PETITION TO EA: Full restoration of the building animations

dave3490 · July 9, 2014 6:13PM

Which buildings are you talking about? I haven't noticed anything has changed...

Ningyo42 · July 9, 2014 6:31PM

lukeout007 wrote:

Which buildings are you talking about? I haven't noticed anything has changed...

When the Stonecutters event was going on, when you'd spy on a building, it would do it's animation. Some of them were pretty cool, too.

I wish they were still there, too. Tap to do the normal visit thing, it should do it. Or/and when clearing handshakes. That would be great.

lukeout007 · July 9, 2014 6:32PM

Ningyo42 wrote:

lukeout007 wrote:

Which buildings are you talking about? I haven't noticed anything has changed...

When the Stonecutters event was going on, when you'd spy on a building, it would do it's animation. Some of them were pretty cool, too.

I wish they were still there, too. Tap to do the normal visit thing, it should do it. Or/and when clearing handshakes. That would be great.

Hmmm...I must not have noticed. When I visit my neighbors I always just do 3 taps as quick as possible and then I'm on to the next one :?

dave3490 · July 9, 2014 6:34PM

lukeout007 wrote:

Ningyo42 wrote:

lukeout007 wrote:

Which buildings are you talking about? I haven't noticed anything has changed...

When the Stonecutters event was going on, when you'd spy on a building, it would do it's animation. Some of them were pretty cool, too.

I wish they were still there, too. Tap to do the normal visit thing, it should do it. Or/and when clearing handshakes. That would be great.

Hmmm...I must not have noticed. When I visit my neighbors I always just do 3 taps as quick as possible and then I'm on to the next one :?

When your neighbours visited you during the stonecutters event your own buildings were also animated. Everyone loved that about the game. Many people want the animations back

lauriegator · July 9, 2014 6:45PM

Lots of cool animations during the event!

My favorite was "disco at the Bad Dream House". The lights were cool!

Sanjay's house had a cat chasing an RC airplane. The Claus Co building had spotlights. There were a number of animations that I can't remember for the life of me.

Please bring back the building animations...

neuroheart · July 9, 2014 6:54PM

I miss them, too.

orionsbell · July 9, 2014 7:00PM

I did post listing the unused building animations during the Stonecutter events, but it's gone missing.

My main gripe is that builds like the Natural History Museum, Wax Museum, Skating Rinks, Pet Store, etc., are released yet never have any animations, not even seasonal, like to Bad Dreams House.

It was cool to see the firearms banner at the museum, cat and mouse at the pet shop, marquee on the wax museum and the Zambonie revving at the rink.

orionsbell · July 9, 2014 7:06PM

Found my original post:

Dear EA,

Please give us jobs for the following building so we can see the occupied animations/graphics year-round:

Claus Co. - spot lights
Santa's Workshop - lights twinkle
Forst Sensible - flag waves
Egg Nog Bar - signs light and flicker
Bad Dream House - crazy light show
Ultrahouse 2 - dish antenna pivots
Pumpkin House - chimney smokes
Springfield Pet Shop - cat chasing mouse into shop
House of Evil - possessed objects in window
Gypsy Fortune Teller Shop - door opens and smoke puff
Springfield Grocery Store - doors opened
Guinea Pig Rescue Center - escaping Guinea Pig netted
Just Rainsticks - sign lighted
Malaria Zone - sign lighted
Crypto Barn - sign lights and flickers
Much Ado About Muffins - interior lighted
Turban Outfitters - gem lighted
My First Tattoo - sign lighted
First Church of Lard Lad - interior lights flicker
Zesty's - vent rotates
Madame Chao's - interior lights with moving shadows
Phineas Q. Butterfat's - marquee lights twinkle
Pimento Grove - arrow lights with flickering olive
El Chemistri - blue/green light show with explosion out front door
Abandoned Store - fans rotate
Springfield Mall - fans rotate
Shamrock Cafe - chimney smokes
Community Center - satellite dish pivots
Springfield Wax Museum - marquee lights twinkle
Museum of Natural History - red banner hanging out front
Springfield Skating Rink - Zamboni at side door revving
Springfield Knowledgeum - kinetic sculpture of rolling balls
Calmwood Mental Hospital - bed sheet rope drops in/out of window
Super Collider - left side: tree being sucked into open glass doors; right side: small side door sucks in debris)
Helter Shelter - open door and lighted interior

Buildings still needing graphics/animations:

Pink House (no jobs)
Blue House
Orange House
White House
The Java Server
Jake's Unisex Hair Palace
King Toot's
Howard's Flowers (no jobs)
Gulp 'n' Blow
Skip's Diner
Willie's Shack
Cletus's Farm
Channel 6
KBBL Radio
Krustylu Studios (no jobs)

Just a few with every update would be nice, please.

stingray1122 · July 9, 2014 7:08PM

Claus Co was my favorite animation. Bad dream house was great as well.

Indys2nd · July 9, 2014 7:29PM

The Bad Dream House and El Chemistry are two of my favorites. It's a shame we have to wait for special events just to see them. Anytime a neighbor taps the Bad Dream House, I'd usually let it sit a day before collecting. It would be great if there were tasks to activate some of them. At least I'd have a reason to put some of my characters on task more often.

jae_bazz · July 9, 2014 7:43PM

dave3490 wrote:

Someone needs to start a protest thread I'll sign it

Why can't this be the protest thread?

Dear EA: Give us year-round building animations, or give us something to gripe about!

