Why is the snow so flat? :(

@Moodbeamy , you have every right to speak out. I'm sorry you feel compelled to leave, however. I was disappointed with the flat ball pit. I do find some things that are done in Sims4 so much better than in Sims2 or 3, that I will hang in there, myself. I have a love/hate relationship with Sims3, but ST and the singer career had me addicted. Now, I'm trying to recreate that fun by using the Road to Fame mod. It's a shame I have to resort to such mods. I only did so in Sims3 to help stabilize the dang game. Plus Twallen created a Story Progression mod that really kicked EA's attempt to the curb.

I do hope you find another franchise, or game that gives you the pleasure you seek. We all need something.

https://i.imgur.com/4SglDEJ.jpg

Sims 3; heavy snow (at night) to almost melted. It's got depth.

"Moodbeamy;c-16492060" wrote:
https://i.imgur.com/4SglDEJ.jpg

Sims 3; heavy snow (at night) to almost melted. It's got depth.

Also you cannot make snowangels or snowmen if the snow is not heavy enough in TS3!
I was thinking maybe we only saw light snow in the trailer, but it could still be heavier at times, only they did not show it. But then why would they show the snowangel being made in light snow? It's awkward!

"keylimepiesims;c-16491447" wrote:

"Sonia016;c-16491259" wrote:
I can't deny the snow looks so artificial, nothing natural at all but I also doubt they will do anything about it, this game is coming in a month time.

Ugh I’m happy with the rest of the pack, I just wish they’d taken a couple more months to figure out the snow depth somehow.
Whatever, it’s still a day one purchase for me! :lol:

because we couldn't wait... can we? I thought this will be a november thing too and guess what now, they must've feel obliged to give us something good after months of silent treatment. ;)

I hope they add snow depth in a later update, it's the big one disappointment of the pack so far.

Tbh if TS2 managed to do better, why the hell can't TS4? Idc about the whole saving specs or w.e it's an excuse at this rate for TS4 to skip out on details.

The denial of simmers on this topic is mind boggling. You can clearly see the texture is as flat as it can be, with some slight shading on top.
Look, I want to love every part of the game too, and it plums that we have deal with disappointment, but just because I can see this particular flaw doesn't mean I don't love the game or that I don't like the other things we're getting with this pack. But yeah, it's really disappointing, and I'm not even surprised. There are certain things that cannot be done with Sims 4 that could be done with 2 and 3. We know that.

If you're a simmers that doesn't care about snow depth, then good for you, enjoy. But for alot of simmers this is a real concern, especially since alot of us have been waiting for seasons for years now. I'd rather have waited another 6 months to get the complete experience of snow, instead of a clearly flat white painted texture.

I dunno, maybe they panicked when simmers started to worry about the future of sims and they decided to release the pack early, it's hard to tell. Either way, it's clear they could have done better.

"Aine;c-16492265" wrote:
The denial of simmers on this topic is mind boggling. You can clearly see the texture is as flat as it can be, with some slight shading on top.
Look, I want to love every part of the game too, and it plums that we have deal with disappointment, but just because I can see this particular flaw doesn't mean I don't love the game or that I don't like the other things we're getting with this pack. But yeah, it's really disappointing, and I'm not even surprised. There are certain things that cannot be done with Sims 4 that could be done with 2 and 3. We know that.

If you're a simmers that doesn't care about snow depth, then good for you, enjoy. But for alot of simmers this is a real concern, especially since alot of us have been waiting for seasons for years now. I'd rather have waited another 6 months to get the complete experience of snow, instead of a clearly flat white painted texture.

I dunno, maybe they panicked when simmers started to worry about the future of sims and they decided to release the pack early, it's hard to tell. Either way, it's clear they could have done better.

These releases are planned months in advance; they're not done on a whim because people are upset. If the snow DOES lack depth (I'm hoping to be proven otherwise but having just discovered that another thread on the matter was deleted I'm not holding out much hope) then it's because they either can't do it or won't do it. It's not because they've rushed the pack out to silence people.

Look at the man shovelling snow. THe snow just... appears on his shovel. He doesn't take it from anywhere. The snow angel lady is just creating a texture. The people are simply standing on white. There is no depth or any footprints.

There is no snow. There is only white, and things reskinned as powdered with white. And while this works on a superficial level, it demonstrates that either the engine, or the pack budget, didn't allow for it and ultimately shows a failure on a technical level.

"Loanet;c-16492358" wrote:
Look at the man shovelling snow. THe snow just... appears on his shovel. He doesn't take it from anywhere. The snow angel lady is just creating a texture. The people are simply standing on white. There is no depth or any footprints.

There is no snow. There is only white, and things reskinned as powdered with white. And while this works on a superficial level, it demonstrates that either the engine, or the pack budget, didn't allow for it and ultimately shows a failure on a technical level.

The thing that really upsets me is that someone made a mod called "First Snow" in 2015 and it looked really cool for a mod (even had snow textures on benches etc), but I was hoping the actual Season EP would be better because it's from a big company and paying attention to snow seems like an important thing in a pack that focuses on weather. But here we are. It looks just like the mod from 2015.
Example pictures from the mod I found on Google:

http://dl1.cbsistatic.com/i/2017/10/02/5c152a90-bdad-44e0-a4d6-f4380e1d0b3d/88735406033386983d3553ecfe057b5e/imgingest-8237257518272581325.jpg
https://images.sftcdn.net/images/t_app-cover-l,f_auto/p/e594216e-96d6-11e6-81d5-00163ed833e7/2912733925/the-sims-4-first-snow-mod-screenshot.jpg