vacation rental update and real estate pack
There are 2 systems that I believe EA should expand to enhance gameplay: the vacation system and the ownable business system. Here is a list of suggested features. Vacation system Introduce hotel venue type. Instead of paying to rent a vacation home, sims can check into a hotel. The fee will be similar however, the experience will offer more dynamic gameplay. Sims will need to book a vacation, travel to the hotel, and " check - in." Room access will be controlled by key cards, which the sims need to have in their inventory to access their room. The hotel will spawn NPC guests and employees that played households can interact with. Hotels will offer a variety of services such as: housekeeping, room service, ice machines, and in - ground hot tubs. For areas like Selvadorada, where mostly locals will spawn, there will be a better experience as other types of NPCs will spawn in the area. Introduce vacation home venue type. Unlike vacation rentals, played households can buy a second home outright that they will own. It can't be lived in, since it's not a residential lot. However, anytime the household plans a vacation, they can now select their owned vacation home in addition to vacation rentals and hotels. Introduce a cruise ship interactive shell. The cruise ship will function like a hotel, only it will be a new waterfront venue type. The shell will be shaped like a cruise ship, so like an apartment, the exterior can't be customized, but the interior can be customized. The cruise ship will spawn NPC employees and guests like a hotel, offer services like a hotel, but also offer access to the ocean (like beaches) so sims can enjoy water sports. Sims will also experience motion sickness and other buffs related to traveling on the ocean. Ownable business system There are currently several packs that introduce new venue types that can be purchased and used to operate a business. They are pretty intensive and require full time management. Players are required to travel to the lot, open their business, and provide goods and/or services to satisfy customers. However, I believe the game should expand upon this by introducing a real estate system. Players can manage residential and commercial venues that are currently unowned and unoccupied, hold events to find perspective buyers, and then make a sell and earn a commission. Real estate system will feature a 10 - level career with 2 branches, new skills, new events, and a dynamic gameplay experience. Real estate career will focus on property management and client management. The starting levels of the career will focus on skill building: improving handiness so that repairs and upgrades can be made to properties, improving charisma to have more success with making sells and getting a bigger commission, and writing skills for creating brochures and advertisements for "open house" and "launch" events. The career will have 2 branches: real estate agent and business tycoon. The real estate agent branch will focus on managing residential properties. Tasks will include organizing "open house events" and getting perspective clients to purchase or rent residential properties. The player will need to make the property look presentable, make sells at open house events, and then handle various situations after the sell such as foreclosures, homeowner's insurance claims, and putting the property back on the market it the client isn't satisfied. The business tycoon branch will focus on managing commercial venues. Tasks will include making the properties presentable, hosting launch events to find perspective buyers, and then assisting the owner with advertisements, insurance claims, upgrades, and repairs to help the business flourish. Like residential venues, commercial venues can also go into foreclosure and the client might put it back on the market. Various commercial lots such as bars, cafe, nightclubs, etc. will now be venues can be sold and managed in the real estate career.
