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VentusMatt
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5 years ago

Update/Rework old packs

Several months ago there was a survey and one of the questions in that survey was which packs would you like to see get a little bit extra add to it and asked players to select 3.

This is a link to Plumbella's video talking about said survey and the subject in question comes up at 7:20.
https://youtu.be/38JATjN0kow

Now my question for you all is what 3 packs (EPs/GPs) do you think should get a second look at and what would you like to see be changed/added?

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  • I think these packs are lacking the most, for reasons already stated:
    Outdoor Retreat
    Get Famous
    Island Living

    Overall I think we have been needing more activities for 2 or more sims to do together. These packs have mainly solo activities.
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    jess1z1
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    5 years ago
    I don't remember this survey? It'd be hard to pick just three.

    -Parenthood:

    funerals
    slumber parties
    pool parties
    ballet
    baby showers
    meet the parents
    day care
    slow dancing
    cuddling in bed
    honeymoons
    bachelor/ette parties
    wedding parties
    strollers
    graduation parties
    teens getting grounded for throwing house parties
    pillow/blanket forts
    group sports
    tag


    -Get to Work:

    checking in to the hospital
    getting arrested
    shopping malls


    -Get Famous:

    musicians and singers and more instruments
    theatres and acting on stage, not just on camera
    concert venues and world tours
    entourages


    -Island Living:

    active scuba diving
    underwater world for mermaids
    hammocks
    multi-tasking on lounge chairs
    hotels


    -University:

    optional active classes
    active professor career
    wilder parties with consequences
    for the shower to work with tubs
    woohoo in bathroom stalls
  • All of the older stuff really need something fresh. Plus they were developed without the core of the standard pack's identity being developed. These include GTW, DO, OR, etc. These early ones have bugs that need fixing, content that needs rounding out, and a bunch of general improvements.

    The rest are more of a wishlist, for me, because they are the packs that felt especially deficient.

    First, Kid's Room Stuff. Voidcritters have become recurring characters in the worlds, but their initial and most substantial appearance is far too limiting. They are only relegated to the child life stage. Teens and adults should be able to play with children on this.

    ROM is another personal disappointment. It is not the worst pack by a long shot, but it lacks the punch and identity that Vampires had. We need unique abilities not found in other packs and more crosspack that make spellcasters feel more powerful. Also ways to make them more unique.

    Cats and Dogs is the pack I have always been most disappointed in. I have expressed it in long posts in many other places, but Pets packs have been my make it or break it packs since the beginning and 4 was the only one to break it. In comparison, 3's was near perfection. So yeah, anything to make it more like that. Develop pets properly. I want control, but even without it they should have proper relationships and an info panel. Children should be able to do care actions like bathing and walking. Cats should be able to learn tricks. They should also have skills again and maybe be able to get jobs. They need more traits. Also, I would willing accept small pets, farm animals, and equestrian things in other packs.

    IL, I love, but it could use more underwater and mermaid stuff.

    In Seasons, it is a super solid pack, but I just want to be able to control the seasons! Had I that power I already would have had my own winter world ten times over.

    GF's world could use some fixing up. It always feels so small an unusable whenever I play, and it is supposed to be a city but not a CL city.

    EL I enjoy, and I do not mind NAPs too much, but I am not opposed to limiting and restructuring some of the more annoying behaviours. Plus things still happen where the inspections are a fraud. Plus more options are always appreciated.

    Parenthood is another solid pack, but it seems to be the best place to fit school reformations. I'd like options like private school, boarding school, and homeschooling. Plus it also seems like the best place to tack on children's activities like treehouses, lemonade stands, etc. If not put here, they can come in other packs.
  • These three are my picks and I think I chose the same in the survey, though not sure about Cats and Dogs.

    Get to Work
    Realm of Magic
    Outdoor Retreat

    There are many packs that have done some half ass things, but these three need help on almost every aspect.

