I am really liking the gameplay added by this pack. Unfortunately, it can be quite hard to apply the game play outside of the EL world.The first step for the aspiration Civil Designer is to check the Community Board. None of the other worlds have them. It is quite immersion breaking for a sim in Glimmerbrook having to go to Evergreen Harbour to look at the board.I don't mind traveling outside the immediate neighborhood to a recycling center or community lot as that makes some sense, but it would have been really nice to have had boards placed in the other neighbourhoods.I am not expecting dumpsters and the like to have been placed, but the community boards would have been excellent opportunity to provide information from other parts of the game.I have also bought CL, and I have noticed there is a village board in that. It is nice that this board's name and aesthetics are in keeping with that neighbourhood, but having some common functionality between them would have been really helpful in the overall cohesion of the game.If I was to see this kind of thing appearing in my game via smart delivery I would be very pleased indeed.

You can get the community board in the build/buy catalog and place it on any lot you wish in any world and it will function. I put them in my parks, and sometimes outside of my libraries. You can also build a community lot in any world you choose and place it there as well.

"Pamtastic72;c-18036038" wrote:You can get the community board in the build/buy catalog and place it on any lot you wish in any world and it will function. I put them in my parks, and sometimes outside of my libraries. You can also build a community lot in any world you choose and place it there as well.Aye, I will do that. Actually didn't occur to me - doh. Thank you :)

Also, if you use the T.O.O.L mod, you can place them in the open street of each neighbourhood to have access from all the lots without loading screens.I usually add them to the little social BBQ areas or play parks that are built into the worlds.

I've added them to museums and parks in every world. I make over each lot anyway, so it never bothered me they weren't there.

The NAPs became a nuisance in my game so I repealed all of them, in each and every neighbourhood.

Eco Living, community boards and other worlds

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JanuaryGarnet08
Seasoned Ace
4 years ago
You can get the community board in the build/buy catalog and place it on any lot you wish in any world and it will function. I put them in my parks, and sometimes outside of my libraries. You can also build a community lot in any world you choose and place it there as well.
moderateosprey
Seasoned Ace
4 years ago
"Pamtastic72;c-18036038" wrote:
You can get the community board in the build/buy catalog and place it on any lot you wish in any world and it will function. I put them in my parks, and sometimes outside of my libraries. You can also build a community lot in any world you choose and place it there as well.

Aye, I will do that. Actually didn't occur to me - doh. Thank you :)
JaggidEdje
4 years ago
What can you do on the community board that you can't just do from your mailbox? I mean other than the vote for what the lot itself will be if it's a "Community Space" type lot. Just curious what need there is for one outside of the community spaces; I have yet to visit the world itself from EL so have never used one of the boards.
EmmaVane
Seasoned Ace
4 years ago
Also, if you use the T.O.O.L mod, you can place them in the open street of each neighbourhood to have access from all the lots without loading screens.

I usually add them to the little social BBQ areas or play parks that are built into the worlds.
moderateosprey
Seasoned Ace
4 years ago
"EmmaVane;c-18036549" wrote:
Also, if you use the T.O.O.L mod, you can place them in the open street of each neighbourhood to have access from all the lots without loading screens.

I usually add them to the little social BBQ areas or play parks that are built into the worlds.

I have seen that TOOL mod mentioned a few times. I think I might take a proper look at it. Thanks for chivvying me up :)

I am still a bit hazy on exactly what areas are being influenced depending on the sims/neighbourhood/world, etc. I am hoping to experiment more when my game progresses to the next voting period.
EmmaVane
Seasoned Ace
4 years ago
"ModerateOsprey;c-18036555" wrote:
"EmmaVane;c-18036549" wrote:
Also, if you use the T.O.O.L mod, you can place them in the open street of each neighbourhood to have access from all the lots without loading screens.

I usually add them to the little social BBQ areas or play parks that are built into the worlds.

I have seen that TOOL mod mentioned a few times. I think I might take a proper look at it. Thanks for chivvying me up :)

I am still a bit hazy on exactly what areas are being influenced depending on the sims/neighbourhood/world, etc. I am hoping to experiment more when my game progresses to the next voting period.

For NAPs - Any sim that lives in that street/zone can change and is effected by NAPs in that area. Streets/zones are those highlighted areas on the map when you hover over a lot. Most cover about 4/5 lots, some more, some less.

For the Community Space - These seem to just go by whoever votes there. I like to have them in the poorest part of town (where sharing resources seems necessary), or the commercial area.

Only residents of lots in each street/zone can vote, so no NAPs should theoretically happen at the single lot park neighbourhood with no nearby houses, for example. You could make the Park into a Community Space instead and have sims vote to change the type, however.
viola-illyria
4 years ago
I've added them to museums and parks in every world. I make over each lot anyway, so it never bothered me they weren't there.
EmmaVane
Seasoned Ace
4 years ago
In that case debug cheats or mods that access them could be used to set them for those neighbourhoods. They shouldn't change once set, as long as all slots are filled.
crocobaura
Legend
4 years ago
The NAPs became a nuisance in my game so I repealed all of them, in each and every neighbourhood.
VWoodsong
Seasoned Ace
4 years ago
"crocobaura;c-18037059" wrote:
The NAPs became a nuisance in my game so I repealed all of them, in each and every neighbourhood.

Same here. I like the general idea of NAPs but not the execution. And I play so many different kinds of saves that keeping up with them all would be even more annoying. But what the pack did right is the inclusion of an option to turn off NPC-voting for NAPs, which I've chosen to do.