Creating dorms TS2U

"Maniac4u;c-16483601" wrote:

"EgonVM;c-16483227" wrote:
Did you include the special dorm doors? You know, these where sim's picture goes to.
That is strange. My custom-built dorms usually work.
Do you play The Sims 2 through the discs or through Origin with Ultimate Collection?

"Maniac4u;c-16482846" wrote:

"Seera1024;c-16482812" wrote:
Was the new college Sims from the same main neighborhood?

Nope. I went to Veronaville and started playing with the Capps and Monty. Why would that matter though?

That changes everything: Each main-neighborhood has different sub-neighborhoods. Doing changes (like playing with sims, building etc) in one main-neighborhood's sub-neighborhood doesn't mean that all the main-neighborhoods' sub-neighborhoods will have the change. If you move the sim from one main-neighborhood to other (that can be done by moving a house with residents to the lot bin), you will corrupt both of the neighborhoods. The neighborhood corruption is explained in this forum post. My point is that having all the main-neighborhoods share the sub-neighborhoods would cause problems after problems.
You can put the lot in the lot bin when it's not occupied and put it in that neighborhood.

I built a new dorm in a different university ( le academie le tour) for the sims from veronaville unlike my 1st build it was in siesta tech with sims from belladonna cove. I tried adding the dorm to the bin but in sims 2 you can't do that or least for me it didn't have the option, only to save the file. When I used the code to zone the lot, there's a sun that shows up when you highlight the dorm but upon moving my sims in, there's no gameplay option, only the build and buy. I'm using the physical disc.

You mean that sun that shows up due to being summer on this lot or the plumbob?
Saving the lot to the lot bin must be done in the neighborhood view. Go to Lots tab and click on Move Lot to Lot Bin button (That one with house with an arrow). First you should move the household out. In the neighborhood view, click on Family Bin button and choose Move Family Out (Two students icon with an arrow).
The main problem is that you can't access the live mode in an occupied dorm. I'd suggest moving the household out and trying the different dorm and seeing if that works.
The sun that shows up indicates that the season is summer. Did the sun appear before you rezoned it to dorm? If not, you may have started building it from community lot. You need to start from residental lot as mailbox and trash can is required and cannot be bought from the buy mode.
According to The Sims Wiki's Avoiding Corruptions, dissapearing lots may be a sign of corruption. Think, what may you have done to cause it. The corruption is very easy to happen...
That is all I can suggest right now. I unfortunately cannot suggest repairing the game through Origin, but maybe uninstalling and reinstalling can help sometimes.