The Sims 3 Island Paradise: Resort Ownership
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Becoming a Resort Owner: Starting Your First
Resort
In order to start a Resort of your own, you can
use the Cell Phone in your Sim's inventory and select Real
Estate and Travel Services > Become a Resort Owner. You will
be shown a map of Isla Paradiso that shows choices based on
your current household funds.
Hobart's Hideaway is an existing Resort that is free to
manage. It's in trouble and needs someone to turn the
business around.
Alternatively, you can select an empty lot or build a Resort on one of the eight Uncharted Islands that you Unlock. Empty lots are fine choices, but those along the beach are probably better for keeping guests entertained - remember that you can build out into the water, so you have a bit more room than first appears.
If you have hundreds of thousands of Simoleons, you can also choose to take over the luxurious and expensive Sparkling Sands or La Costa Verde Resort.
Run More than One Resort At a Time
Resort
Ownership and Management does not take up an employment slot
of any kind, so you can operate with a traditional career or
even take up self employment in a skill and still collect
residual income from your resorts. With the proper staff and
amenities, they'll manage themselves!
If you are starting your first Resort, I suggest you just take over Hobart's Hideaway as it has the basics you need, which will teach you to make an even better Resort later, perhaps even constructing on No Trouble Atoll if you can turn Hobart's Hideaway into a Five-Star Resort.
Using an Uncharted Island
If you want to use an
Uncharted Island, Such as Mermaid's Secret or Diver's Den to
make your resort, you first need to head to map mode - click
the Island's icon on the map and choose Real Estate. From
there, you can click Convert to Resort to change it from a
Private Lot (you can also find buy and build on this lot
functions under this menu). After doing so, it will
automatically start as a resort that you can name and begin
managing. The price to start it up is free, as you already
own any Uncharted Islands once you go through the trouble to
unlock them.
If you use an Uncharted Island, there will be a Front Desk placed on the Island which you can use to access the Resort Management menu. When you get your lobby built, you can move this to its proper location.
Selling your Resort
With a high star rating,
your Resort should be worth much more than the cost of items
you've sunk into it. You can sell your Resort by going to the
cell phone, choosing Real Estate and Travel Services, then
Check Real Estate. You will get to see a list of Resorts you
own under that tab, and can select one and choose the sell
button at the bottom. You will lose control and get a lump
sum of cash for your sale.
Ready to Start a Resort
Once you've chosen the
Resort you will manage, you have ownership and will be able
to begin upgrades, collect your weekly profit (or loss) and
hire staff. Read on to learn how to take care of your guests,
what features to include at your Resort, and how you can
boost your Resort to a Five Star Rating quickly and unlock
the best Resort Island.
Staff & Maintenance | Star Ratings & Guest Reviews | Example Tutorial | Resorts in Isla Paradiso
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4Although I've heard that NVIDIA GPU's doesn't work very well with this expansion, not sure if that's the problem or if it's laggy for everyone.
About once every 3rd second it freezes and stays frozen for 7-12 seconds, just to repeat over and over and over.My specs:
GPU: GeForce GTX 770
CPU: i7-4770 (3.40GHz
Memory: 16.00 GB RAM (not the best but eh)
OS: Windows 8Obviously shouldn't have problems running this, and it's only IP that's laggy.
I used to multi-box 5 World of Warcraft accounts a while back, all running at max settings, ironic that you can do that but not play something as simple as this.
I would rather have burned my $25 instead of buying this, kinda want to play the actual world that came with IP.
