Expansion Ideas & Speculation!

[olomaya]

But they'd have to be wacky ones like Llama Flu or Euzygitelinosizeniegynessitical Disease.

THIS. If they are going to have disease and illness then lighten it up by giving us bizarre symptoms like hallucinations, halitosis, temporary insanity, inability to speak in anything but llama sounds, erratic gestures, etc.

I'd also love to see a Hypochondriac trait added. They would get positive moodlets when they get sick and have the option to get check-ups at the hospital whenever they want. :P

[Ive]

I liked the depressed state with the tragic clown. Or the social bunny/therapist. That was pretty light hearted.

Hypochondriac would have been awesome :giggler:

[clynnc19]

I probably posted this several times in this thread, still hoping for weather. Seasons was my favorite expansion pack in the Sims 2. Not sure how many more expansion packs they are going to make, I just hope they can squeeze rain and snow in there somewhere.

[efolger997]

I liked the depressed state with the tragic clown. Or the social bunny/therapist. That was pretty light hearted.

Hypochondriac would have been awesome :giggler:

Yes! I know everyone wants 'their' disease/disorder in the Sims, but I still think it would be awesome to have more mental states as traits. They'd actually affect how your Sim acted as well. It'd probably be too complicated to have therapists, and medication, and all that (plus it might offend people), but I think it would still be cool to have traits like 'depressed', 'hypochondriac', 'anxious', 'optimistic', etc. They could still keep it lighthearted, but I think that would be so much fun. :) An Optimistic Sim would get a positive moodlet more often, while a Depressed Sim would get a 'sad' or 'lonely' moodlet often and at random.

[matrix54]

Well, Sims already have therapists, but it shouldn't have been limited to the Mid-Life Crisis. :(

[olomaya]

This is minor but I wish being Mayor actually meant something in the game. I also wish we could stay as Mayor if we wanted to instead of advancing in career and could keep the job so long as we were doing a good job (if you job bar goes into negative, you may get kicked out of office). We could pass town laws that don't actually do anything but might annoy some constituents who would then complain. We could also give "uplifting speeches" to constituents and at fundraising parties.

Also, if another Sim got to the Mayor level of their political career, there could be an election challenge where the candidates would have to make as many friends as possible in the next 24 hours in order to win. If the incumbent lost, you would just move up to the next level of the political track.

[tweezie0011]

Post all your ideas and thoughts on expansion packs for TS3 here!does any one know where i can find, or how to make sloped driveways so that i can have a garage on a foundation??

[abaddon653]

Sims 3: Secrets and Shadows

- Your Sim can join a secret society and help to keep the world safe or plot its downfall.
- Lots of secret goodies (Hidden doors, secret safes, objects disguised as other objects eg computer that folds out from a table)
- New missions that take you into secret installations and labs, can you survive and find the secrets hidden within?
- Spy cars, bikes and other vehicles.
- Recruit some of your more trusted friends as minions.

[Undercovers_Agent]

Why has there never been something where there are different decades with styles typical to the era. E.G. '50s '80s etc and then have items unlocked as the times go on but only take effect on new neighborhoods, much like sim city and how different buildings become available after different times.

[minimogut]

erratic gestures

Dear Lord. I read that as erotic gestures. :blink: MY BAD!

Sims 3: Secrets and Shadows

- Your Sim can join a secret society and help to keep the world safe or plot its downfall.
- Lots of secret goodies (Hidden doors, secret safes, objects disguised as other objects eg computer that folds out from a table)
- New missions that take you into secret installations and labs, can you survive and find the secrets hidden within?
- Spy cars, bikes and other vehicles.
- Recruit some of your more trusted friends as minions.
Yes. Please, for the love of all things holy, I want this! Of course, seeing as it is EA... :rolleyes:

[abaddon653]

Course no reason a few modders could not get together and release an unofficial expansion for Shadows and Secrets ;)

[rian90]

Sounds too much like World Adventures for me. :) Missions, hidden places, etc. I like the spy vehicles though and recruiting minions! :)

[Elphiron]

It should have come in generations, but I wish there would be some way of having an adult take custody of a child who isn't their biological offspring. A bit like adoption but not wipe memories or change the family tree (perhaps just have two lines, one going to greyed out biological parents, the other to adoptive parents).
I recently had a hot headed father and hot headed son living in the hose. The teen son got caught being out after curfew, the dad lectured, relationship went down, then they both went inside and proceeded to yell at each other until the dad SLAPPED the son. I mean, this game, where they put in place a curfew system to protect teens from roaming the streets at night, allows children to be physically attacked by their parents?! He now lives with his best friend's family in the spare room, but I'd love to be able to have him part of the family 'officially'.

[Prawler]

I'd really like an apocalypse style EP. so with lots of Grunge themed objects broken buildings, trashed objects etc and new interactions for example ZOMBIES that can bite and infect people, the hunted moodlet would appear for regular sims when a zombie was near, zombies would have their own way of walking (like the Mummy) and your sim would run away from them or brave sims would shoot them. Weaker sims would get caught and eaten. New ways of scavenging, so the ability for all sims to break into residential lots and steal food etc, be able to sleep on floors and hide in closets and set traps to capture zombies. If you kill a zombie the Grim Reaper wouldn't appear, and our deserted streets wouldnt be plagued by taxis.

Anyway, I dont see EA ever doing this, so I'm trying to get all the great creators to join a Community Project for making a post-apocalyptic world (the link is in my signature)

[BionixWV]

Snooty Sims is reporting that a few Italian sources are confirming "Supernatural" to be EP 7 in September.

[Johnny_Bravo]

An SP for not so wealthy Sims. ''Middle-class stuff'' or ''Hungry homeless hobo stuff'' :lol:

[matrix54]

I was looking at the pictures of the new Casino, and I noticed that, in the background, the world look new. Of course, it could have been a test world to show off the lot, but there are also new plants in the background.

http://na.llnet.sims3store.cdn.ea.com/u/f/sims/sims3/sims3store/objects/LuckySimoleon_SET/Thumbnail_688x336_ADD6.jpg
http://na.llnet.sims3store.cdn.ea.com/u/f/sims/sims3/sims3store/objects/LuckySimoleon_SET/Thumbnail_688x336_ADD8.jpg

I think we might be getting a new desert world. MIGHT. Those palm trees and the bushes are very unfamiliar. I thought it might be a willow at first, but it's not.

[Ive]

Where's this casino from?

I'm dying for a desert world but I guess it would be typical of Ea to limit expansion as always.

[cameranutz2]

Where's this casino from?


New @ the Store.

[Ive]

Fuming. I see the gambling set includes a gambling skill.

This should not be store content, END OF.

[gege_sml]

Fuming. I see the gambling set includes a gambling skill.

This should not be store content, END OF.

IKR? I even remember that survey before they released Showtime that asked what we wanted to see in a Casino

[matrix54]

Ok... before people get upset... Gambling is, actually, a Showtime skill (I think used in pool and.or dominoes) but it's hidden. :)

All this did was add it to the tab of real skills. Since I don't have the lot, I don't know if the two work in tandem.

[Mera Benzema]

That world looks great. Looks like Red Dead Redemption's mexico deserts. I hope we get that world soon.

[Ive]

Ok... before people get upset... Gambling is, actually, a Showtime skill (I think used in pool and.or dominoes) but it's hidden. :)

All this did was add it to the tab of real skills. Since I don't have the lot, I don't know if the two work in tandem.

Doesn't matter. Maybe it's there in the gamefiles and it's only just "coming out". But I still stand firm that a store item should not be the thing to add it to the skills tab.

[matrix54]

A Sim would build the skill regardless, only now you see it. It's the same thing. It's, literally, the same as the LL crystal tree building various skills, or a child or toddler building skills without the tab. It's not all that big of a deal.

Also, why does EA keep giving us desert palms. Desert cacti are far more useful, and needed.

[Elphiron]

When we get seasons (IF we get seasons :( ) I want a major swimming pool overhaul for summer time. I'm thinking some sims 2 style water slides, diving boards, maybe a jacuzzi that can be attached to the pool so sims can go from swimming to relaxing, toys like inflatables that sims can lie on or toss around, the ability to race each other up and down, swimming skill, marco polo, mini paddling pools for toddlers etc. For winter I'd like to see the return of those snowboard slopes from the original sims and maybe an outdoor heater thing so my sims can have winter barbecue parties! :)

[Shaxavier19]

Sims Vip reported a "Supernatural" EP as leaked by Amazon Italy.

[Ive]

A Sim would build the skill regardless, only now you see it. It's the same thing. It's, literally, the same as the LL crystal tree building various skills, or a child or toddler building skills without the tab. It's not all that big of a deal.

Also, why does EA keep giving us desert palms. Desert cacti are far more useful, and needed.

For the less savvy people who don't know this will go "Omg, A new skill!" and buy it. It's fail on EA's part to promote the store.

But yea, why not cacti?! :(

[Issie]

I want an interaction expansion. Maybe they can call it "The Sims Social" or something and make parties, outings, dates etc better.

Change the rabbitholes to have options. How hard would it be to open some rabbitholes (if it isn't possible due to the open neighbourhood mechanics, could you do a very small loading screen instead? but give both options perhaps?) I guess what I mean is you could perhaps have a door you can "enter", that way you could be in the restaurant and do all the restaurant type stuff with lots of people. Then leave the option to also do it the rabiithole way for people who don't want to bother. I'm not sure how it'd work or even if technically it could work but it'd be darn cool!

