The Sims 4 Open World Preview Mod by Arnie - The Sims Plus

Wait, that mod exists? :) Do you have the link?

"telmarina;c-17605995" wrote:
Wait, that mod exists? :) Do you have the link?

I think it's still in development but early access will be coming soon

Yes it's incredible! And he's creating a CAW that will work with the TOOL mod, so I'm very exited about it.
Creating worlds is about the only thing I absolutely LOVE doing in the sims!

I would love this. Thanks for sharing.

I just watched his video that was released on Aug 11th and I love it. This guy is really talented and I look forward to seeing more of his programming/content.

"CelSims;c-17612530" wrote:
I see no mods at all available on this creators patreon, but I sure do see a whole lot of months old posts locked behind becoming a patreon. Is this guy breaking the EA TOS by never releasing to the public or am I just blind?

No, nothing is done yet. He's just updating about his progress. His mods are becoming available to the public.

I'm very, VERY sceptical about this.

My prediction is that this mod will work like a larger version of the open areas in San Myshuno. But it will have one PROPER lot loaded at any given time, with all the limitations that come from this. For example, only a maximum of 20 will be spawned. Imagine only 20 Sims for such large areas? It'll be a ghost town.

The game simply cannot have more than one lot loaded at any given time. This is a limitation of the engine, and mods can only do so much. I hope people aren't expecting an open world like the one in The Sims 3 because it's not happening. It's impossible without reworking the engine from the ground up.

"Naus;c-17612735" wrote:
I'm very, VERY sceptical about this.

My prediction is that this mod will work like a larger version of the open areas in San Myshuno. But it will have one PROPER lot loaded at any given time, with all the limitations that come from this. For example, only a maximum of 20 will be spawned. Imagine only 20 Sims for such large areas? It'll be a ghost town.

The game simply cannot have more than one lot loaded at any given time. This is a limitation of the engine, and mods can only do so much. I hope people aren't expecting an open world like the one in The Sims 3 because it's not happening. It's impossible without reworking the engine from the ground up.

Arnie has reiterated that it won't work like in TS3. He's very adamant about it, so if people expect more, that's on them, really.

"CelSims;c-17612530" wrote:
I see no mods at all available on this creators patreon, but I sure do see a whole lot of months old posts locked behind becoming a patreon. Is this guy breaking the EA TOS by never releasing to the public or am I just blind?

Sadly yes. I subscribed to him back in April because I loved his better maps project but then he seemed to abandon the project half way through, it's been months and they're still locked on his Patreon and now all he does is brag about how he's done this and that but he never releases anything at all.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EYYdFGNXsAAWk9l.jpg

There's maps for around half the worlds but since then the series has just been ditched. They've been locked on his Patreon for 4 months now, I've tried to contact him to let him know it's against the rules but he's just blanked me on it multiple times even though he answers every other comment. Especially frustrating for me is that a few days after my subscription ended the EL patch came in with the map upgrades which broke the maps I had downloaded from him.

The maps are the only things downloadable on his Patreon. The rest is just months and months of bragging that he can do this and that yet absolutely nothing is getting put out

I really liked his maps and was excited to download them. Just a shame about who the creator is, I wouldn't subscribe to him again since he's breaking the rules and just spends his entire time bragging. He makes over 700 dollars a month from Patreon yet he can't be bothered to finish projects or make stuff publically available. If anyone knows if his stuff is on any downwithpatreon type sites please lmk!

"Onverser;c-17615162" wrote:

"CelSims;c-17612530" wrote:
I see no mods at all available on this creators patreon, but I sure do see a whole lot of months old posts locked behind becoming a patreon. Is this guy breaking the EA TOS by never releasing to the public or am I just blind?

Sadly yes. I subscribed to him back in April because I loved his better maps project but then he seemed to abandon the project half way through, it's been months and they're still locked on his Patreon and now all he does is brag about how he's done this and that but he never releases anything at all.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EYYdFGNXsAAWk9l.jpg

There's maps for around half the worlds but since then the series has just been ditched. They've been locked on his Patreon for 4 months now, I've tried to contact him to let him know it's against the rules but he's just blanked me on it multiple times even though he answers every other comment. Especially frustrating for me is that a few days after my subscription ended the EL patch came in with the map upgrades which broke the maps I had downloaded from him.

The maps are the only things downloadable on his Patreon. The rest is just months and months of bragging that he can do this and that yet absolutely nothing is getting put out

I really liked his maps and was excited to download them. Just a shame about who the creator is, I wouldn't subscribe to him again since he's breaking the rules and just spends his entire time bragging. He makes over 700 dollars a month from Patreon yet he can't be bothered to finish projects or make stuff publically available. If anyone knows if his stuff is on any downwithpatreon type sites please lmk!

@Onverser Oh the tea!