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jannaeddie
Seasoned Newcomer
4 years ago

Pack Refresh - Outdoor Retreat

I thought it would be cool to have a different thread per game, stuff, and expansion pack! Let's start in order with Outdoor Retreat. Only gameplay and build/buy, CAS, improvements please, bugs should be fixed without a "refresh."

What would an Outdoor Retreat refresh look like?

My thoughts:
Make Granite Falls livable
Add swimmable areas and canoes
Add group hiking so sims have more group activities in Granite Falls
Add insect spawners to Build/Buy so herbalism can exist outside of Granite Falls
Add "camp" event for kids where they learn skills such as canoeing, painting, herbalism, etc
Add locations to rock climb

Thoughts? Should we make a thread for each pack?
  • "LadyKyn;c-17970901" wrote:
    Would like to see hammocks added to that pack for sure. Swimming in a lot of the bigger lakes there or even splashing each other in water at ankle to knee deep.

    Think better group hiking much like in Snowy Escape would work so perfectly with the pack.

    A Hates the Outdoors trait as well. (Weird they never added it with the Loves the Outdoors)

    Maybe a few more activities to do? Maybe flash light tag for night games?

    Would also like to see a return for sleeping bags.


    yes this so much
  • bshag4lv's avatar
    bshag4lv
    Seasoned Adventurer
    I too would like for GF to stay a destination. I love GF and have since it was released. It's much easier now to make herbal remedies with LittleMsSam's mod, no bugs for remedies...because it's just ewww.

    I love the ideas for activities that goes with camping in the woods. One thing is needed disparately, sleeping bags. How can you go camping without sleeping bags??
  • userafw's avatar
    userafw
    New Spectator
    The sleeping bags could be used for vampires if they are the "mummy style" bags that zip all the way up - two styles of sleeping bags would be preferable to just one type.

    I miss Clair the Bear (from Sims 1/complete collection) getting into the bee box and having to flee as a swarm chases her. I would like to see something like that in Sims 4 outdoor retreat with the NPC bears. Also, add the wild foxes from Cottage Living to outdoor retreat. (And for heavens sake, fix the wild fox thumbnails!) More styles of ladder would be great, too. I have often found myself dissatisfied with the limited styles of ladders: they ALL look like dock ladders.

    Plus, add a new lot type: Treehouse. The treehouse should have some kind of "tree trunk foundation" that actually looks like a tree trunk with thick roots (or round walls with tree bark wallpaper), and a roof that looks like the top of a tree. Multi-types for lots would be perfect here: Residential rental lot or timeshare: a vacation home that can also be used as a rental for selected days (would require the Seasons calendar). Treehouse requirements: Stairs or ladder, living or dining chair, a grill, a picnic table, 5 plants, and a toilet (such as the toilet bushes or public toilets), and an end table. Or, stairs, treetrunk foundation, treetop roof, and tiny house requirements.

    Regardless of whether they add the treehouse lot type, at least the tree bark wallpaper and rounded walls should be added, along with support or a cheat for building floors regardless of whether there is a first story/ground floor beneath them.