How to make a Community Lot Wedding?

[M.M.A.A.]

Hello everyone, as the title says...

I have already have a wedding hall built, so I need all the info you have/got.

[Gcgb53191]

I think people use teleporters to get sims into their lot.

I have tried the 'go for an outing' thing but most of the times all the sims end up leaving once arriving on the lot. I haven't had one in a long time since I can never have it to work out the way I want (Having the limo scene, etc.) but I read that lots of people just teleport their guests there.

[Peni Griffin]

I got a lot of advice on that subject last September, in a thread you can find here:
http://www.modthesims.info/showthread.php?t=454825&highlight=Sell

If you want to have an actual party, you'll need the Party on Community Lots hack. Which I personally am not finding very satisfactory - so far it has only allowed me to invite two people, and the second time it did not prevent the bride from walking off the lot as soon as the wedding was completed. I think the bride's mother may have left the lot before the vows were said in the first one - didn't see it happen, but she was nowhere on the lot when I went to look for her. You can run the wedding as a date or an outing, or just have your sims show up to exchange vows and teleport in any witnesses you like with your preferred teleportation method. Everybody on the lot will at least attempt to whirl into their formal duds, whether you've called for a formal wedding party or not, but if there's a lot of people not all of them will succeed and your game will lag like heck. "Too many" is of course a system-specific number. The Visitor and Meeting Controllers may be able to help you keep the numbers to a level you're comfortable with.

Otherwise it works just like a residential lot wedding.

[M.M.A.A.]

Ok, so for the formal wear, I have the wardrobe adjustor where everyone can wear formal, but I want a party and I don't think that every wedding will have a lot of sims. So is there a special phone hack for community lots? Also, I have Inteen, which allows me to enable buy and build mode while playing a family at a community lot.

ETA: Thanks for the link Peni.

Also, the hack is not compatible with Seasons or Pets.

http://www.insimenator.org/index.php/topic,9570.0.html

[Charmful]

I just made a chapel as a residential lot that has a pastor-sim grounds-keeper with all the wedding dresses in the closet for ladies to change into. When two sims move out of college they go there and have their wedding parties. It's less of a hassle.

[Lady L.]

I just had one recently, and here's how I did it. The bride and groom were living together at the time, so I summoned all the guests to their home lot early on the wedding morning with the Sim Blender and asked them one-by-one to form a casual group (ust for fun). Once I had all the guests, I used the SimBlender to change them all into their formalwear and then sent them off to the church. Since they're all in a group, they shouldn't wander off the lot, although I did have the wedding at the very beginning, followed by food and dancing, to keep needs up.

In retrospect, I should've used the Visitor Controller to ban anyone who wasn't a member of the wedding party, or used it to make the wedding crashers change into formalwear. Other than that, though, it was great. I did the wedding first, then opened the buffet, then cut the cake, then turned on the music for dancing. That made sure that everyone was where they were supposed to be.

[Gcgb53191]

Since they're all in a group, they shouldn't wander off the lot, although I did have the wedding at the very beginning, followed by food and dancing, to keep needs up.



Is that why I have that problem? I'm not keeping up with their needs? It feels like I do it straight away as well hmmm maybe my sims are just scared of churches ;)

[omglo]

ETA: Thanks for the link Peni.

Also, the hack is not compatible with Seasons or Pets.

http://www.insimenator.org/index.php/topic,9570.0.htmlThere's another hack on page 3 for AL. Does anyone know if that one is also incompatible with Pets and Seasons?

[joandsarah77]

You can hold a wedding on a community lot, but be warned you may end up with a sim couple who forever wear engagement rings, Also if you want to film it for a story it's much harder. Turning it into a residential lot makes filming a whole lot easier and your guaranteed of wedding rings. Last wedding I held in a park which I filmed I simply changed the zoning to residential and teleported everyone there. I even had three toddlers although they were quite difficult as I wanted the boys on little chairs but they would not stay so I had to freeze them with the freezer clock and ended yp zapping them away and back a couple of times. I sat the girl on an OMPS on her mother’s lap which worked better. Of course you might have more sense than to involve toddlers. :lol: But they sure looked cute.