[Rushifell]

This might be more suiting for TS4 than an expansion, but here it goes:

I'd like sims to be more varied with their personalities. want them to feel more like different individuals with different personalities, opinions and ways of seeing the world.

I feel like all sims are pretty much the same person, with different shells. Sure, they have some traits that separates them, but are still very much alike. They use pretty much the same body language when they interract with each other, they interract in pretty much the same ways (with the exception of "evil" type sims that might use insults more frequentely) etc.

I don't find the whole moodlet-thing very helpful with this. A shy sim might get a bad moodlet for being around people, but it won't show. The sims will look just as neutral as any other, talk about the same things, using the same body language etc as a charismatic sim. If I see a crowd of sims, there are very few traits that I can spot just by looking at how they act. Sure, a flirty sim might use flirty interractions more often that a non-flirty, but other than that, it feels as if everything just goes down to numbers.

Like how many percents chance there is for a sim to use a certain interraction, based on their traits. How many percent faster it will be to level up a skill based on their traits. How many percents chance a sim will have to cook an outstanding meal compared to a good one based on their traits. And so on.

I wish there was more to it. A shy sim could talk slower and quieter, having a closed up body language, react awkward to certain topics, while an energetic sim would gesticulate like crazy, talking loudly, jump into discussions about any topic etc. A shy sim might open up in time when s/he's close to someone, while an energetic sim might calm down in the right company.

It would be interesting to add some challenge to the whole social deal aswell. We have "favorites" that merely acts as a way to recieving an extra moodlet bonus. Add some dislikes aswell. Heck, add a slider for wether other sims generally view your sim as attractive or not. Add favorites based on traits! "My sim is attracted to ambitious people, and loaths slobs".

I don't know if its just me, but I feel that creating sims and creating relationships between them is a big aspect of what makes the game fun. I wish that sims would be more colourful and different from each other to add some extra flavours to that part of the game. As it is now, the most important part generally is how they look, as it adds more to how you can imagine their personalities to be, rather than what their actual traits tells about them.

[Ive]

I would like more life stages. Somewhere between adult end elder, and between toddler and child.

Rushifell: I feel sad now. You put into words something I haven't been able to point out was lacking. Now I feel sad because the game is so shallow, and the only upgrade we would see would maybe see in TS4.

[Menaceman44]

Seems like a step backwards from TS2 actually, as you could actually tell a shy Sim from and outgoing Sim by watching the body language.

[Chellliie]

First time posting. This thread is just perfect for what I've been thinking. For a seasons expansion, I'd really like for them to have new traits. Warm-blooded and cold-blooded. If it's summer time, warm-blooded sims would get a negative moodlet because they are hot, and opposite for the cold-blooded ones.

I'd like to see them add more chores. Mowing the lawn, and raking leaves, shoveling the driveway. Moodlets for that too. (Feels accomplished from doing housework or something).

Plus, you'd have to change your Sim's outfit for each season. Get moodlets like "Is too exposed. From cold weather." "Is too warm. From hot weather." Let's try sunburned and chapped skin too if they've been outside too long. Go farther and get heat stroke and hypothermia.

Add ice cream cones or icepops or both. Perfect with hamburgers right? Plus, I want my puppies to play fetch in the pool. Too fun I think.

You know what... EA should start paying me the bucks. xD

[ama88]

first time posting! i would love to see sims 3 under the sea (with mermaids, sharks, and other sea life) and sims 3 stone age (with dinosaurs, caveman outfits, rock houses) or maybe even a sims 3 eras/decades stuff pack (with popular stuff from the 20s to the 90s or higher. poodle skirts, hippie outfits etc. or maybe even colonial stuff too. i'm thinking pride and prejudice dresses and outfits, powdered wigs, scandal if they woohoo and get pregnant before marriage). i realize they have the sims medieval but its not an expansion to the base game of sims 3. i would also like to see a holiday/wedding/celebration stuff pack.

also, to the post above me, we already have ice cream. an ice cream truck comes around in the pets expansion. :)

[matrix54]

You know what would be great? If EA released more modern shells for the players to build with. Seeing as we currently can't build past 5 floors (which ridiculous) I limits the game dramatically. Shells are a decent replacement, but only having metropolitan shells is a bit of a drag, especially when city building. Modern style shells for condos would be really nice, in my opinion.

[MandyMarie87]

I'd like to see an Ikea stuff pack like they had for the Sims 2. I'd also like to see a combined washer/dryer (like they have in condos) and double strollers for twins.

As for the clothes, some more swimwear would be nice as well as a nautical theme for summer.

[swirlisawesome]

Medical Stuff, like wheelchairs, casts, crutches, SICKNESSES, and disorders. :D

[Rare Blue Skittle]

I really think they should benefit from expanding more on the community aspect of The Sims 3. There aren't very many proper shops. For TS1, we had Hot Date, which not only allowed Sims to date at restaurants, but we had places to shop. TS3 has a lack of shops, like clothing shops for example. It would be cool if we had more of a downtown shopping feel to the game. We need more functional shops and locales. Examples (including ones we already have): Diner, Restaurant, Fancy Restaurant, Movie Theater, Clothing Store (varieties), Bakery, Candy Store, Magic Store, Pet Shop (with an addition of small pets like lizards, turtles, hamsters, rats, etc.), Cafe, Bookstore/Library, Museum, Laundromat, Bars (varieties), Parks, Flower Shop, Movie Store, Music Store, Grocery Store, Public Spa, Auto Parts Store/Car Repair, Farmer's Market, Clubs (varieties), Toy Store, Magic Arena (maybe in Supernatural?), Outdoor Sports Venue, Sporting Goods Store, Ice Cream Parlor, Collectibles Store, and probably even more. We should even be able to make a mall with all of these stores in them. Other features include starting your own businesses, whether it would be baked goods, designing clothes, composing music, etc. Now, as for a name, I have a bunch

The Sims 3: City Life
The Sims 3: Shopping Spree
The Sims 3: Money Matters
The Sims 3: Back to Business
The Sims 3: Downtown

[matrix54]

^ We have quite a few of those. It's limited to just the register (shame), but it is there.

[chreai]

Things that I've thought of that could be put in Sims 4 or future TS3 EPs:


Biking around town adds to the athletic skill. Why this has not already been implemented is beyond me.
Sports. I want my Sims to be able to play baseball and football games with other Sims instead of just playing catch! (and other sports too, of course) I was actually shocked and disappointed at the limitations of the ball when I first had a Sim use one.
Being able to have bands with singers <----Why couldn't this have been added with Showtime?
Being able to go for strolls around town with other Sims. It would build the athletic skill and would also fill the social need.
Sims are able to swim in lakes, ponds and rivers. Another wonderment of mine as to why Sims can't already do this.
Water sports such as boating, sailing, tubing, skiing, scuba diving, snorkeling, surfing, parasailing, canoeing, kayaking. (I realize some of those would be hard to implement into the game, but even a few water activities would be great.) Jet skis would also be available. In addition, it would be nice to be able to fish from a boat. And to have islands that can only be gotten to by ferry, or similar transportation, would be cool too.
amusement parks and carnivals! 'nuff said. And, along those lines, how about a circus?
community festivities in relation to holidays: fireworks, bbqs, parades (tho I'm not sure how that would be doable), etc. Perhaps they could work like special opportunities. They could have NPCs that are in charge of certain events and a notification could pop up saying that, e.g., "a bbq is starting at such-and-such park in celebration of such-and-such Day." And there could be some random themed festivals just for the fun of it, similar to, for example, the Minnesota Renaissance Festival. Tho, considering that at RenFest there are a ton of food stands, shops, and stage performances, as well as palm readers and face painters and such, that sort of festival could be a type of carnival, I suppose. The ability to build your own carnival would be an awesome bonus!!
The dancing skill would be an active skill instead of a hidden one. This would also result in a new LTW for a Sim to become a professional dancer. Level gains would unlock new, cooler dance moves. Again, why EA hasn't already done this baffles me. Ideally, this would have been added to Showtime as well.


Anyways, these are just a few of my ideas and I will most likely be adding to the list in the future.

[SimsForever15]

Maybe The Sims Studio can create an Expansion Pack called The Sims 3: Hobbies, which is similar to The Sims 2: Freetime and they could add sports like soccer, basketball, baseball, hockey, and baseball. They could also add sewing and more instruments. Finally, I think they should reintroduce sickness such as chicken pox, fever, and flu and acne to add medicine, Grandma's Comfort Soup and acne cream.

[chreai]

They could also add sewing and more instruments.

Yes! I love this idea. This would have been a nice addition to Ambitions for the stylist profession, or even a separate fashion design career, where you can put on fashion shows and sell your line of custom clothing at the consignment store. There could be special outfits that unlock with each new level. That would be a very cool career indeed! Doubt it'll happen for TS3 but maybe for TS4.

On a separate note, I'm wondering why EA, with Generations, gave children the ability to dream and either have good dreams or nightmares, but adults can't do this. Adults should be able to have dreams too, I think.

