Personally I think an external tool for that would have been the best solution. A sort of body shop tool where you can slap the colour, patterns and textures on clothing/objects and then import them into the game as swatches. Possibly the color wheel could still be in the game itself?

In any case it would need to be improved from Sims 3. In Sims 3 it was so difficult to get something that wasn't 1) too loud (colour wise) 2)looking rubbery 3)both.

With hair and skin colours I'd wish they'd find a hybrid system between that and the recessive and dominant genes in Sims 2, perhaps you could designate a haircolour as dominant or recessive.

I really want a Life Sim with proper (but improved) genes and memories like in Sims 2.

I'm pretty sure that there were a lot of reports to the mods and complaints about it and outside MTS its TS4 section was synonymous with The Receptacle. "Want to complain and whine? Head over to ModTheSims!" Not exactly ideal advertising.
So noone paid any real attention to the wit, laughter and fine sportsmanship that was actually happening in that filthy trashcan that went by the name of Receptacle. I'm still amazed how well everyone dealt with when anoher user or thread was dumped into there and was either quickly assimilated or held at bay.
And of course, noone paid any real attention that two of the most prolific TS4 modders were also two of the most prolific Receptacularists. This garbage pile bred progress, as is usually the case in the outside world, too.

An easy solution would've been to move The Receptacle to the Sims 3 Forum - nobody there would've cared at all and Sims 4 players wouldn't have to see The Receptacle. But that's the point, isn't it? Giving more views to the TS3 forum wouldn't be a solution in the staff's eyes. We could've moved ourselves to the Sims 3 (or 2?) forums, but now I suppose it's too late.

In my last Receptacle post I said I would feel better if I knew the reason they were closing it. Well, now I've seen the "reason". So I was wrong - I don't feel better.



I was thinking something like that too - that they're worried that negativity about the Sims 4 will ultimately damage the site, so the forum has to be rigorously policed for negativity. My take is that the Sims 4 will damage the site because the Sims 4 is shit. It's nobody here's fault that Sims Studio fucked up.

Can anyone tell me please why my signature isn't showing? Is it a matter of patience or is there some other button to press apart from showing signatures in my profile options?

Edit: Duh, now it shows

I've just ordered the glass for my front door. It currently has that horrid reeded stuff and I am changing it for plain glass. The door will be lemon yellow.

I have an invitation for dinner tonight. What colour should the rose have in order to not convey any message at all?

http://www.lillysrosegarden.com/ros...-symbolism.html

Lavender and White seem to be safe colours, as does orange, personally orange roses are my favorite.

OK, it seems that there is not a single rose colour that doesn't have any meaning. Maybe I should choose another flower then or present the lady of the house with a lemon coloured door instead. Sounds quite lovely actually!
My door is brown, brass and mint green. No glass.

But here's one for you, Phoenixfire88:

Calling it now: MTS is in cahoots with EA. *dun dun duuuuuuuuuuun*

Thanks very much for that link! At first glance Clockwork Empires seems to be Banished crossed with The Sims. While it's still in an "early access" state, it's definitely a game to keep an eye on.

Another dev post about the game's AI that I found interesting: https://www.gaslampgames.com/2015/0...-from-the-sims/

Awww thanks!

Aren't lilac trees blooming in Europe now? You could bring some lilacs, they smell lovely!

On the topic of Sims 4 discussion, there's these Social Groups Forums here on MTS: http://modthesims.info/fd.php?f=546

We could start a social group there to keep the Receptacle alive? But that still stinks of exile....

Hm, I'll have to see. I'm being picked up in about an hour and the shop is around the corner. The last time I found a very eccentric orchid there. It was almost completely green, then became brighter and ended with a deep orange right at the petals' tips.

Edit: Ok, I think I have met the 40% non-Sims related ratio now.

So, we could have our one thread, but we'd have to join the group first? Is this how it works?

Are lilacs really blooming in Europe now? In California they have been done for several weeks now.

I do have a Social Group already Prophets and Visionaries of Gaming It's mostly inhabited by tumbleweeds and desert lizards atm, though. But I think it is open and anyone can start a thread in it. I think you only need invitations if you lock it to invites only. I still haven't really looked after it so I don't know how much it differs from other threads and sections. I think that the one who starts the group is some sort of mini-moderator but without any real power. Maybe I can rename the group and have it like a Re-Receptacle. You can find it by going to my profile.

I don't really know. The Magnolias at least have been done here and the cherry blossom started maybe two or three weeks ago. The thing that is blooming like crazy at the moment here is Sweetscented Bedstraw (also called woodruff, sweet woodruff, and wild baby's breath). The smell is almost overwhelming in some places.

Yes, apparently if you click on Social Groups Home, under discussion you can create a group. Not sure how you have people actually join it though....

Ok, I just had a quick check. I can rename the group, I can repurpose it, I can make it members only or leave it public. Someone else would have to check whether anyone can start a thread. At least RoseCity was able to post without having to be invited or a member. I'm the only member

If you renamed it, Don, you would probably have to change the objective of it also. Apparently they do patrol for "off-topicness". Plus, some older groups, like in 2009 older, got shut down for being too "rapid-fire" chatty.

http://www.modthesims.info/showthre...25#startcomment

Ninja'd lol

So now I must stay off topic. Or within a certain percentage of off-topicness? No talking about Sims?!

Damn. I wrote a post about this in The Receptacle: how we would be followed and any thread we ended up in would be closed as well. People thought that post was funny. I thought it was funny.
But I'm beginning to think it was prophetic.

Was this off topic enough?

ETA: Stay on topic by being off topic. Or: on topic is off topic. Sounds like Big Brother to me.

Sorry, I will have to leave now. I'll catch up tonight or tomorrow.

What do the mods have against the "Vent! V4" thread?





Seriously, though. I edited the quote above only to remove the specific references to TS4, the Receptacle, EA, etc. Just some food for thought.

Now I'm completely confused. Because they said that was what was the problem with Things I've Seen/Heard/Read About Sims 4 (renamed Sims 4 Chat Thread) - that it was too chatty for the forum and should've been taken to the Social Groups. So it's possible for a Social Group to be too chatty as well?... Or maybe they meant if things are getting super chatty you have to go to Live Chat. Not exactly easy to organize all that.
And back on topic, the lilacs are just starting to bloom in my yard here in southern New England. They might be a little bit late.

If you make a social group I think Graham won't be able to post there. I mean he could join but I think he won't bother, so bear that in mind

We could send him an invite, perhaps even make it so that he gets all our posts on his daily feed in some manner.

But yeah we do want to have the whole thing still be readable by the general public/the developers so that our good work can continue.

Yeah, I have no interest in a chat. It's not the same. We are all on different time zones, and conversations that are important to us would be lost. Plus, chats have no fun buttons on the bottom of every post, and that is part of the thrill. I think how we are used to communicating is fine, but there will always be some danger caused by popularity.

When you get back, Don: I like the current rules of this thread, but we could change the 60% Sims 4 requirement. Instead make it inclusive for all Sims games, like you mentioned earlier. Plus add something about: general, or impromptu, group sharing. This should cover any off-topicness we could possibly tread.

What do you guys think?

Edit: It's terrible that we even have to do any of this just to be sure that we can have some form of free speech.