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#1 Old 27th Feb 2014 at 6:50 PM Last edited by CatherineTCJD : 27th Feb 2014 at 7:02 PM.
Default Is there a way to make daytime the default in Downtown?
Is there a way to make "daytime" the default in Downtown? I know you can just click the Day/Night toggle on the UI, but I'd really like Downtown to start up in daylight like everywhere else.
I searched and couldn't find anything, but I thought I should ask before giving up
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#2 Old 27th Feb 2014 at 7:02 PM
Downtown Drama Acres always appears in daylight for me. I don't recall doing anything particular to cause it. Perhaps it's the result of my always saving households when it's light out? But I think it's been like this since before I started waiting till seven to save. Poke around on the UI, see what you can find. It's possible I just toggled daylight on once and it stayed that way.

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#3 Old 27th Feb 2014 at 7:25 PM
Maybe it's different when you have all the EP's, but with just Double Deluxe, I always find Downtown Veronaville the way I left it. As long as I have it set to daylight with the Neighbourhood View UI when I close the game, it's still daylight the next time I open it.
I suspect that Peni did indeed toggle "daylight on once and it stayed that way".
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#4 Old 27th Feb 2014 at 7:44 PM
I build, I don't 'play' - but maybe that would do the trick... I'll send someone Downtown and save when it's daylight. Thanks!

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#5 Old 27th Feb 2014 at 7:45 PM
Try the toggle trick first.

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#6 Old 27th Feb 2014 at 8:22 PM Last edited by marka93 : 27th Feb 2014 at 8:41 PM.
There is a toggle in the lower left when you first go to Downtown view and when you click on it, it will change from night to day.

Its the same for when you want to see if the lights you place will light up the room. (But you must click before you place the light.)

Lower left on the AI. (Half moon looking thing in a circle.)

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#7 Old 27th Feb 2014 at 9:29 PM
Do you mean that, when you open a lot in build mode in your Downtown, it's in darkness? If so it's quite different to mine.

I've just tried opening various lots in my Downtown in Build/Buy mode, both community and residential, and they all opened in daylight, even when I had Neighbourhood View toggled to night-time. I even tried creating a new community lot and it was daylight there too when I opened it to build. Unless your game is different to mine, I just can't understand how you have a problem. It's always daylight when I try to build in my Downtown, unless I deliberately toggle it to darkness. Building in daylight is certainly much easier; they don't work nightshifts on Real Life building sites unless there's a very tight deadline!
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#8 Old 27th Feb 2014 at 10:05 PM
I think CatherineTCJD means "Downtown Neighborhood" view.

Build mode by default is daytime, Downtown neighborhood view by default is nighttime.

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#9 Old 27th Feb 2014 at 11:44 PM
LOL! Yes, I meant in 'hood view. Lots DO open into daylight in build mode. Thanks, ya'll!

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#10 Old 28th Feb 2014 at 1:26 AM
Quote: Originally posted by CatherineTCJD
LOL! Yes, I meant in 'hood view. Lots DO open into daylight in build mode. Thanks, ya'll!
Then if you toggle your Downtown to daylight and close it, then it should still be daylight the next time you open it. Please let us know if that doesn't work for you.

Of course, if you attach a new Downtown, it will be dark there until you toggle it to daylight, but presumably you don't attach new Downtowns all that often!
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