Let's watch: Maxis Monthly - Episode 1

"catloverplayer;c-16757308" wrote:
Did anyone notice the building that looked like a garage at the end? I haven't read all the previous post.

Yeah someone mentioned that the music thy used in the beginning also was from TS2 nightlife which introduced cars. I haven’t played TS2 enough to know if it’s true but if it’s true that’s awesome! The fashion career also says be the “vehicle” in the description.
Hopefully it means cars

"Simburian;c-16757251" wrote:

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"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.

It's the first time he is in the Stream team. SimGuruNinja said he had been working with him for ten years! He was actually very good but needed his mike nearer his mouth to get louder!

Shouldn't @SimGuruSteve have noted that? #BlameSteve :D

I almost don't wanna give my opinion or I'll get called 'ungrateful, or 'a sour grape.' Like if your not excited over a not really modeling/stylist career that's mainly just computer typing or some terrain tools, then you're a debby downer who should keep their opinions to themself :/ Its free, yes, that's great. Thanks. But I paid hundreds of dollars for this game(which is insanity) and so I really wish it lived up to its potential, sorry.

"Terra;c-16757279" wrote:
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!!!!!

I wonder how this career will compare to the Fashionista career mod found here https://thesimsresource.com/downloads/details/category/sims4-mods/title/ultimate-fashionista-career/id/1426092/.

"SimsILikeSims;c-16757276" wrote:

"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.

I think a multiplayer game would be more of a spin-off type game -- while they don't officially support mods, they build the structure that makes mods and CC possible. Likely a multiplayer game wouldn't be able to accept mods and CC.

"IceyJ;c-16757310" wrote:

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"@Sigzy05;c-16757153" wrote:
No offense intended, but that was so lame.

A fashion influencer career? Maxis you can do better. That was just so so lame......I'm so sad...TS4 just really isn't coming through.

It's not a modelling career, it's not a stylist career, it's another stupid instagram career. I like the new digital art sketch pad, but you can't even do fashion sketches, so....what the actual..... There's no fabric sampling, just writing more articles on the computer....how fun. And the animations look like they are straight out of the Sims Mobile, so disappointing. I thought it was going to be a better update.

ALso, the digital art sketch pad does everything an easel does....it's a cool object but really, why are we getting another object that does everything we already can do in the game? TS4 can't afford that luxury with it's lack of content. So disappointed.

It’s free.
It’s designed so you can paint from reference on the fly, which makes sense.
Not everyone wants to take an easel out.
We’re also getting terrain tools.

It’s a good patch. Let’s not jump to doom and gloom.

You’re holding “paid content” expectations for a free patch.

@Sigzy05 Also, they told us that this was an early, early look. Sneak peek. There's probably more included that they haven't shown.

I'm not holding my hopes up.

But I love that TS4 is finally getting terrain tools after 4 years something TS1, TS2 and TS3 had in the BG.

I just hope the terrain will offer the freedom we had in TS3, where we could build fences besides staircases and across multiple terrain levels, and build stair paths.

If I can build a house, exactly or better as this one that I did on TS3, I will go back to TS4. Not for gameplay though.

https://i.imgur.com/NvcD7An.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/uyybUxF.jpg

"Hermitgirl;c-16757230" wrote:
You gotta have the sour grapes team. It's inevitable lol. Me I'm loving it.

YEP! LOVE it All! Even the thing no one has mentioned.... LOL.

There are but a few caveats I can take from this 'sneak peek':

New Fashion Career:
- base game
- can dress up other sims in Live Mode
- requested career by community
- work from home
- free
- convenient sketchpad
- not fully-developed yet

Terrain Tools:
- it's terrain tools
- well-requested by builders
- no more flat lots
- base game
- also free

"Idontrcall;c-16757298" wrote:
I actually think the fashionista is a great addition. Some people won't use it, sure. Others will absolutely love it. I'll use it on occasion if I want to make the townies look ridiculous (because I like ridiculous). It will be fun to play with.

The terrain tools are absolutely amazing, though.

Thank you gurus for this patch. I think it's great.

I thought townies already looked ridiculous in what they wear! :D

"rjssim;c-16757304" wrote:

"mock68;c-16757257" wrote:
Well that was a downer, no October patch.

So, we are not gonna see a patch in October either? I stopped playing the game a couple months ago because of some of these bugs that need to be fixed such as the non-interactive sims bug. It's cool that they are creating new stuff, but did they forget about these bugs that need to be addressed and fixed? I kinda think they should be the priority... I personally don't want any more new content because these critical bugs are ruining the game. I am sorry, but I am just getting the feeling that the devs don't even care and just want to skip the bugs and go on to new content while the game continues to get in worse shape. I don't even know what to think of this anymore. I regret purchasing Seasons and updating to that patch just before Seasons which destroyed the game and turned all of the background Sims into mindless zombies...

Wow! If you are having that kind of issues with your game, try starting a new game, and make sure you save it with a new name. I have a separate save for loading my game with certain custom content mods, and a separate save for playing my game without any custom content or mods, and a separate save for playing only with custom content but without script mods. If you are able to play the new game using no custom content or mods, you know the problem is probably with broken cc or mods. Plus with a new save file you aren't affecting any of the old characters on your old save. If you still cannot play the game without cc or mods using a new save, repair your game, and try again. If that doesn't work, check the specs on your computer to make sure it is capable of running the game with all EPs. And finally, if all that has been tried and nothing helps, it is time to contact EA support or uninstall, reboot, then reinstall your game (backing up everything that was in the Documents folder elsewhere first).