How to get cars on community lots that your sim doesn't own?
sunni9676:
Unfortunately those ideas wont work with OFB or later. I have done lots of trials with this and nothing allows cars to be decorative on a lot unless a Sim is owning it as a business. Im quite shocked that petreak is the only one that has done some car statues, however his have lots of complications with the game and are not purely decorative statues.
Adding cars in residential mode and then converting it to community will still allow you to see the cars in neighborhood view and in build mode, but they will be absent when you have a Sim visit the lot.
Using a residential collection file in community lot build mode will allow you to place the cars on the lot, but will again have the same result.
{In fact the res to com collection you mention http://forums.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=30854&c=1 by loverat doesnt even have cars listed - I think it was made before Nightlife anyway === This one by morten8035 http://nene.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=165611 is exactly a car collection for use on community lots; not that it will help anyway}
Also, using the cheat "dormspecifictoolsdisabled..." will obviously unlock buy mode objects on a community lot, however collection files are not available, so that still wont work.
Again, Im a little suprised at a lack of hacks or objects for this issue. I guess nobody wants parking lots!
sunni9676:
ancienthighway, I just saw your post after I made the previous one....
Yes I have done exactly that in the past...buy the lot, have the Sim set it up, hire people, then leave and not actually play that lot but just visit it with other Sims. However, I noticed a few things... If you visit the lot for an extended period of time, the 'working' Sims get tired/hungry, leave their registers and cause a lot of trouble...they also start to 'smell' lol. If you visit a store/business that isnt run by anyone the cashiers seem to be mindless zombies and just do their duty. I also find it time consuming to set up businesses and dont want to do it for every single store or community lot.
I was just looking for a way to make an accent to my business lots with a parking area and quite surprised that this issue hasnt been addressed.
Theraven:
here's a large set of buyable deco cars - you can get it at the booty (which seems to be down right now, for some reason)
better do it the easy way, and not mess up the game by trying to do something that is meant to be "impossible".
sunni9676:
Thanks theraven! I am perfectly happy with some deco car statues for a parking lot. I never visit TSR so I didnt know they had some. Im still surprised that more car statues havent been made.
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