Maybe I'm just not looking at this right, but Laundry Stuff literally had 4 unique Gameplay items (if we include Washers and Dryers as the same item) and probably has the biggest system we've seen in a Stuff Pack to date by quite a bit. And now Jungle Adventure has come out, with a world that's 3x as big as the what we got with Vampires and much bigger than Outdoor Retreat, and there's more skills, gameplay items and overall animations than what we've seen for a GP so far by quite a significant chunk (Vampires seemed to be the most Animation heavy so far and I'd say this eclipses it by a fair amount). I'm thinking maybe with the console release confirmed, they've been able to up the budget for the packs because they know the audience has increased? What do you guys think?

"jackjack_k;d-935126" wrote:Maybe I'm just not looking at this right, but Laundry Stuff literally had 4 unique Gameplay items (if we include Washers and Dryers as the same item) and probably has the biggest system we've seen in a Stuff Pack to date by quite a bit. And now Jungle Adventure has come out, with a world that's 3x as big as the what we got with Vampires and much bigger than Outdoor Retreat, and there's more skills, gameplay items and overall animations than what we've seen for a GP so far by quite a significant chunk (Vampires seemed to be the most Animation heavy so far and I'd say this eclipses it by a fair amount). I'm thinking maybe with the console release confirmed, they've been able to up the budget for the packs because they know the audience has increased? What do you guys think? I can see this happening. Heck even with Laundry day has an dedicated new system just for it. If they will release another gamepack and Stuff Pack this year that feels so big, then yep we are right lol. But in all seriousness this reminded me of what Grant had Said. The release of the Cats and Dogs Expansion was just the beginning of the second wave of The Sims 4. I can't wait to see their upcoming content.Tho, if they increased budgets for all the pack types, would it be awesome for EA to had two expansion pack team? Mmm. Maybe if the Sims Team can keep the quality that we had today then EA might do it. I hope.

I'm curious to see if expansion packs will be better quality. Maybe they just finally took everyones complaints that a lot of packs were disappointing and not fully fleshed out and decided to give us better quality packs.

"@LoveMcQueen5683;c-16325841" wrote:I'm curious to see if expansion packs will be better quality. Maybe they just finally took everyones complaints that a lot of packs were disappointing and not fully fleshed out and decided to give us better quality packs.I think it might also have been a case that it wasn't so much the complaints, but more that TS4 might just be a more expensive game to develop? The animations and world tools are more complicated this time around, which may mean they were given the same budget but they actually need more to work on it?Idk, I don't really see it being based on complaints knowing how EA barely do anything, especially when it's usually a small minority that don't buy packs they complain about. Could be a first though! haha

I agree, appears there's a bigger budget. The real evaluation will be in what we get next quarter. Also shows the great job the gurus can do with an appropriate budget

Let's also hope that the next expansions will be a knockout as well compared to the general disappointments of City Life and the bug-riddled initial release of Cats & Dogs.

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XInspiredAngelX
7 years ago
Thanks @jackjack_k I was just worried because I got the warning pop up when I started the game in 32 bit
icemanfresh
Seasoned Newcomer
7 years ago
"Angela_4588;c-16338394" wrote:
Are we not able to run the game on 32 bit now with cats and dogs ep? I'm having some crashing lately and my computer said it's low on memory (While on 64 bit.) I changed It to 32 bit and got a pop up warning when I opened the game stating it would cause crashes so I changed It back. I have 4g ram. Looking to upgrade to 8 soon just gotta find one that fits my laptop.

You might need more RAM. 32-bit can access up to 4 GB of RAM, so right now it doesn't make much of a difference if you launch it in 32 or 64. Alternatively, you could try closing down applications that eat up a lot of RAM when playing Sims 4.
XInspiredAngelX
7 years ago
@icmnfrsh I do plan on buying some more ram soon. I'm excited to see if it makes a difference in lagging and load times. Also, I don't think i have anything else running when I play except origin
icemanfresh
Seasoned Newcomer
7 years ago
Well, you never really know. Maybe there are a lot of background processes hogging your memory. Or maybe you have a lot going on in your game that 4 GB is no longer enough to run both Sims 4 and your OS. If it's the latter then more RAM is your best bet.
XInspiredAngelX
7 years ago
That's possible. I'll open task manager next time I play to check. Thanks for the info.
Cheekybits
7 years ago
All recycled stuff. I don’t mind it if it works and we get more stuff.
BeJaWa
7 years ago
"ChadSims2;c-16338522" wrote:
"BeJaWa;c-16328966" wrote:
"ChadSims2;c-16328251" wrote:
"BeJaWa;c-16328130" wrote:
So yeah I think the budget is similar to what it was before, the teams just have more systems to build on and play with now so it is easier and cheaper to make a pack.

I agree they are just using systems in place reusing content in past packs as "new"

I am actually ok with that. It makes packs more full and it is actually useful to the gameplay so I'm totally fine with reusing content.

That's fine but lets not pass it off as new content and pretend packs are bigger than ever when in reality they're just reusing stuff. I don't like to buy packs just so I can do something I've paid to do in another I need new experiences not the same with new paint job.

Not at all. That is why in my first post I pointed out it is likely they are reusing content not making new so the budget is likely the same. :)

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