Converting Vacation Worlds To Livable Worlds Y/N?

"crocobaura;c-18008779" wrote:
I have an archaeologist sim that I would love to be permanently based in Selvadorada, work on her skill, and curate the museum with new artifacts. Regarding Granite Falls, I might actually attempt herbalism if we could live in that world, currently it's a bit of of a hassle. Plus, it's a beautiful world, kind of sad to only visit occasionally.

Yeah, it would make more sense for the vacation aspirations if sims could live in those worlds. For a while I had a mod where you could change the world type but it wasn't perfect. I never keep more than a couple of the vacation lots in each vacation world anyway - I usually just keep one for single sims/couples and one for families, and turn the others into community lots, though I usually keep the Granite Falls campsite around for sims who like to rough it. I like that there is a vacation lot by default in Henford-on-Bagley though, and would love to see more options like that.

Maybe convert some of them, not all. And Maxis should base which they are going to convert on the in-game lore of the world in question. Like, if it makes sense for pre-mades from that world's culture to actually live their daily lives there, then make it residential. For example: I'd love to see El Selvadorada be something similar to Mt Komerebi, a residential world with rental lots and actual activities to do when renting those lots. But I'd want to keep Granite Falls a specific vacation world, because there are really no premades living there. Heck, when one of my more outdoorsy Sims, Willow, went there, there weren't really a lot of Sims she could invite to join in activities with her! Even the ranger was hard to find. People might work there, but people obviously don't live there.

On a similar topic: we need better vacation worlds, and Mt Komerebi is an example of a good one if you ask me. In my opinion, Outdoor Retreat could use a pack refresh: Willow didn't really have enough activities to do for a 4-day vacation, but also not enough time to really skill up in Herbalism after she obtained the skill. There has to be more to camping then just sitting in a tent, throwing horseshoes, roasting weenies and stargazing all alone. Because there frankly were barely any townies that spawned which she could've interacted with while doing those activities. No, really, I think I only saw two or three walking by for those entire 4 days, and one of them was the ranger. All of those activities would've been way more fun if she had met some new people, because I got bored of them so easily with nobody for Willow to talk to. And where's other small camp activities like braiding friendship bracelets, making flower crowns for either another Sim or yourself, and crafting stuff like small leather objects, etc? No need to make all of these a skill, I'd actually prefer it if they weren't. But I feel that Outdoor Retreat is really missing those small activities that made other packs good (the reminisce interaction in Nifty Knitting, rabbits in Cottage Living actually digging holes in the ground, pidgeons in Get Together actually doing the pidgeon walk, etc).

Now that we can set rental lots, it seems like all worlds should be livable. I'd settle for a residential lot trait though, if it allowed us to move a household into Selvadorada or Granite Falls to live permanently.

I would like all worlds to be available for either rental or residential. I myself would never have Sims live in Selvadorada or Granite Falls, and I want more vacation styled worlds that I won't have Sims live in, but I see no reason to block this option off for those that wish to live in those worlds.

Selvadorada and Granite Falls are among my most favourite worlds. Having an option to reside there permanently without the need for mods would be a very welcome game changer!
Currently I'm 'renting' abandoned military labs, crashed aircraft, treehouses and other adventurous spots. In an ideal world my sim folk would actually live there forever-ever.

Quests in all worlds should function regardless anyway. It works for StrangerVille, Snowy Japan Land and probably something else that I forgot to mention.
I do like world specific cultures (Selvadorada/ Sulani and Henford to a degree) and would love to see this kind of game experience featured in more worlds. I'm talking sim specific cultures loosely based on RL cultures , NOT a literal representation of RL cultures. I 'd like to see less of the latter to be fair.

Small worlds such as Sixam and Batuu need to be expanded too. Okay, I can live with Batuu not being liveable - it's a different animal altogether- but to make up for these limitations we need more planet like worlds for all our space exploring sims.
I can imagine a Windenburg sized Planet world with different regions and weather/ environmental conditions unique to those regions.
Going off on a tangent again so let me stop right there.

Conclusion: YES! I'd like to see destination worlds converted into residential worlds.

Thought of this option until I remembered how I wished one of my sims could live in Selvadorada.

Destination worlds are cool, but having the option to live in them is even cooler.

All I really want is a retail lot in Granite Falls so I can play Gravity Falls there. We want the Mystery Shack!

My Sims don't vacation, but I love having them live in lovely places. So Zerbu's mod is a must have for me. Having Ron Swanson live in Granite Falls, and my piranha man and my llama woman live in Selvadorada, make me really happy!

I really love destination worlds, and I wish we could get another one. I treat Sulani and Mt. Komorebi as destination worlds. While I have a couple of NPCs that live there, I only ever travel to Sulani and Mt. Komorebi if I'm on vacation. I try to put fun venues there to visit while on vacation, like a restaurant with local foods or a luxury spa. If I ever do have a sim live in Sulani or Mt. Komorebi, they can't travel to visit family or friends often and have to stay in their world unless they are "on vacation".

My sims do vacation a lot. Sometimes, it's a trip to Mt. Komorebi for Winterfest or a weekend getaway at the beaches in Sulani for Summer. Or even taking a vacation to Sulani for a honeymoon. Other times, maybe a camping trip to Granite Falls with cellphones off. With Selvadorada having its own skill, Selvadoradian Culture, I love having sims that have ties to Selvadorada. It's especially fun with mods like Language Barriers that adds a language for Selvadorada (and Sulani and Mt. Komorebi).

I just feel like keeping the worlds as exclusive destination worlds make them feel more special when sims do vacation. On the other hand, I do really love Selvadorada and I wish we had a liveable Latin American inspired world.

Sims 4 is already so open ended with how the game operates and functions, why not go the extra mile?