Renting a ranch?
I don’t have Horse Ranch but I’m thinking if I were to get it, one of the things I would want to do is rent a ranch for my urban sims to have the cowboy experience. Is it possible to do this and have a horse on the lot?
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- @mightysprite I meant Residential Rental
Someone on another thread said that you can own horses, ( if the owner allows pets ), but they will only show up if the family you are playing owns them. - @SheriSim57 Oh that's interesting. Maybe it was a change since release?
Has anyone tried to put horses on residential rentals? (I don't have the pack so can't test) "mightysprite;c-18347206" wrote:
@SheriSim57 Oh that's interesting. Maybe it was a change since release?
Has anyone tried to put horses on residential rentals? (I don't have the pack so can't test)
I gave up on residential rentals till they fix lots.- I made one of the lots in chestnut ridge a residential rental and 3 of the families I moved in there have horses. You don't see the horse unless you are playing the family it belongs to, or unless you visit a family that has a horse. I also have a cow, chickens and sheep in the shared spaces with no issue. Let me add, I did this immediately upon the pack release, so it wasn't something they just added recently.
"Sara1010P;c-18347481" wrote:
I made one of the lots in chestnut ridge a residential rental and 3 of the families I moved in there have horses. You don't see the horse unless you are playing the family it belongs to, or unless you visit a family that has a horse. I also have a cow, chickens and sheep in the shared spaces with no issue. Let me add, I did this immediately upon the pack release, so it wasn't something they just added recently.
Do the chickens, cow and sheep show up for everyone?- Ok great @Sara1010P glad to know you can do that!
Maybe I have it confused with something that was put in to prevent horses from being moved into San Myshuno and Evergreen Harbor apartments. Sounds like it works fine in For Rent apts. "SheriSim57;c-18347483" wrote:
"Sara1010P;c-18347481" wrote:
I made one of the lots in chestnut ridge a residential rental and 3 of the families I moved in there have horses. You don't see the horse unless you are playing the family it belongs to, or unless you visit a family that has a horse. I also have a cow, chickens and sheep in the shared spaces with no issue. Let me add, I did this immediately upon the pack release, so it wasn't something they just added recently.
Do the chickens, cow and sheep show up for everyone?
yes, they do.Rental units can be multi - story. You can have a house or apartment on the top floor and the stable could be on the bottom floor, however, both rooms would count as being part of the same unit.
I know and realize many players either don't or can't have mods, but I solved my problem ages ago. I first had my Sims' two brothers who bought a house together keep Erik's two horses for him. His household was already maxed about before Horse Ranch was even announced, let alone released. Which kid was I to part with?
At any rate, having Joey and Aaron care for them was a temporary solution until I decided to have Erik move his family to Chestnut Ridge. This came out of a slight plot twist the game handed me. So, I moved Erik to the new place, and he brought his horses with him. I used MCCC to increase the size of the household, then I moved the rest of his family to the new place.
Yes, it's a pain in the assets to be unable to take them into cas.fulleditmode at will, without losing the number of Sims/horses over 8, but I learned a work-around for that, too. I just sent him to his brothers' house, had them ask him to join their family, take him into cas,fulleditmode, and in this case remove the unsightly muscle bulk from his relentless workouts.
I also must add that I, too, hoped that was a solution for my problem. I really, really, really wanted horses for a long time. I had hoped they wouldn't take up a valuable space in the household, but alas, they do, just as in Sims 3. I really hated that -- having to decide, horse or baby. But there wasn't anything set up for renting even so much as a stable. Most people I'm aware of didn't live on a ranch, but had a horse, so they stabled it elsewhere. It still required they go and see to the horses needs, but that would be okay with me.
We can only hope a modder will come up with something to fix this flaw.
