Let's watch: Maxis Monthly - Episode 1

"stilljustme2;c-16757217" wrote:

"MizoreYukii;c-16757179" wrote:
Wow, that's pretty awesome. I thought they said terrain tools weren't possible though? Does this mean the other stuff they said wasn't possible is now possible? Maybe I'm remembering wrong. But either way, very excited and I don't even build anymore. xD Can't wait to see what gets made with the new tools though!

Remember, Things Change (tm). As they learn more and more about the capabilities of the game/game engine, they're making new discoveries.

Speaking of things changing, they might still be able to add a multiplayer option...but I still don't want one, and here's why: Multiplayer games rely heavily on microtransactions to finance their servers. Multiplayer games generally do not allow cheating (and I always have cheated in every single player Sims game to date, usually with the money cheat). Finally, I already play similar multiplayer games, like Avakin Life and City Girl Life. I have a Facebook gaming account for the latter with about 600 Facebook friends....and at least 400 are players of the same Facebook games I play. Social networking games encourage the player to "friend" everyone who asks to be a Facebook friend whether you know them in real life or not. And sometimes that way, you get plumholes. (And yes, I just deliberately self-censored.) These people are rotten plums, as opposed to tasty edible plums which I enjoy very much, thank you.

WOW, this is awesome! Fashion career is something a lot of people have been asking for, so hooray that they will get to do this! And I like the idea of having far-reaching influence as a stylist by setting trends that could spread through the neighbourhood (though I sort of wish you could customize which Sims are likely to jump on trends and which aren't, which doesn't seem super likely). But then WOW, terrain tools, can't wait!!!!!

"paradiseplanet;c-16757242" wrote:

"Writin_Reg;c-16757237" wrote:

"Mariefoxprice83;c-16757056" wrote:
The new guy is too quiet as well :(

What new guy? There is no new guy there that I see. I think of them all Kate is the newest.

I believe they were referring to Jeff, being his first time on a livestream but has been working with Maxis for sometime now..?

Yeah, I meant new as in "just joined the chat right now" rather than new to the franchise. I haven't watched any of the livestreams in a long time though, so I didn't actually recognise any of them. I think the last one I watched had something to do with the pack that ended up being Laundry Day Stuff.

It just struck me as odd that both of the male gurus had volume control issues.

Agreed. It doesn't even seem like a proper career, it sounds more like what young instagrammers would dream about. "I wish I could talk about fashion all day and give people makeovers and be paid for it".
This new career doesn't interest me at all.
But I am very glad about the terrain tools <3

The new career and digital sketch pad are ok. The new terrain tools look great. But none of it was worth a hyped-up live stream. They could have mentioned that stuff in a simple blog post with a few pics and wasted a lot less of people's time..... not to mention .... emotional interests.

They made it sound like everyone on planet earth should tune in to see their mind-blowing announcement ...... of what turned out to be just ........ a digital easle. Oh yea. Lets not forget the new Mr. Dressup career.

Tell me you're kidding me. Tell me I didn't wait around the last few days for THAT.

Seriously?????

Well, I like the terrain tools. But that still could have been shared via blog post.

"muzickmage;c-16757282" wrote:
The new career and digital sketch pad are ok. The new terrain tools look great. But none of it was worth a hyped-up live stream. They could have mentioned that stuff in a simple blog post with a few pics and wasted a lot less of people's time..... not to mention .... emotional interests.

They made it sound like everyone on planet earth should tune in to see their mind-blowing announcement ...... of what turned out to be just ........ a digital easle. Oh yea. Lets not forget the new Mr. Dressup career.

Tell me you're kidding me. Tell me I didn't wait around the last few days for THAT.

Seriously?????

Well, I like the terrain tools. But that still could have been shared via blog post.

This. Thank you for this.

Well I'm super excited. I've been hoping for terrain tools since I first learned S4 didn't have them <3 And while the career isn't ground breaking I think it's a nice addition. I have a sim or two who will make use of it :)

"muzickmage;c-16757282" wrote:
The new career and digital sketch pad are ok. The new terrain tools look great. But none of it was worth a hyped-up live stream. They could have mentioned that stuff in a simple blog post with a few pics and wasted a lot less of people's time..... not to mention .... emotional interests.

They made it sound like everyone on planet earth should tune in to see their mind-blowing announcement ...... of what turned out to be just ........ a digital easle. Oh yea. Lets not forget the new Mr. Dressup career.

Tell me you're kidding me. Tell me I didn't wait around the last few days for THAT.

Seriously?????

Well, I like the terrain tools. But that still could have been shared via blog post.

They could have, but I liked actually seeing how smoothly it worked in the video. Would like to see and know more, but this was just a tease.

Wow, I never thought we would get so much. A dream come true. <3
https://youtu.be/F10LNlHZlmQ

we can now change any sim, any time, wow. <3

"paradiseplanet;c-16757213" wrote:

"SimsILikeSims;c-16757192" wrote:
And...live stream is over. No new content confirmed for October because they are "polishing" it and making it nice and shiny. However, we did get a glimpse of what looks like a TERRAIN TOOL, a new career coming (no word yet on whether it is an active career, a form of self-employment, or a rabbit hole career), and what looks possibly like a sketchbook and maybe the ability to create art on the computer, if my interpretation of what I saw is correct.

One use of the terrain tool that I would love to see in this game would be the ability to create my childhood home, which was built on a hill. The basement door exits at the bottom of the hill, and the front door and kitchen sliding door exit at the top of the hill. Yes, it was a two-story home. Part of it was underground under the hill.

They said it was a work-from-home career, like the City Living careers and the Gardening career from Seasons.

I love that style of career -- I'm using a suite of mods that adds work from home features to base game careers.