No water under ocean?

As for on topic about the water itself. Yes I am a bit disappointed but it is first person mode and that was a random side project by a guru. So I’m not surprised it doesn’t look as cool as it could because it isn’t part of the development process.

Well, considering that first person view is an afterthought, I'm not surprised they forgot to check the underwater view with it

Not only do I not care for first person, I (personally) see no point ever using that functionality. And again, the water in the ocean functions exactly like the water in the pools, which is not surprising in the least.

I guess that's kind of disappointing.

I like the first person view, especially when it comes to swimming.
Like one time my Sim was exploring a temple in Selvadorada that had a path-like swimming pool you had to go through, and it was really neat to see that from a first person view. Especially since those temples have different roof patterns from the regular old white ceiling that houses have.

I'm surprised the water is a filter, though, rather than just coloring the ocean floor blue to create the illusion of it.
Maybe they could've just done what they did with pools' underwater walls and render those light-waves on the ocean floor/coral to simulate the light filtering through the water's surface. Not sure what else would help simulate an actual underwater view.

Can always pretend the water is just the most crystal clear water ever, if you're looking around under the surface. :p

"FurSimsOfficial;c-17113103" wrote:
All I can say is.. it's a terrible move. A paradise world with NO underwater world.. Alright EA!

I never wanted nor expected one.

In my opinion, I’m extremely happy about what I’ve seen from TS4 Island Living. My main complaint is that scuba diving is a rabbit hole. I played the Sims 3 too and it just makes me feel like something big is missing. To me it would’ve been nice if they had at least made going underwater look good in first person view so that players from TS3 who miss scuba diving could live a sort of similar experience. To make things clear though, despite this I’m loving what I’ve seen from this expansion.

I've been playing island paradise in TS3 and every time i try to explore the cave the sim is reset and sent to the shore. My sim was swimming next to their houseboat and i queued for the to go home. A water taxi came and took them to shore. I found IP in TS3 to be very glitchy and i wonder if that is the reasoning behind doing things differently in TS4. TS3 was/is difficult to play on various types of machines, and to minimize that, gameplay has been left out.

So leaving out diving lots i understand. A native dance, hammocks, native songs, i don't understand how that has been left out.

I may have just gone simple in the head but it looks alright to me. Seeing underwater (in clear water) is just like seeing on land; you can't physically see the water unless you look up.

edit: just realised that semicolon implies that if you look up while standing on dry land you'll see a water surface. Oops.

"BabySquare;c-17114876" wrote:
I may have just gone simple in the head but it looks alright to me. Seeing underwater (in clear water) is just like seeing on land; you can't physically see the water unless you look up.

I agree! I suppose they could have added a few bubbles or stray shafts of sunlight under the water, but it all looks so good from above and even from a close 3rd person viewpoint with the camera zoomed in that I honestly don't mind. I didn't even really notice anything.

Alright friends let's try and stop it with putting down other's opinions because they choose to buy an expansion or don't. At the end of the day you're all within your rights to criticize or praise an expansion, you're all entitled to your opinion and you're entitled to post it. You're not entitled to put someone elses opinion down however so please keep this civil and constructive and keep it to the topic at hand alright!

On the same note, I have just removed a lot of comments from in here, not all were argumentative and some of them hit the nail on the head when discussing that criticism and feedback either positive or negative is good. But at the end of it all it was all off topic, this thread isn't about Sims 3, Sims 2 or anything else, it's about the water in Sims 4. So let's keep it that way please