"VeeDub;c-18102806" wrote:
"DesertSimmer1971;c-18102731" wrote:
@DaWaterRat that still does not stop random sims from moving into the houses even if you turn the neighborhood stories off completely. So it makes no sense why they removed the fill empty lots option
I have Neighborhood Stories turned off completely and no random sims have ever moved into houses in my game. The instructions given by @DaWaterRat would do the exactly same thing because you'd be turning that part OFF if you do use some parts of NS.
What mods and settings are you also using. Vanilla games without the unchecking the fill empty lots would fill up with random sims would take every empty house in the game.