So I'm currently setting up for a BACC style save to force myself to actually build up the worlds for once.I decided to assign 2 lot challenges to each lot, on a world-by-world basis.So far my plan is: Willow Creek - Spooky/Cursed (based on New Orleans hauntings/voodoo) Oasis Springs - Filthy/? (I figure all that sand/dust will get everywhere. Not sure what else to pick here, though) Newcrest - Reduce & Recycle/Simple Living (this neighbourhood has fishing ponds/grills/edible plants and is a new development area so would likely encourage eco living) Sulani - Volcanic Activity/OTG (they would have to make own power locally and the volcano could shoot lava bombs further than that one lot) Forgotten Hollow - Spooky/Creepy Crawlies (it needs ghosts and bats & bugs seem appropriate with Vamps and Mosquito Traps) Del Sol Valley - Quake Zone/Reduce & Recycle (Based on San Andreas fault and hippy California) StrangerVille - Filthy/Gremlins (dust everywhere and vines/strange weather breaking plumbing/electronics) Henford-on-Bagley - Wild Foxes/Simple Living (might change Wild Foxes to something else in the town, though)Any other ideas? I might also adjust per zone in towns where the zones vary a lot from each other, such as in San Myshuno and Windenburg.If you manually pick them... Do you guys pick lot challenges/traits this way? Do you base it on whatever you build/the sims that live there?If you randomise... Do you use the one off randomiser in the UI? Do you randomise periodically either manually or with MCCCs function?

I personally assign per lot according to the family who lives there, not per world. Because to me, not every single house is effected by the same thing. Like if a sim living in a house is a slob, then I would add the Filthy trait to lot. I would not assign that same trait to say the Landgraabs because obviously they are wealthy enough and would have hired help to keep the house in pristine condition.

I use a mix of Who lives here and What do I need for my story. A family that values highspeed internet connection will always find a way to install that, although in zones where it would seem out of place (Forgotten Hollow comes to mind), they have to pay a one time fee. The game needs money sinks, and paying for lot traits (or for removing lot challenges) is a good one.Lot challenges also make for good timers. I don't want to roll a die every day in my fishing challenge to see whether Moby D. appears, so I gave the lot the Earthquake trait. When it triggers, that means Moby D. attacks. In the context of a BACC, the rule could be that after 3 earthquakes a positive lot trait will get unlocked, something like Good Soil, Geothermic Heat or Penny fairies.

simple living everywhere, I just love that! @crocobaura , thanks for reminding of putting skill traits to communitylots, my sims travel a lot. :)

I plan to add extra ones for families living there too. I generally use Reduce & Recycle (waste overflows and attracts pests if not managed) and Simple Living for everyone, as well as the Homey trait if they don't have staff to cook/fix etc. I also use Filthy for Gardeners/Farmers/Slobs, Grody for Slobs and Spooky for older homes where sims likely died etc too.However, as I'm making all the worlds blank for this, I figured each world/zone could have a base-level status too.I can also cross-reference Lot Challenges with Lot Traits or terrain/build features. For example, a lot with Volcanic Activity has the potential for Geothermal Energy, but it wouldn't make sense somewhere else. Lots with ponds/lakes/moats/streams might have them because of a Natural Well, or a home with a lot of windows and no dense landscape might receive a lot of Natural Lighting.I'd rather make the Traits/Challenges fit the lots/area first, and have sims move in based on that as it seems a more cohesive and parallel-to-real-life way to do things. NAPs could then develop appropriately after based on those who move in there, further impacting who wants to live there.

I assign them based on the Sims living there, and their traits/jobs etc, so outgoing Sims who like to build their Charisma skill usually have the Convivial trait and so on. There are some I’ve never assigned and some I assign all the time.

Lot Challenges/Lot Traits - How do you use yours?

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simsimsere
Seasoned Adventurer
3 years ago
I like how you used them @EmmaVane ! I've tried to assign some for certain neighbourhoods in the past, but I don't think I currently have anything cohesive going on. My favourite use is probably a grody diner in Newcrest. I don't use to lot traits for my advantage, but to spice up the game. I don't use those that come with the little markings around the sim at all because I find them distracting.
Ellupelluellu
Hero
3 years ago
simple living everywhere, I just love that!

@crocobaura , thanks for reminding of putting skill traits to communitylots, my sims travel a lot. :)
EmmaVane
Seasoned Veteran
3 years ago
"Ray_Trace;c-18191419" wrote:
Off the Grid means no radios and all my Sims will die without a radio.

The cheap BG stereo is portable should should work off the grid. If not, you can place it in the world just off the edge of the lot and use it there.
RySBI
Seasoned Newcomer
3 years ago
Every time I play/build on a new lot I tend to think which are most relevant to whatever I plan to use it for. For example I adapted the rooftop bar thing in San Myshuno to have a stage for the Starlight Accolades so I gave it the hotspot trait to activate it. Also added the Spooky traits to my cemetery and the Admiral’s Wreckage in Sulani.
userafw
New Novice
3 years ago
I try to go by what would be appropriate for the lot. In Forgotten Hollow, I make Garliclauter a Haunted House and assign the spooky lot trait. I assign the spooky lot trait to all my haunted houses, and sometimes the cursed trait or the gremlins trait (but not both....too hard for me to play). The historical apartment in San Myshuno also is perfect for the spooky lot trait. Sulani gets a lot of Bracing Breezes and Eco friendly lot traits. Willow Creek typically gets "Good soil", as do all the lots . The karaoke bar in San Myshuno also gets a Up and Coming lot trait from Get famous. Also, I typically renovate it to add computers in the basement in case the Geek Festival gets rained out.

The other lots in Forgotten Hollow that are actually inhabited by pre-existing vampires I often give the spooky or the cursed lot trait to.
MDianaSims
Seasoned Hotshot
3 years ago
I generally have one lot trait/challenge for each neighbourhood and then (before they separated them into traits/challenges) two more for the lot itself (based on who lives there or what the lot looks like). I do sometimes deviate from that for community lots if they're in a mainly residential area.
But, depending on what type of game I'm playing, I may switch the lot traits/challenges of my active household at will.
iatioussimming85
Seasoned Novice
4 months ago
Yes, like after a fire happens on a lot, especially in appropriate areas, like Selvadorada, or Del Sol Valley, some lots earn the Great Soil trait?
GalacticGal
Seasoned Ace
4 months ago
I like to assign the lot according to the family I place there. For instance, if there is a desire to join the culinary career, I set the lot trait that promotes cooking. Gardening? I set a trait for that. Kids? I set it for good learning, etc. A musician on the lot? I set a trait conducive to that. Now, for a restaurant, I might set it for Bracing Breezes and other traits to make the place a nice place to dine. Other than that I don't even worry about the world.

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