Growing together, and the recreation centre

Do your Sims use all of this even if the building is a library?

Keep at least 1 library in your save because there are Wants that require them.

I'd say that Britechester needs one for the the Honor Society events and maybe StrangerVille if you want an easy place to find scientists. Everywhere else, they aren't really needed.

@EmmaVane Thanks for pointing this out.

I find that when I make multi purpose lots, the easiest way to get visiting sims to do things other than the original lot designated activities is to create clubs for the activity and place. So for Desert Bloom park I have a pool club. For my library with café I have a book club who drinks coffee and talk to each other. For my restaurant with cinema, I have a film club using it. That way visiting sims will use the place the way I designed it and not necessarily the way the game wants them to.

Great idea! I am stealing it :D

"JAL;c-18267011" wrote:
I find that when I make multi purpose lots, the easiest way to get visiting sims to do things other than the original lot designated activities is to create clubs for the activity and place. So for Desert Bloom park I have a pool club. For my library with café I have a book club who drinks coffee and talk to each other. For my restaurant with cinema, I have a film club using it. That way visiting sims will use the place the way I designed it and not necessarily the way the game wants them to.

My daughter makes a lot of clubs for this reason too, and much of the time she has two opposing clubs going to the same place. She was telling me the other day that she wishes she could make clubs easier to start, so that she could start them with townies that are not played because she finds she needs to house each of the townie club leaders of and that wastes her lots.

"SheriSim57;c-18267193" wrote:

"JAL;c-18267011" wrote:
I find that when I make multi purpose lots, the easiest way to get visiting sims to do things other than the original lot designated activities is to create clubs for the activity and place. So for Desert Bloom park I have a pool club. For my library with café I have a book club who drinks coffee and talk to each other. For my restaurant with cinema, I have a film club using it. That way visiting sims will use the place the way I designed it and not necessarily the way the game wants them to.

My daughter makes a lot of clubs for this reason too, and much of the time she has two opposing clubs going to the same place. She was telling me the other day that she wishes she could make clubs easier to start, so that she could start them with townies that are not played because she finds she needs to house each of the townie club leaders of and that wastes her lots.

I wish that too, it's extremely annoying that you cannot make clubs from the world map. It is so much work entering each household to create clubs your own sims are not even a part of, but worth while once it is done.

"Ziafar;c-18266964" wrote:
Do your Sims use all of this even if the building is a library?

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If I’m playing them they do. The sim kids may invite some friends to the library and do a puppet show or play voidcritters with them while the parents with toddlers or infants are in a different room. My politicians may use the podium. My Artists can paint on the wall, and while my sims are there they can dumpster dive. If my sims get hungry they can go outside and grill something for the family to eat. At some of my of my libraries I have a speech and debate podium, or I may have some easels. I’m not sure if they can use the scout board, but it looks good in the area anyway.

I do know that when I make the Eco lifestyle community lots, I tend to put stuff from all 3 lots there, and I have seen other sims using different things. They were planting things in the garden and selling things on tables. I also learned from someone else that you can have 2 food stands at community lots, although they may only have NPC’s, if it’s considered a market lot, I’m not sure, I haven’t tried that out yet.

"JAL;c-18267011" wrote:
I find that when I make multi purpose lots, the easiest way to get visiting sims to do things other than the original lot designated activities is to create clubs for the activity and place. So for Desert Bloom park I have a pool club. For my library with café I have a book club who drinks coffee and talk to each other. For my restaurant with cinema, I have a film club using it. That way visiting sims will use the place the way I designed it and not necessarily the way the game wants them to.

That's a great idea. I created a gym & wellness centre that also has a cafe, pool & creche. I think I'll create clubs so that some of those extra activities will happen without me having to keep on changing the lot type.

Thank you all for your wonderful ideas!