Fill Empty Lots Change
From the patch notes: "We have tidied up the Game Options menu a little by removing the Fill In Empty Lots option. This particular option has been superseded with Neighborhood Stories and the “Move...
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"DesertSimmer1971;c-18102878" wrote:"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.
That's just it. it was always technically an "opt in" rather than an "opt out" (even if effectively it was an opt out). The box had to be checked. Yes, it came checked, but the "zero" setting is off, not on. With the box removed, the setting is zero, not one. Off, not on.
Think of it this way. The option to turn it off is still there, they just moved it to the Unplayed Households tab of Manage households, and added a bunch of other options.
