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Top 5 Lot Types
elanorbreton
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I was just going through my worlds to see what I had in each and have discovered a big imbalance in my community lots! Here are my top 5 quantities:
Park = 11
Bar = 10
Restaurant = 9
Library = 9
Lounge = 6
That seems like an awful lot of certain lots! But somehow, when I want to take my sims somewhere I never seem to have enough places to choose from lol.
So what are your 5 most widespread lot types and which is your least?
My least is the vet clinic - I only have 1, which is in Windenburg.
Park = 11
Bar = 10
Restaurant = 9
Library = 9
Lounge = 6
That seems like an awful lot of certain lots! But somehow, when I want to take my sims somewhere I never seem to have enough places to choose from lol.
So what are your 5 most widespread lot types and which is your least?
My least is the vet clinic - I only have 1, which is in Windenburg.
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1. Bar = 8
but its probably because game spawns bars with like every world
and ive only deleted few of them so far while I am also keeping quite many because they're nice with edits
I have plans to add one more bar I guess
as I need to add one for windenburg inn as i removed the existing one
and well we don't have inn lot type so it would still be bar probably
and yes i don't think i will bulldoze werewolves bar when i get that pack
soo more like 10 really I guess is the final number
Park
Restaurant
Lounge
Community Space
are all tied at 4 lots each
because I actually use these lot types for lots that do not exist yet as well
for example restaurant might actually be a hotel,
park might be arcade
and community space a tea room
I also have my wedding venues as lounges
even though there is wedding venue lot type
because the new lot type is so glitchy i don't really want to meddle with it
and it really makes no difference to me tbh, well aside from lounge working much better
I have plans for one more actual park currently (san myshuno one)
I might also add park back for willow creek
but unsure for now cause these 2 park ideas kind of overlap for me
i might also add occult taco place as restaurant one day but its been unsuccessful so far
also i have diner but i kinda wanna make one more diner
oh and i might add fancy one for windenburg cause well they got lots of munching going on
and ofc i will continue to use these lot types for any lot they suit
other than that i don't particularily have plans to add these lot types but I probably will
Honorary mention: I only have 1 functional nightclub,
three that is incomplete (only exterior)
and 4 in planning stages
yeah, i really should get to them nightclubs gosh.
I've just been putting it off cause its so much work
as for lot type i don't have that would be wedding venue cause its glitchy mess
I also might delete my only cafe for the same reason it doesn't function right
the sims keep bothering the heck out of your sims so you can't do a thing
it'll probably be better off as any possible other lot type really
aaand I don't think I will have more than one of vet clinic idk i just don't think i particularily need many
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Top lot type is restaurants at 15 lots.
I get a lot of use out of them, and will make them multi-purpose. Usually with a cafe attached. I'll also have at least one or two restaurants in a world because I like to have more of a cheaper family place, then a more fancy upscale place for events or dates. I also like having different kinds of restaurants like Italian, seafood, Asian Fusion, Mexican, American, etc. San Myshuno has the most at 3 restaurants, with a diner, a family/cozy rooftop restaurant, and a Very Upscale rooftop restaurant. I don't experience as many problems with DO as some others do, so I don't have an avoidance with them, and it's a decent group activity.
Second highest is bar at 8 lots.
I don't usually use bars as actual bars though. I find they're a good lot type to use to make movie theaters. Based off the lot requirements, it encourages sims to buy snacks, then go watch a movie. I'll also put some game stuff in there and some vending machines. My bar lot in Britechester is a multi-purpose bar/theater combo.
Parks tied with bars at 8.
This one actually surprised me a little, since I feel like I don't go to parks all that often. But I do like having them. I've started making them change with the seasons so there's different activities. And in certain worlds like Granite Falls, I've added "ponds" for sims to swim in. In Brindleton during the warmer weather there's a music stage and some food trucks. My park in San Myshuno is massive and has...pretty much everything (a pool, a basketball court, a greenhouse, a playground, a dog training course, lots of places to hang out, that fountain you can play in, and places for sims to graffiti or busk).
4 Cafes.
This number would be higher if I didn't multi-purpose so many cafes into my restaurants. And one of my cafes doubles as a park. I actually use that lot a lot. I have a cat cafe that allows strays so I can pretend they're supposed to be there/sims can adopt them. And I have an internet cafe where sims can use some computers or are encouraged to bring their laptop or do school work.
3 Karaoke bars.
I'm surprised this number isn't higher honestly. I've got 2 in San Myshuno (a lower-scale private room one, and a HUGE one with a big stage and then private rooms on the top floor), and one in Mt. Komorebi. I plan on adding a multi-purpose karaoke/movie theater combo lot to Copperdale (hopefully, if it works).
Then I've got 2 lounges, 2 museums, 2 vet clinics, 2 spas, and one mall. These lots exist either for necessity or because I feel like they fit in a certain world. I've got museums and lounges in Brindleton and Del Sol Valley (and that one is necessary), vet clinics in Brindleton and Willow Creek, spas in Del Sol Valley and Sulani, and a mall in Oasis Springs. I don't really use any of these lots.
