Apartment Life Borkiness, or how i ended the world in 1 hour.
Faizah:
Because you don't have to buy the apartment. A house is much more expensive in the short term, but cheaper in the long term. (Especially over several generations.) Everyone gets bills, homeowners and renters, everyone has to keep the power on and water running, but renters also have to pay rent. That's kind of the whole point.
jsalemi:
Right -- if you do the math, it would take 10 sim weeks for an apartment to cost the same as the initial outlay for the average house. Since the adult stage doesn't last 70 sim days, the apartment works out cheaper in the long run. Of course, the cheaper cost does come with the disadvantage of not being able to change or expand the amount of space you have, making houses better for multi-generation and constantly expanding families.
SharonSims:
Well, I didnt got any monsterus bugs... but the whole expansion pack is lame! I mean, the concept is good, but the gameplay sucks! dissapering poor toy dogs, grand witches spam on community lots, extremely useless Belladonna cove, if it really was their last expansion, they should have paid more attention to it! those darn bi**hes from EAxis!
leaths:
Quote from: Roux on 2008 September 19, 16:47:27
I recall from some L&P that the alleyway neighborhood decorations are intended to impact the rent cost in nearby apartment lots. Trashy ones would lower rent, while fancy brick ones raise it. However, I've not tested it. Has anyone here played around with this yet?
I haven't noticed it changing the rent, but it will change the lot class.
I'll check out those links Mootilda posted too.
Mootilda:
Quote from: leaths on 2008 September 20, 15:49:21
I haven't noticed [alleyway neighborhood decorations] changing the rent, but it will change the lot class.
My understanding is that the lot class does affect the rental price, so the effect would be indirect. I also believe that the effect of the surrounding community on price may only occur when the rental rates are set... this might be when the lot is changed to an apartment, or it may be when a sim moves onto the lot. In any case, changing the surrounding community after an apartment is occupied may have no effect on existing rental rates.
There seems to be a bug with the changeLotClassification cheat, though. The new value (low/middle/high) doesn't actually "stick" to the lot. We're looking into it here:
http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?p=2025348#post2025348
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