[matrix54]

At least children can something that adult can't, for once. :vlol:

[Rare Blue Skittle]

Ever wanted to create a lavish apartment complex to house all of your Sims without the burden of having to go to far for social stimulation? Wish your Sim could have their own studio place without the bothers of the world? Well now your Sims can with The Sims 3: Community Living Expansion Pack! When your teenage Sims grow up to become Young Adults and head to a University, they need a place to stay! You can now create large dorms, either divided by gender, or unisex dorms, for your Young Adult Sims. However, dorm rooms can be expensive, especially if your Sims are only in school and have a part time job, and your Sims are subjected to tuition fees. However, if they rent a studio apartment, their cost will drop dramatically. Your Sims can either rent a studio or penthouse apartment, or a basic multi-room apartment, or can look at your town's bulletin board to see if their are any rooms for rent at a house or apartment complex. But families and single Sims can also rent an apartment or room as well. A bachelor Sim can rent an apartment, A pair of sister Sims can rent an apartment together, or maybe your elderly Sims prefer to move into a retirement home so they can get away from the family that continually treats them like kids, and more as the possibilities are endless! You also have a new career path as a "landlord" however, if you treat your inhabitants badly in the complex you own or manage, you may be given the title of "slumlord" instead! In this career path, you must work on maintenance problems, answer the needs of your Sims, and make sure everyone pays their rent on time! You can create a total of 16 units per apartment complex, each with their own families. Your dorms can be up to 10 rooms per dorm, with up to 3 Sims in a room. Hesitant about creating apartments? No worries! Buena Vista Acres features pre-built apartments, studio, and penthouse locales so you can see what communal living is all about!

Other Possible Names:
The Sims 3: Movin' Out
The Sims 3: Graduation
The Sims 3: Communal Life
The Sims 3: Apartment Life

[thewp7man]

Already started a thread similar to this, but I'm posting this here because it's relevant to the topic :) I made this out of boredom, and it's not really a solid idea but it could work.

The idea: We could pick out some of the best mods/objects on MTS, put them together and make a setup file that extracts the cc into the "mods" folder. It's basically a fake stuff pack (which is why I called it Custom Stuff)

http://www.modyourpanties.com/hosting/38718_120804105931stuffpack.jpg

[Ynouva]

I really do hope EA makes a proper Open for Business EP. The possibilities of a business gameplay with TS3's open world sounds really awesome to me.

I know that TS3 is already on 8 EPs (2 are yet to be released) and there's a lot of talk that Seasons might be the last one. But still I'm very hopeful that we would have OFB before TS3 says goodbye...after that I can die happy!

[Ive]

... and proper apartments. Dear god EA, give me apartments.

I'm sick of having to fence everything in :(

[ibisskarakusa]

TS3: Spore Friends (True but True Aliens Expansion Pack): EA missed that spore can be so cool + The Sims.

Ideas:
More Pets.
More Aliens. (No only one alien)
Traveling in Space.
And more.....

[Ive]

I just thought today, I would love to see a sims radio channel. So that we can place stereos etc in the kitchen for example and have them listen to it.
Could give a "keeping up" moodlet or something.

Sound greatly adds to the atmosphere of the game IMO.

[Menaceman44]

I just thought today, I would love to see a sims radio channel. So that we can place stereos etc in the kitchen for example and have them listen to it.
Could give a "keeping up" moodlet or something.

Sound greatly adds to the atmosphere of the game IMO.

I like the sound of that. To make a radio different to the regular stereos it could have a random mixture of music from all of the different stations in the game interspersed with Simlish talking sections as though the DJs were chatting or a news broadcast was being aired.

[Ive]

Yea :) could also have different stations like news, kids, teens, love music.

[Sprue]

a radio like the one in GTA would be cool :D

[Celebriton]

a radio like the one in GTA would be cool :D

LOL

Except it speak in simmish...........

[matrix54]

I was looking though color palettes and I just realized it'd be amazing to have somewhere to store color palettes in game, rather than writing them down somewhere. I'll settle for making my library extra large by making a bunch of them and saving them as collections, but, yeah, it'd be nice. :)

[matrix54]

They should release a Sim-less version of Build-Buy mode. D:

[crocobaura]

They should release a Sim-less version of Build-Buy mode. D:

Why no sims? I like to test the routing in my new lots, there's always routing issues, and I can't do that without sims.

[matrix54]

Like how Create-A-Sim doesn't have a world for Sims to live in. Except it's not for the purpose of routing, but building and buying. :)

OK, a generic test blob with little to no AI, except routing.

[crocobaura]

Like how Create-A-Sim doesn't have a world for Sims to live in. Except it's not for the purpose of routing, but building and buying. :)

OK, a generic test blob with little to no AI, except routing.

Well, there's CAW and we can always use a tiny empty world for the purpose of just building lots.

[matrix54]

But the game has to load everything else. When the game loads, it loads the whole game - I just want to build stuff. Even when I test a house is a small world, the game has to load 3 horses, a raccoon, a stray cat, a stray dog, a performer, and 3 paparazzi. :wtf:

[crocobaura]

But the game has to load everything else. When the game loads, it loads the whole game - I just want to build stuff. Even when I test a house is a small world, the game has to load 3 horses, a raccoon, a stray cat, a stray dog, a performer, and 3 paparazzi. :wtf:

When you use CAW to build lots, there are no animals and such in the world. For in-game testing, just create a world big enough to accomodate the largest lot size and you don't need to worry about loading time.

[matrix54]

Oh, now I see what you mean. I'll still have to load CAW, then the world, then EIG. :rofl:

To test for issue, I'll have to save and exit everything, load the Sims 3, Load a town, plop down the lot and wait for that to load.

That's a lot of loading to build and test lol

[Ive]

I really wish they would include in some expansion a job performance lock.

So if you locked it, your sim could neither advance or get demoted. To keep poor sims poor, even when you don't play them :)

[olomaya]

Now that oceans have become routeable, we definitely need boats: fishing boats, kayaks, jet skis, parasails and yachts in the game. Real fishermen who take their boats out every morning and bring in huge hauls to sell at markets (with new things to catch like lobster, clams, octopus). Proper piers where you can dock vessels and dolphins, great whites, blue whales for observing/swimming with. Oh and lifeguards on public beaches to warn about shark attacks or save drowning Sims.

[Ive]

^ for some reason that made me think of the old TS1 adverts where real people acted like sims.
There was one were they were on the beach and there was a lifeguard I think.

[Jayson422]

For all the people wanting clothing stores, how exactly would they completely switch how clothes work near the end of the game??? Think logically. Anyway, I think the sims 3 needs city districts, where you can travel to surrounding neighborhoods, meet the locales, find jobs in other cities, buy expensive new things, visit lots exclusive to the district. Introduce traffic, stop lights, better funerals, new objects, souveniers.etc. And for the sim characters themselves, re-introduces fears. Maybe make all sims have dating preferences, like fit people or blonde hair. Long-distance relationships, extreme sports, holidays, beliefs, new traits, home buisnesses. And my best suggestion yet..... smarter A.I. So they live their lives to the fullest, throw parties, and try to have fun. That would be all. :D

[matrix54]

Since you want to throw around "logic", go download the clothes shopping mod. ;)

[nataodzanata]

Hi! I am wondering if new Vampires in Supernatural will overwrite old Vampires, because I love how old Vampires look like.

[Duxfever]

^ I would assume so, yeah. But if it gets to the point where it bothers you, I'm sure you can just make your vampire look like the old ones or something.


And has anyone else ever thought they could combine University, Open For Business, and Apartment Life into one EP?

It would be a "post-graduation" pack, or something. There was totally a much better term to describe that, but I completely forgot what it was. But it would be like, after your Teen sims graduate from high school, they're free to live their lives however that want. They could head off to college, open up a business, or live in an apartment or something (yeah, I know that's not discrete but just to give some perspective).

[MrsPuddleduck]

I miss the beach lots. There could be a childrens nursery too. A beach vacation EP. Hotels and Guest Houses. Proper shops and businesses, Proper Cafes and Restaurants, all not rabbit holes. I don't like the rabbit holes.

[MrsPuddleduck]

Ever wanted to create a lavish apartment complex to house all of your Sims without the burden of having to go to far for social stimulation? Wish your Sim could have their own studio place without the bothers of the world? Well now your Sims can with The Sims 3: Community Living Expansion Pack! When your teenage Sims grow up to become Young Adults and head to a University, they need a place to stay! You can now create large dorms, either divided by gender, or unisex dorms, for your Young Adult Sims. However, dorm rooms can be expensive, especially if your Sims are only in school and have a part time job, and your Sims are subjected to tuition fees. However, if they rent a studio apartment, their cost will drop dramatically. Your Sims can either rent a studio or penthouse apartment, or a basic multi-room apartment, or can look at your town's bulletin board to see if their are any rooms for rent at a house or apartment complex. But families and single Sims can also rent an apartment or room as well. A bachelor Sim can rent an apartment, A pair of sister Sims can rent an apartment together, or maybe your elderly Sims prefer to move into a retirement home so they can get away from the family that continually treats them like kids, and more as the possibilities are endless! You also have a new career path as a "landlord" however, if you treat your inhabitants badly in the complex you own or manage, you may be given the title of "slumlord" instead! In this career path, you must work on maintenance problems, answer the needs of your Sims, and make sure everyone pays their rent on time! You can create a total of 16 units per apartment complex, each with their own families. Your dorms can be up to 10 rooms per dorm, with up to 3 Sims in a room. Hesitant about creating apartments? No worries! Buena Vista Acres features pre-built apartments, studio, and penthouse locales so you can see what communal living is all about!

