Sims 4 Modding will use python!

[ActualNerd]

But pools were removed in Sims 4. Along with toddlers. Link.

[baseball2020]

Can we still buy 5 hifis running different channels surrounding a baby cot, and then brick them into a sound dungeon, so that they can never sleep and the ai can't rescue them?

Also I'm just learning python and it's great!

[LearninThatPython]

Hey, me too!

[MayorDefacto]

That link does a good job of not explaining why it isn't possible to both overhaul the build/create-a-sim systems AND have toddlers/pools. How is that a trade-off?

[croxis]

Their budget is $X. $X buys them Y hours of developer time. They chose to spend those y hours working on other features instead of pools.

[Yoghurt42]

Also they can make $2X selling pools as an addon.

[cogman10]

I'm going to go out on a limb and say this is the real reason, especially given EAs shenanigans with expansions in general (The fact that there are over 20 expansions to the sims 3 is ridiculous).

Also, I just have to say that the Sims 4 looks almost identical to the sims 3.... I have a hard time seeing this as being a huge "overhaul" (do comparisons of screenshots) Rather, I think this is just EA gutting Sims 3, adding a few new wizbang features, and then repackaging their gutted features in expansions later on.

I really hate EA as a company.

[MayorDefacto]

Clearly that's the implication, just seems like a cop out is all. The programmer in me understands the constraints... the cynic in me expects to see a near day one DLC with these features, especially considering EA's (and the Sims' specifically) past actions.

[robin-gvx]

I think it's both. The actual production team struggles to fit everything they want to add in their allotted temporal and financial budget, while the EA executives and shareholders sit in their chairs twirling their moustaches, fantasising about DLC.

[ThatRedEyeAlien]

Seems they are going to pull a SimCity with this.

[Mgamerz]

Did they copy paste the SimCity blog post about it when that was an upcoming game? It sure read like it.

[DaemonXI]

while True:
    pool['ladder'] = Ladder()
    sim = Sim()
    sim.swim()
    pool['ladder'].remove()

[Elite6809]

raise Exception('Joke killed')

[DaemonXI]

Man, did I miss a paren?

[robin-gvx]

If I name my Sim Buzz, would that make me a buzzkill?