Hey Simmers! I recently looked into a cheat on how to "zone" my own created dorm (TS2U) and the very 1st time it worked with all the necessary furnishings like the cafeteria counter tops, a sink, the fridge, a garbage can and sprinklers but after my sims graduated and I went back with new college sims and the place was gone! I created a new dorm and input "changelotzoning dorm" with the same furnishings and when I move my Sim in, it only gives me the build/buy options. No gameplay option. Also this time I created an in door pool. Could that be the reason? Am I using the wrong cheat code? Any suggestions are greatly appreciated, thanks!

Was the new college Sims from the same main neighborhood?

"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.

oh yea i have never had that happen i need to leave for a bit but i'll look into and see what i can find.

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. :)

"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!

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Seera1024
Seasoned Ace
7 years ago
"cmbaker16;c-16485551" wrote:
@Maniac4u is there anything maybe blocking the mailbox? like weeds or something?

"Maniac4u;c-16485574" wrote:
"BMSO;c-16485370" wrote:
Honestly I'm not sure, it could be due to the lot's function though you would think that they should be able to pay their dorm fees? Though since it's in a regular neighbor hood it could also be recognizing it as a community lot rather than residential?

Also caught the Geico joke. :lol:

No idea, it started happening when I would move my sims into a premade dorm. Lol, glad you caught that :smiley:

I've experienced this glitch a number of times. I know I've experienced it with premade dorms. I don't remember if any of my occasional custom dorms were affected or not. Nor can I remember any common theme between affected lots that wouldn't be applicable to non-affected lots.

I do use a LOT of mods with Sims 2, so I don't know if there's some random glitch caused by one of my mods.

@Maniac4u Do you have any mods installed?
bmso85
7 years ago
I think I may have found a fix that may help your situation @Maniac4u It's a mod but it fixes the dorm billing. Dorm Billing fix See if this helps.
EgonVM
Seasoned Ace
7 years ago
"Maniac4u;c-16485342" wrote:
Do you guys know what's the deal with students not being able to click on the mailbox to pay bills when the mail person delivers it? Not complaining lol they have saved a ton of money (not by switching to geico though, had to do it lol) but it's just odd. It never happened before and this started in a premade dorm with no cheats on.

I actually have same issue with one dorm. The mail carrier goes in front of the mailbox and as soon as they are there they leave.
I am actually enjoying that. Or try that mod @BMSO suggested. It may fix it.
Seera1024
Seasoned Ace
7 years ago
"BMSO;c-16485646" wrote:
I think I may have found a fix that may help your situation @Maniac4u It's a mod but it fixes the dorm billing. Dorm Billing fix See if this helps.

It only fixes the issue if your dorm doesn't have any dorm doors. It doesn't fix the issue of the mailman not dropping bills off period.

Dorm bill pay is total rent / dorm doors x number of playable Sims.

The game throws an error due to dividing by 0 if your dorm doesn't have any dorm doors.

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