[lazzybum]

You can hold a wedding on a community lot, but be warned you may end up with a sim couple who forever wear engagement rings

Ooh! Never knew that caused that, my recent newlyweds still have their engagement rings, although me noticing that is surprising to begin with xD

I do community weddings alot, using that 'allow party at community lots' hack. A member needs a cell phone to 'throw party' when they are on the lot. As mentioned earlier, the biggest downfall is that once the guests arrive, some will turn around and leave right away. So usually the weddings dont have all the important family members you wanted. I still do it anyways, since it usually looks more crowded and formal than doing it at home.

[sushigal007]

Last time I did it, I placed the SimBlender and the Simlogical formalwear sign in the church. I've also got a pie menu plug-in that allows me to click on sims and change their clothes. So everyone wound up in formal wear one way or another. I prefer to teleport rather than make a group because if you book a vacation as a honeymoon and then make a group for the wedding, everyone in the group will end up on the honeymoon!

[M.M.A.A.]

There's another hack on page 3 for AL. Does anyone know if that one is also incompatible with Pets and Seasons?

I found the AL version already, but thanks.

Wow, I have been reading a lot of stuff, so I'm really not sure on what to do, should I turn the wedding hall into a residential lot, and summon the lovers and their families into it and have the throw the party there...??? UGH!

Its seems to me that the best option is to have it on a residential, which is their current home.

Still...

[joandsarah77]

It's easy enough to change a community lot to residential if you have the buyable mail box and bin. You can even turn it back to a community lot once you are done if you want it as a place to visit.

[maxon]

My personal preference is to make everyone important selectable once we're on the lot. I teleport sims in with Inge's cat. Then I can tell them what to do. You need a fairly powerful rig for that though.

[Peni Griffin]

Don't despair, MMAA - try it a few times and change it up. You may find that you like a combination of techniques that don't do exactly what you envisioned better than what you envisioned. Lag and all, I've had loads of fun with most of my community lot weddings. The first one, which was spur-of-the-moment on a date before I even knew there were teleporters, three close friends were on the lot and became the People They Could Get Hold Of At a Moment's Notice. The one I did after starting that thread I linked to had lots and lots of lag and traffic jams and absurd situations and was fun as all get-out (Amazingly crappy pix even by my standards here: http://s231.photobucket.com/albums/ee238/PeniG/Simshots/Hawkins%20Sim%20wedding/), and my weddings at St. Elvis's Wedding Chapel have all been very good times, whether scored parties or not. Only that most recent one, where the bride decided to leave right away, was a disappointment.

[omglo]

I found the AL version already, but thanks.

I'm glad. :) I kind of wanted to know if anyone here who was using the more up to date one was using it with all the EPs installed though. ;)

[Lady L.]

Is that why I have that problem? I'm not keeping up with their needs? It feels like I do it straight away as well hmmm maybe my sims are just scared of churches ;)

Are you forming your sims into a group with the Nightlife option, or are you just inviting a bunch of them over to the community lot? If it's the latter, then they're probably just leaving like any non-invited sim would. But with a group, they won't leave (except for needs, I think, but I'm not sure.) But yeah, it's better to keep up with needs anyway. The last thing you need is a bride waving her arms around complaining that she's not having fun at her wedding. ;)

[Joselle]

I do the same thing as Charmful, except the bride and groom move into said residential chapel. From there I use a variety of objects: Merola's Mind Control Mirror, TJ's Visitor Controller, and Numenor and Mary Lou's hacked coat hook to keep the wedding perfect. Because the chapel is close to his house, it's also easy for the new couple in town to meet the pastor and have him there for the ceremony. This way everyone has rings and no one leaves until it's time to go!

[Gcgb53191]

Are you forming your sims into a group with the Nightlife option, or are you just inviting a bunch of them over to the community lot? If it's the latter, then they're probably just leaving like any non-invited sim would. But with a group, they won't leave (except for needs, I think, but I'm not sure.) But yeah, it's better to keep up with needs anyway. The last thing you need is a bride waving her arms around complaining that she's not having fun at her wedding. ;)

No I invite everyone over at the house and then I add them to the outing and then go to the community lot. And a handful of them like to leave right as we get to it >:(

[joandsarah77]

Maybe those sims have jobs or low needs? I would maxmotive everyone to take care of needs, jobs well I guess you would have to have them quit or if they need those jobs try changing the hour to something suitable for everyone who really needs to be there.

[Lady L.]

I'd say needs were probably the problem--I had a lot of sims with a variety of jobs including one child with school that day and none of them ran off. (None of them were selectable other than the bride and groom, neither of whom were working that day.)

