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

I just wish they stop faking the F-U-N-K and give me more control on creating my creations and stop holding my hand as my systems can handle it.

The only worlds where I find them particularly disruptive are Newcrest and MP. I've never really minded them in the others. I like when a world has some areas with them and some without any or very few (like WB)

I used to look for houses on the gallery that sort of match these FX houses in the neighborhood. Sometimes I want a neighborhood to be more modern and it throws it off when the surrounding FX houses don't fit in.

Now I do my best to block them out. Nothing is worse that the cheaper Del sol valley area because the FX house are literally right next to the lots. THEY are hard to ignore.

"keekee53;c-17124303" wrote:
I used to look for houses on the gallery that sort of match these FX houses in the neighborhood. Sometimes I want a neighborhood to be more modern and it throws it off when the surrounding FX houses don't fit in.

Now I do my best to block them out. Nothing is worse that the cheaper Del sol valley area because the FX house are literally right next to the lots. THEY are hard to ignore.

Can’t stand that world!! I thought San Myshuno was bad, but holy that world takes first place for excessive use of decoration. The only regular-ish neighborhood in that world has like 3 lots mixed in among the decoration. They went overboard there. Wayyyy overboard, but the easily impressed people all screamed “it looks just like LA!!!!!” Without stopping to realize looks aren’t everything, but for the average Sims 4 player I guess that’s all that matters.

We should have customization and CAW but in the older games the only option was to have isolated towns in the middle of nowhere. I know I'm in the minority but FOR ME that usually breaks immersion more. That said the 'hoods aren't big enough in TS4 and the fake surrounding is too close to all the action. I'd prefer a mixed system and more options.

"XxAirixX;c-17120199" wrote:
I don't mind it too much as one, we can hop and live in any world we like at any time now in this game and two, it makes each world unique and more fun to explore as it feels like they have their own culture and way of life. Some worlds could have a bit more lots; but other than that, I am o.k. with this. Also you can just remove most buildings and lots.

In theory, this part sounds very nice. However, it's not exactly true. When almost all Sims show up in almost all places, it destroys the illusion that Sims are living in different cities, or that they have different cultures.

I really dislike that, when I'm writing about a Sim who has traveled to a different city for work or vacation, all of the usual Sims from their 'home town' show up in the new place as well. Invariably, their parents, their neighbor, or their friend will all put in an appearance. Sometimes, it's all three!

In order to get good pictures of an event, I have to make liberal use of the 'Just Go Away' function of one of my mods because Sims who shouldn't be there keep photobombing the pictures.

If your Sims live next to an off-lot park, forget about it. The entire universe of Sims will eventually make their way through that park. It totally ruins the immersion when a relative from an entirely different city is hanging out in that park and they never even bothered to drop by and say hello.

No more useless FX buildings of any kind! They're pointless and serve no purpose whatsoever.

Honestly I am no fan of any fx as it is purely visual and is useless in a interactive game. This is not a movie or a television show. Sims cannot see or interact with FX period so I see no point but to encourage visuals to make simmers to like online play eventually because FX fools ones eyes into thinking the get more because they have the blanks filled in, but those blank keep your sims from interacting in those areas and then they fade when you get near. In a game you want more to interact with - not just see. That is online crapola and Sims should be an interactive game not built like an online game to keep your eyes busy. I just hate fake ness.

I hate them! They prevent me from customizing my neighborhoods the way I want them. If my builds don't match the existing style, they just look ridiculous and it breaks my immersion. It's a huge reason why I don't play this version as much as I did the others.

I had started using Sims 4 Studio last year to remove the FX buildings in Willow Creek, but holy cow that's a long, time-consuming process and eventually I got distracted by something else and never finished. If I ever get enough free time again, I'm going to find the tutorial I was using and try it again.

One thing I always disliked about TS2 was that my sim were surrounded by nothingness which made it look like they were living in the middle of nowhere. I adore the TS4 neighborhoods for not being like that. It makes the neighborhood look alive, regardless of whether those houses are interactive or not. Removing them would destroy the world around my sim completely and I don't want to see that happen.
I support them making it an option for people to turn it off if they want to, but I in no way support removing them completely.