This is a RE-post, original post
by Yabajen here, based on the original
challenge rules by Pinstar here.
General Rules
This challenge can be played in
any world. The hotel can be as big or as small as you like just make sure it
has enough room to accommodate all guests and hotel facilities! Cheats can only
be used on the following instances:
Use the “Motherlode” cheat for money when you are first building that
hotel so that you can make sure the hotel has all the necessary amenities.
Afterwards, use the set family funds cheat to set the household funds to 1000
Simileons. You may no longer use the money cheat after this initial set up.
If you kick out a guest or one
passes away, you may now use the "add to active family" cheat to add
new guests (created by you). [More info available under the section: Edit #3]
If you use mods such as ones
which allow more than 1 sim per household and would want more of a challenge
then by all means make as many "guests" as you want *
"Short" lifespan
option for this challenge is not recommended.
If you wish only have 6 guests
instead of 7 and the "couple" in your hotel may have and raise a
child or ONE of the hotel guests can be a teen with a part-time job (especially
if you have Generations, they can sneak into other guest's bathrooms and set
pranks etc.)
Getting Started:
Create 8 sims, 1 of which will
be the owner.
You have to create all 8 sims in
CAS because it is important that you pick their individual traits and their
age. They can all be a mixture of adults, young adults or elders. It is
recommended that the owner be a young adult or adult so he/she can keep up with
his/her many duties!
The traits that
the owner MUST have are: [Brave, Neat, Handy, Friendly, & Natural Cook]
The 7 guests MUST all have the
slob trait. This is important because you as the hotel owner/manager will be in
charge of cleaning up after them, cleaning their hotel rooms and bathrooms,
fixing appliances, amongst other tasks. However the rest of their traits are up
to you so have fun and create a unique mix of guests. Here are a few
examples:
Guest 1 and 2 (adults)
Couple
Traits: [SLOBS,
Friendly, Hopeless Romantics, Both Love the Outdoors, etc]
(NOTE: you can only have 1 couple
by the way; they can share a room with a double bed instead of a single bed).
Guest 3 (young
adult)
Traits: [SLOB,
Party Animal, Rebel (if you have generations), Inappropriate, & Great
sense of humor]
Guest 4 (elder)
Traits: [SLOB,
Grumpy, Loner, Hates the Outdoors, & Technophobe]
Guest 5 (young
adult)
Traits: [SLOB,
Hopeless Romantic, Great Kisser, Flirty, & Vegetarian]
Guest 6 (young
adult)
Traits: [SLOB,
Evil, Insane, Mooch, & Mean spirited]
Guest 7 (young
adult)
Traits: [SLOB,
Snob, Star Quality (if you have late night), Unflirty, & Light sleeper
Build your Hotel:
You can either build the hotel
yourself or download one, it doesn't matter either way. But if you download one
you will have to make several tweaks. Here is an example: Diversity DeluxeResort by Coolestpcdfan (*Remember to switch the lot type
to "residential"
):
If you are building the hotel
make sure you have the following:
8 rooms
1 of the rooms should be close
to the concierge area (front entrance) and will be the owner’s room. The other
7 rooms MUST all have ensuite bathrooms. For example the room can look like
this:
1 single bed (or a double bed if
it’s a couple) 1 dresser, 1 mirror, deco as necessary, then the room must have
its own bathroom with a shower/bath tub, a toilet and a sink.
*If you decide to include a
child in your game then the couple's room can have a crib for their child
NOTE:
If you have ambitions then also add laundry hampers to their rooms and
bathrooms because you will have to do their laundry as well.
Other facilities you MUST have
at the hotel for your guests:
- A small or large gym
- A large outdoor pool (you can
also place hot tubs outside)
- A dining area (tables and chairs
only, NO KITCHEN FACILITIES- will explain further) *Also add a high-chair to
the dining area if your couple have a toddler.
- Small cafe for drinks only:
(place a small bar and stools/ also a few tables and a counter with a coffee
maker on it).
- Entertainment room: Video games,
Large TV screens and comfy sofas, easels, & fooseball table. If you
have late night: darts, etc. Any other games/entertainment you can think of
based on the expansion packs you have.
- Small Library room: Bookcases,
computers
IMPORTANT INFO:
The most important rooms are as
follows and must be created as separate rooms
Hotel Kitchen
Have several counters, you will
need a lot of space!
Have at least 1 or 2 stoves,
dishwashers, trash compactors, sinks, fridges
Make sure you buy the cooking
level 1 skill book and the level 1 handiness skill book using your initial
hotel building/decorating money (remember you may use motherlode for the
initial set up but you must use the family fund cheat to reset your funds to
1000 after) but if you want more of a challenge then let the hotel owner start
off with a low level of cooking and handiness.
When you build the hotel
kitchen, make sure it only has 1 door. Then and this is VERY important:
Make sure you click on the door
and select the lock option: lock for everybody but myself. This is extremely
important so that no one but you the hotel owner can access the kitchen.
Duties and Responsibilities:
You will be in charge of cooking
their meals so make sure they don't starve to death! Wake up early and cook 2
group servings of breakfast, then later, 2 group servings of lunch, 2 group
servings of dinner at night, and deserts as well if you want.
After cooking, your sim will
place the food on the kitchen counter, simply place the serving in their
inventory and direct them to the dining area, then drag and place the meals
from their inventory onto the dining table and click "call household to
meal"
You will also have to clear
their plates from the dining area and wash them in the kitchen.
Another room that only you the
owner can access is the laundry room if you have the Ambitions expansion pack:
Place atleast 2 or 3 washers and
2 or 3 dryers in there then again, select the door and click: lock for
everybody but myself
Each morning, while you are
cleaning the hotel, you will also have to collect their laundry from the
hampers and take it to the laundry room.