[maxon]

Only that most recent one, where the bride decided to leave right away, was a disappointment.
Well, you can't argue with that - she obviously didn't want to get married and left her spouse at the altar. Excellent story opportunity right there. He could be bitter for years and years to come and plot her downfall (like my 'lovely' RL brother - most common reaction nowadays: "will you just shut up about it for once.")

[M.M.A.A.]

Ok, just to let everyone know, my laptop is failry new and with great system specs: 4 GB RAM, nVidia video card, etc..., so no worries, I have had many sims up to 20 on one lot oncce, and it was running pretty fine. I have set Up the max no. of visitors to 30.

So do my sims need to have mobiles in order for the community lot party hack to work?

You can hold a wedding on a community lot, but be warned you may end up with a sim couple who forever wear engagement rings,...

Also, the engagement ring issue can be fixed if you move out and in you sims.

[Peni Griffin]

Sparrow didn't leave Gerry at the altar - they got married and as soon as she appeared in the HUD she had the leaving icon in her queue. Which dragged him after her. I tried to cancel them, but as fast as I canceled it in one the other got it, so I finally gave up and hoped the party would resume at the house, but no dice. I'm glad I got to the "Get Married" action before the leaving happened; Maxon's right, it would've been story, but Sparrow and Gerry already have lots of story, thank you!

Yes, you have to have the mobile phone to use the hack. It also enables parties that wouldn't be normally available - anybody can throw a toga party with it, for instance.

[Gcgb53191]

M.M.A.A. maybe you can make a test couple to try out all the theories? Of course you wouldn't be able to marry them each time (or maybe you can if you don't save? not sure how that would work on a community lot though) I'm really interested in this too because I built a pretty nice chapel for my sims with a party room and a nice 'romantic' garden but I haven't used it once in fear of my parties going wrong lol.

[maxon]

Oh, I see, it was more they couldn't be bothered with marriage conventions. Well, that's a good story too, especially if they had relatives who do care about marriage conventions. You can have inter-generational rifts for years because of stuff like that. I love (RL) marriages and funerals for just this sort of reason.

[M.M.A.A.]

Okay, results:

The wedding went fine, until the mother of the bride went home and the mother of the groom wet herself. Better repeat the wedding some other time. But it was great! Although, if I want to use the visitor controller, to ban townies, those that are invited will also be banned. UGH!

[maxon]

Sounds like my kind of event MMAA - especially the wetting herself.

[Lady L.]

Okay, results:
Although, if I want to use the visitor controller, to ban townies, those that are invited will also be banned. UGH!

Not if they're part of a Nightlife group assembled prior to going to the community lot. I've tried it with teens sneaking into clubs marked as adult-only with the VC, and their noncontrollable friends don't wander off.

[joandsarah77]

The wedding went fine, until the mother of the bride went home and the mother of the groom wet herself.

:lol: I think the mother's feelings about this wedding were clear!

[M.M.A.A.]

:lol: I think the mother's feelings about this wedding were clear!

Lol! But they are a fine couple, he even made surprise engagement at a restaurant.

[M.M.A.A.]

Okay, actual final results that are saved:

The wedding was a Roof Raiser! Everything was great:

http://thumbs.modthesims.info/getimage.php?file=1300620
Didn't expect the ceiling to appear, the roof is that of a white greenhouse.

http://thumbs.modthesims.info/getimage.php?file=1300621
"You guys need to think about your honeymoon! Where are you going btw?"

http://thumbs.modthesims.info/getimage.php?file=1300622

Until...
http://thumbs.modthesims.info/getimage.php?file=1300625
UGH! Both moms wet themselves, at least it was after party finished and no one noticed. Phew!

Hurray!

the weird thing is that, the bride, before marrying the groom, wanted to flirt with another guy, and she is a family sim, while the groom is knowledge. They didn't even get a want to be engaged or married, let's hope they'll get wants to have several babies!

Overall, it was great!

[Peni Griffin]

Ah, that was just cold feet before the wedding. Possibly you'll find they're not a good couple, if a good dream date or two never prompted a "get married" want. And I guess nervous bladders run in the family. (You did have accessible restrooms, right?) But hey, a good party's a good party.

You never see the greenhouse roof when you're on the main level; I think there's a mod that lets other floors show on camera, but I couldn't tell you what it is.

[M.M.A.A.]

