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8 years ago

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 the Guru’s, Multitasking was too taxing on people’s processors to be active on more than one lot.

Apparently Sims are constantly aware of all the variables in which creates a sort of virtual mapping and too many variables can cause the game to slow down as the processor is constantly calculating all the options available, with multiple interactions at once.

Interestingly, The Sims Mobile was launched as a watered down Sims 4, and one of the features missing is multitasking HOWEVER the game has a semi-open world where multiple venues are available at once, and your Sim can travel between them without an issue (eg. A Sim can visit a Resturant and then visit the Hospital).

So it seems it really is a case of one or the other with current hardware, but what are your thoughts on it?

122 Replies

anthonydyer
Seasoned Ace
8 years ago
"JoAnne65;c-16474507" wrote:
"rune1973;c-16474437" wrote:
with multitasking do you mean like controlling 2 family's at one time or when you arnt controlling 1 it looks after itself and you can see another member of one of you other family's walking by your house in the streat.

No, that’s rotational play ;)

This is probably my favorite feature in the game. It keeps the game interesting, and you still get to enjoy and interact with sims you've made in the past. Sims 3 was far more one sided with the active lot rule.
littlesims3chick
Rising Ace
8 years ago
"DeservedCriticism;c-16286643" wrote:
NOPE

By definition, it's not even really multitasking.

It pains me to agree with this, but I must. I would rather have an open-world or a semi-open world over multitasking.