Is it possible to do Lifeguard active career in Sunlit Tides?

I have done the lifeguard career with no issues in Sunlit Tides before.

You could also use the "lifeguard at the pool" mod: https://modthesims.info/d/574660/pool-jobs-for-lifeguards.html

Is your custom lot zoned as a beach?

When I play the lifeguard career in Sunlit Tides or other worlds, I change the lot assignments for the beaches already there (as they don’t extend into the ocean and I don’t want my lifeguard Sim to waste their time surveying there). I then place my own beach lot extending into the ocean. Other Sims are pushed to go to my beach while my lifeguard Sim is on duty; everything seems to work fine.

Another way to play the lifeguard career in other worlds without placing custom beaches is to use this mod, which will allow the career to be played on lots with pools. This can work well in Sunlit Tides as there are already several pool lots. I like to use a mix of pools and beaches when I have an active lifeguard, just for the change in scenery.

Sunlit Tides has too shallow of water for sims to drown in...well it'd be different if you went deep into the lagoon or open ocean but sims that are to be lifeguarded don't go anywhere near that far. When I tried it I got plenty of sims attending the beach but all they did was wade in the shallow water and waste my time.

The lifeguard at pool mod is awesome, especially because ST has multiple public pools already. You can also technically max the career by maxing athletic and charisma though you may need the Ambitious trait alongside it or the Entrepreneurial Mindset LTR.

@jaletu2005 @cmbaker16 @Karritz
Yes everything was set up perfectly, but no one even didn't visit all day for a couple of days which is wasting time. My sim was sitting on the lifeguard chair on beach and looking at the sky for weather forecast. -_-

@KevinL5275 Thanks for the mod. I'm going to download it after commenting here. :D

@starguru Last time, I didn't create my own beach lot and he just worked at the EA beach. You know there are 2 beaches in Sunlit Tides and they are quite small. No one had been there all through the day. He stayed there for work for a couple of days but NO ONE.. he just exercised most of the day with stereo on.

@izecson I've never seen any sims in work place..:(

@InfraGreen Yes I can say so because I noticed when I tried to place the diving lot imported from which I created in Bridgeport, the floor got caved into lower than normal underwater ground.

Anyway, I've tried to start a new sim life as lifeguard in Sunlit Tides, and I created a big beach includes sea, I didn't like job rabbithole building styles in Sunlit Tides, I replaced all of them with the ones in Lucky Palms. And I noticed all the premade sims in Sunlit Tides are unemployed. I've been working out for Sunlit Tides for 2 days in real time but as a result, I wasted my time. Finally, I gave up Sunlit Tides. I'm going to try Life guard in Bridgeport instead. Thanks for all advice and tips. :)

Sims will work the beach without the lifeguard chair, but having the chair helps. You can click on the chair and click "Survey Beach" when the sim forgets what they are supposed to be doing and wanders off.

@Jeansoo – Sorry to hear you were having issues in Sunlit Tides. It’s really a beautiful world and a nice place to enjoy the lifeguard career.

"Jeansoo;c-17738633" wrote:

Last time, I didn't create my own beach lot and he just worked at the EA beach. You know there are 2 beaches in Sunlit Tides and they are quite small. No one had been there all through the day. He stayed there for work for a couple of days but NO ONE.. he just exercised most of the day with stereo on.

Yes, Sunlit Tides has those two small beach lots (Hot Sands and Captain Jack’s), but there isn't much to do there, and they’re not very useful for the lifeguard career because they aren’t connected to the ocean. Because the ability to place lots in water didn’t become available until IP was released, none of the beach lots in previous worlds are true seaside beaches.

Even if other Sims had come to the beach lot where your Sim was working, there is no ocean for them to swim in on the lot, and therefore no way for your lifeguard to utilize the “Helping Others” metric to advance their career, other than them possibly "passing out" so you can perform CPR on them (which pays considerably less than saving a Sim from drowning).

In order to actually play the lifeguard career in the older worlds (and save other Sims rather than simply advance the career by leveling the athletic and charisma skills), you would need to remove or change the lot assignments for those landlocked beaches to something else so your Sim doesn’t waste working hours there. Then, a beach lot must be manually placed partly in the ocean in order to have Sims needing to be rescued. Or you can use the lifeguard pool mod so your Sim can save people from drowning in the pools. I use both methods.