Ah, that was just cold feet before the wedding. Possibly you'll find they're not a good couple, if a good dream date or two never prompted a "get married" want. And I guess nervous bladders run in the family. (You did have accessible restrooms, right?) But hey, a good party's a good party.

You never see the greenhouse roof when you're on the main level; I think there's a mod that lets other floors show on camera, but I couldn't tell you what it is.

Yeah there was a shortage of bathrooms, better build more. But the reason why the wet themselves was because they were constantly making toasts, I made sure I maxmotived everyone, but, it was wonderful.

I think I'll just get over it Peni, let them be, since things were pretty hectic for me, but I enjoyed it.

Also, since Renee's (the bride) mom is of Asian descendants (facial structure of Asians), they chose to go to Takemizu Village to learn more about her ancestors. This is the first time for me to take sims on a vacation (honeymoon for them, and although there were ups and downs here and there, they (and me too) enjoyed the vacation. I recommend everyone here to take their newlyweds on honeymoons!

I would like to thank everyone here. Really Appreciate it! :gjob: :beer: :bunny: :luff:

[sushigal007]

Next time, after maxmotives, do motivedecay off. That should help with those tiny bladders. :)

[M.M.A.A.]

Next time, after maxmotives, do motivedecay off. That should help with those tiny bladders. :)

I built two more bathrooms for the guests, its on the top floor, so I placed both, an elevator and stairs, just in case.

[M.M.A.A.]

Just wanted to clarify something:

Apparently, you are all aware of the issue where the guests leave while the wedding party is still running, well here is a solution:

1- Download Insimenator
2- Click on the ground and spawn the selector.
3- Click on the selector>Group Selectable>All visitors. (Do this after your party guests arrive.

By doing this, you are ensuring that the guests will not lewave in the middle of the party. When the party is over, spawn again, but this time: Group unselectable>All visitors. Don't worry, this will not remove your sims as well, only visitors of the community lot and guests will be removed.

[Peni Griffin]

You should also be able to ensure that the desired party remains with the meeting controller, but I haven't tried that yet.

[Gcgb53191]

I got a lot of advice on that subject last September, in a thread you can find here:
http://www.modthesims.info/showthread.php?t=454825&highlight=Sell

If you want to have an actual party, you'll need the Party on Community Lots hack. Which I personally am not finding very satisfactory - so far it has only allowed me to invite two people, and the second time it did not prevent the bride from walking off the lot as soon as the wedding was completed. I think the bride's mother may have left the lot before the vows were said in the first one - didn't see it happen, but she was nowhere on the lot when I went to look for her. You can run the wedding as a date or an outing, or just have your sims show up to exchange vows and teleport in any witnesses you like with your preferred teleportation method. Everybody on the lot will at least attempt to whirl into their formal duds, whether you've called for a formal wedding party or not, but if there's a lot of people not all of them will succeed and your game will lag like heck. "Too many" is of course a system-specific number. The Visitor and Meeting Controllers may be able to help you keep the numbers to a level you're comfortable with.

Otherwise it works just like a residential lot wedding.

Peni where can I find that party on community lot mod? I've googled it and everything and haven't been able to find it.

[maxon]

Peni where can I find that party on community lot mod? I've googled it and everything and haven't been able to find it.
MMAA posted the link in the post after Peni mentioned it:
http://www.insimenator.org/index.php/topic,9570.0.html
It's not compatible with Pets or Seasons (it says).

[VerDeTerre]

M.M.A.A. - Your wedding pictures are lovely. Where did you get the bridal veil? I went on an internet hunt yesterday looking for it without luck. Is it an entire hairstyle or just an accessory. It's beautiful.

[maxon]

M.M.A.A. - Your wedding pictures are lovely. Where did you get the bridal veil? I went on an internet hunt yesterday looking for it without luck. Is it an entire hairstyle or just an accessory. It's beautiful.
Looks as though it might have come from Pronup Sims. Ummm... here:
http://rosemat.free.fr/Pronupsims2/indexeng_pronupsims.php?page=1
Some of hers are hairstyles while some are 'glasses'.

[VerDeTerre]

Looks as though it might have come from Pronup Sims. Ummm... here:
http://rosemat.free.fr/Pronupsims2/indexeng_pronupsims.php?page=1
Some of hers are hairstyles while some are 'glasses'.

