I've numerous times tried to make edits to the filming studio lot (where sims travel to for the acting career), and each time my sims travel back to the lot, my changes are gone. Honestly the decor the Sims team used is so disappointing and less than creative, to put it nicely. I've edited the lot (specifically the hair/makeup and wardrobe rooms) to fit my gameplay style and aesthetic, and each time the lot is reset the changes are gone. I understand the whole lot continues to change as you advance in the career and have different sets, etc. Is there a way to make the rooms I've edited stay? Has anyone made edits and traveled back to the lot with the same set to discover the changes they made are present? In other words, does the game load up several different pre-set lots depending on what the set is, a la the Tombs in Jungle Adventure? I just want ... to not look at ... an ugly ... poorly decorated ... lot. :s

That Studio lot is designed and controlled to change on it's on according the how it's stars raise up in fame and stardom - we do not have control of the studio lot at all and they tell you that in the live play on the studio. So if you want the studio to look nice it will when you reach a high level with all the stars that work there - it will fix itself. All you can do is try things but it will always change back to where it belongs after you leave - by design. It is self-controlled by the game as you're actually playing at growing it's stars and their fame, not by any changes you make to it. At least not according to what the devs said.

"Writin_Reg;c-16842924" wrote:That Studio lot is designed and controlled to change on it's on according the how it's stars raise up in fame and stardom - we do not have control of the studio lot at all and they tell you that in the live play on the studio. So if you want the studio to look nice it will when you reach a high level with all the stars that work there - it will fix itself. All you can do is try things but it will always change back to where it belongs after you leave - by design. It is self-controlled by the game as you're actually playing at growing it's stars and their fame, not by any changes you make to it. At least not according to what the devs said.Yes, understood as I stated before in the OP. Even when reaching a high level, even on the lots that are supposed to be "up and coming" and "hottest spot in town" look like you know what. The fact that we cant edit the studio the same way we can edit the hospital/police station/science lots is bizarre and quite frankly annoying and lazy on the creative teams part. It's something a 10 year old could make in game. I always stood up for Sims 4 online, but now I've switched to the dark side. This is embarrassing and pathetic on the teams part.

...this is awful.... you can't edit the presets, then? Maxis isn't very good at decorating, so I always demolish and remake their stuff, or download someone's much improved version.I haven't gotten Get Famous yet, but this is something that would make me livid. Ugh. So much for us playing our game when they force us to play the way they want instead.

"Anfernee93P;c-16843018" wrote:"Writin_Reg;c-16842924" wrote:That Studio lot is designed and controlled to change on it's on according the how it's stars raise up in fame and stardom - we do not have control of the studio lot at all and they tell you that in the live play on the studio. So if you want the studio to look nice it will when you reach a high level with all the stars that work there - it will fix itself. All you can do is try things but it will always change back to where it belongs after you leave - by design. It is self-controlled by the game as you're actually playing at growing it's stars and their fame, not by any changes you make to it. At least not according to what the devs said.Yes, understood as I stated before in the OP. Even when reaching a high level, even on the lots that are supposed to be "up and coming" and "hottest spot in town" look like you know what. The fact that we cant edit the studio the same way we can edit the hospital/police station/science lots is bizarre and quite frankly annoying and lazy on the creative teams part. It's something a 10 year old could make in game. I always stood up for Sims 4 online, but now I've switched to the dark side. This is embarrassing and pathetic on the teams part. Actually it is the opposite of lazy as it takes a lot of hard work to do gradual build up the programming for auto changing the special building as the people who work there create circumstances and play so the building auto changes according to the learnings, talent and successes of it's workforce and other employees. It is harder than the changes done to say JA visitors and archeologist jng;e and temple - which are more on a variegating loop - where as the studio has to deal with various precise calculations of it's different stars and workforce etc. - so technically it is far from lazy. Lazy would have been what one got if the player could do all the work and changes for them - like in GTW building tht don't change. So you are very wrong when you look at the Studio - it is far more advanced in it's programming and development thanany other buildings in the game thus far.Even I as angry as I am over the lack of lots, I can see the work that went into the star system and programming of the studio - and recognize it is massive far from laziness for sure. You cannot possibly call what they did slacking at all if you know anything at all about programming. Even the work on the neighborhood itself is far from lazy - I wish it was more lazy in that respect and we could have blank lots to put houses in instead of all that neighborhood work. I can actually respect what I see and know the work that went into this game and still be angry it is more a visual work of art than it is a place for me to enjoy what they have done by having my own characters able to live there and play it. I can be angry and at the same time acknowledge the amazing work that went into this pack - because I do not let my anger become unjust and unfair to what the game shows what went into it just because I am mad. Surely you can look beyond your anger, and not falsely accuse the team for all the work and amazing side of this pack. I won't even buy it because I can't bring my chosen sims I had worked on for this world to the world - but at the same time I have to acknowledge what they did in the pack is truly marvelous and above almost anything yet to have came to this game. It is quite thorough on top of it.Of course it is useless to me if I have no place for my 5 households to move to - but I have to be truthful at what I see.

