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Line 1: {{merge\|Comparison between The Sims base games}} {{Cleanup}} '''''[[The Sims 4]]''''' has many features new to the series; at the same time, many features have been lost since ''[[The Sims 3]]''.<ref>[http://ts4news.com/post/94541924952/89-features-missing-from-the-sims-4 TS4 News: Features missing from TS3]</ref> ==New features== [[Emotion]] system. This a main feature with a wide scope that has a major effect on gameplay. Unlocked interactions based on emotions. [[Create a Sim]]: Hands-on interface.▼ Directly pull and stretch the heads of Sims and even their bodies▼ Body parts can be enlarged or shortened▼ Walk styles▼ More genetics options▼ * Create a Sim's parent and sibling, in addition to child▼ ~~Ethnic~~ Non-~~looking~~Caucasian presets of faces and hair▼ * [[Build mode]]: Improved and easier▼ Moving and rotating rooms and houses.▼ Saving rooms (for sharing, copying, or moving to another lot).▼ Enlarging objects (objects can be scaled using shift+[ and shift+]. It's useful for decorative objects).▼ Windows can be placed at any height.▼ Curved fences/railings. (The size of the curved section can be adjusted. They can be elliptical. They must be multiples of 90 degrees. The minimum size for a 90 degree curve is 2x2. Curves can define the edge of a floor (with or without a railing), but only when convex (a floor tile on the outside of the curve is not rendered correctly) ).▼ Players can easily adjust the height of a floor at any time (including after building floors above it), but there are only 3 supported heights and the height of a floor must be same for the whole lot.▼ Roofs on the same lot can have different patterns.▼ Columns (pillars) automatically scale to the height of the floor/story, but when placed on the ground with a building that has a foundation, the column is the height of the ground floor only, so there is a gap above it equivalent to the height of the foundation.▼ * The [[The Sims 4 Gallery\|Gallery]] content sharing system.▼ * New ghost interactions Ghosts can now possess any object, instead of only certain objects.▼ Angry fire ghosts can start fires. Electric ghosts can break appliances when they are angry, and repair appliances when they are happy. ▼ Ghosts can talk about being dead. ▲ Ghosts can now possess any object, instead of only certain objects. ▲ Electric ghosts can break appliances when they are angry, and repair appliances when they are happy. Electric ghosts can electrocute others when they are playful. Emotional ghosts can spread the emotion that killed them (embarrassment, anger, playful). ** Exhaustion ghosts prefer to take it easy. * Traveling across [[world]]s / [[neighborhood]]s without losing relationships, inventory or any other data.▼ * [[Emotion]] system. This a main feature with a wide scope that has a major effect on gameplay. * Multi-level lifetime goals.▼ ▲* [[Create a Sim]]: Hands-on interface. ▲Directly pull and stretch the heads of Sims and even their bodies ▲Body parts can be enlarged or shortened ▲Walk styles ▲More genetics options ▲*Create a Sim's parent and sibling, in addition to child ▲Ethnic-looking presets of faces and hair *Butt slider ▲[[Build mode]]: Improved and easier ▲Moving and rotating rooms and houses. ▲Saving rooms (for sharing, copying, or moving to another lot). ▲Enlarging objects (objects can be scaled using shift+[ and shift+]. It's useful for decorative objects). ▲Windows can be placed at any height. ▲Curved fences/railings. (The size of the curved section can be adjusted. They can be elliptical. They must be multiples of 90 degrees. The minimum size for a 90 degree curve is 2x2. Curves can define the edge of a floor (with or without a railing), but only when convex (a floor tile on the outside of the curve is not rendered correctly) ). ▲Players can easily adjust the height of a floor at any time (including after building floors above it), but there are only 3 supported heights and the height of a floor must be same for the whole lot. ▲ Roofs on the same lot can have different patterns. ▲ Columns (pillars) automatically scale to the height of the floor/story, but when placed on the ground with a building that has a foundation, the column is the height of the ground floor only, so there is a gap above it equivalent to the height of the foundation. ▲The [[The Sims 4 Gallery\|Gallery]] content sharing system. ▲Traveling across [[world]]s / [[neighborhood]]s without losing relationships, inventory or any other data. Museums Comedy clubs Ability to change a Sim's aspiration without the use of special objects or game rewards. ▲Multi-level lifetime goals. ===New Objects=== * Rocket ships * Monkey bar * Gaming Rig * Objects with emotional auras {{expand}} Hedge maze Llama hedge ===CAS=== * Pants are tucked in under boots * Hats/headgear and hair are now separate ===Little features=== * Breastfeeding ~~Delete~~ ~~and~~Objects ~~move~~that ~~objects~~are being used by Sims ~~are~~can be moved or ~~using~~deleted without the <code>moveObject</code> cheat. The television speeds now go faster depending on the current speed of the time. Music from stereos now speeds up when the game's speed is changed. [[Television]] shows still remain in normal speed. [[Teenager]]s can "Mess Around", which has the same animation as [[WooHoo]]. ===Features present in previous games=== * [[Cowplant]] ([[The Sims 3 Store]]) * Nightclubs (''[[The Sims 3: Late Night]]'') * [[Violin]] ([[The Sims 3 Store]]) * [[Piano\|Grand pianos]] (''The