrificed when my save got corrupted and had to be migrated. I also have the 10th Doctor parked in HoB. All of my aliens, except the Doctor, are trying to fly under the radar, so their homes fit in with their surroundings but are high tech/ futuristic on the inside. Although, The Doctor does have a quaint little cottage in HoB with the Tardis parked out back. Basically, my game is separated into the human sim world and a magical realm called the Myst. Everything is set in modern times. I group game worlds into one of these two larger worlds and use mods to control who can travel where. I think you could do something similar with your game and have a futuristic type world alongside a less developed world or even a post apocalyptic, Mad Max type world. Group the game worlds where they are best suited and work out their relationship to each other. In my game, The Myst was created as a refuge when magical creatures got tired of being hunted and persecuted by humans, so there’s an adversarial relationship between the two lands. Anyway, I think your idea is doable. I hope you’ll share more when you get it done.

I think scifi often takes cultural inspiration or inspirations from architectural styles that already existkind of like retrofitting existing home with the new things future has to offer or things you need to survive the future or whateverfor example there could be some normal homes but maybe the air quality has gone really bad so they built domes around themmaybe there is old mansion with just gadgets everywhereor maybe there was a say a old barn but scientist bought it to work on strange futuristic projectsor perhaps there was a castle until it was coated in all the modern technology and such after being taken over by aliensthere is lots of possible combinationsi also think school is rather good place for dystopia + scifi theme like maybe AI took over maybe it was zombies maybe robots who knows many possibilities so many possibilitiesi do tend to lean more historical myself but ive been kind of eyeing Newcrest for some futurism myself if i could just get working :lol:

Another thing, there are a lot of Steam Punk resources for builds and CC. Worlds that don’t fit your more futuristic style might be able to go that direction.

The idea of a Sci-fi save sounds great. I once tried to rebuild oasis springs in a sci-fi theme but never managed to get it finished. I might return to it some day.By now we have so many worlds from so many packs, that rebuilding everything is very much work. I would begin by starting (or downloading) a completely empty blank save with no buildings and just focus on one world or a few neighbourhoods to rebuild and leave the rest blank. I would focus on those worlds or neighbourhoods with few decorations like oasis springs or the island in Windenburg (just this one neighbourhood without background buildings). Another route could be to go for really modern looking neighbourhoods like the uptown financial district in San mychuno or the foxbury campus in britechester. You can change the lot type of the dorms and use it as a penthouse lot, just like the ones from San mychuno. For builds there are quite a few nice assets in get to work and strangerville. If you like a more dystopian grunge vibe also journey to batuuFor gameplay I find useful things in get to work- inventions in the science career- aliens get famous - the sleeping pod. If only we had a matching toddler poddiscover university - servos- robotic arm and exo skeleton - various household robots robotseco lifestyle - the fabricator as a way to create objects, if I am informed correctly it even allows to make one food recipe if you unlock it- the tech looking planter

I once saw an episode of Star Trek where Picard when to visit his brother on Earth. His brother lived on the family farm that was very traditional looking. What if the future is not shiny? What if wide swaths of people reject or do not have access to shiny? What if people in the future move through time as well as space just like they move between worlds in Sims? What happens to each world? What stays the same and what changes?CC is grouped narrowly. I agree with Cyncie to look at the Steam Punk themed items. Steam Punk would look great in Henford on Bagley. Keep an open mind about what might be available within other themes. I'd look in the camping, dystopian, and loft stuff. I bet there might be a few things in the 70's stuff, like a lava lamp.CopperDale could become a giant retro theme park. Instead of trying to change it, make it a giant tourist attraction like a Disney Park.In Las Vegas, there are themed residential areas that have been built to look like different parts of the country. People are forced to move to Las Vegas for work, but don't want to be there. When they drive through the locked gates of their home neighborhood, they enter what looks like a different state. There are very strict rules about what plants are allowed so the theme is not disrupted. These places consume huge amounts of water because home owners are forbidden to plant things that survive easily there and are forced to maintain a certain number of plants listed on a short list of approved plants. I can imagine in the future that there will be even more themed gated residential communities.

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susanleona
Seasoned Ace
3 years ago
In my apocalyptic save I've converted Willow Creek to a steampunk hood with residents and retail lots to fit the theme. As mentioned previously there are great lots on the Gallery for steampunk buildings. This is one place where no one lives in tents.
MrPlumbob
Rising Ace
3 years ago
@rudolpha Steampunk would work really well in Willow Creek as well.

