The Sims 4 Mod: Spawn Refresh
This mod completely overhauls how venue spawning works in The Sims 4, allowing for fully-staffed, multi-purpose lots!
How it works
With Spawn Refresh, most spawns are no longer tied to the lot type, but are instead based on the objects on the lot. Not only will all bars, stalls, etc. be fully staffed, but the objects also impact the types of visitors that spawn and how many. For example, a lot with gym equipment will attract Sims who like to workout, and a lot with many barstools and a few (but not many) bookshelves will attract a lot of barflies, but only a few readers.
Both staff and visitors will spawn on the following lot types:
Arts Center
Bar
Beach
Cafe
Gym
Karaoke Bar
Library
Lounge
Museum
Nightclub
Onsen Bathhouse
Park
Pool
Spa
Retail (not owned by the active household)
Resaurant (not owned by the active household)
Thrift and Bubble Tea Store
Additionally, the following lot types will spawn extra staff, but the visitors will stay the same:
Foxbury Commons
Recreation Center
UBrite Commons
New Lot Type: Rental (Shared)
Spawn Refresh also adds a new lot type to the game called Rental (Shared). This is a Rental lot that spawns Sims like a public venue. It can be used to simulate hotels and other accomodations for storytelling.
You will need a venue mod like Venue Changes for this to be available in Build Mode.
Limitations/where lot type still matters
Although this mod blurs the importance of lot types, they still matter in some cases.
Bowling events and spa classes are only available on venues they were available on previously. This may change in the future, but wasn't a focus for the first version.
You cannot combine multiple types of businesses. Although the mod will spawn Sims on businesses not owned by the active household, the "main" type still has to be set to the business type.
Events like bar nights and karaoke contests are still limited by venue type.
To prevent bar nights from breaking, barflies in Bar venues will spawn the same way they would without the mod.
Parks are the only lot type that will spawn bench sleepers.
Beaches and pools are the only lot types that will spawn swimmers, and will do so using the same logic it would without the mod. This doesn't mean Sims on other lots can't swim, it just means they won't spawn Sims specifically for that purpose.
For roles that have variants that normally spawn on multiple venues (for example: bartenders and barflies can normally spawn on Bars, Lounges, Nightclubs and Karaoke Bars), the mod will use the same variant as in the vanilla game, although it can still spawn multiple of them.
Only Museums and Arts Centers spawn visitors specifically to view art, since you probably don't want a bunch of random Sims showing up just to look at decorations on other lots.
Conflicts
This mod will conflict with any mod that modifies the "Zone Director" files for venue spawns. It should work fine with mods that limit Sims to their home world, since those don't edit the Zone Directors.
Download
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