Which lot types, in your opinion, are you best at building VS worst at building?

Best at houses (and then not great). Worst at building...most community lots, because I rarely try. I really need to fix this.

"Mariefoxprice83;c-17367260" wrote:
Best at houses (and then not great). Worst at building...most community lots, because I rarely try. I really need to fix this.

I was originally the same way at first... I honestly never wanted to put the effort into building my own community lots... or even residential homes (aside from the one I'll actually be playing), but I one day decided to take it up and became addicted ever since! lol I love building in The Sims now! :heart:

I completely remodeled every single world (except for Glimmerbrook and Britechester, which I haven't gotten around to yet due to playing Sims 3 lately).

For the community lots, I've been re-modelling them to make them more interesting. I could post some screenshots if you like.

Building from scratch is always tough. Takes play-testing either way though to see what works. Like in homes I try to get the kitchen sink(s) closer to the eating area than the bathroom sink(s), for example.

I more often edit community lots than build from scratch. I think residential lots are easiest for me and parks probably hardest... I have built a park but it's all the landscaping that makes it so hard. I once built a restaurant too, it was easier to do.

I think it's mostly about having an idea and then realizing how that will fit the sim behaviour assigned to a certain community lot. You could get really creative with how the actual lot looks like, no matter what type. In my game I have downloaded a gym that is mostly outdoor for example.

I'm definitely a community lot builder as well. I have ideas all the time for community lots, but when it comes to residential I just stare at the grid for 15min trying to think of something.

I'm good at downloading from the gallery. :D

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I've never built anything but residences and one veterinary clinic, so I guess I'm bad at everything else. :)

"Lustianicia;d-971214" wrote:
Which lot types are you most comfortable building? And which ones do you feel are some of your worst (if you have any)?

Comfortable? i don't think of comfort on the subject, but rather what type of logical layout i can do. in the past i've had some complimentary comments about the way i layout parks for example, even one gym. it's just about organising and setting it all up appropriately.

You look at the base game gyms and there are things that can be changed immediately. for starters, there is a lot of open space, not enough showers and dedicated areas to change in with lockers.

The Oasis springs gym is a favorite of mine, because of the layout. with some adjustment you can get a lot more exercise machines in place, a nice sitting area and a place to grab a drink, be it water or coffee. If you reorganise the area where sims shower, you could get 5 or more in that one area that is criminally being underused.

The Willow creek Gym could do with the removal of a sofa, and expansion to bring more showers up on the second floor. the upper bar can be reorganised as well as well as a sitting area. The boxing room on the first floor can get more punching bags as well.

However considering it, you want a sitting area with access to coffee and water options, as well as waste bins for repairs on objects leaving rubbish behind. Then you'll want showers and at least 6 of them, this should be directly proportional to the machines you have, so for every shower you have two exercise machines can be placed down.

For me, I can't really say I'm specifically bad at one type of lot, but I do prefer to build residential lots over community lots. I prefer smaller lots over bigger ones. And I prefer classical building styles over modern.