Downsides of The Sims 4 Building
The Sims 4 is commonly touted by players to have the best building tools - easy and intuitive design, relatively fast game performance, etc. However, I have discovered that The Sims 4 Buy/Build Mode h...
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"CAPTAIN_NXR7;c-17797894" wrote:
Although I do agree with the build limitations The Sims 4 has, in my opinion its building tool is still far superior to that of previous titles.
I’ve spent a considerable amount of time in Sims 3 CAW and re-building entire neighborhoods. I love open world.
Yet, I find building actual structures in Sims 4 far more enjoyable. This is coming from someone who builds a huge amount.
There are 2 things that bother me a lot in The Sims 4 building tool and perhaps very few people seem to notice or care about these:Ceiling tiles and ceiling features. I’m a sims 3 camera user and I use the cinematic camera a lot too. This means I orbit around the world and need to experience it from every angle. Looking up however, breaks the immersion since I’m only able to see the white shapes that are meant to be ceilings. One of my favorite build features in Sims 3 is the ability to place ceiling tiles. Sims 4 should provide something even better. Right now my build seems incomplete because of the lack of ceiling customization. Inability to edit light colour and intensity in build mode. Light is a very important aspect to setting the mood for a build. It changes the energy, the entire feeling of it. Right now i need to move in a sim and edit every single light in live mode. It’s too much of a roundabout way to get the desired effect. This feature needs to be accessible in build mode.
I too use the TS3 camera mode and I see the ceiling every time I play, I also always play with walls up when I play because I didn't spend a huge amount of time decorating my sims rooms and walls just to have the walls down and never see the decorations I placed.
So, not having the ability to paint the ceilings is a huge thing to me, that ugly white ceiling in every house is ridiculous, also the fact that the ceiling is also the underneath side to "porch roofs" ... so even if you could deal with white ceilings inside, but the outside of your structure is dark colored, the porch ceiling is still white and sticks out like a sore thumb!
And the color/intensity not being able to be adjust in build mode is serious pet peeve of mine too!
