Mod The Sims - For all the weather maniacs

pico22

17th Apr 2012, 02:47 AM

Not my finds - Jenie31 and Echo of the Night (of N99) discovered these two. I am sure they will make at least some of you ecstatic, though.

http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=5598318

http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=5476816

Both are categorized for "rain", though methinks the second one should better be categorized for "rain/pneumonia".

Another 1.32 type leak (or "leak")?

bassoon_crazy

17th Apr 2012, 03:42 AM

Whoa, whoa, whoa.

Are you serious? :blink:

OMGOMGOMGOMGOMG!!!!!

Although... 'Rain'? Why not 'Outerwear'? If seasons and snow don't return I will cry.

kiwi_tea

17th Apr 2012, 03:44 AM

Importantly: I would not want to wear either of those in the rain.

jeffrompas

17th Apr 2012, 04:08 AM

Oh SNAP! More leaks. Better call the plumber. :lol:

Edit : Although I'd suspect now Magic and Seasons will be bundled together. Or the 1.32 leak made them push Magic back. But that would be unlikely...

bassoon_crazy

17th Apr 2012, 05:12 AM

Although I'd suspect now Magic and Seasons will be bundled together. Or the 1.32 leak made them push Magic back. But that would be unlikely...

Or this leak is just saying "Relax, we're coming out with weather." Much like they did with leaking Generations' and Pets' trailers together.

TheTripWasInfragreen

17th Apr 2012, 05:24 AM

If this really is a weather teaser, let's hope they have some proper raincoats too. I'd barely wear those in good weather.

CeJaye

17th Apr 2012, 06:42 AM

Although... 'Rain'? Why not 'Outerwear'? If seasons and snow don't return I will cry.

I'm trying to be positive here: just because it's only the "Rain" category, doesn't mean we won't get seasons proper and snow...could be they just decided that just leaking the "Rain" category was enough of a hint/tease/appeasement.

I'd forgive EA everything...all glitches, bugs, horrid patches, a Katy Perry Limited Edition, Katy Perry stuff pack, Katy Perry store items, everything if they are bundling magic and seasons into one EP. (Unless they do a half done, almost-good-but-not-quite glitch filled job, but hope springs eternal. I mean, Pets was pretty good, with only a few problems, there's no reason the same can't be said about the magic/possibly season EP, right? :| )

Captain THPS4

17th Apr 2012, 06:53 AM

They did put magic with apartments in TS2...although it was the final EP, I'm not expecting something like that to happen again but maybe it is possible for weather and magic to go together. Wonder what the name for that EP would be? Eh, I would have put weather with a EP that focused on sports so then you could have lots of different activities for each season. Then have magic would have its own EP.

I wonder if EA is planning to include categories for both rain and snow? That's a lot for one EP, I never would have expected that. On the other hand it would be kind of strange to have rain jackets but no winter jackets. Hopefully that outfit being under rain is just a slip up or else the strange EA categorizing of outfits is far from over.

Arisuka

17th Apr 2012, 08:24 AM

I find it very unlikely that EA would combine two major new elements into a single EP... heck, they are already struggling sometimes to include even one major new element into an EP (I'm talking about you Generations!)

Also... EA is about the $$$$, so if they have separate EPs for magic and weather, that would mean a whole lot more money, especially since magic and seasons seem to be the two of the most anticipated features for TS3.

The rain jacket could maybe be just a work name for 'outerwear' outfit category, considering that EA does use work names a lot... I gotta say though that imagine if we'd have both a rain outfit category as well as a winter category, knowing EA they would totally include random thick coats in the rain section and leather jackets in the winter section... :D They are so sloppy with categorizing clothes and always leave the screw-ups to be cleaned by creators, it's so annoying! Like one of the just three new prom dresses in Gen was only as everyday option...

olomaya

17th Apr 2012, 09:46 AM

Well, I just hope this indicates that Outerwear will be more specific to the weather (i.e. separate outfits for Rain and Snow). I hated it in Seasons when my playable Sims would be wearing proper Spring attire and then another family I play would show up in winter gear because they are still in the winter stage and I hadn't changed their outerwear yet.

simsample

17th Apr 2012, 09:49 AM

Ooooh, interesting! :)

Inge Jones

17th Apr 2012, 10:12 AM

I don't understand how this is indicative of anything. A player/creator made some outfits and decided to say they were for rain?

jenieusa

17th Apr 2012, 10:46 AM

no....go to the link....its catagorized for rain....

