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Post by portokalia on Apr 10, 2021 10:56:54 GMT -5
It's more of a discussion, because there are more than one, and if there are none already existing out there, I would never make a request unless other people find my "ideas" helpful too, so I am looking more for a feedback here, and if enough people find any of the below interesting enough, we can then make the request official
Of course, if anyone knows of any existing ones from the list report back !  - Multiple lot types / not just traits, but one lot can be both a retail and a restaurant. It can be both a cafe and a library. Add a third or even a fourth and we start making our own one-lot-one neighbourhood - Change/choose climate in towns . Yes, Windeburg is Europe, we got that. But Some places in Europe have much milder climate, you know, even if they look like that. (edit to clarify, set for example Oasis Springs climate to Windeburg etc) -Unlock all neighbourhood lots go walk to, or at least the part of neighbourhood you are - so there are no loading screens for visiting someone once you were already walking past their house, I mean, it's right there. - Small, (somehow) ownable shops in one community lot, perhaps through door barriers, idk, where you can actually have a mini retail space for you, but then you switch to another family and they own another small store in the same lot, and they can manage prices etc for their own space. - Set rental lot daily price manually - simple and self explanatory. The only way to actually build manually apartment lots and not have them cost a forune, or build actual hotels withour paying 25K Simoleons for your 2-night stay. - And of course, make all all worlds swimmable (perhaps by using fishing spots and converting them to swimming spots?)
I would love to hear thoughts from everyone - from casual players , to see if and how many find these needed too, and from modders, to know which of these can be tricky and hard and to what exted are they doable (I imagine they are big projects, definitely not simple, so this is why I am not requesting, unless more people agree)
And have a nice day everyone!
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Post by foxgloveish on Apr 10, 2021 11:04:15 GMT -5
Little Ms Sam is working on a mod for making multiple things on one lot: link is hereShe also has a mod which allows to create Hotels, but I have not tried it myself: That one is here |
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Post by MizoreYukii on Apr 10, 2021 11:53:06 GMT -5
Not possible to remove the loading screens for visiting lots, that's a core system in the game that can't be touched. LMS's multiple things on one lot (called My Little Neighborhood) might be able to help with a community feeling though, as well as the Live in Business mod in combination for the small retail space. The retail + restaurant might not be possible because of how the systems work. For stuff like Cafes + Libraries though, this could be possible if someone manually combined them as a new venue type, or turned one into a lot trait maybe, but actually making a player controlled system where you can just select multiple venues won't be possible.
The weather might be possible with a script + some overrides but hard to say.
Other than the swimming which requires overriding every world file (and it can't go in the mods folder, you have to go to the World folder which is confusing for most people), most of this is not directly possible because of the limitations in the game. We have to use tricks and workarounds and some imagination, unfortunately. Hopefully EA will add some support for more lot related stuff, and I'm fairly sure a management/hotel system will come in the future.
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Post by portokalia on Apr 10, 2021 12:04:13 GMT -5
Little Ms Sam is working on a mod for making multiple things on one lot: link is hereShe also has a mod which allows to create Hotels, but I have not tried it myself: That one is hereYaaay that's terrific news, I love LittleMsSam's mods, I use many of hers, I am certain this one will be AWESOME! |
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Post by portokalia on Apr 10, 2021 12:10:42 GMT -5
Not possible to remove the loading screens for visiting lots, that's a core system in the game that can't be touched. LMS's multiple things on one lot (called My Little Neighborhood) might be able to help with a community feeling though, as well as the Live in Business mod in combination for the small retail space. The retail + restaurant might not be possible because of how the systems work. For stuff like Cafes + Libraries though, this could be possible if someone manually combined them as a new venue type, or turned one into a lot trait maybe, but actually making a player controlled system where you can just select multiple venues won't be possible. The weather might be possible with a script + some overrides but hard to say. Other than the swimming which requires overriding every world file (and it can't go in the mods folder, you have to go to the World folder which is confusing for most people), most of this is not directly possible because of the limitations in the game. We have to use tricks and workarounds and some imagination, unfortunately. Hopefully EA will add some support for more lot related stuff, and I'm fairly sure a management/hotel system will come in the future. Oooof great info, many many thanks! As I said in another post, I already know and love LMS's mods and I have very high hopes for the new neighbourhood mod! super exited! So could it be possible to have a "neighbourhood" venue type? that's what I'm hoping for
For the rest, I knew deep down that they might be too complicated, but tbh, you gave me hope for both the weather and the swimming! And as for the complexity, I'm thinking many would be willing to get that far into "confusionville" if the end result would be swimming in all worlds! I know I would...
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Post by Cidira on Apr 10, 2021 17:48:53 GMT -5
It's already possible to mod the weather for different worlds in the sense of replacing the weather tuning for each world. That does mean that either you have to do the modding yourself, or you need to find someone who's already made or willing to make a mod that does what you want, though; there's not currently any way for players to do it from within the game. (I think each world does so least have its own weather tuning file, though, which would make it possible to have a fairly customizable mod via multiple packages.)
It's already possible to combine at least some of the functionality of multiple lot types even without mods, depending on what you want, e.g. it's not just bars that will spawn a mixologist if you put a bar object on them, and many other objects associated with particular lot types also work on other lot types.
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