Best lot type for rinks?

why did they not just create a lot type for them :#

ice skate rink
skate rink

this game can so so odd at times

I noticed some NPCs using the rink in Newcrest. Also, placed one in gym at Willow Creek and sims use it also.

I don't really want a new lot type for the rinks, but it would be good to have an attraction update.

"luimistelija;c-16578673" wrote:
I don't really want a new lot type for the rinks, but it would be good to have an attraction update.

I just think its lazy and poor with the continue of using base game lots instead of a lot especially for the special lots.
A lot for each type would be better.
you wouldn't have to use it.
we all have a chose of free will on what we use and don't use!
having it available at least gives a chose everybody can decide on.

I haven't seen any npc use the skating rings either in my game. It would have been nice it they had set up a system like they did with the blowing alley where sims actually showed up just to skate in venues, besides making it a little bit more attractive to sims to use.

Also have sims come by and skate for a while just like they use the picnic tables in the neighborhood areas where they generate instead of just walking by. Just have fewer walkways and more sims doing neighborhood activities lot more interesting. I find sims just walking by in a circle quite boring myself.

"marcel21;c-16581407" wrote:

"luimistelija;c-16578673" wrote:
I don't really want a new lot type for the rinks, but it would be good to have an attraction update.

I just think its lazy and poor with the continue of using base game lots instead of a lot especially for the special lots.
A lot for each type would be better.
you wouldn't have to use it.
we all have a chose of free will on what we use and don't use!
having it available at least gives a chose everybody can decide on.

The way they did bowling actually gave us more options than just adding a bowling venue would have. If it had just been one bowling venue, every bowling alley would have the exact same visitor autonomy. But with the way it's currently done, we can have bowling lots where the guests behave differently based on what the venue is (ie. a nightclub bowling alley gives a very different experience than a lounge bowling alley). I hope they do the same with the skating rinks as they did with bowling.

Mine is a gym except I hid the equipment and I've seen exactly one (1) sim use the ice rink autonomousl.

Everyone else is chilling on the pavement, ordering coffee or watching my sims skate like creeeps.

Yes, Sims don't use the rink autonomously and even if you create a club of townies they will not use it but stand outside the rink and comment the skaters (mis)fortunes which is quite nice.


BUT it is nevertheless very easy to fill the rink! Let your played Sim start to skate, then click on every nearby Sim you like and invite him/her to join you. They will obey immediately and skate with you for a long time. It is not necessary that your Sim knows the townies. Maybe this is even by design to avoid chaos on the rinks. Perhaps a guru can clarify this.

"Cupid;c-16581559" wrote:

"marcel21;c-16581407" wrote:

"luimistelija;c-16578673" wrote:
I don't really want a new lot type for the rinks, but it would be good to have an attraction update.

I just think its lazy and poor with the continue of using base game lots instead of a lot especially for the special lots.
A lot for each type would be better.
you wouldn't have to use it.
we all have a chose of free will on what we use and don't use!
having it available at least gives a chose everybody can decide on.

The way they did bowling actually gave us more options than just adding a bowling venue would have. If it had just been one bowling venue, every bowling alley would have the exact same visitor autonomy. But with the way it's currently done, we can have bowling lots where the guests behave differently based on what the venue is (ie. a nightclub bowling alley gives a very different experience than a lounge bowling alley). I hope they do the same with the skating rinks as they did with bowling.

yet anybody that wants just a regular bowling alley has no chose.

what works for you does not work for everybody. you got what your happy with. i didn't.

my point, a simple chose for both would be better otherwise some of us lose out!

"bshag4lv;c-16584763" wrote:

"alanmichael1;c-16584322" wrote:
Yes, Sims don't use the rink autonomously and even if you create a club of townies they will not use it but stand outside the rink and comment the skaters (mis)fortunes which is quite nice.


BUT it is nevertheless very easy to fill the rink! Let your played Sim start to skate, then click on every nearby Sim you like and invite him/her to join you. They will obey immediately and skate with you for a long time. It is not necessary that your Sim knows the townies. Maybe this is even by design to avoid chaos on the rinks. Perhaps a guru can clarify this.

Thanks for the tip! In one of my saves, I found where EA had put a roller skating rink in Magnolia Park in WC, but my sims were the only ones using it. I thought there was a lot name added by EA, generic lot, that pushes townies to use...I'd like to find out if it still works. I made a dynamite nightclub using it and lots of sims used it.

Hmm normally no sims visit generic lots. Generic lots are meant for private so you can just send your sims there.