For Rent Simguru/Maxis-Sourced info 12/4/23

Very well.

"EgonVM;c-18322843" wrote:
The Announcement Trailer:

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• New greeting/introduction.
  
• The new world has a swimmable river.
  
• Hopscotch (though with different layout than in The Sims 3)
  
• New mailbox, this time one mailbox object for every tenant.
  
• Water heaters, which can break.
  
• Slow cookers
  
• New teas
  
• New smaller stuffed animal toddlers can interact with.
  
• Noise problems
  
• New fuse box object, which can break and cause a power outage.
  
• Night market.
  
• Floating lanterns.
  
• Many new recipes, some of them are spicy.
  
• Snooping, can include eavesdropping and using binoculars.
  
• Sims can break into other sim's apartments.
  
• Squat toilets.
  
• Mold
  
• One new cause of death (mold) and one new ghost type.
  
• New dance.
  
• Blackmailing to earn money.
  
• Marbles
  
• Early buyer bonus (buy by 18 January): a grill, a shade, and a fruit basket.

The 1st Blog:

Spoiler

• New world: Tomarang:
  
  • Southeast Asian inspiration, made with the collaboration of Jason Chu.
    
  • Some new places include a botanical gardens, an animal sanctuary, and the Spirit House.
    
    • Sims can leave incense or fruit offerings at the Spirit House
    
    
  • Night Market, which has lanterns, vendors, new foods, and unique items.
    
  • Park includes Hopscotch and Marbles
    
  • Dwellings in there feature versatile wooden window shades, homes on stilts near scenic beaches as well as historic bridges. For interiors, there are traditional wood carvings and rattan furniture available alongside traditional Southeast Asian-inspired rugs, chairs, tiles, and lamps.
  
  
• New Lot Type: Residential Rentals/Multi-Family Dwellings
  
  • A new fully customizable lot type, which allows multiple Sim families to live in.
    
  • Can be built in any livable world.
    
  • New community events, which include Potluck and Pool Parties.
  
  
• Being a Property Owner:
  
  • Sims can own multiple Residential Rental lots.
    
  • Property Owners can live in the Residential Rental lots they own, but don't have to.
    
  • Unit Rating, which may result in tenant revolt if you let it slip too low.
    
  • Potential surprises and challenges, like insect infestations and mold.
    
  • Property owners can visit and do inspections and repair broken objects.
    
  • New Water Heater and Electrical Fuse Box, which has to be repaired in order to avoid cold water or flickering lights.
  
  
• Being a Tenant:
  
  • Sims can snoop on each other and discover each other's secrets by eavesdropping, snooping, or breaking and entering.
    
  • Tenants can experience evictions, which can result in a fear.
  
  
• Other:
  
  • 5 new traits:
    
    • Nosy
      
    • Generous
      
    • Cringe
      
    • Child of the Village
      
    • Wise (this one is Elder specific)
    
    
  • 4 new aspirations:
    
    • Seeker of Secrets
      
    • Five-Star Property Owner
      
    • Fount of Tomarani Knowledge
      
    • Discerning Dweller
    
    
  • 1 new fear:
    
    • Fear of Being Evicted
    
    
  • New foods and drinks (sims can learn how to make them by eating these):
    
    • Khao Niao Mamuang
      
    • Tofu Pad Thai
      
    • Pancit Bihon
      
    • Burmese Samosa Soup
      
    • Banh Cuon
      
    • Halo Halo
      
    • Thai Iced Milk Tea
    
    
  • Hopscotch and Marbles

I will still be doing recaps on the casual info thread. Yet I will try to share info on this thread too. While I can't get TwitterX info, I can make and share observations and lists. Especially when the livestream comes, then I'll do a big post with lists of stuff and descriptions.


Oh, and one suggestion too.
On luthienrising last info thread, someone said that loading Tweets will have their device have a hard time loading the page. So, perhaps you could put the text from the post in the quote formatting and under it the tweet under spoilers.
For example:

ok, last thing. and this, I think, is an important thing to share asap:

feel free to start pre-building ? converting to a Residential Rental is easy peasy

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