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A mod or way to prevent sims from appearing in other neighborhoods?
TOLKIEN
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So for example say I only want to see sims from Strangeworld neighborhood in that neighborhood and not bella goth, is there a way to limit this or a mod that exists that can limit non played sims from appearing in other neighborhoods?
For example I'd love it so just the locals go to the bar located in strangeville and not sims from every other neighborhood.
So far the only thing I can think of is to eliminate ALL other sims in manage worlds and only populate the neighborhood I'm playing in and prevent the game from spawning new sims. Which seems kind of extreme....
For example I'd love it so just the locals go to the bar located in strangeville and not sims from every other neighborhood.
So far the only thing I can think of is to eliminate ALL other sims in manage worlds and only populate the neighborhood I'm playing in and prevent the game from spawning new sims. Which seems kind of extreme....
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I searched the web for this answer and it looks like I'm not the first to ask it but nobody has a solution. So my solution which kind of works but is a pain, is to literally start a new world. Save, go to manage world and evict every single sim household in other neighborhoods except the one your playing in or plan to visit/have visiting sims from. So for example I don't mind Sims from Oasis springs visiting Strangeville - but I do evict a few I didn't want regardless. It doesn't prevent homeless sims from appearing but it otherwise is a dirty method of working.
If your willing to use mods, then get master controller and use the mod function to prevent homeless sims from moving in to empty lots which will prevent random new sims from generating.
Still it would be nice if there was a mod out there that prevented sims from appearing in every neighborhood but their own.
I wish they would let us add/remove neighborhood/subneighborhoods/vacation spots/downtowns like we could in Sims 2.
On the one hand its nice that you can find new Sims by travelling to different worlds but I wonder if it would make more sense to have that as a player only option rather than having all the NPC's have that option.
They go to other worlds. Only the strangeness stays in StrangerVille, not the sims.
My issue is the other worlds are all coming to strangerville and its annoying to no end.
See the issue with this is that I feel like a lot of people want Sims 3 worlds where everyone is confined into one world. I don’t EVER want that in the sims again. Not being able to visit other worlds without starting all over and whatnot is a nightmare. Yes it’s annoying seeing the same sims everywhere but it makes the worlds feel full and alive and I love that 💙
How could they fix this? There are a lot of people who do not want an entire set of townies in each an every world. Even as the system is now, the game needs more than 100 townies to fill all the NPC roles available.
Yup a crazy number of Sims are needed if all townies are confined to their own world and it’s unrealistic to do so. A compromise would be a priority system that prioritizes Sims living in the current world. For instance when you visit a gym in Windenburg the game should first pick gym trainers/visitors from Windenburg residents. If there aren’t enough Sims then the game can pick from Sims from other worlds or homeless Sims. This way it can ensure that it isn’t always the same Sims in every world’s gym.
But none of this is really true though is it? I was generally speaking about Sims placed in lots (not homeless townies) like the Goths, who don't "fill" roles other then being local neighbors.
My request/desire would be to see only sims living in a specific world (so lot placement) stick to their own neighborhood say 80% of the time. Townies are another matter and yes if all they are doing is filling a role like bartender I don't care if they are moonlighting two different jobs in two different worlds.
Its more I'd just prefer to interact with Sims (placed in lots) for specific worlds in those worlds. Honestly it feels like the game just constantly needs to throw a steady stream of Sims everyplace you go. From walk bys at home to the gym, ect.
Not every gym needs to be packed full for example with sims from every world. Or say the bar in strangerville, I don't picture it needing to be filled with random sims. It seems to me a bar I'd imagine that only has maybe 2 or 3 bar flies.
Then say a bigger city it would make sense to see more sims pass by or visit lots.
Actually maybe thats what this game needs, an option to set a lots priority for visitors. So low would be few visitors where high would be a lot. I think that might actually help and could easily be done when placing/designating a lot.
Not sure if it's okay to post the link but if you google the mod it's easy to find.
Hope this helps!