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The Sims 4: City Living

Overview

In the map view, an apartment complex can be recognized by a building that has a light blue outline on it when hovering over it. On top of the building, there is a grey/green icon with a white plumbot indicating that there are residents in the building. If there is no plumbot icon, there are no households living in the apartments. When selecting one of the buildings, a new view of the building is shown with all of the apartments and their interior. Unlike previous games, apartment buildings in City Living can not built in other worlds, and are only available in San Myshuno.

When hovering over an apartment in the special view, it will show the cost of the furniture, the deposit/rent, the lot traits and the household that lives in the apartment, if any. Apartment buildings usually have 2-4 apartments per building and up to 4 families can live in the same complex. Clicking on one the apartments shows the description the apartment has and more information on the lot traits. The options the player can use such as moving households in and out or going to build mode, is the same as with normal lots.

Unlike other residential lots, the game will not create random townies to live in the apartments. Instead the player has to put manually their own neighbors if the pre-made ones have moved out, been deleted, or died.

Apartment living

Landlord duties

Landlords are NPCs who the Sim has to pay the rent for. Sims can call landlords to help on things such as clearing out pests, repair broken objects and fix plumbing or faulty electrical wires. A Sim who has a good relationship with the landlord will have them wanting to fix broken objects more frequently. If the landlord is called to way too much, they will refuse to fix whatever problems are in the apartment.

Paying rent

Rent is due on a weekly basis. Sims can pay the rent by clicking their apartment mailbox located in the common area, on the computer, or on their personal cellphones. The amount of the rent depends on the apartment. Some low-end apartments have very cheap rent and richer apartments will have more costly ones. If the rent has not been payed by a Sim who is a teen or older, their utilities will be turned off one by one until the rent has been payed, similarly to bills.

Pests/Filth

In San Myshuno, some apartments have a special lot trait that can't be removed by the player. This lot trait adds special pests and filth to the apartment such as cockroaches, mice and sludge filth that leaks through the sewers. These pests will give Sims tense and uncomfortable moodlets. Sims can try to exterminate them by themselves, but there is a chance of a failure and making the pest even worse. The landlord can easily destroy them, but it is depended on the relationship the Sim has with the landlord.

Fire

A fire that occurs in an apartment building will be noticed by Sims living in the building. When a fire breaks out, Sims will leave their apartments, then panic. They will not gather around the fire, unlike on normal residential lots and some Sims in the household will immediately extinguish the fire. If there is a toddler in the apartment, an older Sim will carry them out.

Building in apartments

As apartments are located inside big buildings with other residents, some elements in Build mode have been restricted. Players can't remove outer walls, windows or doors. However, inner walls can be added and removed the player along with wallpapers, flooring, columns, and fences being modifiable. Basements and fountains can't be built in apartments, but for some reason pools can be.

Some apartments have special objects that can't be in any form of way be removed by the player. These include: special fireplaces, memorial plaques, sewers, mouse holes, pipes, and electrical wires. On the other hand, all normal build mode objects are available in apartments expect for rocket ships.