I have some major things I've been holding onto for a while, and I shared this a few months ago with some people about what I think should be added & changed to the sims 4 for gameplay..
so where do I start lol
outdoor retreat EP - 1. all insects should spawn around the same regular hours and times of day in ALL worlds if you own the pack AND insects would affect harvestables on lots 2. hiking should be allowed here with sims automatically wanting to go scenic hiking just like the mountains in snowy escape...with a guide board for the dangers to look out for in the woods. it should not be just random wandering in the woods just for scavenging for bugs and insects when we can go camping and all this there are other things we can do! the weather is actually pretty crazy in granite falls during storms and blizzards 3. ability to make the cabins RENTABLE for HOLIDAYS and offer a discount if a family/group is coming. or have family vacation cabin days ..as well as having npc families that are in the world to go on camping trips too! 4. kids should be able to go to a summer camp or some kind of camp here. meaning one of the lots should have ability to be a community lot and have a lot type as a summer camp..where they can learn scouting and bug things and campfire folklore even go hunting for big foot and big foot clues with other campers
snowy escape - 1. the festival of lights and festival of youth SHOULD HAVE BEEN ON SEPERATE DAYS. NOT THE SAME DAY & TIME AT RANDOM or at least different weekends , I use 'flea market every sunday mod' there is no reason all the festivals should be tied into the same day in the code. remake the festivals and have them happen seasonally if you own seasons OR spread them out more. 2. festival of lights should allow us to release actual lantern lights in the air with other npc sims! the same way they can gather and watch fireworks i think this should be a thing!!!! it's good for dates and picture taking, they should also have more to do in the 'square' of the festival like dancers and maybe more decorations ...the festival is so dead looking outside the vendors and the fire pit which is hard to notice when it starts. sell bags of koi gold fish (like festival t shirts ) or have npcs give each other red envelopes with how it's done at the romance festival with the rose petal throwing! 3. rescue dogs and rescue team for when camping in the snow mountains. there is no reason we have blizzard to climb to the top and not a rescue npc team that wanders about with gear for us to get from them when it's a controlled place smh. 4. snowboarding / ski career that includes taking promo pics and competing in competitions either in rabbit hole or active career. 5. actual SKIs . 6. actual SNOWMOBILE 7. ice skating career. we got ice skating with seasons and nothing to do with it. we don't even have skating on frozen ponds. at least let ice skating in the mountains happen somehow.. 7. hibachi cook career as apart of cooking career if you own the pack 8. if you own a bathhouse lot you should get passive revenue from it being open
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City Living -1. we should be able to change the decor in the spice festival and fleamarkets. it can have a requirement of types of furniture to be there but they all SPAWN in and we should be able to save how we want that to happen. i hate the mm furniture used and I've always wanted it to be changed 2. npc apartment neighbors should collect their own roommates. without being family or randomly thrown in a household. but labled as roommates so they can always be changed. 3. we should decorate elevator hallways and walkways. 4. there should be the same kind of festival type style we have in cottage living far as people judging their own veggies and cows , but fresh fruit farmers and fresh veggie farmers should come to flea markets and sell those and like fresh juice and other things besides just city vendors. alot of city life isn't nyc city life or LA city life for alot of us. 5. npcs should actually buy fleamarket items and focus on shopping more and haggle us too 6. CC FURNITURE SHOULD BE SOLD AT FLEAMARKETS TOO. 7. stray cats and dogs! where are they?! thats very city living and yet they are not around 8. sims that actually live in san myshuno should actually walk around and be npcs there.. or ones flagged as san my residents. same way mt. koembri residents have tags and distinct ways..the san my residents should have city life trait or something. 9. a busy city overall..the closest thing we have to open neighborhoods are apartments in CL. we need to see yoga classes starting openly in all that blank space at random if we have spa day or art clubs doing art. maybe neighborhood gardening club meet..city brawl between teens..the empty spaces we have when no festivals are happening should be used for more than random political protests. which rarely happen anyway (edited)
10. basketball career! we have a BIG COURT that has no use. why can't university students come and use it for teams and not just rabbit hole soccor teams?! give us basket ball teams for the CL court and have it as a after school gig for kids and teens too
11. environmental career from island living does NOTHING anywhere else not even ECO LIVING!? why is there not a trashy city????? that has to be cleaned? give us trashy san myshuno because eco living is doing what we expected here. we need to be able to clean the environment or at least choose not to and have crap everywhere at least and have clubs that do clean up or the eco living people that do the clean up to make it look nice
12. this probably should go with my GET TOGETHER refresh ideas but.. why are there no headliner DJ careers when we have a karoke bar and club in fashion district? we should be able to have it as a dj as a active career and go on tours basically..also karoke club trait for private karoke also a buff to be known as good at karoke
