"popstarissa;c-17302311" wrote:
1) To stop hearing about how “expensive” and “time consuming” it is to create animations. It’s a cartoon, It’s a video game. They move. That’s like the main point. I don’t know why some Maxis comments are like “how dare Simmers ask for more animations! The nerve!” I’m not reading a book here, I’m trying to play your controllable cartoon.
No. You clearly have done zero research on the matter and have never animated something in your life.
Animation is one of the most tedious, time-consuming, frustrating experiences in existence. We are not talking about pulling a rig into Blender and moving bones to create a simple hug as most Sims players do, it is far more laborious than that.
To make a drinking animation, you have to animate the neck, head, eyes, mouth, chin, nose, shoulders, arms, fingers, and the object as a base. You then need to consider the fact that the Sim could be doing something else, which you also have to animate. Is the Sim talking while drinking? You have to make that, too. You are not making
one animation, you are making a lot of them for one purpose.
Then, they have to make sure these animations fit into the style of the game, work with objects, do not cause weird glitches, and do not cause performance issues as the animation is too long and/or too short.
When I did animation, we spent a month making a simple handshake. A month. When we submitted it, the animation did not work and we had to go back and check each key, each frame, each split-second of that animation to figure out what caused the issue.
So, EA has a right to tell people to chill. If you want more animations, download some rigs, download Blender, and do it yourself. Judging from how high and mighty you are about it, you should be adept at it. I await your animations and content.
As for my three points:
1. I would love to see more content for children, such as sleepovers, bunkbeds, forts, et cetera
2. A hobbies pack
3. More traits and personality for our Sims