Other Possible Names:
The Sims 3: Movin' Out
The Sims 3: Graduation
The Sims 3: Communal Life
The Sims 3: Apartment Life

Ye :) s I love that idea, but I want the Communal Lots to be arranged so that you can play all the sims and apartments at the same time. I did not like the Apartments in TS2 as you could not play all the families together in an Apartment Lot, or see all the Apartments.

[purexevil666]

Does this sound a bit suspicious? http://www.twitlonger.com/show/j2coh0
people have rightly pointed out

[matrix54]

*cue old survey images of the business + vacation combo EP*

[TMBrandon]

There's also still hope for a university EP, and I don't know, after finally getting Magic and Seasons I don't have much doubt that we'll also get University.

.@netjie77 No, and I'm not really sure where people get that connection. You couldn't go to boarding school - that was the entire point of it =P RT @netjie77 @SimGuruGraham Does that mean that Generations was like University because of graduation and boarding school? I really hope not!! We want U!


http://www.twitlonger.com/show/iuvt18

[writerchick]

I'd love to see a business + vacation EP, as well as a University EP which allowed for more than young adult sims to attend Uni. (For example, prodigy youngsters or teens can attend college classes while still living at home with their parents.) It would be nice if unis was added to current hoods, rather than creating a new college world; though I wonder if you could use Twallan's traveler mod to travel to any world and use that as your college location, then move back to your original world to settle down...?

Hardcore farming would also be nice...

And maybe a fair/theme park/carnival EP, with lots of rides and stuff. (Though we already have or are getting some of this, like the hot dog venders and arcade games...)

I'd also like to see a "Just Starting Out" SP to go along with a Uni EP or for your starter sims, which contains plenty of cheap furniture and accessories. It doesn't all have to look like crap, though that could be good. Maybe you could use handiness/creative/artistic skills to improve the appearance and usefulness of items. (Think reupholstering sofas and chairs, or refinishing tables and other wood furniture.) So you could start off with a piece which looks terrible -- say, a sofa covered with duct tape to keep holes in the upholstery from getting worse -- and as your sim gains skill, they can fix the sofa to be covered in better fabric. All that could easily be done with stencils and such which could be removed as the item is improved; in other words, no need for new meshes. Broken down furniture -- sofas with sagging cushions or chairs with wobbly legs -- would require new meshes, but they'd be such fun! (And EA could use existing basegame meshes to make the broken down version which the new piece turns into once repaired...)

A full-on sports/leisure activities EP, like Free Time, except better. With more activities -- baseball, football, field hockey, tennis. Sports which can be done individually, played head-to-head, or with teams. Also ballet and other dance types, more instruments (as for a school band).

I'd like to see an EP or new Store worlds which take us to places like New Orleans, New York, Paris (the French world in WA doesn't count!), or other places which for some simmers wouldn't necessarily be exotic, but for some of us would.

I'd also love to see an EP which is set sometime in the past, like Munich in the 18th Century, where your sims not only have the ability to live in the past, but maybe solve some kind of mystery... They could even meet sim versions of famous historic figures of the time.

[olomaya]

*cue old survey images of the business + vacation combo EP*

If they did release that Island Time EP and added full restaurants to it, I think I'd be happier than when the Seasons trailer came out.

I'd also love to see more leisure activities, particularly group activities with 5 or more Sims. It could work like outings did in TS3 where a dialog box pulled up a list of your friends and you selected who you wanted. Then they could all meet up at the basketball court or football field and play together. Or you could set up a team and then just "Practice with team" or even play other NPC teams.

[matrix54]

Where's the island time name coming from? I'm usually up to date on everything, but this is news to me. :rofl:

[olomaya]

Oh, just from me, it's not a thing. :P I just called it that because the idea is based on an island and they mentioned something about "island time" in the survey.

[Periandre]

I thought this response from SimGuruGraham yesterday was interesting:

.@edenabbi You travel in each of them, but as people have rightly pointed out, World Adventures has a big focus on tomb exploration and well... adventuring. I see them as serving different purposes. RT @edenabbi @SimGuruGraham, hi, is world adventures the equivalent of Bon voyage? Because I've heard rumours of a vacation themed extension, thank you!

Seems in the past that the party line was World Adventures=Bon Voyage, Ambitions=OFB, looks like that thinking is shifting.

Every store world with the exception of Riverview (and possibly Lunar Lakes) has had some travel element in it, even if it were just the backstories of the sim households. SimGurus are pushing Twallan's mod, blogs going on about being curious about what goes on in a rabbithole and a sudden emphasis on you being able to tell the stories you want -- from community lots no less :blink: (stressed with the spa items).

I know wishful thinking may be coloring my opinion but I really believe the next EP will have travel and hotels -- full service hotels as the survey put it.

I even think that Moonlight Falls makes more sense when you can travel to and from it. (Though I still want the lunar cycle in every world *grumble*)

Edit: Sorry didn't read follow link above, but the rest of my post stands

[LotrFanboy]

I hate to come off as greedy, especially considering what we've been told in the past (Ambitions = OFB), but I'm very skeptical about trying to combine the OFB and vacations themes together. I want a Sims 3 version of OFB more than CLP wants more romantic interactions, and I'm afraid that by trying to do a combination EP like this EA will be biting off more than they can chew and we'll wind up with something that feels half finished. Either the vacation aspect won't feel complete or the OFB aspects will fall short. Or perhaps both themes will suffer.

Running a hotel sounds really cool and all, but if that's all the OFB part of it is going to be then I'm still going to feel disappointed. I want bowling alleys, shopping, open restaurants, and bakeries back. I want to be able to run a whole host of different businesses, not just a single hotel themed business.

But either way, this island time expansion sounds far better than nothing. And like I said, I'll take what I can get at this point.

EDIT: By the way, I love your ideas, writerchick. Your list of EPs you'd like to see is extremely similar to mine, even down to the order in which you listed them. I'd be ecstatic if we somehow got all of those EPs, although I know that's not going to happen.

A full-on sports/leisure activities EP, like Free Time, except better. With more activities -- baseball, football, field hockey, tennis. Sports which can be done individually, played head-to-head, or with teams. Also ballet and other dance types, more instruments (as for a school band).

Definitely this. And speaking of sports, an object I'd like to see that I don't think I've ever seen mentioned by anyone else is a batting cage. Baseball in its entirety would be too difficult to do, but they could do a 2x8 (or thereabouts) object surrounded by netting, with a batters box on one end and an automatic pitching machine on the other. Like soccer, they could attach a skill to it, so that those sims who aren't skilled swing and miss a lot while those who are more proficient tend to rip more line drives. I think the animations for such an object could be pretty funny. There could even be a chance that the machine throws an errant ball that your sim either has to duck out of the way of or else get hit in the ribs with (accompanied by a new "Ouch! That stings!" hit-by-pitch moodlet :lol: ). As a baseball fan, I'd love to see this.

[crocobaura]

I'd love to see a business + vacation EP, as well as a University EP which allowed for more than young adult sims to attend Uni. (For example, prodigy youngsters or teens can attend college classes while still living at home with their parents.) It would be nice if unis was added to current hoods, rather than creating a new college world; though I wonder if you could use Twallan's traveler mod to travel to any world and use that as your college location, then move back to your original world to settle down...?



I woudn't want a whole EP dedicated to university. The way neighbourhoods are set up this time, all they have to do is enable sims to attend college classes at the school RH, pretty much the same way they attend fishing and guitar classes.

[Periandre]

I hate to come off as greedy, especially considering what we've been told in the past (Ambitions = OFB), but I'm very skeptical about trying to combine the OFB and vacations themes together. I want a Sims 3 version of OFB more than CLP wants more romantic interactions, and I'm afraid that by trying to do a combination EP like this EA will be biting off more than they can chew and we'll wind up with something that feels half finished. Either the vacation aspect won't feel complete or the OFB aspects will fall short. Or perhaps both themes will suffer...

I agree with you. But with the initial coding in the game, there is an extremely talented TS3 modding community that will no what to do with it, even if EA didn't. :)

[matrix54]

Modder's have already given us businesses. Clothes shopping as well. EA's just in a position where catering to fans or doing the series justice isn't exactly on the "To Do" list.

[Periandre]

I woudn't want a whole EP dedicated to university. The way neighbourhoods are set up this time, all they have to do is enable sims to attend college classes at the school RH, pretty much the same way they attend fishing and guitar classes.

Between Twallan's travel mod, career mod and the major careers you can do that now.

[LotrFanboy]

Modder's have already given us businesses. Clothes shopping as well.

Sort of, but not really. I'm familiar with Ani's clothes shopping mod, as well as her Shop From Inventory mod. They're great, for what they are. But even Ani herself has made it clear how much she still wants a proper OFB EP.

[TMBrandon]

I woudn't want a whole EP dedicated to university. The way neighbourhoods are set up this time, all they have to do is enable sims to attend college classes at the school RH, pretty much the same way they attend fishing and guitar classes.

This may just be me but I disagree...I'd rather have a complete new hood to emphasize the college life. There's so much you can do with a UNI, especially with a new hood with new stories to tell. Dorms would be a new form of a cross between apartments and houses. There could even be the possibility of a new apartment type rather than highrise. And then the new careers or like LTW such as "Physcologist" or "All Around Professor" plus they could add new hobbies. For instance cheer leading or even gymnastics (simple stuff). And then streaking can make a return and maybe even a annual streak fest after finals like in American Pie. There's more than enough stuff for a UNI EP, hell if Magic got a entire EP, UNI better get one as well. IMHO.

