[Old Poll] Would you like worlds to not have FX Buildings?

Much rather a big empty lot. Let me put what I want on the lot - that way they are useful. I see no point in fake buildings but a source of major aggravation there is something adding nothing to the game that has absolutely no purpose. I can see decor like mountains, waterfalls and such like trees and plants and even animals on unreachable outskirts but in the midst of our play area there should not be places we cannot have access to.

"xstxrrysequence;c-17117294" wrote:
It might look weird, but it’s better than having lag spikes every second due to all the buildings being real.

That's not an issue in Sims 4 as the lots only load when your Sim clicks to go on a lot. Sims 3 loaded everything and why it was a problem - where as Sims 4 is programmed to load a single lot only after you click it. Every building could be real in this game and will not have a lag issue if you have a 64 bit pc. If you get a lag issue - it is not due to buildings. The devs made this a point in Sims 4 and why we have load screens - so the game can load the lot you just clicked on.

I'd rather there be nothing instead of forcing a style they decide on to all my worlds one of the reasons why CAW is so important. Creating our own worlds and style is important to a lot of us.

I like them, they make the worlds cohesive and pretty to look at.
I feel like with playable lots only, the worlds would be bare and sad.

And if every visible lot was made playable, I would never play. I'm still trying to redesign Del Sol Valley downtown and the two community lots of Strangerville. I even have a few City Living lots left I've been meaning to change but never got around to.

I wouldn't want to go back to Sims 2 where there was vast open nothingness unless there was a placed lot. Yes-- I'd prefer to be able to create or add my own lots instead, but if they aren't going to make that happen with the way it's set up, I'd rather have the FX houses than that lonely bare expanse.

Edited to add: There are really two issues here: What is visible, and what is playable. Obviously it would be great to have a huge amount of playable space, but the way the game is designed, it's not going to happen.

The things that so far bugs me the most is the skyscraper buildings that only have maybe 4 appartments in them. I don't mind background buildings, but if I'm going to live in a tall building, at least give me lots on multiple stories.

Depends on the neighbor hood, If Its a neighborhood in the middle of the forest spread out so you have privacy then yes no house Sprites.

But If it's a neighborhood close to the city, t hen yes I want FX House, or at least to a forced perspective sort of a thing. I rather them be empty husks that look a little off than fully designed shells that have me wishing i could live there.

-MasonGamer - We have an amazing gallery of talented Simmers who make every kind of lot you can imagine - even some I never thought of and you see a point of wanting an unusable - empty fx lot -when that lot could have been filled in with an amazing usable lot of any kind.

That makes no sense at all. Those who want to make their own lot can when no fx fake lots are there - or if they don't have time or feel their lot is good enough - well the gallery is there for very purpose. Option is the answer - not taking away our creativity and options that have always been in the Sims series. If some had empty lots in previous games it is because they did not fill them and could have easily through shared ones every game has always had. Or games content devs make need to be usable - not more and more fake. How many houses where any of you live has fake buildings? It does not count if it is a movie lot. But truth is; especially for reality players and all the builders who play and build in these games - and they will tell you their frustrations in this game and how in real life there is no real fake buildings that real people see everyday unless they are actors and that is only at their job. There is enough fake in this game - but adding entire fake buildings, transportation, fake roads, fake - fake - fake - needs to stop.

Pegasys - As for the bogus excuse we got for the Get Famous world being so small - well that was as bogus as they come. If you believed that - you really do not know enough about gaming and making games.

Funny the same game with way more activity and such in the coming pack has 14-15 lots - can you see through the wool they pulled over your eyes and made you believe that spill? But here we are next ep - this one puts that one to shame almost - plenty of lots we the player can use - not fake ones, content that is mind boggling - nothing YET has changed- so you tell me why it is different in this ep and some of the eps before it?

not saying to empty already existing city worlds because for cities it makes sense for there to be huge load of buildings
(even if im always sad because best spots are not for player to live in)

but also we need some more rural worlds and custom ones


good example to what I would like changed is newcrest for example
which was supposed to be ''empty world for player to customize''
but it is full of those fake old american houses and it looks totally off to make anything I want in it

good examples of worlds/places without fx houses in ts4?

forgotten hollow (though the middle square is bit limiting but i guess its vampire world so i will chill)
island in windenburg
hidden lots

now are those too empty? not really? (hidden lots are just ridiculously small)

they could easily make a world that only has natural decorations to it and no fx houses
and it would not be ''too empty''

I am on both sides. Perhaps we can have some kind of hybrid which has real lots in an immediate area and have fake houses on the outskirts. Sims 2 had a pretty good map system. We could have our real lots and then just place (or remove) any fake houses from the map screen. I know that Belladonna Cove has real lots, but it does contain fake office buildings, which you can keep, remove, or add.
The level of customization in that game is amazing!