Speaking of lots from the Gallery, I've been looking through some futuristic/space lots on the gallery and I have found some really amazing ones!
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This is one of the homes I found on the gallery. For some reason, the stairs were missing when I downloaded it, so I replaced them with some elevators using the Uplifting Elevators cc by Ravasheen.
https://i.imgur.com/ssgvmzS.png
https://i.imgur.com/gPeX24X.png

I've been creating a family of aliens in CAS this morning, and I've just realised something about my sci-fi save. I'm going to have to name all of my aliens myself if I want them to have futuristic/alien names. I'm used to just using the name randomizer for most of my sims. Some of the aliens could have human names, since there are both humans and aliens living in the world, but I'd like many of them to have unique futuristic names.
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This is the first alien family I've created for my sci-fi save. (they are still a work in progress, including their names.)

Alien forms.
https://i.imgur.com/pCcodTW.png
Disguise forms.
https://i.imgur.com/ZUanSh7.png
SEREFRAS
Legend
3 years ago
Thank you so much for the wonderful compliments of my futuristic builds
@MrPlumbob . I really did enjoy remaking my worlds. I so do wish I could show them in the forum unfortunately I don’t know how to, that’s why I usually just mention my builds & households that are saved in the Gallery.
However once in a while I do share a screenshot in my avatar of my sims or a lot or even one of my worlds. (FYI: I only play vanilla, so I depend on my packs/kits & my own unusual imagination.????
MrPlumbob
Rising Ace
3 years ago
@SERVERFRA you can post pictures of your worlds on the forum. You can take a screenshot in game with the c key on your keyboard. If you are using a Windows computer, your screenshots will be in your computer's documents folder, under Electronic Arts > Sims 4 >Screenshots. You need to use an image hosting site, like Imgur (which is what I use since it's free.) You just sign up on the imgur website. After you sign up, click your username in the upper right corner of the screen, and select "images". On that page, click the green "Add" button and select the picture you want to share. After you add them, you can post them to the forum by clicking on them and copying the link for the BBCode on the right side of the menu (In the picture below, I've circled it) Just paste that link into the forum just like you were writing regular text and the picture will show up.
https://i.imgur.com/iFHCv2V.png

If you need a more detailed explanation, I'd be very glad to help. I took me a while to figure out how to post pictures myself.

As I have been building my Sci-Fi save today (which has been mostly downloading lots from the Gallery so far), I haven't really found much need to look for CC. There are actually a lot of sci-fi type items available in vanilla, and I don't even have any of the Sci-Fi Packs like Batuu or StrangerVille.
MrPlumbob
Rising Ace
3 years ago
Just an update on my sci-if save. I’ve decided that rather than doing an entire save to start with, I’m just going to focus on making Oasis Springs into an alien world. I’m planning a story where some of my aliens will go to earth to learn more about humans. So I’m planning to leave most of the other worlds as “earth” and some as “space”.

One question though: If (and this is a big “if” since I have a lot going on this month) I end up posting continuing story updates, where should I post them? I know there are two “what happened in your game today” threads, but the original one seems like a lot to keep up with, as I can’t always read everyone’s stories or reply to everyone. It’s not that I wouldn’t want to, just that I’m not on the forums that often, and when I am, I’m usually not on for very long. Im not sure about the other “non serial story” thread either, since what I’m going to post is more of a longer “story” than what people usually post there. I’ve thought of using a thread in the stories forum, but I’m not sure if that would be the correct place either, since most of those stories seem a bit longer and more detailed than what I’m planning. I’m honestly a bit lost as to where to post. Any thoughts or suggestions? Which thread do you think would be best?
Katofhyrule12
Seasoned Ace
3 years ago
"MrPlumbob;c-18300022" wrote:
So I’m planning to leave most of the other worlds as “earth” and some as “space”.

That is a great idea!
MrPlumbob
Rising Ace
3 years ago
"Katofhyrule12;c-18300031" wrote:
"MrPlumbob;c-18300022" wrote:
So I’m planning to leave most of the other worlds as “earth” and some as “space”.

That is a great idea!

Well, it was actually cyncie that mentioned grouping the worlds, so I can’t claim that it’s my original idea.

"cyncie;c-18297300" wrote:

Basically, my game is separated into the human sim world and a magical realm called the Myst.

By the way @cyncie , I hope you don’t mind if I borrow your idea.

@Lenny_Ogg I may post in the creative corner, since I may not post that often some weeks. If I end up posting a thread, I’ll add it to my signature (and probably update my avatar too.)
cyncie
Seasoned Ace
3 years ago
"MrPlumbob;c-18300147" wrote:
"Katofhyrule12;c-18300031" wrote:
"MrPlumbob;c-18300022" wrote:
So I’m planning to leave most of the other worlds as “earth” and some as “space”.

That is a great idea!

Well, it was actually cyncie that mentioned grouping the worlds, so I can’t claim that it’s my original idea.

"cyncie;c-18297300" wrote:

Basically, my game is separated into the human sim world and a magical realm called the Myst.

By the way @cyncie , I hope you don’t mind if I borrow your idea.

Not at all. Hope you have fun with it. Check out the Home Regions mod by kuttoe to give you control over sim travel between your worlds

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