The Sims 4 Open World Preview Mod by Arnie - The Sims Plus
This guy is awesome and this mod is awesome and it needs more attention so here! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zV5lD4DwnM4&pp=wgIECgIIAQ%3D%3D
Forum Discussion
"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.
Yeah, I watched his overview and from what I can tell, it's basically one large lot that you can visit. You can't live there, but you can sort of simulate having an apartment by locking doors.
The ghost town concern also sounds like a real possibility with the way TS4 works. IIRC, TS3 sort of tracked where your sims were and sent other sims there to make it look busier. Here, the game is going to see everything as the same lot, so you're going to have sims spread out all over the place.
Unfortunately, I just don't see an open world being an easy thing to fake with TS4. I think we just have to take it for what it is, and if players want an open world, they can try TS3.
