Making Restaurant Work on Residential Lot

[SenkoTwiik]

I have a family that has a restaurant built in the ground level of their house. It's all put together, but I didn't have the hostess podium or restaurant stove in my catalog even after I started a home business over the phone.

I went to MTS and downloaded the "OFB objects for Residential" package, and the hostess stand and stove are both in the collections now, but for some reason, when I click on them, they are not useable. If I click the item to place in my kitchen, only my original cursor shows up.

I'm not sure of what to do. Can someone help me with this?

I have all EPS.

[HappyThoughts]

are you buying these items through your families business menu or the buy/build menu? 

And is your home restaurant open after placing them, they won't activate until the open sign is up/or the ticket seller is on.

I've never openned a restaurant in my own sim home before but I'm trying to help

[SenkoTwiik]

I bought the items through the buy/build menu. I don't know how to go through the business menu. And my business was closed at the time. I will try to see if opening it makes such items selectable.

[HappyThoughts]

the business menu tab resembles a cash register,this is the buy mode for your business's.  When you recieve perks *stars* you can get discounts on items you buy.  To recieve the discounts you have to use the buy mode through your business menu.  Did that sound correct?  I'm trying to word it so it's easy to find.

[SenkoTwiik]

That sounds like it makes sense. I will look and see if it works.

[Chaavik]

Something new to learn everyday about Sims 2. Very interesting information about running a restaurant on a home lot.

[SenkoTwiik]

Okay, I tried both suggestions. I made sure my business was open, customers were coming in, I had employees in the area, etc. Still, from the collections file I couldn't select the stove or podium.

I tried to do so from the business menu thing, and there is nothing at all selectable or even present in that folder. I clicked on the thing that looked like a cash register, and there isn't anything.

Here's a print screen of what I mean:


I'm really not sure what to do from here. Should I move my family out, change the lot to a community one, put the stove and podium in it that way, and then change it back to residential and move my family back in? Will those items stay on the lot of I change it?

That's really my only other idea, unless any of you guys have any suggestions.

[carenmrose]

Don't know if this is still how it has to be done on an *occupied* lot, but you can't go to collections from buy mode, you have to go from BUILD mode.  The items in the collection will still be greyed out but they can be placed.

[HappyThoughts]

hmm I'm curious enough to try this just to find the answer now.  Sorry Senko, your trying everything I would have.  Puzzler.

[SenkoTwiik]

I will try this from the build mode, now. Thanks. I didn't even know there was a collections in the build mode.

[Engram]

You can't just straight up run a restaurant on a residential lot. Tutorial on how to make this work here.

[SenkoTwiik]

Thanks Engram. I will give this a go.