Sims 3: Late Night'') Breast slider (''The Sims 3: Late Night'') ==Lost features== Line 66 ⟶ 59: ===CAS=== [[Create A Style]] is no longer available. Clothes and objects are available in pre-defined colors only (unless players change it through Mods). * [[Teen]]s are no longer shorter than young adults, adults and elders. * No [[Create a Sim#Looks\|opacity slider]] for makeup. * Body hair * 5 traits per Sim. Traits modify behavior / AI in ''The Sims 3''. ~~===Life stages===~~ [[Toddler]]s ===NPCs=== [[~~Repairman~~Police]] * [[Burglar]]▼ [[Firefighter (NPC)\|Firefighter]] [[~~Police~~Social worker]] ▲[[Burglar]] [[Gardener]] [[Social worker]] [[Nanny]] ===Objects=== ~~[[Dishwasher]]s and~~ [[~~trash~~Trash compactor]]s [[Newspaper]] * [[Car]]s exist only as animated ambient decorations. Sims cannot own them or travel in them. * Alarm clock * Landline telephone * [[Rabbit Hole\|Rabbit Holes]] * Urinals ===Cheats=== * Unrestricted ability to modify the terrain (<code>constrainFloorElevation</code>) === Build Mode === * No [[pond]] tool. (however natural pools are a feature in ''[[The Sims 4: Get Together]]'') Modifying the terrain elevation (the lot is completely flat). Steps cannot have different railings on each side. They can only have a railing on just one side if one side is against a wall.▼ Ability to build walls on both ground and foundation, if foundation is applied on the lot. [[Create A Style]] is no longer available. Objects are available in pre-defined colors only.▼ ''The Sims 4'' allows a maximum of three stories, but the foundation is no longer counted as a story. (''[[The Sims 3]]'' started out with a maximum of 3 floors, but this was later increased to 5.) ▲Steps cannot have different railings on each side. They can only have a railing on just one side if one side is against a wall. ▲[[Create A Style]] is no longer available. Objects are available in pre-defined colors only. === Editing World === Players cannot place new lots or change the size of existing ones, nor can they place decorations in the world. * Worlds are much smaller - ~~about~~between 10-25 lots per world (but Sims can move freely between them during a game, and there are ~~two~~three worlds in the base game).▼ Players cannot rotate and/or reposition (when placing a lot into a larger one) a lot when placing it. ▲Worlds are much smaller - about 25 lots per world (but Sims can move freely between them during a game, and there are two worlds in the base game). The maximum lot size is reduced from 64x64 to 50x50 (and there are only about 2 50x50 lots per world). (The sizes of lots in the base game worlds are 15x20, 20x30, 30x40 and 50x50). === Live Mode === No more open world Players get a loading screen when moving a played Sim to another lot or neighborhood (region of ~~about~~2 to 5 lots), but not on moving between the current lot and the open space of its neighborhood. When Sims in the same household are on different lots, there are limited actions available for those not on the current lot, and players can switch to the lot of another Sim but that will cause a loading screen. * [[Story progression]] has been removed. Sims the player does not control directly will eventually die, but they won't get married or have children on their own, among other things. ==Notes== The ''MoveObjects'' cheat can be enabled using ''bb.moveobjects on'' <s>The ''MoveObjects'' cheat is currently broken and will be fixed in a later patch.<ref>[http://simsvip.com/2014/08/04/the-sims-4-cheats-hot-keys-controls-list/ Sims VIP - TS4 Cheats]</ref></s> ** The ''~~MoveObjects~~TestingCheatsEnabled'' cheat ~~can~~from beThe ~~enabled~~Sims ~~using~~3 ~~''bb.moveobjects~~has been changed to "testingcheats on''". * The ''~~TestingCheatsEnabled~~Familyfunds'' cheat from The Sims 3 has been changed to "''Money <amount>'' (after using ''testingcheats on"''). * [[Ghost]]s were originally removed from the base game, but were re-added in [[The Sims 4/Patch 5\|Patch 5]].<ref name="kotaku.com">http://kotaku.com/the-sims-4-will-bring-back-ghosts-and-swimming-pools-f-1641172105</ref> The ''Familyfunds'' cheat from The Sims 3 has been changed to ''Money <amount>'' (after using ''testingcheats on''). [[~~Ghost~~Swimming pool]]s ~~were~~ ~~originally~~weren't ~~removed~~present ~~from~~in the base game, but eventually were ~~re-~~added in [[The Sims 4/Patch 5\|Patch 5]] in November 2014.<ref name="kotaku.com"~~>http:~~ /~~/kotaku.com/the-sims-4-will-bring-back-ghosts-and-swimming-pools-f-1641172105</ref~~> * [[~~Swimming pool~~Dishwasher]]s weren't present in the base game, but ~~eventually~~ were ~~added~~readded in a[[The ~~patch~~Sims in4/Patch ~~November~~23\|Patch ~~2014~~23]].~~<ref name="kotaku.com" />~~ * [[Repairman\|Repairmen]] weren't present in the base game, but were added in [[The Sims 4/Patch 26\|Patch 26]]. * [[Gardener]]s weren't present in the base game, but were added in [[The Sims 4/Patch 30\|Patch 30]]. * [[Nanny\|Nannies]] weren't present in the base game, but were added in [[The Sims 4/Patch 37\|Patch 37]]. * [[Toddler]]s weren't present in the base game, but were added in [[The Sims 4/Patch 46\|Patch 46]]. * Modifying the [[terrain]] elevation and separate foundation heights on the same lot weren't present in the base game, but were added in [[The Sims 4/Patch 73\|Patch 73]]. * [[Firefighter (NPC)\|Firefighters]] weren't present in the base game, but were added in [[The Sims 4/Patch 95\|Patch 95]]. ==See also== * [[Comparison between The Sims 2 and The Sims 3]] ==References==