Henford-on-Bagley is a new ridiculously small world again

Yeah, I was really disappointed in the size of this one, Del Sol Valley, Discover University, and Eco Living, but I think that is just the way expansions are going to be anymore.

Disappointed but not surprised... I would've wanted a bigger world because all the worlds in my save are completely full and my sims' children never have anywhere to move to.

It does feel small compared to Windenburg, which has 27 lots. But I think they have said that they are doing this for performance reasons, if they would have done Windenburg today they would have made it smaller.

I think it's pretty lame (especially since their system requirements are so low) I guess it's nice that you can play their packs on older computers but it really limits the worlds. I guess this is the price we pay for having the sims4 continuing for "many more years". I know I don't want a sims3 situation where we have to start disabling packs for the game to run well...

Still, that shouldn't affect game performance that much though would it? I mean you can only be in one neighborhood at a time anyway? So the game shouldn't be forced to load a maximum of maybe five lots at a time?

I dunno, I don't know how this game works.

"dearie_blossom;c-17908595" wrote:

"logion;c-17908588" wrote:
It does feel small compared to Windenburg, which has 27 lots. But I think they have said that they are doing this for performance reasons, if they would have done Windenburg today they would have made it smaller.

I think it's pretty lame (especially since their system requirements are so low) I guess it's nice that you can play their packs on older computers but it really limits the worlds. I guess this is the price we pay for having the sims4 continuing for "many more years". I know I don't want a sims3 situation where we have to start disabling packs for the game to run well...

Still, that shouldn't affect game performance that much though would it? I mean you can only be in one neighborhood at a time anyway? So the game shouldn't be forced to load a maximum of maybe five lots at a time?

I dunno, I don't know how this game works.

I always feel like the performance issue is just an excuse. If they really wanted this game to run on a potato computer from 1999 then why did they remove support for 32 bit systems?

I dunno, maybe some programmers talked some sense into them, I don't think any programmer would recommend you today to make your programs in 32-bit, it is old and is being phased out. Apple are not supporting it anymore.

"ironknight35;c-17908611" wrote:
Was hoping it would be bigger. They probably made it small for the people that play on toasters. People really need to get a new PC or upgrade them if they want to play PC games. I used to play on a very low-end PC, but I recently bought a high-end one to be able to play without lagging.

Sometimes it’s the cost of computers and it takes time to save. I’m saving up for a new computer.
More power = more Sims! ????

"dearie_blossom;c-17908595" wrote:

"logion;c-17908588" wrote:
It does feel small compared to Windenburg, which has 27 lots. But I think they have said that they are doing this for performance reasons, if they would have done Windenburg today they would have made it smaller.

I think it's pretty lame (especially since their system requirements are so low) I guess it's nice that you can play their packs on older computers but it really limits the worlds. I guess this is the price we pay for having the sims4 continuing for "many more years". I know I don't want a sims3 situation where we have to start disabling packs for the game to run well...

Still, that shouldn't affect game performance that much though would it? I mean you can only be in one neighborhood at a time anyway? So the game shouldn't be forced to load a maximum of maybe five lots at a time?

I dunno, I don't know how this game works.

I always feel like the performance issue is just an excuse. If they really wanted this game to run on a potato computer from 1999 then why did they remove support for 32 bit systems?

I don't buy that excuse either. As others have mentioned, Windenburg doesn't run any worse than any of the new worlds and it's got a whopping seven (!!) neighborhoods. So, I really don't get why we're down to three now. If they're not adding more neighborhoods to prevent bloating, then that's just as good as admitting: "We want to sell the same amount of content (gigabytes), but spread out over two packs instead of one". I mean, sure, that's one way you can keep the game going for many more years, but is that really fair? And if they're so worried about bloating, why won't they add more gameplay focused EP's instead of new worlds? People have been crying for generations. Adding things like 'play tag' for kids is not going to increase the size of the pack significantly, but it would make a lot of players very happy.

Also, to make up for those smaller worlds, I don't think the new packs have offered that many new features compared to Get Together or City Living, either. I still use the clubs feature that came with GT heavily, and Windenburg is still my go-to world because of how spacious it is. Nightclubs, gyms, café's, bars, pools, libraries - Windenburg has it all, along with plenty of space for families to live. Meanwhile, City Living's features have been getting recycled all across new packs. From the festivals to the apartments and even the objects being reskinned. They've basically stripped that pack bare to add content to other packs. Which I would be fine with, if the worlds were decently size.

Except, this new world is going to be about the size of Strangerville. But Strangeville feels super limited. There's a bar, a library and a lab, and that's pretty much it. If you want a decent sized population to live there, you can't add that many more community lots. For Cottage Living, the only new gameplay that we know off are some object-tied animals and a cooking update? The theme has me excited, but looking past that, I worry about the content of this pack and in particular, the size of the world.

Anyhow, maybe we're wrong, maybe there's a fourth neighborhood with a hidden lot or something. I'm still holding my breath in case there might be fairies. :)

I like smaller, cosy worlds, so I'm glad that this new one isn't too big. :)

I have a gaming laptop but I do have lag issues with big worlds like Windenburg and San Myshuno. I can play other games without issues but Sims 4 is a problem. I've had to lower the graphics to medium to reduce the lag. I wouldn't call my laptop a toaster or a potato, it was way too expenslve to be called that way. My earlier laptop was a toaster, so I know what it's like to play with one.

I need a laptop, because I have a life outside Sims 4 too and I need to be able to carry a computer with me. I'm not rich and I don't see a reason to buy a desktop just to play Sims 4 when my gaming laptop works well with other games. If keeping worlds decent sizes helps with the game performance, I'm happy about it.

I would have liked a bigger world of course, but I find the ‘just upgrade your computer’ argument very insensitive. I have a gaming computer, but that was not always the case…
This is not Halo or something. This is the sims. The main player base has always been different to other games, which makes it so successful.
Sims always had more female players and younger ones. I, myself played Sims 1 when I was a young kid. Almost all girls did when I grew up and that was so new!! Most of us young girls, actually none had gaming computers and for many sims was the only game they played. Now I am not saying that this is exactly how it is now, but still lots of sims players are still not heavy gamers and sometimes young, meaning a high end gaming computer is not affordable for them!
I think it is great that many people can play! The forum is in no way representative of the main player base.

Anyways, it would still be great if they found different ways to have bigger worlds. Sorry for the long post. ?

Until the end user has the ability to cut the cord from EA/Maxis and allow us to create our worlds the way we like them, the Neighborhoods EA/Maxis give us will be small and static as what you see is what you get. Some may think this is great and they are entitled to it but me I do not see this as great as I have to create how EA/Maxis wants me to create and I did not have to in older versions. Sooner or later those neighborhoods will take it toll out on the game.

"Simtanium;c-17907653" wrote:
I guess I'm the only Simmer for whom size doesn't matter. :D

Not at all. I never run out of space either, 12 is good to me.