Item limit
How are we supposed to improve our lifestyle with such a small in house item limit? Its not possible to collect all hobby and work rewards and still have a functioning house. I just paid for the chris...
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EA_Mai
EA Staff
EA StaffHi @yasfinite,
Thanks for your feedback on the object limit. Would it be possible to get your player ID so I can share it with the team?
Regarding grass - you should be able to remove grass when you get to certain lifestyle point level, a bit at a time. Could you try that?
Thanks again!
-Mai
Edited by EA_Mai: this was getting off-topic, so I've moved the posts not related to item limit to this thread: https://answers.ea.com/t5/Game-Information/Several-questions-amp-feedback/td-p/6623605
Note: I've inserted two screenshots to portray this issue.
Limitations:
There are some limitations in house designing that need to be reviewed and changed.
1) After purchasing all the new plants in surplus, I've added a front yard to my house, and designed a garden. Now, I am unable to refurbish the interior of my house with any items. I did not purchase all of these plants for a garden to only be unable in placing interior items.
Plant layout:
Item limitation:
Suggestions:
1) Not to overstep my boundaries, but I've been a supporter of this game, and like everyone else, we would love to see a change in increase in the house item limit.
2) Another suggestion: Sell useless items; Throw away useless items; Implement categorization
If it is not in near future development or is being planned for players to be able to sell house items we no longer favor, then can you give us the option to throw away these items? In case neither of these options are plausible, then may I suggest implementing categorization for housing items? Similar to the Store, developers can implement categories with titles that can be used to associate several distinct items. It is often frustrating for players to hassle through items which we are not looking for.
Thank you.
I hope everyone takes a look at everything above, and I look forward to seeing other players' opinions.
(Edit: changed title, took out IMPORTANT, as it might create confusion.)
- Couldn't agree more with your suggestions! Hopefully they see all these post and really start doing something about it all. Would make playing The Sims Mobile so much better !!
- I hope so as well!
- thank you for the information. I never know that there is limit to put items in the house. but perhaps if we increase the lifestyle so the total number that we can put also increase?
Yeah, I was unaware of the item limitation as well. It's frustrating how they don't provide a distinct number and how unidentifiable it is.
Reasons why Lifestyle level is not involved:
1) Given my Lifestyle level, it is not possible to be limited to a few items
2) Amount of plants I have with imposed limitation contradicts the amount of the house items I've placed previously.
To elaborate on these two reasons:
1) Lifestyle does not affect your item limitation. My lifestyle level is "Uniquely Chic," and this level is towards the end of the 4th division from the last obtainable one.
2) The amounts of plants I have outside sums up to 32. Collectively with the other 3 items I habe inside, the total is 35 items. Now, given my level and my purchases of almost all of the House Item packages, I've had my house decorated with much more items than 35. (I was going to refurbish my house after purchasing the plants).
Thank you for you suggested resolution, but that just isn't the case.
Also, I'm not quite sure, but you may have been suggesting an alternative to the developers.
If that's the case, then I misunderstood you, and I apologize for that. However, I'm not fond of that solution because then you have two limitations: the original item limitation and the Lifestyle limitation.
Could not agree more!!!
1) I purchased 4 new plants and built a front yard as well! I currently placed only about 90+ furniture (including windows and doors), and 4 new plants. I have friends who have the exact same level and lifestyle with me but placed more than 100 furniture. BUT!!! They do not have any new plants! So new plants might be the reason!
Also, you are absolutely right! Lifestyle does not involve in the item limit. I leveled up in lifestyle this morning to "Best Nester." It is a level of a new room. But the item limit did not change.
I guess the developers are either designed the item limit logic in a bad way (e.g. each item should be counted as 1, but new plants are designed to be count as 5) or there are bugs in their code for those new plants! The developers definitely should increase the limit or decrease the weight of new plants (or fix the bugs)!
2) If selling the useless item won't happen, having a more organized storage would help a lot.
Thank you for taking a look at my post, Irisx0411!
The observations you made about the differences in plants use and home decor use, your affirmation in regards to Lifestyle not being involved with the item limits, your suggestions of the developers' activity, and your analysis about the plants were much needed.
I concur with your suggestions at the end of your response. These plants could very well be valued higher than items at the house. If so, then I question the developers: why beds, refrigerators, TVs, etc. are valued far less than plants?
Thank you for your insight, Irisx0411!
- Wow, I have not hit the cap yet, but it's annoying not to have any indication until you fail!
