Hi all! I was so excited about the lounge chair that just came with the free update, but...I started my game to test it immediately and I was really hoping we could do some things on them while relaxing.First, I tried let my sim to read a book while laying on it, but this was not possible (you can read a book on it but your sim will be just sitting, not laying). I was a bit disappointed , but then I thought okay but it will be problably possible to let two sims chill next to each other and let them talk, but they also can not interact with each other while laying! Maybe I did something wrong, I really don't know... Let me know if you were able to do these things.But if it's just how it supposed to be then I'm a little bit disappointed with this...What do you think?

You can drink a drink with them for sure while lounging I’ve seen pictures. Talking doesn’t surprise me but was disappointed about reading when I tested myself. You can sit and read just can’t lounge I guess it’s something just wish it was more.

Agreed, I actually logged back on here for the first time in a while to start a discussion on this.The implementation is very disappointing, relaxing should be a state not an interaction. I had hopes that they would possibly add relaxing on beds back in as well. But I guess not since they've opted for it to be a timed interaction. Musical chairs is already kind of an issue, and adding these short relax interactions just makes the sims seem even more indecisive.

It’s by design simgurunick asked when someone tweeted him about it. They can drink drinks while relaxing but cannot read or talk to others. I wish they could but hopefully it will be added. At least they are in the game now.

I'm confused. I thought that the reason that it took five years to get lounge chairs was that the devs needed time to figure out these interactions? So, they just didn't bother?

"Akl500P;c-17118813" wrote:It’s by design simgurunick asked when someone tweeted him about it. They can drink drinks while relaxing but cannot read or talk to others. I wish they could but hopefully it will be added. At least they are in the game now.A lot of things are "by design". Doesn't make it good design. I would hate for them to start making these choices again when they've been on such a roll with the recent packs and patches.

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Cinebar
6 years ago
"stilljustme2;c-17123565" wrote:
"Bluebeard45;c-17120153" wrote:
Look on the bright side. We got 350 new swatches for base game doors.

Which I for one am very happy about, especially the additional swatches for gender neutral doors and the gender neutral bathroom door for Spa Day. I've been enjoying remodeling my venues with the new bathroom doors.

It's possible that they had some issues with some of the interactions and the lounge chairs, and rather than leave out lounge chairs altogether they went with what they had so they can continue to work on them, and patch in additional interactions later on. They're not sitting around in their cubicles wondering, "Hmmm, what can we leave out and make the community even more frustrated?"

No, you are right they don't decide to frustrate the community, but somehow they keep disappointing by adding content that is lack luster and doesn't even stand up to the test of time when past objects offered more. I don't see the use in handing players content that would only frustrate them and make them think half-baked again. ETA: It makes most think wow, this team isn't as good as those from twenty years ago. It's only natural they would.
Cinebar
6 years ago
"LeGardePourpre;c-17126210" wrote:
@Phantomflex
TS4 gets shorter lounge chairs, it doesn't look confortable and the sims don't seem to be relax.

If there is no multitask, they could do it like TSFP.

https://img.youtube.com/vi/gXVVMltmsg4/0.jpg

That picture hurts my neck.
Sigzy_29
New Spectator
6 years ago
"Cinebar;c-17127333" wrote:
"LeGardePourpre;c-17126210" wrote:
@Phantomflex
TS4 gets shorter lounge chairs, it doesn't look confortable and the sims don't seem to be relax.

If there is no multitask, they could do it like TSFP.

https://img.youtube.com/vi/gXVVMltmsg4/0.jpg

That picture hurts my neck.