13. ART SHOWS san myshuno should host random art shows in art district somewhere! if you are a artist sim your art should be able to be displayed at the galleries for fame and etc and sims can take pictures of it and have pics of the artists works or something. we sell prints to the gallery for fame+ anyway so give us a reason to use these galleries. and have artist sims recommend sims for university to art schools (edited)
14. COSPLAY - we should be able to select the costumes and cosplay WE want to wear to the geekcon. if we use cc there should be a pop up that lets us dress how we want for the event as well as cosplayers who show up
15. let us change up how the festival looks at geekcon we should have better gaming centers for famous gamers and streamers and get autographs and all that
16. scam artists who promise fame at the geekcon for promo. yes more consequences
17. astronauts should actually be at geekcon helping with building the ships or at least guiding or taking pictures with people
18. BURGULARS ! and police (npcs or played) should show up asking if you have seen a burglar due to a recent report if you live in san myshuno. basically city life integrated with get to work
Get Famous 1. fashion shows. we have the fashion career now. fashion shows on the strip or can be hosted at hottestspot lots and require reputation to be apart of , and famous sims can ask sims to participate in fashion shows for a $$$ fee. it can also be a mini part time job for regular sims who are not famous and only want to be a famous model by association depending on how they do in the show! 2. singing career! we need it 3. bouncer career! since it's basically a npc career it can kind of be semi-active! or part time! a mini job of guiding famous sims down the red carpet safely and telling crazy fans to leave to kicking out sims acting up on the dance floor we all love a mean bouncer on the premises plus we miss urbz gameplay ALOT 4. handing out flyers and posting online for sims to come watch your show or commercial or movie for sims in the acting career. promoting yourself should be apart of getting famous and not just practice acting !!! 5. whatever you are famous for sims should talk to you and mention that. OH HEY YOURE FAMOUS FOR COOKING! YOURE THAT FAMOUS REPAIR GUY! WOW I MET THE FAMOUS KNITTING GIRL. real perks of fame stuff 10/10 6. this goes with the dj career idea, why not a music producer career that works with DJs?! they both depend on each other and they should work with singers with tracks too. a song produced should be able to be played by the DJ with the singer's title too..and on the radio for maybe "local artists" station for more fame if sims like it! 7. selling dead famous sims autographs should be higher..and owning dead sims autographs should make you famous also and the ammount should keep going up the more u appraise it especially if theyre a superstar.
8. sims should leave flower vases and nice gifts by the door or p.o. mail box of famous sims. ambrosia or really nice gifts like roses and thank you letters that you can collect or picture boards they make as fan, fan things! in high levels of fame*
9. being a famous doctor or cop or scientist (all active careers ) should get your a reality show or offer to film around the hospital or something for $ or at least a interview
10. a real photographer career ...taking pictures of famous sims should be active career and famous sims should react negatively or positively to it since we can PAY to ask paparazzi to leave pay the photographer to leave too. its extra money plus what u make from the photos ..and posting them to the gossip blog is all apart of the job. and if you catch a sim doing something funny or bad thats a bonus for you in the career...and a career path to become: still life, modelling photographer, or paparazzi in the photographer career. i feel like this would take some stalking of other sims lives + homes, but just even pics of the famous sims home is good 'content' for the job
11. i feel like there should be reputation before you get fame. fame is so easy to get and everyone who is known for something is not famous enough to be considered a celeb for it I feel like opting out of fame wouldnt need to be done all the time if reputation was gained before fame. meaning sims can associate you with that thing youre good at but not faun over you for it
12. entourage. not the same as friends or anything but if you are famous enough u should have people who follow u in public or say they are arriving and they basically do whatever you do kinda how add to group works a bit but they actually laugh and point and snare at regular sims and be snooty
13. meet ups and starlight awards ....the meet ups to me are more interactive and should have days set where you can plan a meet up on the calendar for your fans to come and meet you maybe have lunch or at a park or in public places for pics and they can have i love you signs and wear your merch and all that. OR attend a meetup and maybe meet a new celeb. the starlight awards should have it where only famous sims are invited or you get a ticket to go or buy a ticket to go , not just everyone can show up even though you can block that with bouncer doors..still. for gameplay buy a ticket if you have no fame
14. movie producers, directors, actors and workers that work on 'set' of these commercials that you film should also come and scout sims for their next project. same as we have protests for political sims in san myshuno. maybe a improve scene or catching them filming outdoors or at a venue could get you to introduce your sims to celebrities. being good friends with one they might offer you a job at a certain rank or something one day.
