I have seen a few redesigns of the magical headquarters by now and I am willing to give it a try myself. When the first info about the pack was released in tweets, the guru's mentioned that we can only edit this lot with a cheat because it contains coding for the sages. My question is : do we know what is coded into this lot that we need. Can I redesign everything I want or are there certain areas I should keep? How far can we go in changing the layout of the rooms without affecting the programming needed for the gameplay? Have the guru's shared any details on this issue?

I don't know about the coding, but the cheat for building is bb.enablefreebuild.

"Atreya33;c-17255238" wrote:"Kita5399;c-17255096" wrote:"SimQueenie9;c-17255053" wrote:"telemwill;c-17255051" wrote:I don't know about the coding, but the cheat for building is bb.enablefreebuild.And you enter that in Manage Worlds? No, you enter that while on the lot. The coding is just to keep the sages in their chosen rooms/areas, if you edit it too much it will just cause them to wander around more. Any idea what area is for each sage? There are three distinctive looking cauldrons. Morgyn's is the one in the grassy area. Simeon's is the one on the main floor. L.Faba's is the one in the basement. Actually I haven't changed mine except to add some things from build and buy, but the Sages still walk around quite a bit. They will eventually go back to their own area to check on things, but they don't stay there.

OK. Then I will keep the layout around those cauldrons and just see what happens. And if all that happens are wandering sages then I can live with it.

BTW, there is now a mod to keep the sages attracted to their own area. https://lotharihoe.tumblr.com/post/187842072413/magic-sage-attractors-download-carpets-sfs

"telemwill;c-17265236" wrote:BTW, there is now a mod to keep the sages attracted to their own area. https://lotharihoe.tumblr.com/post/187842072413/magic-sage-attractors-download-carpets-sfsI am trying to keep mods to a minimum but thanks for telling us about this mod. It is amazingto see what is possible with mods.

Question about redesigning the magical headquarters

telemwill
Seasoned Ace
6 years ago
I don't know about the coding, but the cheat for building is bb.enablefreebuild.
telemwill
Seasoned Ace
6 years ago
"Atreya33;c-17255238" wrote:
"Kita5399;c-17255096" wrote:
"SimQueenie9;c-17255053" wrote:
"telemwill;c-17255051" wrote:
I don't know about the coding, but the cheat for building is bb.enablefreebuild.

And you enter that in Manage Worlds?

No, you enter that while on the lot. The coding is just to keep the sages in their chosen rooms/areas, if you edit it too much it will just cause them to wander around more.

Any idea what area is for each sage?

There are three distinctive looking cauldrons. Morgyn's is the one in the grassy area. Simeon's is the one on the main floor. L.Faba's is the one in the basement.

Actually I haven't changed mine except to add some things from build and buy, but the Sages still walk around quite a bit. They will eventually go back to their own area to check on things, but they don't stay there.
atreya33
Seasoned Ace
6 years ago
OK. Then I will keep the layout around those cauldrons and just see what happens. And if all that happens are wandering sages then I can live with it.
telemwill
Seasoned Ace
6 years ago

BTW, there is now a mod to keep the sages attracted to their own area. https://lotharihoe.tumblr.com/post/187842072413/magic-sage-attractors-download-carpets-sfs
atreya33
Seasoned Ace
6 years ago
"telemwill;c-17265236" wrote:

BTW, there is now a mod to keep the sages attracted to their own area. https://lotharihoe.tumblr.com/post/187842072413/magic-sage-attractors-download-carpets-sfs

I am trying to keep mods to a minimum but thanks for telling us about this mod. It is amazingto see what is possible with mods.
faktririjekt
6 years ago
Also, what's the cheat to edit it?
faktririjekt
6 years ago
"telemwill;c-17255051" wrote:
I don't know about the coding, but the cheat for building is bb.enablefreebuild.

And you enter that in Manage Worlds?
Kita5399
New Spectator
6 years ago
"SimQueenie9;c-17255053" wrote:
"telemwill;c-17255051" wrote:
I don't know about the coding, but the cheat for building is bb.enablefreebuild.

And you enter that in Manage Worlds?

No, you enter that while on the lot. The coding is just to keep the sages in their chosen rooms/areas, if you edit it too much it will just cause them to wander around more.
faktririjekt
6 years ago
"Kita5399;c-17255096" wrote:
"SimQueenie9;c-17255053" wrote:
"telemwill;c-17255051" wrote:
I don't know about the coding, but the cheat for building is bb.enablefreebuild.

And you enter that in Manage Worlds?

No, you enter that while on the lot. The coding is just to keep the sages in their chosen rooms/areas, if you edit it too much it will just cause them to wander around more.

So you can bulldoze the whole thing and start from scratch?
Kita5399
New Spectator
6 years ago
"SimQueenie9;c-17255101" wrote:
"Kita5399;c-17255096" wrote:
"SimQueenie9;c-17255053" wrote:
"telemwill;c-17255051" wrote:
I don't know about the coding, but the cheat for building is bb.enablefreebuild.

And you enter that in Manage Worlds?

No, you enter that while on the lot. The coding is just to keep the sages in their chosen rooms/areas, if you edit it too much it will just cause them to wander around more.

So you can bulldoze the whole thing and start from scratch?

I haven’t tried it personally, but as far as I know yes.. there was another thread where someone replaced it with a gallery build, and reported it working fine.. It’s advised to backup your save just in case.