Pack Refreshes and More Pet Options
I would really love some pack refreshes on some older packs that were a bit bare bones compared to the more current ones filled with many options to explore. Get to work aliens for example have very little to do on planet sixam and there isn't a lot of gameplay options for them, plus more jobs you can join your sim on would be awesome, more things to do with vampires would be wonderful as well, and I know we have goats and sheep bit why no piggies? Everyone loves piggies. And we need more small pet options like different birds, snakes, so forth with lots of interactions to make it extra fun. Just my take on it.multiple pack career refresh
So, careers in the sims are becoming very stale. There are many packs adding new ways to make money, where the sim doesn't have to be employed. Sims can cook and sell dishes via the food sales table, craft and sell items via plopsy or sales table, raise livestock and garden and sell items to grocery stall, and even take odd jobs. As far as actual careers go, I think many need to be remade to add new branches Base game astronaut: add an aeronautic engineer branch. This branch will focus on the rocket science skill and allow sims to desig blueprints for new rocketship models. The lack of rocketship models is frustrating. Firstly, travel to sixam is possible with GTW, though not very exciting, since it is just a lot with some collectibles. Sixam should be a destination world with NPC aliens and quest, but I digress. Like the scientist career, aeronautic engineers would have to think up new ideas for rocketship blueprints, collect materials, and then craft their new invention. criminal: add a burglar branch: this branch will introduce a new lockpick skill, allowing sims to pick locks on doors and safes (if get famous is installed) and burglary skill, which will influence the success rate of stealing valuable objects and disabling security features. There will also be new build mode objects such as functional security cameras, laser grids, and multi tools (a gadget for disabling security systems). Sims will be able to break and enter residential and community lots and steal a variety of items. Sims can also plan a heist, which involves staking out target venues in order to: identify entry and exit points, check the location of security cameras, alarms, and laser grids, and crafting multi tools. Planning a heist will improve the burglary skill and increase the success rate of lockpicking, disabling security systems, and navigating laser grids. culinary: add a barista branch. The barista branch will introduce a new barista skill and coffee bean harvestable Sims will now be able to grow coffee beans, create coffee blends, and unlock new food and drink recipes for the espresso bar. Like the mixology skill, improving the barista skill allows you to work with more coffee blends, create better quality food, and drinks, and unlock recipes. With the addition of the cozy bistro kit, I think there should be a barista branch/skill to match the aesthetic. entertainer: add singer branch and DJ branch. City living introduced the karaoke machine and singing skill and get together introduced the DJ booth and dj mixing skill. I think there should be a singer career so that sims can perform songs at microphones in lounges and a DJ branch, so sims can work at nightclubs. painter: add graffiti artist branch. City Living introduced the mural/spray paint object which allows sims to improve painting skill by making graffiti on murals. However, I believe this should have its own branch and allow sims to not only, spray paint on murals, but also on the ground and on walls. Sims can also get disciplined in parenthood in installed for making graffiti in places other than murals. writer: add graphic artist branch. This branch will focus on creating graphic and visual novels. The graphic novel will be like a comic series, released in chapters and can have various themes (I recommend a void critter graphic novel). The visual novel will be an electronic interactive novel series, released as chapters and can have various themes (I recommend martial arts/superpowers). Visual novels can be accessed via phone, computer, or tablet. This branch will also incorporate the painting skill, as in addition to writing a storyline, illustrations now have to be drawn as well. athlete: add a figure skating career (seasons). Self - explanatory. The skating rink is underutilized, and I also don't like the idea of only being able to improve fitness at a gym. I like that discover university introduced the soccer branch. Eco lifestyle engineer: eco engineer branch. This branch will allow sims to design and craft new types of environmental equipment. Sims will have to design blueprints, gather materials, and craft their new inventions. New items include: air filter (to filter smog), kinetic generator (essentially an exercise bike with a generator attached) which allows sims to improve fitness skill and generate energy, water pumps (similar to horse ranch rancher's water feature). Seasons gardener: add ikebana branch to flower arranging. The ikebana branch will match the aesthetic of snowy escape pack.Seems like something is missing in these packs
So there are several packs, where it seems like there is something missing. Seasons: figure skating career. It would be nice if there was a new branch for the athlete career that allow sims to work as figure skaters. Discover University added the soccer branch. I think the skating rinks are underutilized. Get together: Dancer career. I really think there should be a dance career with multiple branches. The branches could be dance teacher branch (allowing sims to run a dance studio), ballet branch, and salsa branch. The various dance styles would come with multiple routines you could unlock as you increase the dance skill. Cottage living: why is there no mill appliance and harvestables for wheat and sugar cane? I mean, yes commercial enterprise is fine. There's a garden and grocery stall, but what about self- sufficiency? I would like to be able to mill flour and sugar. Horse ranch: there should be an equestrian career and boarding stable venue type. If you didn't want to participate in competitions, but still wanted to earn money from the horse - riding skill, you could run a boarding stable. NPC horse owners would spawn at the venue to take horse riding lessons and stable their horses for training and care. The player could "rent" stable stalls (like apt units) and run a business (similar to a vet clinic), but it's a stable. High school years: so about sending child sims to school. Discover University: soccer should have soccer goals. Players could challenge other sims to soccer matches. Essentially a soccer match is seeing who can score more goals. Doesn't actually require a team, but like it's so not interesting just watching the sims kick the ball. Realm of magic: why are cauldrons so big? At least add a mini cauldron that can fit on counters. Also add more cauldron recipes for soups and stews. Werewolves: there should be more sewer related buildbuy items. Seriously, add manhole covers, more doors and windows, and sewer grates. Cool kitchen: if there is ice cream, we should be able to craft sundaes and milkshakes.
