General Gameplay A gameplay option to have the option to build to be disabled during heavy storms.

[Pixelated Sparkster]

I recalled back in the sims 1, whenever a fire or burglar break-in would occur, we would not be able to go to build or buy mode until that situation has been dealt with.
I was thinking, to make the situation interesting, could we have the gameplay option to have the ability of construction to be temporarily disabled during tornado attacks?

It will make these storms more intense and exciting if we could not build anything during the tornado attack specifically. Usually when a tornado attack would occur, the player could have the option to rebuild broken fences asap once they have been broken by the tornado. Or have shelters and storm defense stations be built in areas unprotected. By having the ability to build things be taken away from the player, we will have the player's park handle the storm and have it be truly tested to see how the situation of the storm be dealt with, with the only option of defense being the ranger and acu teams.

Now this sudden lack to build stuff during storms would be too much for some players as it is a huge jump from what we are used to, which is why I think it should be an option in the gameplay options section. So we could turn it on or off depending in how we would like to handle these storms in different modes of play. So players who would like to test themselves, could have this option be activated and see if they could handle building parks during tornado attacks.

 

[JediJoe84]

I still have to remind myself this isn't JPOG sometimes and I can send my helicopters out in storms haha.

 

[Pixelated Sparkster]

I still have to remind myself this isn't JPOG sometimes and I can send my helicopters out in storms haha.

I think it could actually be cool if helicopter could end up not usable in storms now that tranquilizer darts could be used for both ranger teams and ACU. The ACU team could not fly in harsh conditions but the ranger teams could be used, however you will be thrown around due to the nature of the weather.

And similar to JPOG, maybe an upgrade could be introduced that could allow the helicopter to fly in storms, but the helicopter would not be able to fly as fast during heavy storms.

 

[Pixelated Sparkster]

Imagine this as an option for challenge and sandbox mode, and the main campaign after completing the campaign.

"Enhanced Storm Mode"

This is an optional difficulty mode for the storms in the game. With this mode turned on, we have these changes made.

• ACU copter will not be usable during the tornado attack.
• Player can not build any fences or buildings during a tornado attack

I think this will be more intense as the tornado in the game kinda has a focus more on speeding up dinosaur escapes. However, if the tornado could be updated to be deadly to dinosaurs, then the Enhanced Storm mode could be.

• ACU copter will not be usable during tonrado attack
• Dinosaurs will lose health and may die from the tornado attack.

With tornados now potentially killing the dinosaurs in the game, the enhanced storm mode now focuses on saving the dinosaurs, instead of making sure they do not escape.

 

[Capt.Hunt]

so we're just supposed to sit on our hands during storms? I've had tornadoes cause me to irrecoverably lose a game because they hit at the wrong time in just the right place and cost me hundreds of thousands of dollars a minute. Not being able to do anything to take control of the situation until the storm has passed could make the game impossible to play.

 

[Pixelated Sparkster]

so we're just supposed to sit on our hands during storms? I've had tornadoes cause me to irrecoverably lose a game because they hit at the wrong time in just the right place and cost me hundreds of thousands of dollars a minute. Not being able to do anything to take control of the situation until the storm has passed could make the game impossible to play.

not nothing, we could still get in our jeeps and repair the fences as much as possible as the storm happens. Even then, I am proposing it as an option for those who like to have the difficulty amp up during storm outbreaks, not become the new standard.

 

[Pixelated Sparkster]

I am also referring mostly to tornados in this thread, regular storms should still allow players to build if the option is either turned on or off as they are not that devestating. Sorry if that was not clear.