    Get To Work:

    Retail:

    Home businesses
    New unique animations for retail interactions
    Lost costumers in the store and new "Can I help you?" interaction
    Restocking craftable items can only happen if you have that same item in your inventory (does not check for item quality for replacement)
    Animated registers and checking sims through the register
    Changing room object and changing room woohoo
    Escalator stairs
    Sims who bought something should carry shopping bags when leaving the store
    Costumer loyalty/star system/business rating
    Better AI while in retail lots
    Clothing racks that allow for sims to purchase any clothing, and restricted access to clothing in CAS (option or cheat to disable for who doesn't want it)
    Fixed retail interactions with celebrities (sims do not need to know them to use retail interactions on them)
    Hire business manager (very expensive/needs max all retail skills), to manage business at a distance
    Modular shelves with corner pieces
    Awning tool to create our own awnings outside the store
    Store coupons
    Shopaholic trait
    Produce stands with inventory to sell harvestables (do not preserve quality like fridges)
    Fish tanks/freezers where sims can buy single fish
    Fridge restocking/having to buy groceries

    Active careers:

    Replace the event system with career tasks and "gigs"
    Sims should be more likely to get sick when going in the rain without an umbrella
    Ability to go to the hospital to get treated
    Better co-worker AI
    Sims waiting to be admitted should be able to sit at the lounge area of the hospital
    Cops and burglar NPC's
    Burglar alarms
    More variety of actions that grant a citation.
    Donut boxes in the police station
    Stopping robberies
    Expand the amount of electronic devices that can be done in the robot 3D printer
    Alien "brain power" need
    Alies should be able to travel to different lots via their saucer and teleport
    Aliens should be able to scramble a sim's whims
    Alien world should have alien furniture and alien sims should normally spawn there like realm of magic


    Realm of Magic:


    Children should use brooms
    Children should have limited spells
    Spellcaster children should have access to the "Magic classes" after school activity
    Spellcaster sims should be able to travel from lot to lot with their broom
    Different spells should have different VFX
    Spellcaster sims should have extra voodoo doll spells
    A smaller cauldron that can go on top of counters should be available
    Spellcasters should be able to talk to their familiars
    There should be a spell to bring back cowplants to life
    Sages should have a long loooong cooldown after teaching a sim a spell or potion
    Magic world should have festivals (dueling festival, supernatural festival (vampires, ghosts, plantsims, mermaids and spell casters should attend if you have the other packs, etc.)
    Human sim NPC's should not be allowed into the magic world so that the game does not force them to turn into spellcasters
    Classic european witch clothes in CAS with witch/wizzard hats and robes

    Outdoor Retreat:

    Sleeping bags
    More tent variations
    Campsite lot venue (this lot costs 0 to rent and NPC sims will plot down their own tents, your sims will need to bring their own tent if they intend to sleep/stay here)
    Natural preserve lot trait (this lot will make it so deer and doe spawn in the lot, sims cannot camp or build camfires here)
    Hammocks
    Outdoor showers (sims bathe in their swimwear)
    Swimming in the lake
    Updated hiking
    Littering sims
    Bird watching (sims use binoculars to check out birds and do different animations, raises fun need and logic/motor skill)
    Park ranger can fine sims for littering in the woods
    Sims should be able to gather wood and stone from the ground and build their own campfires instead of plopping an object down
    Deer animals in Granite Falls (ffs sake Freeplay did it sims team, step it up!)
    Camping stove with unique recipes
    Picnic basket/blanquet
    Romantic version of watching clouds/stars
    Coolers should have an inventory for fish
    Bicycles for kids
    Skipping stones
  • 1. Get Famous
    I like the style, I like the actor carieer, but the world is a joke and I feel that Get Famous needs to have more variery of carieers.

    2. Get to Work
    Honestly I see no reason to build or visit the shops.

    3. Seasons
    It is difficult to choose one expansion as the third option, but I guess thet the Seasons expansion is quite more empty than Island Living for example.

    *Eco Lifestyle + Snowy Escape - too many fake houses.

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