Hi,can anyone tell me if we can bulldoze the apartments in the eco living worlds and replace them as I went in search of gallery creations and could not find anything specific. Does this mean we can change the rooms like we can in myshuno only and if so will someone be kind enough to explain how I add an apartment room to a building as I have never done that before. Or maybe there is some sort of cheat to change these apartments?Any advice would be welcome thanks :)

Definitely don't bulldoze them, theres bugs with the apartment vanishing and breaking if you do that. The best way to change them is if you search for a room on the gallery with the name of the aparment lot and then just place it in its place. :)

I can't answer any of your questions but it should only take a few minutes to try bulldozing a lot in a new world or right after a save.

You can only change the interior of the apartments, just like in San Myshuno. You have to search for rooms in the gallery to find changed apartments. https://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/902379/tutorial-how-to-share-apartments-in-the-gallery-for-the-upcoming-city-life

(Ignore this if you're already familiar with how the San Myshuno ones work - it's the same.) You can't download entire apartments, you can only download specific rooms, so often what apartment creators will do is design their layout and then take a single wall piece out (can't recall if it needs to be in each enclosed space, or just one for the entire apartment) and then upload it to the gallery as a room. So if you search that category, maybe by address, you should hopefully find some replacements for the specific apartment you're interested in. You can just drop it in like any other room, except it fills the entire footprint of the apartment, then replace whatever bit was missing. I do wish they'd add an apartment category.

Hi @Sketch793 The reason I did not bulldoze impulsively was in case there were building restrictions so looking at other players replies my gut feeling was right on this occasion :) @Gagea Thank you for the link I will read that over and see if I feel competent enough to have a go at it. Does the apartment lot from the gallery need to be the exact name for the lot/apartment that is being replaced or will any apartment fit in build mode as it downloads? Thanks @Simpatsyann That kind of answers my question that I asked Gagea above so I will have to research further as I am so bad at this sort of thing and it usually ends up worse than what i am trying to achieve-) when you say you would like an apartment category what difference would that make to this current system? Hopefully make it easier in some way to add apartments to lots?

Apartments in the Eco living worlds

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Sketch793
Seasoned Ace
5 years ago
I can't answer any of your questions but it should only take a few minutes to try bulldozing a lot in a new world or right after a save.
Gagea25
Hero
5 years ago
You can only change the interior of the apartments, just like in San Myshuno. You have to search for rooms in the gallery to find changed apartments.
https://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/902379/tutorial-how-to-share-apartments-in-the-gallery-for-the-upcoming-city-life
Perthelia
Seasoned Ace
5 years ago

(Ignore this if you're already familiar with how the San Myshuno ones work - it's the same.)

You can't download entire apartments, you can only download specific rooms, so often what apartment creators will do is design their layout and then take a single wall piece out (can't recall if it needs to be in each enclosed space, or just one for the entire apartment) and then upload it to the gallery as a room. So if you search that category, maybe by address, you should hopefully find some replacements for the specific apartment you're interested in. You can just drop it in like any other room, except it fills the entire footprint of the apartment, then replace whatever bit was missing.

I do wish they'd add an apartment category.
sparky1922
5 years ago
Hi @Sketch793

The reason I did not bulldoze impulsively was in case there were building restrictions so looking at other players replies my gut feeling was right on this occasion :)

@Gagea

Thank you for the link I will read that over and see if I feel competent enough to have a go at it. Does the apartment lot from the gallery need to be the exact name for the lot/apartment that is being replaced or will any apartment fit in build mode as it downloads?

Thanks @Simpatsyann

That kind of answers my question that I asked Gagea above so I will have to research further as I am so bad at this sort of thing and it usually ends up worse than what i am trying to achieve-) when you say you would like an apartment category what difference would that make to this current system? Hopefully make it easier in some way to add apartments to lots?
Onverser
Seasoned Ace
5 years ago
Definitely don't bulldoze them, theres bugs with the apartment vanishing and breaking if you do that. The best way to change them is if you search for a room on the gallery with the name of the aparment lot and then just place it in its place. :)
sparky1922
5 years ago
Hi @Onverser

This is one time I am so pleased I waited for further info on the subject instead of just going ahead and making a mistake lol As soon as I sort community lots out and how they work I will turn my attention back to the apartments. I have suddenly developed that bug again where sims will not cook so that's annoying me at the moment :)
Cynna1065
Seasoned Ace
5 years ago
"SPARKY1922;c-17677046" wrote:
Hi @Onverser

This is one time I am so pleased I waited for further info on the subject instead of just going ahead and making a mistake lol As soon as I sort community lots out and how they work I will turn my attention back to the apartments. I have suddenly developed that bug again where sims will not cook so that's annoying me at the moment :)

Have you tried moving the counter away from the wall?

I while back, I was trying to get a Sim to cook a meal for a screenshot. She wouldn't cook until I actually moved the counter. Then, she prepped the meal from the back of the counter, go figure.

Perhaps it's a problem with a mod or cc. But if it is, I haven't been able to find the culprit.
sparky1922
5 years ago
Hi @Cynna

I tried all the usual moving everything out of the way to see if anything was in the way (as it's usually the culprit) however this time it was a mod and while I have managed to get it down to one of 5 I still have to find exactly which one it is before I can continue playing :/
elliebreton
Legend
5 years ago
"Onverser;c-17676933" wrote:
Definitely don't bulldoze them, theres bugs with the apartment vanishing and breaking if you do that. The best way to change them is if you search for a room on the gallery with the name of the aparment lot and then just place it in its place. :)

Yeah, definitely don't bulldoze them. I did that in one save and ended up with a mess.

But I have had trouble with some downloads too. Never had a problem downloading San Myshuno apartments, but the harbour ones don't seem as stable. Some downloads work fine and some don't, or maybe it's something the creator has done, I don't know. I would just be sure to save your game before trying so that you can revert back if it doesn't go well.
Cynna1065
Seasoned Ace
5 years ago
"SPARKY1922;c-17677483" wrote:
Hi @Cynna

I tried all the usual moving everything out of the way to see if anything was in the way (as it's usually the culprit) however this time it was a mod and while I have managed to get it down to one of 5 I still have to find exactly which one it is before I can continue playing :/

Cool. If you happen to find the cause, will you please consider sharing? I haven't managed to pin anything down. I gave up on the idea of taking a screenshot of a Sim preparing food as the counter is currently in the middle of the kitchen and she's using it backward.