I wonder if there's some sort of simoleons/tickets/SimBux hierarchy involved, as IIRC the new plants are fully SimBux so maybe they are worth more than the interior furniture, mostly bought with simoleons and tickets? Just throwing out a WAG here lol.
- I completely agree with you. I keep running into item limit problems as well. Sometimes, depending on what im placing, i will remove one thing to replace it with something new and it will let me put two new things down when i only just removed one item. Also, ive removed an item and the game still wouldnt let me place something new unless i just put back the item i just removed. It seems like some items count as more than one. Im level 32 and now that i cant hardly put anything else down in or outside my house im having a hard time improving my lifestyle. My house doesnt look overcrowded to me and when im able to add another room im not even going to be able to furnish it. I really hope EA will consider getting rid of the item limit or raising it drastically, please. That seems to be something all the players can agree on. Also, being able to sell your old furniture(possibly a consignment shop or flea market, or even let players have a yardsale as an event alternative to hosting a party). That would be awesome and benefit everyone: higher level players could get rid of the old to make room for new and make a few simoleans on the side. Plus new players could benefit by being able to buy more stuff at a cheaper rate and maybe just not boost your lifestyle points as much as a new item would. Just a few concerns and suggestions. Thanks for listening.
Shinra- @Shinra101
Thank you for sharing. I concur with everything you've said.
I've recently removed the majority of my plants to make room. Now, I have far less items placed inside than I did before. Unfortunately I already am reaching the item limit again while being able to have 10 rooms. This is ridiculous.
Thank you so much for noticing me about the new plants!
I removed them. Guess what, the item limit is not there anymore!
That’s fine, but I want to keep my plants in my yard!!
@primsim I like my yard plants and trees too and wish we could have more of them.
Welcome to the AHQ Forums too! ☺
im having the same problem. they really need to fix it!!!!
- I really wish we could sell unused items back for halfcost
Hi Yes I agree with you in this issue. I never knew of the limit! I sent this question to help centre and was not told this! If this is the case then it seems pointless on carrying on with the game, help centre needs to address this and give some clarification on this. I feel so very annoyed about this and am thinking of deleting the app. What good is a game if you can’t upgrade your house by buying new items? This is a fantastic game but I feel now there is know where to go if an item limit is in place! Come on guys get your act together and address this and remove the item limit ASAP,
Posting here because it's relevant to some of the recent posts? I thought Sims Freeplay was officially retired. I just got this ad from the mailbox video.
@VintageStarlette Retired? No. It's the game I showed you pictures of a house that me and Mummy play.😮
AGREED on the utter need for increased item limit!! After finishing the current Backyard Barbecue Event and unlocking all the awesome plants, I finally encountered the dreaded "item limit" prompt after creating a cute little garden out back. Granted, I do have a bunch of items in and outside my house, (as I'm maxed on level and lifestyle title), but I'm currently waiting on my last land plot to finish clearing and I plan to do some remodeling once it's done...I do get the whole "it's a mobile game" thing, but some of us play on Chromebooks and tablets, so I think that's kind of a cop out of an excuse. Clearly, this has been an issue with players for a while and it's only an issue because we love the game and want to keep playing!
Since this version of the game takes away a huge essential part of the original Sims (their needs and caring for each Sim individually), this one heavily focuses on what's left, which is DECORATING...and even then, we have a strict limit? I get that it's relatively new, compared to the many years others have been around, but what happens when there are more and more events? Then the overachieving addict gamers, like me, who get as many items as they possibly can from each event are left to, what, have to forego previously hard-earned (or purchased) items into their inventory in order to display newly hard-earned ones? That's pretty discouraging.
I understand there needing to be a limit of sorts, but I think most of the players who put their time, effort, and money into the game will agree that we could use a little bit more slack on this issue. We should be able to express our creativity without such limited boundaries, after all, that's what games like these are for, no? It certainly isn't focused on the social aspect, since we can't even talk to our friends list outside of the once-a-week parties.
Overall, this game is awesome, otherwise people wouldn't care to ask for more in-house item capability in order to keep playing! Hope some time, sooner rather than later, this limit is increased. It would be a HUGE, much needed improvement to the game!
Now I have, heheh. Thank you. I like the tips in the first post you linked (particularly the one about placing doorways instead of doors). I'm glad there are shortcuts to creating more space for items, guess we just gotta make the houses less realistic in order to have more freedom. For example, I know doors are basically unnecessary, but I like a realistic flow, rather than Sims skipping from room to inaccessible room. Same with windows, no real practical need, BUT they are aesthetically pleasing, especially for players like me who actually zoom out every time I visit someone's house to see the full view. Anyway, I'll just simplify my decor. ☹️
