Rebuild and remake the whole town challenge?

"Horrorgirl6;d-1006149" wrote:
I don't know , but I have the urge for one sims 4 file to delete all the townise and replace them with new sims.

I have done this many times since sims 4. I don't keep townies. I make/or DL sims and throw them in my games

Edit to add: I also delete all the lots mostly and build or dl and place.

"Gigge;c-18223319" wrote:
It's a fun, but challenging way to play. Takes a looong time.

yeah, it does take time. okay a long time lol

I did this a few years ago. I didn't delete very many townies, but I did bulldoze all the EA houses and replace them with much, much better ones from the gallery. Then I added in Sims of my own creation and lots of public venues for them to entertain themselves. Since this took a really long time and I really don't ever want to do it again, I have that save backed up in about 4 different places and it's what I always use when I start a new game. It's worthwhile, I encourage anyone to at least give it a try.

Go ahead. Though be warned it can take a long time. I'm still on it after years. I'm on making custom NPC sims. Just got custom firefighters done.

After it is done, I'll just copy the save file and then play it normally. The file then will be a template for future saves like that.

Edit. I think I'm done for now... Until the next DLC comes out...

When you own all the packs it certainly takes a while but I think it's worth it. :) I like to keep the original premade sims and lots but makeover/renovate instead. I'm about a yr into it. Always make backups as you go.

"Mariefoxprice83;c-18223339" wrote:

"Simmingal;c-18223290" wrote:


it takes so much time and I find it hard to commit to area like that

This is my problem. I come up with all kinds of elaborate themed games but I burn out fairly soon after setting them up. Setting up an entire world from scratch would be even harder, especially as there is no way to start with a completely blank world, and I would have to manually empty every lot.

There are a few blank save files out there that have all lots and/or sims cleared out.
Srslys Blank Save : updated Nov 2022

Setting up an entire world from scratch would be even harder, especially as there is no way to start with a completely blank world, and I would have to manually empty every lot.

I feel like the bulldozing is actually the quickest easiest part of a project like that.

"SimplyJen;c-18223406" wrote:
When you own all the packs it certainly takes a while but I think it's worth it. :) I like to keep the original premade sims and lots but makeover/renovate instead. I'm about a yr into it. Always make backups as you go.

"Mariefoxprice83;c-18223339" wrote:

"Simmingal;c-18223290" wrote:


it takes so much time and I find it hard to commit to area like that

This is my problem. I come up with all kinds of elaborate themed games but I burn out fairly soon after setting them up. Setting up an entire world from scratch would be even harder, especially as there is no way to start with a completely blank world, and I would have to manually empty every lot.

There are a few blank save files out there that have all lots and/or sims cleared out.
Srslys Blank Save : updated Nov 2022

Great, thank you, will take a look when I finish my current scenario.

"mightysprite;c-18223411" wrote:

Setting up an entire world from scratch would be even harder, especially as there is no way to start with a completely blank world, and I would have to manually empty every lot.

I feel like the bulldozing is actually the quickest easiest part of a project like that.

It definitely is, but it's still annoying.

I just did that this year. I kept only the premades that interested me and that I wanted to be in sims worlds.

Now, I didn't make all of these sims, I don't enjoy that too much and if I made them they'd all end up looking eerily similar. I downloaded a TON of sims from the gallery and created housesholds out of them, some of the stayed as the original household unit exactly as I D/L'd them. Some of them had additional family members added, and some of them were pulled from a household and merged with different sims to create a different household.

I also don't care to build but I do like to renovate an existing build, so again I D/L'd a ton of lots and placed them into worlds in a cohesive manor so that it made sense to me.

It is time consuming but I liked it, now what happens is if I go to play a household I placed and I find out that I don't actually like the layout of that house and that's it not in a user friendly playstyle to me, I will renovate or replace the house with one that doesn't get on my nerves.

I'm still making changes as I play households.

"Horrorgirl6;d-1006149" wrote:
I don't know , but I have the urge for one sims 4 file to delete all the townise and replace them with new sims.

I did this with all of the worlds and it took around a year (maybe a bit longer). It's so rewarding when it's all finished though. I did it to challenge myself, and now I continue it with every new pack. It's the one thing I've done consistently in this game. I usually abandon saves, households, builds, etc. but not with updating my save.