Building Custom Clubs and Bars

[ik]

I am looking for information on building custom bars and nightclubs. Has anyone of you done any research on the subject yet?

• What different kinds of community lots are there that are bars or clubs?
• How do you set the opening hours of each bar/club? Does this depend on the community lot type?
• How are the available drinks chosen?
• Does the type of bar/club have any influence on which celebrity level is allowed entry?
• Are there special objects needed for specific kinds of bars or clubs, e.g. pool, dance floor or similar?

[Saltypaws]

I would think it is basically the same as any other community lot.  When you choose what type of community lot, that might help set the stage for that particular venue.   Buy mode has everything you need, dance floor, lights, speakers and your dive bar or lounge bar.  I love the bubble bar, but no one ever seems to use it.  That is my next project, I am going to build my own bar or lounge to see what happens.  I kind of want it in between the dive bar and the lounge aspect.  I don't know if you can choose the drinks or not.  I also don't think the type of bar has any effect on who goes there.  In BP, the dive bars seem to have more celebrities than the upscale bars, but since my sim does not go every night, I can't be sure how many is there any other nights.  I still like the idea of building my own though.  I guess you just need to experiment and see what happens.  You have all the objects you need, so it will be all good.

[Joria]

I am so excited I can hardly stand it!  I wanted my dynasty to have access to all the BP stuff, but I'm really not that fond of the idea of huge skyscrapers in the little town of Riverview.  So, being lazy, I made a lot next to the Gazebo and imported a building from either BB or TB.  Not sure which since I have buildings from both.  This place is a hangout and it's small so only takes a very small lot.  25x25 was more than big enough and gave me room to landscape, and since it is a flat lot, no worries with uneven terrain.

I bought it for our nooboo and started to renovate it.  It really was pretty unattractive inside.  "If you build it, they will come!"  Before I was even finished with the renovation townies started to show up.  Then a mixologist showed up!  People started jammin' on the instruments I put in there, and eating from the fridge rather than go home, and dancing and playing and just having a great time!

I'm still not quite done with it but it is attracting people from children to elders and they are all having a blast.  Success!, (and my dynasty will make still more money once we pay off the renovations!)  Pics to follow later.  Just had to share.

Oh, and it's also nooboo friendly!

[Saltypaws]

That is great Joria.  It is more fun for some reason.  I have done the same, but silly me.  I took screenshots and then was doing some cleaning and ended up deleting my new screenshots, geeze.  Must of had a blond moment and I don't even have blond hair, lol, just grey for the most part. Hehe

[Saltypaws]

This is a pic of a venue and notice all of the cars?  I had never seen so many cars and they are all junkers.  No one is in the place either.

[Joria]

Is this one you built?  Wonder why no one is in there.

Can't do the subway thing, at least not in Riverview.  It's my dynasty town at the moment and I would have to do edit town in ways other than what Metro ok'd so I guess they will just have to use their spiffy cars.

Most of the places outside of the main town area in BP have a bunch of junker cars like that also.  It seems the ones with the better cars have learned to put them away now.  Makes it boring for my klepto.

[samoht04]

I have tried building a club but it always turns out wrong, I have never been in one but I have been in plenty of Pubs, I had forgotten I could make a pub, which seems easier to me.

[Metropolis Man]

Is this one you built?  Wonder why no one is in there.

Can't do the subway thing, at least not in Riverview.  It's my dynasty town at the moment and I would have to do edit town in ways other than what Metro ok'd so I guess they will just have to use their spiffy cars.

Pam and I were discussing subways last night. As long as you own a lot, then you should be able to go into Build mode and place a subway. It's not under Edit Town. It's Build > Community. So, it's really no different than sprucing up any other lot you would own like the parks that are part of the Ambrosia requirements. If there's a trick to getting subways via Edit Town, then yes, that would be banned for the Dynasty, but obtaining them through Build Mode for a legitimately owned property I can definitely sign off on.

[Saltypaws]

Can't do the subway thing, at least not in Riverview.  It's my dynasty town at the moment and I would have to do edit town in ways other than what Metro ok'd so I guess they will just have to use their spiffy cars.

I wonder why.  It is just like adding a house onto a lot.  You put a lot down and add a subway.  I actually found them by accident myself and then forgot where I saw it, lol.  good luck.

[ik]

Pam and I were discussing subways last night. As long as you own a lot, then you should be able to go into Build mode and place a subway. It's not under Edit Town. It's Build > Community.

Is it? I thought I had found the subway station in the buydebug menu (in which case it would be out-of-bounds for dynasty, right?), but I do not have my game here right now, so I can not check.

[ik]

I don't know if you can choose the drinks or not.  I also don't think the type of bar has any effect on who goes there.

Thank you for your answer!

I was able to do a little experimenting on the weekend. There are nine different lot zone types for bars and clubs, three each for dive bar, dance club and lounge. Bridgeport has nine bars/clubs, one of each lot zone type. I did not get to test them fully, but I am fairly sure that the drinks and food served (as well as the prices) is tied to the lot zone type as set in edit town. Opening hours and chance of celebrity guests depends on whether it is a dive bar, dance club or lounge, so there is no difference between the three possible lot zone types (at least as far as I can see). I have a list at home which lot type is dive bar, dance club or lounge, so if anyone is interested I could post it tonight (or you could just check the Bridgeport bars and clubs if you are in a hurry ).

[samoht04]

The Vampire Lounge has different drinks to the Exclusive Lounge, I don't go to the Dive bars much so I can't help on them.

[Anushka]

It would be nice to merge some of this comunity building topics since information are all around forum now.
Carl listed all 9 clubs in Mixology guide, along with drinks served there. (You need 42 popular drink recipes to finish mixology skill challenge Professor of Drinks, and in total there are 49 in all bars, plus that one unlocked with that challenge, so technically you really don't need all of them).
I just checked categories of LN Buildings and there are 9 different of them. Opening hours are automatically assigned to lot type:

Vampire Lounge (Plasma 501) (2.00PM-2.00AM)
Exclusive Lounge (Prosper Room)(2.00PM-2.00AM)
Fusion Lounge (Banzai Lounge)(2.00PM-2.00AM)
Disco Club (The Brightmore) (5.00PM - 4.00AM)
Dance Club (The Grind) (5.00PM - 4.00AM)
Poolside Club (Aquarius) (5.00PM - 4.00AM)
Sports Bar (Bridgeport Sports Zone) (11.00AM-3.00AM)
Dive Bar (Waylon's Haunt) (11.00AM-3.00AM)
Local Watering Hole (Eugi's) (11.00AM-3.00AM)

My computer whiz has the option to hack into venue listing, and there are 4 of them listed:
Aquarius
Banzai Lounge
Plasma 501
Prosper Room

I think it's safe to assume that these 4 attract higher level celebrities but not necessarily since they go to hot pots for that night (find in newspaper).

Now, there is lots of usefull info on topic on Late Night/Editing existing games/towns with Late Night ( I don't know how to put a link).

And one more thing, while testing, I put single bar on empty lot and tons of Sims came (in brand new SV) not to mention crowd in The Grind, cars kept coming in, in those few Sim hours I tested even Agness danced on counter )

[wildredchild]

Thank you so much Anushka for that list.

[LlamaMama]

I'd love to have a resource (this thread?) on this forum where suburban clubs and bars could be shared and linked to the exchange! I'm sure our builders will be trying their hands at it, and the rest of us will be eager to download the results.