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.

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.

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!

Well Im not opposed of using decorative cars, but I dont want Petreaks a I mentioned originally because there are known issues with them and very limited selection. Was hoping more for a hack/mod so I could use all the cars already in the game for decoration.

The method mentioned of converting a residence with cars to community lot, as well as using a community collection file of residential objects does not work (at least not when you have all expansions, it might have worked early on in the game). You can decorate the lot with the cars and they will show up in neighborhood view and in build mode, however when a Sim visits the lot the cars will simply not be visible. I have tried this many times and the only way I know is to own the community lot and have the cars for sale. I want to avoid owning and setting up lots of businesses.

I want to have 'decorative' parking lots on my community lots without having to buy it and run the business. Are there any hacks/mod or car statues (besides petreaks) available?

BTW I have all expansions.

Thanks Bloom, I increased the mipmap and the textures look great now!

xoxoxoxoxoxo

Sunni

So, Ive been doing some recolors of basic things like counters and paintings and they look great. However, I have been trying to recolor a custom object (grocery store shelves with products on them) and Im encountering some difficulty. I have a high resolution image for the recolor, however I have to shrink it to 512x256 where it loses quality despite all my efforts, but it still looks decent. Then when I create the recolor in Simpe and enter the game it looks very unfocused (and I have my game at highest settings). I did receive a suggestion to build dxt3 instead of dxt1 and it did help, but not as much as I would prefer.

Can an object be given a recolor that is greater than 512x256 in size to increase its clarity in the game? Or is there any other way to get an improvement in resolution?

Any help would be greatly appreciated!!!!


Sunni

XPTL297: The bassinette is a decorative item that Boblishman at MTS2 made the fake baby to go with it. If you don't already have it just go to SavageSims.com and visit the Free Downloads section. It was on page 7 or later.

*I fixed the link for download, so it should work now

To SVT: Im not entirely certain if you can play the lot with a missing expansion. I didn't include any pets or seasons items in the lot, but Im not sure that matters. The worst thing that can happen if you install the lot is that it won't show up in your game lot catalog.

To danceswithwands: The lot in the picture was just a quick residential thing I did for photo purposes - its since been deleted. However, Im working on a parking garage to go with the hospital that I will post soon.

Mercy Hospital is fully furnished community lot. This five-story building offers comprehensive medical treatment, from critical care to outpatient services.

Ground Floor:

• Main Entrance - Info Desk/Registration, Lobby, Restrooms
• Emergency Room - Waiting Area/Reception, Triage Nurse, Exam Rooms 1 - 5, Imaging, Ambulance Entrance
• Physical Therapy/Rehab1 (Hydrotherapy-Pool/Spa)
• Cafeteria
• Non-Denominational Chapel

2nd Floor:

• Doctor's Lounge & Locker room
• Pharmacy/Gift Shop
• Surgical Center - Waiting Area/Reception, Exam Room 1-2, Doctor's Office,
  Conference Room, Blood Lab, Prep, Scrub, Surgery1, Surgery2, Recovery

3rd Floor:

• Maternity - OB/GYN Exam, Doctor's Office, 2 Birthing Suites, Waiting Area, Nursery, NICU
• Nurse's Station
• Pediatrics: Exam, 2 Children's Suites
• Imaging: 2 Labs

4th Floor:

• 4 Private Patient Rooms
• 1 Shared Room
• ICU
• Dialysis
• Physical Therapy/Rehab2
• Laundry/Housekeeping
• Nurse's Station

5th Floor:

• Morgue - Office, Autopsy Room, Processing Room, Freezer Storage, Lab

Roof:

• Helipad

Also included is the Parking Lot that sits to the right of Mercy Hospital. Many people requested that this lot from the photos be added. It was initially created for decoration purposes as a residential lot using in-game cars.

Notes on playing the Hospital - The hospital is in community lot format, therefore Pregnant Sims cannot visit or give birth there without using hacks/mods. You have the option of converting the hospital to a residential lot, apartment or hotel with some changes to the structure (such as adding apartment doors or hotel counter, etc.). It is a versatile lot and has been play-tested in all of these lot types.

Expansions Required:  University, Nightlife, Open For Business, Seasons

The following item needs to be downloaded separately and added to your Sims2 Downloads folder:
Ogula's Hospital Bassinette from Savage Sims
(In the Free Downloads section, it was on page 7 as of recently)

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I was going to create a bakery, however I don't need to after finding yours. I love it and it was just what I was already considering. Thanks!!!

Hi Jason,

I've been seeing your work around and am amazed - Good job on the Star Trek stuff. Its one of my favorite shows of all time. (Even been to conventions!) Keep up the good work.

Sunni