Businesses and Hobbies thoughts
I just spent an hour typing my thoughts and the interface won’t let me post it, saying I have invalid html, so I guess I’ll edit paragraph by paragraph?
I mean, some of this might belong in bug reports.
I bought the pack for a household of an arts critic, a comedian, a musician, and a mixologist. Does that scream “nightclub” to anyone else? Unfortunately, it’s been a terrible struggle.
The arts critic quit his job, bought a nightclub as a small business lot, and hired all his roomies. We immediately had problems:
- The game didn’t recognize that he owned a business at all unless we went into BuildBuy.
- The game didn’t recognize that he owned a lot unless we traveled there and went into BuildBuy. This means that when the small business panel registered that he owned a business, it insisted that we intended to run it out of a San Myshuno apartment. (Talk about making yourself unpopular with the neighbors!)
- On a few occasions, the game FORCED US TO BUY THE LOT AGAIN. (Fortunately, two of the four are Landgraabs.)
- The employee panel throws a LE, so we cannot view our employees. Their care panels say they’re employed, though.
Finally, I threw up my hands, sold the business, sold the lot, made the lot residential, and moved the household into the nightclub. The apartment I built there is basic, but they use the nightclub as their living and dining rooms.
(Before you ask, yes, I tried without mods.)
Moving in seems to have solved the lot problem, but I still get a LE on the employee interface.
I mean, if the business funds all go to the household I guess it’s not the end of the world?
Minor annoyances:
I built a stage and seats, but customers do not use the seats and instead crowd onto the stage to stand six inches from the performer and clap. I… guess I’m glad they appreciate the show? (It’s kind of immersion-breaking.)
My performers do not receive tips. If my level 10 pianist played in a bar, or on a busking station, he’d get $20 tips thrown at him constantly. I’m going to guess this was intended, so my sim could hire a musician and not tip them all night? It’s kind of a bummer, though.
ANYWAY. I do see the potential, and perhaps I was over-ambitious to immediately leap in with a small business lot and hiring my entire household. That said, owning a small business lot and hiring your household were advertised features of the pack. Hopefully things will settle down over time. I had dreams of opening WITCH SCHOOL or VAMPIRE SCHOOL, and now I’m a little nervous. (I’m a rotational player, and this is a large, old save. I don’t know if that makes a difference.)
