Comments on: The Sims 4: Modder Unearths Terrain Manipulation (April Fools’)

By: dragonfire6209

dragonfire6209 — Thu, 20 Apr 2017 04:12:00 +0000

Jokes on you SimsVIP, It’s real!

By: TwistedMexican

TwistedMexican — Tue, 18 Apr 2017 05:00:00 +0000

It’s not, I’ve become very familiar with the engine’s terrain. It’s all static, A world file contains all the rocks and other scenery in the world, one file contains a giant single model for the world’s terrain, Another file for roads and parks, and then there’s a file for each lot that is a static model as well. The game seems to try to bend the edges of this terrain “sheet” to meet the edges of the world’s model, but that’s where functionality ends. Could we get terrain tools in the future? Sure. Do I think we will? No – because the current state of the engine shows that it wasn’t even on the drawing board. They’d have to do a decent rehaul of the engine to add it at this point.

These bumps are caused by objects being present when the lot tries to load pre-made lot objects. Unfortunately there’s no way to trigger this on purpose, and no way to control it’s height/size.

I have however, released a Terrain Pack that has various objects for a terrain aesthetic. I’m afraid that’s the best we can do with the current engine. Enjoy.
https://www.reddit.com/r/sims4Cheats/comments/660qy8/guide_how_to_use_twistedmexis_terrain_pack/

By: pkessler594

pkessler594 — Sun, 02 Apr 2017 13:43:00 +0000

I love how The Sims 4 having features has to be an April Fools joke

By: Serge Espaillat

Serge Espaillat — Sun, 02 Apr 2017 09:07:00 +0000

HA! Jokes on us though with the game that is The Sims 4 :,D

By: dragonfire6209

dragonfire6209 — Sat, 01 Apr 2017 23:39:00 +0000

Gotcha. But still, this is a really cruel joke. Like EA did. /s

By: Aleksandr Zhukovskyy

Aleksandr Zhukovskyy — Sat, 01 Apr 2017 22:45:00 +0000

you made me cry.

By: Křečice Domácí

Křečice Domácí — Sat, 01 Apr 2017 17:48:00 +0000

Hehe, I still think that a terrain tool will come someday

By: Forest Ninja

Forest Ninja — Sat, 01 Apr 2017 15:55:00 +0000

Thanks for the laugh – we already know that terrain editing won’t be enabled, even though it’s entirely possible, since the developers don’t want to enable anything which will cause excessive difficulties or increase the failure rate for the player. With the current design, any deformation of the lot surface will result in mass disaster!

By: Pamela

Pamela — Sat, 01 Apr 2017 15:10:00 +0000

This is a cruel joke!

Lol… I hate April Fool’s…

By: Sunflower

Sunflower — Sat, 01 Apr 2017 14:31:00 +0000

Not funny at all. I was so excited. And I forgot today is considered that stupid April Fools Day. Who came up with that anyway?