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y0nt3n
Seasoned Traveler
4 years ago

Could Sims 4 have more neighborhoods in worlds?

SimGuruLyndsay addressed in a video from James, why the Sims 4 neighborhoods are so tiny, and its reasons are valid.

So why don't they create worlds with MORE neighborhoods?

If you investigate the Sims 4 files, every neighborhood from any world is an independent file that is loaded only when you're there.

So, the question is... couldn't Maxis create worlds with 6 or 7 or even eight neighborhoods?

Can you imagine a world with eight neighborhoods featuring forty new lots? Again... Since a neighborhood is only loaded when you're there, it wouldn't have any impact on performance.

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  • MiraRoseBlack's avatar
    MiraRoseBlack
    4 years ago
    More neighborhoods would be nice, but I would prefer if they added a few more lots to each neighborhood
  • Simburian's avatar
    Simburian
    Seasoned Ace
    4 years ago
    "Sthenastia;c-17942008" wrote:
    We should have a possibility to switch off random townies or choose the limit of sims per save. It should improve performance for an old consoles and PCs. On my old console, every neighborhood was fine, only the first loading was long, but on PS5 this issue no longer exist.I'm sure that my old PS4 could handle a neighborhood with 50+ lots. I feel that 12 is a magic number for EA. Every new pack has 12 lots (or less), 12 swatches (or less), 12 premade sims (+/- 1 sim)


    Do you not get this option on the PS5? On the PC you get told of the limit that your machine should not go above. 80 Sims for the less powerful ones, 200 for powerful ones. I have over 200 without problems on one Save and all packs.
  • Sthenastia's avatar
    Sthenastia
    Seasoned Ace
    4 years ago
    Sorry. I meant "per loading screen". It is possible to select the number of sims per save on consoles.

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