A lifeguard saving Sims at Pirate’s Pool, Lagoon View Pools and Paradise Pools, using the lifeguard pool mod:







Note the black oval. That is where I placed my beach lot in Sunlit Tides:



Plenty of Sims flocking to the beach for a chance to drown. :lol:







It’s deeper than you might think here, even without using the terrain tool to increase the depth.

@starguru wow! I can challenge the sunlit tides next time. :D Because I eventually finished my own resort building in Bridgeport last night. I created 2 beaches includes ocean in Bridgeport and I want to try here this time. :) I got shocked to see all the resident lost their jobs after editing rabbithole career buildings for a couple of days in real time. I totally wasted my time. :( Your screenshots are gorgeous! I love all. :D By the way, how did you take the underwater screenshot while not scuba diving? I wish to see this too! :D

@Jeansoo – Yup, there’s always next time. Good luck in Bridgeport and with your new resort! And thank you. :)

To take the underwater shot, I just used the tab camera mode and the Q key to go beneath the surface. I put a short explanation of basic tab functions behind the spoiler for anyone who might not know about it.

"starguru;c-17740120" wrote:
@Jeansoo – Yup, there’s always next time. Good luck in Bridgeport and with your new resort! And thank you. :)

To take the underwater shot, I just used the tab camera mode and the Q key to go beneath the surface. I put a short explanation of basic tab functions behind the spoiler for anyone who might not know about it.

Spoiler

To enter tab mode, press the tab key while you’re in Live Mode. To leave, just hit the key again.

Using the tab key to take screenshots gives you more control of the camera. While you’re in tab mode, the UI disappears and you can use other keys to zoom in or out, as well as raise, lower or tilt the view.

Q and E keys shift the camera down and up
W and S keys move the camera view forward and backwards
A and D keys move the camera left and right (additionally, holding the shift key while also pressing A or D will tilt the camera angle left or right, or even sideways/upside-down depending on your original angle before tabbing--holding shift while pressing S will bring you back to the original angle)
Z and X keys zoom in and out (the same as a scroll wheel on a mouse)
C takes the picture as normal
~/` key pauses/unpauses the game while in tab mode

Thank you very much! :D The tips are awesome! :)
By the way, I have a good news and a sad news. After opening the resort, It became 4 star resort almost straightaway, and it became 5 star next morning time. The bad news is Lagging has started since I started to open the resort. I erased all public room marker and hidden room markers in Bridgeport and the lagging is a lot improved but not disappeared completely. I saved the game as other name and deleted the resort, and...the lagging has completely gone..:( But I already saved it in Edit town mode, so I can still use it other time. :) As a result, the resort life has gone... Also I definitely need a new graphics card. Current one supports only 4 GB GPU. It takes up to 90% while playing the sims 3.

"Jeansoo;c-17740669" wrote:

"starguru;c-17740120" wrote:
@Jeansoo – Yup, there’s always next time. Good luck in Bridgeport and with your new resort! And thank you. :)

To take the underwater shot, I just used the tab camera mode and the Q key to go beneath the surface. I put a short explanation of basic tab functions behind the spoiler for anyone who might not know about it.

Spoiler

To enter tab mode, press the tab key while you’re in Live Mode. To leave, just hit the key again.

Using the tab key to take screenshots gives you more control of the camera. While you’re in tab mode, the UI disappears and you can use other keys to zoom in or out, as well as raise, lower or tilt the view.

Q and E keys shift the camera down and up
W and S keys move the camera view forward and backwards
A and D keys move the camera left and right (additionally, holding the shift key while also pressing A or D will tilt the camera angle left or right, or even sideways/upside-down depending on your original angle before tabbing--holding shift while pressing S will bring you back to the original angle)
Z and X keys zoom in and out (the same as a scroll wheel on a mouse)
C takes the picture as normal
~/` key pauses/unpauses the game while in tab mode

Thank you very much! :D The tips are awesome! :)
By the way, I have a good news and a sad news. After opening the resort, It became 4 star resort almost straightaway, and it became 5 star next morning time. The bad news is Lagging has started since I started to open the resort. I erased all public room marker and hidden room markers in Bridgeport and the lagging is a lot improved but not disappeared completely. I saved the game as other name and deleted the resort, and...the lagging has completely gone..:( But I already saved it in Edit town mode, so I can still use it other time. :) As a result, the resort life has gone... Also I definitely need a new graphics card. Current one supports only 4 GB GPU. It takes up to 90% while playing the sims 3.

You’re welcome; I’m glad you found the camera tips useful. :)

Sorry to hear about your lag issue with your resort. Maybe you’ll have better luck next time. Good luck with getting a new GPU too.