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14th Jul 2008, 04:57 PM
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 OFB and Apartment Life?
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shc
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Join Date: Feb 2007 |
I was just had a thought. How would the home businesses run in Apartment Life? I mean if your Neighbour sim had a Cafe/Corner store etc under his apartment could your active sim go there and buy coffee or groceries etc. I was just wondering as I was planning on making some medieval towns/villages using the apartments system and as I usually have my medieval sims have a businessplace/home it would be quite cool to have my sim just 'pop over next door' to grab some groceries or even a pint to drink at the tavern. |
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14th Jul 2008, 05:51 PM
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treeag
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It was confirmed that you can't have home businesses in an apartment lot... 
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14th Jul 2008, 06:15 PM
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crocobaura
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Join Date: Mar 2005 |
What about if you have a common area in the apartment building separated by a normal door? I think one should be able to run a sort of home business from there. |
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14th Jul 2008, 08:21 PM
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freelancergal
Field Researcher
Join Date: Apr 2005 |
I would assume that we'll be able to run the usual home businesses (i.e. excluding restaurants or grocery stores). But I could be wrong. |
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15th Jul 2008, 02:21 AM
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shc
Original Poster
Lab Assistant
Join Date: Feb 2007 |
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What a shame, it could,ve been cool. |
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16th Jul 2008, 01:54 PM
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Kaelem Gaen
Join Date: Jul 2008 |
Blarg... So I wonder if that means no actual malls then... Sucky, guess we get to stick with Department stores. Unless you can do a community lot split up like an Apartment Complex ... hmmmmm. Wonder if it was too hard to code, or if they just got lazy. |
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16th Jul 2008, 09:29 PM
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freelancergal
Field Researcher
Join Date: Apr 2005 |
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You wanted your sims too live in a mall? |
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16th Jul 2008, 09:45 PM
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Selene1212
Field Researcher
Join Date: Aug 2006 |
In reality, most apartments don't allow people to have home businesses anyway. |
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22nd Jul 2008, 06:17 PM
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ElZorro
Join Date: Jun 2008 |
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I have seen some malls that have apartments associated with them in southern California and Nevada. |
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22nd Jul 2008, 09:19 PM
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fway
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I would say, if you want to give it a "feel" of it being like a real apartment, then why not use some community to residential cheat/hack in the game, just to have a downstairs convenience store or cafe. NPCs should work as long as you don't have a home business (I believe.) I remember doing this with a restaurant podium and stove from NL/OFB and the NPCs showed up. my sims couldn't be a cook/host until they opened up a business, which probably won't be possible because of the restriction on home businesses. But in BV, of course there was a restaurant in one of the hotels, in which AL is similar to. Think about it.
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31st Jul 2008, 04:27 PM
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Apsalar
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I think fway is right, except for the actual apartments, the rest of the area on an apartment lot works as a community lot, or a hotel lot. So a corner café or a grocery store on the lot will probably work fine. I'd love to be able to buy clothes in a downstairs shop!  That would let my sims that want to do that all the time do it on a daily basis.
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So be it. Move. ~Jason Bourne |
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8th Aug 2008, 05:36 PM
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Webster54
Join Date: Jan 1970 |
can you own a building and rent the apartments out? |
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8th Aug 2008, 05:39 PM
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FurryPanda
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Join Date: Feb 2007 |
Webster54- You cannot. Landlords are NPCs, and playable sims cannot be landlords. I don't doubt a hack will come up quickly though. Sims can not own businesses on apartment lots. This is a confirmed fact. I doubt highly that they can buy clothes in their apartment buildings, that would have been mentioned somewhere. They will be able to have common area kitchens that they have to pay for, but they are still cooking their own food, they just pay money for the food instead of food points. |
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8th Aug 2008, 05:42 PM
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PuX- 80's
Top Secret Researcher
Join Date: Mar 2008 |
Most of your questions might be asked already in the Chat yesterday. |
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So long, my luckless romance
My back is turned on you I should've known you'd bring me heartache Almost lovers always do |
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8th Aug 2008, 05:44 PM
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FurryPanda
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Heh, thats where I'm getting my info ;p. | |
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8th Aug 2008, 05:51 PM
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PuX- 80's
Top Secret Researcher
Join Date: Mar 2008 |
I finished reading it last night. I hate reading those though...it makes me want it evern more :P |
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So long, my luckless romance
My back is turned on you I should've known you'd bring me heartache Almost lovers always do |
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8th Aug 2008, 11:07 PM
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freelancergal
Field Researcher
Join Date: Apr 2005 |
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Seems I was indeed wrong on this one. According to what was said in the chat, once a lot is zoned as apartments it will no longer function for home businesses. Too bad... |
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