Future Sim Improvement Ideas

[MomOfMany]

I agree about Seasons. I don't see why people say it can't/won't work with the open neighborhood, because the Wii version has Seasons/weather.

Agreed I think it is totally possible with the open neighborhoods although I didn't know the Wii had it. I mean look at all the other things thought to be impossible that are true to the game now. Like I am sure before when it was just Sims 2 people thought the open neighborhood concept was impossible. But I can't wait for Seasons all I can imagine is how much better it will be and how much better they can make it now with everything that we have!

[CSquared2]

If we do get seasons, I really hope we'll be able to a) switch around the order of the seasons, this could be done in Sims 2, effectively creating an arctic environment or a wet, rainy one, or in between and b) we can alter the length of seasons to do the same thing.  It would be nice if it actually rained in Bridgeport, for all those gray days!

[loveSims]

Can you imagine all the wonderful homeless stories all you writers can come up with. It will be very realistic with seasons.

[jeanamariex3]

I would also like to see children have no school, and teens to have spring break. The teen's spring break would work the same way as the parents' free vacation.

Then I could make summer all year round and kids would never have to go to school! I would get rid of winter too! (I don't like winter). Come on guys, this is Sims! 

[samoht04]

Do I remember there being days off in Sims 2 in Seasons due to Summer or Winter/Snow? I seem to remember that but I don't know.

[KJSinclair]

I would really love a way to organize patterns and content in the game. I would go one step further and be able to make our own categories outside the game. It would only have to be a very simple file database system. So when I download a bad pattern I would know where it is so I can run along and delete it swiftly.

I really want Seasons too and all the spies thought it would be the next EP, so that leads me to think that when it does come it is going to be as super intensive as LN and our computers are going to come to a grinding halt.

School Holidays would be awesome, so we get our kids back from boarding school for a week every once in a while (or day) and they would then get to actually enjoy the awesome stuff that came with Generations. It would have to be scaled sufficiently for the different life spans.

I would like children to be able to play the instruments even if it only gave them a couple of points extra on their skill. It seems really strange for a kid not to be able to be taught an instrument and then practice it.

I would like to be able to mess with the pictures and drapes in the game more, I think each style should be able to fit each window correctly and I would like to be able to change the picture within the frame. I get so bored with having the same few pictures all over the house that I end up just making a Sim to decorate the walls haha. I would like to be able to instruct the arty Sim to paint a particular picture once it has been learnt like we can with sculpting.

Kindest Regards
KJ

[jeanamariex3]

I really want Seasons too and all the spies thought it would be the next EP, so that leads me to think that when it does come it is going to be as super intensive as LN and our computers are going to come to a grinding halt.

I'm thinking this statement goes along the line of Pets. Remember the high demands of Pets, it comes out, and half the population's GPU's finally threw in the towel, as soon as it officially hit the shelves? I can agree that it will be very hard on one's specs. However, I believe it will be worked out, but as usual, those with onboard graphics, will experience major bugs, artifacts and possible distortions.

I think if Seasons were to happen, I will imagine, it will be as big as Generations: New Objects, life states, features, moodlets, traits, a new category for CAS (of course) but I don't see a new town coming with seasons. A new town would be too much for seasons to handle.

I'd like to see some sort of swimming SP. Something with different swimwear for all age groups, kiddie pools, and other water activities.

[alex51299]

I'd like to see some sort of swimming SP. Something with different swimwear for all age groups, kiddie pools, and other water activities.

OMG, I've been wanting that FOREVER! I thought OLS would be the perfect place for that,especially the diving boards I've been craving!

[jeanamariex3]

I agree! They need to have a swimming stuff pack specifically for recreational activities. Maybe they can call it...Aquatic Fun Stuff Pack? I'm really lame on the titles!

Okay, onto my next suggestion: but I believe there should be an in game virus scanner/cleaner. (Think Spybot, or Norton Anti Virus). It should clean out any temp files (DCBackup, Cache files) as well as detect any bad CC and immediately remove it, like a virus scanner.

[bamjo92]

Okay, onto my next suggestion: but I believe there should be an in game virus scanner/cleaner. (Think Spybot, or Norton Anti Virus). It should clean out any temp files (DCBackup, Cache files) as well as detect any bad CC and immediately remove it, like a virus scanner.

yeah! That is a very Smart idea. A++

[xFezIsAFreakx]

I agree! They need to have a swimming stuff pack specifically for recreational activities. Maybe they can call it...Aquatic Fun Stuff Pack? I'm really lame on the titles!

Okay, onto my next suggestion: but I believe there should be an in game virus scanner/cleaner. (Think Spybot, or Norton Anti Virus). It should clean out any temp files (DCBackup, Cache files) as well as detect any bad CC and immediately remove it, like a virus scanner.

Perhaps there should be a Sports Stuff Pack and swimstuff would be included? Totally agree about the virus scanner.

[jeanamariex3]

The Sports Stuff Pack actually sounds even better! We have baseballs to play catch with, but where are the baseball bats? Sims 2 Free Time offered different sports from Basketball, to tossing the football! Maybe with this new Sports Stuff Pack, EA can add a new activity to the patch that comes with it: Water Balloon Fights! I don't believe adding a football would be any different than the normal baseball. A basketball court would be pretty cool too! However, I assume I would have the same flashy images if I were to still play Sims 3 on my Integrated Chipset.

I would like to see CAT (Create a Tattoo). You could upload clip art and color it your way and import it into your game.

[folcon]

Well there is already a football for playing ctach, but vollyball would be great.  And of course, to go with Seasons, you need to have snowball fights.  It still surprises me seasons hasn't come out yet.  If you look through the different clothes, there are already several winter wear clothes, and some rain gear clothes as well. *is thinking of the rain boots that kids have*

[jeanamariex3]

I still don't understand why EA hasn't come up with an in-game virus scanner to detect and remove corrupt files on the spot. Including bad CC.

[Sportsfan]

Im really liking that sports EP idea. I wonder why?