Today I started a new save file and as usual I added some commercial lots for my sims at the beginning. Due to fact that some packs don't introduce any new world and some expansions have no more space to build (as Evergreen Harbor or Britechester) I have no room to put more commercial lots than few restaurants, one/two clubs and one SPA maybe. I think that it is time to add a new, empty world to the base game, designed for commercial use. Let's be honest, Magnolia Promenade is too small to be good commetrial area. I miss the concept of map as we had in TS Hot Date.Currently we have only 34 empty lots per save (with whole Newcrest) and more than 20 lot types to use, of which some lots are not exist in any world and we must to build them at the cost of free space. For examples restaurants, spas, hunted houses, tiny houses ect.

I would love this, something with maybe a downtown feel to it, that would be awesome!

I would love to have new worlds added to the game. However, this issue could also be solved if the developers ever implement the option for multifunctional lots. The possibility for multifunctional lots is why, when given the option in surveys concerning potential future packs, I tend to rank shopping malls at the top.

I normally renovate existing lots to make them multi functional, I add all required objects for various lot types, bar, lounge, cafe, library, etc. and simply change the lot type as I wish. One day it's a bar, the next it's a cafe. I find this helps with the limited space, but also makes the lot itself more interesting.

"filipomel;c-17838726" wrote:I normally renovate existing lots to make them multi functional, I add all required objects for various lot types, bar, lounge, cafe, library, etc. and simply change the lot type as I wish. One day it's a bar, the next it's a cafe. I find this helps with the limited space, but also makes the lot itself more interesting.I played one such lot one and it was a nuisance because the sims used all tables on the lot as restaurant tables not just the ones assigned in the restaurant area. A cafe looks different from a bar, you design them differently but the sims using the lot will go and sit at any available table. Now I prefer to add extra objects like a piano to a restaurant and hire a pianist if I want extra entertainment or try to use the objects that do work with other lot types.

I don't want more commercial lots, but I definitely need another blank world! Maybe they could give us one that we could customize as commercial, residential, or whatever we want. That would be great!

New world for commercial lots is needed

kwanzaabot
4 years ago
Honestly, we need a bigger world.
They claim they keep worlds small because more Sims = worse performance, but lemme show you something:

https://i.imgur.com/TlQjL9h.png

https://i.imgur.com/0dewvzl.png

35 seconds to go from opening the game to the title screen.
16 seconds to go from the title screen to the world screen.
37 seconds to go from the world screen to my current family.

And that's WITH Chrome, Discord and Steam running at the same time as TS4 and Origin.

Just over a minute to get into a family on a mid-range gaming PC.

The concerns Maxis has for TS4's performance are waaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyy overblown.
fjb792
4 years ago
I wouldn't mind a nightlife world like Downtown from the Sims 2, with just nightclubs, bars and cafes. Like what Del Sol Valley and San Myshuno could have been, if they hadn't filled them up with useless set dressing.

Magnolia Promenade is an absolute joke. They should have just merged it with Willow Creek.
DukeOfAntwerp
4 years ago
I like the idea, and flesh out commercial gameplay as it is boring as hell right now
Neroox-05
4 years ago
"kwanzaabot;c-17873031" wrote:
Honestly, we need a bigger world.
They claim they keep worlds small because more Sims = worse performance, but lemme show you something:

https://i.imgur.com/TlQjL9h.png

https://i.imgur.com/0dewvzl.png

35 seconds to go from opening the game to the title screen.
16 seconds to go from the title screen to the world screen.
37 seconds to go from the world screen to my current family.

And that's WITH Chrome, Discord and Steam running at the same time as TS4 and Origin.

Just over a minute to get into a family on a mid-range gaming PC.

The concerns Maxis has for TS4's performance are waaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyy overblown.

Did you install TS4 on an SSD? Do you get simulation lag when you're ingame?

Because I have way less mods than you and I get a lot of simulation lag.
kwanzaabot
4 years ago
"Fleurra;c-17873068" wrote:
"kwanzaabot;c-17873031" wrote:
Honestly, we need a bigger world.
They claim they keep worlds small because more Sims = worse performance, but lemme show you something:

https://i.imgur.com/TlQjL9h.png

https://i.imgur.com/0dewvzl.png

35 seconds to go from opening the game to the title screen.
16 seconds to go from the title screen to the world screen.
37 seconds to go from the world screen to my current family.

And that's WITH Chrome, Discord and Steam running at the same time as TS4 and Origin.

Just over a minute to get into a family on a mid-range gaming PC.

The concerns Maxis has for TS4's performance are waaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyy overblown.

Did you install TS4 on an SSD? Do you get simulation lag when you're ingame?

Because I have way less mods than you and I get a lot of simulation lag.

Yes I have an SSD and yes I (occasionally) get simulation lag.
Simulation lag isn't (entirely) related to how many mods you have, it's a problem with the game engine.

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