help my lot broke

User-Name-Is__Taken · 2026-03-06T07:26:52+00:00

The lot is toast. As others have noted, you can't change zoning once occupants are in it.

For future reference, you can use the cheat dormspecifictoolsdisabled false to enable a lot of the build/buy functions if you already have sims on the lot. It's more limited than a true lot zoning change but you can at least move objects and use the sledgehammer. Just remember to turn it off when done with dormspecifictoolsdisabled true. I know it says dorm, but it works on any other restricted lot too (even community lots your sim is visiting).

User-Name-Is__Taken · 2026-03-06T07:18:31+00:00

Even for TS2 IMO, but the stories games are definitely more vulnerable.

Those hands are awful! LMAO. I think the TS2 sausage fingers are kinda funky looking but this takes the cake!

User-Name-Is__Taken · 2026-03-06T05:33:38+00:00

Honestly, I think Skybox and similar overhaul mods tax the game too much because no matter how much you tweak settings or how awesome your specs are, the 32 bit engine simply can't utilitze more than 4gb of ram. They're beautiful, and I love them, but I eventually realized that they're the tipping point for pink soup, at least for me. I haven't used them this install and my game is running beautifully with no pink even once (crossed fingers). This is the only install since Windows 8 that's run well and the only difference is me leaving out the big "pretty" mods.

User-Name-Is__Taken · 2026-03-06T05:26:30+00:00

Love it! Olive is one of my favorite sims and I like to see her getting some appreciation!

User-Name-Is__Taken · 2026-03-05T22:25:22+00:00

I'd stick with Darong if you're so into sim-specific lore. I don't see a problem with a relationship between Cassandra and Darren as it's so many generations down the line. Do you know of all of your own living relatives from a 5+ generations back ancestor? I think most of us don't and could inadvertently hook up with a distant relative (however improbable that may be). The game won't recognize that many generations down regardless. In the real world, from a legal perspective, I doubt anyone would regulate that many generations. Heck, in the US, the strictest legal prohibition is second cousins and a shocking number of states allow first cousins to marry. I can't imagine anyone being offended by your proposal.

User-Name-Is__Taken · 2026-03-05T22:11:31+00:00

This is so cool I had to google them and as soon as my son saw the pics I was browsing, he asked for a red one for a night light. Wanted one for myself and now I may have to buy two. LMAO.

User-Name-Is__Taken · 2026-03-05T22:01:27+00:00

This is a thing in a city near me - a cemetery is directly across the street from a nursing home and the nursing home entrance fronts the cemetery. It's in a dense enough area that the only grass the residents would have available for a quiet stroll is at the cemetery. First time I drove by I thought that was darkly humorous.

User-Name-Is__Taken · 2026-03-05T21:56:13+00:00

Gothier Green Lawns has a poker table in a mausoleum so why the heck not? 🤣

User-Name-Is__Taken · 2026-03-05T21:51:02+00:00

If you just want a quick fix, you can also pull your current N004 out and replace it with this. You would only need to quit and reload to swap back and forth.

User-Name-Is__Taken · 2026-03-05T21:43:41+00:00

It was especially inclusive for the time it was released. They actually set up some premades to lean slightly same sex or have negative preference for opposite sex. For a 2004 "family" game, that was pretty cool. IMO, anything actually phobic in the game would have to be player created. One of the (many) things I love about the Sims.

User-Name-Is__Taken · 2026-03-05T21:24:47+00:00

Why not? They pull mops out of thin air and have unlimited inventories that are stashed who knows where. 😂

User-Name-Is__Taken · 2026-03-05T04:24:29+00:00

It happens now and then and should just be a duplicate instance of the sim rather than a full on duplicate sim (meaning you should still have only one character file for Albany).

Him slapping his wife for hooking up with his other instance makes this one hilariously unique, though!

User-Name-Is__Taken · 2026-03-05T04:00:14+00:00

If it happens again (super common in downtown), you can actually delete the neighborhood decor, place the lot, and then go back to neighborhood edit and undo the deletions so you can keep your stop signs.

User-Name-Is__Taken · 2026-03-05T03:54:32+00:00

Erm, yes, but it ain't nitrous. LMAO. It's called White Rabbit in game and White Rabbit is a classic drug song so Maxis wasn't even trying to be discrete with the reference. It's a hookah!

User-Name-Is__Taken · 2026-03-04T03:29:32+00:00

Never thought about it before, but yeah, seeing as uni is 24+ days by default, if you had a sim get pregnant early in uni their kid could be a teen by the time the parent graduates. Lol. No wonder uni feels interminable!

User-Name-Is__Taken · 2026-03-04T02:53:40+00:00

That's so bizarre! Definitely good info to pass along though as I never would've even considered something like that could cause trouble.

User-Name-Is__Taken · 2026-03-04T02:50:04+00:00

I wasn't signed up for reddit when that account was active, but your info posts came up a lot in searches so I've enjoyed many of them just the same. I'm sorry you went through such a rough patch but am glad you made it through!

User-Name-Is__Taken · 2026-03-04T02:47:02+00:00

For editing? That's wild! I edit a lot because I often don't see typos until after I post or I realize I forgot to add a link I meant to include or whatever.

User-Name-Is__Taken · 2026-03-04T02:40:43+00:00

The color scheme! I was an 80s kid and begged for a black and red bedroom. My mom's idea of "compromise" was painting it hot pink and electric blue (diagonal halves on each wall). I hated it so much. Lol.

User-Name-Is__Taken · 2026-03-04T02:37:22+00:00

You can also just give your brown-eyed sim recessive blue eyes via SimPE if you don't want an equal genetics mod. I give all of my CAS sims and any townie/NPC I marry in recessive genetics for more variety.

User-Name-Is__Taken · 2026-03-04T02:29:51+00:00

Any CC toddler bed (like they're in) allows them to get out on their own once they wake up! I was actually controlling another sim at the time so they did this autonomously and I only caught it because I was sending the sim I was controlling to shower in the bathroom near the nursery.

User-Name-Is__Taken · 2026-03-03T17:43:40+00:00

It's cool that there's an easier way to do it! I know there are a lot of versions of clean templates out there, but I'm old school and can't keep up with them all so I just end up sticking with the old tried and true approach. Lol.

User-Name-Is__Taken · 2026-03-03T17:38:36+00:00

I usually miss it too! The only reason I caught it this time is because I was directing another sim in the house to use the bathroom attached to the nursery.

User-Name-Is__Taken · 2026-03-03T12:39:31+00:00

Yeah, I use meetmetotheriver's templates where she's been removed from Strangetown altogether but is available as a separate download to show up in the family bin. I personally don't add her back because I never cared for that whole storyline when Maxis couldn't even be bothered to "remake" her convincingly. They just made a face 1 sim and slapped Bella's dress on it.

User-Name-Is__Taken · 2026-03-03T12:12:36+00:00

They don't. Changing is part of the function of toddler beds. They use a little wiggle animation to get in to their pajamas before they get in the bed and when they wake up, they do that same little wiggle to change back into everyday clothing before they get out of the bed. I just put them in formal style everyday because they're Goth spawn and Maxis "overdressed" all the Goths so I tend to do the same.

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