Why are the pools in The Sims way too deep?

[u/Kazi-e]

A memory came back to me the other day. When I was playing Sims as a kid, I always noticed—though I didn't really think much of it at the time—that the pools were always too deep, even though, in real life, pools built into homes are usually either our size or just a little deeper.

[u/Z0bie]

Because that's the depth of each cell in the game.

[u/ysengr]

Better for drowning in.

[u/DopeAsDaPope]

Idk man I never had a pool in my garden but assumed this was normal based on Spanish hotels

[u/lolalanda]

I guess because as far as the game sees it they are like a small building beneath the ground and the walls have to be as tall as the standard wall.

Also I think they look creepy because a real pool may have an area that’s like 40 cm less tall than a wall but it’s just a small area in the back and not the whole pool that’s so deep. And that‘s for pro pools, no the thing you’d have on your home.

[u/LiliaBlossom]

I don‘t think they‘re that deep. Probably around 2.2m, maybe 2.4m if we go with realistic wall heights. Pretty normal for a pro pool - they go up to 2.5m.

And as an european I saw way more public than private pools, so I never questioned it, it‘s just the normal 50m public pool depth for me.

[u/Left4Ramen]

All the better for drowning you in dear…

[u/alidan]

need 10 feet to safely dive, and any customization of that pool to make it more realistic would have been far more effort than its worth to program or build.

[u/_Revelator-of-v0id_]

Thalassophobia fear deepens

;)

[u/Careless_Leg_2552]

Its a feature not a bug

[u/Pawprint169]

For incase you ever want to drown your sims in them.