@elulu8, I'm so glad you are enjoying Cats & Dogs ! 🐱🐶🥳 And I'm glad you got some extra money and that City Living was on sale! 🙌
To answer your question, the pack that came with friend groups was most likely the Get Together EP! It has a powerful Club system! I use the Garden Gnomes Club to tend my garden for free all the while earing club points while they are doing it! 😎 You can make your own clubs as well. There is also the possibility that the YouTube video you saw was the Discover University EP which has Organizations , but those will just be during the time your Sim is at university. 😉
I'm not sure if in Get to Work you can build on Sixam, since I have never tried to do so. Normally, you are only on Sixam during the work day (when traveling there is one of your daily tasks), so the time spent there is limited. But I have visited outside of work when my Scientist Sim has made a Wormhole Generator, and upgraded it and then cloned it so they could use the cloned one on their home lot! (You clone items with an object cloner that you make as a Scientist!) . When traveling to Sixam from home, I was able to stay there longer than while at work! I never tried building there , but you might be able to build there if you use the Free Build cheat! 🤔
Bring up the cheat box Ctrl + Shift + C
In the box type testingcheats true and hit Enter
Then type bb.enablefreebuild and hit Enter
This might allow you to build on Sixam. I know it allows you to build in university dorms and on with Realm of Magic it allows you to build in the Magic Realm! 🙌
Please update us on what you think about City Living, and about any other packs you get! Happy Simming! 🥳
@elulu8 I've never played in an apartment, but I played in the penthouses and made one into a restaurant just fine. There is also one house, The Old Salt House, on the waterfront that is a fantastic lot to play (Fishing right behind the house, festivals and booths right across the street, and a great view and location). I played a family for a long time there that built and ran a restaurant on the lot next to it. Have fun!
@elulu8, about Dinning Out GP, certainly get it if you are really interested with restaurants and food. I know @SheriGR loves running her restaurants in the game! 🙌 However, I have heard from several people that if you want your Sim to just dine their with friends, or family, or on a date, that it isn't working as it used to. 😞 I haven't played a household in a while that has gone out to eat at a restaurant, so I can't say for certain. I can test it and see. Some of these bugs had been fixed before, but then again we just had several new patches so I'm not sure. 🤔
That said, if the Dining Out GP is on sale, then this would be a better time to get it. I might be wrong about the bugs , or else they might get fixed, and in the meantime you can still play the restaurant owner aspect of the pack! 😇
You had mentioned that you thought it would be great to have so your Sims didn't have to cook in order to eat. To be honest, going out to eat takes a lot of your Sims' time, so even if everything is working as it should, just remember that , and maybe save eating out for special occasions, like Love Day (Season) or an engagement, etc. If you want your Sims to go out for a quick bite , City Living can't be beat! 🥳 My Sims are always popping over to San Myshuno to eat at the carts at the festivals. And because eating at festivals doesn't take as long as dining in a restaurant, I find the festival food satisfies hunger much better! 🙌 ( Just beware that you Sims can gain a lot of weight if they eat too much so either get them on that treadmill, or else get the Cool Kitchen Stuff pack and have them eat the ice-cream flavor called "Taste of Diet" that makes them loose weight while filling their hunger bar! 😃) Anyway, the festivals that come with City Living are why I haven't had any Sims dine in a restaurant in quite a while! 😉
As for building in City Living, just know that apartments can't be altered in the way houses can. Many people were expecting apartments to be able to be remodeled more than they turned out to be.🤨 Some penthouses are more forgiving, and the Old Salt House that several people have mentioned is completely coustomizable, but then again the Old Salt House isn't' an apartment at all, as it is a house, just like its title says! 😉
