Why is the snow so flat? :(

There's another thread talking about it too and it has some good pictures in it. I would recommend scrolling through page 2 to see the snow angel pictures and the roof pictures. The difference should be obvious then.

"wormstache999;c-16491668" wrote:
There's another thread talking about it too and it has some good pictures in it. I would recommend scrolling through page 2 to see the snow angel pictures and the roof pictures. The difference should be obvious then.

The 'difference'? From what I've seen of the snow angels, they don't require depth at all. I always thought when I saw it in the trailer that something about the snow angel looked off, and now that we've seen there is no depth to the snow it makes sense. The snow angel effect could be created by creating 3D models of snow around the Sim in the shape of a snow angel. However, I don't even know that they're even doing that. From the screenshots in that topic the snow angel is so hard to see that I'm led to believe that it might not even be achieved by models, but might be textures, like the snow altogether. However, we don't know that for sure.

Either way, they're creating an illusion of a snow angel, nothing more.

I don't really mind it to be honest. Might be worth asking them on Twitter if the snow rises in heavy snowfall.

Not even in the background does it look any different. Just 2D flooring... :/ :/

Hmm, I'm actually agreeing with you on this one. There's a lot of clever reskinning going on there, rather than actual depth to snow.

Disappointed but not surprised.

I'm actually gutted but I think I've now come to accept that although I saw the potential of TS4 at the beginning, the devs are failing to fulfil that potential. They're making a game that LOOKS good. But when you dig deeper you find that there's no substance to any of it. I haven't played since C&Ds came out and I thought that Seasons would always be the pack to entice me back. Unfortunately, if I'm honest with myself (I don't really want to be) I know deep down that things won't improve and that I'm probably best off just moving on the from the series.

To those of you that constantly tell the moaners to leave; there, you're winning. We are leaving. See how much you enjoy your game in a few years when most of the fan base have abandoned it and the budgets get slashed (even further because apparently they're not that high right now) leaving you with even less game from your money. I'm not doing this because I want to moan or be negative; I have always loved this franchise. But I disagree with the way it is heading; I want a game with depth and substance, something that I can get lost in for hours on end. Whilst TS4 is beautiful to look at there's not really any game play involved and this is four years down the line. So I'll just accept that this is what it is now and I'll go off and play something else.

It does look poor. I showed my Husband who is a game developer the picture of the sim making a snow angel and he said it just looks like she is stsrfishing as you can't see the snow angel she is making

Each pack always give me something I must have in my game, (roller and ice skating) so flat snow is not a big deal breaker for me.

"MidnightAura;c-16491975" wrote:
It does look poor. I showed my Husband who is a game developer the picture of the sim making a snow angel and he said it just looks like she is stsrfishing as you can't see the snow angel she is making

The impression in the 'snow' just looks like a shadow. She's just lay there on a a white floor basically.