SimTower Tips
Here are some SimTower tips. If you have a tip you would like to add, send it to sprice@vt.edu and I will post it ASAP.
- Let the sims use the stairs wherever possible. Don't let them waste valuable elevator time to go up one floor.
- Separate offices, condos and hotels to keep them from complaining about the noise that each other makes.
- Mix retail shops, restaurants, fast-food restaurants, party halls and movie theaters to increase profits.
- Follow the VIP to his suite and drop his rent. He will almost always give you a good rating.
- Once a hotel has cockroaches, bulldoze it immediately to keep them from spreading.
- Some buildings cannot be destroyed: Recycling centers, security, medical centers, metro stations, cathedrals, and houskeeping. Place them well.
- Nothing can be placed under a metro station. Place it well.
- Make use of express elevators. Sims won't change elevators more than once.
- Build horizontally at the beginning and use elevators. Once you have placed elevators, build vertically.
- Condos provide good sources of income on the weekend.
- Drop office rent to $2000 and the tenants will never leave. In 5 years, you are profitting from the office forever.
- Party halls: If you build it, they will come.
- If you need cash, minimize the window, or just place your view window at blank space. The animation really boggs the clock down.