[matrix54]

Sort of, but not really. I'm familiar with Ani's clothes shopping mod, as well as her Shop From Inventory mod. They're great, for what they are. But even Ani herself has made it clear how much she still wants a proper OFB EP.

I know it's not perfect (by any means is it a replacement for what SHOULD BE), but I'm happy to have the bare bones "starter kit" pieces in place for when I do want to start a business.

The clothes shopping mod is THE BEST. It gives that boring clothes rack some life!

[clay4kelly]

This may just be me but I disagree...I'd rather have a complete new hood to emphasize the college life. There's so much you can do with a UNI, especially with a new hood with new stories to tell. Dorms would be a new form of a cross between apartments and houses. There could even be the possibility of a new apartment type rather than highrise. And then the new careers or like LTW such as "Physcologist" or "All Around Professor" plus they could add new hobbies. For instance cheer leading or even gymnastics (simple stuff). And then streaking can make a return and maybe even a annual streak fest after finals like in American Pie. There's more than enough stuff for a UNI EP, hell if Magic got a entire EP, UNI better get one as well. IMHO.
I agree. Many simplify University's potential as just "learning skills in a rabbit hole". There's much greater depth in gameplay possible, as you explained.

I'd just hope it'd be a vast improvement from TS2 Uni...

[SimsForever15]

I like some of these ideas, but some of these features are already here, but stripped down.
WA=BV
A=OFB
LN=NL
G=
P=P
ST=SS(TS1)
SN=AL/MM(TS1)
S=S

[fightanECLIPSE]

I like the idea of an Urban neighborhood, I also want my toddlers to be able to do more. I was very excited with the stroller, and the sandboxes, but I feel like they should be able to go swimming (they need kiddie pools) and be able to aggravate their older siblings, like wanting what they have, and crying when they don't get it, and they should be able to fight with their twins/siblings, I think Generations had SO much potential, but fell flat for me. I also want my Husbands/Wives to be able to scold their children, and that'd determine if they'd have good traits or bad traits. (like in the age up trait selector, they'd show you good traits as opposed to the bad ones and vice versa) I also think more school messages should pop up, and parent teacher conferences and such should be created like. . in case a kleptomaniac child was caught stealing a mascot, or a rebellious teen was in school refusing to work or being disruptive. I think we should be able to ground for that and scold their behavior.

[TMBrandon]

In all honesty, the idea seems fun, but I don't think it would necessarily work out. I love the idea of being able to fly around and fight crime and all that, but there isn't much crime in Sims 3 to begin with and as for the whole batman thing, imagine the animations. But you do make a good point that it would be a better standalone like Medieval.

[Menaceman44]

I think a lot of people are disagreeing because it sounds much more like a standalone game rather than an expansion. Plus I cannot imagine EA teaming up with Marvel or DC to allow their characters into the game. It would sort of destroy the world of The Sims. If this was ever to happen then EA would come up with their own heroes and villians like Llama Man or something equally rediculous.

[PHaNt0MhAl0]

Your right, I forgot to mention that EA shouldn't team up with DC or Marvel, they should make their own heroes.
But who still thinks they should include making your own hero or villian outfits or something? (if they make a standalone game)

Besides, now that I'm here, I say one more thing, I'm deleting all my other posts from MTS
and this will be the last to go, so people have time to read this... I'm now going
silent due to some things I'm not saying! At least I can say, Thanks

to saying the hero idea would be a good standalone game, with EA's own heroes
and villians. I'd still be thrilled if they did it, I don't care anymore about DC or Marvel
I have my very own heroes and villains in mind...

Edit: Second last post, can't delete one of
my threads :(

[Periandre]

A petition has been started in the official forums about the Island Time Vacation EP.

In the poster's initial post (http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/596406.page#9570095) (admittedly misplaced in the store thread), he added screenshots of the survey one of which I don't remember seeing.

The page indicates careers that could come with the EP -- witch doctor, lifeguard, treasure hunter and mountain ranger.

Also the missing (from Seasons) beach activities: sunbathing, beach volleyball, beach parties, sport fishing and snorkeling.

Edit (11/10/12): Link removed, explanation below.

[Alliteration]

What is it with the official forums and starting petitions? They do nothing.

[rian90]

There are number of EPs I want before an Island Time EP.

[DigitalSympathies]

What is it with the official forums and starting petitions? They do nothing.

What is it with the original forums doing nothing to begin with? Haha. You post something there and it's drowned within fifteen seconds. :faceslap:

[Periandre]

There are number of EPs I want before an Island Time EP.

Well, I wanted Island Time before, but I want it even more now. I so looked forward to swimming in the ocean. But without the beach activities, the experience is kind of anticlimactic. And I want to run a hotel.


What is it with the official forums and starting petitions? They do nothing.

As to the comments about petitions doing nothing... I don't know that they work, or don't work. But what I absolutely do know is that saying nothing, does nothing.

Everytime someone starts a thread on these forums about what they'd like to see in the Sims 3, the thread goes on for pages. But I doubt very highly that EA is regularly monitoring MTS. So if people on the officials are actually posting what they want, it does no harm and might possibly do some good.

Added 11/10/12
I am removing the link above. While I still stand by what I said in this post, I am applying that to a static, non-changing petition. My young petition making friend on the officials is adding to the original post with his ideas for a vacation EP.

[starhenge3]

Ok, I'm sure someone has already mentioned this idea, but I think a great EP should be sports related encluding sports such as wrestling and grappling, swim teams, baseball, football, soccer, basket ball teams etc for child thru adult.

[Ive]

Has noone made a thread about this or am I just blind? http://thesims.com/en_GB/the-sims-3-70s-80s-90s-stuff

[ButchSims]

Has noone made a thread about this or am I just blind? http://thesims.com/en_GB/the-sims-3-70s-80s-90s-stuffThat thread is right here: http://www.modthesims.info/showthread.php?t=488813

[AlphaDogMJP]

Well, I don't have anything specific on the top of my head, but at least I know I might want something a bit more original.

It's not that I'm not counting my dollars for the new Seasons expansion pack, but I've noticed that a lot of the expansion packs for the Sims 3 have been something we've already seen before in the Sims series (i.e Late Night=Sims 2: Nightlife/Sims: Superstar). Of course, I would want a University expansion! But I'm also hoping for something that hasn't come to the Sims just yet. c:

I liked starhenge's idea about sports. I don't want an entire expansion just about sports, but perhaps that could be a feature in an expansion pack. :) Then again, I know I've already seen a basketball hoop in the Sims 3 store. I actually don't buy things from there though. :p

[shadedgrey63]

(i.e Late Night=Sims 2: Nightlife/Sims: Superstar)

You mean The Sims: Hot Date? :p

[AlphaDogMJP]

You mean The Sims: Hot Date? :p

Well, yeah. That too. :lol: :)

[poweradee]

one of my ideas is: The Sims 3 Marine Voyages (?)
where your sims can go on aquatic adventures underwater... and do missions that involve going out on the seas ( bad grammar haha )

[AGamingExpert]

sims 3 university

[Spiritbw]

sims 3 university

That one is all but confirmed for the next EP. They have both been leaks and hints about it.

[Ive]

I want a pantry and more in depth cooking :(

[AlphaDogMJP]

All of my further ideas are just stuff they should have had/imroved in expansion packs...

I kind of wish Seasons' soccer could have been approved, since as far as I know so far, the Soccer is more a one-on-one game, right? I wish it could have been more team-on-team games; similar to the water-balloon fights where you could have a giant circle of Sims playing.

Then again, knowing EA, that might have been a bit too difficult for them... :|

[maz89]

Open for Business. Is there any chance at all we might get the successor to what was possibly one of the best expansion packs of Sims 2? It was actually quite well-made for a change and had some thought put into it.

[Menaceman44]

If we do, hopefully it will be without the employee uniform glitch that gave all employees the same face and no eyebrows.

[maz89]

Are you kidding? The surreal eyebrow-less clones were the best part!

[babasonicof]

http://u.jimdo.com/www29/o/s3be76760a9f0cd63/img/i78a461595c19165d/1356012094/std/image.jpg

http://rinconsimmer.jimdo.com/2012/12/20/se-filtra-la-car%C3%A1tula-oficial-de-movida-en-la-facultad/

http://k44.kn3.net/8732D9D38.jpg

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FJL7BQjYHJg/ULqEi6UJP6I/AAAAAAAAXH8/JDtc_GELoFM/s1600/Recuntruccion-logo-movida-en-la-facultad.gif

[KLTboy]

OMFG... I cannot take it anymore!!!!!!!! EA needs to announce this NOW!

[babasonicof]

There's more!

http://101.imagebam.com/download/GaK1kaszwG34xxoEyRHKbw/22692/226919951/4A97F20D7.jpg

http://108.imagebam.com/download/Dw1ovW8KWQLIuwLz6IQ8Dw/22692/226919962/819747C57.jpg

http://104.imagebam.com/download/TwAtMdKg69iaMd2FG6FV2w/22692/226919988/46857B6D2.jpg

http://105.imagebam.com/download/15IWhMu4rMcsH1T5kWEPjg/22692/226919939/0DE53CED8.jpg

http://103.imagebam.com/download/Ncgjtm1v7VmE9fKH2ZQdWw/22692/226919973/07CBC961D.jpg

http://108.imagebam.com/download/Siuce3r3CEJPSqDTngjadQ/22692/226919998/6abaac2c1832fd17635bf2cbc85129d5.jpg

http://103.imagebam.com/download/SAd-fGMdvkvu0GE_RIQnhg/22693/226920005/29566_10151187318231748_815755378_n.jpg

From here: http://www.simsdomination.com/forum/topico/primeira-imagem-do-the-sims-3-vida-universitaria-2117/

[KLTboy]

Yes, I saw those pics! UGH I am not happy that we have to wait until January 8th for the 'official' announcement.

