Pets - Cats and Dogs Expansion News

[CuriousSim]

What are the care requirements? Sim days are so shortened. If you have a career, will your pet be starving when you get off work? Will you have to spend hours feeding, watering, cleaning, exercising your pet each day? I am glad, they apparently don't get sick as often as we originally thought. I like the idea of a new neighborhood. I'm not yet sure I'm wild about yet another thing to add to one's day, between restaurant dates, city events, dance parties, garden tending, eating, showering, sleeping, that one barely has enough time, to work on skills. In a way, I wish they'd shorten skill times, so you could fit more stuff in a day. It might be nice, if time would pass at a slower pace. For most people, they don't have to spend hours every other day, getting rid of plant bugs & pulling weeds.

[Nindigo]

My understanding is that the animations are all new, in fact nothing has been ported over from previous iterations as TS4 was built with a new/different engine.

Oh, I know. But I do believe they've chosen to mimic TS3's take on pets. But no matter, it doesn't really deter or anything. I simply noticed the similarities in the animations. I'll just be going about my own business again

[Playalot]

I was thinking @oshizu of altering/updating the teen runaway challenge to take Cats and Dogs into consideration. Need to play around with the pack for a bit first though. I have a few ideas right now that I'm quite keen to try out. It's pretty much how I'll be exploring the new pack, that and having a YA Vamp being a vet as vamps can drink from their pets by making plasma packs with one of the vet's machines. Ha! How gross is that... a definite 'must-do'.  Also pretty sure strays can be befriended and then invited into the household, but of course will need the pack to test that for sure.

@RiotKitty I probably won't ban the exploit of golden poops to be honest as in some ways exploits like that are quite fun to use at first, besides I try to keep the challenge somewhat in the players hands when it comes to difficulty level. Personally I'd probably not use this exploit as I like this challenge to be as difficult as possible but I know other people like it all a bit easier. The trick is to not get too hung up on the rules but to have fun playing it 'your way'. It's probably long over due an update as I haven't actually looked at the rules all year and we've had a load of new content.

@CuriousSim  apparently pets are pretty easy to care for, as long as they are feed and you ask them to go potty they pretty much take care of themselves.

@Nindigo  probably because the same guru who was in charge/worked on TS3 Pets was in charge of TS4 Cats and Dogs. 

[Trip]

Even if they did port over assets from TS3 Pets, animation for quadrupeds is hard and there are a lot of hints that the TS4 team is downsized from earlier games.

[Magpie2012]

@Playalot vamps can drink from their pets O_O Oh H. E. L. L. nah!

Step away from that pooch, Caleb!! I didn't bring you into my "legacy" so you could munch on my pets! Why you laughing, Lillith? You think I'm going to let you snack on Kitty?!?

lol sorry, couldn't resist...

[Playalot]

@Playalot vamps can drink from their pets O_O Oh H. E. L. L. nah!

Step away from that pooch, Caleb!! I didn't bring you into my "legacy" so you could munch on my pets! Why you laughing, Lillith? You think I'm going to let you snack on Kitty?!?

lol sorry, couldn't resist...

lol only by placing the pet into the Vets surgery machine and making plasma packs so no rampant vamp attacks actually on a pet. 

[oshizu]

@Playalot

I'm already your eternal fan but I would be even more so (maybe into our next lives?) if you were to update your Teen Runaway Challenge to accommodate Cats & Dogs!
I've never actually attempted your Teen Runaway Challenge so I'm very iffy about the rules but doesn't the teen not really have a "household" (or, at least, a home) until much later in the challenge?
No rush. I'm planning to finish my Rival Dynasties challenge then, when Cats & Dogs comes out, spend a little time compiling stat threads on the Brindleton Bay townies and lots.

@Magpie2012
ROFL, you and your creative imagination just crack me up! I think you and I should both do Playalot's updated Teen Runaway Challenge with pets.
You know, no stress and all silliness!!!

[Playalot]

@oshizu yep, the teen lives on an empty lot or has a tent until certain criteria are met. Better not chat too much here 'cos I am notorious at taking threads off topic, but post on the challenge thread and tag me if you want to chat about it. Or pm me.  But I'm definitely updating the challenge as I want to play it with the new content.

[RiotKitty]

@Playalot - I was sort of thinking of the gold-bar poop restriction as an option, much like you describe. That's one of the main reasons I love the Runaway Teen challenge -- I can tailor the rules to fit my play-style.   

[Playalot]

@Playalot - I was sort of thinking of the gold-bar poop restriction as an option, much like you describe. That's one of the main reasons I love the Runaway Teen challenge -- I can tailor the rules to fit my play-style.   

Yep, for sure.  I'm glad it works that way for you as that was my intention. It's always nice to have challenges that players can mold to fit. I've played that challenge so many different ways I've lost count!

[CuriousSim]

It might be interesting, if you could go Count Duckula, on your garden.

[Magpie2012]

@oshizu ZOMG that would be classic! I'm loosely playing an ISBI, and my first fail was my Founding TH lol so concentrated on keeping the toddler happy and the spouse skilling for work (gotta love a chess table), that I wasn't paying attention to her stats *facepalm

I wonder how Cats and Dogs would fit into all the different challenges. I can't wait for Friday (which will be Thursday for all ya suckas in the States) lol JK! It sucks that it's not coming out to everyone one shot. But, like Play, I'm kinda glad to be in a timezone that will allow me to get it "early".

[commasplice]

I was not at all excited about this, but I've been watching some of the videos people made who got the early release and it looks like there are a TON of build and buy adds. I'm definitely going to buy it.

[MissZoef]

Does anyone know what time the expansion comes out? Can I download it at 0:00 on 10th of november on CET? Or do I have to wait for a certain time in an American time zone? (I hope you understand the question, I find it a bit hard to phrase right).

[Playalot]

If you look at the pack in the Origin Store it will show when it can be downloaded in your area.