"Private" toggle for CAS outfits, please!
With the release of Lovestruck and Sweet Slumber Party and, frankly, watching one of lilsimsie's Sims plead with the Grim Reaper in her lingerie this week I'd love to see a "Private" button on CAS items or fits so each Sim can decide what they're comfortable with. Like when the shoes auto-on/off when they enter the house in For Rent (love that!),they could auto-change into an outfit marked as Private if they are alone in a room, or with a Partner Sim. I love building CAS that feels realistic, and for me that means Sleep outfits for a femme Sim might include: shorts and a Horse Ranch sweater, a t-shirt and underwear bottoms, pants and a bra, a bra and underwear set, a nightgown. Likewise, Sleep outfits for a masc Sim might include: pants and no top, boxers and no top, underwear and a Horse Ranch sweater (it's one of my favourite Sleep tops!), boxers and a t-shirt. But I don't want an Adult shirtless or in their underwear when there are kids around, or Roommates, or Sims from outside their Household. Here are some other reasons a Private toggle for CAS outfits would be so empowering to our Sims (and to Simmers!): A Teen Sim is shy and uncomfortable in their own skin and prefers bulky sweaters in public but is also experimenting with form-fitting CAS in Private A Sim is transitioning and wearing a different Fashion Choice (Feminine or Masculine) in Private An Elder Sim who grew up wearing makeup will always put their makeup on when non-Household Sims are around (Public) A Sim that covers will take their hijab off when they're with their Partner Sim (Private) A Sim on a Sleep Over or Stay-Over will not wear underwear or other Private outfits in other Sims' houses A Sim dresses Preppy or other specific Style in Public and a little more Rocker in Private A Sim prefers a one-piece Swimwear in Public but might wear a two-piece if they were getting in the hot tub with their Partner Sim (Private) A Sim is obsessed with horses (see: Horse Ranch sweater, above) and it's a secret from everyone! But automated. There are lots of opportunities for to use a "Private" toggle on CAS outfits in storytelling! Let me know if you have any additional ideas below!
💡 Ideas > ♻️ Content from The Sims franchise
Hi, Here is a list of content from previous games that would be nice to bring back in The Sims 4 : (TSBO : Bustin' Out, TSPS: Pet Stories, TSCS: Castaway Stories, TSFP: The Sims FreePlay) Careers : Acrobat (TS3 EP06) Adventurer (TS2 EP5) Architecture (TS2 EP7/TS3 EP02) Circus (TS1 EP5) Dance (TS2 EP7) Firefighter (TS3 EP02/TSFP) Fortune Teller (TS3 EP07) Magician (TS3 EP06) Slacker (TS1 EP1/TS2) Supermodel (TS1 EP6/TSBO) Test Subject (TS3 EP08) Xtreme (TS1) CAS : Scarf