[Phoenixx]

finally got my CAS demo!

























































not

[James Maslow]

Originally posted by gloamingtheplain

Delete the intro video from the system files

I'm gonna try that

[HausOfCarlos]

Originally posted by JayEl

He looks great! The first time I'm seeing him in another game. Please keep sharing what is happening with him!

I'll keep on sharing then

[Su-Barbie-A]

Originally posted by Komet blu

TS4 UI is all over the place.



Floating Sim head when clicking on something not being there feels... strange. Were they focusing on other, 'more important' things, such as cake bakery station?

It was the E3 demo, that's why it looks messier than usual.

[Drowned_World]

Originally posted by Su-Barbie-A

It was the E3 demo, that's why it looks messier than usual.

So the floating Sim heads are in fact in the game? Because it does seem kind of weird without them.

[Doogle]

I think my Sims 2 downloads folder has too much **** in it now, the game is slower now.

Though I did load up my boarding school with like 6 floors and 20-something sims so that may have been a factor. But I hate waiting for the game to load everything, especially when I put it on ultra speed and it takes like 5 minutes to get through the night.

[Su-Barbie-A]

Originally posted by gloamingtheplain

So The Sims 4 is more like The Sims 2, than The Sims 3. And yes, there is open world. They are just smaller and there are more of them.

Sorry to burst your bubble but there is no open world, the closest thing we have to an open world is a map. An open world means you can travel to another lot without having to go through a loading screen.

Originally posted by Drowned_World

So the floating Sim heads are in fact in the game? Because it does seem kind of weird without them.

Yeah, we've had them since TS1.
I'm sure they will change the color of the UI and add something here and there.

[Pluto]

Does anyone actually give a **** about an "open world"? It's one of those things that just sounds good on paper. In reality it made TS3 slow as **** with like 5 sims on a lot if you're lucky.

[MetalHausOfJosh]

Originally posted by Pluto

Does anyone actually give a **** about an "open world"? It's one of those things that just sounds good on paper. In reality it made TS3 slow as **** with like 5 sims on a lot if you're lucky.

!!!!!!!!

[gloamingtheplain]

Originally posted by Su-Barbie-A

Sorry to burst your bubble but there is no open world, the closest thing we have to an open world is a map. An open world means you can travel to another lot without having to go through a loading screen.

Sorry to blow it up again, but you can walk around your mini world. We see Sims leaving their lots to walk across the street etc in the demo. The only time they had a loading screen was to visit a lot in a different world.

In the gameplay trailer, while at the public space he still had the option to Move Household which means it was still considered home. Also when they clicked "Travel" Home was not in the list. There was also no "Go Home" option suggesting that even though they were at a public place, it was still considered the same lot. Meaning they would be able to walk home without a loading screen

[gloamingtheplain]

Originally posted by Pluto

Does anyone actually give a **** about an "open world"? It's one of those things that just sounds good on paper. In reality it made TS3 slow as **** with like 5 sims on a lot if you're lucky.

!!!!! +2

I miss the days of The Sims 2 where if you had a lot you would have like 20+ sims. In the Sims 3, you would have like 5 Sims, and the most they would do is wait by the entrance and talk.

They would rarely interact with the area. So yeah, I'd rather Sims 2 style than Sims 3 style.
It's basically impossible for them to make an open world that's as full as what The Sims 4 seems to be. We'd all need like 16GB of Ram if a map the Size of Sunset Valley was able to have that many Sims running around at once.

Which is why I don't mind the worlds being smaller.

[gloamingtheplain]

Originally posted by geo

I think once we get pools and toddlers a lot of the hate will disappear. TS4 is a different game, I think it will just take people time to get used to playing without a fully open world/CASt.

Has it been confirmed if Sims can serve food again? It was so annoying that my Sims could never eat together properly in TS3 because they all had to get a plate from the counter one by one. We saw Bella serving dinner in the build mode trailer, I really hope it wasn't staged

This is accurate.

