The hidden lots in BV
Gwill:
Is there an easy way to extract these lots for placement in a completely clean custom made vacation neigbourhood?
jsalemi:
If you unhide them, you can probably package them and then move the copy to the lot bin. I did that with some Bluewater lots I wanted to put in a custom business hood.
BambuLimey:
Quote from: Gwill on 2007 September 28, 18:09:33
Is there an easy way to extract these lots for placement in a completely clean custom made vacation neigbourhood?
C:\Program Files\EA Games\The Sims 2 Bon Voyage\TSData\Res\NeighbourhoodTemplates\A001\Lots\A001_Lot70.package (Asia)
C:\Program Files\EA Games\The Sims 2 Bon Voyage\TSData\Res\NeighbourhoodTemplates\M001\Lots\M001_Lot30.package (Mountain)
C:\Program Files\EA Games\The Sims 2 Bon Voyage\TSData\Res\NeighbourhoodTemplates\T001\Lots\T001_Lot2.package (Island)
Copy (NOT Move, or Cut) these 3 files to:
C:\My Documents\EA Games\The Sims2\LotCatalog\
Now, look at all the other files in that Lot Catalog directory. See how they are all numbered cx_00000nnn.package, where nnn starts at 0 and increases sequentially?
Rename the 3 files that you have copied to the next 3 numbers in the sequence
Example, my lot catalog went up to cx_00000251.package
so I renamed the three files to
cx_00000252.package, cx_00000253.package and cx_00000254.package.
YOUR NUMBERS WILL BE DIFFERENT - it's the next 3 sequential numbers from your highest numbered file, that you need to rename to.
Start your game. The lots will be in your Lot Catalog. Only place them in custom vacation subhoods.
Gwill:
Thank you, will try that as soon as I get home. :D
Sleepycat:
theres a tutorial story on the exchange about how to make your own secret vacation lots. I copied it to save it in a text file. heres what it said
how to make your own vacation secret lots
While you are in the neighborhood you want to add your own vacation destination to, click on the "Create a Vacation Destination" button up in the top left hand corner. Where it says Create a Vacation, go to the bottom - circled in red - and pick the the type of template you want for a Vacation Destination. You can choose The Islands, The Mountains or The Far East. Now just remember which destination you are going to work in, because this will determine what type of Secret Lot you are going to be building.
Set up your Vacation Neighborhood the way you want it. Add some decorations like trees and rocks that match the type of destination you picked. Don't forget the waves along the coastline if you are working on an Island.
Now pick a spot you would like to put your Secret Lot in. Any place in the neighborhood is fine.
Just use a small lot template. These lots do not have to be that big. Make sure you make the lot a "Commercial lot" at first. You might want to have the phone out front.
This one here I made was for the Islands. It's a Mysterious Hut where the Witch Doctor lives. When you are all finished building and hiding your lot, the game will automatically spawn the right Secret Lot NPC when your Sims finds the right map and goes to visit the lot.
Make sure that in the Island Vacation Destination you put in appliances so your Sim can help out and repair them. This one here only had a microwave.
The Far East needs a Tea Table so your Sim can serve tea to the Wise Old Man.
The Mountain Destination will need some type of radio so they will be able to Slap Dance with Bigfoot. Add in what ever else you like. As my friend Polly mentioned, "Bigfoot's lot could use a bathroom". Might be a good idea to add these to any of the Secret Lots you make yourself. Your Sims might need to spend a long time on the lot before they get what they came after.
Now, go back through the lot and make sure everything is there that you need. Once you do the next few steps, thats it, you will not find your lot again and can not get back in to change things.
Now we are ready to hide the lot. Bring up the cheat window by pressing Control, Shift, C. Type in the cheat box changelotzoning secretvacationlot just like that. You'll know when the cheat worked because 1. You will not get an error message and 2. The option to save will now be grayed out.
Exit to the Neighborhood view - "Oh NO! The lot is still there".
Don't worry. Just move the lot into the Lots and House Bin, now go and move it back to where you had it.
Poof! It's gone, never to be found by you again. All you need to do now is get one of your Sims to find the map.
( I would delete the copy that gets saved in the bin now. You really can't have 2 Secret Lots in the same Neighborhood)
Have fun making your own Vacation Destinations. Now they can all have Secret Lots custom made by you.
A special thanks to Polly and Andy for Wondering how this would work. They gave me the idea to test it out. ~dlgo1012
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