I dunno, I think there is something to be said about a town that grows from its roots. Most towns in the real world aren't perfectly designed.. They just develop in weird and interesting ways. That isn't to say I don't move buildings every now and then, but the core structure has remained the same.

Hands down, the biggest problem I came up against was that when I had finally bought all the land and shoved everything aside, all I could see was a vast amount of green screen (this was before the snow hit). There is absolutely NO context to let you know how far one thing is relative to another thing, how far off the edge you are, etc.When you click to buy land, the larger rectangles help you see where the approximate spots would be for dividing it into halves or quarters for zones ... But once you release that "buy" land button and try to set some marker, The whole thing just goes to solid color again.I hope you can figure out what I mean.Now excuse me while I scream something really really really loud. Cover your ears. And get the younguns out of the room:GIVE ANNETTE A $&"&+%%@#* ZOOM-OUT FEATURE!!!There. I feel better.Honest advice ... If you can work out a graph, even a rough one, do it. Make a list of all the buildings you have. Look on the wikia thingie. I think we can give a link to it ... Here's the feature I find best on their site. This is a link to their Wiggum House page ... Two important pieces of info for a rebuild. First, notice that it gives the SIZE of a building. (In this case, 8x4) that info can be really helpful for the larger buildings, ESPECIALLY if you don't have it yet. Second, at the bottom of that page (and all the other buildings pages) is a list of every building ... Hyperlinked, etc. You can have a look at the list in one take, decide which ones are potentials, and get an idea of what land/arrangement you're going to need.http://simpsonstappedout.wikia.com/wiki/Wiggum_HouseHope they don't mind a link. If that's a nono, I'm sure they can edit ... Okay, mods? :oops:

annettemarc wrote:Hands down, the biggest problem I came up against was that when I had finally bought all the land and shoved everything aside, all I could see was a vast amount of green screen (this was before the snow hit). There is absolutely NO context to let you know how far one thing is relative to another thing, how far off the edge you are, etc.When you click to buy land, the larger rectangles help you see where the approximate spots would be for dividing it into halves or quarters for zones ... But once you release that "buy" land button and try to set some marker, The whole thing just goes to solid color again.I hope you can figure out what I mean.Now excuse me while I scream something really really really loud. Cover your ears. And get the younguns out of the room:GIVE ANNETTE A $&"&+%%@#* ZOOM-OUT FEATURE!!!There. I feel better.Honest advice ... If you can work out a graph, even a rough one, do it. Make a list of all the buildings you have. Look on the wikia thingie. I think we can give a link to it ... Here's the feature I find best on their site. This is a link to their Wiggum House page ... Two important pieces of info for a rebuild. First, notice that it gives the SIZE of a building. (In this case, 8x4) that info can be really helpful for the larger buildings, ESPECIALLY if you don't have it yet. Second, at the bottom of that page (and all the other buildings pages) is a list of every building ... Hyperlinked, etc. You can have a look at the list in one take, decide which ones are potentials, and get an idea of what land/arrangement you're going to need.http://simpsonstappedout.wikia.com/wiki/Wiggum_HouseHope they don't mind a link. If that's a nono, I'm sure they can edit ... Okay, mods? :oops: On android if you move your fingers together (like Pinching) you can zoom out Exposing more surface area thus seeing more on your screen. not sure on IOS

Snakeyees wrote:annettemarc wrote:Hands down, the biggest problem I came up against was that when I had finally bought all the land and shoved everything aside, all I could see was a vast amount of green screen (this was before the snow hit). There is absolutely NO context to let you know how far one thing is relative to another thing, how far off the edge you are, etc.When you click to buy land, the larger rectangles help you see where the approximate spots would be for dividing it into halves or quarters for zones ... But once you release that "buy" land button and try to set some marker, The whole thing just goes to solid color again.I hope you can figure out what I mean.Now excuse me while I scream something really really really loud. Cover your ears. And get the younguns out of the room:GIVE ANNETTE A $&"&+%%@#* ZOOM-OUT FEATURE!!!There. I feel better.Honest advice ... If you can work out a graph, even a rough one, do it. Make a list of all the buildings you have. Look on the wikia thingie. I think we can give a link to it ... Here's the feature I find best on their site. This is a link to their Wiggum House page ... Two important pieces of info for a rebuild. First, notice that it gives the SIZE of a building. (In this case, 8x4) that info can be really helpful for the larger buildings, ESPECIALLY if you don't have it yet. Second, at the bottom of that page (and all the other buildings pages) is a list of every building ... Hyperlinked, etc. You can have a look at the list in one take, decide which ones are potentials, and get an idea of what land/arrangement you're going to need.http://simpsonstappedout.wikia.com/wiki/Wiggum_HouseHope they don't mind a link. If that's a nono, I'm sure they can edit ... Okay, mods? :oops: On android if you move your fingers together (like Pinching) you can zoom out Exposing more surface area thus seeing more on your screen. not sure on IOSGood point! It does work on IOS too. I can see a larger area, but I'd say the max dim I can see on the screen even after doing that is 20% of my ttown. I could be off on that guess, but I think its about right.So I can zoom out to see a smallish sector of my land, tentatively set buildings, and then zoom in for detail work. What I cannot do is see the area in relation to the whole. Its like going on a road trip from San Diego, California up to the Canadian border with nothing more than a map of each county ... No map of the country to give perspective of how far you are from beginning to end, but some nice details of what the cities look like ... ;)I feel like that old fable about the three blind men describing the elephant.

I go section at a time, I never start fresh, it's daunting! Try to think about spaces and neighbourhoods and events! I like my thanksgivings and christmases and valentineses LOL to be together. I'm in the middle of 2 redesigns:1. christmas 2013 area2. prep for valentines 2014 and clean-up of valentines 2013

Wise move. Problem was that with the channel six glitch I was able to finally buy huge amounts of land in a very short time,plus the landing zone shifted every time I added land.I wanted the center of the city to be where my town hall, churches, public services, schools,and park would be ... And some of those buildings come early in the game.Now that the metal tree controls our landing zone, its a new ballgame. But I already had the thing halfway arranged before that tree came along. :)

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AJtheboss1
11 years ago
DragonAge_6259404 wrote:
I dunno, I think there is something to be said about a town that grows from its roots. Most towns in the real world aren't perfectly designed.. They just develop in weird and interesting ways. That isn't to say I don't move buildings every now and then, but the core structure has remained the same.

I agree with you. My town has the basic layout that I had from the very beginning (granted a few things were moved when more land was purchased).
I tried to keep my core street layout the same and sorta branched out from their.

As far as advice goes for the original question. I wouldn't give every building too much land because you'll be stuck needing more land then there is available to us. Pretty much use your space wisely. And if you plan to make your town as realistic as possible, predesignate the shopping, residential, recreational, etc. areas before you start the redesign. It'll help a lot since you'll have a good blueprint to work off of. :)
Anyways enjoy your redesign!
JasonMK83
11 years ago
Adamcayce - I would love to show you pictures of my town, just don't know how to properly do it. If anyone can tell me how I will.
victoriaschu
11 years ago
Hey neighbour,

I first bought all the land and then I redesigned my springfield section by section. I didn't want to put everything in storage at once, so I just put in a section at once (approx. 6-8 plots of land), and then I slowly started redesigning from there. Though, I must admit that I get bored with my springfield quickly, so I redesign certain sections relatively often

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