Town Census upgrade I'd like to see

I was just thinking this same thing since the update for progress indicator in the census. I really want the progress indicators and I am shocked they didn't have that. Since when interacting with other buildings you get that very thing. Except I don't think a stop button in the census is the correct place for it. I think the stop button would work best when interacting with the character. That being what is presented to us when we click goto. And the stop button should be on the left side of the progress indicator so that there is no accidental tap on it instead of the other button and vice versa.

Neglecterino wrote:

Well done. Great idea.

Not a day goes by where I keep wishing we would have progress indicators in the town census. I am constantly clicking goto to find out is that characters task almost done or done and I just missed seeing the thumbs up to collect. The spacing in the town census list is identical to the spacing in the list of actives tasks when you click on a building that has more than one character on a task involving it. So I think it would be fairly simple to retrieve that info for the census list. The goto button could be the donuts rush button while the task is in progress and be the goto button when the task is complete. I want this feature so bad that I felt it was worth resurrecting this topic rather than creating a new one so that the previous discussion could also be reflected upon if anyone new wanted to contribute to the discussion or want to voice their desire for progress indicators as well.

That would be nice. But it already lets us go to the character and see how much time is left.

I've been wanting the same thing for a long time, minus the 'stop' feature, which would be nice as well:

http://forum.ea.com/eaforum/posts/list/10223707.page#33953252

It was also, although a bit more complicated, suggested in that very relevant 'Twelve Tiny Tweaks' thread.

Maybe Neglecterino's Q Factor will bring this to EA's attention more effectively.

I still think the 12 tweaks thread should be stickied, if not bumped regularly in case any EA employees might accidentally read it on a lunch break. :)

I really like the idea of the timer added to the town census. I think the quarters are a little tight there though for either a stop or speed up for donuts button.

Ok EA...


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Honestly, I'd be happy if the Town Census just told us if a task were completed or ongoing. For example, if the task is finished, the button could say "Done" instead of "Go to."

I don't particularly need to know how much time is left, but if I'm really curious I can already use the "go to" to find out.

Very much needed since it's impossible to store Homer and Lisa

Would love the option to stop tasks without storage or donuts no matter how they implement it.
The other info would be good to. But I would love a stop

You can cancel tasks in EA's Sims Freeplay without it costing a premium currency, I see no reason why they couldn't implement the same for TSTO.

Cancelling wouldn't be completely "free" either, as you would lose the time that character already invested into the task you are cancelling and/or the in-game cash you used to start the case (in the case of things like Channel 6, KBBL, Drive-In, Moonbounce, etc.)

No need to get rid of speed up option either. You can pay donuts, complete the task and get the payout, or cancel for "free" and get nothing. Most I see occurring is people restricting the spending donuts to speed up a task to when the character task they want to clear is part of an ongoing quest they want to clear [i.e. when Homer needed to be free to trigger umpteen things during Halloween, it may have been worth spending donuts to speed up the task, rather than to cancel it for free and lose progress on the task he was performing).

TL;DR: OP's idea is a good one, and it wouldn't kill EA to give us the choice to cancel a task for lost progress, or speed up a task for donuts by offering both options.