 SIMS 3 LATE NIGHT – CHAT WITH GRANT RODIEK
The Sims team (Grant Rodiek) held a chat for The Sims 3 Late Night and Fast Lane Stuff Pack on Twitter, if you missed it, here are a few things that were revealed at the event.
- Elevators are now included
- New Film Career that has two branches: Director and Actor
- Vampires, and Vampire Children (wow)
- The tall buildings can actually be lived in. If you make enough Simoleons you can even buy one of the luxury high rises.
- The new town or city is like Twinbrook, Riverview, or Sunset Valley. You can import your Sims using Edit Town if you want to keep the same family.
- You can play the drums in Late Night
- Vampires will age, but VERY slowly. Vampires will remain young adults and adults for a very, very long time.
- Better celebrities, better drinks, and more. Stay tuned for details on clubs!
- CLUBS!
- New objects. Including a Shuffleboard, darts, bubble bar, new professional bars, 3 new instruments, HOT TUBS.
- There’s a new breast slider for females and new muscle sliders for both genders.
- We’ve done a lot of work to make sure Sims can talk while sitting down, having a drink, and more
- The apartments are extensions of Shells from World Adventures. Big models, but with some floors that can be built and lived in.
- Mixology is the other new skill. Create tons of awesome new juice drinks, learn some sweet moves, and even work as a mixologist.
- Vampires won’t die from the sun, but it’s worse. They must live without their powers until they recover from their blisters.
- The race car is hilariously awesome. So fast!
- Yes! We have gigs that you can perform. Or, just bring your band and start playing.
- No bowling alley, sorry. We wanted to change up a few things for Late Night.
- We do have acting auditions out in the neighborhood. You can also go shoot b-roll footage.
- Yes, there are undergrounds, or subways as we call them here in the states.
- Vampires can die by thirst!
- Yes! You can woohoo in the hot tub and the elevator.
- Yes, your Sims will sometimes have acting and directing jobs outside the film studio.
- We have several subways through the neighborhood. You can place your own if you want, even on your Sim’s home lot.
- Yes there are new traits. New traits are Shy and a new one for Celebrity Sims.
- Yes, you can incorporate your ambitions locations into the new neighborhood. We always try to leave some empty space!
- Yes! The FX machine is AWESOME. It shoots snow, fire, glitter, bubbles…oh man it is so cool.
- Plasma Packs are a new snack to satisfy a vampires’ thirst.
- The new film Career shares some of the Ambitions features, much like the Doctor career.
- The paparazzi are fun to deal with.
- It has a lovely skyline, tons of tall buildings, beautiful coastline.
- There is really awesome furniture. our concept team went all out this time
- We wanted to focus on the band itself. We had a lot of instruments and bass, drums, and pianos were the ones we picked.
- Moonlight doesn’t burn vampires. Only the sun.
- The new town, It actually wasn’t inspired by New York…
- Thirst replaces hunger, with Vampire. But, vampires play quite differently than other Sims.
- This is the most simulation driven EP yet. Opportunities are scaled back.
- We added several new recipes for bars and the new food truck. Hot Wings = Delicious.
- Half walls, building inside shell buildings…there is a LOT of build/buy stuff.
- You can now build pools on any floor level, circular pools. We added a fountain tool, you can move paintings up and down on wall.
- All children, vampire or not, must go to school. It’s the law! Plus, we don’t want them to be dumb.
- How busy are the bars? My Sim was at a packed dive bar today. It can get nice and busy.
- Yes, you can build new stage platforms. There is also a dance floor.
- When is late night being released? October 26, 2010 worldwide.
- We have new sliders! Also, the new clothing and hair assets are gorgeous.
- New death types: Death by Thirst, Old Age…really any death except Hunger.
- Vampires have a special skin type of sorts (NOT GLITTER). But no, we don’t have new “skin types.”
- Yes. We even added a new special bed for them that’s quite haunting.
- There are no half vampires. They either are, or are not a vampire.
- Yes! We’re really excited to finally get NPC hosted parties. Have fun crashing them (which is possible!)
- We haven’t opened up existing rabbit holes.
- No, no coffins. They use regular beds and the new vampire altar.
- If the club has a bouncer you can sneak in, bribe, hack your way in…or get in legitimately with your celeb status.
- Yeah, we have four musical skills for four musical instruments.
- Apartment will range in price like current homes. Some cheaper, some VERY expensive.
- New facial hair
- We have a vampire cure that is a potion.
- Is there special traits for vampires? No, but they have tons of unique behavior.
- You can become a vampire if you find a vampire, befriend them, and convince them to turn you. I bet the hidden vampire bar is a good place…
- Vampires can eat grilled cheese if they want, but…it won’t satisfy them.
- Vampires have a favorite food.
- yes, there is new music.
- It’s not a violent mugging. You can get “mauled by bears” technically in The Sims 3. We’re silly, not violent!
- No hotels. You live in the new neighborhood, not visit.
- The traffic light is a decorative object, so no, we don’t have a complex traffic system
- Late Night is all about going out on the town and hanging with friends. Awesome late night experiences. No ocean swimming atm.
- No DJ booth. We wanted to focus on instruments for now.
- Paparazzi are in the game. They will sneak around to take photos of celebs.
- Anything is possible. Right now, we’re all about going out on the town
- We added a ton of new features for build mode but not spiral staircases (I listed it in a previous tweet).
- Weather in the new neighborhood is sunny and bright for now. Advisory warning if you’re a vampire.
- We didn’t create vampire specific clothing but we did add a ton of new outfits. They are easily the best we’ve made.
- The game is always changing. The video is based on some early footage.
- If your avatar is any indicator, you sir spot a mean goatee.
- This time we only added 2 more traits. But we love them too so don’t worry. There’s also another trait you’ll be getting soon…
- New outfits, new hair, and the breast slider (for women) and new muscle slider for both genders.
- There aren’t vampire bloodlines. They pass on their traits and abilities genetically though
- Your Sim can moonlight as a mixologist or earn money in the band.
- Some old. We’ve modified the art for some of the old ones to look new, and we added tons of buildings, subways, and film studio.
- Hard to explain the fountain tool via twitter. It’s a flexible way to make really cool fountains. It’s pretty amazing.
- We have not added any changes to the existing base game restaurants.
credit(source) InfiniteSims.com
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