Island Paradise Expansion Pack

[YZJay]

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.

Hence the upgraded moving system.

[samoht04]

For the Dive Lots to work they had to place them in water that was deep enough, it seems like they did try this out in the other EP Worlds and found that the water was not deep enough in those worlds. SimGuruGraham did say that there were going to be some updates to CAW that might include the Dive Lot feature but he didn't know since he does not work with the CAW Development team.

Graham also said this on twitter:

I noticed everyone saying moving to a new town costs 20k. It's actually just a deposit before you move; you get it back once it's complete.

He then replied to @bunbunnyny's tweet of asking why:

@bunbunnyny There's a technical reason that isn't very interesting; it digs deep into old base game code. Ultimately it's simpler to ensure that upon arriving in a new town that you have enough money to establish your Sim's basic necessities.

More information from @SimGuruGraham on twitter:

@Weealbet Yes; houseboats & building over the ocean can be in every world (even in World Adventures, how often do I get to say that? heyo!)

While we're at it, did anyone carry a baby up a ladder at one of the events? I'm curious what people think of it

[Swirl-Girl]

20k deposit is interesting. Most of my families can't move, can they?
Good thing you can carry babies up ladders, if you couldn't, that would spoil the whole houseboat thing for a lot of simmers. And building on water in WA? Aw yeah!

[pallyndrome]

Hence the upgraded moving system.

Ah yes, but you don't understand how I play. I have about 15 or so families in my one save file in sunlit tides that I all play - story progression and aging off (I do aging manually). It's the only way I like to play, and hence the new moving system will not work for me. I'm hoping I can find something to help with keeping their relationships when I move them (a twallan mod springs to mind?) otherwise it's back to the drawing board lol. I have moved them all before, it's just annoying.

[Ricalynn]

SimsVIP got some pictures of the second type of confirmed death for IP.   Death by Running out of Air.   Check out this article to see the pictures, especially the cool one of Grim with a trident.

[doxxielover]

Death by shark is the other, correct? Do we know of the 3rd?

[Ricalynn]

Death by Shark is the first from the producer video.  We don't know if there is a third or not.  I haven't seen one but they do say that attack by Kraken is super super rare like a meteor attack.  For those like me who have had a lot of those, don't panic.  Apparently there are people who have never seen a meteor so it's like that.


Oh and for those that haven't seen.  SimsVIP also has a list of the new traits, lifetime wishes and lifetime rewards we should expect to see.  That link is here.

[doxxielover]

"As we all know, one of the three new death types in Island Paradise is “Running our of Air” while Scuba Diving. Pulversoppa over on officials has shared plenty of photos of this new death, and the ghost color it results in! Yeay for new ghosts! "
 

This is from the link you provided. That's why I assumed of 3 types of death.

Well I hope both the kracken and the shark are very rare.

I in fact have never seen a meteor. And I own all EP's.

[Ricalynn]

Until the game goes live, I never assume when they tell us three that it's true.  Maybe the Kraken is the third death but there has been no official screenshots of it that I can find so I can't confirm or deny it.  Does that make sense?


I just found more info on the third death:

♦ Death by Running Out of Air – A sim that scuba dives for too long, but does not carefully watch their air supply, could quickly find themselves running out of air, and then quickly coming to an end.

♦ Death by Burning – Sims crossing a fire walking pit can catch on fire.

♦ Eaten by Predator – Sims scuba diving can get attacked and killed by sea life.


Although I will say that death by burning reminds me of the one we already have so I"m hoping it at least has a new ghost color.

[azokka361]

Excellent! I assume there's another way to become a mermaid, but the LTR sounds much easier than what I had expected.

[doxxielover]

Ok Rica. .
I agree that no rumors should be started here.

[Seabody]

Death by Shark is the first from the producer video.  We don't know if there is a third or not.  I haven't seen one but they do say that attack by Kraken is super super rare like a meteor attack.  For those like me who have had a lot of those, don't panic.  Apparently there are people who have never seen a meteor so it's like that.


Oh and for those that haven't seen.  SimsVIP also has a list of the new traits, lifetime wishes and lifetime rewards we should expect to see.  That link is here.

As soon as Patch 1.51 (I assume that is what it will be) comes out, we will be able to tell how rare Kraken attacks are. Patches in conjunction with an EP, in my experience, introduce the XML tuning, which allows us to change things like how rare Meteors are.

[Ricalynn]

As soon as Patch 1.51 (I assume that is what it will be) comes out, we will be able to tell how rare Kraken attacks are. Patches in conjunction with an EP, in my experience, introduce the XML tuning, which allows us to change things like how rare Meteors are.

As a person who does challenges, I almost never change anything like this.  Like my gyms will always be broken type thing.    EA/Graham says that they will be equal to meteor attacks so I trust that assessment.  Just means there are some people who are more "lucky" than others.  The new LTR will help certainly though.

[samoht04]

@SimGuruGraham shared some pictures of some possible new Pool Blueprints on twitter today! 





You can also see one of the IP Boats on a trailer in the background!

Edit:

Another picture of a Sim climbing a ladder with a toddler, from @SimGuruGraham.

@uroshdemz Yes, you can customize the mermaid's tail color

@NickTomAnna One ladder is going to be in the update for everyone, the other one, along with the pool slides, are only in #TS3IslandParadise

@nick_cheeseman Nope; the dive areas all part of the open world. No loading screens when scuba diving.

@pulversoppa I took a look for you; vamps don't have to worry about the sun when scuba diving.  Not enough light filters down to bother them

[Teacup Chihuahua]

Wow! Those pools are beautiful so excited for this EP