Boutique Hotel Mod | Download v1.01

Updated 22/09/2024: See details below.

This mod introduces Boutique Hotels as a new venue type to elevate your sims’ vacations! The mod is all about the vacation and guest experience for your sims, and it uses the existing vacation rental system. It’s not for owning or running a hotel. 

• The Boutique Hotel is a new buildable lot type that functions like both a vacation rental and a community lot. The hotel’s daily booking price is automatically calculated based on the value of the build. 

• Up to 8 different households can vacation on the same lot at the same time! Random npc guests and employees will also spawn throughout the day.

• While staying at a boutique hotel, sims will generally be less tense, sad, angry, bored, or uncomfortable. Their fun and social bar will fill up slightly faster, and they’ll gain a slight skill boost to photography, wellness, and romance skills. They’ll also get a bit more satisfaction points for achieved wants/whims. 

• Custom whim set: Take a photo, Have a drink, Go swimming (randomized)

• Custom buff: Beautiful Vacation (+4 happy boost for 24hrs)

• Base-game friendly but has extra features with certain DLC

How to Install

• Download and unzip the zip files

• Place the Boutique Hotel Mod folder directly in your ‘Mods’ folder. 

• This includes an updated version of Basemental’s Universal Venue List. Delete any older venue lists you have installed.
  

How to Play

Build mode: Assign the Boutique Hotel lot type to a pre-existing lot or start a new build from scratch.

Live mode: Book a vacation, (from your sim's phone or computer) then choose the location you want to book. When you arrive, I recommend you pick your room(s) and lock the doors. You may also want to assign beds right away so your sim won’t fall asleep in the pool later. 

Mod Recommendations

Unlock/Lock Doors for chosen Sims

Send Sims to Bed

Teleport any sim 

• Just like real life, it might get a bit boring to spend the entire day in the hotel. Don’t forget to get out and explore other lots in the area! (This will also give the venue a chance to refresh.)

• Since the hotel has NPC sims at all hours of the day, the game won’t automatically switch to super speed when household members are asleep. You can manually click the fast-forward button to speed through time, but you may notice it’s not as fast as the residential version.

• I called this mod “boutique hotel” for a reason. There’s more stuff going on than a typical community lot so you may have issues if you try to build a giant 64x64 hotel to play with 8 full households. The playable capacity depends on your computer.

• Maids will spawn a few times a day, but they’re honestly pretty slow. You’re probably better off cleaning up after yourself most of the time.

• Boutique Hotel builds will convert to “vacation rentals” when uploading for the gallery ( this is on purpose to avoid causing bugs). You need to change the lot type to Boutique Hotel when placing a build from the gallery.

• Sometimes the hotel staff will behave strangely because they aren’t designed to work in this kind of environment. For example the massage therapist might start their shift by laying down on the massage table. You can just reset them or ignore them, they’ll eventually be ready to work.

• If an NPC employee is standing around aimlessly outside the lot, it’s most likely a routing issue. Make sure the object they need is accessible. 

• When more than 1 household is staying on the lot, the function to lock/unlock doors by household no longer recognizes whose household is whose. It’s best to allow access to specific individuals instead.

• Celebrities may spawn as hotel guests, but there should be no annoying paparazzi situation.

Front Desk Computer (Get To Work Required) 

Spawns an NPC receptionist who’ll pretend to use the computer and answer phone calls all day. This is mostly for visual storytelling and doesn’t have a gameplay function. If not on a Boutique Hotel, the computer pretty much functions like a regular computer, minus some superfluous features. Unlike a regular computer, it can be freely placed anywhere for decorative purposes. To function, it must be placed centred on a desk (with a desk chair) or an island counter (with a bar stool). 

Room Phone

• Order a meal instantly to sim inventory. The menu changes in certain worlds. You can order sushi in Mt. Komorebi, pasta in Tartosa, arepas in Selvadorada etc… Also includes some of my own custom food and drinks.

• Order vacation purchases instantly to sim inventory. I curated items different from the default EA version.

• Call a Taxi (Travel)

• Miscellaneous vacation functions

Room Service Plate

Order a meal instantly to the built-in refrigerated inventory (same dynamic menu as room phone.) You can also use it to store food if there’s no fridge nearby. Uses the same tuning as the room phone, so don't delete that file.

NPC Employees

Hotel staff will spawn depending on the presence of certain optional objects. If these items aren't on the lot, the employees won't spawn.

• Bar: Up to 2 bartenders

• Massage Table:  Up to 2 massage therapists

• Yoga Instructor Mat: Yoga instructor

• Chef Station: Experimental chef

• Front Desk:  Receptionist 
  

If you play with my mod, please tag me on Tumblr I love seeing the community use the things I make!

Please feel free to DM me if you have any issues.

Have fun ♡

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD MY BOUTIQUE HOTEL BUILD IL PALAZZO ROMANZA

1.01 Update(22/09/2024): 

• Double bed category is no longer hidden

• Nectar purchased from room service objects can now be served properly

• Fixed Vacation purchase pie menu icon

• Updated vacation purchase list to include more stuff

  Please download the updated files and delete the older versions. ♡