Grocery Shopping (in TS4)
I miss needing to stock up on groceries. I badly want a way to source the fresh ingredients for cooking. Even just the tomatoes, potatoes, spices etc would be good (eggs, cheese, milk, flour... wou...
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This is a misconception honestly. Grocery stores was introduced with Get To Work Expansion. Maxis did not just build a pre built lot for it, which makes simmers think that grocery shopping is non-existent. Here is how it works (a copy-paste comment of mine from reddit)
The only thing that you need is a mod that is able to add fish in the retail freezer to be sold. It was possible in the past but got broke in the patch. Many people do not know that it is possible and it even exist so I doubt that Maxis would bother fixing it. But I do know there is one (as far as I remember)
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"Buying groceries. I actually miss the option of being able to buy and stock up on any ingredients I needed for particular recipes instead of having to grow, pick, and/or fish for what I need."
Up to this point there is still a huge misconception about grocery shopping. I will also include other types especially since people claim that you cannot buy on bookstores anymore, you cannot shop anymore on etc. etc.
This is a big misconception in the game and I hope many people will know it. Grocery Stores, Bookstores, etc. are already in the game if you have Get to Work (released 5 years ago). That expansion pack bought retail stores which means not rabbithole shops.
Grocery Stores/Bookstores/ and etc are already in the game, it is just that EA did not build a Pre-built lot for those. You have to make them. I personally have those in my game and everytime my sim needs ingredietns I or books i do not plant or click on the bookshelf. I go to the retail stores.
Just Built a retail Lot. Now after you built it have a sim own the retail store, place the "Lice Cold Freezer" and the "warming Rack". Download rooms from the gallery that has all of the Plants in the game, as well as all of food unlocks in the game then place those food objects in those freezers and viola. Sell the store and you have a working grocery.
Here is the thing. You only have to place like one type of food each. If you sell the store and come back as a customer, you can buy as many types of those food that you wanted. If you own the store and want to run it, you have to restock sold items. So Yep. Grocery shopping are already in the game. EA/Maxis did not just built a prebuild lot for it.
You can also shop for a lot more things now in TS4 to the point that I rarely go to build mode anymore. Want some TV? Go to electronics store. Want to try new hobby? Go to a hobby store and buy those equipment. I dont want my sim to become a flower arranger but want flower arrangements to a date? Go to a flower shop. And hey, I maybe I can even meet new sims on those shops.
So yep hope this helps. Shopping is already in TS4 you just have to utilize it because the Devs only made Clothing store as the prebuilt lot in the game.
What I miss on previous game is animation.
MORE Animation. More sitting animations and etc. I mean Ever since the base game launch you can only count with your 10 fingers which social interactions only add new animations. The rest are from 2014. We need more variety imo"
"Buying groceries. I actually miss the option of being able to buy and stock up on any ingredients I needed for particular recipes instead of having to grow, pick, and/or fish for what I need."
Up to this point there is still a huge misconception about grocery shopping. I will also include other types especially since people claim that you cannot buy on bookstores anymore, you cannot shop anymore on etc. etc.
This is a big misconception in the game and I hope many people will know it. Grocery Stores, Bookstores, etc. are already in the game if you have Get to Work (released 5 years ago). That expansion pack bought retail stores which means not rabbithole shops.
Grocery Stores/Bookstores/ and etc are already in the game, it is just that EA did not build a Pre-built lot for those. You have to make them. I personally have those in my game and everytime my sim needs ingredietns I or books i do not plant or click on the bookshelf. I go to the retail stores.
Just Built a retail Lot. Now after you built it have a sim own the retail store, place the "Lice Cold Freezer" and the "warming Rack". Download rooms from the gallery that has all of the Plants in the game, as well as all of food unlocks in the game then place those food objects in those freezers and viola. Sell the store and you have a working grocery.
Here is the thing. You only have to place like one type of food each. If you sell the store and come back as a customer, you can buy as many types of those food that you wanted. If you own the store and want to run it, you have to restock sold items. So Yep. Grocery shopping are already in the game. EA/Maxis did not just built a prebuild lot for it.
You can also shop for a lot more things now in TS4 to the point that I rarely go to build mode anymore. Want some TV? Go to electronics store. Want to try new hobby? Go to a hobby store and buy those equipment. I dont want my sim to become a flower arranger but want flower arrangements to a date? Go to a flower shop. And hey, I maybe I can even meet new sims on those shops.
So yep hope this helps. Shopping is already in TS4 you just have to utilize it because the Devs only made Clothing store as the prebuilt lot in the game.
What I miss on previous game is animation.
MORE Animation. More sitting animations and etc. I mean Ever since the base game launch you can only count with your 10 fingers which social interactions only add new animations. The rest are from 2014. We need more variety imo"
The only thing that you need is a mod that is able to add fish in the retail freezer to be sold. It was possible in the past but got broke in the patch. Many people do not know that it is possible and it even exist so I doubt that Maxis would bother fixing it. But I do know there is one (as far as I remember)