Accessory (TS3 EP08) Traits : Allergic To Fur (TS3 Pets Console) Bot Fan (TS3 EP11) Cultured (TS3 Console) Grouchy/Grumpy (TS1/TSBO/TS2/TS3) Heavy Sleeper (TS3) Hyperactive (TS3 Console) Never Nude (TS3) Serious (TS1/TSBO/TS2) Supernatural Fan/Skeptic (TS3 EP07) Unstable (TS3 EP11) Children Social interactions : Noogie (TS2) Play Cops & Robbers (TS2) Play in a bathtub (TS2) Play in the Ocean (TS3 EP10) Play Mary Mack (TS2) Play Punch U Punch Me (TS2) Play Red Hands (TS2) Play Rock, Paper, Scissors (TS2) Play Tag (TS2) Swing Around (TS2 EP8) Gameplay : Bachelor Party (TS3 EP04) Band (TS2 EP1/TS3 EP03) Boarding School (TS3 EP04) Interests (TS1/TS2) (Politics, fashion, … ) Local Cultures (TS2 EP6) (Gesture, dance, … ) Pleasure Aspiration (TS2 EP2) Private School (TS2) Romantic Reputation (TS3) Seasonal Festivals (TS3 EP08) Social Classes (TS2 EP8) Zodiac Sign Compatibility (TS1/TS2 EP2/TS3) Lot Types & Venues : Arcade (TS1 EP3/TS3 EP09) Diving Area (TS3 EP10) Graveyard (TS2 EP2/TS3) Hotel/Resort (TS2 EP6/TS3 EP10) Houseboat Lot (TS3 EP10) Nerd Shop (TS3 EP09) Salon (TS2 EP3/TS3 EP02) Skate Park (TS3 Console) Yacht Lot (TS2 Console/TSFP) NPC & Premade Sims : Burglar (TS1/TSBO/TS2/TS3) Hula Zombie (TS2) Matchmaker (TS2 EP2) Michael Bachelor (TS1/TS2/TS3) (Bella Goth's brother) Mime (TS1 EP2/TS3 EP06) Party Dancer (TS1 EP2/TS3 EP04) Police Patrol (TS1/TSBO/TS2/TS3) Social Bunny (TS2) Therapist (TS2) Unsavory Charlatan (TS2 EP6) Occult : Fairy (TS1 EP7/TS3 EP07) Genie (TS1 EP1/TS2 EP7/TS3 EP06) Imaginary Friend (TS3 EP04) Mummy (TS1 EP7/TS3 EP01) Zombie (TS1 EP1/TS2 EP1/TS3 EP07) Object interactions : Climb Trees (TSCS) Dance on Table/Counter (TS3 EP03) Jump on Bed/Sofa (TS2) Make Bed (TS1/TS2/TS3) Set Alarm Clock (TS1/TS2/TS3) Smustle (TS2 EP2/TS3 EP07) Pets : Dragon (TS1 EP7/TS3 Store) Iguana (TS1 EP5/TS3 EP05) Parrot (TS1 EP5/TSBO/TS2 EP4) Snake (TS3 EP05) Turtle (TS1 EP5/TS3 EP05) Transportation : Car (TSBO/TS2 EP2/TS3) Helicopter (TS2 EP8/TSFP) Hoverboard (TS3 EP11) Jet Pack (TS3 EP11) Paddle Boat (TS3 EP10) Rowboat (TS3 EP10) Scooter (TSBO/TS3 EP1) UFO (TS3 EP08) Objects (Part 1) : Aerobic Step (TSFP) Air Tub (TS2 Console) Alarm Clock (TS1/TSBO/TS2/TS3) Ant Farm (TS2 EP7/TS3 EP05) Apple Bobbing Tank (TS3 EP08) Arcade Table (TS3 EP06) Archery Range (TS1 EP4/TS3 Store/TSFP) Axe Throwing Station (TS2 EP6) Baby Bounce Chair (TS2 Store) Ballet Barre (TS2 EP7/TS3 Store/TSFP) Baseball (Play Catch) (TS2 EP5/TS3) Bass (TS2 EP1/TS3 EP03) Belt of Levitation (TS2 PSP) Bingo (TS2) Blackjack Table (TS3 Store) Burglar Alarm (TS1/TSBO/TS2/TS3) Butter Churn (TS1 EP7) Candy Floss Cart (TS1 EP7/TS3 Store) Candy Rack (TS1 EP3) Carnival Games (TS1 EP4) Carousel (TS3 Store) Claw Machine (TS3 EP07/TSFP) Cologne