Island Paradise Expansion Pack

[samoht04]

SimGuruSarah has tweeted the park area behind the arch!

[cathyknits]

I am so, so, so happy to hear that the lot positioning tools will be in the patch!

[doxxielover]

Oh I am so excitied!! I also am super happy, like Rica, about the town moving. Now we can do it in the same game, family trees will be ok, YAY!

[Chuckles_82]

huzzah! Fixed rabbitholes and positioning lots! It's like they do read our wish list! I can hardly wait!

[Ricalynn]

Got some.. interesting news Simmers.

@SimsVIP @SnugglesFairie @SimGuruSarah Scuba Diving will only be possible in Isla Paradiso due to the depth of the ocean. The oceans in the existing worlds are too shallow for the Sims to go scuba diving in; the ocean is actually much deeper in Isla Paradiso. Players who want to edit or rebuild the existing dive lots from scratch will be able to within Isla Paradiso by using a lot unlocking cheat, but they can't be moved or placed elsewhere. The only thing I'm not 100% clear on is if you could use the Isla Paradiso world as a template to achieve the proper ocean depth in CAW and build a custom world from scratch that starts with that correct depth. I included Sarah as she may be able to shed some light on that.

@SimGuruGraham Thank you for that! So basically, Dive Spots themselves cannot be placed or found (for the newbie user) in any other worlds, and we're waiting on confirmation for any CAW (advanced) uses.

I'm not a CAW expert, so I have to ask. Is there any way currently to "deepen" the oceans in existing worlds to allow for dive spots?

Also, even the newbie user will have an easy time adding dive spots in IP's world?

@SimsVIP Nope; you can only edit the ones that already exist in the world, not add new ones. I'm just not familiar enough with CAW functionality or how the scuba lots were built to confirm if the very advanced creators will have any recourse to alter ocean depth or modify the placement of dive areas if the ocean is at the correct depth. @SimGuruSarah may know better, or it may end up requiring some experimentation by the community, but I don't expect it to be something the average player ever does. For the average player, editing a dive lot means entering the lot locking cheat and altering the dive lots that already exist in Isla Paradiso through Edit Town mode.

[Chuckles_82]

Aww man... I had plans to put a dive lot in underneath the waterfall in my world Will they be able to scuba dive on shallower lots? Can they max their diving skill just by snorkelling, albeit more slowly?

[Ricalynn]

I don't know at this time but I can always ask.  Remember there is going to be at least one more blog and a live broadcast in the next three weeks.

[folcon]

Makes it a real pity that some of the biggest features of Island Paradise will only be usable in the town it brings.  Wel, I'll just have to play there then.

[Ricalynn]

I think this is why they added the ability to buy a move to another town.  So you could have Sims Try out this stuff without having to completely start over.

[folcon]

True enough.  And as a mechanic, the being able to move to other towns will work nice with a story idea I was plotting out.  Still need to pick up the remaining expansions that I need before I can play it though, but it will be nice to have that mechanic in the patch so I can give it a try.

[Seabody]

I mentioned this before, but Gurra went to a Community Day, and posted their answers on Simlogical. Link. Sorry if linking to Simlogical is inappropriate - they do offer CC, but I am linking directly to the topic.

[Louise56]

All look just fantastic! I know which town will be my new favorite. But I think I will set the seasons to summer, snow won't suit the world.

[Ricalynn]

From SimGuruSarah:  This is a lovely inland area in Isla Paradiso with a waterfall where Sims can swim, fish, and enjoy the scenery!

[Swirl-Girl]

Yeah! I'm so psyched! I can't wait for the lot moving controls. shame about the diving stuff though. Cool with the ability to move. And so much of the little stuff! I really love the little details, like the loading screen. When I got 70's 80's 90's stuff, I was obsessed with the loading screen.

[pallyndrome]

I am really quite disappointed that we have to play in Isla Paradisa for scuba diving! I'm very attached to my families in sunlit tides, and it takes a lot of work to move them (and frankly I'm not impressed with isla paradisa from what I've seen anyway). *sigh*

does anyone know is there anything else that will only work in the new world? Like mermaids?

EDIT: I hope they let us add dive sites to worlds made on CAW - then I might be able to make my own world, better than Isla Paradisa... if I can work out how. lol.