Open worlds discussion

"logion;c-18107234" wrote:
I placed down a bar and sims from all over the place, not in Tartosa showed up to visit it. What's the point?

I heard, or read at one point that for Sims 4 they changed the way sims spawn on lots from 3. So in 3, the sims would be called to a lot based on their interests, and the lot characteristics. (e.g. someone who liked outdoors, and/or fishing would show up at parks with ponds). This makes sense, but if you don't have many sims in your world with these types of traits, not many sims would show up. A big complaint by some was empty lots. There was an easy fix for this, but not everyone deep dives on the net to figure these things out, so I can see the frustration.

For Sims 4, supposedly (like I said, this is just what I came across) instead, the focus on making sure sims show up wherever your active sim is, and that is the main goal, so if your active sim goes to another area even on the lot, for instance up a floor, then NPCs will do the same. This is to make sure your surroundings are active, but since the lot isn't as important, yeah, it means random sims any lots.

That said, I did also read that certain sims are "suppose" to be drawn to certain lots still, like outdoorsy to parks and such, but it is hard to tell.