It's official- No hail this time

"ChadSims2;c-16505553" wrote:
Hail would require our Sims to actually have to react to the weather beyond a tense moodlet so of course they did not add it.

Sure enough and getting those moodlets are important. :)

"Goldmoldar;c-16505562" wrote:

"ChadSims2;c-16505553" wrote:
Hail would require our Sims to actually have to react to the weather beyond a tense moodlet so of course they did not add it.

Sure enough and getting those moodlets are important. :)

You mean annoying? Right?

"fullspiral;c-16505568" wrote:

"Goldmoldar;c-16505562" wrote:

"ChadSims2;c-16505553" wrote:
Hail would require our Sims to actually have to react to the weather beyond a tense moodlet so of course they did not add it.

Sure enough and getting those moodlets are important. :)

You mean annoying? Right?

I see what you did there and yes moodlets are annoying. :)

Fine by me. Hail is awful, so I'm glad my sims don't have to experience that. :)

Aww no, hail was great. Not a big feature but I enjoyed it nonetheless.

I guess we can't have everything, much as we'd like to. I don't really care about hail myself.

no hail?? oh noes!!

i never really liked hail, because it sounded really annoying and was waaaaay to frequent. i've only ever experienced around 4 hail showers (is that what they're called? idk) in my whole life while we got like a gazillion in one season back in Sims 3

"06Bon06;c-16505446" wrote:

"simgirl1010;c-16505440" wrote:
Wasn't expecting hail, so no biggie. Cool about the fog effects tho.

Just asking but why weren't you expecting it?
I hope it looks like this

https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/sims/images/8/8e/Bridgeport_fog.jpg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/340?cb=20100917183250

Over the last four years I've learned to not take anything for granted with the Sims 4. I make no assumptions about what content might be added and have no expectations that any particular feature will be added. It's served me well and I can say that I've enjoyed every pack that has been released. Yes, even MFP. :)

No hail, no sunburns and no allergies?

.. can I somehow become a sim, please? :'(

"06Bon06;c-16505547" wrote:

"filipomel;c-16505541" wrote:

"MidnightAura;c-16505460" wrote:
Another disappointment. The trade off being FX fog doesn't seem fair. What about the game play? Why bother having rain at this point?

Hail didn’t do anything in previous games except add a new death type and had sims react to the hail by being pelted by it. Hail didn’t really do anything in previous games so they probably left it out this time because they probably didn’t think it was necessary. They saved that little extra time and resources they would’ve spent on hail and adding proper reactions to hail to make other parts of the pack more detailed.

Which parts of the pack is more detailed. I mean there is less and less by the day they spend all this time on.

Trees blowing in the wind, sims animations reflecting the current climate (hot sims walk in a slouchy kind of way, wind blowing against the sim the sim is blocking the wind), lightning strikes actually emitting real light causing a brighter environment and more intense shadows, heat waves during hot weather, etc. all of these can be seen in the trailer.

"Sk8rblaze;c-16505771" wrote:

"filipomel;c-16505541" wrote:

"MidnightAura;c-16505460" wrote:
Another disappointment. The trade off being FX fog doesn't seem fair. What about the game play? Why bother having rain at this point?

Hail didn’t do anything in previous games except add a new death type and had sims react to the hail by being pelted by it. Hail didn’t really do anything in previous games so they probably left it out this time because they probably didn’t think it was necessary. They saved that little extra time and resources they would’ve spent on hail and adding proper reactions to hail to make other parts of the pack more detailed.

Hail wasn’t that big of a deal. Snow depth wasn’t that big of a deal. Yet, all of these “no big deal” omissions are starting to add up.

My question remains, and I mean this in the most non-toxic/bashing way, what are they spending their resources on over these basic weather effects? I really hope we find the answer soon.

Take a simple look at the trailer and you'll see all the great extra features and details they added, I already mentioned a few, all those details have never been in the previous games might I add.