Arisuka

17th Apr 2012, 10:54 AM

I don't understand how this is indicative of anything. A player/creator made some outfits and decided to say they were for rain?

I'd say that there are a selection of the outfit categories of the game from which an uploader chooses appropriate ones for their creation, to let the downloaders know from which outfit categories the item can be found in CAS. So it's a new CAS outfit category to choose when uploading an item.

The reason this is major news because in the past at the exchange there have been indicators of what's to come. Like way before Pets was announced there were a couple of test pets uploaded to the exchange by EA.

jeffrompas

17th Apr 2012, 11:03 AM

jenieusa

17th Apr 2012, 11:09 AM

I'd say that there are a selection of the outfit categories of the game from which an uploader chooses appropriate ones for their creation, to let the downloaders know from which outfit categories the item can be found in CAS. So it's a new CAS outfit category to choose when uploading an item.

The reason this is major news because in the past at the exchange there have been indicators of what's to come. Like way before Pets was announced there were a couple of test pets uploaded to the exchange by EA.

Sorry but this has nothing to do with what we as the uploader can do.....its how the orginal outfit was done by EA....all we can do is recolor it...and upload the recolor....
however its catagorized by EA is what shows up on the download page....

Arisuka

17th Apr 2012, 12:21 PM

So it's still categorized by EA as a 'rain' category outfit? That would still mean that an individual user has no control to just make their own categories show up, so we can come to a conclusion that the word 'rain' was put there by EA, and no-one else... nice, this is starting to go into an interesting direction, especially with those teasing SimGuru tweets... wouldn't hold by breath though, knowing EA.

Inge Jones

17th Apr 2012, 12:53 PM

Ok I get it now, "rain" wasn't typed in by Jenieusa it was picked from a premade list! Ok that's useful then. Well then I would say what's happened is that they were planning a weather EP for later, and have decided to bring it forward after the magic EP got leaked, to keep that element of surprise alive.

But... do I really want my sims tweeting at me? /me deletes her twitter account...

ViolettaVie

17th Apr 2012, 01:16 PM

I really do hope that a seasons EP is on its way. And I would love different clothing categories for rain and snow. Some custom hoods are tropical islands and it would be nice to have a wet seasons with heavy rain and dry arid seasons too.

cameranutz2

17th Apr 2012, 01:46 PM

EA has said that weather is possible and I hope this is a small indication that they are working on it and thinking of releasing it soon. I'd much rather have weather than any other "themed" ep. I mean seriously, what is the use of sweaters, jackets and scarves when there is no chance of snow?

Periandre

17th Apr 2012, 01:55 PM

I don't know, this magic EP seems rather light (how many "Generations" can you have?), weather could tie it all together.

Generis

17th Apr 2012, 01:59 PM

Arisuka

17th Apr 2012, 02:13 PM

Well I hope with weather they re-tag some of the base and expansion clothing or give the player the chance to re-tag them. a lot of the sweaters and boots stuff would make good outerwear for cold or wet weather. And those store outfits? They don't look like appropriate rain outfits.

It would seriously suck if players weren't able to tag and sort the possible outerwear clothing categories in CAS themselves, because EA sucks at categorizing! Would be great if EA would tag all clothes with a patch, but in addition to that, the users could also un-tag and tag items themselves easily in game.

But EA is so damn lazy... I bet that all those coat and jacket outfits from previous EPs and Store would be left in the every day category, and anyway hopes of being able to tag stuff conveniently in game is very non-EA. :/ They do everything through the hardest paths and against all rational thinking!

bassoon_crazy

17th Apr 2012, 03:24 PM

Do you guys think this an indication or just an ordinary tweet? Someone commented on SimsVIP with this tweet.

https://twitter.com/SimGuruMeatball/statuses/192121894428872704

https://twitter.com/SimGuruMeatball/statuses/191750025179705344

Well, I don't know... However, that is the very same SimGuru that posted on EA's forums that weather is possible around a month ago.

