My suggestions to improve lots in the sims 4
Here are some ideas of what I think would make really good improvements to the functionality of lots in the sims 4:
1) Dual type lots
It would be so cool if it was possible to support a dual lot type feature. It would really be nice to have multiple types of lots applied to one lot (ie to have a residential lot built on top of a store or a retail store that is also a vet clinic)? So that travelling sims could arrive on the lot to use things/behave the same way that they would on both lot types? We could also have a feature that’s like an add on to the locked door feature currently in the game with an option to only allow sims using 1 of the 2 lot types to enter. So for example: if you wanted the lot to be a haunted house residential attached to a cafe you could click on the front door of the home part and click an option under lock door that says something like “only allow visitors using haunted home residential venue” or “disallow visitors visiting cafe venue” That way residents and their visitors could get into their homes without random sims entering their home while the cafe is open.
2) have more lot traits/challenges specifically designed for non residential lots like the “clothing optional” trait and “landfill” challenge
The landfill challenge is mega cool and lets you effectively make a landfill out of a generic lot or other lot. If we had lot traits that worked similarly we could make many more custom lots ourselves or add to existing ones ie. maybe you could add a “no roughhousing” lot challenge which meant that if your sim got caught fighting (on the lot the trait was applied to) they could be kicked out (or even banned completely like you can get banned from rides in the high school stories pack)? Or a death depository lot trait which would make townie/unplayed household urns/graves appear or be left in the lot (which could allow you to effectively make a graveyard/cemetery)
3) add an extension to the roommate feature where instead of assigning just a bed you can assign a room. You could have a feature for homes where you can click on a door and click “selective access” instead of lock door and then a list including your household members and all roommates would appear and you could select all the ones allowed in that room. That way if two sims were sharing a room those two could keep your sims and other roommates out but still use the room themselves. This feature could be useful even for households without roommates as you could use it to make rooms off limits to some members of a household but not all (ie makes kids free zones in a house with multiple adults so that granny and grandpa could chat with their kids away from their grandkids or have a teen room that they can keep their parents and siblings out of but allow visitors like their friends into)
4) also please please add cemeteries lol
