Suggestions for improving historical gameplay
We're not a major group of players who play historical gameplay, and I just recently started myself, but we are still fairly many, who play in a vast array of ways. So how could the experience of the ...
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@83bienchen I actually uninstalled the one I had and switched to yours, and it has been working fine since, so I'm eternally grateful. I still wish there was a non-mod way to do it, if nothing else for all those playing on console who do not have the option of mods.
Personally I like the look of the kit from what I've seen so far. Did we need it? Probably not, but I still like the look of what I have seen so far (I look forward to improving Windenburg Cathedral).
However, I absolutely agree with you that we need more functional historical objects and I generally think that historical kits and packs would sell really well. A lot of objects could reuse animations and be simple reskins (toys made from wood with less color, a medieval stove reusing the cauldron animation, a sink filled by a pitcher reusing the pitcher animation from laundry day, a lute reusing the guitar animations, a writing "station" (piece of paper and quill/pen) resuing the homework animation that can do much of the same interactions as the computer - write book, letters, apply for university...). Some wouldn't even need any animation as all, such as an outdoor toilet for one or a cash register in the shape of a simple wooden box. Others of course would need new animations (such as a functional broom for bust the dust), but I can honestly not see the need of too many of those objects, just a few.
My dream is a set of matching kits, one BB and one CAS for the various time periods. Medieval, Tudor/Elizabethan, Georgian/regency, Victorian, Edwardian, Art Nouveau, Art Deco/Roaring twenties, Thirties, Forties, Fifties... and so on. They would probably not need to cover every time period, as there would be a lot of overlapping for the older eras.
Personally I like the look of the kit from what I've seen so far. Did we need it? Probably not, but I still like the look of what I have seen so far (I look forward to improving Windenburg Cathedral).
However, I absolutely agree with you that we need more functional historical objects and I generally think that historical kits and packs would sell really well. A lot of objects could reuse animations and be simple reskins (toys made from wood with less color, a medieval stove reusing the cauldron animation, a sink filled by a pitcher reusing the pitcher animation from laundry day, a lute reusing the guitar animations, a writing "station" (piece of paper and quill/pen) resuing the homework animation that can do much of the same interactions as the computer - write book, letters, apply for university...). Some wouldn't even need any animation as all, such as an outdoor toilet for one or a cash register in the shape of a simple wooden box. Others of course would need new animations (such as a functional broom for bust the dust), but I can honestly not see the need of too many of those objects, just a few.
My dream is a set of matching kits, one BB and one CAS for the various time periods. Medieval, Tudor/Elizabethan, Georgian/regency, Victorian, Edwardian, Art Nouveau, Art Deco/Roaring twenties, Thirties, Forties, Fifties... and so on. They would probably not need to cover every time period, as there would be a lot of overlapping for the older eras.