[Menaceman44]

I've just had a horrible, horrible idea about how they could impliment this.
As I can only see two of those pictures since the rest are "not available, or do not exist" I don't know if they prove me wrong but it's just occurred to me that universities could simply be a new type of rabbithole, like schools, that student Sims run to for classes with a new Dormitory residential lot type for them to live on.

[babasonicof]

Or maybe it's a shell

[Tempscire]

...but it's just occurred to me that universities could simply be a new type of rabbithole, like schools, that student Sims run to for classes with a new Dormitory residential lot type for them to live on.
I'm not seeing the downside... :| Well, except maybe aesthetically, since a nice university campus shouldn't be just one rabbit hole building but a larger...er, campus of many buildings. Who wants to sit through Sim-classes? The other buildings that were in TS2 University that made up the campuses are ones we already have (and better versions, too, in some cases) or don't need: gym, grocery store, library, clothing shop, "bar" of some kind, and a student union that wasn't anything in particular (multipurpose place to study, eat, play), plus the dorms and rentable houses. Rabbit holes for classes, lot types for dorms, rentable houses, maybe Greek houses, and a student union-- what else do you really need?

[Menaceman44]

Actually, reading back what I wrote, and now being able to see the pictures, I don't know what I was complaining about. I've never minded rabbitholes. I think maybe it's the possibility of having to find yet ANOTHER lot large enough to place ANOTHER new rabbithole. Unless they come in their own world like the vacation worlds with a loading screen to access them. I wouldn't mind that.

[zigersimmer]

I've just had a horrible, horrible idea about how they could impliment this.
As I can only see two of those pictures since the rest are "not available, or do not exist" I don't know if they prove me wrong but it's just occurred to me that universities could simply be a new type of rabbithole, like schools, that student Sims run to for classes with a new Dormitory residential lot type for them to live on.

I think that is exactly how it will be, except I expect more than one rabbithole. I wonder if only young adults will be able to attend college, or if I will be able to send adults and elders to further their educations.

I keep telling myself that I will stop giving EA my money because, to date, every TS3 EP has disappointed me even though I refuse to get my hopes up for any of them; but I'll more than likely buy University on release and then be disappointed with it as well. :cry:

[Menaceman44]

That's something else I don't understand; why do they call it University when I have only ever heard Americans refer to it as college? Even in TS2 University, once you were in game all of the text referred to "college" not university. In the UK they are two completely different things; you go to college first and then can choose to carry on into university.

[olomaya]

That's something else I don't understand; why do they call it University when I have only ever heard Americans refer to it as college? Even in TS2 University, once you were in game all of the text referred to "college" not university. In the UK they are two completely different things; you go to college first and then can choose to carry on into university.

Going to "college" and referring to "college" is a generic term for undergraduate education at a university or college (in America, both are post-secondary). If you only did your Masters at Harvard, you wouldn't say "I went to college at Harvard" because that implies that you were an undergraduate there. Postgraduate work is typically defined by the specific degree, e.g. "I studied my Masters/MBA/PhD at such and such University".

The main distinction between a college and university in America is that universities have both undergraduate and graduate studies whereas colleges only have the former. That's the easiest way to distinguish it but again, that's not a strict rule since there are some colleges that have postgrad education. My (forgot to add "friend") did her MSc at Dartmouth College, which is a university. So TS2 University really wasn't a university but a college unless there was some kind of postgraduate area that was off-limits to our Sims!

It's somewhat similar to Oxbridge and Durham which have colleges in the university.

[rian90]

There are state universities that do not offer graduate degrees that are still referred to as universities so really, I think the two are now interchangeable although that might have been different once upon a time. In the US, public colleges started mostly as teaching colleges and later expanded. Now you see separate departments referred to as colleges within the University, such as the College of Liberal Arts, or the College of Sciences, both possible entities in a larger university system.

We do have two year colleges, also called Junior colleges or Community colleges that offer a program that transfers to a 4 year college or University. I suspect those are similar to European colleges as they offer tech programs as well as transfer programs.

[zigersimmer]

That's something else I don't understand; why do they call it University when I have only ever heard Americans refer to it as college? Even in TS2 University, once you were in game all of the text referred to "college" not university. In the UK they are two completely different things; you go to college first and then can choose to carry on into university.
We tend to use the terms interchangeably; however, in the U.S. a college is either an independent post-secondary institution that does not grant post-graduate degrees, or it is a school within a larger institution (university) and then may grant post-graduate degrees. State university systems, especially those in smaller states, often will have campuses that do not grant post-graduate degrees but are still called universities.

[xSimsxFreakx]

seeing as though building bulding in the sims 3 i what i like to do most, i would love to see an expansion with apartments. and i dont mean like nightlife penthouses i mean like the Sims 2 Apartment life where you have neighbors who actually live there, and can customise and build your own idea of the perfect apartment maybe with new jobs that go along with living in an apartment like landlord or elevator repair - something along the lines of that.
also a stuff pack that is strickly just clothes and hairstyles would be kind of cool

[lisfyre]

That's something else I don't understand; why do they call it University when I have only ever heard Americans refer to it as college? Even in TS2 University, once you were in game all of the text referred to "college" not university. In the UK they are two completely different things; you go to college first and then can choose to carry on into university.

I've gone to college/university both in the US and in Canada and I use the both terms - depending on where I am. I use college in the US and university in Canada. In Canada going to college usually means community college where they offer 2 year degrees and university usually offers 4 year degrees.

[Menaceman44]

High Class Coupons, something Mansion Sims can give to Residential Sims to allow them Mansion Sim privilages for a day. Increased chance of Rioters, Assassins can attack the Coupon holder, and high bills will come on the next bill day.

I'm not really seeing any up-side to obtaining a High Class Coupon. It seems more like something to avoid. Assassins are also something I certainly wouldn't ever want in my game. There are enough random deaths as it is.

[writerchick]

Rioters, a type of NPC that randomly goes to Mansion lots. They would mostly stand outside, furious at the residents and would fight any resident that leaves, throw things at resident Sims visible in the windows, and lower the motives of Sims on the lot. They come with a bad moodlet and memory. They leave at night, if police are called, or if a security guard is present.

Yeah, because we don't have enough class warfare going on in the real world...

Thanks, but no.

[TMBrandon]

I stopped reading "Port_A_Build"..

But seriously that is nothing like what TS2's was about..It was about architecture not about a virtual Mitt Romney system.

[tigerex_13]

and why should sims with more money than god be given perks for living on a lot the screams "look at me!! i am waiting to be robbed!!"

[gege_sml]

I really hope the 10th EP is going to be the business one, just so we can get restaurants back ! At this point I think it's quite unforgiveable that they haven't added it yet...I know they're trying to make it up with some Store items but it can be really weird sometimes.. The sushi grill for instance, is one of the best items ever IMO but it's really dumb that you don't have a NCP attached.. you just create this fancy Sushi Bar, make your sims go there on a date and guess what? They have to cook the food themselves :rofl:

sorry if I sound whiny =P I just really miss real restaurants

[M.y.s.t.A.n.g.e.l]

Don't see it happen in future expansions and updates [maybe in Sims 4], but I really really REALLY need some kind of Search bar in buy/build mode. I keep losing myself in tons of content [all EP-s, SP-s, Store and CC], scrolling up and down, not being able to find the item I'm looking for. Especially in Misc Decor. Collections are great, but I would like some kind of ingame search tool, something where I could type a name, or a part of items name, and get a result of maybe 1-10 items which match the search.

I think this is main feature I want right now. In this age of electronic organisation, I can't stand not being able to find something. Even when I lose my keys or a pair of socks or whatever, I find myself thinking of one nice, comfy and non-existing RL ctrl+F button. :giggler:

[babasonicof]

Today with the announcement of the three expansion packs for 2013, University Life, Relax in Paradise, and Travel to the Future, I think EA killed this thread :(

[Sims MX]

We can still discuss what features we think each expansion pack will include. ;) For instance, I hope there's new fish collectibles like rays, crabs and seahorses in the island pack.

[M.y.s.t.A.n.g.e.l]

Today with the announcement of the three expansion packs for 2013, University Life, Relax in Paradise, and Travel to the Future, I think EA killed this thread :(
And I'm soooo very disappointed they didn't say anything about possible business EP. :cry:

[matrix54]

Paradise is the "business" EP, you can run a resport.

The Only thing EA needs to add is the ability to sell "whatever" to other Sims. They, still, haven't gotten that part yet. -_-

[ElementMK]

Frankie called the University and Paradise EP (http://nene.modthesims.info/showthread.php?p=3724570#post3724570)!
And who knows? With this new EP trend, maybe Pets 2.0 will be released with a true farm life and barn animals. Generations 2.0 will be released with universities and a preteen life stage. World Adventures 2.0 will be released with weather and proper vacationing. And so forth.Welcome to TS3, where rehashed expansions occur in the same base game.

[guardianpegasus]

Open for Business was my favorite EP as well. There was so much fun, challenge and diversity of gameplay in it, that it was like a game within a game rather a minigame.

