I'm stoked to build some makeshift apartment with the roommate system. Just add a bunch of beds, get some roommates, set the ownership for their computers and beds, and lock their doors! And they'll even pay rent! You can even add the trash chute and elevator now! Not exactly like the Sims 2 Apartment Life, but better than City Living Apartments. Anyone else excited for this? What are your plans? Retirement homes, boarding schools? It seems like there are a lot of opportunities with this new system.

"bixters;d-968771" wrote:I'm stoked to build some makeshift apartment with the roommate system. Just add a bunch of beds, get some roommates, set the ownership for their computers and beds, and lock their doors! And they'll even pay rent! You can even add the trash chute and elevator now! Not exactly like the Sims 2 Apartment Life, but better than City Living Apartments. Anyone else excited for this? What are your plans? Retirement homes, boarding schools? It seems like there are a lot of opportunities with this new system. Elevators are still locked to penthouses unless a guru said otherwise?

I have CC elevators if that’s the case, but I’m super excited as well ?

The roommate system is going to be a huge game play feature. I just build a basement apartment with a side entrance in my sims family home. I plan on renting it out to a few roommates while the kids go to university.

"AquaGamer1212;c-17310657" wrote:Elevators are still locked to penthouses unless a guru said otherwise? I saw one in the build/ buy catalogue for University on Origin, I hope it's not tied to dorms :/

Me too!! That's a real game changer right there. Quite simple feature that brings a refreshing life to the game. I'm so excited for roommates.I'm buying DU anyways, but I was actually surprised rommates weren't included in todays update.

Excited to build "Apartments" with roommate system

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AquaGamer1212
Seasoned Ace
7 years ago
"bixters;d-968771" wrote:
I'm stoked to build some makeshift apartment with the roommate system. Just add a bunch of beds, get some roommates, set the ownership for their computers and beds, and lock their doors! And they'll even pay rent! You can even add the trash chute and elevator now! Not exactly like the Sims 2 Apartment Life, but better than City Living Apartments. Anyone else excited for this? What are your plans? Retirement homes, boarding schools? It seems like there are a lot of opportunities with this new system.

Elevators are still locked to penthouses unless a guru said otherwise?
AquaGamer1212
Seasoned Ace
7 years ago
I have CC elevators if that’s the case, but I’m super excited as well ?
Cheekybits
7 years ago
The roommate system is going to be a huge game play feature. I just build a basement apartment with a side entrance in my sims family home. I plan on renting it out to a few roommates while the kids go to university.
fjb792
7 years ago
"AquaGamer1212;c-17310657" wrote:

Elevators are still locked to penthouses unless a guru said otherwise?

I saw one in the build/ buy catalogue for University on Origin, I hope it's not tied to dorms :/
WallSims4ever
7 years ago
Me too!! That's a real game changer right there. Quite simple feature that brings a refreshing life to the game. I'm so excited for roommates.

I'm buying DU anyways, but I was actually surprised rommates weren't included in todays update.
MoonfoxNightcry
7 years ago
I’ve built a small “neighbourhood” (or gated community) on a 64 x 64 lot. Each roommate gets assigned a bed within one smaller house, the door locked for them. My main sim finally gets to see her neighbours walking around, using the items and gardens I put between houses, and going to work and coming home. I’m so excited for it.
CaptainMe120
7 years ago
Those townie houses some players create based on San Francisco have purpose ?? I just hope they use them correctly, saw a roommate in Deligracy’s roommate video standing outside the home because he had forgotten his key or didn’t receive one.
AquaGamer1212
Seasoned Ace
7 years ago
"bixters;c-17310721" wrote:
"AquaGamer1212;c-17310657" wrote:

Elevators are still locked to penthouses unless a guru said otherwise?

I saw one in the build/ buy catalogue for University on Origin, I hope it's not tied to dorms :/

There is no dorms lot. It’s just university housing on top of a penthouse lot.
AquaGamer1212
Seasoned Ace
7 years ago
"dearie_blossom;c-17311345" wrote:
Roommates is the only thing I like about DU. They are always young adults or older though, right? I can‘t wait for modders to open it up for children and teens and building a boarding school and living my childhood Zoey 101 fantasy. I think roommates will be a gamechanger for me like clubs in Get Together.

In the meantime I’m just gonna put all the teens together in a house with a headmaster and call it a day ?? Also someone made a thread about this! Great minds think alike.
AquaGamer1212
Seasoned Ace
7 years ago
"calaprfy;c-17311911" wrote:
So what's the difference between roommates and leaving sims that live with your main sim on full autonomy?

Roommates are NPCs that you can’t control, they aren’t apart of tour household.