Future Sim Improvement Ideas

[CSquared2]

I'm sure this has been said before, but the release of the magic pack from the store had me hoping a matchmaker option would come along with it.  Sadly, it hasn't, so that will be my wish for today.  I loved setting my Sims 2 sims up with matchmaker dates!

[FireRaye93]

Also I disagree that Seasons will be lighter than Pets. I suspect that due to the open neighbourhood there is going to be a pretty high spec for Seasons and will cause more issues than pets. Just because of the size of the Worlds and the stuff that will have to change so Trees and stuff. I still want Seasons though! 

I kind of agree. At the least Seasons would be about the same wieght as Pets if not greater. For me personally, I have experienced very few glitches and problems in my games until I installed Pets. Now it's like there's always something going wrong with my saves, even the just started ones. Installing Master Suite fixed some of them for some reason, but I'm concerned that Seasons would cause more problems or make previous ones worse.

I'd like to be able to bathe babies and toddlers, diaper changes on changing table, and definitely height sliders for Sims.

Height sliders would be awesome! Though I kind of agree with jeanamarie with all the problems, especially when Sims age up. They would be nice, but it may be a really long time before we see anything like them.

[samoht04]

Instead of height sliders they could just have default positions. So a short Sim could be the same height as a Teen etc. since many interactions that adults can do are possible with teens when interacting with adults. You can also tell mostly through clothing anyway whether a Sim is an adult or a teen, I never have any trouble anyway.

[jeanamariex3]

I still like my Sims the same height, though, but I think your idea is very feasible, if height were to come in the future. 

I'd like more stuffed animals, added in future stuff packs. Better yet, more varsity for nursery sets! I think toddlers should have beds too! Not the same as children, but little toddler bed and mats they can sleep on and get up out of themselves!

[CSquared2]

In Sims 2, couldn't toddlers use large pet beds to sleep in?  That would be a cute addition.  I agree with you, Jeana, that having some sort of mat like young children use for naps in school would be nice.

[jeanamariex3]

Yes! They used the pet mats if one were to have Apartment Life installed.

As far as rabbit holes go, I say, open the restaurants. All you really need, is to take the culinary career Sims and treat them like Unemployed Sims with the Cashiers, Firefighters, Fashion Stylists and Tattoo Artists. I think the others should stay closed.

[unicornfan85]

Give teens cowboy boots.  They don't have any.   

Modifyed on Jan. 28, 2012

Also, have a toy horse that kids can ride and build up the riding skill.

[CSquared2]

Save aging parameters by neighborhood instead of for your whole game.

[xFezIsAFreakx]

Save aging parameters by neighborhood instead of for your whole game.

Yes! In fact, the whole options tab should be per file, perhaps excluding the graphics.

[jeanamariex3]

I think teens should have more clothing options. I don't understand why the young adults get all the trendier, modern fashions, (or even adults, which I consider 35-65, real life and Sims), while teens have fewer and boring sets. There's that ruffled strapless dress with the bow in the middle, in Generations, that's in the everyday wear for them, but not formal, yet the young adults have that exact same style under formal wear. I always wanted to give my teen that dress, with a pair of those Chuck Taylor sneakers for prom, with a pair of fancy tights. I wish the MS Curly updo with the bow, was available for teens as well.

[DeNile]

I think teens should have more clothing options. I don't understand why the young adults get all the trendier, modern fashions, (or even adults, which I consider 35-65, real life and Sims), while teens have fewer and boring sets. There's that ruffled strapless dress with the bow in the middle, in Generations, that's in the everyday wear for them, but not formal, yet the young adults have that exact same style under formal wear. I always wanted to give my teen that dress, with a pair of those Chuck Taylor sneakers for prom, with a pair of fancy tights. I wish the MS Curly updo with the bow, was available for teens as well.

I was just playing my game, and I have that dress for formal wear and all the hairstyles from MS for adult women available for teens. Is it just me then? *is confused*

[MomOfMany]

I still want evil toddlers to sneak out of their crib, scribble on walls, and climb on furniture.

Not just evil children should do those things! I think it is just a kid thing in general! I wish kids could climb trees and perhaps get stuck and have to call for help! Or cats even and call the fire department to rescue the cat! LOL!

I know what you mean about realism, I like the hints to realism and that it some senses it upholds the values of real life yet in a fun and imaginative way. Not sure how anyone can want Realistic Weather since it was baking hot today and then a cloud went over and we all rushed to get our coats on cause it was freezing!

I agree! I like the realism but to an extent! I can thing of several things that I would love to see to add realism but I like how they make everything more sims like and how they change things around just enough to make it a cross between real and unreal.

Height sliders would be awesome! Though I kind of agree with jeanamarie with all the problems, especially when Sims age up. They would be nice, but it may be a really long time before we see anything like them.

If they just made them with the top teen height being just a tad shorter than the shortest for adult then it would still be somewhat distinguishable. But I can't tell the difference as is so it makes no difference to me. I would love to see a height slider! And they age up random in height like they do with everything now. When your teen ages up you don't get to pick his/her looks! You can go in a change some things but you can't change the location of the eyes and the nose and whatnot so what difference would the unchangeable height be?

[jeanamariex3]

I know what you mean about realism, I like the hints to realism and that it some senses it upholds the values of real life yet in a fun and imaginative way. Not sure how anyone can want Realistic Weather since it was baking hot today and then a cloud went over and we all rushed to get our coats on cause it was freezing!

That's how I feel. I like the whole creating people and pets, and they do things like we do in the real world, but nothing too mature or inappropriate for discussion on this forum. As Linus said, "I've learned there are three things you don't discuss with people: religion, politics and the Great Pumpkin." The same thing should stay that way with Sims.


I think we should create occult creatures in CAS.

[unicornfan85]

Having a cooking and gardening club for teen sims to join as an after school activity.

[Anushka]

Also I disagree that Seasons will be lighter than Pets. I suspect that due to the open neighbourhood there is going to be a pretty high spec for Seasons and will cause more issues than pets. Just because of the size of the Worlds and the stuff that will have to change so Trees and stuff. I still want Seasons though! 

I can't say for shore, but I'm positive it is not that heavy/hard addition. Snow is already available as an effect in fog emmiters. In Egypt there are already heat waves everywhere, so snow and rain should work in similar way, as for the ground - it is a matter of terrain paint and coding for trees that people have already done for Sims 3.
I remember we could chose seasons for each town with each new game - as a part of Edit Town, you could have eternal summer (with occasional rain storms and thunders) or just fall/spring for moderate climate, or winter/fall intervals for mountain worlds. Warm up action would finally make sence as well as refreshing! And Sims won't be able to live outside anymore (well they will still be able to live in fire station etc) Chosing outfits will also make more sense, ahh I'm hoping for The Seasons from the start, it's really too long to wait