Do you customise worlds before playing?
For me whenever I start a new save or world, the first thing I do before I start playing is always to put my own townies into the world, place useful lots like clubs, junkyards, occult lots, etc in, r...
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I voted for "I sometimes customize worlds", but really, I customize them at least 80% of the time. Sometimes it's only a matter of adding lot types that the original world doesn't have, but sometimes I want a world slightly different to what we have available, and I try to create it by editing the town (I have CAW but I never managed to understand the instructions, so making my own world is not an option).
For example, I like the look of Bridgeport but I don't like that there never seems to be any life in the streets. For the save I'm currently playing, I used an empty version of the custom world Laguna Coast and added Bridgeport skyscrapers to it, but I also made a main street with most of the rabbit holes, and I made these lots Visitors Allowed and added places to sit, sources of food, fun objects and lots of decor. My plan worked: townies love to hang around in these lots, and it gives me the feel I wanted: a colourful, crowded and messy city.
https://i.imgur.com/LBgviu8.jpg
Also, a few years ago I played a nectar-making household in a version of Riverview I made over to resemble Champs Les Sims. I placed copied versions of Champs les Sims buildings in empty lots, built some new homes, but with most of the existing homes I just changed the roof, the wall covering and the type of fence. It did give the town a completely different feel.
https://i.imgur.com/SCVhtRN.jpg
I'm very slow in applying this types of changes to a world, but I enjoy it very much.
I usually play without customizing when I'm playing a world with a very distinct feel (like Starlight Shores, Moonlight Falls, Monte Vista or Roaring Heights) for the first time. I like to explore these worlds for the first time through the eyes of my sims, and go into Edit Town later if I think there is something missing.
For example, I like the look of Bridgeport but I don't like that there never seems to be any life in the streets. For the save I'm currently playing, I used an empty version of the custom world Laguna Coast and added Bridgeport skyscrapers to it, but I also made a main street with most of the rabbit holes, and I made these lots Visitors Allowed and added places to sit, sources of food, fun objects and lots of decor. My plan worked: townies love to hang around in these lots, and it gives me the feel I wanted: a colourful, crowded and messy city.
https://i.imgur.com/LBgviu8.jpg
Also, a few years ago I played a nectar-making household in a version of Riverview I made over to resemble Champs Les Sims. I placed copied versions of Champs les Sims buildings in empty lots, built some new homes, but with most of the existing homes I just changed the roof, the wall covering and the type of fence. It did give the town a completely different feel.
https://i.imgur.com/SCVhtRN.jpg
I'm very slow in applying this types of changes to a world, but I enjoy it very much.
I usually play without customizing when I'm playing a world with a very distinct feel (like Starlight Shores, Moonlight Falls, Monte Vista or Roaring Heights) for the first time. I like to explore these worlds for the first time through the eyes of my sims, and go into Edit Town later if I think there is something missing.
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