It does look like the type of thing that would come from Pronup. I checked her site out yesterday and again today since you suggested it. I thought I might have missed something, but after going through each hairstyle and all the veils and poking around accessories, I still can't find it. She does have some exquisite items.

[Gcgb53191]

MMAA posted the link in the post after Peni mentioned it:
http://www.insimenator.org/index.php/topic,9570.0.html
It's not compatible with Pets or Seasons (it says).

Ah, sorry I thought he was talking about a clothing adjuster or something there lol. Thanks for the link though but that sucks I cant use it with seasons :/

[M.M.A.A.]

M.M.A.A. - Your wedding pictures are lovely. Where did you get the bridal veil? I went on an internet hunt yesterday looking for it without luck. Is it an entire hairstyle or just an accessory. It's beautiful.

The veil is from the Celebration Stuff Pack.

MMAA posted the link in the post after Peni mentioned it:
http://www.insimenator.org/index.php/topic,9570.0.html
It's not compatible with Pets or Seasons (it says).

Actually it is, no worries, that is if you have AL or FT, this is the other version mentioned. Here: http://www.insimenator.org/index.php/topic,101151.0.html

[Gcgb53191]

Sweet so Im assuming it works then without any problems? No one said if they had a problem with it or not if they had the visitor controller...

[M.M.A.A.]

Sweet so Im assuming it works then without any problems? No one said if they had a problem with it or not if they had the visitor controller...

Yes, since you have AL and FT, you won't have a problem.

[VerDeTerre]

The veil is from the Celebration Stuff Pack.

Ah! I see. Maybe I'll have to break down and get that. Thanks for responding.

[M.M.A.A.]

Ah! I see. Maybe I'll have to break down and get that. Thanks for responding.

Breaking down, as in... crying? But you have that SP. :S

[VerDeTerre]

Breaking down, as in... crying? But you have that SP. :S

Breaking down as in giving in. It seemed like a thin duplicate of the Holiday pack, so I didn't bother, but I can see now that it's not and apparently, I need it :P

I don't have it actually. I lied on my profile in order to download any lot with impunity. I think there must be some sort of a warning when you download lots that are recommended for use with expansions that you don't have. It's usually not an issue unless the creator heavily uses the content from a particular pack or expansion that I don't have, but I wanted to be able to make that call.

If I do get it, then I could download Phaenoh's beautiful cathedral that uses a lot of the Celebration Stuff. :bunny:

The only question I have is, is it worth spending the extra $$ to get a new copy of the game and whatever downloadable content there is, or do I go the cheapest route possible and buy used?

[Peni Griffin]

Used. Easier, faster, cheaper, you get the same thing in the end. As long as you have a reputable seller, of course.

For books I always say new if you can get it, because used book sales don't generate a royalty for the writer; but the company has moved on so far from Sims2 stuff that if you try to buy from them they give you horrible headaches, trying to sell you Origin or Sims3 instead of what you ask for, and they aren't really supplying retailers anymore. Some sellers will be selling new-in-shrink-wrap copies as used just to clear their shelves - I think that was the case with my M&G.

[M.M.A.A.]

The only question I have is, is it worth spending the extra $$ to get a new copy of the game and whatever downloadable content there is, or do I go the cheapest route possible and buy used?

This is my answer:

http://thumbs.modthesims.info/getimage.php?file=1302906

[VerDeTerre]

LOL Very nicely done, M.M.A.A.

Back in the day (of The Sims - The Original), I would rush out to get all things Sim. When Sims 2 came out, after I got the base game, I mostly waited for prices to fall before getting the expansion packs. I was disappointed by a couple of the stuff packs and haven't felt like I need them all. With Sims 3, the company really has to work to get my dollar. But I can see that I need to fill in my stuff pack collection for Sims 2 at the very least.

Thanks, M.M.A.A. and Peni for your input.

[M.M.A.A.]

LOL Very nicely done, M.M.A.A.

Back in the day (of The Sims - The Original), I would rush out to get all things Sim. When Sims 2 came out, after I got the base game, I mostly waited for prices to fall before getting the expansion packs. I was disappointed by a couple of the stuff packs and haven't felt like I need them all. With Sims 3, the company really has to work to get my dollar. But I can see that I need to fill in my stuff pack collection for Sims 2 at the very least.

Thanks, M.M.A.A. and Peni for your input.

Your welcome. Glad you liked my simple model/theory.