Though I do have to say houseboats in Island Paradise sound pretty epic. My uber rich Sims will hopefully be building giant yachts...

[Ive]

Whatever happened to the slacker career? It would have been perfect, the top slot could be "realityshow star" and your sims could go away for days at a time to do filming :giggler:

[imaginezzenigami]

Honestly, all I want is to be able to have non playable roommates in my house or apartment. That's something I really miss while playing Sims 3.

[ButchSims]

Honestly, all I want is to be able to have non playable roommates in my house or apartment. That's something I really miss while playing Sims 3.You already can. Use testingcheats, hold shift and click the sim, and make them Unselectable.

[imaginezzenigami]

You already can. Use testingcheats, hold shift and click the sim, and make them Unselectable.
I've never had an option to make a sim 'unselectable' while tCE is on. I guess I'll check and see if it's just my game doing something odd.

[imaginezzenigami]

You already can. Use testingcheats, hold shift and click the sim, and make them Unselectable.
Also, wouldn't doing that make them leave the house...?

[ButchSims]

Also, wouldn't doing that make them leave the house...?You have to hold shift (or possibly ctrl+shift, can't remember) for it to appear as an option. and no, it doesn't make them leave your household. They still have a portrait, all the tabs, etc and still count as a full member of the household, you just can't click on them and control their actions (give them high free will first). Several challenges, like the Insane Asylum challenge, use this to make things more dynamic and interesting.

[imaginezzenigami]

You have to hold shift (or possibly ctrl+shift, can't remember) for it to appear as an option. and no, it doesn't make them leave your household. They still have a portrait, all the tabs, etc and still count as a full member of the household, you just can't click on them and control their actions (give them high free will first). Several challenges, like the Insane Asylum challenge, use this to make things more dynamic and interesting.
Like I previously said, I've never had the option before (which I kinda thought got across clearly that I was holding the appropriate keys down...how else would you use tCE...).
Thanks.

[ButchSims]

When answering questions about sims, I never assume anything anymore. It was quite possible that you weren't holding the appropriate keys down. Unless it's specified, we have no idea what you are doing for sure. Your welcome.

[imaginezzenigami]

When answering questions about sims, I never assume anything anymore. It was quite possible that you weren't holding the appropriate keys down. Unless it's specified, we have no idea what you are doing for sure. Your welcome.
Ah, you do have a point there. I think AM might give the option to make sims unselectable, but I don't use awesomemod anymore so perhaps if you're using it that's why you have the option.

What I really want is more of a TS2 Apartment Life renting kind of thing where I'd have options to search by phone or put an ad in the newspaper for what kind of roommate I want (traits, gender, age, pet/no pet, etc.) and then they'll pay my sim accordingly to live there.

I mean, I can use nraas's MC to have npc like roommates, but it's just not the same thing.

Thanks for trying to help, though. Appreciated.

[Dambi]

Game is so complex and have so many stuff, but somehow sometimes I found it monotonous. It's like basic pattern [basic game] with numerous accessories [expansions]. What I want to say, the game is mostly about creation and that's all. You create, this, you create that, you press play and see how that stuff you have created look in motion and after a numerous animation it just like huge gif, it start to repeat, or should I say, your gameplay is a combination of repeating action till you get bored and look to create more. I just want more from the game. It's great to express your creativity, but would be fun to go a little dipper with my creations.

[ButchSims]

I don't use awesomemod. I do have MasterController, but the cheat thing is separate. I believe it came with a patch, but I'm not sure which one it was anymore.

Edit: I should say, there is a way to do this with MasterController, but the cheat I am refering to is part of the game, not that mod.

[guardianpegasus]

44$ for the Aurora Skies neighborhood.

Can't stop laughing.

[Rare Blue Skittle]

A little more "expansion" on one of my expansion pack ideas lol.

The Sims 3: Communal Living Expansion Pack

In the The Sims 3: Communal Living Expansion Pack, you can create sprawling apartments, decorated penthouses, dazzling duplexes, and many other residential options for Sims of all ages! Don't be limited to houses! Now your Sims can live the life of communal living!

*Create apartments, duplexes, penthouses, boarding houses and retirement homes for sims and families of all walks of life! If you build it, they will come! Beware that anything can go wrong from power outages to broken sinks! Now your Sims will have fully functional air conditioning and heating units which can break down as well causing all sorts of havoc on your body and room temperature! You might even get roaches or mice INSIDE your home!

*Become the ultimate landlord, or be given the title of slumlord, with the new Landlord career opportunity! Keep track of your tenants, fulfill their needs/wants, and make sure nothing goes wrong, otherwise you're phone will be ringing off the hook! Lucky for you, landlords can have their own office right on the grounds! With the proper desk, a snappy computer, and the new file cabinet object, you will be able to organize everything! Set your own hours, hire a team, do whatever you have to to make it in the landord business!

*Another new career is the Real Estate career! Think you can flip a home? Show off your salesmanship skills by doing house tours, make offers, and ultimate sell a house to a needy family in your world!

*When you live in an communal building, you can put on building-wide parties, events, and more! Get your neighbors involved! Watch out for those neighbors with they "Nosy" trait because they will peer through your windows and knock on your door until they know for sure what's going on! Be neighborly! With new interactions, you can stop by your neighbor's place and drop off a dish, help them with chores, carpool your children, start a Landlord Fan Club, or work together to get their current landlord fired!

*Creating a retirement home allows elder Sims to successfully "retire" from their jobs and live in a more peaceful and quaint living space away from the noise and drama of the outside world. Elder Sims, when retired, are automatically given "Those Pesky Teenagers Earbuds and Music Player" in their inventory so they can pretend to not hear anything, but they are just drowning out the noise with subtle music.

New Traits
*Nosy - as detailed above, a Sim with this trait can't help but peer through windows and constantly stares into their neighbor's yard, even from their own house!
*Claustrophobic - Hates tight spaces, and hates any kind of small, communal living space and would rather live in a house. Can easily be sold a house.
*Loves Simplicity - Would rather keep it simple, and live in an apartment or a duplex than worry about having to take care of anything. They aren't Lazy, since they would prefer to cook on their own, read, do activities, and work.
*Sucker - Is prone to bad deals, and can easily be "bought" or "tricked" into buying something, whether it be from a consignment store, or real estate at retail or higher prices.

Some New Objects:
*'Those Pesky Teenagers' Earbuds and Music Player
*Fully Functional Air Conditioners and Heaters
*Punching bags (big and small) and more gym equipment.
*Limbo set
*Checkers table
*Assorted board games
*'Know Thy Neighbor' Trivia Booth
*Binoculars
*Tea Set with new kinds of tea.

Going to work on a Business one eventually! ;D

[aGOLDENbox]

This isn't an expansion idea but a store world idea, perhaps a London-esque town that will feature the Capp family from TS2? It could mix the country side with urban landscaping.

[matrix54]

Rare Blue Skittle...

...that is how you remake an EP. Of course, it wont work in 3, but I'd love to see something like that in 4. A retirement home really would be a great addition to the game. ^_^

[XMenFreak922]

Honestly, even though we have Generations, I'd really like to see a child/toddler focused expansion. Toddlers and kids are so darn boring I'd rather have my simmies line die out than spawn more of those boring little things xD

Some features I'd like to see:

-Being able to bathe toddlers, we had that in TS2 so why not TS3. I mean its a simple thing but at least its something to do with the kiddlets.

-More toys/ activities for children and toddlers to do by their lonesome, I mean there's a MILLION toys and games for kids to do why not integrate them into the game and give toddlers and children a little more excitement.

-Better interactions for toddlers and children with their family, sometimes I get the feeling that my sims don't really give a darn about their children and vice versa, the sims should have better, more close making interactions not only for their immediate family, but their extended family. Which includes, like others have posted, toddler to toddler and toddler to child interactions.

-I'd really like the evil and good traits to have more interactions, not just for the young ones but everyone, but it'd be funny to have an evil child constantly doing bad stuff and have his good sibling be able to tattle on him.

- Children able to have crushes or 'Puppy Loves'. This is probably the biggest thing I'd like to see in the sims. I mean how cute would it be to have your kids experience their first crush? I've always wanted to be able to tell the classic 'I loved ya since we were kids' sort of story with actual interactions not just poses.

Can't really think of anything else specifically I'd like in a redo of generations but a few minor things I'd like to see at some point in the game are:

-The ability to adopt exotic, and probably dangerous pets for your sims. ex tigers, wolves, cheetahs, you know things that could probably eat your simmies up if you don't take good care of them.

-A new supernatural/lifestate of a shape shifter. The standing up werewolf is kind of silly, I'd like to see my sims be able to turn into wolves, cats, etc. It'd be really interesting to see what EA would come up with for that kind of creature.

-A 'possesive' or 'romantically jealous' trait. It'd be interesting to have a sim who gets all mad whenever their partner even talks to the opposite gender, maybe if they had the mean spirited trait they'd beat the rival for their partner's affection up, you know something like that? xD

[cajr]

I love the Sims 2 crushes! where one sim could have a crush on the other, and the other Sim thinks that they're just good friends or has no idea who the person is! We need this back?! Do you think it could be possible to mod this? or would that be too hard??

[matrix54]

EA could probably make it moodlet and have the game roll wants to talk to a particular person. That is, if the attraction system was geared toward that.

