San Sequoia World Discussion

"Atreya33;c-18233532" wrote:

"simgirl1010;c-18233408" wrote:
@ChadSims2 I try not to include all lot types in all worlds. My home base is Willow Creek but it takes my sims the same amount of time to travel to a lot in a different world. I do understand that might be a problem for those simmers who think it breaks the continuity of the game to travel to another world for a specific venue.

It's something to get used to though as it sounds like the larger worlds are a thing of the past and future worlds will have a smaller number of lots.

I do pretty much the same thing out of necessity. My sims hop from world to world because the newer worlds have so few lots. But I find weather can break the immersion. When my sim leaves a sunny home lot to get a drink in a pub in another world, they can end up in a thunderstorm without warning. This has happened to my sims. Or their house is covered in snow and the gym is not. It makes it hard to believe these lots are close enough to visit for a few hours.

I like to stay in the same neighbourhood for longer periods of time but with only 4 lots per neighbourhood I have to choose carefully what to place on those lots and most importantly what not.

I usually add a restaurant with a bar in my worlds, but not always. I add other lots depending on whatever interests my sims living there have, for some it makes sense to have a community venue, for others it doesn't. Where possible, I combine different lot types into one. A restaurant with a bar can function as a bar too, same for a spa with a gym, you can design them on different levels or as separate buildings on the same lot. I even combined a thrift store with a community space and market to create a winter market and a wedding venue with a lounge and community space and can be used as either venue with no issues. Where I have some unused space, I try to add office space type rooms where sims can use skill objects and make some money or meeting points for clubs, or simply hotel rooms or empty apartments they can use to rest. With a bit of creativity a lot of lot types can be combined into one and they function just fine. Some lots don't make sense in certain neighbourhoods or to have several of them, like my experimental food restaurant which is located in San Myshuno, so when some sim wants to eat experimental dishes they need to treat it like a big night out and travel to the city.