Inge Jones

17th Apr 2012, 04:43 PM

That simguru just posted in the very thread weather is being speculated about on the official forums. He didn't confirm or deny but the fact he is participating in thread instead of deleting it is pretty significant.

writerchick

17th Apr 2012, 04:46 PM

Does anyone else wonder if Jenieusa = SimsGuruJen? Because I kind of am...

It would certainly explain how some "average" player had new clothing category tags in her game, wouldn't it?

rian90

17th Apr 2012, 04:55 PM

http://www.simprograms.com/40282/new-clothing-category-leaked-on-the-exchange/

I don't think Jenie works for EA. ;)

Inge Jones

17th Apr 2012, 04:56 PM

A real Maxoid on normal people's forums? /me considers...

goteampink

17th Apr 2012, 05:12 PM

I am really, really excited for weather again! But I highly doubt EA will put both magic and weather in the same EP.

As for the links, no sensible person with experience in rainy weather would wear those outfits as your 'outside gear'. :lol:

jenieusa

17th Apr 2012, 05:14 PM

Does anyone else wonder if Jenieusa = SimsGuruJen? Because I kind of am...

It would certainly explain how some "average" player had new clothing category tags in her game, wouldn't it?

Sorry but no...its just plain ole me... :)

aGOLDENbox

17th Apr 2012, 06:09 PM

It would seriously suck if players weren't able to tag and sort the possible outerwear clothing categories in CAS themselves, because EA sucks at categorizing! Would be great if EA would tag all clothes with a patch, but in addition to that, the users could also un-tag and tag items themselves easily in game.

But EA is so damn lazy... I bet that all those coat and jacket outfits from previous EPs and Store would be left in the every day category, and anyway hopes of being able to tag stuff conveniently in game is very non-EA. :/ They do everything through the hardest paths and against all rational thinking!

I'm hoping that we will get to tag some outfits for outerwear. It was a positive sign that the team, with the latest patch and expansion pack, allowed up to separate makeup per outfit. I'm hoping they got the message that simmers like being able to customize according to our game play or going by their defaults.

kayls42

17th Apr 2012, 06:49 PM

rian90

17th Apr 2012, 06:55 PM

What if rain is just something a witch, etc. can conjure or something?
Or perhaps that's EA's way of combining the two; magic can conjure different kinds of weather? o-o

Nah, that would be too cool ;)

If that is all it is, it would not be too cool. It would be silly. If they can make rain in the open hood, they would not require magic to make it rain. On the other hand, if they can do rain, they will no doubt have another "magical' way to do it, either via magic or via a weather machine.

But to require us to use magic...no, I would be very surprised since EA has always made it so that those who did not want to use supernatural could do so. To restrict weather only to those who use magic would be a very poor marketing idea.

crocobaura

17th Apr 2012, 10:26 PM

If that is all it is, it would not be too cool. It would be silly. If they can make rain in the open hood, they would not require magic to make it rain. On the other hand, if they can do rain, they will no doubt have another "magical' way to do it, either via magic or via a weather machine.

But to require us to use magic...no, I would be very surprised since EA has always made it so that those who did not want to use supernatural could do so. To restrict weather only to those who use magic would be a very poor marketing idea.

Maybe they aren't ready to give us weather yet, so they'll just give rain for now. Witchy sims will be able to make rain by doing a raindance. :lol:

Marky Boy

17th Apr 2012, 10:33 PM

I am not going to lie but I cannot wait for this! Weather is one of the big things I missed from TS2 and I'd love to see my sim in TS3 finally have a snowball fight! Or singed by lightning after stepping into an electricity trap in France :o

EA has already teased me about the weather with the fog emitter a couple of years ago now and I have been eagerly awaiting since then... this may be the first EP ever that I will pre-order in a heartbeat :P

TMBrandon

18th Apr 2012, 02:18 AM

Well I don't know what to say on the point of the whole "rain" category, but I do have to say this:

