Expansion Refresh - Get to Work

Something I haven't seen mentioned is new aspirations.

I'd love to have an aspiration to own a business (one for retail, restaurants and vet office too).

One or two for aliens with goals for either blending into Sim society, or standing out (under the social and mischief categories).

I'll also second making alien abduction into a lot challenge so that people who don't like that feature can just not add it and so avoid it.

I really would love aliens to get the vampire treatment and expand their abilities and interactions. Maybe even add their own sentiments.

The ability to become an alien via the science lab, more alien CAS features including clothing and the ability to copy between forms, and alien foods made with the plants that grow on Sixam.

The retail system and active jobs getting a facelift would also be nice.

Great ideas here, and one I'll add: The ticket machine from Open For Business for retail lots.

This is ultimately my biggest disappointment for Get to Work, simply because I remember in Sims 2 Open For Business, the ticket machine allowed one to run nearly any kind of business you can imagine, like dance clubs, gyms, whatever, because it simply charged an hourly rate for NPC sims to stay on the lot, and the better they were able to keep their needs up, the longer they'd stay. Of course it could be easily gamed by including things like beds and showers for the customers to stay almost indefinitely, but that's really up to the player.

Hopefully they also fix the objects not working in Get to Work. I have been playing a scientist and the Invention Constructor isn't working right and my sim is unable to build the rocket. Nothing appears when click on pad. I would like to see most of what all of you recommend. The ticket machine would be great for movie theaters, bowling, arcades and other activities as well. Definitely would like improved aliens!

Get to Work, one of my all time faves, never had enough careers & cheats are needed to renovate lots. It was the 1st expansion, before toddlers & pets so it'd be more enjoyable if it was brought up to date & cross pack functionality improved. That way I could make a doggy day care, private eye or small town dr's office without mods.

The pack is based on active gameplay, so a few branches of base game careers should have that option available:
Management - business
Boss - criminal
Bodybuilder - athlete

Aliens currently lack diversity in their original form. Would be nice if they:
- recognized each other, even in disguise
- like/dislike based on traits/preferences
- have a couple more outfits with additional swatches
- have access to all skin tones in alien form
- have alien features cross over into disguise as an option

Retail needs
-a tablet register
-cash app added to phone
-toddler mannequins
-new color swatches for existing items
-a new style of furniture/fixtures w/ a few color swatches

Of course, I have many more ideas, but then again we gotta lot of packs.

Evolving doctor, scientists and police careers

It started with aliens, but I’d like to see scientists invent more gadgets tailored to Vampires, spellcasters, mermaids.

Doctors trying to help people dealing with supernatural afflictions, or using magic to help people.

New problems to solve mystery scenarios involving occults and humans for the detective career.

Like I feel like a lot of packs need more cross over, where using another tool from another pack to satisfy a goal, aspiration or event or whatever from a different pack.

Get to Work needs some serious work.
Starting with cas... oh my goodness, its a rocketship crash. And the world, I forget its there most of the time.
Sixam needs help, I think they should update it and make it a hidden vacation world/residential for aliens and scientists. Alternatively make it a space port/market/colony for astronaut/scientist sims and aliens.
Aliens should be able to have missions and tasks to do in the normal sim worlds (having as many children as possible, abducting sims, researching customs and cultures, plotting invasions, establishing connections, etc.)
I know cars will never be a thing in the sims 4, but if they added them, flyable spaceships should be added to Get to Work.
Sims should be able to have their own stores/offices where they can be private investigators, general practitioners/family doctors and an inventor/scientist who doesn't work for the lab. This should be applied to other 'work from home careers' but with more depth. Journalism would be such a fun one. Employing staff to work for you in other careers would be so much fun. This could easily be changed to work with all careers in retail mode but in an office setting.

That's all I have for now.

"viola-illyria;c-17979980" wrote:
Home business (with the ticket machine from TS2 making a return)

Better aliens and liveable Sixam

Inventing skill

Bringing back Plantsims as an actual lifestate (this would be the perfect pack to do this with)

Branching Active Careers (inventor/mad scientist etc)

Make the police station, hospital and lab lots we can visit (but can't be edited like the Redacted Lab in Strangerville? Or can be edited but you can't save the lot unless it has everything needed for the career so it doesn't break anything?)

NPC jobs added for playable sims as basic careers (promotions have a raise but no special items etc)

Making all careers semi-active

Freelance scientist career

Burglars make their long awaited return in the base game, with more features if GTW is installed, and the criminal career/klepto trait have risks now.

THIS!!!

> @crocobaura said:
> There's a button in CAS where you can choose if a sim can get pregnant or not. You just need to opt out for every male sim you play.

Oh, thank you so much for letting me know! I do know about that feature in CAS mode, but I thought it didn't work with Get To Work expansion. I thought alien pregnancy would override that even if I opted out of it. I'm glad to know it doesn't. Thank you crocobaura for clarifying it for me. So it looks like I can buy the pack now after all...thanks! :)

Yes, Get to work does need an lot of tweaking especially in the Doctor field which I thought would be the best but was disappointed as my sim really carried the load and sometime my sim was doomed to fail in some task as the NPCs barely did their duties and left my poor Sim to do all the work. The Space field turned out to be the best for me but still can use some tweaking.