"Anfernee93P;c-16843018" wrote:"Writin_Reg;c-16842924" wrote:That Studio lot is designed and controlled to change on it's on according the how it's stars raise up in fame and stardom - we do not have control of the studio lot at all and they tell you that in the live play on the studio. So if you want the studio to look nice it will when you reach a high level with all the stars that work there - it will fix itself. All you can do is try things but it will always change back to where it belongs after you leave - by design. It is self-controlled by the game as you're actually playing at growing it's stars and their fame, not by any changes you make to it. At least not according to what the devs said.Yes, understood as I stated before in the OP. Even when reaching a high level, even on the lots that are supposed to be "up and coming" and "hottest spot in town" look like you know what. The fact that we cant edit the studio the same way we can edit the hospital/police station/science lots is bizarre and quite frankly annoying and lazy on the creative teams part. It's something a 10 year old could make in game. I always stood up for Sims 4 online, but now I've switched to the dark side. This is embarrassing and pathetic on the teams part. Well, technically we can't edit those lots either, not without cheating, so no we don't rule and it's a fact if those lots are edited they cause players problems with that pack. So, we are virtually locked out of our own games. It reminds me of how MS decided in Vista, and Windows 7 we should not be able to read some of our own files, no matter if administrator of the pc. And how we had to jump through hoops to be able to edit some files and give ourselves permission to even read them.

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elliebreton
Legend
7 years ago
I wonder if there will be an update where we can actually edit parts of the Lot. To improve the standard bits if nothing else (bathrooms, hair & makeup room etc).

If EA are going to force us into using their creation, they could at least have built it properly... no wallpaper here!
https://dl.dropbox.com/s/r7rvlsyl1vq5dy1/Studio.png?dl=0
Writin_Reg
7 years ago
"Goldmoldar;c-16870136" wrote:
"WaytoomanyUIDs;c-16869867" wrote:
"Writin_Reg;c-16848401" wrote:

Actually Origin is EA - it was built and owned by EA people, and took the place of the EA store. EA people run it even. It is not some different company or people you know.

Well, originally Origin was a game developer who made much loved classic & genre defining games like the Ultima & Wing Commander series, but EA bought them out, closed them down & then had the cheek to rename the EA Downloader Origin. But that's another story.

Yep I remember that and never paid attention to it back in the day for back then EA was not bad as it is today. Back in the day EA did put out some very nice games but it was run by different people back then.

Actually it went a bit different than that - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origin_Systems

and http://ultimacodex.com/2014/09/ea-sold-gave-licensed-wing-commander-to-piranha-games-and-they-didnt-use-it/
Gagea25
Hero
7 years ago
"elanorbreton;c-16953919" wrote:
I wonder if there will be an update where we can actually edit parts of the Lot. To improve the standard bits if nothing else (bathrooms, hair & makeup room etc).

If EA are going to force us into using their creation, they could at least have built it properly... no wallpaper here!
https://dl.dropbox.com/s/r7rvlsyl1vq5dy1/Studio.png?dl=0

The studio will change to a better one if your actor gets better. So I don't think, they will change anything.

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