Before you get started with venue mods, the game needs to know how to handle those new venues. Certain information is tied to Lot Types, such as what kind of NPCs might spawn there, any special weather permissions, that kind of thing. Unfortunately the way The Sims 4 is coded prevents modders from simply creating a script file for their new venue types so instead, they’ve created a modded venue list for the entirety of the game.

There are a few venue list mods out there but as you can only have one in your game, this Universal Venue List from Basemental is the way to go. They’ve compiled custom venue info from other creators and rolled it all into one convenient package, so you only need the one venue list for whatever custom mods you want to use. You can even contact them on Discord if there’s a venue that needs to be added to the list, and the mod is designed to work even if you’re missing certain venue mods that the list covers.

Basically, if you want to use or create any type of custom venue, you want to have this list.