That's what I thought. I'll try a different hotel and see whether it's just that one, or something else.

EDIT: nope, different hotel, just the same. Also used a different concierge desk.
This was with nothing in Downloads except the CEP file.

My camping lot works fine, though - sims can check in and use all the facilities without being sent off in a taxi.

Anyone got another idea?

Have you tried changing the lot zoning to community, then change it back to lodging?

Are all the hotel rooms valid? As in, only 1 entrance using the hotel room door, and everything else contained within walls?

I have just spent some time in Twikkii, with varied results.
Both hotels were not showing as lodgings at first. When visited, there was no concierge, and my sim could enter the suites freely.
I built a tiny 'hotel' with one room and a concierge. No issue with that.

I placed my testing hotels fresh as community lots, and then saved them as hotels. This time, they both seemed fine. My sim stayed in one, with everything seeming to work as expected. (So I am sure the hotel rooms are valid, at least.)

So I thought, I must have fixed it! hooray! But just now I tried again, placing the functioning lodgings direct from the catalogue into the primary hood. Same problem as before.
At least I should be able to make them usable for a vacation hood, but I can't figure out what can be wrong. I tried switching the zoning back and forth, just in case, but no good. There's no error message to give me a hint. Maybe I need a proper help thread for this.

EDIT: the tiny testing hotel, built in Twikkii and placed as a lodging into the primary hood, works! (The others were not built in Twikkii, but in a custom vacation fake-subhood.) I really hope I don't have to do a major rebuild to fix these lots.

I use the SimBlender to change first and last names.
web.archive.org/web/20160316153636/http://www.simbology.com/smf/index.php/topic,20.0.html

Bolding mine.

If you have the hack by BoilingOil called BO-NoSimLoaded.package ; I think it cleans up any leftover corruption on an empty lot so that it's safe to move into the lot bin.
This hack shows as text when you move the new sim into the lot.
I've also moved in empty lots from old, different neighborhoods into the lot catalogue and have not noticed issues.
Hope that helps.

I'm pretty sure BoilingOil's 'No Sim Loaded' only gets rid of unused tokens, prevents / suppresses the Super Hug Bug, and cleans gossip memories (depending on the version you get). Unless there is another feature I forgot about...

Yep, that could be it, too.

I used it on empty, pre-lived in lots, before putting them into the lot catalogue and so far have not had an issue in my new N-hood.
Thanks for the head's up; I'll go and check on Simbology. :P

Tleilaxu3, I'm pretty sure No Sim Loaded only runs in live mode. Perhaps you're thinking of something else? Like Chris Hatch's Lot Cleaner? In any case, Simbology is gone now (though the downloads have been archived). Check Leefish: http://www.leefish.nl/mybb/thread-1665.html. The Lot Cleaner is here: https://modthesims.info/showthread....417#post5530417, if anyone needs.


I asked Poppet about their policy/tou a few months ago, since I was considering uploading a lot with some Poppet stuff. I happened to take a screenshot for my own personal records--good thing, too, as I don't see the post anymore (I was hoping to link it for you). If that's not good enough, just ask again. Poppet might still be checking messages; it's only been a couple of months since their last activity.

Lilith's policy is here: https://lilith-sims.tumblr.com/post...9183/policy-faq. I don't see anything about using their cc in uploads like sims, but again, just ask. They were active a little while ago. Just be patient because it might take them longer to reply. But don't be afraid of asking! It can seem like a long shot, but it can work if people still have their notifications set to go to email or something. I remember last year (I think) a simmer was looking for a working link of a neighborhood a creator uploaded years ago. They hadn't been active in years. But I messaged them about it. They never answered the message but the link did get fixed. Things like that can happen. Someone even managed to track down Quaxi once, after years of inactivity, and we got a small fix for SimPE that worked for awhile. So, you know, never hurts to try.

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Yes, thank you for the links as well.
I had placed quite a few empty lots into the bin during a neighborhood do-over.
Then deleted that hood and started a fresh one.

And I was thinking BO's NSL cleaned them from leftovers.
But you're correct it was CH's lot cleaner.
Also can be used in live mode, I think ?

It can, though you should save, exit, and re-enter after use. From Chris' post I linked to earlier (bold emphasis mine):

I would like to upload several sims based on the book version of Harry Potter, but there is no category for book characters, what should I put them under?

"Other"

Silly question, but is there any way to cheaty demote a Sim or force their LTW to be completed? Danielle Pleasant has a LTW to be a Hall of Famer, except she already IS a Hall of Famer. For some reason it just didn't trigger. So I want to force it to happen or demote her a level so she can get promoted again.

Simblender can set her to level nine, then it's a matter of time until she gets promoted, I guess.

Also side note, genderswapped Pleasantview?

Ah, that's good, I already have Simblender installed, thanks! And yes lol, I have a whole genderswapped uberhood. Started it in 2012. I just started round 2. XD

ETA: It worked, she just came home with a promotion, a popup that she'd completed her LTW and a new LTW to woohoo 20 different Sims!

Is it safe to put an occupied house in the lot catalog if you then place it in the same neighborhood (even if it's a subhood)?
Or is it safe to put used lots in the lot catalog at all? I've been meaning to send some lots to a subhood but I'm scared it'll corrupt :o
Do you have to "clean" them first or something?

Never put an occupied house in the lot bin. You can move it around your neighborhood without putting it in the bin, but you can't place it in the bin and then back in the same neighborhood or subhood of that neighborhood. It's the action of putting it in the bin that changes everything and causes corruption. If you put a house in the bin and then back in the neighborhood, you'll see that your Sims no longer have ties to anyone they might have knew before- including relatives.

As for used lots that aren't currently occupied - I'm no expert. I just avoid doing it. I think it depends if the particular lot has traces of Sims that once lived in it.

Ah thanks, that's what I thought! I just remembered reading somewhere that sim references on the lot are still valid if placed in the same neighborhood, but that doesn't apply to moving actual occupied lots then.
So is it safe if I move them out and then move the lot to the catalog, then place that in the subhood and move the sims back in?

Question about file size I have two sims prepared and zipped for upload the file size is 4.36 MB and 2.40 MB (Don't know why there's such a difference it's basically twins with the only difference being hair and different color outfits)And the file limit for MTS is 50 MB, are my files small enough? (I am bad with numbers )

That's not a strange difference at all. For example if you compare images with only one color each, their file sizes will still vary relatively much even if the color is the only difference. Compare a black and a white image for example. So if you use different hair with different meshes and everything etc, it's not weird.

Also yes that's almost 10 times smaller than the max limit so you're good.

Yeah, as the person above stated, it would most likely be the hair that's causing the increased file size. Outfits, makeup, and accessories can also have this effect from my own experience with cloning in BodyShop.

The lot is still filled with a lot of sim references, so tehnically not 100% safe. Would still need cleaning if you decide you want to use it for a family and don't want any potential issues cropping up, especially in a different neighborhood.

There are ways to safely extract and clean lots with furniture intact but remove sim references. You can do this, then place a copy of the house in the subhood, and then move sims out of their old house and over to the new one in the subhood like you'd do if they were just moving to a new house in the neighborhood.

A few way to clean lots and keep furniture, but get rid of sim references and other things that could cause problems:
https://modthesims.info/t/609188
https://thesims2.livejournal.com/6049797.html - you may want to run CH's cleaner just in case before moving sims in first.

why is there no bartender?

I don't think every bar spawns one. Try another bar, a more expensive one.

Didn't know that; this is also a custom bar, so will try replacing. At first no one could access (I had moved connecting pillars off-grid), but that didn't fix.