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[[File:Thesims3-62-1-.jpg|thumb|270px|A park in ''The Sims 3'']]
==The Sims==
Community lots first appeared in ''[[The Sims: Hot Date]]''. Each ''[[The Sims]]'' [[expansion pack]] after ''Hot Date'' introduced a new [[sub-neighborhood]] with its own community lots. In order to visit community lots outside of [[Magic Town]], Sims must call a [[Taxicab|cab]], and may have to pay for the ride. (Magic Town's community lots may be visited by using the [[A Hole in the Ground|Hole in the Ground]].) When Sims visit a community lot, their [[residential lot]] is saved, and will not change until they return home.
All community lots in ''The Sims'' have an NPC who serves as a janitor. This NPC does general clean-up and repair work on the lot.
Community lots will not have a [[mailbox]], but will always have at least one [[phone|telephone booth]] that Sims can use to call a cab to leave the lot. They will also have at least one communal garbage bin, rather than the curbside trash can found on residential lots. These objects are usually located within the lot's boundaries, and can be moved around the lot by the player.
Except for [[Vacation Island]] lots and family members on [[Downtown (The Sims)|Downtown]] lots, non-controllable Sims on ''The Sims'' community lots cannot be interacted with until they are either [[greet]]ed, or autonomously interact with a controllable Sim.
[[Baby#The Sims|Babies]] cannot visit community lots, and Sims will not be able to visit a community lot if that would leave a baby alone in the house. [[Child#The Sims|Children]] can only travel to community lots on [[Vacation Island]]
Players may build on community lots for free. In all neighborhoods except for Old Town, the lot boundaries extend all the way to the edge of the road, allowing the player to modify or even remove the sidewalk. Magic Town lots do not have roads, but will have an empty plot of land that players cannot modify for the Balloon Cab to land on.
==The Sims (console)==
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In ''The Sims'' for console, there are 6 community lots that are unlockable in the game. Unlike in ''The Sims'' PC games, Sims cannot travel to community lots during normal gameplay. Community lots can only be chosen from the main menu, and all of them can only be played in multiplayer mode, where 2 players can challenge each other in a certain minigame.
*[[The Handyman's House]]
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==The Sims 2==
As in ''The Sims'', residential lots become static when a Sim visits a community lot. Sims do not age while on community lots, but their [[
Any Sim [[teen]] or older can visit community lots. [[Baby|Babies]] and [[toddler]]s cannot visit community lots, but [[Child#The Sims 2|children]] can if they are accompanied by older household members. If a child is taken to a community lot, neighborhood children may appear with one or both of their parents, while [[townie]] children will come alone. NPC children will not appear if the currently active [[household]] did not bring a child along with them to the community lot.
Much like ''The Sims'', all community lots have at least one [[phone|telephone booth]] and [[garbage can|garbage bin]]. By default, these are located outside of the lot's boundaries and cannot be moved without the use of the [[moveobjects]] cheat. However, additional phone booths and garbage bins may be purchased from [[buy mode]] and placed anywhere on the lot.
Travel to community lots is not instantaneous, and the game clock will reflect this. Since time stops on a Sim's residential lot while he or she is visiting community lots, this is primarily for "color", and has no real effect on gameplay. Sims must leave community lots using the same method of transport they used to get there. For example, if a Sim called a [[taxi|cab]] to get to the lot, they must call a cab in order to leave the lot, and cannot use a [[car]] or [[walking|walk]] to get off the lot. Likewise, a Sim who walks to a community lot must walk off the lot, and cannot call a cab to leave.
Certain NPCs may only be or are primarily found on community lots. ''[[The Sims 2: Nightlife|Nightlife]]'' introduced [[Mrs. CrumpleBottom]], a prudish old lady who appears on [[Downtown (The Sims 2)|Downtown]] lots and reprimands Sims for performing romantic interactions in public. ''[[The Sims 2: Bon Voyage|Bon Voyage]]'' introduced the [[Unsavory Charlatan]], a pickpocket that may appear on any community lot at random and will attempt to pick the pockets of Sims. ''[[The Sims 2: Apartment Life|Apartment Life]]'' introduced [[witch|high witches]] that may also appear on community lots at random, usually accompanied by special effects depending on their alignment.
Until ''Apartment Life'', non-controllable Sims on community lots did not need to be greeted before being able to interact with them. Starting with ''Apartment Life'', Sims on community lots need to be greeted before other social interactions become available, much like ''The Sims''. Sims may also autonomously attempt to greet Sims they have not greeted yet.
Starting with ''The Sims 2'' and being carried forward to later games in the series, community lots will not spawn a janitor or other NPC to clean or repair objects on the lot. Sims will need to clean up or repair objects themselves.
===University===
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===Open for Business===
Playable Sims can buy community lots, and establish [[business]]es on them. A lot's owner, and members of their household, can build skills on that lot, though the progress bar will not appear. When the player sends a lot's owner or a member of their household to that lot, those Sims' [[inventories]] will be accessible, [[
===Pets===
If Sims take their pets to a community lot, stray pets may appear on that lot. Prior to [[The Sims 2: Pets/Patch|''The Sims 2: Pets'' patch]], stray pets would appear even if the active household did not bring any pets to the lot.
===Bon Voyage===
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==The Sims 3==
Sims can perform the same actions on community lots as they do residential lots. [[Babies]] and
In the base game, with no expansions or updates{{which}}, Sims get
After updates and expansions are installed{{which}}, the deeds will be removed;
===Lot assignments===
{{Main|Lot assignment}}
There are several classes of community lots, largely determined by [[lot assignment]]s. Upon release, the game determined these classifications according to the objects on the lot, but a patch altered this.{{which}} They are now set either in the [[Create a World]] tool or from a drop down menu in edit town mode.
===Tags===
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==The Sims 4==
Other community lot types have specific functions and visitors, and they each usually have a set of required objects that must be placed before they become functional. For example, a [[lounge]] requires a [[musical instrument]] for NPC [[entertainer]]s to play and a [[park]] requires playground equipment. Sims can travel to almost any lot through their [[Telephone|phones]], or if the player exits to the [[Manage Worlds]] screen. Most venues can be edited in [[Build mode (The Sims 4)|build mode]] at any time. Some lots, however, such as [[Profession|active career]] workplaces, can only be accessed by working in said careers and edited through using the "bb.enablefreebuild" [[cheat]].
==The Sims Medieval==
In ''The Sims Medieval'', community lots are generally owned by [[Hero Sims]] and partially function as residential lots. Owned lots have a section that is meant to be open to the public, and a section that is meant to be used as private living quarters. The structure of lots cannot be changed, as they exist in [[shell]]s, but they can be furnished.
There are a few public areas available at the start of the game that are not owned by a Hero Sim, such as the forest, the docks, the judgement zone, the cave, the cemetery and the town square. A training area for [[knight]]s, [[Spy|spies]] and [[monarch]]s becomes available after barracks have been built. The reception hall is an extension to the monarch's castle that can be built and used for social gatherings.
More examples of unowned structures that can be built are the [[Watcher]] pavilion, a [[Kingball]] court, a lighthouse, and wind- and watermills. The lighthouse and mills are purely decorative.
== See also ==
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[[pt-br:Lote Comunitário]]
[[ru:Общественный участок]]
[[Category:Hot Date]]
[[Category:The Sims 2]]
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