University Life Mailbox/Job Opportunity Board

"TreyNutz;c-16396241" wrote:
I didn't know you wanted to share the lot. So it would be better to avoid using the modded mailbox.

I was able to replicate the issue you describe: I loaded up a new game and went into a new university in a sims 3 folder with very few mods (not the modded mailbox or Traveler). I changed De Anda to a residential lot and evicted the residents. Then changed De Anda back to a dorm and copied to to the bin. Then bulldozed the original.

I couldn't place the dorm back on the empty lot. This was a problem I've run into before myself. I never realized you only need to change the lot assignment to No Visitors Allowed in order to place the lot. So, thank you for that solution. :) After making that change and placing the De Anda dorm from the bin I checked and did not see a mailbox on the lot, just as in your first post.

So I went back to Edit Town and changed the lot assignment to residential, then back to a dorm. That forced the game to add the mailbox. It was off to the side, not in it's original location. The people who download your dorm (or any dorm I expect) will have to MOO it back in place.

I wasn't able to CASt the mailbox I'm surprised that worked for you. When I try to CASt the university mailbox the textures get all messed up (the model itself looks fine):

https://i.imgur.com/ZxTOO3X.jpg

That's the back, the front looks just as bad. That picture is from a university residential lot I changed to a dorm. The uni mailbox always looks like that when I CASt it though, which is why I suggested the modded version. Anyways, since you want to share the dorm it probably doesn't matter. The default mailbox should work just fine.

Did placing the lot then changing the lot assignment to residential (or even No Visitors Allowed) and back to dorm work for you? I can't tell if you tried that suggestion or not.

If changing the lot assignment of the dorm (once placed) doesn't work then maybe try saving the dorm as a residential lot to the bin. Then try placing the lot in the world and finally change the the lot assignment to dormitory. If that method works you might consider uploading the dorm as a residential lot with instructions to change the lot assignment once placed.