Building apartments

Would've been nice to build our own. The devs could have at least allowed us to renovate the apartment hallways since most of them look terrible. Or just build within the entire level...

If their point was to "restrict" things on apartment lots fine but at the same time at least allow us to create our own but put out there what is or isnt allowed on apartment lots so we can plan accordingly. For the most part I like CL its just the apartment lots are a little lackluster and its annoying when going to one of the fairs that the apartment lots are 4+ floors above the ground level where the fairs are so its a pain to orient my screen correctly to be able to see the thing properly.

"Oldeseadogge;15625832" wrote:

"pkboo;15620722" wrote:
Drats. I was hoping I could make a "fancy" apartment complex like the ones they are building in the real world now a days that have the basic amenities like a gym, club house, pool, park, etc.

For that you need Sims2.

We shouldnt have to play one of the games just to some of the features we want to use.

Honestly they are backtracking with The Sims. They are obviously not listening to what the players want. They removed the open world concept because I guess it was too much to load at one time but they didn’t even give us the choice to place empty lots. I’ve played since the sims 2 and by far this is the most restricted sims game I’ve played. It’s quite ridiculous for they money they’re making off of us. The Sims 2 may not have been open world but it still had cars and you could place extra empty lots accommodating to the size you need for placing a new house. And now we can’t even make our own apartments or restructure the ones we have now. We basically paid $40 for an EP that gave us a new world and some festivals. The apartments aren’t even fun when you get to the point where you have to keep reusing the ones you’ve already lived in.

I miss making high-rises. The Sims 2 was so much better then The Sims 4, damn it's sad. :(

I'm afraid that building your own apartments is not a feature of this pack (I'd have liked to build midrises and rowhouses, personally). You can customize the interior of any apartment, but not the exterior or public areas. When you have an apartment lot loaded, you do have access to the central neighbourhood area (outdoors) and to any festivals happening there without a loading screen. You can encourage Sims who live in the building to gather in your Sim's apartment (whenever they want) by befriending them and giving them a housekey. You could also use Get Together's Club feature to create clubs of building residents that could gather on another lot or in a resident's home.

@pkboo it wasn't complain that's the reason for why they added toddler, they had been working on it since it came out but they couldn't/wouldn't release it with the game when sims 4 came out. So I have no faith in complaining about the apartments will result in anything unless they release it in another gaming pack with the technique needed for it

"SarahsShady;c-16756004" wrote:
I miss making high-rises. The Sims 2 was so much better then The Sims 4, plum it's sad. :(

Yeah it is and one of the reasons CL falls into my list of packs I prefer not to play because w/o building my creativity is very limited and unlike houses where you can expand, you can't with apartments and no matter how you change the little things it still the same apt or penthouses and with no way to build Apts or Penthouses in other neighborhoods or make your own city, it is frustrating. However, I am glad there still Sims 2 and Sims 3 and when I hear "Someone say go play them then!" I think that makes Sims 4 less attractive and still not in an good light for it points out the shortcomings of the game.

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