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barraakeno Posts: 489 Member
I've seen this option in my game but I never understood what is it and why is it there. Can anyone help me?
Brazilian guy here, so my English is not that good.
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- AriaMad2 Posts: 1,380 Member
I guess it’s for if you want to make something different that’s not available, such as a photography lab or a ceinma.
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- whimreaper Posts: 361 Member
It describes them as "this lot has no requirements" or something, so it's probably just for making a public venue that you don't want any restrictions for building (i.e. you can make a gym with less equipment/no showers or a new type of lot not available (cinema or photography studio, as mentioned above)).
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- JestTru Posts: 1,761 Member
A Generic lot has no item requirements when building. The only thing that agrevates me is that they don't attract other Sims and they aren't available as an scheduled event destination. For instance when I want to throw a bday party it won't be an option in the location category.
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- barraakeno Posts: 489 Member
A Generic lot has no item requirements when building. The only thing that agrevates me is that they don't attract other Sims and they aren't available as an scheduled event destination. For instance when I want to throw a bday party it won't be an option in the location category.
So, no one visits a generic lot if I don't travel with them?
Brazilian guy here, so my English is not that good.
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If you are in a neighborhood with your sim that has a generic lot when if you click on it to travel it will say "visit the isolated venue with.."
You can invite others to travel to it with your sim or call and invite them later.
I use it for home away from home areas, storytelling, picture taking ect.
I like that it's secluded because you can control what sims are there.
My main beef with it is that you can't set up or bring clubs there..2
- Netzspannung Posts: 2,454 Member
This was always my understanding: A lot type usually has requirements because the game is coded to have Sims behave a certain way there. E.g. a bar requires a bar, Stereo and TV, because Sims are coded to show up there and use those items, get drinks, dance, watch TV, different interactions. A generic lot has no requirements, therefore no coding. It also attracts no other Sims for this reason, they would just be standing around and/or all using the object on the lot that is the most fun and there would be no variety in their behaviour.
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- alyssa123 Posts: 323 Member
i only ever use generic lots for private family cemeteries, otherwise i dont bother. it's frankly ridiculous that you cant host social events at them
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- Simmerville Posts: 11,524 Member
For me, generic lots are super useful when making film. Say I want to record a scene in a museum. The Museum lot will attract lots of non controllable sims, mostly they will run in front of "camera", ruining the filming. If I use the tag "Generic" just for that filming session, no sims outside my control will visit the lot, meaning I can control the situation 100%. The Council house in my series "As Sims Go By" is actually tagged as Museum because I want sims to come there when I play my game, but it's mostly set to Generic when I record.
In game play Generic means a quiet lot with none or very few visitors. The San Myshuino Meadows Park is an example. Good if you want to host a wedding or want two sims having a private date without lots of strangers joining in on their chatting
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- Miyomio Posts: 1 New Member
From what i understand, generic lots prevent other NPC sims to visit the lot so basically this generic type lot will have no visitors. Its like a 'private gate away' or maybe like a special venue for your sims to hang out. I have made like a 'company' for my sims and i actually think that it is great to have this kind of lot where there are no random NPCs show up :# :*
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- GalacticGal Posts: 27,713 Member
The only trouble I've run into with the Generic status of a lot, is oftentimes they don't show up for Events as a place to go. I had to change the designation to that of lounge to send my Sim there for a concert. And the wedding venue I created also had to be changed to lounge, in order to send my Sims there for the wedding Event.
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They're gosh dang annoying. I made a wedding parlor with them once, and that was when I found out that you can't have events at them without mods.
- FurSimsOfficial Posts: 2,362 Member
I find them pointless. i used them at first and thought sims would visit them anyway and use the stuff I put on the lot, but sims do not visit these lots so WHAT ARE THEY!?? Do not understand how they forgot about lot types. It lacks so much in creativity and gameplay for years.
- Stina1701A Posts: 1,172 Member
For me they are useless. Now if we could set a club there or have events there, I'd be happy. I don't really like my church to be set as a nightclub.
- phantasmkiss Posts: 1,520 Member
The only time I actually use Generic lots is with a prom mod, but I've considered using it for second homes/summer homes. It's basically a private lot that you don't actually have to buy, so why not?
Well that explains why the learning centre I downloaded didn't have any other sims there. Question then what would be the best choice for a learning / skilling centre? Library?
Library sounds like a good bet. When in doubt, since you already have a lot, go through the lot types and see which ones have the requirements filled.
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- elanorbreton Posts: 14,442 Member
Churches can be set as museums. That's what I do for wedding venues.
Generic lots may come in very handy for using as a vacation home in island living.
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- xstxrrysequence Posts: 3,194 Member
I set all the residential lots that don’t have sims living in them to Generic so that 🐸🐸🐸🐸 townies can’t completely fill up the world.
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- sunblond Posts: 1,035 Member
generic is good for cemeteries.
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- verlainem Posts: 837 Member
xstxrrysequence wrote: »
I set all the residential lots that don’t have sims living in them to Generic so that 🐸🐸🐸🐸 townies can’t completely fill up the world.
I just click don't fill empty houses.
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- Sid1701D9 Posts: 4,718 Member
Yeah, most lots will spawn visitors or families, based on the objects in that lot, however, you put the toddler stuff out the toddlers do not spawn with there other family members so it makes the play date event impossible to start if your sims know no toddlers, but plenty of Toddlers in not in this world. Also i wish they had a special phone or option like they did in the Sims 3 that listed sims from not in this world we could call. Also another problem I have is any sim that is spawned with the new expansion pack will be put in not in this world, I wish they had 3 more tabs one for Out Door Retreat, not in this world sims, Jungle Adventure, Not in this world Sims, that way you could tell where each sim was from.
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- JC1979 Posts: 491 Member
@barraakeno no, sims will visit generic lots as long as you have traits set for them. I’ve made a Dave and Busters type establishment set the traits to “party place,” “chefs kitchen” and “convivial.” And I have made a cemetery on a generic lot. Wedding venues do not work on generic lots.
- Jasper7702 Posts: 300 Member
elanorbreton wrote: »
Churches can be set as museums. That's what I do for wedding venues.
Generic lots may come in very handy for using as a vacation home in island living.
Omg!! Very true! It would only be lacking the rental like features, but it’s better than nothing!
- SimTrippy Posts: 7,646 Member
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Well that explains why the learning centre I downloaded didn't have any other sims there. Question then what would be the best choice for a learning / skilling centre? Library?
Yeah libraries work. Or cafés. I wanted to make a center for my freelancers to work, so I'll have to go around town, make sure not only my sims but also others have freelance jobs (+ social media + stylist + acting), then add them to clubs (a club for freelance artists and stylists, a club for freelance programmer, a clubfor actors, a club for writers), create said clubs. That way the café itself is essentially open to all sims, but I lock the doors around it to specific clubs only, so that to them it's a work space and so that it won't be crowded by other sims (but they're still there to add a bit of liveliness to the thing).
You can essentially do the same thing with libraries though, I just wanted them to have a cantine-like place where they can drink coffee / have a lunch break during the day. But it's always just a teeny tiny bit laborous (especially in new saves like the one I'm currently in).
Generic lots are useless for this cause no barista or guests will spawn
But I think we can use them for clubs.
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