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?

Louise_Goethals
5 years ago
I hope they add the hospital and police station neighbourhood to Magnolia Promenade's map, but otherwise I don't think so. Hopefully we'll continue to get some updates to current worlds like stalls and rinks with Seasons - hopefully swimmable water.
SleepycatDSL
Seasoned Newcomer
5 years ago
I don't think they can edit the current worlds much, without breaking our saves.
Onverser
5 years ago
There's no money to be made from doing it, so it won't happen.
heyroberto
5 years ago
I mean... I wish!! but I don't think so :(
sketchur
5 years ago
I wish I could say, "Yes" ... so badly... :'(

Especially after this comment:
"Lustianicia;c-17581556" wrote:
The developers made the claim years ago that finished worlds could, in theory, be expanded...
TS1299
5 years ago
Nope. I remember back then that Magnolia Promenade was supposed to be an Expansion of Willow Creek but they could not get it to work, so instead, they made a whole new map and world icon for Magnolia promenade.
ValiantRedKnight
New Spectator
5 years ago
"Lustianicia;c-17581556" wrote:
The developers made the claim years ago that finished worlds could, in theory, be expanded... but they haven't shown any signs of even trying to do it, so I highly doubt they ever will, unfortunately.

My biggest peeve is the fact that Windenburg (or however you spell it) is, by far, the largest world... and yet, I personally hate the Old English Village theme, so it's essentially useless for me... :disappointed: We haven't gotten a world even close to its size ever since, which is highly disappointing. Why can't we get a normal world that size!?

Was this before or after Get to Work? Because they said after that one that Magnolia Promenade was supposed to be a part of Willow Creek but doing that broke existing saves.
Goth583
New Traveler
5 years ago
Negative, Ghost Rider.
bsozz
5 years ago
I hope they don’t. They’d just end up making things even worse.

You know the old saying: “If it’s broke, but it ain’t completely broke, don’t fix it.”
cb2342z
Seasoned Spectator
5 years ago
Doubt it, until the day it is actually done. However, I do have hopes for bigger worlds.