Wide Open Spaces in Home
Has anyone like me ever built a slightly too large home? I have all the essentials and a lot of seating, and this giant empty space in the foyer. What do you simmers like to do with wide open spaces? ...
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I don't have this problem because I hate overly large houses. And entryways/hallways in my sims homes is not necessary for me personally, it just adds more headache of walls blocking my view or routing issues.
I have a tendency to have my front doors to open directly into the main living room with a little extra "walkway" space. Or if I do have some sort of entry I use a small 2-tile wall to break it up, or even small short walls. I also usually create open-living spaces so my living room/dining room and kitchen are pretty much in the same room area with very little walls that sims need to traverse through doorways.
And, also 90% of the time I only play in single story homes, even if it's a 2-story or larger home from the outside, I make sure there are bedrooms on the main floor so my sims can live on one floor and I delete all of the stuff from the upper level rooms (typically deleting the walls and doors but leaving the stairs so it appears to be a proper 2-story home. This way I still get the aesthetics of a nice 2-story home from the neighborhood view but I have better control of keeping an eye on my sims.
And finally I always play with walls up because I like to see the deco on the walls and when I play with walls down all of the wall items distracts me because it's just a big jumble of floating stuff.
So yeah, large houses for me doesn't fit my personal play style.
I have a tendency to have my front doors to open directly into the main living room with a little extra "walkway" space. Or if I do have some sort of entry I use a small 2-tile wall to break it up, or even small short walls. I also usually create open-living spaces so my living room/dining room and kitchen are pretty much in the same room area with very little walls that sims need to traverse through doorways.
And, also 90% of the time I only play in single story homes, even if it's a 2-story or larger home from the outside, I make sure there are bedrooms on the main floor so my sims can live on one floor and I delete all of the stuff from the upper level rooms (typically deleting the walls and doors but leaving the stairs so it appears to be a proper 2-story home. This way I still get the aesthetics of a nice 2-story home from the neighborhood view but I have better control of keeping an eye on my sims.
And finally I always play with walls up because I like to see the deco on the walls and when I play with walls down all of the wall items distracts me because it's just a big jumble of floating stuff.
So yeah, large houses for me doesn't fit my personal play style.
