OK, so why would I want this mess?
Scotty:
Quote from: coltraz on 2009 May 31, 00:17:42
Quote from: TashaFaun on 2009 May 29, 20:15:21
Quote from: missyye on 2009 May 29, 20:11:15
It's not that bad. That's what I thought at first but it's starting to grow on me, slowly but surely. On a positive note does anyone have any idea how to move in a sim from another household? Im getting irritated now because I CAN'T DO IT. They've woohooed, they can try for a baby yet there is no option for move in. How? Enlighten me please.
I get that option under "friendly" as soon as I become friends with a sim. I'm not sure why you wouldn't have it.
I can't find the option to, 'ask to move in' either. WTF! It's just not there.
My self Sim had a visitor at his house, and they were becoming good friends. I was just about to look for the move in interaction, when the other Sim asked mine to move in with HIM. I got the popup for it, saying something like how good they were getting along. So I clicked yes, and my Sim moved in with the other guy. That's new. :)
sanmonroe:
Quote from: GloamingMerle on 2009 May 31, 02:57:53
Quote from: sanmonroe on 2009 May 31, 00:17:23
Quote from: GloamingMerle on 2009 May 30, 21:13:20
Some people will think I'm crazy, but I actually prefer that third picture sanmonroe gave. At least it has some personality! Granted, it's amazing that the first artist is able to make a digital painting that looks exactly like a photograph, but making a painting that looks exactly like a photograph is pointless. You may as well just take an actual picture, and call it a day. Not to mention, in order for such artists to make those pieces they need a photograph of it first, which makes the whole situation redundant. I'd rather have imperfect creativity than robot-like perfection any day.
Aside from that rant, I would actually prefer to see diverse filter effects for sim paintings. I think it'd be pretty spiffy to see a sim using pointillism, a charcoal effect, ect.
Thats not a digitally made photo. That was done by hand by three guys.
It may not be high art, but it shows that when you want to hand paint something realistic, even burn out hippies with an airgun can do so.
I see now that it is in traditional media, so that was my mistake. However, I don't think that you understand what I meant by a digital painting. "Digitally made photo" implies something rather different, so I feel the need to explain. Painting on a canvas, and using a stylus to paint inside an art program both take equal amounts of skill. The weaknesses and strengths of the mediums are different, though. Thanks for the correction, but it doesn't actually change anything about my argument. A boring ass painting, is a boring ass painting, no matter which medium was used. Your last example in a separate post was a much better example of your point, but guess what? It's still not perfect realism.. The artist is still using a lot of impressionistic elements to influence the feel of the painting. This can mostly be seen in the background, and in the exaggerated light and darkness to draw your eye to certain details. I totally agree that the painting filters in the Sims 3 leave much to be desired, but I respect what they were trying to achieve. If the sim paintings were merely screenshots slapped onto a canvas, then you may as well have taken a screenshot and called it a day.
Arguing about the quality of paintings I posted is pointless. The point is that every custom painting in the game looks bad. It doesn't matter what they were "trying to achieve", Bob Dole can try to achieve an erection without viagra, but if in the process he shits the bed and vomits on Elizabeth then it doesn't matter if he got to half mast! Unless the Doles are into that sort of thing, then it is a big success! A simple screenshot slapped on the canvas would have been better than what we got.
GloamingMerle:
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Arguing about the quality of paintings I posted is pointless.
Well... You kinda made it the point when you used them for your argument that the Sims 3 paintings were crap, but apparently I digress. Sims 2 paintings merely being screenshots always defeated the purpose of having sim "paintings" for me.
coltraz:
Quote from: Scotty on 2009 May 31, 03:06:24
Quote from: coltraz on 2009 May 31, 00:17:42
Quote from: TashaFaun on 2009 May 29, 20:15:21
Quote from: missyye on 2009 May 29, 20:11:15
It's not that bad. That's what I thought at first but it's starting to grow on me, slowly but surely. On a positive note does anyone have any idea how to move in a sim from another household? Im getting irritated now because I CAN'T DO IT. They've woohooed, they can try for a baby yet there is no option for move in. How? Enlighten me please.
I get that option under "friendly" as soon as I become friends with a sim. I'm not sure why you wouldn't have it.
I can't find the option to, 'ask to move in' either. WTF! It's just not there.
My self Sim had a visitor at his house, and they were becoming good friends. I was just about to look for the move in interaction, when the other Sim asked mine to move in with HIM. I got the popup for it, saying something like how good they were getting along. So I clicked yes, and my Sim moved in with the other guy. That's new. :)
Interesting.
After my post, by the way, I found that to "ask to move in", you must entertain the potential room-mate with selections from the "Friendly" interaction, then, finally, the option appears. Apparently moving in has nothing to do with romance anymore, as I've never seen the option pop up under Romantic interactions.
Peel:
Quote from: Scotty on 2009 May 31, 03:06:24
My self Sim had a visitor at his house, and they were becoming good friends. I was just about to look for the move in interaction, when the other Sim asked mine to move in with HIM. I got the popup for it, saying something like how good they were getting along. So I clicked yes, and my Sim moved in with the other guy. That's new. :)
It does fall in line with this game being about "community" and the interaction of said community. There are some really good ideas in the game but for some reason I am just not excited by this game. Too linear, too easy (all you need to do is show up two days at work to get promoted - skills not required), or too many EA created characters running about for me perhaps. I have never played any of the in-game families as they hit the pail as soon as I started the game and townies and other assorted were avoided like the plague or killed never to regenerate again. I just can't put my finger on it but I have an over all feeling of "blah" about the whole thing. It just doesn't feel like my Sims living in my Sims' neighbourhood it feels like EA's Sims living in EA's neighbourhood and thus I don't give a shite about them.
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