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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"Scobre;14165478" wrote:
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.
You would think they would consider the tech driving the sims behavior as part of the engine. From everything I have read about the underlying tech driving the game, the engine seems severely mismatched.
The base foundation was built for an online game, but most (I'm assuming of the components were redesigned (or at least edited) for offline play. If I were to guess I would say the emphasis on the tech driving behavior is due to it being developed on top of the engine, and not integrated into it. There's a reason why the game executes simulation quite poorly, and that would be my best bet.