[Sojourner]

I love the Sims 2 crushes! where one sim could have a crush on the other, and the other Sim thinks that they're just good friends or has no idea who the person is! We need this back?! Do you think it could be possible to mod this? or would that be too hard??

As far as I know the existing attraction system already does this. Otherwise why would my Simmies keep getting so many phone calls for dates from people they barely know, even when they're engaged?

Personally I find it highly annoying.

[Menaceman44]

-Being able to bathe toddlers, we had that in TS2 so why not TS3. I mean its a simple thing but at least its something to do with the kiddlets.

I doubt we'll get that back as they released a changing table in the Store recently that allows "bathing". EA probably think if people can buy it in the Store, why provide it as part of a pack?

[guardianpegasus]

EPs are coming in faster and faster, but with fewer features and stuff, it feels like. Seems like they have some lesser teams working on the EPs. The real talent is already on The Sims 4. I really hope Redwood does that one a wee bit better than The Sims 3 which so many EPs and several years later still feels hollow and like an alpha version. I long for the days of Maxis.

[ButchSims]

I really hate to keep bringing this up, but Maxis has been a part of EA games since 1997, they still work on the game, and they even have the logo on University, so it's not like they went anywhere.

[matrix54]

Random expansion idea, cultivated from other Sims 3 bits and bobs and a few new ones. Nothing special, just floating about in the old brain.

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The Sims 3: High Stakes
Your Sims are ready to take the Las Simas Strip by storm! Whether it be losing all of your winnings in spectacular casinos or catching elaborate shows in garish theaters, your Sims are ready to lose all inhabitions and take the trip of a lifetime! What happens in Las Simas stays in Las Simas! At least, from what they can remember...

-Visit a desert world, far from home! Swanky hotels, lavish restaurants and grand theaters take precident in a town dotted with shops, wedding chapels, high rises and luxury homes. Who knows what secrets will be found?

-Why just watch? Be the show! Get gigs as a magician, show dancer, acrobat or a mucisian! Give elaborate performances or do street shows!

-Eating? Working out? Woo-Hoo? Too much of a good thing can lead to a bad thing! Various addictions, amnesia and even bankruptcy are now threats to sims lives!

-Purchuse rare animals for your varying acts! Exotic birds, large cats and even wild, tropical fish for your home!

-Build venues in varying styles: Egyptian, Atlantis, Tropical and Pirate themed.

[guardianpegasus]

I really hate to keep bringing this up, but Maxis has been a part of EA games since 1997, they still work on the game, and they even have the logo on University, so it's not like they went anywhere.

Incorrect - Maxis works out of Emeryville and have had absolutely nothing to do with The Sims 3 or any of its expansion packs. EA has used them as a development studio for new IPs. Maxis will have nothing to do with The Sims 4 either.

"The Sims Studio" subdivision of EA is in Redwood and Salt Lake City. "The Sims Studio" has people from Redwood Shores, Salt Lake (Visceral Games), and Blackbox from Canada. It has nothing to do with Maxis other than the name which is used for the purposes of marketing and continuity.

As I said - I long for the days of Maxis. I hope Redwood have learned from all the mistakes they made with The Sims 3.

[trin303]

Out of 67+ pages on this thread, someone may have already said this but.. here 'tis..

I would like an entirely "homeless" expansion pack. Like this:

Survival Based Environment
Have sim travel to a new "world" where the idea is to start from scratch. World scenarios could be: Apocalypse, Desert Island, Return from Exile - so that the environment is about survival and not about multiple lifestyle choices. Have new spawners that involve surviving skills, such as: spawn "ancient tools" that sim can "discover" and can be used to procure food/shelter.

Homeless-Ready Free Will
Have sims be able to spontaneously harvest and eat when hungry, instead of seeking ready-made food. Choose to sleep on ground instead of pass out from exhaustion.

Roughing-It Actions
Use wildflowers for eating or making medicine. Instead of building a house: create a lean-to shelter after collecting branches {perhaps before sim can build a house}. Focus on gathering and hunting and observation instead of town-based problem solving. Make a hatchet for trail marking, or make a stone firepit before sim can cook anything.

Survival of the Fittest Interactions
Others who are surviving will act as burglars and will take food and supplies instead of saleable goods. Make it possible to help another sim find food or shelter, or to help a sim who is injured. Have traits for woodlore, tracking, medicine-making, survivalist.

Natives not Townies
"Townies" and NPC's modeled after ppl who would inhabit the abovementioned scenarios. Such as: Apocalypse - "townies" are others ravaged by the disaster and are competition for your food and supplies {eg, an "underground"}. Desert Island - "townies" are mysterious natives who can either help or hinder sim in survival. Return from Exile - "townies" are "political" friends or foes who can help or hinder sim's survival progress from motives of loyalty to a faction or ruler.

Survival Based Opportunities
Save a fellow sim from the "natives" {such as, find this sim before x number of natives can find you}. Teach the "natives" how to be civilized {ie, how to grow a certain plant, or get x number of natives to build a shelter with branches}. Use recipies of flowers and herbs to help native animals recover from diseases.

Survival Based "Careers"
Become king of the natives. Start a successful health clinic for the native ills. Create a forest preserve among natives and wild animals. Start a successful campground "business" in a wild area. Find x number of rare animals to photograph for magazine assignment. Start an endangered animals preserve geared toward one type of animal {eg: save the wild horses, save the unicorns, ect.} Build a huge escape raft or boat.

Survival Based "Tombs"
Escape the natives' camp. Find a rare medicinal herb. Use the environment to determine what type of tomb. Like, "Apocalypse": Have sim go through a tomb where he has to interact with "the underground" or "black market" to be successful. "Desert Island": Find the tomb that allows escape from the island.

You get the idea. I know there are mods that will facsimilie parts of this kind of gameplay, but I think EA's designers would make a bundle from an EP that is fine-tuned for it. So many simmers try to play poverty or apocalypse sims. And, if it is an EP, those features - at least some of them - would be available in the existing towns and worlds in the game. Again, sorry if this suggestion is already in this thread.

[jimmyjoefro]

I loved Open for Business in TS2, so I'd love to see that kind of EP for TS3 (or come standard in TS4). I miss being able to have my sims run their own businesses, and I felt that whole aspect of the game had a lot of potential. Buying already established businesses just isn't the same.

Another thing I'd really like is the ability to have mixed-use lots. This would allow for usable apartments above/behind/attached to businesses, having your home on the same lot as your business, working from home, and something like a park with food and beverage stands.

[jimmyjoefro]

A little more "expansion" on one of my expansion pack ideas lol.

The Sims 3: Communal Living Expansion Pack

In the The Sims 3: Communal Living Expansion Pack, you can create sprawling apartments, decorated penthouses, dazzling duplexes, and many other residential options for Sims of all ages! Don't be limited to houses! Now your Sims can live the life of communal living!

*Create apartments, duplexes, penthouses, boarding houses and retirement homes for sims and families of all walks of life! If you build it, they will come! Beware that anything can go wrong from power outages to broken sinks! Now your Sims will have fully functional air conditioning and heating units which can break down as well causing all sorts of havoc on your body and room temperature! You might even get roaches or mice INSIDE your home!

*Become the ultimate landlord, or be given the title of slumlord, with the new Landlord career opportunity! Keep track of your tenants, fulfill their needs/wants, and make sure nothing goes wrong, otherwise you're phone will be ringing off the hook! Lucky for you, landlords can have their own office right on the grounds! With the proper desk, a snappy computer, and the new file cabinet object, you will be able to organize everything! Set your own hours, hire a team, do whatever you have to to make it in the landord business!

*Another new career is the Real Estate career! Think you can flip a home? Show off your salesmanship skills by doing house tours, make offers, and ultimate sell a house to a needy family in your world!

*When you live in an communal building, you can put on building-wide parties, events, and more! Get your neighbors involved! Watch out for those neighbors with they "Nosy" trait because they will peer through your windows and knock on your door until they know for sure what's going on! Be neighborly! With new interactions, you can stop by your neighbor's place and drop off a dish, help them with chores, carpool your children, start a Landlord Fan Club, or work together to get their current landlord fired!

*Creating a retirement home allows elder Sims to successfully "retire" from their jobs and live in a more peaceful and quaint living space away from the noise and drama of the outside world. Elder Sims, when retired, are automatically given "Those Pesky Teenagers Earbuds and Music Player" in their inventory so they can pretend to not hear anything, but they are just drowning out the noise with subtle music.

New Traits
*Nosy - as detailed above, a Sim with this trait can't help but peer through windows and constantly stares into their neighbor's yard, even from their own house!
*Claustrophobic - Hates tight spaces, and hates any kind of small, communal living space and would rather live in a house. Can easily be sold a house.
*Loves Simplicity - Would rather keep it simple, and live in an apartment or a duplex than worry about having to take care of anything. They aren't Lazy, since they would prefer to cook on their own, read, do activities, and work.
*Sucker - Is prone to bad deals, and can easily be "bought" or "tricked" into buying something, whether it be from a consignment store, or real estate at retail or higher prices.

Some New Objects:
*'Those Pesky Teenagers' Earbuds and Music Player
*Fully Functional Air Conditioners and Heaters
*Punching bags (big and small) and more gym equipment.
*Limbo set
*Checkers table
*Assorted board games
*'Know Thy Neighbor' Trivia Booth
*Binoculars
*Tea Set with new kinds of tea.

Going to work on a Business one eventually! ;D

I feel like this could be part of an Open for Business-esque EP. Love it!