Missing elements in Cottage Living

"simfriend1968;c-17931379" wrote:

"sunman502;c-17931376" wrote:
Some of the other missing elements are:
No ability to make cheese or cream.
No wheat or grain crops or working wheat cradle for harvesting wheat or grain.
No working old fashion ice cream maker.
No working old fashion ice maker either.
No working rug beaters either.

There is the ability to make cheese. I think sims make it on the stove. More varieties than just the generic wedge of unnamed cheese would have been nice, though. What I am really missing is the ability to make butter, clotted cream, whipped cream etc. Old-fashioned ice cream would have been nice too, I agree. Sims not being able to spread butter or any of the jams on the existing breads, scones, and pastries already in the game is also disappointing. As someone said in another thread, the jam should be like the icing that came with the baking skill -- able to be spread on everything and just changing its colour.

That's what I meant, the ability to make artisan cheese. Like what they use to do in the old days, before cheese was being mass produced in a factory. Even to this day, you still can get artisan cheese that someone has made by hand. Were you referring to the cheese cake?

"simfriend1968;c-17931379" wrote:
Old-fashioned ice cream would have been nice too, I agree

This reminds me... I wonder whether they integrated any cross pack functionality with respect to the ice cream maker. In other words, if you have the simple living lot challenge, will you be able to use the ice cream maker, and if so, will you only be able to use it if you have milk and other relevant ingredients?

"troshalom;c-17930960" wrote:
@Mak27 tipping cows is animal cruelty and I am glad it was not included.

You actually can "tip" the cows. The animation is throwing money at them, though. It likely increases relationship or milk quality, though I haven't seen that confirmed anywhere.

"simfriend1968;c-17931379" wrote:

"sunman502;c-17931376" wrote:
Some of the other missing elements are:
No ability to make cheese or cream.
No wheat or grain crops or working wheat cradle for harvesting wheat or grain.
No working old fashion ice cream maker.
No working old fashion ice maker either.
No working rug beaters either.

There is the ability to make cheese. I think sims make it on the stove. More varieties than just the generic wedge of unnamed cheese would have been nice, though. What I am really missing is the ability to make butter, clotted cream, whipped cream etc. Old-fashioned ice cream would have been nice too, I agree. Sims not being able to spread butter or any of the jams on the existing breads, scones, and pastries already in the game is also disappointing. As someone said in another thread, the jam should be like the icing that came with the baking skill -- able to be spread on everything and just changing its colour.

Sims can make both cheese and milk bread. Both of these are a new category of food that count as both meals and ingredients. Baked breads from GTW count as bread for recipes too.

"simfriend1968;c-17931025" wrote:
I too wish we had butter churns (as in TS1) and the ability for sims to make butter to use or to sell in this game as well, but I am glad we did at least get cheese. There are so many delicious English cheeses I wish we had got a few different varieties and not just a wedge of plain old generic cheese. I wish the pack had included the ability to spread jams as well, rather than just creating jam-topped pastries (at least from what I have seen).

Not to belabour a point that has already been discussed extensively in another thread, but I would also like to mention that the pack really should have included the ability to make non-dairy milk from basegame and pack plants (potato milk, coconut milk, soy milk etc). The idea that sims can get plant milk from cows sort of defeats the purpose of even having something called "plant milk" in the game at all.

More varieties of jam using the basegame products would have been nice. I am still mystified as to why the pack does not include cherry jelly or jam and lemon marmalade.

Since England is famous for its bitters, ales and lagers, a few new unique English drinks could have been added to mixology.

I am also disappointed that proper tea making (with a kettle and a pot), tea pouring (from a working tea set) and tea drinking in a group weren't included in the pack. This seems to me to be the biggest missed opportunity. The store set in the Sims 3 (Brunch at the Old Mill) which included canning had a nice, flower-patterned tea set, and sims could pour, drink tea and chat together using it. This pack would have been the perfect opportunity to bring real teas and social tea drinking to the Sims 4.

I agree that there are many more cannable goods that are missing. They managed full BG and cross-pack compatibility with Juice Fizzing, so why not with jam/conserves? What about canning fish or meat for a slight reduction in quality but long-term freshness, or to make meat/fish pastes/pâté? Homemade canned pet food, even?

Plant-based milk could also be produced via the canning system.

Tea sets and associated party/events would have been great both in this pack (dining table) and SE (low table).

I would also have liked to see some kind of grain crops, such as wheat, corn and rice and some way to grind them or starchy veggies to get flour.

Sugar cane or (more appropriate for the UK) sugar beets to make our own sugar would be fab too.

"LadyKyn;c-17930987" wrote:

"troshalom;c-17930960" wrote:
@Mak27 tipping cows is animal cruelty and I am glad it was not included.

If they had added it into the game I feel like there would have been a consequence with the cow falling on the sim cause that be a no no to be tip cows and it's just always unsuccessful.

But low-key, wanted it so my over protective Spellcaster-farmer would storm out and turn the Cow tipper into a Cow and remain a Cow until person learns to respect animals.

-No new functional tea pot. It sims like a big missed opportunity.
-not being able to picnic on the floor.
-only one shed design. It a really big object we can’t size down and hide. I wish they would have included a couple different variants even if they didn’t perfectly go with the pack theme.

"Calico45;c-17931020" wrote:

"comicsforlife;c-17931008" wrote:
tipping cows isn't a thing in real life and even if it was cows are dangerous and would likely attack you
cows kill more people a year then sharks

Yeah, it is deep rooted in stereotypes about those that live in rural areas. All in all, it is just supposed to be a funny thing in some of the older games. It would turn milk to milkshakes, which is obviously impossible.

But yeah, anyone foolish enough to try it after seeing it in the Sims would probably get gored or trampled. Then again, that is just the difference between games and reality so I don't know why we would have to be that sensitive.

I was just pointing that out to the people calling it animal abuse its not because its not real
and if they kept it out of the game because of that then I have no words @Calico45

"EmmaVane;c-17931448" wrote:
I would also have liked to see some kind of grain crops, such as wheat, corn and rice and some way to grind them or starchy veggies to get flour.

Sugar cane or (more appropriate for the UK) sugar beets to make our own sugar would be fab too.

I would have loved to have had these. Also the butter churning. And juicing! I used to love the juicer in TS2.