The tweets from SimGuruMagnus or Meatball as you may, were definitely referring to the weather in Sweden, or wherever he is, if you go through his tweets earlier in the day he says "Sweden already got seasons - cold, colder, coldest and summer!" and there's many other tweets about weather..The coincidence of this being a speculation is pretty er strange lol...Also the tweet with "soccer etc.." the person that had replied, was talking to him and Meatball had replied about an hour ago I believe after the person said "I would prefer magic" he had said "what kind of magic do you like? The dark kind with potions made out of vampire blood and frogs?" BUT then again he says " that or people see what they want to see :)" after the person says "I see! Being cheeky then?" which makes my argument invalid, lol this is a huge mindfuck D:

rian90

18th Apr 2012, 02:42 AM

He is also feeding people stuff on the forums. That is very odd, in my opinion. And there are odd comments about bunnies and ducks. He might just be playing with us..although it seems like a very dangerous game to play. Either way, someone is going to be disappointed. Hard to believe the PR people associated with The Sims would be letting him do this without a reason. Of course, EA was just voted the worse company! LOL So maybe they like using us to feed their egos and for their own amusement. :)

Orilon

18th Apr 2012, 03:15 AM

Oh good grief, am I the only one that doesn't want weather in Sims 3? It was a pain in the butt lag wise in Sims 2 and that was just on one lot, I can't imagine what kind of lag there would be if it was raining or snowing over the whole world. Inactives hit by lightning wandering around scorched for days...

bassoon_crazy

18th Apr 2012, 03:19 AM

He might just be playing with us..although it seems like a very dangerous game to play.

Indeed, that's why I think there is something more to this. They are just too smart to be trolling large portions of the fandom like this.

rian90

18th Apr 2012, 04:04 AM

Indeed, that's why I think there is something more to this. They are just too smart to be trolling large portions of the fandom like this.

I don't know...they don't act all that smart to me. :) Like I said, his tweets were taken out of context so not sure there is as much there as we thought.

The tweets from SimGuruMagnus or Meatball as you may, were definitely referring to the weather in Sweden, or wherever he is, if you go through his tweets earlier in the day he says "Sweden already got seasons - cold, colder, coldest and summer!" and there's many other tweets about weather..The coincidence of this being a speculation is pretty er strange lol...

SimGuruMeatball appears to be Swedish but he is in San Francisco and I doubt it is very cold there in April. I haven't checked the weather though. :)

bassoon_crazy

18th Apr 2012, 04:24 AM

I don't know...they don't act all that smart to me. :) Like I said, his tweets were taken out of context so not sure there is as much there as we thought.

However I find it ironic that he claims that he doesn't know anything, but he made a post in another topic confirming that weather is doable.

I don't necessarily trust everything they say. Especially since he is posting in that topic. You'd think that they'd just leave us to our speculations like they always do.

rian90

18th Apr 2012, 05:41 AM

You'd think that they'd just leave us to our speculations like they always do.

I would think so too..unless he has gone rogue. ;) Regardless, I find him rather annoying.

DigitalSympathies

18th Apr 2012, 08:15 AM

I'm putting my money on another leak - but this time, it was probably an Exchange glitch (there are so very many others) and they said "to hell with it" and let us speculate.

Oh, weather, how I want you. It rains constantly here so playing my selfsim's house isn't complete with the humdrum of droplets on the gutterpipes.

gege_sml

24th Apr 2012, 10:41 PM

IDK, if Meatball had said things only about the weather itself..but he mentioned in a way that looked like a Sims game (kinda crazy hehe).. not sure he would take a risk of saying stuff like that, because he knows the effect it would cause.. specially after the Magic leak maybe they really are trying to give us some clues

If Magic and Weather are coming, I think they're going to annouce both EP 7 and 8 together. (like they did with Pets and Generations) to calm the fans down

UltraRobbie

24th Apr 2012, 10:48 PM

Who on earth would wear those in the rain?

Oh look, beautiful, boiling sunlight outside today! LET'S WEAR MY WARMEST COAT HURR

iheartcowcapoos

26th Apr 2012, 05:01 PM

what i don't understand is how these outfits could be categorized as rain... i wouldn't wear either of those outfits if it was raining outside

crocobaura

26th Apr 2012, 06:07 PM

Who on earth would wear those in the rain?

Oh look, beautiful, boiling sunlight outside today! LET'S WEAR MY WARMEST COAT HURR

You don't need warm coats for summer rain. There are places where it rains daily and all you need is some water resistant flip-flops and an umbrella. :)