Sims 1 Type Cutaway Walls

I think right now people have bigger concerns.

They have been "fixing" things that few people were complaining about and ignoring really big issues that are stopping a large portion of their fanbase from playing the game... I agree with what you're saying, but they totally wrecked my playstyle with this game... the walls don't bug me anymore because I don't play the game anymore. :( that's probably why nobody answered the post yet.

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"RellyJack;811615" wrote:
Does anyone remember how cutaway walls worked in The "original" Sims.

Yes, I do, and I was disappointed when I saw that the walls still work the same way in TS4 that they did in TS3. TS1-style cutaways was one of the things I had hoped the devs would bring back, but oh, well... :|

Anyone have a photo of this? I'm curious to see what you mean.

"krystle0385;13230609" wrote:
Anyone have a photo of this? I'm curious to see what you mean.

Yes. This is how cutaway mode worked in TS1:



See the two walls the red arrows are pointing to? They're still up. The reason why is that in cutaway mode in TS1, the only wall that dropped down was the one nearest you, so that you would always see the back wall of whatever room the sims were standing in. It's not like in TS3 and TS4 where every single wall dropped down except the exterior wall, making all the rooms behind the sims "transparent."



I really wish the devs would make cutaway work like this again.

Also, I'm pretty sure you were able to hover your mouse over the wall you wanted to go down to see what's inside the other rooms. It was pretty neat, I must agree. I wonder if the fact that the feature isn't there anymore has got something to do with the fact that the subsequent games are entirely 3D.

I, too, liked the S1 cutaway wall style. A wall would only go down if you scrolled your mouse over it. As soon as you moved your mouse somewhere else, the wall would pop back up. Really neat, because you could always see your wall decorations. It would be nice to have both current and previous cutaway types, so players could choose.

Yes, so miss those cut-aways! I spend a lot of time now playing with all the walls up just to avoid the ugly cut-away look.

Seems like im one of the few, but i prefer how the walls go down now. i didnt like the TS1 system. i like being able to view multiple sims in the house from one angle which the current wall option does. I dont like changing my view around all the time, especially with larger families.

"RellyJack;811615" wrote:
Does anyone remember how cutaway walls worked in The "original" Sims. They actually cutaway in each individual room, instead of cutaway to the exterior walls of the house. You would think they could do it with the new room system. The gameplay is so much better when you can actually see whats on the walls and the division between rooms, but playing with the walls up or with the current cutaway system doesn't have the same effect. I would like something in between.

I miss how a room used to feel like a room, but people don't talk about it anymore.

Yes, I actually prefer the cut away wall style in the TS1. I decorated all walls and never play with the walls down so it's a little disappointing over the years I can't see what I placed near or on an inside wall anymore since the end of the TS1. Why waste time decorating all walls etc. if we can't see them anymore (as the Sim goes by) other than for a screen shot etc., with all walls up. Immersion is the name of the game with me. lol

I will add I assume this is a designer choice in the other games because of performance issues. If those walls in a 3D game would be popping up and down like they do in the old 2D game then I would assume people would complain about performance.