I also place Food Stalls on the lot, usually only one or two. They don’t do a lot of business, but again are a useful captive audience for a lonely Sim.
My community lots are super busy, even in the early hours of the morning when children are still busy experimenting on the science stations with no parents in sight.
Just before 5am is the magic time to be there as any gardens produce harvestables then.
The crafting tables, candles, easels and fabricators all get used, but as soon as your Sim leaves the lot, whatever other Sims we’re doing gets left. Hence you need to enter edit mode and “sell” the items by dragging them to sell section. You could have the Sim go around scrapping everything, but going into edit mode is quicker. Unfinished fabrications have to be scrapped manually.
At first I found this frustrating, but now I see it as a way of ensuring that piece of equipment is available for use when my Sim wants it.
Items the non played Sims create do go into their household inventories and their skill levels rise.
I’ve started playing an unplayed Sim (needs to be in the world) and discovered beds, wardrobes, dining tables etc etc.
As I said, my Sims use the Community Lots a lot.
I can provide links if you like.
Adding a top of the line bed and bunks is a great way for my Freegan Sims to survive.
Even the mess Sims Woohooing in dumpsters leave behind can be dragged into my sleeping Sims inventory. Then added to dumpster when arriving at lot next time for an immediate access to the wonders inside.
Such fun!
