Creating dorms TS2U

"BMSO;c-16484908" wrote:

"EgonVM;c-16484712" wrote:

"Maniac4u;c-16484166" wrote:

"Rflong7;c-16484002" wrote:
Did you start the lot as a Residential or Community? It looked like there's a Community phone in the front and I don't think the game will change it to the mailbox. You have to start it as a Residential if you want mail/bills and being able to live there.

Maybe you started the other one as a Residential and this one as a Community and that's why there's no Live mode? I don't know... I'm testing it. :)

Yep- start it as a Residential. :)

YEEESSS!!!! It worked! I rebuilt the same thing on a residential lot. Thank goodness I posted the pics and you caught the community phone! Thank you tons!

Aha! So the issue was caused by missing mailbox and trashcan.
But glad this issue is solved. I'll remember to ask that first. Here's a reminder for the future:
Which lot type should you start with when building a special lot:
Dorm-Residental
Secret Society-Residental
Hotel-Community
Secret Vacation Lot (Bigfoot)-Start with residental, change to community for payphone.
Secret Vacation Lot (Other)-Community
ApartmentBase-Residental

Other types that help cheat code gives are not recommended (by me). But yeah, enjoy your new custom-built dorm!

Actually the issue was because she had set it as a community lot when she had built it rather than a residential and using the lotzoning cheat. If you make your own apartments,hotels or dorms it's always best to start them as a residential lot but always use boolprop testingcheatsenabled true or (on) before you enter the lot and build. After your done don't save and exit the lot yet as your going to need to change the zoning type before you save and exit.

Also keeping a copy of that lot in the bin is helpful for the future.

I always built hotels on community lots and they worked. Hotels don't need mailboxes and residental trash cans. I have built many hotels before.
Only residental lots generate mailbox and trash can. In community lots, the payphone and community trash can can be bought from the build mode and are required for community lot to work (I have changed a residental to community before). Missing mailbox and trashcan is a problem that is caused by starting from the community lot. The reason is that when you move sims in, they start out next to the mailbox. As there is no mailbox, it causes the problem where the game doesn't know where to put the new sims, making the live mode inaccessible. In the other words, mailboxes are the "heart" of residental lots as residental lots, dorms and apartments require it to have the lot function properly (Yes, it has bills, but in The Sims 1, the missing mailbox can block NPCs from visiting and make the lot fail to load). While yes, your wording is correct, I still agree with my wording.
That cheat doesn't actually require testingcheats at all. There are only few cheats that require that cheat. Only thing when the cheat makes a difference is when I delete the hotel door (causes the error message to pop up). Changing the neighborhood type does require that cheat...
I'm sorry we get into arguments. I really don't want to get into arguments. I sometimes test things out to satisfy my curiosity and word my discoveries and ideas my own way. If your suggested things work, then that's OK.