What has happened to lots placement in the worlds?

"Sthenastia;d-1002017" wrote:
I've noticed that new worlds have more and more random lots placement. The lots are not connected to the road or even matching the area. Why?

Examples:

Why this lot is not connected to the road and not even centered?
https://cdn.boop.pl/uploads/2022/02/wedding74.jpg

Why this lot has such a huge border around?
https://simscommunity.info/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/recapfeatured.jpg

Why is this lot not connected to the road?
https://thumbs.modthesims2.com/img/7/8/4/6/4/0/0/MTS_iSandor-1835913-03-31-19_11-44-29PM.png

Why is this lot so random?
https://64.media.tumblr.com/b48cf73410e8c60f9352dd5a9387a9ad/tumblr_pof5gsPjZT1tz1ehco2_1280.png

Why these lots in HoB have so much unusable space around?
https://simscommunity.info/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/07-07-21_12-32-53-PM.jpg

They need a new surveyor for property borders.

I think I was watching Simlicy's HSY early access build video where she said that while building the house in Copperdale, she noticed the lot was not touching the road and she brought it up to the team, who then later fixed it and brought it to touch the road. What I don't understand is why it took a game changer bringing it up to them to see the problem with it? I really don't understand the choices that are made with the lot placements sometimes. As a builder especially it's really frustrating to work around. All these lots floating off somewhere. How am I supposed to make realistic front walks? All the extra space around a lot that could've easily been a larger lot is also annoying to deal with ?

"lexibee;c-18159635" wrote:
I think I was watching Simlicy's HSY early access build video where she said that while building the house in Copperdale, she noticed the lot was not touching the road and she brought it up to the team, who then later fixed it and brought it to touch the road.

So, that makes this kind of worse if they can actually fix this...and don't. The lots being off the road (in areas where that doesn't make sense) drives me a little nuts.

I have Déjà Vu did I already say this but I'll say again :lol:

1. only off center bothers me with this lot i don't mind that its not connected to road

2. this bothers me very much cause its literally square and why can't we have it filled out or at least little closer to edge if they wanted to keep walking space without having to go on lot

3. this does not bother me at all

4. this kind of bothers me but lot does hit edge of pathway enough to make your own path soo thats not so much a problem as the whole lot being off centered with huge sweep to the side

5. kind of bothers me but tbh also not cause i like small lots

can we talk about real villain though:
Glimmerbrook where things are almost centered but not quite

and missing terrain paints for worlds so you really struggle to connect the existing paths with your lot since you can't mix the right color of dirt

for example in HoB

also waterlock redoubt in windenburg gave me lots of annoyance recently because theres lot of space at the back and if there was even just couple more tiles around edges of that lot to use itd have saved me lots of headache

OH and talking of Windenburg whats up with that town center where cafe lot is in front of another lot (bar) so you either have to build smaller or deal with the build blocking view of each other

I agree some of the lot placement is very odd because they end leaving a lot of dead areas that can't be landscaped. The HoB one shown is a nicely built home but why isn't the lot size maximised to use all the available space around it? If I recall there's a lot with a driveway that doesn't meet the road in GF even though I don't have that expansion. The starter homes in Windenburg old town have wasted space too and there's a particularly bad house in Windslar that isn't close enough to the road.

"AEqualsBCD;c-18159661" wrote:
I saw this. It looks like they were wearing a blindfold and just randomly planted the lots in places on the map... Shame as it gives them an unfinished appearance.

I know. We have tools in game to help us with the placement onto a lot. I originally built another rendition of my favorite house on a 64 X 64 sized lot. Someone was interested in this build, so I decided most don't like the bigger lots, so I would download it onto a smaller lot. Of course in the process it was hovering over the lot in such a way that wouldn't allow the house to fit. I used the tool and managed to get it right where I wanted it. But, alas and alack, they haven't given us tools to even place lots. We had these in Sims3, as I recall, but not in Sims4. Ho-hum.