My perfect Sims 5

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4 years ago

Section 2 - New Things in the Sims 5 I'd Love to See

The Most Basic Things - In order of Importance

The Most Basic - Before All Else. Don't bother to release until finished

Significant Quality Testing before each pack is released - This should be the Sims 5 mantra
Open World
The Color Wheel
Pack Integration!!! - If something can be used across packs it should work across packs
Create a Pattern
Inventory System
- Basic Search Bar
- Sort By Pack
- Personal Inventory
- House Hold Inventory
- Object Inventory
  - Alchemy Cauldrons
  - Bakery Case
  - Bars
  - Candle Making Bench/Kit
  - Farmers Market Stall
  - Florist Bench
  - Ice Cream Chiller Case
  - Jewelry Bench/Gem Polisher
  - Juicer
  - Nectar Making Vat
  - Pantry
  - Perfume Making Distiller
  - Potions Cabinet
  - Refrigerator
  - Sculpture Station
  - Spice Rack
Basic Architectural Structures - All at the time of Base Game release. This will help the building designers even more than it will even benefit us
- Attics
- Basements & Sub-Basements
- Closets
- Garages, Garage Doors (working) & Driveways
- Laundry Rooms - Washer & Dryers
- Modular Staircases & Spiral Staircases
- Pantry
- Pool Tool - including curved pieces. Just make them all at once, please
- Stages, Decking & Piers
- Towers
- Water Tool
NPC Population Control Window - Set what creatures or celebrities you want or don't, how many you want or don't want, etc.
Climate Window - Set Climate for the neighborhood for a full year
Celestial Events
- Moon Phases
- Lunar Eclipses
- Solar Eclipses - Along with he weird change in the daylight as the shadow passes over
- Meteor Showers
- Comets
Neighborhood Lot Window
- Community or Residential
- Type of Lot - Bar, Bakery, Campground, Fire Station, Retail Business, Public Park, Restaurant, Etc.
- Sub-type of the Lot:
  - Amusement Park - Food Court/Concessions
  - Amusement Park - Midway Games
  - Amusement Park - Water Park
  - Bar - Karaoke Bar
  - Bar - Vampire Lounge
  - Park - Dog Park
  - Park - Playground
  - Retail Business - Clothing
  - Retail Business - Farmers Market
  - Retail Business - Magic Store
  - Retail Business - Pet Store
  - Restaurant - Chinese
  - Restaurant - French Bistro
- Name of Lot
- Hours of Operation or Visiting Hours if Applicable
- Address
- Owners or Occupants
- Lot Traits
- Lot Story or Notes
Family Trees
- Aunts & Uncles
- Cousins
- Great-Grandparents
- Half-Siblings
- Immediate Family
- Step Family
Alternative Family Trees
- Dog
- Cats
- Horses
- Vampire - See whom sired whom
Being able to create a new radio station and name it, and Mp3 and the in game radios recognizing the file
Sims 5 Forums - Having the ability to Bold, Underline, Italic, Strike through, and Increase Font Size by a few degrees for headings and titles.

