Looks like a lot of new worlds are being planned

"Cinebar;c-16795838" wrote:
I don't see it. I just see it depends on someone's resolution for the game how those world icons are placed on the screen.

I believe, it is one of the new features in the next patch.

I don’t think it’s a hint at anything, but this is a UI tweak that’s been needed for a long time now. Even with my HD resolution I have a scroll bar which is unattractive aesthetically.

"xamira99;c-16795843" wrote:

"Cinebar;c-16795838" wrote:
I don't see it. I just see it depends on someone's resolution for the game how those world icons are placed on the screen.

I believe, it is one of the new features in the next patch.

But if you change your screen resolution (try it) then the icons are spaced differently so it has more to do with the resolution that person's pc has rather than spacing them out and what type of display they have. Mine look totally different (spacing and placement) because pc is connected to a 32" TV screen. If I change the native for my game, then yeah, I can have many different type of spacings.

"Cinebar;c-16795872" wrote:

"xamira99;c-16795843" wrote:

"Cinebar;c-16795838" wrote:
I don't see it. I just see it depends on someone's resolution for the game how those world icons are placed on the screen.

I believe, it is one of the new features in the next patch.

But if you change your screen resolution (try it) then the icons are spaced differently so it has more to do with the resolution that person's pc has rather than spacing them out and what type of display they have. Mine look totally different (spacing and placement) because pc is connected to a 32" TV screen. If I change the native for my game, then yeah, I can have many different type of spacings.

You are correct but they seem to have tweaked the interface so that all of the icons scale to be displayed at once.

Based on the screenshot I think we can expect to see 5 more worlds in the next 3 years. This comes out to be 2 worlds per year which fits the current rate we receive them. One year will only have 1 world. At least one of those will probably be a vacation world.

A university pack might come with its own world, but knowing that they will be progressively smaller from here on out it might be on the scale of Magnolia Promenade and not a full fledged world. I hope university is not just a hidden lot like GTW, but seeing how they handled Get Famous I think this is how they’re going to do it if we even get university.

If we get another Newcrest we will be very lucky. It seems like the devs are limiting playable space and focusing on “set dressing” to hide the fact that the game engine cannot handle that many playable lots across all worlds in one save file. Guess the python upgrade is not enough to correct these issues and we the players are seeing the consequences in the form of reused assets, unaddressed bugs and limited player choice.

Looks like the current manner of 'responsiveness' of the 'worlds' menu is two rows of four circular images that is 'responsive' (resizes per screen) up until about 1490px at which point it adds a scrollbar at the right and - though it continues to 'respond' by making the images larger. Looks like they will make the images respond better at various widths by making the images smaller and more per row so there is less need (if any) for the scrollbar. Hard to say how the live responsive gallery of worlds will work by looking at a screenshot from only one width, though. Sorry. Geek me kicked in. Asleep yet?

"Lizzychicago;c-16794475" wrote:

"Octavie88;c-16794323" wrote:
So basically they're implying that the game can't handle any extra worlds of a respectable size any more. Words can't express how much that aggravates me.

I don't thing that's what Kate means at all, I think they're taking into consideration that quite a few Simmers do not have computers that can handle a whole lot more stuff. They're being considerate whilst still giving everyone what they want. So there aren't a lot of lots to build on, it's not the end of the world.

I do not see that as fair - that I put money and work into my pc - I play on Ultra and feel my worlds should reflect that. Why should my game suffer because someone else has a crappy pc? No - they need to reconfigure the system so people with lesser pcs get less lots and sims. Have the worlds and sims reflect the settings your computer is capable of like many games do. It beats the heck out of what other studios do - that simply tell you tough luck if you have a subpar pc to play on - you often cannot play that game at all. What company punishes the player for having a better pc so the cheaper pcs can play the game too. That is not fair at all to us that sacrifice things in life to build a great pc to actually enjoy our games. I save for months before I buy my new components for my next rebuild - I am not rich and on top of it I am not well - but gaming keeps me sane and gives me something to do where as I would be unable to do anything with out gaming and my pc. So I put all I can muster into building the best pc I can - and people don't think I should be a bit angry if I hear my game is less than what I expected because of cheaper pcs.

How is that right at all - if that is the case. It is not right to me and not the way of most game studios. I really do not want to hear that is the cause for the worlds getting less lots for us to play on.

The question is, how big would these worlds be and of course, what would you be able to edit in them as it seems that so far there has been nothing impressive about TS4 worlds at all. In fact the best feature seems to focus on backdrops and even they are rather dull

:disappointed:

I must be overlooking something but aren't there 8 worlds now (including DSV)? I see 9 here. Wouldn't that mean 1 more world instead of a lot?

"JoAnne65;c-16799037" wrote:
I must be overlooking something but aren't there 8 worlds now (including DSV)? I see 9 here. Wouldn't that mean 1 more world instead of a lot?

I think they mean the sims team are planning for a lot of worlds.

And there are 8 world's now without DSV
Magnolia
New crest
Willow creek
Oasis springs
The vampire one
San mysuno
Brindleton bay
Winderburg