Ok. A lot of topics, a lot of requests, and a tons of questions but no answer from SimGurus. Lets check what you think about my question than. Will current worlds ever be bigger (will have more lots)?

Not very likely, I assume that they are basing the amount of lots based on what they think the game can handle and how much time they have making them.They instead seem to make very large zones, like the Foxbury Institute. I don't really see the point when the game is limited to 20 sims per zone.

If you are asking if there ever may be more lots in the neighborhoods of each world, my answer is maybe. I don't know if it is even possible to do this. TS3 gave us a patch that allowed us to place lots in empty-ish areas. I don't know enough about coding to know how difficult that would be the way the current neighborhoods are designed.

I wish they would be, but I don't want to get too hopeful about it, and don't think they will.

I'd like them to be, but they won't be. They've already said that they decreased the sizes so people could run more packs without it impacting game performance on lower end machines. They don't want to have to up the requirements too much or they would lose a large swath of potential customers.

I thought the reason Sims 4 doesn't have open world was to make the game run smoothly. I am not sure if I believe the smaller number of lots is to benefit the player. Perhaps they simply realize people will buy a game pack just to get more lots in their game. If they continue on their current course I wouldn't be surprised if the Sims 5 base world only included one house, a gym, a bar and a library. I miss the giant worlds from Sims 3.

Will current worlds ever be bigger?

Scobren
5 years ago
No idea. But there is a mod for now for it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IRKwync2Ew&t=23s
Lonewolf1044
Seasoned Spectator
5 years ago
For me the Neighborhoods have become nothing more than an big painting with an dash of static lots that retain it's size and dimensions overall no matter what is laid down as far as homes, Community lots, etc, it is still the same ole neighborhood nothing more or nothing less. I am very critical with EA/Maxis on this as this for me stifles creativity.
sketchur
5 years ago
To your point, @Admiral8Q gosh golly I wish they would introduce a World Editor tool and let us edit the current worlds, even if to rearrange/add decorations. (You know, something more user-friendly and integrated than the T.O.O.L. mod.)

Of course, it would be a pipe dream to request lot rearranging/expansions on the current worlds, because that would involve deep environmental editing, both in map view as well as in each neighborhood/block view.
SimmerGeorge
5 years ago
"Admiral8Q;c-17614797" wrote:
Unless I made an error, this is the size so far:
Note: I put "apartments" in with "normal" lots. For 3 worlds.

World name Game Neighborhoods Main lots Secret Special

Oasis Springs The Sims 4 6 21 1 -
Willow Creek The Sims 4 6 21 1 -
Newcrest The Sims 4 3 15 - -
Granite Falls Outdoor Retreat 2 5 rental 1 1
Magnolia Promenade Get to Work 1 4 - -
Windenburg Get Together 4 27 - 3
San Myshuno City Living 4 18 total - 1
Forgotten Hollow Vampires 1 5 - -
Brindleton Bay Cats & Dogs 4 16 - -
Selvadorada Jungle Adventure 2 4 rental 3 -
Del Sol Valley Get Famous 3 11 1 -
StrangerVille StrangerVille 2 9 2 1
Sulani Island Living 3 14 - -
Glimmerbrook Realm of Magic 1 5 1 -
Britechester Discover University 3 13 total - -
Evergreen Harbor Eco Lifestyle 3 15 total - -

All 48 394 10 6
9 rental

EDIT: That didn't post well! So much for the age of texting. :D Here's a screenshot:

https://i.imgur.com/9bbnMEV.png

So all included for lots is: 419

How did you get 394 main lots. I only counted 203
wickichick
Rising Rookie
5 years ago
i think the sims 4 team has been careful not to fall into the same trap that happened with sims 3...that series had lots of issues for many folks and sims 4 is certainly a melted down version of past series ..but for a larger share of folks the game is playable and saves last a long time. if we would go back to something that offered a larger scale in this series ..i think it would create issues.
atreya33
Seasoned Ace
5 years ago
"Admiral8Q;c-17614797" wrote:
Unless I made an error, this is the size so far:
Note: I put "apartments" in with "normal" lots. For 3 worlds.

World name Game Neighborhoods Main lots Secret Special

Oasis Springs The Sims 4 6 21 1 -
Willow Creek The Sims 4 6 21 1 -
Newcrest The Sims 4 3 15 - -
Granite Falls Outdoor Retreat 2 5 rental 1 1
Magnolia Promenade Get to Work 1 4 - -
Windenburg Get Together 4 27 - 3
San Myshuno City Living 4 18 total - 1
Forgotten Hollow Vampires 1 5 - -
Brindleton Bay Cats & Dogs 4 16 - -
Selvadorada Jungle Adventure 2 4 rental 3 -
Del Sol Valley Get Famous 3 11 1 -
StrangerVille StrangerVille 2 9 2 1
Sulani Island Living 3 14 - -
Glimmerbrook Realm of Magic 1 5 1 -
Britechester Discover University 3 13 total - -
Evergreen Harbor Eco Lifestyle 3 15 total - -

All 48 394 10 6
9 rental

EDIT: That didn't post well! So much for the age of texting. :D Here's a screenshot:

https://i.imgur.com/9bbnMEV.png

So all included for lots is: 419

Very interesting list. Thank you for making it.

The only thing I would have listed differently are the vacation worlds. You can freely change the lot type in these worlds. In granite falls I swapped two rentals for a bar and a spa. But you can change them up any way you like. Same goes for the museum and the bar in selvadorada, these are regular lots anyone can edit. You don't even need a cheat to edit them. Only restriction is you have to be on holiday to visit them.

I would list them as
granite falls: 6 lots (5 rental and one park) and one secret lot (the hermit)
Selvadorada: 7 lots (4 rental and 3 community lots) and one special/secret lot (the temple)

I am also still missing the 3 special lots from get to work, the work locations : the hospital, police station and science lab. Not sure if they fit with magnolia promenade or deserve a separate entry but if the film studio from get Famous counts, then so do they. Edit: same goes for my favourite hidden lot : sixam.
marea_a_moon
New Spectator
5 years ago
I personally think it is hard to do, but i dont know the first thing about coding so my opinion is not based on hard facts or anything like that. They could make it up by making the upcoming worlds bigger. I actually still have so many empty lots to work with so i am not even bothered by that.
Sthenastia
New Spectator
5 years ago
I see that noone belive that EA will do something in this topic.
SEREFRAS
Seasoned Veteran
5 years ago
That would be so nice. Hopefully it will be possible for the game devs to edit the tiny worlds & add some more lots to it.
But, realistically they probably won't.
Chanty25
5 years ago
I hope so.