When it comes to every other franchise, a sequel is a different approach to the same idea. And trying to execute it better than before.

When it comes to The Sims, fans expect a sequel to be "what we already have + a million other things" and it's like no. It's a different approach to the same idea.

Once we get Pools and Toddlers, the game won't feel so empty. They are missing features that should be there. But I use neither pools or toddlers so it doesn't bother me. I could see how it would bother others though

[Su-Barbie-A]

Originally posted by gloamingtheplain

Sorry to blow it up again, but you can walk around your mini world. We see Sims leaving their lots to walk across the street etc in the demo. The only time they had a loading screen was to visit a lot in a different world.

In the gameplay trailer, while at the public space he still had the option to Move Household which means it was still considered home. Also when they clicked "Travel" Home was not in the list. There was also no "Go Home" option suggesting that even though they were at a public place, it was still considered the same lot. Meaning they would be able to walk home without a loading screen

Willow Creek, the first confirmed world for The Sims 4, is a New Orleans inspired world divided into six individual neighborhoods. Only one neighborhood and lot in the world can be active at one time.


• World – The world is split into 6 playable neighborhoods, but is not an “open world” like The Sims 3. Only one individual neighborhood can be active and played at one time.


• Neighborhoods – There are 6 confirmed neighborhoods in Willow Creek. Five neighborhoods have up to five lots within them (both residential and community), and the sixth neighborhood is a large park called Magnolia Blossom.


• Lots – There can only be up to 5 lots in each neighborhood, and only one active lot loaded at a time.


• Public Spaces – Public spaces are the open areas of a neighborhood that are not part of a lot. In The Sims 4, public spaces in each active neighborhood will be fully loaded at all times, and Sims will be able to roam these areas of the world freely.

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Loading screens in The Sims 4 have a stylized Plumbob in the center, with text strings passing through at the bottom. According to Gurus, loading screens will take less than 30 seconds of your time, and only appear when traveling between worlds, neighborhoods, and lots.


The following is a simple yes/no on which travels trigger loading screens:

• World to World: Yes

• Neighborhood to Neighborhood: Yes

• Lot to Lot: Yes

• Switching between Sims on two different lots: Yes

• Public Space to non-active lot: Yes

• Public Space to active lot (and vice versa): No

and hunty, that's straight from Sims VIP.
Just accept it, it's not an open world.

edit: wait, you can walk around the streets as long as you don't enter a different lot, so I give you that, hunty.

[Rogue]

[GGD]

My "Sims3Launcher has stopped working" guys what is this mess? can someone help me

[Tropez]

Looks like things got worse.

They're adding a premium membership to the sims now

"The Sims 4 Premium. Save on new packs with early access and exclusive items. Become a Premium member to get early access to three new packs, with exclusive items. Your Sims can throw a spooky costume party, camp in the great outdoors, and toast to the new year in style."

http://www.joystiq.com/2014/07/20/sims-4-premium/

[GGD]

Become a Premium member to get early access to three new packs

early access to BUY THEM ofc.

[HausOfCarlos]

Originally posted by JayEl

He looks great! The first time I'm seeing him in another game. Please keep sharing what is happening with him!

I played again today and I'll probably play more.
He got he's Fine Arts degree and kept on bonding with the plantsim who became he's boyfriend but than broke up after I made Erich cheat on him



He got back to his home in Bridgeport



and he adopted two kittens



He also got loads of new skills (writing, painting, photography, street art...)

[HausOfCarlos]

Originally posted by CoolestPerson12

Looks like things got worse.

They're adding a premium membership to the sims now



http://www.joystiq.com/2014/07/20/sims-4-premium/

No thank you

[jprsardeto]

Originally posted by CoolestPerson12

Looks like things got worse.

They're adding a premium membership to the sims now



http://www.joystiq.com/2014/07/20/sims-4-premium/

Watch ladders being included on Survival Premium Pack