The reason the owner must have
the neat trait is because it will make it more convenient for them to clean the
entire hotel in one go. If you just click the floor you will get the option to
"clean house"
So each morning, after cooking
your hotel guests’ breakfast, enter their rooms and make their beds, clean
their toilets and showers, mop up any puddles and collect their laundry. Also
repair any broken items in the hotel (if you are repairing an electronic item
and still have a low handiness skill, call a repairman to avoid being
electrocuted to death!)
When you first start off, assign
each guest to a room. As you know, when you make a sim sleep in a bed for the
first time, that will turn into "their" bed and they will sleep in
that same bed from then on.
Hopefully they will also tend to
use the bathrooms in their rooms but if not, that's not much of a problem.
You must also make sure each
guest starts a job because this is how they will be paying for their stay at
your hotel. What they make each day at work (except on weekends) will be added
to the household funds which you will then use to pay the hotel rent each week
when the bill gets delivered and also what you will use to renovate the hotel
as necessary and for buying groceries etc.
So make sure all 7 guests go on
the computer or grab a newspaper to get a job, preferably a job as opposed to a
profession, because if they have a profession such as firefighter for example
you'll be too busy handling that guest's fire emergencies at work instead of
tending to the hotel.
You may create and bring in more
guests to the hotel to replace them if one of them dies accidentally by
starving to death for example or an elder ages up. (They shouldn't starve to
death if you make sure you cook the meals on time!
If the couple in the game has a
child, it will be their duty, NOT yours, to take care of the child. However,
when everyone goes to work and you are stuck with the baby/toddler then you
will also have to play the role of babysitter alongside your other
duties! The majority of your time MUST be spent as the hotel owner
since you are in charge of running the hotel so keep that in mind if you choose
to add a child. )
Rules about MAIDS:
Yes, at some point you as the
hotel owner will accumulate enough money from your guest's paychecks that you
will have the means to hire a reoccurring maid.
However, the owner MUST still
start off with 1000 simileons and must do all the cleaning by themselves for
the first few weeks while waiting for the guests to accumulate enough money to
cover the cost of paying the hotel bills AND the cost of hiring a daily
reoccuring maid.
It would be best to wait until
the guests have climbed higher in their careers and are making significant
amounts of money, this way you will be able to hire a daily maid, pay the hotel
bill AND still have money left over to replace broken items and to renovate
your hotel as necessary.
Things to keep in mind:
The maid won't have access to
the laundry room, they may clean the bathroom and make the bed and mop etc but
you will still have to be in charge of laundry (can't make things TOO easy for
you)
The hotel bill will be quite
expensive due to the size of the lot, the plumbing and electricity used, so
make sure you save money initially by doing the cleaning yourself as opposed to
hiring a maid right away.
Just because maids are allowed
doesn't mean you HAVE to have one. It all depends on how challenging you want
the game to be. Remember that you cannot hire a maid right away!
Remember that you STILL have to
cook breakfast, lunch and dinner, you STILL have to fix and replace broken
items and you STILL have to do laundry, not to mention do the dishes at night
when the maid is not there!
The maid will just give you a
welcome break from cleaning bathrooms during the day (however if a toilet, sink
or shower gets filthy at night and affects the mood of your guests then you
should clean it) Or you can be a lazy owner and wait for the maid to get there
the next day. A good hotel owner wouldn't do that though
The maid won't have access to
the kitchen, so you will have to clean the kitchen yourself.
Rules on the Occult, Vampires,
etc:
Vampires are allowed as well and
even ghosts if you want. Remember, it's YOUR hotel so you choose the theme.
Just make sure that the kitchen and laundry room are locked to everyone but the
owner and that you have all the necessary facilities listed (dining area, gym,
pool etc)
Also remember that vampires will
initially be more expensive to feed as you will have to grow or buy A LOT of
plasma fruit to keep in the fridge and drag onto the table at meal times or
drag directly into the vampire’s inventory.
Again, keep the focus on the
owner, the vampire will find a means to befriend and drink from others around
town, your job is to provide plasma fruit for it at the hotel.
If you yourself as the owner
wish to play as a vampire remember that it is inappropriate to drink from your
guests! Unless you are romantically involved with one of them, in which case an
exception can be made.
Rules in Replacing Guests:
Yes you may kick out guests but
remember that any new guests you bring in to replace them will have to start
off at the very bottom of their career and won't contribute much to the funds
initially. This is because any extra guests you wish to bring in must be
created from scratch (remembering to add the Slob trait) and placed in the bin
until you need a replacement guest.
Then make sure you have a very
small residential plot available in your world (not a house, just a blank plot)
Steps to take when you need a
replacement guest:
Go to your sim bin under edit
town and click and place the replacement guest in the small plot of land
available in your world. Then have the owner visit the plot of land and add the
guest or guests using the "add to active household" cheat. This way
they will simply join your household without the extra funds.
Tips:
Cook many meals at the same time
if possible and keep them in the fridge (make sure to buy an expensive fridge
at the beginning so the food doesn't spoil as fast)
That way you won't always have
to cook from scratch at meal times, you can simply click and drag from the fridge
to your inventory and serve at the dining area.
As your cooking skills grow,
you'll soon be able to cook fancier meals than just mac and cheese for your
guests and on weekends why not hold a BBQ by the pool for your
guests?
Additional info based on the
FAQ:
You should mainly focus on the
owner and his/her hotel duties but (if you want) you can also temporarily focus
on the guests, improving their skills, etc but always remember that the owner
should be your main focus to avoid starving guests etc
If you just focus on the owner
and his/her duties, the guests should be fine and will take care of their own
other needs such as personal hygiene.
Yes, the owner can become
romantically involved with a guest or townie but try and keep it as private as
possible.
