For Rent Negative thread

"logion;c-18327658" wrote:

"RapidRabidRabbit;c-18327568" wrote:

"haneul;c-18327525" wrote:


I don't think the game is catering to "potato laptops" with the loading screens. I think this is a misconception. Even though TS4 works on lower-end computers which is good, the playing experience seems to center higher-end ones. For example, loading screens only appear for a few seconds on high-end gaming computers so they're not that big of a deal even with all packs and tons of mods/CC. However, for slower computers, I think it takes 30 seconds to a few minutes to travel between lots, which is probably annoying... It would be great if there weren't any loading screens and the game let us play with 50 Sims on a lot, etc. but many of the people concerned about this seem to be those with slow loading times. If it takes a long time to load lots, it's also likely that the computer might struggle with processing multiple units on a single lot if we were able to view them all at once. TS4 simulates a lot of different stuff in the background and it's not that easy of a game to run if there are 50+ Sims on a lot with a bunch of interactive objects.

Tons of toggles add complexity to the game and complicate listed system requirements, so there's probably reluctance to add a bunch of toggles in the option menu. Instead, they made the game easy to mod and more advanced users can use mods to increase household size or the number of Sims allowed on a lot.

I just hope that this pack isn't buggy.

I think even the presence of the loading screens, however short, are kind of immersion breaking. They’re super jarring when you just want to visit your neighbor for instance. But even aside from that, they limit gameplay. If I want a sim to say hi to their neighbors, I can only load one lot. I can’t have some sims socialize at home, and then others greet their neighbors. I essentially have to choose only one sim to follow and let the rest of the household meander offscreen.

What if I want my teen sims to hangout at their friend’s house, while also having their parents work on skills, and the children socialize with a different household? In Sims 3 and Sims 2 Apartment Life, I could focus both on having certain sims socialize in different houses/apartments, while also focusing on developing other sims at home.

And I don’t think optional toggles would up the system requirements. They just have to list the minimum requirements, and these optional toggles are optional and not necessary so the system requirements wouldn’t be any more intensive than they are now. Have a certain default, and then if players want, they can up the default settings to match their system. Meanwhile, other players who can’t handle it can just keep their systems at the default minimum requirements without any hassle.

Having loading screens to load each unit does not sound ideal, it might be okay if you are just playing as a normal sim but playing a sim like in the trailer where they were a landlord while also having a family doesn't sound like it will work particularly well.

Every time you need to visit a tenant you have to leave your home lot and your sims will take care of their own needs, if you have a family then you know what that means, sims will not go to sleep or take care of their needs in a normal order, if you make anything like food then it will just stay there like it was frozen in time.

Just go back and watch the trailer again, every time you see the landlord not being on their home lot, everyone else is gone and are just a picture on the bottom screen.

I will probably still buy this pack because I would like a pack to play over the holidays and I hope will be able to place sims in their own apartments. I can't say that I am interested in playing as a landlord after hearing about these loading screens, but we will see.

That is the big issue more than the loading screens. The fact sims won't have full needs when you come back to them, similar to when toddler sims gonto daycare and come back a mess wih no ability to develop their skills. Sounds very control freaky (I don't have kids otherwise I'd be a massive helicopter parent probably) but my sims live on a schedule for their work and tend to be tucked up in bed with all needs met when I save and leave them. When I come back they are on schedule and ready to go. Its why I cannot play rotationally. It'd be great if the devs could tweak things so our sims aren't in chaos when we come back or send them away to daycare.