Skyscrapers are shell buildings that were introduced in The Sims 3: Late Night[1] and The Sims 4: City Living. They are "shell buildings"[2] and typically only offer one or two floors.
The Sims 2[]
Empty and non-interactive skyscrapers can be placed in Neighborhood mode, and are present by default in Downtown and in Belladonna Cove.
The Sims 3: Late Night[]
Plasma 501, the tallest skyscraper in the Sims 3 era among those a Sim can go to the highest floors of.
Skyscrapers were first introduced in Late Night. Most of the skyscrapers include a couple of floors (such as the basement; some nicer penthouses have a second floor bedroom) as a playable area for either residential penthouses or community lots, such as Bars.[3] More than one rabbit hole can be inside a skyscraper.[4] It is the first time in the series that a skyscraper can be made without the use of cheats, though they were available as neighborhood decorations in The Sims 2: Nightlife and The Sims 2: Apartment Life. Skyscrapers can be placed in Build Mode, though as any rabbit hole, it has to be placed before a family moves in.
Skyscrapers are only pre-placed in Bridgeport. Many of the skyscrapers, though not all of them, can be found in Lots and Houses bin/The Sims 3#Late Night, from which they can be placed in any world. Alternately, the skyscraper shells in unfurnished states can be found in Buydebug.
If the active household lives in a skyscraper, then equestrian center[TS3:P] rabbit holes will refuse to let a Sim buy a horse, with the listed reason being that horses cannot live in skyscrapers.
While Roaring Heights and to lesser extents Starlight Shores[TS3:ST] and Oasis Landing[TS3:ITF] also have pretty tall pre-placed buildings, Sims cannot enter their higher floors.
The Sims 4: City Living[]
San Myshuno's skyline.
Skyscrapers return once again in City Living. They are more often seen as high story apartment buildings and usually have one to four apartments in them, though some of the skyscrapers also have a penthouse on top. Some of the buildings are mostly one story, but there couple that have two stories. These skyscrapers can not be moved, edited or placed into another world by the player and are only found in San Myshuno.
References[]
- ↑ TheSims3 tweet The tall buildings can actually be lived in. If you make enough Simoleons you can even buy one of the luxury high rises.
- ↑ TheSims3 tweet The apartments are extensions of Shells from World Adventures. Big models, but with some floors that can be built and lived in.
- ↑ Gamesradar - The Sims 3: Late Night
- ↑ SimsNetwork - The Sims 3 Late Night @ Gamescom 2010