Unpopular opinions about ts4

"Sucom;c-16207463" wrote:
Some of the things which matter to me which I don't see around the forum are:

1. I would really like to have visitors allowed lots which would allow my imagination to fire up to create any kind of lot I can think of. Within these visitor allowed lots, npc's and my own sims would be programmed to use whatever objects I decided to put there. I really miss this from Sims 3 and would really like it to be added. For instance, I don't need a special expansion or game pack to create hotels or guest houses. Simply adding a visitor allowed lot where npc's were programmed to use beds, use the facilities, etc, would be enough. I'm not worried about tills, chefs in the kitchen, payment, etc. My imagination can fill in all those things.
2. I used to have a mod in Sims 3 called Ticket Machine which prompted payment on entry to a park or building. A simple gate put in a fence taking payment on entry could allow my sims to own a park or museum or whatever building I could think of to earn money as self employed sims.
3. Being able to edit public areas could almost be included on visitors allowed lots, where I would be able to place cafes or playgrounds, toilets, a swimming pool, benches, a pond for fishing within the park or whatever else. Also, I really miss normal playground equipment like swings, slides and roundabouts. I don't care for the play ship at all and I've never been particularly fussed on climbing frames.
4. Rabbit hole door frames would allow me to actually take my sims away from the house. I could build any building I wanted and have a door which would allow my sims to shop for books or groceries. This, again, includes 'visitors allowed' lots. It seems that visitors allowed lots are more important to me than maybe I first realised because it would help my imagination fire up to create new things into the game. At the moment, we're very much stuck with the developers ideas of how we should be playing. I could build a graveyard where npc's could look at the gravestones, or a church where sims could visit.


I'm really not bothered about Seasons or toddlers. I recognise that toddlers have been done very well but I'm not particularly interest in playing them. Instead, I would much prefer visitors allowed lots and to be able to colour carpets, chairs, beds, curtains and wood so that my furnishings match more easily. It takes ages looking for stuff to match up, frequently causing me to change objects ad infinitum until I find similar colours to match each other. For instance, last night I was trying to match up a dresser and wardrobe with bedside tables and the bed frame and it took ages. The bedclothes didn't match the curtains. The dresser was a slightly different wood colour from the wardrobe. The bed frame didn't match the bedside tables. Aaaaargh! What a miss mash is was! Eventually I had to return to using the same pieces of furniture I always use 'yet again!!' Boring!!!! And it takes too long! Why they didn't add the same wood tones across the board I will never know! Drives me crazy.

That ticket machine idea came from Sims 2 - Open For Business - by the way - which supported home businesses as employment. I used to like that in Sims 2 as well. LOL. I never tried the modded one for Sims 3 - but did utilize the one from the Sims 3 store that came with the Theater/movie house now and then.

Here's the one from Sims 3 store -

https://store.thesims3.com/productDetail.html?productId=OFB-SIM3:62502


This is the Sims 2 one:

http://sims.wikia.com/wiki/Electrono-Ticket_Machine