I didn't even notice that!! Wow indeed, that would be super uncomfortable there's no neck support. ahaha
drake_mccarty
6 years ago
"Sigzy05;c-17127294" wrote:
"Felicity;c-17127277" wrote:
"MadIris;c-17122564" wrote:
"simgirl1010;c-17122506" wrote:
"Noree_Doree;c-17122196" wrote:
"simgirl1010;c-17120973" wrote:
"Techbilt;c-17120895" wrote:
Seems kind of cheap if they decide to add reading in lounge chairs to a University pack. Tanning and Sunbathing I could understand keeping that action to an EP because Base game doesn't have summer to tan or sunburn the sims. But the base game does have books so I feel it should be a free update to the base game. especially since so far it looks like the only action you can do with a lounge chair is ~~sit~~ lounge and drink.

Maybe it will be included in a pre-University patch. :)

Why do you and others who comment like you keep letting EAxis get away with this with comments like this? It's always maybe they will do it next patch or the patch after that. It took how long for us to get lounge chairs and they still half baked it. To be honest I'm sick of it and sick of holding my tongue about it. I didn't pay all this money to get half baked base game content that came COMPLETED, mind you, in previous iterations base game. It's not right. And then we get simmers like you who keep commenting like this is okay. Now wonder this game keeps getting all this problematic half baked content with no real fixes.

Btw don't care if I get banned for saying this. I'm sick of it all. And tired of watching what I say on here. They need to hear this. It's honest feedback from an unsatisfied customers who's been a customer for over a decade.

You're giving me, and others who comment like me, too much credit. There is a fixed budget for animations. You'll never know what would have been left out if sleeping, reading, and reclined talking animations had been added to lounge chairs but there is always a trade off. It's been almost 5 years. You should know that by now.

I wonder why tradeoffs even exist with a BILLION dollar gaming company? In 2019?

Agreed -- Sims 4, according to EA, is selling incredibly well. The reason they're not putting in the same amount of animations that were in previous games is not because of any type of struggling with the company -- it's because they don't have to because they have a lot of customers who think it's fine.

I wish they'd just start reusing more animations from the previous games so at least they would exist.

What are you talking about? Do you know how many new animations are in this EP? For swimming alone there's tons. Compare making a sand sculpture in TS4 and making a sand castle in TS3.....like even the handle of the bucket moves when sims make sand castles in TS4.

But I hope they'll just update lounge chairs to allow multitasking.

I really don’t think they will. The entire issue with us getting them hinged on the cost of all of the new animation work that would need to be done for them to function with multitasking. I don’t know how they can write off the cost of that now that they’ve already released the loungers. It would be a separate cost, not really the same as if they did it all at once.
Writin_Reg
6 years ago
Seems just like the ones from Sims2 - It's a lounge chair for crying out loud. Sit by the pool chair. What do you want a lounge pool chair to do. Really?
Jonni08
6 years ago
2016: Devs say they will only add lounge chairs if it’s done PROPERLY, integrated with multitasking and social interactions.

2019: We finally get lounge chairs and all they can do is sit on them like lifeless mannequins, sunbathe and drink?

?
drake_mccarty
6 years ago
"Writin_Reg;c-17127525" wrote:
Seems just like the ones from Sims2 - It's a lounge chair for crying out loud. Sit by the pool chair. What do you want a lounge pool chair to do. Really?

Do you not socialize? Read? I mean the point isn’t really what we want to do there, but that this game is built around the multitasking feature and we were explicitly told by the studio that it was unacceptable for them to release a lounger that isn’t compatible with it. In Sims 2 the loungers had nested interactions, not everything was available but more than sitting was.
hiabara
6 years ago
"Writin_Reg;c-17127525" wrote:
Seems just like the ones from Sims2 - It's a lounge chair for crying out loud. Sit by the pool chair. What do you want a lounge pool chair to do. Really?

