It is about time that Sims took more notice of their environment
Remember the first time you played The Sims and the happened to like nearly everything brought for them? I thought that was cool as well.
The thing is I could place a bath in the kitchen, or a toilet in the living room and a Sim would only complain if they wanted to use it and had to shoo other Sims out of the room. That is just good old Sims humour but the thing is I want my Sims to question it. 'Why have you placed that there?'
'Why have you placed the bath next to the fridge?'
This evening I have been messing around on 'rightmove' seeing random houses for sale. You get the usual variety, three bed houses, usually all the mod cons but tonight I found this real gem:
Four bed Victorian town house in Brighton in the UK.
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/house-prices/detailMatching.html?prop=71863967&sale=55790456&country=england
https://media.rightmove.co.uk/dir/8k/7150/71863967/7150_8456683_IMG_01_0000_max_656x437.jpg
In the popular Queens Park area the house goes for £510,150.
I looked at the plans first to see if it would fit my standards as though I wanted to buy the house.
https://scontent-lht6-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/45467629_10155925237686497_4579071419761033216_n.jpg?_nc_cat=100&_nc_ht=scontent-lht6-1.xx&oh=32ccc343c41dd7df2c231d2d83000bf9&oe=5C8745CE
So we seem to have the usual, living room, dining room, kitchen, four bedrooms, WC, another kitchen... and something seems to be missing...
Where is the bathroom?
I go and look at pictures to investigate:
Well it looks old fashioned! I am in for a treat with this one!
https://media.rightmove.co.uk/dir/8k/7150/71863967/7150_8456683_IMG_14_0000_max_656x437.jpg
Fireplace added in the 1930s as was common with this type of house
https://media.rightmove.co.uk/dir/8k/7150/71863967/7150_8456683_IMG_03_0000_max_656x437.jpg
Well I found the toilet, nice and old fashioned, I would buy this house for that alone!
https://media.rightmove.co.uk/dir/8k/7150/71863967/7150_8456683_IMG_09_0000_max_656x437.jpg
And here is the kitchen. But what is that? A Belfast sink? And that shower? Is this being used as the bathroom?
https://media.rightmove.co.uk/dir/8k/7150/71863967/7150_8456683_IMG_07_0000_max_656x437.jpg
Close up of the Belfast and side draining board and what looks like an open fireplace!
https://media.rightmove.co.uk/dir/8k/7150/71863967/7150_8456683_IMG_08_0000_max_656x437.jpg
Meanwhile back upstairs we have the cooker along with a later sink unit (ghastly 1970s or 80s) and an exposed mains water tank, the central heating header tank and boiler!
https://media.rightmove.co.uk/dir/8k/7150/71863967/7150_8456683_IMG_12_0000_max_656x437.jpg
Of course the house has the original doors as well.
https://media.rightmove.co.uk/dir/8k/7150/71863967/7150_8456683_IMG_18_0000_max_656x437.jpg
This house is a complete time warp! The house I used to live in had no bathroom when my parents first brought in but that was back in 1985. That was old fashioned then but this is 2018 and I did not think that there would be anything like that in the UK!
........................................
So what has this got to do with The Sims again?
Well I want to build this house myself in The Sims and I want my Sims to wander around and then turn to me and ask 'why is my house like this? What are you thinking!'
I want my Sims to be in tune to their environment so that if I throw them back to the old days they will no about it. If we get that in The Sims then I know that we have made it! :smiley:
The thing is I could place a bath in the kitchen, or a toilet in the living room and a Sim would only complain if they wanted to use it and had to shoo other Sims out of the room. That is just good old Sims humour but the thing is I want my Sims to question it. 'Why have you placed that there?'
'Why have you placed the bath next to the fridge?'
This evening I have been messing around on 'rightmove' seeing random houses for sale. You get the usual variety, three bed houses, usually all the mod cons but tonight I found this real gem:
Four bed Victorian town house in Brighton in the UK.
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/house-prices/detailMatching.html?prop=71863967&sale=55790456&country=england
https://media.rightmove.co.uk/dir/8k/7150/71863967/7150_8456683_IMG_01_0000_max_656x437.jpg
In the popular Queens Park area the house goes for £510,150.
I looked at the plans first to see if it would fit my standards as though I wanted to buy the house.
https://scontent-lht6-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/45467629_10155925237686497_4579071419761033216_n.jpg?_nc_cat=100&_nc_ht=scontent-lht6-1.xx&oh=32ccc343c41dd7df2c231d2d83000bf9&oe=5C8745CE
So we seem to have the usual, living room, dining room, kitchen, four bedrooms, WC, another kitchen... and something seems to be missing...
Where is the bathroom?
I go and look at pictures to investigate:
Well it looks old fashioned! I am in for a treat with this one!
https://media.rightmove.co.uk/dir/8k/7150/71863967/7150_8456683_IMG_14_0000_max_656x437.jpg
Fireplace added in the 1930s as was common with this type of house
https://media.rightmove.co.uk/dir/8k/7150/71863967/7150_8456683_IMG_03_0000_max_656x437.jpg
Well I found the toilet, nice and old fashioned, I would buy this house for that alone!
https://media.rightmove.co.uk/dir/8k/7150/71863967/7150_8456683_IMG_09_0000_max_656x437.jpg
And here is the kitchen. But what is that? A Belfast sink? And that shower? Is this being used as the bathroom?
https://media.rightmove.co.uk/dir/8k/7150/71863967/7150_8456683_IMG_07_0000_max_656x437.jpg
Close up of the Belfast and side draining board and what looks like an open fireplace!
https://media.rightmove.co.uk/dir/8k/7150/71863967/7150_8456683_IMG_08_0000_max_656x437.jpg
Meanwhile back upstairs we have the cooker along with a later sink unit (ghastly 1970s or 80s) and an exposed mains water tank, the central heating header tank and boiler!
https://media.rightmove.co.uk/dir/8k/7150/71863967/7150_8456683_IMG_12_0000_max_656x437.jpg
Of course the house has the original doors as well.
https://media.rightmove.co.uk/dir/8k/7150/71863967/7150_8456683_IMG_18_0000_max_656x437.jpg
This house is a complete time warp! The house I used to live in had no bathroom when my parents first brought in but that was back in 1985. That was old fashioned then but this is 2018 and I did not think that there would be anything like that in the UK!
........................................
So what has this got to do with The Sims again?
Well I want to build this house myself in The Sims and I want my Sims to wander around and then turn to me and ask 'why is my house like this? What are you thinking!'
I want my Sims to be in tune to their environment so that if I throw them back to the old days they will no about it. If we get that in The Sims then I know that we have made it! :smiley:
