Is it possible to go into build mode in the Secret Lab?

I agree, its just wasted space. I hope they can change that and at least, let us edit some of the space which would allow for some random Sims to pass through as well.

I can understand them not wanting the lab edited in the initial state, but once the 'mystery' has been solved the place should be fair game. Strangerville is gravely lacking in available lots, so even one more to work with would be a great help. As it stands, unless you want to solve the 'mother' bit, the village is useless.

As @Oldeseadogge stated, once mystery is solved and story line completed, the lab should remain static. after its done it should be unlocked motherplant-less(unless shes kept alive and friendly but useless). Id love to transfer all my scientists to the Secret Lab as a workplace, but EA and gurus don't care about other players ideas or opinions, heck they hardly care for any other gurus ideas...just their own.

Isn’t the issue partially that you could repeat the mystery multiple times in the same save if you wanted to?

At least we have his mod now! That guy's a genius and first class bacon-saver!

"gettps;c-16985728" wrote:

"Dianesims;c-16985112" wrote:
Can't you do that if you say after work ?

"gettps;c-16984954" wrote:
I know, I REALLY want to modify the Get-Famous movie lots.

Problem with the movie lot is there is actually dozens of them. With every new acting gig set and fame level, there's a different lot. Every time you go there, the lot is wiped and re-loaded with a new one. That's how they change the lots with new sets each time. Have an acting gig in the medieval set? the lot is wiped and loaded with the medieval lot. Have one in the captain sigma set? the lot is wiped and re-loaded with that set.

Any changes you make to the lot get wiped out when a new set is loaded. Bummer huh?

Actually, that's pretty much how it is on a real sound stage. One week it's got the office of an evil overlord, and the next week you're looking at a cabin in the woods. These sound stages are okay, but the corners should be darker. And there should be catwalks overhead.

"Kain_Drakan;c-17150586" wrote:
Oh, I forgot... are those chemical analyzers from the secret lab available in build mode to use on any other lot? I did the bb.showhiddenobjects and for the life of me I still can find it.

The chemical analyzers are rewards for the scientist career.

"gettps;c-16989305" wrote:

"Hejix;c-16989014" wrote:
I want to use the lab for Strangerville scientists... How did you do that?

Do you mean the secret lab or the science lab?

The secret lab, I don't think you can. The entire lot is restricted, even from bb.enablefreebuild.

The science lab, you can assign specific NPCs to the science career and they MIGHT show up to the lab, but not all scientists. I've assigned a few NPCs to the science lab, but they don't always show up. There's 6 total job slots(including you). Out of the 5 remaining, only three show up at a time, but the game decides which three. If you have less than 5 assigned the career, the game will just pick more until all 5 slots are filled.

I might have the numbers wrong. It might be 6/4 instead of 5/3. Forget off-hand.

To assign someone to the science career, you'll have to remove someone else first.

Click on the sim you want to remove (they have to be actively played)
careers.remove_career career_adult_active_scientist

Supposedly you can also do it like this:
sims.get_sim_id_by_name Bella Goth

careers.remove_career career_adult_active_scientist xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

But that method, using the simID is EXTREMELY flaky and almost never works. It's much easier to just play as the NPC, and use the first method.

To assign the career, make the sim you want in the career active, then:
careers.add_career career_adult_active_scientist

I used that method to add Bella Goth, Lily Feng, and several others so I'd have them on the science lab lot.

But remember, the science lab lot and career are severely broken anyway.

It is mostly fixed now. I have been playing the Science career all week. Some of the plants are slow to regenerate - and sometimes it takes several tries to do some jobs - but they will do eventually.

The cloning machine gives me a a headache a lot - it takes several tries to get it to clone right and does waste a lot of time. Then it gives me trouble picking up the items at time - but it will work eventually.

The only thing I have had no success at is getting plants on Sixam to grow. My Sim just got there a couple days ago - so I am hoping it straightens out too.

"Kain_Drakan;c-17150581" wrote:
It is a pain, can't create a rose perfume serum to save my life because of the plants being messed up. I had to get my scientist sim to his house, use the cheat to show hidden objects and place a rose and a rose perfume serum via build mode. Then I cloned them a few times and voila. I'm sure there are easier ways, but this is the one I could think of. The devs need to concentrate on fixing these bugs before even thinking on starting another extension or pack, it's just annoying. And don't get me started on vampires not being able to use dark meditation... ugh!

I had my sim plant a rose bush at the science lab and have no issue making it.

I came here hoping for answers, cheats or workarounds and am met with serious disappointment.... We seriously can't even edit the secret lab with cheats?!?!

I've played thru that story in three saves, one just to make it stop (them doing the zombie walk, etc). I was REALLY hoping to turn the one in my "Alt Universe" save into a very wealthy aliens home, and an "abandoned gov facility hangout/club" in another save. Buuuut, it's just a huge dead lot instead, huh? ?