Rack (TS2 EP2) Comic Book + Display Rack (TS3 EP09) Compost Bin for fertilizer (TS2 EP5/TS3 Store) Craps Table (The Urbz) Cross Trainer (TSFP) Curved Staircase (TS1 EP7) Dance Machine (The Urbz/TSFP) Dance Sphere (TSBO/TS2 EP2/TS3 EP06) Deep Fryer (TS3 Store) Diving Board (TS1/TS2/TS3/TSFP) Drag Race (The Urbz) Dressing Booth (TS1 EP3/TS2) Drums (TS2 EP1/TS3 EP03) Dumbbell (TSFP) Escalator (TSFP) Exercise Bike (TS2 EP7/TSFP) Fashion Runway (TS1 EP6/The Urbz/TSFP) Fight Cage (The Urbz) Fire Jet (TS2 EP2) Fire Pole (TS3 EP02/TSFP) Firewalk Pit (TSCS/TS3 EP10) Flying Disc (TS3 EP09) Food Processor (TS1/TSBO/TS2/TS3) Food Truck (TS3 EP03) Fortune-Telling Machine (TS1 EP7/TSFP) Freezer (TSFP) Glassblowing Station (TS3 Store) Go-Go Cage (TS1 EP2) Gondola (TS3 Store) Hammock (TS2 EP6/TSCS/TSFP) Hamster Wheel (TS2 Console) Harp (TSFP) Heart-Shaped Love Tub (TS1 EP3/TSBO/TSFP) High Striker (TS1 EP4/TSFP) Hockey Net (TSFP) Hockey Table (TSBO) Hot Air Balloon (TS3 Store) Hot Chocolate Maker (TS2 EP5) Hydroponic Garden (TS2) Ice Cream Truck (TS3 EP05) Igloo (TS1 EP4/TS3 EP08) Immersion Pod (TS2 Console) Ironing Board (TSFP/TS Mobile) Juice Extractor (TS2 EP5/TS Mobile) Jump Rope (TS2 EP8) Kite (TS2 EP3/TS3 Store) Kite Surf (TS3 Console) Lawn Mower (TSFP) Limbo Stick (TSCS) Objects (Part 2) : Log Rolling Pit (TS2 EP6) Love inspector (TS3 EP08) Magazine + Rack (TS1 EP3/TS2) Merry-Go-Round (TS2 EP8) Mechanical Bull (TS1 EP2/TS3 EP06) Mini-Golf (TS1 EP7/The Urbz/TS2/TS3 EP06/TSFP) Obstacle Course (TS2) Pedestrian Sculpting Station (TS3 EP02) Pilates Reformer Machine (TS Mobile) Pin the tail on the donkey (TSFP) Piñata (TSFP) Pinball Machine (TS1/TSBO/TS2/TS3 Store/TSFP) Poker Table (TSBO/TS2 EP2/TS3 Store) Pool Bar (TS3 EP10) Pool Cleaner (TSFP) Pool Slide (TS1 EP4/TS2 EP5/TS3 EP10/TSFP) Pool Table (TS1/TSBO/TS2 EP1/TS3 EP06/TSFP) Porta Potty (TS1 EP3/TSPS) Pottery Wheel (TSBO/TS2 EP7) Pull Up Bar (TS3 EP06) Recliner (TS1/TS2) Remote Control Car (TS2/TS3 Store) Restorable Junk Car (TS2 EP7/TS3 Store) Robot Battle Cage (The Urbz) Rocking Horse (TS3 EP07) Roller Coaster (TS1 EP7/TS3 Store) Roulette Table (The Urbz/TS3 Store) Rowing Machine (TSFP) Saxophone (TS1 EP5/TSFP) Sectional Booth (Seat for restaurant) (TS2 EP2) Seesaw (TS3 EP04/TSFP) Sewing Machine (TS2 EP7/TSFP) Shuffleboard (TS3 EP03) Skateboard Halfpipe (The Urbz/TSFP/TS3 Console) Skee Ball (TS3 EP06) Skydiving Simulator (TS1 EP6) Slot Cars (TSFP) Slot Machine (TS1 EP1/TS3 Store) Snake Charming Basket (TS1 EP7/TS3 EP01) Snowboard Halfpipe (TS1 EP4/TS3 EP08) Soccer Goal (TS2 EP7/TS3 EP08) Sonic Shower (TSBO/TS3 EP11) Souvenir Stand (TS1 EP4/TS2 EP6) Spiral Staircase (TS1 EP5/TS2 EP8/TS3 EP04/TSFP) Spring Rider (TS1 EP5/TS3 EP04) Stroller (TS3 