Apartment Life: Obligatory Hate/Love Topic
mildlydisguised:
Well I haven't played a large amount but I do really hate most of the EAxis apartment buildings, they are truly awful. In fact I think it is putting me off playing a bit. I'm starting to wish I'd built some generic ones pre-AL so all I would have had to do is update with correct doors etc. to make them playable.
I seem to have experienced some kind of jump bug on a few occasions with the spiral stairs - nothing proven yet though.
The More Awesome Than You bed, is that meant to have a vibrate option? Or is it just assumed that it vibrates because it says it does in the description.
Had lots of stamping of feet from sims who wanted to talk to a sim that went through the sekrit bookcase. I'd prefer there to be a 'where did they go' animation (a bit like the 'hmm what shall I buy/I am lost customer' OFB animation) as opposed to the feet stamping.
I was intrigued by the room mate going off to 'run errands' for about 5 sim hours and wondered what he was going to bring back. Unfortunately it was nothing. Also noted that the room mate did not seem to be responsible for half the bills just the rent.
My mean witch did not appear to turn green. Perhaps you have to be evil as opposed to just mean in order for the greenness.
KLGFCG:
Likes:
- Maxed out good witch (infallibly good witch) = pretty. The new skintone is subtle with the little sparklies and the sparkling effect is KEWL. The magic effects when casting a spell, making stuff in the cauldron... also purdy.
- Most of the objects are very nice
- So far, apartments don't seem too laggy
- New height variation for wall hangings without having twelve gajillion meshes designed to give that effect
- Playground stuffeths FTW. I especially like the "play on playground" interaction so they autonomously move amongst the equipment choices.
- New NH deco - power plant and pond are especially nice, alleys are so-so
Dislikes:
- Gee, Eaxis, great job, you learned how to make age conversions of your meshes. Too bad you did it an EP later so all the good FT clothes that were worth converting had already been converted by the community. Uhg. The teen gypsy clothes, sweater vest/skirt combo, male sweaters... already had those. But, ya know, thanks. Glad you learned something new.
- I'm about 50/50 on the new clothes... some are really nice, some are pretty fug. I'm not big on the whole "here is my midsection, let me show you it," trend, nor the super tight outfits.
- 30 new hairs, my ass. We need 6 different colored barrettes or ponytail holders WHY? Who plays zoomed in enough to actually make it that noticeable?
In all, so far I'm liking it muchly. I personally think it's a nice way to finish out TS2.
Hecubus:
Annoyed by:
- the way you have to do the new roofs; it's not an actual roof, but rather pieces in Buy/Decorative/Other that you place
- the 45-degree view; clearly it's just to show off the ceiling cat
Amused by:
- the Sims3 poster (Buy/Decorative/Wall)
- the eerie similarities between new duct work and CycloneSue's duct work
So far I've just looked around... will play and do some building later this afternoon.
Kyna:
I discovered I couldn't place my hacky boxes (batbox, macrotastics box, lotsynctimer) outside an apartment as nothing can be placed in a communal area. I think of those as being "out of world" items, and normally place them outside the house. I tried turning dorm build mode on (since that works for community lots and hotels) but that didn't allow me to place them either.
I played a pre-made couple with a child and toddler - and found that the child's bedroom is adjacent to the neighbour's wall. She was woken up by noise, and by the time she woke up she wasn't tired enough to go back to sleep. Fortunately the toddler was close to aging up, and I managed to squeeze 2 beds into his tiny room in a configuration that is definitely not realistic.
Quote from: msalwaysright on 2008 August 27, 18:07:36
When I played a house where the family already knew both witches, they came over on day one, but I have yet to see them while playing any other families.
I also didn't notice anyone popping up with any witch type wants other than the the first family.
The Cordial twins, the remake of the Pleasant twins, right down to their grandparents' names - Sage & Coralia (Herb & Coral) and Jeffrey & Artemis (Jeff and Diane). Faizah was playing them, and she said the house suffers from the "remove the roof and lose half the upstairs walls" issue, so we assume it's not weatherproof. The design is a modification of the Pleasant house, and since EAxis were modifying the house anyway I don't know why they didn't make it weatherproof. At least this time the twins both have black hair, as they should.
J. M. Pescado:
Quote from: mildlydisguised on 2008 August 27, 18:14:18
The More Awesome Than You bed, is that meant to have a vibrate option? Or is it just assumed that it vibrates because it says it does in the description.
It would naturally be ironic if the bed was, in fact, broken, and we had to fix it. :P
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