List of Lots Required in a Town

[Castaras]

Hi, I'm currently working on getting some plans together to create a world for myself. I'm trying to compile a list of different community lot types I'd need to have to be able to utilise all the options in all the different expansion packs. This is what I have so far (apologies for the wonderful "technical" language I use for some of this):

Base Game:
- City Hall
- Police Station
- Military Base
- Business Tower (+ Journalism)
- Bistro / Food place
- Theatre
- Criminal HQ
- Science Place
- Hospital
- Stadium
- School
- Bookstore
- Supermarket
- Gym
- Graveyard
- Library

World Adventures:
- nada

Ambitions:
- Salon
- Junkyard
- Firestation
- Consignment Store
- (opt) Laundromat

Late Night:
- Movie Studio (acting/directing careers)
- Places with the "Professional Bar" objects.

Generations:
- (opt) Playpark / Playground

Pets:
- Equestrian Centre
- Pet friendly park

Showtime:
- Performance Parks
- One or maybe two non-park venues
- One Live Venue

Supernatural:
- Alchemy Store? (Elixir shop)
- Gypsy Caravan (Fortune Teller Career)

Seasons:
- Festival Lot



So my questions are many:
- Anything obvious I've missed? Anything I've added in that isn't essential?
- Any lots which would be nice but not essential?
- Supernatural and Seasons are two expansions I'm getting soon(tm) but not yet, and I want to add them in - what lot types are needed for them other than the ones I've vaguely worked out?
- For Showtime, how many different venues are needed, and what type of venues?
- For Late Night, how many different bars are needed to do the mixology challenges?

[Andy_555224]

For Showtime, all five lots are needed. In Late Night, the Dive Bar, Exclusive Lounge, Vampire Lounge, Sports bar, Dance Club are necessary. The Gym is not necessary, professional bars can be placed there to get extra drinks.

[Ricalynn]

You don't actually need bars to complete the mixology challenges.   For more information, check out http://sims.wikia.com/wiki/Mixology.   You can place professional bars at random places all over town and still get the same drinks.   Also shortly after Showtime came out, they made it to where if you had a showtime stage to certain bars, they double as showtime lots.   


Showtime careers only require all the lots if you want to have them all.   I was able to max a showtime career with only a park stage and a coffeehouse. 

[Castaras]

You don't actually need bars to complete the mixology challenges.   For more information, check out http://sims.wikia.com/wiki/Mixology.   You can place professional bars at random places all over town and still get the same drinks.   

Ooo, excellent! Had a vague memory of this being the case, but wasn't certain where I'd read it. Means I can just have pubs rather than bars.

Also shortly after Showtime came out, they made it to where if you had a showtime stage to certain bars, they double as showtime lots.   

Showtime careers only require all the lots if you want to have them all.   I was able to max a showtime career with only a park stage and a coffeehouse.

Haven't done much with the showtime careers, so very useful to know! Thanks very much, will update the list.

[MoMoll]

For Showtime, all five lots are needed. In Late Night, the Dive Bar, Exclusive Lounge, Vampire Lounge, Sports bar, Dance Club are necessary. The Gym is not necessary, professional bars can be placed there to get extra drinks.

The Sports bar is not necessary. few people even go there. You need only one dive bar, either Waylon's haunt or Eugis's. You need a dance club (anyone can go there.), a Disco club (some limited aspects to certain rooms for celebs). You also need a lounge, not totally exclusive; but, with an exclusive room for celebs. that way townies can bribe to get in (adds spice to the game). My sim wanted to meet a celeb and bribed the bouncer who took her money and wouldn't let her in. So she beat him up and was banned for some weeks from the site.

[folcon]

You are forgeting the Health Spa for basegame.  Part-time jobs and great moodlets.  Also, for LateNight, it should probably be Movie Studio instead of Theater for the acting/directing careers.

[MarianT]

I'd recommend one Live Venue from Showtime because the outside stages won't work if you have Seasons installed -- at least that's the case in my game.

[MoMoll]

I'd recommend one Live Venue from Showtime because the outside stages won't work if you have Seasons installed -- at least that's the case in my game.

I agree about the showtime with seasons. Who wants to freeze to death in the snow while watching a show. You don't need any outdoor show venue if you have seasons.

I don't place the alchemey store. I put an alchemey register in the Consignment store. Works for both. Forget the laundrymat. Unless you want the "clean clothes" moodlet, it's useless.
I never put animal parks, they take up too much space.  For my witches, I add the broom stunt thing to another park.

Try to place smaller rabbitholes. There is a Health Center (called "Cummunity Hospital" that takes minimal space in build mode). There is also a "Plumbob film studio" that fits on a 40 x 40 lot. If you want the Equestrian center, use the small one (40 x 40) rather than the enormous one! EA went wild with lot sizes and left little room for expansion.

Also, I have downloaded various combination lots (Health and science center; school and athelitic gym (for sports career)) that saved me space. I won't put the link here; but, if your interested contact me. I have used these lots MANY times without issue.

[yruvian]

You're missing the Gypsy Caravan from Supernatural. It's the rabbit hole for the fortune teller career.

For Showtime, the only reason you need all different types of Venues is if you want to complete your Simport stamps.