Was Multitasking worth the loading screens?
Back when The Sims 4 came out, one of the Guru’s gave us some insight as to why they can’t have more than one lot active in The Sims 4, with one of the reasons being Multitasking. According to t...
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"Writin_Reg;c-16291185" wrote:
Makes me seriously question what is the REAL reason our Sims in 4 still go without things like lounge chairs by the pool and swings on our sim kids playgrounds - or even slow dancing and bed cuddles... or toggles and options for that fact.
I speculate that’s due to their requirement that all socials have to be somewhat uniform across different positions: Standing, seated, on a swing, lounging, etc. IMO it would be way more efficient to create specialized animations for socials in those situations as well as other multitasking enabled interactions. However that would require more animation than what they are apparently able to offer, which is why we have yet to get any new multitasking positions. Seems that they currently can’t afford to expand multitasking at all, which I guess just shows how unsustainable it was as a key feature of the base game.
