Your Help With Fixing My Bank Setup Issues
So, I made a bank and it turned out pretty good, but there are a few things I want to improve, and I need your helpful suggestions to make it better.
So, I made teller stations and put a TV next to the lamp, using the bracket cheat to make it really small. There's a half wall that hides the TV from the other side where the customers are. The problem is that my teller is viewing the TV from farther back, so he's not standing right up at the counter like I thought he would. Any suggestions to get him to stand where I want him to?
https://simchick.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/gbankprob_teller.png?w=584
https://simchick.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/gbankprob_tellerback.png?w=584
Next problem: I made awesome lines with ropes for my bank customers to line up in to get to the teller window. I placed a TV on the floor, kind of half hidden in the wall, again making it really small. The sims were watching the TV, but from really far away. I couldn't get them to go up through the line. (The woman in green and brown is watching tv but without going through the ropes.) Any suggestions for getting them to move up to the front of the line?
https://simchick.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/gbankprob_toofar.png?w=584
It's somewhat working because all the sims gathered near the TVs; I just need them to move up a little now.
https://simchick.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/gbankprob_gathered.png?w=584
For my loan officer desks, I have 2 gates, one that's not locked for the customers to go through, and one where only my bank club members/employees can go through. The thought is I want to keep the customers out of the employee chair. I downloaded an invisible fence from Bakie on MTS, but either it's not working or I'm not using it correctly. I tried putting these little bricks down, but the sims just walk over them. Then I tried putting ropes up, but I don't like the way they look. Any suggestions for other invisible fence mods or for objects I can place here that look like they fit in with the bank environment?
https://simchick.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/gbankprob_loandesk1.png?w=584
https://simchick.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/gbankprob_loandesk2.png?w=584
Same problem with the bank manager. I set up his desk with a journal for him to write on, but he picked it up and moved to another chair where there was no desk. (Idiot sims.) So, I want to set up some sort of barrier between his desk chair and the other chairs in front of his desk. Again, an invisible fence would be awesome.
https://simchick.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/gbank_mgr1.png?w=584
I was only able to get him to use it properly by putting the journal back on the desk, telling him to sit first, and then having him write in the journal. Sometimes I'll be coming in with customer sims, though, and not controlling him, so I want him to do it the correct way on his own.
https://simchick.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/gbank_mgr2.png?w=584
I think I already figured out the problem with the last thing. I have part of my second floor open to the first floor in order to create a higher ceiling, but it wasn't showing in my screenshot. I think I just need to arrow up to the second floor to get the whole thing to show (right?), but I'm not in my game right now, so I'm not sure. I was like where's my ceiling?? Haha.
https://simchick.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/gbankprob_ceiling.png?w=584
And just so it's not all negative, here are a couple of things that went according to plan. I was able to get my clerk to use the victorian DECO typewriter by using the move objects cheat to place it over a 70s-style functional typewriter/computer replacement. It really looks like he's using it! If you want these typewriters, the 70s functional one is from Esmeralda at MTS here: http://modthesims.info/d/557259/vintage-typewriter.html, and the victorian deco one is from ShinoKCR at TSR here: https://www.thesimsresource.com/downloads/details/category/sims4-objects-furnishing-decor-clutter/title/art-nouveau--typewriter/id/1367946/.
https://simchick.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/gbank_typing.png?w=584
I was also really happy with the way the exterior came out. (The stagecoach is from SG5150: https://sg5150.tumblr.com/post/169975208679/sg5150-maryata-stagecoach-and-horse-maryata-design.)
https://simchick.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/gbank_exterior.png?w=584
BTW, if you're wanting to do something like this, I made this a lounge and placed all the required lounge items in a basement with no stairs so that it's inaccessible, then I made a club for my bank workers and made the bank their club hangout. I used door locks to lock the customers out of areas where I only want the club members/workers to go. I didn't want to set it up as a business because the sims aren't actually buying anything.
So, to recap, I just need suggestions for sims to stand where I want them to, and for ways to block off certain sections without it looking weird, like preferably with something invisible, or if not, with something that looks right in the bank environment. Thanks, you guys.
