can we use this sound dampening property on custom props, networks and buildings? I imagine modders will want to create draggable sound-blocking walls, or various props/buildings specifically designed to absorb sound.will modders be able to add their own animals to the game and customize spawners (number of animals, spawn rate, eventual sensitivity to pollution.)?.Nice touch about the water animals, I find games often neglect the water beautification aspect.ĭoes pollution have an effect on animal spawners? IRL water animals are especially known to be hyper-sensitive to pollution. The further away the trees are from the source of the Noise Pollution, the weaker the dampening effect is.

But a small forest between a highway and residential area will help keep your Cims ears in much better condition. Now your Cims can fully enjoy the convenience of nearby train station without having their ears bleed all day.įor further gameplay tips we would like to remind that a lonely tree won't do much. So a decision was made to plant new trees facing the residential zones to reduce the Noise Pollution. But those ungrateful Cims now complain about the Noise pollution coming from the train station. You've built a new fancy train station near the residential zone so your Cims can more easily access work from their homes, you'd imagine they would be super happy? And you would be correct, there is less traffic and everyone gets to work faster. Let's imagine this scenario from in-game. Places that have higher concentration of tree will have more pronounced effect. To achieve this the system will calculate the density of tree in an area and create heat map based on that data. As a part of the free update we have redone the logic for tree props, like in real life the tree will now reduce Noise Pollution!

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