EA's not doing itself any favours in the Gallery

NO! Sorry for shouting. The clearout from the showcasing is fine and long overdue BUT not the builds themselves. I really love the basic built houses used from the basic game only or with limited amount of packs. Both because I can't build to save my life but I can do renovations and addons which I really love doing and I use stuff from the packs I own.

The other reason is that when I didn't have all the packs (only missing the parent pack now) it was a pain trying to find a good build I was interested in that was built with only the packs I owned. Very often I found a build I really loved only to realise it contained construction materials and furnishings from packs I didn't own.

But on the other hand I do wish the sorting were much better than it is. The gallery search feature is flawed when comparing to other search features awailable in other mediums. We need more and better sorting abilities. It would have been really nice to be able to limit my search to lots and households containing features from packs I didn't have.

Also would be nice to have a better indepth search engine that can sort better. For instance if I am interested in a lot that has a residential building, with 3 bedrooms and 2 baths, costs a specific amount (feature already awailable), of a specific size (also awailable), has been built for a specific lot (the tags are not sufficient in this case) and even specific world. The tag system could also use a bit of an overhaul. I find it very limiting being able only to search for 1 tag in each search.

And you make a good point regarding the newer builds. They need better exposure. And this is really not a post to get banned over, IMHO.

edit: I hit post too soon :blush:

Why would you get banned for this?

Anyway, I agree. The gallery is a complete mess. Great as a feature but nearly useless as a tool.
"Most Popular" really needs to be changed to "Most Popular in the last 3-4 months", 40x40 lot filters needs to be added, the search function doesn't work 75% of the time, it's clogged up with reuploads, and plenty of lots disappear into the void after a while and become impossible to find.

I agree it needs an overhaul, but I don't want anything deleted. Some people use the gallery as a backup and, besides, no one has the right to decide that something doesn't have the right to be on the gallery (unless it's breaking the rules).

I don't own all the packs so I try to sort the search function by the packs I do own, but it doesn't work. It always gives me builds using packs I don't have. It's getting harder and harder for me to find anything I can use.

I like building but sometimes I just want to quickly find a new house to plunk down when I'm in a hurry or not in the mood to build, but it's becoming nearly impossible to find what I need.

"Vriyaya;c-16431442" wrote:

"ClassicalSim;c-16431436" wrote:
Some people use the gallery as a backup

sorry but that sounds like a personal problem to me... theres places that people can easily backup their own files for free. I'm tired of running into people's backup "cloud storage" all day while Im trying to find good creators on the gallery.

I don't personally use it for that, but I know a lot of people do, and since it's allowed I don't think anyone else has the right to say their creations should be deleted.

Perhaps I'm a tad dense, but isn't one's personal library page the place for having backups? I know I have lots of sims and buildings in mine.

I wish there were a way we could delete our own dead/empty files. I have a room with that ghost llama logo in my personal gallery and I really wish I could delete it. I also hate seeing items with the red X in the gallery. It would be nice if empty files auto-deleted after so many days.

I do not pay attention to what is popular and I just DL lots if I like them even if they may not be the best looking. I take lots and change them to fit my game but I do see your point OP and support you. You should not get banned because of your opinion and it does not violate any TOS rules, make your voice count. :)

It just needs to be improved dramatically to have search parameters that are way more varied - so that you can pick the lots that match your EP/GP/SPs exactly.

"Francl27;c-16432832" wrote:
It just needs to be improved dramatically to have search parameters that are way more varied - so that you can pick the lots that match your EP/GP/SPs exactly.

I thought you could..? I always check the packs I have first before I start looking in the Gallery.

My problem with the Gallery is that even when I keep the Show Custom Content box unchecked, when I'm looking for Sims to populate my world I end up seeing Sims loaded down with CC makeup and such.