I've always wondered why a 'roller rink' lot type wasn't introduced with Seasons. I love the idea of having a retro roller rink for sims to visit on a Friday night or with the family on the weekend... I see roller rinks incorporated into lots of different lot types on the gallery but am wondering what people have found in their experience to be the best lot type to use for a roller rink so that sims actually autonomously roller skate while there and it isn't just an afterthought that only the active sims make use of. Bar? Restaurant? Karaoke? Nightclub? Any thoughts?

I recently downloaded a lot from the gallery that surprised me at first, but I really love it now: it's a replacement lot for Planet HoneyPop, and it's a boba/thrift shop with a roller rink on the first floor. So now all my trendy YAs in the Fashion District can meet up at one venue for boba, shopping, and skating. It's not a combination that I ever would have thought of myself, but it's surprisingly great. I've also planned for a while now to update the Worthington's retail venue (MP) into more of an approximation of a mall, so it might be fun to put a rink in the first floor there, as well.

Oh, but to answer your question a bit more specifically: if you were going to make the roller rink the sole focus, I would probably just make it a park (and then hide the other mandatory park objects, like in a locked underground level).

Park works well. Lots of child and teen sims show up at parks and use the rink. You just either have to create a logical reason for also chess tables there, or hide them as @Amapola76 suggested.

I added a lounge to the snowy section of Mt. Komorebi and put an ice skating rink on it. Sims would skate there all the time. A bar or nightclub would most likely work too.

I like cafes and bars. I have a cafe with roller rink in Windenburg. My ice skating rinks are in San Myshuno (indoors) and Mt. Komorebi, both are bar lot types.

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GalacticGal
Seasoned Ace
2 years ago
"Ellupelluellu;c-18223039" wrote:
"GalacticGal;c-18223036" wrote:
I've never placed a roller rink in my game, but my best guess would be Generic for the lot designation. Especially, if that's the only thing going on said lot.

Generic would mean no other visitors. Pretty lonely roller rinks.

Really. That's not what happens in my game. I made a Church venue Generic and when the bridal party arrived there were all kinds of unwanted visitors.
Ellupelluellu
Hero
2 years ago
"GalacticGal;c-18223045" wrote:
"Ellupelluellu;c-18223039" wrote:
"GalacticGal;c-18223036" wrote:
I've never placed a roller rink in my game, but my best guess would be Generic for the lot designation. Especially, if that's the only thing going on said lot.

Generic would mean no other visitors. Pretty lonely roller rinks.

Really. That's not what happens in my game. I made a Church venue Generic and when the bridal party arrived there were all kinds of unwanted visitors.

Oh, maybe its my game then, in generic only sims walk by, never get in the lot. Havent used that trair for ages, because of that. might be different now.
rlc77
Seasoned Rookie
2 years ago
"Ellupelluellu;c-18223056" wrote:
"GalacticGal;c-18223045" wrote:
"Ellupelluellu;c-18223039" wrote:
"GalacticGal;c-18223036" wrote:
I've never placed a roller rink in my game, but my best guess would be Generic for the lot designation. Especially, if that's the only thing going on said lot.

Generic would mean no other visitors. Pretty lonely roller rinks.

Really. That's not what happens in my game. I made a Church venue Generic and when the bridal party arrived there were all kinds of unwanted visitors.

Oh, maybe its my game then, in generic only sims walk by, never get in the lot. Havent used that trair for ages, because of that. might be different now.

In my experience generic lots do not get visitors. I don't think you can have social events on generic lots either.

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