I couldn't find another thread about this, so started one. Anyway, I built a bowling alley and set it as a bar with the teen hangout, convivial & fast internet traits. I got maybe 4 or 5 people max at the bar, but no one bowling on any of the five lanes. Did I miss something?? Here's a pic of my place, The Rialto Bowling & Bar. The first two lanes with the pins down are from my sims playing yesterday.:
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Lovely just spent two hours making a diner/bowling alley:/
Seems it'd be simple to just tweak object affinity to ensure NPC sims will use the bowling lanes...guess not.
That is disappointing.
And I made it a teen hang out and like 3 teens showed up.
Bowling attracts NPCs specifically to bowl if the venue is a Bar, Nightclub, or Lounge. Other venues it won't attract them away from the main venue functions any more than any other item will. (https://www.thesims.com/en_GB/news/sims-4-bowling-night-stuff-announce) Not sure why the OP's Bar venue didn't attract bowlers, as it seems to be working for other people.
Teen hangout attracts teen walkbys going past the lot. (@SimGuruGraham said they'd look at renaming the lot trait, as it's really not clear from the name alone. The description is much more clear than the name.)
Oh boy. This game loves to dictate how I play.
I've had a diner/alley combo in every iteration.
This is soooooo disheartening.
Edit: Sorry a little off topic but you said dictate and I am on a rant about apple today, I just don't know how they can sale a computer that is on the verge of obsolete for 1,099.00 just because its a Mac Book Pro.
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Get a Google phone (Nexus / Pixel) imho, those are the only Android phones that are worth it, but I understand you don't like Google very much, still wanted to throw it out there while we're OT anyway Also, why are you upset about the cost of an Apple laptop? Just buy another one? Plenty to go 'round (if you're looking to buy one at all that is).
You have to add their outfit to the wardrobe and then tell the sims to change into that outfit or they will wear the same clothes they came in - except for the shoes.
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Well in past sims games the bowling was not in it's own pack but part of an ep and it was connected to a world and the content of that ep. It is not Maxis dictating how you play the game - but how you received the content and what it was programmed to actually work with.
It was basically programmed to work in a bar so naturally that is what it will work with the best. Also sims were not programmed to eat and bowl so expecting it to happen because it did in past games is sort of out there. At least you can build a bowling alley and dining place together with out a conflict but the fact the two were not meant to be done together is the issue. Dining had it's own pack also and was not an ep so you have that issue as well. If one or the other was part of an ep it would have probably been easier to do. Programming is specific more often than not.
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Certain venues are time synchronized so if you go to a bar during the day your going to find very few people but like nightclubs if you go at night that's when it's most populated. Have you tried going at night?
My Sim will be bowling naked when I get my hands on the new stuff pack within the next few days...
They will only put on bowling shoes, and if they're maxed level with the skill, they'll wear a bowling glove. You can either change their outfit manually (by making one of the outfit categories in CAS a bowling league one, I'd suggest the sports one), or if you have GT and a family of Sims, put them in a club and set their outfits there and when you start a gathering, they'll put them on automatically for you. Clubs are handy in that you can also set the hangout location, and get there faster by starting the gathering. And bowling is a club activity so you can get the whole group to bowl together a bit easier too.
Good oldgamer - actually putting their out fit in everyday is better as bowling does not use the sporty outfit automation on its own - I had the best luck adding it to everyday. Of course if you use clubs then I am sure that is best - but I never use clubs so I can't test that. Well I could, but don't want to. They annoy me enough as it is not activating that system. LOL.
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