Must Haves in Base Game

Pets (Birds, Cats and Dogs) & Sims together in the Base Game so that they may grow together as well as an easier time introducing new wild animals. While I think this would be an over all improvement I realize EA uses Pets as a cash grab rather than doing what would improve the game overall
Cars (Vehicles in General) - Learning to drive them and maintaining them
- Bicycles
- Cars & SUVs
- Motorcycles & Scooters
- Trucks
Sims doing more activities together
- Cops & Robbers
- Jogging
- Hide and Go Seek
- Hiking
- Marco Polo
- Taking Walks
- Walking a baby in a pram
- Walking Pet(s)
Rudimentary Climate & Weather in the Base Game with new types added on per pack especially if a new neighborhood with a specific climate is introduced
Cooking & Baking as separate skills but in the Base Game
Preferences, Dietary Choices, Hygiene Habits, Left vs Right Handed
Epic Life Expectancy
Steam
- Bathing in a Tub
- Hot Beverages
- Hot Food
- Hot Tub
- Sauna
- Showers
- Swimming Pool in Winter
Grand Piano and Upright Piano for smaller lots
Created Items (for example wood working items) working with other created items ( lets say jewel crafting) to make new things like a wand
Cemeteries & Grocery Stores - NOT RABBIT HOLES!!!
Basic Life Events & Basic Event Planner Window (can be expanded upon to include all kinds of things)
- Baby Showers
- Birthdays
- Engagement Party
- Funerals
- Graduations
- Retirement Parties
- Weddings
- Wedding Anniversary
Appropriate Car Pool/Bus for Sims to take to work/school
Bed Details
- Ability to Upgrade a beds mattress (and its comfort level) via spending additional money
- A few basic bed sizes - Child, Single, Queen, King
- Pets being able to sleep on a bed or hide under one
- Setting Bed Ownership (including pet bed) and which side couples sleep on. Assigning beds for guests and live in staff as well
Handiness Upgrades for Common Items
Setting Sinks to be Kitchen, Bathroom or Utility. Sims will automatically use the sink appropriate to their intended use
Setting Flame Colors for:
- Bonfires
- Campfires
- Candles
- Fireplaces
- Torches
Setting Color & Intensity for Lamps & Lights. Set Lights usage
Locking Doors & Gates - Knowing who is allowed and who is not would be such a life saver
- Allow All Residents Unrestricted Access
- Allow/Disallow Specific Access to Residents
- Allow Unrestricted Access to all Sims
- Disallow entry but Allow Leaving
- Allow/Disallow Pets
- Allow/Disallow Staff - Examples of allowable staff
  - Auto Mechanics
  - Bar Tenders
  - Bouncers
  - Butlers
  - Caterers
  - Chimney Sweep
  - Delivery Drivers
  - Dog Walkers, Groomers, Trainers
  - Entertainers & Musicians
  - First Responders - Firemen, Police
  - Fortune Tellers
  - Gardeners
  - Ghost Hunters
  - Handymen
  - Home Decorators/Designers
  - Maid Service
  - Mail Service
  - Pest Control
  - Photographers
  - Veterinarians - For Horses, Cows, basically farm animals otherwise you take pets to a clinic
- Allow/Disallow Invited Guests - When you select disallow all invited and not invited guests leave the lot
  - Note: Evil Sims get a gate interaction called release the hounds
  - Gates will get a new Upgrade - Creaking Gate, Lubricated Gate. So we can have a bit of ambiance noise for scary places.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foUyyBM2ins
- Good Witches casting a Blessing type Spell on a gate or Door to keep out Zombies, Vampires & Werewolves
It would really make a HUGE difference to the game play experience going forward
- Harvestable Plants looking like their real world counterparts at least in a realistic sense for development i.e. Ground plants not looking like bushes
- Lamp Upgrade for all Gates - Places a light(s), lantern, or torch that is compatible to the design of the gate
- Initials or Lot Signage Upgrade of gates. Similar to the Gates from Sims 4 Horse Ranch
- Sound Upgrade - Add/Remove Creaky Gate Noise
Locking Computers to certain Sims
Setting the Table
Watering Houseplants
Ambiance Sounds
- Bells in the belfry will toll at Midnight, 6AM, Noon and 6PM. Sunday mornings they will play a familiar tune.
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o19YuGdtvRE
- Cuckoo Clock Chimes
- Crickets at night in Summer
- Doorbells - With a few different dramatic doorbells. Sims 3 did that well. I'd like it to be like my security System where it changes seasonally
  - Auld Lang Syne
  - Bell Toll
  - Buzzer
  - Gong
  - Jingle Bells
  - Ode to Joy
  - Ominous Sound
  - Turkey Gobble
  - Westminster
  - Witch Cackle
  - Wolf Howl
- Bat Screech
- Grandfather Clock Chimes
  - Choice of Chimes
    - Ode to Joy
    - Westminster
    - Whittingham
  - Tolls at Midnight, 6AM, Noon, & 6PM
  - Winding the Clock
- Mantle Clock Chimes
- Owl's Hooting at night
- Water Bubbling & Flowing
- Wind Blowing
- Wind Chimes
- Wolves Howling
Holiday Lights in certain trees intended for public spaces and follows a reasonably assumable color change given a few basic holidays
Setting Water Color
- Fountains
- Pools
- Tubs or at least have a Vampire Specific Soak thats red - Plasma Fruit Soak

Note - Cooking & Baking Recipes, Restaurant Equipment, Gardening & Flower Arranging, Build/Buy are all further down this thread in the comments. Scroll Slowly there is a lot of detail.

Game Play

Basic Banking, Wills & Inheritance
Consequences - Do bad stuff or dumb stuff and you should have some sort of payback for choices. There doesn't feel like there is any permanence. For Ex.
- Have a bad relationship with your teenager they can run away.
- Don't take care of your health over the course of the Sims's life then they die far earlier
- Gossip too much and you are bestowed with the reputation of being the town gossip and the townies will have a worse relationship with you.
- Have a bad temper you may be sent to Anger Management
- Have a bad relationship with your spouse then you may have to go to couples therapy
- Have a bad relationship with your parents when they die you have a chance of being left out of the inheritance
- Have a bad reputation and a lot of enemies then when the Sims dies they can get someone who comes to the funeral in a red dress
- If you are in the politics or are a celebrity and you are caught cheating on your spouse then your career can take a hit. Such as a Mayor being voted out of office chance card.
- Don't pay your bills then first your TVs have the cable/Internet cut off Second the power gets turned off, then water, then stuff get repossessed
Farming EP with a lovely rural setting where we can really concentrate on horses, cows, chickens, pigs and all the lovely new harvestables.
Funerals - with life we have death. Why has this always been so glossed over
The "Reading of the Will" scenario - Post Funeral
It would be nice to have the Big Boss & Headmaster Scenarios back maybe slightly different but with no less consequence
Play Bingo for Simoleans
I'd love it if burglars and detectives step up their game with heists, mysteries, security systems (laser etc)
I'd like it if we could pick between the Western Zodiac or the Eastern Lunar Zodiac
The water effects from Sims 4 they were great I hope we get swans as well as ducks.

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