Unless the Vacation expansion pack is installed, Sims can only sleep on residential lots. However, build mode items, such as doors, windows, stairs, etc. If the family moves from one residential lot to another, all their belongings are sold. The table below summarizes the three lot tiers and their benefits.When a family buys a lot and moves in, it becomes their home and the center of gameplay. The fewer tiles used, the higher the tier and the more benefits the lot will bring. There are three tiers of this lot type: Small Home (tier 3), Tiny Home (tier 2) and Micro Home (tier 1) - the tier that a lot corresponds to depends on the number of tiles used. Tiles within foundations, rooms in basements and upper floors all count against this limit, while enclosed outdoor spaces, pools or vegetation do not count. However this 100 tile limit only applies to within a building - the lot can still have a very large garden.
These are similar to regular residential lots, however with a few differences. There is a maximum limit of 100 tiles of living space - more tiles are not permitted for this lot type. The Sims 4: Tiny Living Stuffincluded a new variant of residential lots, named Tiny Home Residential. Also, lots can be placed in build mode, and can move entire houses across the lot.
Players who use the gallery can set the amount of bedrooms and bathrooms in a house up to eight. Residential lots do not require any objects to function. Mailboxes can be deleted and moved around. Garbage cans are no longer necessary on lots, and players can purchase outdoor garbage cans in build mode. Residential lots maintain similar roles to The Sims 2, while retaining some of the features from The Sims 3. The residences of any Sims known by the selected Sim will be indicated by an orange map tag. The active household's home lot will be indicated by a green map tag in map view. Kleptomaniacs who are caught stealing may be asked to leave immediately. Oddly, some interactions, such as repairing broken appliances, may also incur a warning. If the Sim continues to behave inappropriately, they may be asked to leave by the residents. While guests are able to use most of the objects on the lot, some interactions may result in a warning for behaving inappropriately interactions such as stealing food from refrigerators, detonating objects, setting up booby traps, or using objects where visitors would normally be discouraged from using (such as showers). If there are no residents at home, or if the lot is unoccupied, Sims will only have access to the outside of the house. Players will not be able to view the insides of the house until the Sim is invited inside. At least one member of the residing household must be present before Sims can enter the house. The decision to sell or keep household objects affects how much money is earned from the sale of the house.įor the first time in the series, playable Sims are able to visit another residential lot through the map view. When a household moves out of a house, the player is given the option to sell household objects, leave them, or transfer them into family inventory. In later expansion packs or patches, the phone can also be used to purchase additional homes. If the player chooses, he or she can move the active household to a new lot using the telephone. If story progression is enabled, empty houses may be filled with NPCs a house must have a refrigerator and at least one bed in order to be automatically filled. Sims are now able to visit other inhabited residential lots. However, the inventory feature, introduced in Nightlife, allows Sims to take objects with them when they move. As in The Sims, a family's belongings, other than build mode items, are sold when they move out of a residential lot. Residential lots can be placed almost anywhere as long as they connect to a road, however, it is possible to have a lot anywhere one wishes with certain modifications. Like residential lots in The Sims, residential lots are the center of gameplay. However, unoccupied residential lots in Magic Town cannot be edited even if Unleashed is installed. If the Unleashed expansion pack is installed, unoccupied residential lots in the original neighborhood and Old Town can be edited. ( Vacation allows Sims to sleep on Vacation Island lots.) Residential lots are the only lots that can be edited during gameplay. When a family buys a lot and moves in, it becomes their home and the center of gameplay.