We need to talk about the lots. Seriously!

I agree with you. There is something strange about these builds. When I want to put one from a gallery, there is always problem what direction to put them?? In many lots I'm confused...

I wish the lots had proper designations for size. I can't tell a lot of times whether a lot is 30x20 or 20x30. Maliboxes on empty lots aren't always where a sim gets plopped down after travel. And as was mentioned, looking at the surroundings to figure that out usually doesn't help because it doesn't always make sense. Or if the property faces 2 or 3 roads, where's the front?

I want to know this for door placements for buildings I made that I want to plop down. I'm sick of sims landing in what seems to me a weird spot after travel and then have to run around the building to get to the door. Then I have to overhaul the building.

It would be great if we could set the sim spawn points, especially for builds that originated at a certain location but we want to use it at a different location and rotating the property doesn’t always solve things. Sometimes it is inconsistent, for example on the Villareal property in Windenberg, travel is conducted on the waterfront side. But visitors, including the mail delivery and the maid, spawn on the wooded side. The Bjergsen property has inconsistent spawn points, as well. And there’s lots in Newcrest that have spawn points along the “side” road rather than where you’d think the front would be on the “main” road.

"ddd994;c-18069952" wrote:


The art team carries this game, and I think they realise this. If they didn’t build up these pretty backdrop neighbourhoods, I think it would be super obvious they aren’t really giving us much with new packs.. Either way I’m so over shell neighbourhoods at this point..

Yep.

I remember when TS4 was first released, one of the rallying cries for an empty game was: 'At least there are no more rabbit holes. You can go into the buildings!' Eight years and so many worlds later, the game has devolved to Tardosa (or whatever it's called). The entire town center consists of nothing but set dressing and a single rabbit hole building at the head of the street. Can't even live in town.

"Cynna;c-18073593" wrote:

"ddd994;c-18069952" wrote:


The art team carries this game, and I think they realise this. If they didn’t build up these pretty backdrop neighbourhoods, I think it would be super obvious they aren’t really giving us much with new packs.. Either way I’m so over shell neighbourhoods at this point..

Yep.

I remember when TS4 was first released, one of the rallying cries for an empty game was: 'At least there are no more rabbit holes. You can go into the buildings!' Eight years and so many worlds later, the game has devolved to Tardosa (or whatever it's called). The entire town center consists of nothing but set dressing and a single rabbit hole building at the head of the street. Can't even live in town.

It would have been so nice to have a couple of apartments in the shell buildings and the white building on the pier to be an actual lot.

Wait what with 3 are you saying the lots are too large? I want every single lot in the game to be 64x64 no one is forced to build something massive just because the lot is larger build your tiny shack and leave the rest open space but when lots are small there is no option for anything

I want to highlight that I want to talk about lots, not premade buildings in this topic. I also don;t care if any premade lots are ugly because we can replace them. Unfortunately we can not do anything with worlds and lots placing. For example this lot doesn't match to the premade space, because there is a huge margin between the lot and the edge:

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I can sometimes get why the area around isn't the lot, but other times it's harder to understand. I wish they'd give us some freedom to choose - for instance, part a big lot into two - or combine two small lots into one bigger one. I also wish we could use all of the lots, and put walls all the way to the end. Ideally we could even share a wall or fence with a neighbouring lot (terraced housing).

"Simmingal;c-18069873" wrote:
totally agree with number 2

the lot should go nearer to the edges
i am wondering if it may have to do with routing somehow but even so it just feels kinda off

and i kinda agree with number 3 del sol lot because the style of that neighborhood doesn't really say " place big expensive property here" and its very residential looking neighborhood also which doesn't make it feel like spot for big public venues

and it would have been more useful to have 3 small lots just like the driveways suggest it was supposed to be but again I am wondering if just doing one lot was kinda helpful in having more lots to the world (even if its world people constantly say has too few lots)
or maybe like since they did it like this we can choose which road is like "front of the house" which is kinda neat

number 1 I don't really mind if lot is not connected to path tbh thats chill for me but im very annoyed when lots are connected to paths/ on some type of area with stone/wood whatever and we don't have matching terrain paint or floor to it

number 6 i don't really mind tbh i like those lots yeah lots are maybe bit small but its also like personal preference to not have huuuge lots cause i tend to build small :sweat_smile:

number 5 is little awkward too yeah its just kinda like why would you build long boi residentials in the middle sticking out like that kinda weird thing and the lots are also tiny

number 4 is yeah idk i haven't really managed to build anything on those del sol hills lots cause im just not fan of modern mega mansions so :sweat_smile: waiting for inspiration but idk if the lots are also bit challenging in shapes

I put a mall I downloaded up on the hills in Del sol valley, it fit in pretty well.

I'm not much of a builder. I just wish they tested them to look for things like chairs not linked to the tables, table decorations blocking plates, tables too far from food, or too many objects that mess with the gameplay like extra bars etc. I know builds look much better with MOO designs, but I wish they also built some lots with MOF, so it is ready to play in, without need any redecorating and easier to renovate.