SimGuruGrant, the lead producer on The Sims 4 Seasons Expansion Pack has finally addressed the talk about snow depth in this pack, confirming our suspicion that there is no actual depth for snow.
Hi Simmers! Hope you had a good weekend. We're so glad we can finally discuss Seasons now that it has been announced. We've seen a bit of discussion regarding deep snow, so I want to address that quickly in a short series of Tweets. 1/4
— Grant Rodiek (@SimGuruGrant) May 30, 2018
We knew deep snow would be important from the very beginning and we researched a variety of solutions to implement it. However, we never had confidence we'd be able to achieve the visual quality bar we expect for The Sims 4, which is key on an aesthetic feature! 2/4
— Grant Rodiek (@SimGuruGrant) May 30, 2018
Therefore, as lead producer I made the difficult decision to focus our efforts elsewhere. As we share more of TS4 Seasons, you'll see the gorgeous, intricate details of winter, spring, summer, and fall we dedicated ourselves to instead of deep snow. 3/4
— Grant Rodiek (@SimGuruGrant) May 30, 2018
We think this is the best version of Seasons ever, visually and from a feature standpoint, and cannot wait to share it with you. Thanks, and stay tuned. /end
— Grant Rodiek (@SimGuruGrant) May 30, 2018
Correct.
— Grant Rodiek (@SimGuruGrant) May 30, 2018
This was not a performance issue for us. That is not the reason on The Sims 4. https://t.co/amC9AmB6Pk
— Grant Rodiek (@SimGuruGrant) May 30, 2018
We researched tech, art, and environment solutions and we were not confident that any of the approaches would be shippable.
— Grant Rodiek (@SimGuruGrant) May 30, 2018
Yes.
— Grant Rodiek (@SimGuruGrant) May 30, 2018