EP04) Strip Poker Table (TS1/TS1 Console/TSBO) Surf Board (TS2 Console/TS3 Store/TSFP) Tai Chi (TS2 EP6/TSFP) Tanning Booth (TS3 EP08) Tattoo chair (TS3 EP2) Teppanyaki Grill (TS3 Store) Teleportation Pad (TS3/TS3 Store) Tetherball (TSBO) Throw Machine (TS3 Store) Ticket Machine (TS2 EP3/TS3 Store) Train Set (TS1/TSBO/TS2 EP7/TS3 EP07) Trampoline (TS2 Console/TS3 EP02/TSFP) Trumpet (TSFP) Urinal (TS1 EP3/TS2/TS3) Volleyball Net (TS1 EP4/TSFP) VR Headset (TS1/TSBO/TS3) Walking Cane (TS3 EP04) Wall Counter (TS1 EP2/TS2 EP1) Water Ski (TS3 EP10) Weight Lifting Bench (TS2 Console) Whack-A-Mole game (TS1 EP4/TS3 EP07) Wheelchair (The Urbz) Windsurf Board (TS3 EP10) Wood Fire Oven (TS3 Store) Zen Garden (TS2 EP6)💡 Ideas > ♂️ Man lifestyle for The Sims
Hi, It would be nice to offer more choices to the sims. Hobbies : Arm wrestling Build a model Billiards / Pool Table Chicken Fight (Water tool and beach) Drawing / Making comics Food fight Make a kite (Parent-child activity) Origami Paintball Pottery Rebuilding motorcycles Sculpture Sword fight (Parent-child activity) Tattooing Watchmaking Sports : Archery Baseball Golfing Kite Surfing / Wind surfing Playing squash Rowing (Boat ride) Skateboarding and BMX Skydiving Surfing TV channels : Formula 1 UFC Build/Buy mode : Garage stuff Chores : Lawn Mowing Pool Cleaning Split wood for the fireplace Career / Business : Barber shop Electrician / Nuclear scientist Stuntman Collection : Cars Comic books Geek stuff Skateboard Sneakers Watches Fairground activities : High Striker Punching Arcade Machine Balloon Dart Game Xtreme activities : Bungee Jumping Canyoning Highlining Potholing/caving Zorbing Ziplining🎂 10 years ! And now ?
Hi, Maxis already delivered 80 pieces of the puzzle but the picture is not complete yet. I hope the new packs will be about : TS1 Livin' Large (Casino and Genie) TS1 Vacation (Carnival games) TS1 Unleashed (Reptile pets and Spiral staircases) TS1 Makin' Magic (Circus) TS2 Nightlife (Cars) TS2 Seasons (Plantsims) TS2 Bon Voyage (Hotel, Unsavory Charlatan NPC and vacation gameplay) TS2 FreeTime (Hobbies) TS Castaway Stories (Shipwrecked) TS3 World Adventures (China, France, Egypt and Mummies) TS3 Ambitions (Firefighter and Tattoo Artist careers) TS3 Late Night (Band) TS3 Generations (Imaginary Friend, Party Dancer NPC and Walking Cane) TS3 Showtime (Magician and Acrobat careers) TS3 Supernatural (Fairies and Zombies) TS3 Into The Future (Time Travel) TS3 Store: Lunar Lakes (Exoplanet colony) TS3 Store: Dragon Valley (Dragon) TS3 Store: Roaring Heights (1920s to 1940s) TS Medieval (Royal family and Time Travel) [NEW] Childhood (More games for children) [NEW]Millionaire Life (Old money vs New money) [NEW] Ancient Greece [NEW] Superheroes