EDIT: OH I forgot nightclubs!! I've got a few of them but I'm surprised I don't have more. My club in San Myshuno is a really cool rooftop place with a main dance area, bar seating above the dance area so sims can look down, private rooms, hot tubs and a pool with deck chairs for sims to lounge on.
Travelling always feels like a hassle honestly, so either my sims homes provide most entertainment, or I need to make my community lots really appealing to get them out of the house. Having variety with my lots helps that. Also making them multi-purpose helps a ton.
Still haven't quite sorted out where to put a restaurant in Sulani. If there is one in Mt. Komorebi, I haven't found it.
I put three in Newcrest, along with several other lot types: Karaoke Bar, Nightclub/concert venue. This was set up to give my budding Rock Star places to hold concerts. Many of the venues I use are from the Gallery. I have built a few of my own, too.
I agree, too many lots are taken up by the same type of lot across the board. Since it's no big thing for our Sims to travel to another 'World' I don't have a problem removing yet another gym, bar, or museum to install something I need in my game.
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in Sulani I have one with my luxury hotel build
but I also have yacht (granted it hardly looks like yacht due to my ship building skill or lack there of) which can be turned either to nightclub or restaurant which i think i forgot to count actually huh.
could also see like nice pier restaurant or maybe the bar could be turned to one
or maybe pirate ship turned into pirate themed restaurant hmm
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Restaurants & Bars tied (13 each)
Nightclubs & Lounges tied (8 each)
Cafés (6)
I knew I had a lot of restaurants, but having the same amount of bars surprised me. I like restaurants much more. I want to have a good selection of nightclubs and I also like lounge lot type, so I was expecting about that many. But another surprise was cafés making it to the list. I think they were tuned lately, but not sure. Hopefully the customer behaviour is not as bad as I remember, seeing how many I have.
Least is:
beach, vet, onsen, community space, market space & community garden (1 each)
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10 restaurants and 10 spas
9 nightclubs
8 parks
Even though there are many of them it doesn't feel like that because they have different themes and I don't put same things in all of them (but there are a couple of bars that just are there and I hardly ever use them
There's only one onsen bathhouse. I also don't have any community gardens, maker spaces or marketplaces, because I haven't explored how they function yet.
Then I have Sapphire Shores as a beach instead.
In Mt Komorebi, I turned the Izakaya Ippai into a restaurant.
Not sure about the last one if it's parks, gyms or nightclubs. Probably parks.
1. Restaurant (6)
2. Pool (1)
3. Park/National Park (0)
4. Lounge (2)
5. Cafe(1)/Museum(1)
The numbers in paranthesis are from my newer rotational save.
Because I can't; I keep all sigs turned off.
Parks are in third with 10, unless National Parks are included in this category. In that case, it would be a three way tie for first.
Tied for fourth are lounges and libraries with six each.
1. Bar (12)
2. Park (7)
3. Museum and Lounge and Restaurant (6 each)
4. Gym and Library (5)
5. Community Center (3) - one was voted into a Crafting center, the other two are still in their default state
Sorry for the confusion!
- restaurant (22 lots)
- park (12 lots)
- bar (10 lots)
- nightclub (5 lots)
- lounge, café, retail are all tied (4 lots of each)
Bar (16 lots)
Restaurant (15 lots)
Gym (11 lots)
Nightclub (7 lots)
Park (7 lots)
I'm surprised I have so many bars, not so surprised over restaurants and gyms, I like visiting those.
It is also hard to believe that despite of public pools having been patched into the base game we still got nothing more than the one premade pool from Windenburg. In TS3 worlds, pools were always the crown jewels.
I am sure restaurants are first. I like to have a variety with themed menus.
I have several lounges because I have used that lot type as a comedy club, a movie theater, and I used to use it for a lot of wedding venues.
Actually now that we have the new venue type I am guessing wedding venue will be high on the list itself. I have one in almost every world.
And then it's hard to say between park, pool, gym and spa because I mix features of those together so often and I am not sure how I assigned them. My guess is gym and park may make the top five.
But I can't remember where bars fit. So I am going to say restaurant, wedding venue, lounge, bar, gym and pool are probably the top six.
I will be interested to see how well my memory did when I get back into the game
I counted every world I have except Batuu.
I've lumped them into similar types too.
My top 5 lot types at the moment in quantity:
-Bar/Lounge/Nightclub/Karaoke: 29
-All "Park" Types: 15
-Museum/Library/Art Center: 10
-Fitness: 8
-Restaurant/Café: 7
I was quite pleased with making community spaces, I made one out of the old salt house in San MyShuno. Made all 3 lots ( marketplace, community garden, and maker space about the same, and was so pleased to see sims doing all the activities ) at the same time! There were sims selling different products ( one selling dyes and wax ), and 2 others selling different products, while some were gardening or using maker machines. Also, I had a food stand with picnic tables that was open, and I read somewhere you can have up to two food stands at a community lot, I was pleasantly surprised at how busy it was, how well it worked.