Using worlds and maps
My sims live on the planet Batuu, in Black Spire valley. Since we cannot set up permanent homes on Batuu, this is how I made do with what we have.
The map isn't looking any good, but I posted it anyway because it serves as a demonstration how the semi open world can be both a blessing and a curse. A blessing, because neighborhoods in the same world cannot be seen from each other, so there is no reason not to define them as being in different places in our stories. And a curse because "Keep sims in their homeworld" mods won't do me any good with my setup.
So, first of, here is my terrible attempt at the map:
The list is formatted like this: Map key - Name of the resion in my story (Sims 4 world used)
A - The planet MOONWOOD
Moonwood is where my sims started their adventure during a shipwrecked challenge.
- A - The Moonwood with ruins of failed settlements (Moonwood Mill, Forgotten Hollow and the forest neighborhood of Henford)
- A1 - Moonwood Jungle region (Selvadorada)
- Not pictured - Dreadhorse Cavern, directly opposite of the jungle (Chestnut Ridge, but only Dreadhorse Cavern with the little creek)
B to H - The planet BATUU
- B - Black Spire with space port and downtown (Batuu First Order district and Cantina disctrict) Most of the npcs live here in my headcanon.
Black Spire is the highest point on the map.
- C - The forest west of Black Spire (Glimmerbrook, without Magic Realm)
Many npcs live here scattered on several farms. - D - The Resistance camp in the forest (Batuu Resistance camp)
- E - The countryside east of Black Spire
(Willow Creek Park district plus a single lot from Chestnut Ridge that is used for the public bath)
One of my familes lives here. - F - Black Spire Valley (countryside neighborhood of Henford)
My three main families live here. The actual town Henford isn't used for anything yet - on the map I copied Black Spire over it to show this. - G - The Chestnut Ridges
(Chestnut Ridge upper district) - The town center doesn't exist in my story. I placed a diner and an orchard here, but in my story the diner is in Black Spire (B) and the orchard somewhere in the countryside (most likely H)
- H - More countryside (Chestnut Ridge lower district)
One of my families lives here.
J - VALARA, a moon of Batuu
(Oasis Springs, and there specifically the dinosaur neighborhood and Stargazer lounge. Other sections of this world may be used to represent different planets later)
A single sim lives here as an exile/on parole.
K - The planet HOTH (snowed over neighborhood of Mount Komorebi)
L - The planet CEREA (the other two neighborhoods of Mount Komorebi)
M - The abandoned Jedi temple
The temple is "somewhere on Batuu" and I inferred that it takes anything from a few hours to several days travel to get here from Black Spire. No description of the biome surrounding it was given in the story so far. (Willow Creek, Oakenstead neighborhood, but I can move this around if needed)
Not pictured but either visited by my sims or mentioned in the story:
- The planet Crait (Grim's Quarry from Evergreen Harbour)
- Tartosa (Tartosa) My main couple held their wedding here.
- Mua Pel'am (Mua Pel'am from Sulani) In an older story Mua Pel'am and Tartosa were close by, that may not be the case in this chronicle again.
Finally I should note that everyone who doesn't get regularly played is stuffed into empty lots in Newcrest in groups of eight. From time to time I make those sims playable when they join my main characters on expeditions or for photoshoots.
So what are your sims worlds looking like? Less crazy, I hope!
