Colonization 212 - A New World - Updated Jan 3
ingeli:
I used the place-on-lot-technique for my first versions of the Colonization, in Sunset Valley. But they didn't satisfy me, as they demand a very big lot and restrain the building too much, I think. Thats why I used placing the domes in the world this time, which has worked out pretty well for this world. The sims only go through the dome glass if a lot is placed so that it has both a part outside and inside the dome. If its completely inside the dome, its not accessible for sims at all.
Here is a picture of one of my bunkers, taken on basement level, where the dome is visible with its basement part.
sgallaty:
Real estate is really not a problem.
I too like the idea of having domes be world objects, which permits the lots to not have any community objects on them, but so far I haven't been happy with the results.
How are you handling access and egress? I found it was a very graceful soluition to put the dome on the lot, and then wall the property in with fences and build a hallway with doors that protrudes through the dome. This way sims appear to go through an airlock of sorts to enter and leave the dome.
ingeli:
I like that idea, but was more concerned that they could go home and to work, as well as have access to the different venues on the community lots. (Almost all lots in this world are inside domes). I would experiment with no routing paint in CAW to restrict the sims, if I was aiming for that.
sgallaty:
Well ultimately, I decided against putting the domes off-lot because then you are restricted to a lot that is considerably smaller, so that the square fits entirely inside the dome with enough room to lay down no-pathing paint. Remember, you can't paint a lot with no-path paint, so if the dome intersects the lot, the sims will squeeze out of the holes like ants crawling through a gap in the window.
J. M. Pescado:
You can put a 20x30 standard lot comfortably inside of a dome. Given that the basement tool unlocks an absolutely enormous amount of space, there's really no reason you'd NEED more space. Additionally, you don't even really need walls, since technically, you are already indoors.
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