In 2016 they said multiple times that lounge chairs are expensive and a lot of effort to create because of all the multitasking and needed animations.

https://forums.thesims.com/en_us/discussion/comment/14718178/#Comment_14718178
"The Sims 4 is support for multitasking across the board, so it isn't acceptable to us to ship objects that you'd expect to work well with multitasking - such as a lounge chair - and limit them to a specific subset of animations or interactions."
Felicity_Bane
6 years ago
"Sigzy05;c-17127294" wrote:
"Felicity;c-17127277" wrote:
"MadIris;c-17122564" wrote:
"simgirl1010;c-17122506" wrote:
"Noree_Doree;c-17122196" wrote:
"simgirl1010;c-17120973" wrote:
"Techbilt;c-17120895" wrote:
Seems kind of cheap if they decide to add reading in lounge chairs to a University pack. Tanning and Sunbathing I could understand keeping that action to an EP because Base game doesn't have summer to tan or sunburn the sims. But the base game does have books so I feel it should be a free update to the base game. especially since so far it looks like the only action you can do with a lounge chair is ~~sit~~ lounge and drink.

Maybe it will be included in a pre-University patch. :)

Why do you and others who comment like you keep letting EAxis get away with this with comments like this? It's always maybe they will do it next patch or the patch after that. It took how long for us to get lounge chairs and they still half baked it. To be honest I'm sick of it and sick of holding my tongue about it. I didn't pay all this money to get half baked base game content that came COMPLETED, mind you, in previous iterations base game. It's not right. And then we get simmers like you who keep commenting like this is okay. Now wonder this game keeps getting all this problematic half baked content with no real fixes.

Btw don't care if I get banned for saying this. I'm sick of it all. And tired of watching what I say on here. They need to hear this. It's honest feedback from an unsatisfied customers who's been a customer for over a decade.

You're giving me, and others who comment like me, too much credit. There is a fixed budget for animations. You'll never know what would have been left out if sleeping, reading, and reclined talking animations had been added to lounge chairs but there is always a trade off. It's been almost 5 years. You should know that by now.

I wonder why tradeoffs even exist with a BILLION dollar gaming company? In 2019?

Agreed -- Sims 4, according to EA, is selling incredibly well. The reason they're not putting in the same amount of animations that were in previous games is not because of any type of struggling with the company -- it's because they don't have to because they have a lot of customers who think it's fine.

I wish they'd just start reusing more animations from the previous games so at least they would exist.

What are you talking about? Do you know how many new animations are in this EP? For swimming alone there's tons. Compare making a sand sculpture in TS4 and making a sand castle in TS3.....like even the handle of the bucket moves when sims make sand castles in TS4.

But I hope they'll just update lounge chairs to allow multitasking.

TBH, I didn't count -- it just seems that objects had a bit more functionality in previous games. Yes, there are new animations but that doesn't mean that they have as many as were in previous games.

As far as multitasking on lounge chairs, I doubt it will happen. I bet anything they tried, and couldn't stop the musical chairs. In some ways, it may be better that they can't do anything but be in the lounge chair because multitasking in Sims 4, while good in theory, really has severe bugs in the way it actually ends up working.
Writin_Reg
6 years ago
"wormstache999;c-17127601" wrote:
"Writin_Reg;c-17127525" wrote:
Seems just like the ones from Sims2 - It's a lounge chair for crying out loud. Sit by the pool chair. What do you want a lounge pool chair to do. Really?

In 2016 they said multiple times that lounge chairs are expensive and a lot of effort to create because of all the multitasking and needed animations.

https://forums.thesims.com/en_us/discussion/comment/14718178/#Comment_14718178
"The Sims 4 is support for multitasking across the board, so it isn't acceptable to us to ship objects that you'd expect to work well with multitasking - such as a lounge chair - and limit them to a specific subset of animations or interactions."

Yeah perhaps so but people kept complaining that any lounge chair was better than no lounge chair and we have waited5 years - seems like multi-tasking in lounge chairs just don't fly. Would you rather keep going with out them. You can always remove them if so.

My sims seem to prefer socializing while standing or at a bar or table and chairs anyway.

I don't know - I am just sort of glad to see a few finally. It looks like a pool or beach area - being originally from Florida - looks really normal to me.

Personally if I had my choice of beach socializing I'd be at least wanting Volley ball or fun things to do on beaches - not lounge chairs for such activity.