Open worlds discussion

"Cynna;c-18108085" wrote:


For me, TS4's problem is worse. There are a few Sims present before my Sim arrives, true. Yet, they're all lined up on the sidewalk as if they're waiting for the bus. This, among other things, bothered me so much that I stopped playing TS4. Now, I only use it when I'm in the mood to continue a story that I started there. I use the pose player mod and I set up screenshots to go along with the story. When I want to play a game, I go back to TS3.

"gc6164;c-18128567" wrote:

"Cynna;c-18108085" wrote:


For me, TS4's problem is worse. There are a few Sims present before my Sim arrives, true. Yet, they're all lined up on the sidewalk as if they're waiting for the bus. This, among other things, bothered me so much that I stopped playing TS4. Now, I only use it when I'm in the mood to continue a story that I started there. I use the pose player mod and I set up screenshots to go along with the story. When I want to play a game, I go back to TS3.

This is one of my pet peeves. Interestingly, with my game, most of the base-game community lots load with sims already at the lot and using the objects which is how it should be. However, every other world that has come with a pack this doesn't occur and they are all lined up at the entrance and stand there for a minute or two before going off to do their own thing.

"Chaotic_Moira;c-18130105" wrote:

"gc6164;c-18128567" wrote:

"Cynna;c-18108085" wrote:


For me, TS4's problem is worse. There are a few Sims present before my Sim arrives, true. Yet, they're all lined up on the sidewalk as if they're waiting for the bus. This, among other things, bothered me so much that I stopped playing TS4. Now, I only use it when I'm in the mood to continue a story that I started there. I use the pose player mod and I set up screenshots to go along with the story. When I want to play a game, I go back to TS3.

This is one of my pet peeves. Interestingly, with my game, most of the base-game community lots load with sims already at the lot and using the objects which is how it should be. However, every other world that has come with a pack this doesn't occur and they are all lined up at the entrance and stand there for a minute or two before going off to do their own thing.

Interesting. I never paid attention to which lots do this and which don't. I just knew it happened sometimes, and not others. I am going to have to observe this now. If that is the case, and it is only in the added worlds, I wonder why it happens that way.

"gc6164;c-18130115" wrote:

"Chaotic_Moira;c-18130105" wrote:

"gc6164;c-18128567" wrote:

"Cynna;c-18108085" wrote:


For me, TS4's problem is worse. There are a few Sims present before my Sim arrives, true. Yet, they're all lined up on the sidewalk as if they're waiting for the bus. This, among other things, bothered me so much that I stopped playing TS4. Now, I only use it when I'm in the mood to continue a story that I started there. I use the pose player mod and I set up screenshots to go along with the story. When I want to play a game, I go back to TS3.

This is one of my pet peeves. Interestingly, with my game, most of the base-game community lots load with sims already at the lot and using the objects which is how it should be. However, every other world that has come with a pack this doesn't occur and they are all lined up at the entrance and stand there for a minute or two before going off to do their own thing.

Interesting. I never paid attention to which lots do this and which don't. I just knew it happened sometimes, and not others. I am going to have to observe this now. If that is the case, and it is only in the added worlds, I wonder why it happens that way.

I've actually been doing some further testing on this, repaired my game, removed mods so it's all vanilla. Gym's and libraries in all worlds seem to be ok. Lounges differ, base game worlds are ok (sims are standing in the lot or sitting), had some problems with San Myshuno and Del Sol Valley. Bars also differ based on world. I've had problems with onsen lots, restaurants and retail as well. The problem also is more likely to occur if a sim invites you to a lot, sometimes it works sometimes it doesn't it's very strange :/

"elanorbreton;c-18102379" wrote:
It's funny because I loved the open world of TS3 at the time and hated it at first when it was taken away from us. But now I prefer the loading screens to the downsides of the open world.

I'm not even too fussed about having open neighbourhoods anymore - unless it is a community area. It would be nice to be able to designate an area as community and have that be open so that all shops and entertainment could be visited without loading screens but I cannot see a way for them to do that unless it was EA-designated districts.