So, I made teller stations and put a TV next to the lamp, using the bracket cheat to make it really small. There's a half wall that hides the TV from the other side where the customers are. The problem is that my teller is viewing the TV from farther back, so he's not standing right up at the counter like I thought he would. Any suggestions to get him to stand where I want him to?
https://simchick.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/gbankprob_teller.png?w=584
https://simchick.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/gbankprob_tellerback.png?w=584
Next problem: I made awesome lines with ropes for my bank customers to line up in to get to the teller window. I placed a TV on the floor, kind of half hidden in the wall, again making it really small. The sims were watching the TV, but from really far away. I couldn't get them to go up through the line. (The woman in green and brown is watching tv but without going through the ropes.) Any suggestions for getting them to move up to the front of the line?
https://simchick.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/gbankprob_toofar.png?w=584
It's somewhat working because all the sims gathered near the TVs; I just need them to move up a little now.
https://simchick.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/gbankprob_gathered.png?w=584
For my loan officer desks, I have 2 gates, one that's not locked for the customers to go through, and one where only my bank club members/employees can go through. The thought is I want to keep the customers out of the employee chair. I downloaded an invisible fence from Bakie on MTS, but either it's not working or I'm not using it correctly. I tried putting these little bricks down, but the sims just walk over them. Then I tried putting ropes up, but I don't like the way they look. Any suggestions for other invisible fence mods or for objects I can place here that look like they fit in with the bank environment?
https://simchick.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/gbankprob_loandesk1.png?w=584
https://simchick.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/gbankprob_loandesk2.png?w=584
Same problem with the bank manager. I set up his desk with a journal for him to write on, but he picked it up and moved to another chair where there was no desk. (Idiot sims.) So, I want to set up some sort of barrier between his desk chair and the other chairs in front of his desk. Again, an invisible fence would be awesome.
https://simchick.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/gbank_mgr1.png?w=584
I was only able to get him to use it properly by putting the journal back on the desk, telling him to sit first, and then having him write in the journal. Sometimes I'll be coming in with customer sims, though, and not controlling him, so I want him to do it the correct way on his own.
https://simchick.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/gbank_mgr2.png?w=584
I think I already figured out the problem with the last thing. I have part of my second floor open to the first floor in order to create a higher ceiling, but it wasn't showing in my screenshot. I think I just need to arrow up to the second floor to get the whole thing to show (right?), but I'm not in my game right now, so I'm not sure. I was like where's my ceiling?? Haha.
https://simchick.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/gbankprob_ceiling.png?w=584
And just so it's not all negative, here are a couple of things that went according to plan. I was able to get my clerk to use the victorian DECO typewriter by using the move objects cheat to place it over a 70s-style functional typewriter/computer replacement. It really looks like he's using it! If you want these typewriters, the 70s functional one is from Esmeralda at MTS here: http://modthesims.info/d/557259/vintage-typewriter.html, and the victorian deco one is from ShinoKCR at TSR here: https://www.thesimsresource.com/downloads/details/category/sims4-objects-furnishing-decor-clutter/title/art-nouveau--typewriter/id/1367946/.
https://simchick.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/gbank_typing.png?w=584
I was also really happy with the way the exterior came out. (The stagecoach is from SG5150: https://sg5150.tumblr.com/post/169975208679/sg5150-maryata-stagecoach-and-horse-maryata-design.)
https://simchick.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/gbank_exterior.png?w=584
BTW, if you're wanting to do something like this, I made this a lounge and placed all the required lounge items in a basement with no stairs so that it's inaccessible, then I made a club for my bank workers and made the bank their club hangout. I used door locks to lock the customers out of areas where I only want the club members/workers to go. I didn't want to set it up as a business because the sims aren't actually buying anything.
So, to recap, I just need suggestions for sims to stand where I want them to, and for ways to block off certain sections without it looking weird, like preferably with something invisible, or if not, with something that looks right in the bank environment. Thanks, you guys.
