During the livestream questions were asked regarding how exactly does the active acting career lot work in regards to building your own. IE does it work like hospitals, police stations, and laboratories in GTW. They kept saying they would touch on it later but I don't feel like they ever really showed it off or even fully explained the answer. The most that was said is something along the lines of "you can edit the set but the changes won't save after you leave the lot". Which makes sense obviously you don't want a pirate ship set to still be there if you are working on a sci-fi film, but how does this work in relation the entire lot? The guru's have stated that different things change on the lot depending on your gig and career level. Better eating areas, rugs, etc. Does this mean if we build the whole lot from the ground up it resets to a different lot when we come back? Does it mean that only the sets themselves are the only thing that changes? Do I have to go into my library and replace the lot every time I go to work? I'd just like some clarification on how this system works.

"AquaGamer1212;c-16799986" wrote:That would probably break everything. They said the set resets to whatever job your sim is there to do once you leave. If the set doesn’t match the job it will probably lead to some problems. Why would that break everything? Of course it will reset after you leave, but I don't recall them saying you couldn't edit it at the beginning of the day. As long as you have stage marks on the floor for your sims to interact with they'd be able to complete the job for the day.The sims don't seem to recognise what props or objects are on the set while they are doing their scenes. They certainly don't react to the backdrop or the falling FX.

"bizuktag;c-16799994" wrote:"AquaGamer1212;c-16799986" wrote:That would probably break everything. They said the set resets to whatever job your sim is there to do once you leave. If the set doesn’t match the job it will probably lead to some problems. Why would that break everything? Of course it will reset after you leave, but I don't recall them saying you couldn't edit it at the beginning of the day. As long as you have stage marks on the floor for your sims to interact with they'd be able to complete the job for the day.The sims don't seem to recognise what props or objects are on the set while they are doing their scenes. They certainly don't react to the backdrop or the falling FX.Unless you put the proper foot markings down, they won't be able to complete their requests. Kiss, fight, shout, etc. If you put hug, flirt, duel, they won't complete the requirements. So what's the point of changing it? Unless you don't like the layout....

Is anyone actually questioning why people would change or customize things in The Sims of all games? A game built around customization?Clearly people are interested in changing the studio and sets, as evidenced by the fact it was brought up by multiple people in the live stream and again by OP in this thread. I can think of a million things someone might want to do to alter the film studio to match their story, the way people build or alter any other venue in the game...Anyway, @phantom121294, we're all guessing at answers. I assume that the entire lot will reset when you leave, so although you could probably build an entire studio lot from scratch you would likely have to bulldoze and re-place it each time you visit and risk not laying down the appropriate marks for your day. I can't think of a reason why you couldn't change the scenery on the 'stage' before you perform the acting job, but that's probably it. Of course, it may be that you can't even change the background props, but I can't think of a good reason why not.

I don’t think this has been mentioned yet, but you can place the set pieces and the indicator x’s on residential lots and the x’s will have all the acting options on them instead of one like in the acting career. It looked like all the set peices, greenscreens, special effects and x marks are fully functional off the studio lot. This is great for creating machinimas on your own outside of the acting/studio lot. Not sure if this works on other lots other than residential lots as that is were they showed these options off in the live stream. Hope this helps!Edited to add: Luthienrising’s announcement thread has a pic of the acting x off the studio with all the acting options on page 6 if u wanna check it out. I’m on mobile so not sure how to link the specific comment but that whole thread has lots of good info!

From what I understand you can set up the set and effects however you like (not sure about rest of studio) as long as you keep the active (highlighted) marks and props - these are needed to do all the acting actions and get maximum points and likely reset if you delete or replace them.ETA: They are likely going to cover this more in the final stream (World & Build Assets)

How exactly does player made film studio lots work?

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VentusMatt
7 years ago
I remember them saying that depending on if the shoot is low end or high end the set up will change. Different food, furnishing, number of crew member (I think) and I'm not sure if it is two separate lots for them or if it's 1 lot but multiple set ups. I think it's the latter meaning that if you changed the lot it would be overwritten because just like how the set changes for different shoots so does the set up.

Edit: It's suppose to give the illusion of working in different studios.
Writin_Reg
7 years ago
I believe they said you can choose to stay on the lot and play around with it after your audition is over and everyone has left - not before they do the audition. The set will go back to the way it is supposed to be once your sim leaves so your own design will never be used from the way they showed it.
MichaelUKingdon
7 years ago
The way the festivals appear and disappear, the ways seasons food outlets, skating appear and disappear, I expect part of the film sets to be simulor to those.

like how the active careers in get to work are like the acting career
Jilly3ean
7 years ago
I don’t think this has been mentioned yet, but you can place the set pieces and the indicator x’s on residential lots and the x’s will have all the acting options on them instead of one like in the acting career. It looked like all the set peices, greenscreens, special effects and x marks are fully functional off the studio lot. This is great for creating machinimas on your own outside of the acting/studio lot. Not sure if this works on other lots other than residential lots as that is were they showed these options off in the live stream. Hope this helps!

Edited to add: Luthienrising’s announcement thread has a pic of the acting x off the studio with all the acting options on page 6 if u wanna check it out. I’m on mobile so not sure how to link the specific comment but that whole thread has lots of good info!
fjb792
7 years ago
This would have been a golden opportunity to have a director career and let you design your own sets... :|
EmmaVane
Seasoned Ace
7 years ago
From what I understand you can set up the set and effects however you like (not sure about rest of studio) as long as you keep the active (highlighted) marks and props - these are needed to do all the acting actions and get maximum points and likely reset if you delete or replace them.

ETA: They are likely going to cover this more in the final stream (World & Build Assets)

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