Ideal lot type for movie theatre?
The Growing Together livestream has inspired me to finally start a project I've been thinking about for months, but never got around to: building a movie theatre. It needs to have a screening room (obviously) as well as a dining area for ice cream, popcorn and snacks. I know it's not going function like a real movie theatre without mods, but I don't need it to. Given how common movie theatres are in real life, I just want a lot that looks like one for my sims to hang out and watch movies together.
Now I wonder what lot type would be fitting. My ideas:
* Museum. Arguably the most obvious choice, because movies are art, and a museum is a place to look at art. Movie posters could be used as the paintings the lot type requires, and surely I'd find a place for an easel somewhere. The problem: It wouldn't function as a movie theatre at all, there wouldn't even be anyone behind the counter in the dining area.
* Bar. Gameplay-wise, it would probably work fairly well. There's someone serving food and drinks, a TV is actually one of the requirements for a bar if I'm not mistaken, and a movie screen counts as a TV, so people might actually go into the screening room and watch something autonomously. The problem: I don't want a cinema to be labelled as a bar on the map screen. Trivial, I know, but it would just bug me.
* Café. A compromise between the other two, a lot type that features food and drinks, and while it isn't entirely correct either, I'd be okay with my movie theatre being labelled as a café instead of a bar. Makes the entire thing more family-friendly, too. But as with the museum, it's unlikely that anyone would actually use the screening room autonomously.
What do you think would be the best lot type for a movie theatre? And are there any lot traits that could make sims more willing to use the big screen?
Now I wonder what lot type would be fitting. My ideas:
* Museum. Arguably the most obvious choice, because movies are art, and a museum is a place to look at art. Movie posters could be used as the paintings the lot type requires, and surely I'd find a place for an easel somewhere. The problem: It wouldn't function as a movie theatre at all, there wouldn't even be anyone behind the counter in the dining area.
* Bar. Gameplay-wise, it would probably work fairly well. There's someone serving food and drinks, a TV is actually one of the requirements for a bar if I'm not mistaken, and a movie screen counts as a TV, so people might actually go into the screening room and watch something autonomously. The problem: I don't want a cinema to be labelled as a bar on the map screen. Trivial, I know, but it would just bug me.
* Café. A compromise between the other two, a lot type that features food and drinks, and while it isn't entirely correct either, I'd be okay with my movie theatre being labelled as a café instead of a bar. Makes the entire thing more family-friendly, too. But as with the museum, it's unlikely that anyone would actually use the screening room autonomously.
What do you think would be the best lot type for a movie theatre? And are there any lot traits that could make sims more willing to use the big screen?