Neglecterino · July 9, 2014 8:13PM

I really liked the animation. What is the point of having code for this and not using it?!?

erchin8 · July 9, 2014 9:53PM

orionsbell wrote:

Found my original post:

Dear EA,

Please give us jobs for the following building so we can see the occupied animations/graphics year-round:

Claus Co. - spot lights
Santa's Workshop - lights twinkle
Forst Sensible - flag waves
Egg Nog Bar - signs light and flicker
Bad Dream House - crazy light show
Ultrahouse 2 - dish antenna pivots
Pumpkin House - chimney smokes
Springfield Pet Shop - cat chasing mouse into shop
House of Evil - possessed objects in window
Gypsy Fortune Teller Shop - door opens and smoke puff
Springfield Grocery Store - doors opened
Guinea Pig Rescue Center - escaping Guinea Pig netted
Just Rainsticks - sign lighted
Malaria Zone - sign lighted
Crypto Barn - sign lights and flickers
Much Ado About Muffins - interior lighted
Turban Outfitters - gem lighted
My First Tattoo - sign lighted
First Church of Lard Lad - interior lights flicker
Zesty's - vent rotates
Madame Chao's - interior lights with moving shadows
Phineas Q. Butterfat's - marquee lights twinkle
Pimento Grove - arrow lights with flickering olive
El Chemistri - blue/green light show with explosion out front door
Abandoned Store - fans rotate
Springfield Mall - fans rotate
Shamrock Cafe - chimney smokes
Community Center - satellite dish pivots
Springfield Wax Museum - marquee lights twinkle
Museum of Natural History - red banner hanging out front
Springfield Skating Rink - Zamboni at side door revving
Springfield Knowledgeum - kinetic sculpture of rolling balls
Calmwood Mental Hospital - bed sheet rope drops in/out of window
Super Collider - left side: tree being sucked into open glass doors; right side: small side door sucks in debris)
Helter Shelter - open door and lighted interior

Buildings still needing graphics/animations:

Pink House (no jobs)
Blue House
Orange House
White House
The Java Server
Jake's Unisex Hair Palace
King Toot's
Howard's Flowers (no jobs)
Gulp 'n' Blow
Skip's Diner
Willie's Shack
Cletus's Farm
Channel 6
KBBL Radio
Krustylu Studios (no jobs)

Just a few with every update would be nice, please.

Great list!
I thought KBBL had animation during Stone Cutters. Like the letters lit up, or did I imagine it?

neuroheart · July 9, 2014 11:58PM

erchin8 wrote:

I thought KBBL had animation during Stone Cutters. Like the letters lit up, or did I imagine it?

I think it just had a blinky light on top of the tower. I wish the whole sign lit up.

eldinmeow · July 10, 2014 6:50AM

Yea... I let the dream house run for days w/o collecting coz I think it's one of the better animations. I also left Claus Co lights on coz it had a cool effect as well... Miss them!

Indys2nd wrote:

The Bad Dream House and El Chemistry are two of my favorites. It's a shame we have to wait for special events just to see them. Anytime a neighbor taps the Bad Dream House, I'd usually let it sit a day before collecting. It would be great if there were tasks to activate some of them. At least I'd have a reason to put some of my characters on task more often.

NeoSEC28 · July 10, 2014 6:52AM

neuroheart wrote:

erchin8 wrote:

I thought KBBL had animation during Stone Cutters. Like the letters lit up, or did I imagine it?

I think it just had a blinky light on top of the tower. I wish the whole sign lit up.

During the Stonecutters Event the Letters used to light up individually when the station didnt have a task assigned, i havent checked whether this still happens tho

darrenholm736 · July 10, 2014 7:13AM

NeoSEC28 wrote:

neuroheart wrote:

erchin8 wrote:

I thought KBBL had animation during Stone Cutters. Like the letters lit up, or did I imagine it?

I think it just had a blinky light on top of the tower. I wish the whole sign lit up.

During the Stonecutters Event the Letters used to light up individually when the station didnt have a task assigned, i havent checked whether this still happens tho

It doesn't.

I wish they would still light up when a programme is being broadcast though, and I agree about the animations in general - a lot of them are really cool and they never get used apart from during events.

So come on EA, install some code that means the buildings are animated for a while when we collect money and XP from them.

It would make a lot of people very happy!!

NeoSEC28 · July 10, 2014 7:21AM

darrenholm736 wrote:

NeoSEC28 wrote:

neuroheart wrote:

erchin8 wrote:

I thought KBBL had animation during Stone Cutters. Like the letters lit up, or did I imagine it?

I think it just had a blinky light on top of the tower. I wish the whole sign lit up.

During the Stonecutters Event the Letters used to light up individually when the station didnt have a task assigned, i havent checked whether this still happens tho

It doesn't. I wish they would still light up when a programme is being broadcast though, and I agree about the animations in general - a lot of them are really cool and they never get used apart from during events.

So come on EA, install some code that means the buildings are animated for a while when we collect money and XP from them.

It would make a lot of people very happy!!

Oh thats a shame i was going to check once the KBBL Task was done

It would be great if the buildings did a brief animation like you say when you collect from the buildings

Or if that not possible just when you have Handshakes on those buildings

I loved the fact the BDH was showing the light display again, love that! Without a doubt the best animation for buildings in the game

empathy77 · July 10, 2014 8:30AM

dave3490 wrote:

I do, I really do... Since they were taken away at the end of the stonecutters event its just got boring

EA, pleeeeeeeeeeease restore the animations to buildings when friends/neighbours visit, it was so cool to see animations of buildings not used in the game

Someone needs to start a protest thread I'll sign it

This could be the thread, I'll sign!!!

NeoSEC28 · July 10, 2014 8:40AM

Dave it looking like you might have started something here

I for one would also vote YES to having the animations back

erchin8 · July 10, 2014 8:53AM

I vote YES!

PETITION TO EA: Full restoration of the building animations

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