"JoAnne65;c-17209886" wrote:
"SimmerSophie96;c-17206742" wrote:
A cool concept would be that the new world is normal like the other words, and then when you step through the portal you travel to the same world but this version is magic. Kind of like Harry Potter style. I think that would be really cool, so for those who play a more realistic gameplay will still have a new world without magic to play in. ?? I don't think this will be it, but its still kind of a cool idea.
"aurora333;c-17206865" wrote:
Maybe the world will look normal to non magic folk, but people who have magic will go though the portal and it will be the same town but it will like a mirrored world filled with magic.
I’d love that, but how would that be possible if you visit the world with a normal sim and an occult one? Could they do that? (the way the IF in Sims 3 changes from visible to invisible when you turn to a different sim) Could they do that with an entire world?
I mean, they aren't going to in this pack, but I don't see why not in another pack down the road (fairies with fairy sight or any other kind of scifi/fantasy justification - or even just Kids World that only kids can see or whatever). The mechanic already exists, and not just with IF in TS3. If you have Toddler Stuff in TS4, the toddlers can see a whole lot of make believe stuff around the playsets when the toddlers play make believe that other sims cannot see. If a parent is playing with them, they'll see some of it, but not all. While most sims don't see anything but a kid playing. I don't see why you couldn't add similar overlays that are sim-specific to more existing things in the game.
If anything, it provides an excuse to release a pack with fewer new things using the (somewhat valid, as it would be a lot of work) reasoning that you don't NEED new things (or even a new hypothetical DLC world), as all the old things are re-invented with this new pack. And since it would involve taking a look at old objects to program in all the requisite new actions and sim-specific overlays, it could also prompt just a whole lot of nice quality-of-life updates and new swatches for existing objects that would come in a free patch. Like, since we're opening those files anyway, might as well make a few quick fixes.
Not that I think this is LIKELY to happen. I just don't see any particular technical barrier preventing it. It would be down to whether they had good enough ideas and thought it was cost-effective and could sell.
