EA, a Question About Sims 4 Game Engine
Just what is it? Where is this "Smart-Sim Technology"? Where is this engine they were boasting about? Apparently the engine doesn't support beards very well. It's "more limiting" than Sims 3 engin...
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Information I found about it: http://www.polygon.com/2013/8/20/4639910/sims-4-come-to-life-levels-up-the-emotion-with-new-smartsim
http://honeywellsims4news.tumblr.com/post/89262508936/mini-simguru-qa-from-twitter-system-requirements
"GAME ENGINE
"The Sims 4 is not built on Frostbite, Glass Box, or any other previously known engine. It’s a completely new engine that was built specifically for The Sims 4. We haven’t given it a name.
"Smart Sim” was how we were referring to the new tech driving the behavior of the Sims, not the engine itself.“ —Graham Nardone, Tweets: one, two and three."
So Smart Sim isn't the engine, it is just the Sims AI. There is no name for the engine, but it was built just for the Sims 4.
http://honeywellsims4news.tumblr.com/post/89262508936/mini-simguru-qa-from-twitter-system-requirements
"GAME ENGINE
"The Sims 4 is not built on Frostbite, Glass Box, or any other previously known engine. It’s a completely new engine that was built specifically for The Sims 4. We haven’t given it a name.
"Smart Sim” was how we were referring to the new tech driving the behavior of the Sims, not the engine itself.“ —Graham Nardone, Tweets: one, two and three."
So Smart Sim isn't the engine, it is just the Sims AI. There is no name for the engine, but it was built just for the Sims 4.
