Future Sim Improvement Ideas

[Joria]

My problem is similar to that, Belle. I don't like some of the styles, but what's worse is that there's nearly no variance on the good ones. I wish that Hair styles were cheaper on the exchange.

I've said this before and I'll say it again, ONE more time.  If modders can create fabulous eyes, lips, hair etc. why doesn't EA get a clue and do the same.  I refuse to download free cc when I know it can mess up my game,PLUS I can't use it here, so we are all stuck with ugly hair, boring eyes and outrageous lips.  My Sims usually wind up looking pretty much the same even using the sliders etc in CAS.  Even with the different hair colors and ways to affect it, it still comes out looking flat.  I hate to spend the money at the EA store for items like hair but I would gladly do it, and spend more than I already am, just to have some of the gorgeous hair and facial features I want for my Simmies.

[Leto85]

I think they need more types of hair I mean yeah they bring more out with every expansions but I am so tired of being stuck with only one good hair for girls and the same for boys half my neighborhood all look the same because of the limited amount of hair.

Yes, I was a bit disapointed about that to. Maybe the ability to make you own hairstyles (as a job ingame or something) would made this better.

[Pam]

I know a lot of people complain about the ingame hair, eyes, lips, etc.  But to me, I think the ones available to us are just fine.  EA does a good job of keeping up with current hairstyles, too.  I've noticed them even over just this past year since the game has been released.  Plus, they have the more "themed" hairstyles like from the 50s to go with themed clothes.  Personally, I don't care for the third party CC hair that I see.  It's just so...  big.  And shiny.  I don't know about the rest of you, but nobody I know has hair like that.  And I think their eyes are very pretty, especially when I custom color them.  So, I'm just saying that some of us are perfectly happy with what EA provides. 

[Saltypaws]

I think I am going to have to agree with Pam on this one.  I do agree though that some of the hair I have seen is gorgeous, but with all of the colors you can come up with and for the eyes too, it is enough for me.  I realize that the toddlers don't stay toddlers very long, but I would like to see a few more styles for them.

[deculbert]

In addition to the stats page, I was thinking bring part of the apartment life over to your main home...what i mean is if you have a multi-person home, you should be able to make individual rooms theirs...not to the point that you cant see in them like apt life, but when you tell the kids to go to bed, they go to their rooms, that you have created for them...rather than the nearest bed to sleep.  Also should be a couple new commands at a parents disposal, after all we have the "can household to eat" , why cant mom just yell "kids time for bed" and have all 3 kids stop what their doing and head to their beds...rather than individual clicks by us? 

I would also like the list of stuff taught by parents to be a bit bigger...right now you can teach toddlers to walk abd talk, but parents teach so much more than that...when they become kids, give the parent to option (if they have the skill) to teach their kids subjects..."teach child gardening" maybe up to lvl 2 or 3, so the kids works beside mom/dad at weeding and watering the garden, same with fishing.  And when they age up, add some more topics, like Handiness, Charisma, Writing and so on...give the kids a bit of a jump on the adult life they will have to deal with soon enough.

[Saltypaws]

First, welcome to the forum.  The first idea about them sleeping in their own bed, they already do that.  Once a sim sleeps in a bed, it is basically their bed and they will always sleep in it, maybe not 100%, but if you try to have someone else sleep in it, it will have the other sims name of whos bed it is.  Mine always go to their own bedrooms, so I always fix the rooms just for that sim.  I agree, in some areas, the kids should have more options. 

[TollingBells]

I know a lot of people complain about the ingame hair, eyes, lips, etc.  But to me, I think the ones available to us are just fine.  EA does a good job of keeping up...And I think their eyes are very pretty, especially when I custom color them. 

Yeah, I would like more hairs, but the eyes and hairs people make...They scare me. Especially those huge ole anime goo-goo eyes. I accidentally downloaded one with the scary hair and eyes, and...You're right, they're too shiny. As for lips and noses and faces, you can customize those.

[Telsey]

Pam I do agree with you that EA seems to create more realistic hair for the game.  The CC hair are generally big and not what most people would have in their daily lives but I still like them.  LOL  I guess it is a throw back to my Barbie days!  The hair always got me first!  Then the clothing!  If I wasn't so afraid of crashing my game I'd be downloading clothes and hair like mad!  LOL  I battle that temptation daily.  CC will also cause your game to load very slowly.  I used to get lots of cleaning done waiting for my Sims2 to load.  LOL  Now not so much since it loads properly since I have NOTHING! 

[deculbert]

First, welcome to the forum.  The first idea about them sleeping in their own bed, they already do that.  Once a sim sleeps in a bed, it is basically their bed and they will always sleep in it, maybe not 100%, but if you try to have someone else sleep in it, it will have the other sims name of whos bed it is.  Mine always go to their own bedrooms, so I always fix the rooms just for that sim.  I agree, in some areas, the kids should have more options. 

I haven't done much with generations in the game, so I did not know that, thank you for setting me straight. 

[samoht04]

Yeah but some how my sims always end up in the comfiest beds! 

[Saltypaws]

Sometimes, but not very often.  I just wake them up and send them to their own room.  I would probably say 98% of the time they go to their own room.  I do notice if they are really in the red, they head for the closest bed, but if you click on them to go to bed, they will go to their own.  Ok, enough of the off topic, lol.  I tend to get carried away.

[TollingBells]

I have been getting frustrated lately.  I want to edit families in the relationship area in CAS, but I can't seem to do that to the extent I want. I also get frustrated that in the game, a old man can be the father of a toddler, but I can't do that in CAS. I'd like to make a young adult the child of a adult, since that what happens in average games with normal lifespan, but I can't. It makes me sad I can't just start these families, instead of trying to get through 30+ sim days to make the family I want. 

[Balkor]

Im not sure if others have said this but I really want pets, more than dogs and cats though, things like llamas and meerkats aswell ^^ That would be epic fun.

[samoht04]

I want Leopards but I probably won't get them... 

[TollingBells]

That's why we should get the ability to do zoos, and have a Ambitions style career as a Zoo Keeper. You could wander around the park and take care of animals, and train some species to do tricks for a show. It would also be nice to make a good exhibit for animals, instead of just boxy cages, there being actual plants and trees and toys...I dream of a animal expansion.