Unoccupied Houses

[Chuckles_82]

From the game code

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<base>
  <Current_Tuning>
    <kMinPercentageUnoccupiedHouses value="5">
      <!--Range:  0 - 100  Description:  Minimum Percentage of houses that must remain unnoccupied-->
    </kMinPercentageUnoccupiedHouses>
    <kMinNumberUnoccupiedHouses value="3">
      <!--Description:  Minimum number of houses that must remain unnoccupied-->
    </kMinNumberUnoccupiedHouses>
  </Current_Tuning>
</base>

So you need to leave at least 5% or 3 of your houses unoccupied when populating a world, otherwise I guess the game will move sims out.

[Ausette]

Thanks for the info, Chuckles. So I'll have to meet both quotas, or only the lowest/highest?

[Chuckles_82]

I'm guessing the higher of the three. So if 5% is less than 3 houses, then it's 3 houses.

[Ausette]

Makes sense. I'll keep that limit in mind then.

[Frey]

Hmm just a slightly off-topic question: how do you get to the game code? 

[Chuckles_82]

Most of the _XML resources that are tunable are in the gameplaydata.package. You need S3PE to open it. Seabody did a short tutorial on it. I'll just find the link

[Frey]

Thanks!   

[Krrank]

That's good to know. Makes sense too, room to expand or room to move I suppose