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Making a backpackers hostel. Pics and Many New Questions..
NRowe
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I'm picturing a cheap backpackers hostel, like ones we have in tourist places here in New Zealand. (But this one in Sulani...) Young (or young at heart?) travellers come with their little bit of stuff, sometimes taking on part time or odd jobs and checking out the local culture and sights.
I can see it working in game a bit like the university dorms. However, I'm not sure if it's been done or if it can be done?
So, any ideas and advice?
I can see it working in game a bit like the university dorms. However, I'm not sure if it's been done or if it can be done?
So, any ideas and advice?
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Well, if you want her to have a career type job, then you are better off just moving her to Sulani. I assumed you wanted a lot to visit for some days and not pay rent. You can clean dirt piles and earn some money from shells or taking pictures. If you happen to be at the island festival you can also eat there for free and gather the shells the villagers bring.
The programming of the game means played Sims always must have a residence somewhere. But for "Backpackers", what I may suggest if you have "Apartments" is taking an empty lot somewhere, dividing it into six "squares", then every backpacker played Sim could technically have a residence there, but travel around the Sim-worlds.
It would be a shame to 'waste' one lot as an empty in Sulani to do that. But I'm thinking now, maybe you could have it on a beach or inland as "Apartment Rentals". More like a campground, not quite a hostel, but close. I was actually thinking of doing that for the Hoapili lot. But have little cabin-huts.
I have beds in some community lots, but sims only play for food and drinks while staying there.
Some might be pretty noisy, though, as some beds are put on first floor of bars or karaokee bars.
If you mean NPC's, yeah. Anyways I more often than not put beds, showers, etc on 'community' lots anyways. For baths/showers, it's way better than having to wash your hands a dozen times.
With the "For Rent" pack. I have tested it. Have basically bedrooms as the 'rentals' then a common area for everyone. It works.
2 Cacti Casa I had modified to have 4 units with a common area. With "For Rent" I actually turned the 4 units into their own 'apartments'. Took some testing and tweaking but did get it to work. The "L" is the landlord, the "R"'s the rentals.
Those bathrooms are silly now, I'll change those eventually.
This is the wonderful build I found by 96langerlui99
This is how I have redone the bathroom to be shared.
The rooms with bunks downstairs
The double bed upstairs
I am wondering:
- Do you think it would let me make each bedroom (so the bunks one side, the bunks the other and the double bed upstairs) into three separate rental units with the rest of the house (including bathroom and kitchen) being shared space? I know the place wouldn't be packed but at least there could be two other guests, or a fellow single and a couple plus my Sim [in three units/rooms].
- Would I have to create the tenants of the other units and then set them loose? Does one have to control the tenants of other units (or is that the idea?) Do I have to have a landlord? and did I read correctly that they don't have to live on lot?
- How is the rent calculated? I need an idea how much my Sim may be charged..
Purchased For Rent (which I guess I don't regret..) but then I go to make the lot above a "Residential Rental" only to find that lot type "not available for water lots"
Answers would be:
Oh boy, welcome to my world after the Q&A was published before the release!
In short, these are the limitations:
- No Residential Rentals in waterfront lots! (someone tested out what would happen if it was possible, the water didn't work and sims walked underwater)
- No Residential Rentals in penthouse lots! (I'm guessing abnormal lot shape)
- No Residential Rentals in vacation worlds! (These aren't for vacationers after all)
- No more than 100 units! (The most soul-crushing announcement ever for me...)
I'm guessing that in some short of hidden The Sims 2-like system, each unit is its own sub-lot.I don't. I sometimes send sims there when they need some sleep while their neighbors are too noisy.
I'll add some pictures later.
Here, a sim called Kristoffer Paulsen is sleeping in a bed at first floor of a karaokebar after having sung karaoke.
Did you move the lot to a non-water one? Are you all set up now? You can move some tenants in yourself without having to control them afterwards and you don't have to have a landlord on the lot. You will need a bedroom per 'household' but the remaining space can be shared.
I tried the mod which allows for residential rentals on water lots (by no longer treating the lot as waterfront..). Knew it was a little “risky” and while I got the rental set up with three units, when I tried to move my Sim in the game threw an error and took all her money. Put me right off.