Making A Club

[JohannaLou]

So i think i no how to make a club but i would just like to be sure. I dont want to make one and be missing someting. So could someone please give me a list of things that a club needs to be a fully fuctional club and how i can control the barriers for entry...
Thank You :!:

[simsample]

I think the only requirement would be a bar, and something fun. So you could have a bubble blower, music and dance floor, band instruments- whatever you like. The actual type of bar is controlled by the lotzoning- dive bar, local watering hole, vamp club, etc.

You only need the rope barriers/ bouncer if you want to limit who gets into the club- they are not compulsory. To change the settings on them, turn on testing cheats:
testingcheatsenabled true
And then ctrl-shift-click on the rope object. You'll see this menu:
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y288/Bluefunk/Sims%203/Bluefunk_00225-Jan-111139.jpg
Which allows you to control whether vampires are allowed and how famous your sim must be, amongst other things.

[JohannaLou]

Thank you so much, i had a feeling thats all it was, just wanted to make sure :D

[SommarBlomma]

Thank you simsample! The new types of com. lots confused me much, but the whole thing is so simple in fact.
I have 1 more question though: how can i set working hours for the club or bar?

thanks in advance to everyone who answers :)

[simsample]

The bar opening hours depend upon what type of bar it is, and this is set in an XML. There is a mod available to change the scedule here:
http://www.modthesims.info/download.php?t=424054&c=0&ht=0&page=2&pp=25
Or you could make your own:
http://www.modthesims.info/wiki.php?title=Tutorial:Sims_3_XML_Tuning_Modding

[Lezibeth]

Since my question is closely related, hope someone can answer it. I created a "dive bar" lot from scratch and have changed the zoning, etc... but the NPC doesn't come to tend the bar. Is there something I need to do to have an NPC automatically show up to tend bar during business hours?

[simsample]

Do you have a professional bar?

[Lezibeth]

I read that on another help forum but the mixologist still doesn't appear after placing it. Also the stereo don't auto turn on, wall speakers have to be manually turned on etc, etc.. seems like this dive-bar project is a total bust. Would it be easier to re-design a ready-made dive bar instead? I just hate the dive bars included in the game! Thanks for your help

[lichtje]

Hello Lezibeth,

for the bartender keep patience... maybe there is no free sim right now. As long as you used a professional bar from ep late night there will show up a bartender soon. Do you use any mods that forbid new npcs in town e.g. story progression from twallan/nraas)?

Also the stereo don't auto turn on, wall speakers have to be manually turned on etc, etc.. seems like this dive-bar project is a total bust. Would it be easier to re-design a ready-made dive bar instead? I just hate the dive bars included in the game! Thanks for your help

For auto playing music best choice would be the wall speakers from community objects in build(!) mode. The buy mode speakers from ep showtime need a stereo on the lot to work correctly.

You can set genre and on/off state in buildmode with the handtool and shift+leftclik on the speakers.

Its always good to build your own lots and get them working... keep patience. Some lots just take a bit more time than others. But in the end it's cool to see your Sims use it! Go ahead - and success!

Greetings
lichtje

[Gatochweg]

You need at least one appartment in your town where the bartender can live, otherwise they won't come.

[lichtje]

Hello,

You need at least one appartment in your town where the bartender can live, otherwise they won't come.
I have no appartments in town but still bartender show up. If you mean an empty lot to live in by appartment that might be neccessary but it does not need to be an appartment. even think you don't need an emty lot... as long as there are enough npc-families with members looking for work.

Greetings
lichtje

[chaosme]

The game can create and draft mixologists to tend the professional bars from the homeless pool, so you do not actually need a place from them to reside in your town. Unless you have another mod that purges the homeless or prevents their creation, a mixologist will eventually be spawned to tend any unassigned professional bar in your town, usually in one sim day.

[Lezibeth]

Thanks for the help everyone I'll keep at it!