Downtown is a sub-neighborhood shipped with The Sims 2: Nightlife. When viewed in the neighborhood view, by default it is nighttime as opposed to the usual daytime for other neighborhoods and sub-neighborhoods. The player can toggle daytime/nighttime view in the bottom-left corner of the screen.
It contains 44 lots, of which 30 community lots, 14 residential lots, and 0 families living in.
Do you thought that is impossible to built terraced houses aka townhomes in The Sims 2? These houses were built on larger lots then the lot was shrunk using Lot Adjuster, which allows reducing the non-buildable area with 1 square. You cannot built walls on lot limits, but you can make buildings that apparently continue from one lot to another. Looks nice in neighborhood view!
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Isla Paradiso is a world featured in The Sims 3: Island Paradise. The town is an archipelago of many islands and is used to showcase the many features of Island Paradise.
Newcrest is a world shipped with The Sims 4. It was released via a game update on June 11, 2015. Newcrest seems to be based on modern suburban cities and neighborhoods. It has high-rises in the background.
Moonlight Falls was “inspired by the misty valleys of the Pacific Northwest”. EA representatives have not gone into detail about the world, but have described it as a mysterious town, filled with mystical creatures.
Académie Le Tour is a sub-neighborhood that appears in The Sims 2: University as a college. It is the matching college for Veronaville, although it can be associated with any neighborhood.
It contains 30 lots, of which 10 community lots, 5 dorm lots, 15 residential lots for rent, and 3 families living in.
From 2006 got idea to practice my architecture and urban planning talent in The Sims 2, to build a big town from scratch, with high-density apartment-like buildings. The Sims 2 Apartment Life was not launched that times.
I planned several building prototypes, the first ideas was to built functional and nice shaped apartment buildings, only one row at street, and only 1-2 buildings in a lot. But later I choose smaller and more non-functional blocks, simple and cubist blocks without balconies or other decorations, and copy same lots again and again, for time economy.
I built 3 urban-style cities, IslaSegundo (2006), PleasantView (2007), StarlingSprings (2008).
Now, with everything standardized, in November 2006 I started to build my first The Sims 2 urban town. I used IslaSegundo because it is the biggest map available in game, but after one week I abandoned the work because the city became too big, had too many lots and buildings, caused the game to run too slowly and even to crash (I had a crappy computer too, 512 MB RAM).
In April 2007 I decided to start another The Sims 2 urban town, this time I choose Pleasantview because is a small and flat neighborhood with nice street network, also it is the single Maxis-made map with streets enough closer to have no non-buildable tiles.
Starlight Shores is a world that was shipped with The Sims 3: Showtime. It is loosely based on a Californian-type urban area, specifically Hollywood. It has a park, coffeehouses, Show venues, etc.
Willow Creek is a world that was shipped with The Sims 4 base game alongside Oasis Springs. Its design is inspired by New Orleans.
Appaloosa Plains is a world introduced in The Sims 3: Pets. The world was first mentioned as “a quiet country-side town with meadows and woods to explore”.
La Fiesta Tech is a sub-neighborhood that appears in The Sims 2: University as a college. It is the matching college for Strangetown, although it can be associated with any neighborhood.
It contains 25 lots, of which 9 community lots, 4 dorm lots, 12 residential lots for rent, and 4 families living in.
Bridgeport is a world that ships with The Sims 3: Late Night. It is the first urban city of its kind to be featured in The Sims series games as most past neighborhoods and worlds were either towns or suburbs
Oasis Springs is a world that was shipped in The Sims 4 base game alongside Willow Creek. It is set in the middle of a desert. Its appearance is reminiscent of many locations in the desert portions of the Southwestern United States.
Twinbrook is a world which shipped with The Sims 3: Ambitions. It is most likely named after the twin rivers that flow on either side of the richer part of the town, near households such as the Whelohffs.
Sim State University is a sub-neighborhood that appears in The Sims 2: University as a college. It is the matching college for Pleasantview, although it can be associated with any neighborhood.
It contains 26 lots, of which 11 community lots, 3 dorm lots, 12 residential lots for rent, and 3 families living in.
Sunset Valley is the world that shipped with The Sims 3 base game, having a total of 92 lots with various playable characters and about 86 in total pre-made.
I compiled Excel tables with list of items in The Sims 1 (took about 15 hours) and The Sims 2 (took about 50 hours). Due to large amount of work spent making these stuff, and being probably the only person (or at least the first) who made such complete database of items in Sims games, I offer the database for paid download only.
Some The Sims 2 fans are writing web journals with everything that happens with their virtual families. Who the fuck would be interested in that? Personally I post only the best pictures and funny moments.
This strategy is designed for The Sims 2 but can work approximately same way in The Sims 1 and 3 too. This is NOT really best strategy, but usually give nearly best results, maybe it can be improved a little… if you have more time for gaming than me to test variations of strategy.
This is a more efficient version of the first Palace (a replica of Floresti’s Trianon Palace). Palace II is smaller, but have a bigger disco room, staircases are facing to street (as they should), and the floorplan was designed to optimize furniture placements rather than to replicate a real building. Contains 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms and 6 other rooms, connected with double doors to prevent traffic jams. Designed for large families of 8 Sims.
The Sims 3 starter house under $20.000 designed for a family up to 4 sims. For the non-functional items (counters, table, windows, floors, wall paint) I used the cheapest items to save money for the best possible furniture items that fit in a $20.000 house. Similar like Best Starter Home 2×2 made in The Sims 2.
Third edition of Asymmetrical House, made in July 2013, improved with better interior layout and more rooms, it is one of the most efficient house layouts made by me. Living, dining, kitchen, 4 bedrooms upstairs and 2 bathrooms. Every room have 2 doors to prevent traffic jams. Originally intended for families of 4 sims, it proved enough spacious so I added an extra bed, for 6 sims.
The cost of land in The Sims 2 is pretty crazy and does not follow a standard formula of price per square meter or feet, the smallest possible lot (1×1, not available without mods) is -$400, negative price. In The Sims 3 land prices are standardized, $2 per square meter. The lots can have any size, no longer need to be multiply of 10. The largest lot available (64 x 64 squares) is $8192.
Four identical tower blocks built around a little pool. Designed for aesthetic purpose only, somewhat inspired from Brazil buildings. During building this, I encountered the Limit of wall segments so I had to redesign the blocks thinner. The interior is empty, just 8 cheap lights per floor to take night screenshots. Made in 2013.
This home is a spontaneous idea (house built without any pre-planning) made after a friend criticized my The Sims homes for being unrealistic, too much symmetry, too bright colors, told me to use brick. There are 5 rooms in the house, which may be used as 3 bedrooms, 1 den, 1 disco room. Made in April 2013. Redesigned in September 2018 to remove fences and dark green grass and replace bricks with siding.
This is an improved version of Tiny House I which was criticized for lack of realism and too few rooms, combined with the beautiful style of Tiny House II. Home plan designed with separate kitchen and 3 bedrooms at upper floor, and completed with a small swimming pool Designed for families up to 4 Sims.
Starter house under $20.000 designed for a family up to 4 sims. This home floor plan with 2 bedrooms is more realistic than previous Best starter home 1×2. Made in April 2013.
The 2×2 lot costs $1600. The empty house costs $6971, for the non-functional items (counters, table, windows, floors, wall paint) I used the cheapest items to save money for the best possible furniture items that fit in a $20.000 house.