I wonder if there will be a way to keep people in the waiting room until it is their turn or if they will be wondering in and out of exam/surgery rooms? Perhaps a new way to lock doors? You can't lock them at all at current or you cannot treat the pets. I really don't want customers randomly wandering into exam rooms like they would restaurant kitchens unless you locked door for everyone but employees.I think I'll try to run a clinic out the back of my sims house. Just a small one and then as it grows it will expand.

Doors can be locked for only household + employee Sims on retail/restaurant already. This setup may pose an issue for Sims needing to enter that space for treatment though.

"Dannydanbo;c-16107402" wrote:Well, as in the trailer, if you don't have many patients, it won't be a problem. But if you advertise and suddenly you have lots more patients, add tables to handle the flow and it should be fine. I'm hoping the check-in kiosk will deal with that.Even a check-in wouldn't keep sims who are suppose to be sitting in the waiting room from deciding to walk into the exam room and talk to the people there.

If it works like GTW they won't wander around, pacients stand still waiting in the hospital. So a waiting room is technically possible, now we just need them to sit.

"Livinity;c-16107506" wrote:If it works like GTW they won't wander around, pacients stand still waiting in the hospital. So a waiting room is technically possible, now we just need them to sit.Perhaps, but the clinic format is more like restaurants from Dine Out than hospitals in GTW. I think people are still having issues with restaurants(musical chairs & such) over a year later. A big problem I had with my restaurant was people wondering all over the place(even into the kitchen) and never sitting down, before & after checking in.I hope it's more like GTW. I'd rather having them all standing in the waiting room than trying to talk to my employee who is preforming surgery in the exam room.

I'm hoping a check-in room will deal with the overpopulation of the waiting room, if the time comes to that. My biggest problem with the Dine Out GP was the "musical chairs". My Sims kept standing up, then sitting down, then standing up all over again. It was repetitive and annoying. Will the Vet Clinic be better concerning this problem? Fingers crossed that they'll have improved the waiting times, the core and interactions of the employers/employees system and the variety of actions our Sims can engage into.

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Scobren
8 years ago
Yes with GTW you can keep them there with the Freeze Ray Gun. >:)
Rai357
8 years ago
"Dannydanbo;c-16109763" wrote:
They didn't wander (with an "a") that much. Mostly, they stayed in the waiting room until it was their turn. I do remember seeing one sim come into the hall, sit, stand, look at a picture and go back to the waiting room. Not exactly a throng of sims wandering around.

Thanks for catching that. I've been making horrible spelling errors all day with this keyboard.
I don't mean a bunch as they were not that busy and the vets got to them fairly quickly so the waiting room was usually empty, but the couple that they did not get to quickly decided to leave the waiting room and explore. That does not bode well for one that is a success with lots of business.
Rai357
8 years ago
"MidnightAura;c-16109787" wrote:
"Rae357;c-16109655" wrote:
So from what I saw on the live stream it seems sims & pets will just wondering wherever, even into exam rooms when they should be in the waiting room. That is disappointing.
Also concerning is that our pets are suppose to/will get sick every few sims days. The only way to stop this and keep them healthy is to take them to the Vet or go to the Vet and buy treats to keep them healthy. So Vet or Vet or Vet. Money, Money, and Money. It seems pets might be for wealthier sims as the Vet trips looked expensive.
I really don't want vet visits and sick pets to be the focus of all my pets game play.

While I am slightly concerned about pets getting sick “every few days” I think it is realistic to a degree that vets are expensive because they are in real life. I’m a dog breeder in real life and vet bills are frequent when you consider worming/flea and other preventative measures cost to keep our dogs and cat free from nasty things. The amount we pay to the vet for our current litter for health checks, worming etc not to mention the c section our female needed is eye watering.. but necessary. So actually I’m glad that vets aren’t dirt cheap or free in the game because that’s not a reflection on real life.

It is realistic, but pets getting sick so often it will quickly rack up into an unrealistic debt. Pets getting sick so often is really unrealistic as well. I've had many many outside cats over the last sixteen years and I think we only had to take any of them to the vet twice for illness.
(Something I found rather miraculously was they never have had an flea problems. Sometimes they would come in for a day and sleep in the beds or in for a few weeks because of weather and we had no problems.)
My dogs have always been more expensive, but they are purebred and more prone to certain disorders/disease.
Rai357
8 years ago
Idea. I just realized with the new locks for cats & dogs you could have a cat only vet or a dog only vet or make a clinic with two separate sides, one for dogs and one for cats.
catloverplayer
Seasoned Ace
8 years ago
"Rae357;c-16109655" wrote:
So from what I saw on the live stream it seems sims & pets will just ~~wondering~~ wandering wherever, even into exam rooms when they should be in the waiting room. That is disappointing.
Also concerning is that our pets are suppose to/will get sick every few sims days. The only way to stop this and keep them healthy is to take them to the Vet or go to the Vet and buy treats to keep them healthy. So Vet or Vet or Vet. Money, Money, and Money. It seems pets might be for wealthier sims as the Vet trips looked expensive.
I really don't want vet visits and sick pets to be the focus of all my pets game play.

Fear not I'm sure there will be mods that will keep your pets from getting sick.
LenaDieters
8 years ago
I am still wondering, what will happen if an illness is not treated. Do pets just get better? Are they eventually being taken away? Or do they run away cause you are not helping them?
Rai357
8 years ago
"LenaDieters11;c-16110751" wrote:
I am still wondering, what will happen if an illness is not treated. Do pets just get better? Are they eventually being taken away? Or do they run away cause you are not helping them?

Logically I would think not getting your pet treated would be a kind of neglect and cause them to runaway or be taken away, but that seems unfair to force players to interact with this new Vet when they might not want to. I assume they would eventually get better, but I have no idea how long the illnesses are suppose to last and it looks like the illness greatly effect how your pet looks/behaves(much unlike sim illnesses). I hope we can buy medicines for pets via the computer, but I think you have to use the vending machine at the vet.
Cynna1065
8 years ago
The regularity of pet illness is an issue for me.
Cinebar
8 years ago
I don't think pets and Sims will be wandering through your exam rooms. It is probably handled more like GTW where they all line up at the hospital and hopefully they decide to sit down this time. Or worse, play musical chairs while they wait and yak to each other. (Meaning I think they know how to code a Sim to be waiting like in GTW rather than socializing). Look at Spa Day venue they don't wander around but do their thing.
Rai357
8 years ago
"Cinebar;c-16111526" wrote:
I don't think pets and Sims will be wandering through your exam rooms. It is probably handled more like GTW where they all line up at the hospital and hopefully they decide to sit down this time. Or worse, play musical chairs while they wait and yak to each other. (Meaning I think they know how to code a Sim to be waiting like in GTW rather than socializing). Look at Spa Day venue they don't wander around but do their thing.

The clinic was not very busy and the vets got to the customers very quickly, but the couple that they didn't get to right away start to wander. One even went into an exam to talk to the vet. That does not bode well for very busy and successful vets.