Sims 4 Not So Happy Play Thread & Neutral , No Bashing just your thought's

"BlueBlack007;14901568" wrote:

"NZsimm3r;14901527" wrote:
@BlueBlack007 your sims can live on a retail lot, it's just that they need a residential lot for the bills etc. On a retail lot you can build an apartment or house style living area and meet all their needs there, it's just that it has to stay as a 'retail lot type' for the business to function. Making use of the door locks you can make it so no other sims except your own has access to the living areas.

ok so as long as it is on Retail, then I can free up that other Lot for another Sim family?
PS, but if it is on Retail, I won't be able to hire other sims and such to work there right?

No, you can't free the other lot for another Sim family to live there. But you can make your residential lot -- the one you have to buy at the beginning -- a place where your sim can meet other sims to do things that your sim might otherwise do on community lots -- which you can then bulldoze to make more space. On your retail lot, you can build an apartment above your store or at the back, lock the door to household only, and pay bills from your telephone or a computer. Your sims will still go to their "residential" lot when they return from work and school, but you can just send them back to their store to eat, sleep, shower, etc.

Even if you're living on the retail lot, you can still hire other sims. At the moment, my sim who is managing a restaurant lives on the restaurant lot. She only has a tent, a cooler, and a shower because she can't afford more furniture, but as soon as she makes enough money, she'll build an addition. Her chef, waitress, and hostess all show up when she opens the restaurant and go away when she closes it.

ETA: Oh, by hiring, did you mean hiring a maid, a repairperson, etc.? I think you probably can. You would have to unlock the door for them, though. I'd advise closing your store while they're there. I hardly ever hire a maid so I'm not sure.

Anyway, sorry to go so far off topic.

"MVWdeZT;14901757" wrote:

"BlueBlack007;14901568" wrote:

"NZsimm3r;14901527" wrote:
@BlueBlack007 your sims can live on a retail lot, it's just that they need a residential lot for the bills etc. On a retail lot you can build an apartment or house style living area and meet all their needs there, it's just that it has to stay as a 'retail lot type' for the business to function. Making use of the door locks you can make it so no other sims except your own has access to the living areas.

ok so as long as it is on Retail, then I can free up that other Lot for another Sim family?
PS, but if it is on Retail, I won't be able to hire other sims and such to work there right?

No, you can't free the other lot for another Sim family to live there. But you can make your residential lot -- the one you have to buy at the beginning -- a place where your sim can meet other sims to do things that your sim might otherwise do on community lots -- which you can then bulldoze to make more space. On your retail lot, you can build an apartment above your store or at the back, lock the door to household only, and pay bills from your telephone or a computer. Your sims will still go to their "residential" lot when they return from work and school, but you can just send them back to their store to eat, sleep, shower, etc.

Even if you're living on the retail lot, you can still hire other sims. At the moment, my sim who is managing a restaurant lives on the restaurant lot. She only has a tent, a cooler, and a shower because she can't afford more furniture, but as soon as she makes enough money, she'll build an addition. Her chef, waitress, and hostess all show up when she opens the restaurant and go away when she closes it.

ETA: Oh, by hiring, did you mean hiring a maid, a repairperson, etc.? I think you probably can. You would have to unlock the door for them, though. I'd advise closing your store while they're there. I hardly ever hire a maid so I'm not sure.

Anyway, sorry to go so far off topic.

No problem, thanks for the advice, but I had tried to have My owner of the restaurant go there to own it But she had to move in with another sim in order to own it, cause all My lot's are full, I will have to try and move her to the restaurant at a later time, thank's.

No, I'm not happy with the sims 4 right now. It's been almost 2 years since the sims 4 was released and I'm feeling nostalgic about the good ol' days of the sims 1-3. I discovered the sims via simcity 3000 (the disc had a sims trailer and the moment I saw it I wanted the game!) I miss the physical formats, the expectation of getting something good, spending hours playing the game. Somehow it's not the same with the sims 4. There are no surprises, no excitement. What they show you is what you're gonna get. I know times change, but I really miss the old days. :(

"DyingLight;14905446" wrote:
No, I'm not happy with the sims 4 right now. It's been almost 2 years since the sims 4 was released and I'm feeling nostalgic about the good ol' days of the sims 1-3. I discovered the sims via simcity 3000 (the disc had a sims trailer and the moment I saw it I wanted the game!) I miss the physical formats, the expectation of getting something good, spending hours playing the game. Somehow it's not the same with the sims 4. There are no surprises, no excitement. What they show you is what you're gonna get. I know times change, but I really miss the old days. :(

You and Me both, I have to go back to Sims 2 and 3, just to relieve the stress from being on the Sims 4, I have to go back to see My Toddler's My cars, My Vampires, My Werewolves, oh the list goes on and on, :).

The game's features are more superficial and less deep.
Emotions:
Superficial - Sim's emotion pose in bottom-left screen. Shiny, with colorful colors, and with dynamic poses. Nice little whim objectives.
Depth - More/less skill gain and more/less socializing chances, yet the differences are very small, and this feature is too simple and not interesting. Whim objective rewards are, again, stats gain (more money from selling, more skill at morning/night (also very hard to notice a differene), better plants...) and nothing interesting such as a huge trampoline, a "slave maker" machine, an automatic watering system, a triple bed... the list of creativity can go on and on - oh.. so that's what's missing. NOTHING EXTREME!
We don't need to use our imagination to make the game interesting. The game ITSELF has to be interesting, with very interesting objects, objectives and socializing. Make the game feel like a world of chaos, both in happiness and total destruction (really, it's almost impossible to kill sims in this game)!

I like the game but I am very disappointed with the lack of family play and not much to do

I have all of the packs so far and I try to find things for my sims to do but I still feel like something is missing

I kinda wish we had a University or Freetime pack sometime soon

Also why isn't fear an emotion in game ? We got some similar to it but it's not enough

I wish to thank everyone for their Post's, I hope that this one is helping you all out , at least to feel a little better in the end, :)

I think I'm just getting frustrated over the speculations and debates over toddlers. I want toddlers, but how the whole situation has been handled has been cruel. Maxis should take better care of their community. To let community members get divided to this extent is just low. I just want to know that there is an end in sight for them or not. I want to see the community not feel alienated anymore.

"Scobre;14911846" wrote:
I think I'm just getting frustrated over the speculations and debates over toddlers. I want toddlers, but how the whole situation has been handled has been cruel. Maxis should take better care of their community. To let community members get divided to this extent is just low. I just want to know that there is an end in sight for them or not. I want to see the community not feel alienated anymore.

Yup I Agree, :)

"BlueBlack007;14911865" wrote:

"Scobre;14911846" wrote:
I think I'm just getting frustrated over the speculations and debates over toddlers. I want toddlers, but how the whole situation has been handled has been cruel. Maxis should take better care of their community. To let community members get divided to this extent is just low. I just want to know that there is an end in sight for them or not. I want to see the community not feel alienated anymore.

Yup I Agree, :)

Yeah, it's making me a bit frustrated as there is a lot that I like about the game, but what it is lacking has me not playing.
I am waiting to see if this game will have toddlers and pre-teens. I am no longer buying anything because I have no idea if where the game is going. I've made up my mind that I won't go any further with it with age stages as they are. So, I am just waiting to see what develops.