Hey Simmers, Honnahoops here. I’m one of the newest Community Reporters to join The Sims Community team!
Firstly, a little introduction. I’m Hannah, a 24 year old simmer who’s been playing The Sims since the age of 11. I’ve just graduated from Northumbria University and I’m now trying to navigate through adult life (any tips welcome).
I’ve also recently set myself the challenge of rebuilding my entire save! You can keep up with my progress on my tumblr and find my builds on the gallery.
I’m really looking forward to getting to know you all in the comments. Please leave me your ‘mods you can’t live without’ and maybe I’ll find a few I haven’t tested.
Functional Elevators
Now that The Sims 4 Discover University has given us the ability to add roommates to our households (hooray), the Functional Elevator Doors & Portal Mod gives us the creativity to build our own apartment buildings!
Modder TheSimmer40 has given elevator doors a purpose and ability to be placed on any lot. With this mod, you’ll be able to have up to three elevator shafts on a lot to travel between your many stories.
By combining the functionality of the portals from Realm of Magic with the City Living elevator doors, stairs will not be required and elevator doors can be ‘locked’ on certain floors for specific Sims.
The elevators themselves don’t have any special interactions and Sims will fade when entering and exiting the elevator. However I do still feel it gives the realism that the City Living elevators were lacking.
Need help installing mods? Fellow Sims Community Writer, SnarkyWitch has created a handy guide for installing custom content and mods.
NOTE: Realm of Magic is required for this mod to work.
46 Comments
I have been playing Sims for years and I’m 32, lol I love the new changes but I feel so far behind because of work. But I’ll be working from home soon and I will have time to catch up. I don’t have any Friends am just a homebody. ✌❤️
Reply to ChellyChelle
Im 30 and ive been playing for 17yrs and I try to make time but 4 kids and doing construction is kinda hard lol. Im a homebody also, would love to have a friend.
Reply to shadedria surman
Add me reecemom09
Reply to ChellyChelle
Hey ChellyChelle, nice to hear from you! I’m also a little bit of a ‘homebody’. I love being at home – much prefer that to going out haha.
Reply to ChellyChelle
You have me I’m your friend mama
I have to say, I’m always somewhat suspicious about sims4 mods which add new functionality. What if it breaks my save, what if it messes up sims AI..? But this mod completely surprises me with its fluidity and integration with the game. Great great job and thank you!
be cool to see escalators too but stairs and floor kind. Just in case some of us created a Mall which I have done would be able to use.
Reply to DrXtreme80
Hey DrXtreme80. I hope this is something we get too, either through mods or by Maxis.
Oh no, not another cool mod! 😉
Thanks for the heads up, Hannah, and welcome to the club!
Reply to Jaguwar
Thanks very much Jaguwar! It’s very cool indeed. I’ve loved making my own apartments – especially with the new ‘ask to be roommate’ functionality.
Welcome, Hannah! Thanks for letting us know about this cool mod. Funnily enough, I just got RoM in the sales yesterday, so this is a great bonus. 😀
Reply to Jim Cole
Thanks Jim Cole, you’re very welcome. 🙂 I picked up RoM in the sales too and this was the perfect mod to accompany it. Happy simming!
Welcome, Hannah! Thanks for letting us know about this cool mod. Funnily enough, I just got RoM in the sales yesterday, so this is a great bonus. 😀
Reply to Jim Cole
Thanks Jim Cole, you’re very welcome. 🙂 I picked up RoM in the sales too and this was the perfect mod to accompany it. Happy simming!
it is still better than knitting
Hello hamnah it’s nice to meet you im Donna tip on adulting well stay a kid at heart cause adulting can be stressful bills and house repairs to car repair enjoy life
Reply to Donna
Hey Donna, thanks for the adulting tip! 🙂 Myself and my partner have just bought our first house so I can imagine it’s going to get stressful soon!
I absolutely love the sims been hooked since day 1 i’ve played every single sims game ever created!!
I’ll most definitely be following! Im 27 been playing since I was 10 and im addicted to mods and custom content! I’ve even shared some of my building creations with the community 🙂
Reply to Breonna
Aw thank you Breonna! 🙂
Do I need any expansion packs for this to work? I don’t have City Living or Realm of Magic. (yet)
I was thinking of buying City Living just for the elevators alone. (Of course all the other stuff looks cool too)
Reply to Marcel
This mod uses RoM’s Portal as the basis for the elevator interaction. I believe the doors are just meshes taken from CL.
Do I need any expansion packs for this to work? I don’t have City Living or Realm of Magic. (yet)
I was thinking of buying City Living just for the elevators alone. (Of course all the other stuff looks cool too)
Reply to Marcel
This mod uses RoM’s Portal as the basis for the elevator interaction. I believe the doors are just meshes taken from CL.
Ive been playing the Sims since the very first one. Im 35 with 2 boys and a homebody. Wouldn’t mind friends that have the same interest in the Sims
Ive been playing the Sims since the very first one. Im 35 with 2 boys and a homebody. Wouldn’t mind friends that have the same interest in the Sims
Question though, can we use it when the “markers” are collided/put under other furnitures?
I feel like this functionality should have been introduced with city living. Or patched in in the case that it was a complicated concept beforehand. This is just EA using the “make an issue, then fix the issue” business tactic
Question though, can we use it when the “markers” are collided/put under other furnitures?
I feel like this functionality should have been introduced with city living. Or patched in in the case that it was a complicated concept beforehand. This is just EA using the “make an issue, then fix the issue” business tactic
Oh no, not another cool mod! 😉
Thanks for the heads up, Hannah, and welcome to the club!
Reply to Jaguwar
Thanks very much Jaguwar! It’s very cool indeed. I’ve loved making my own apartments – especially with the new ‘ask to be roommate’ functionality.
I have to say, I’m always somewhat suspicious about sims4 mods which add new functionality. What if it breaks my save, what if it messes up sims AI..? But this mod completely surprises me with its fluidity and integration with the game. Great great job and thank you!
I have been playing Sims for years and I’m 32, lol I love the new changes but I feel so far behind because of work. But I’ll be working from home soon and I will have time to catch up. I don’t have any Friends am just a homebody. ✌❤️
Reply to ChellyChelle
You have me I’m your friend mama
Reply to ChellyChelle
Im 30 and ive been playing for 17yrs and I try to make time but 4 kids and doing construction is kinda hard lol. Im a homebody also, would love to have a friend.
Reply to shadedria surman
Add me reecemom09
Reply to ChellyChelle
Hey ChellyChelle, nice to hear from you! I’m also a little bit of a ‘homebody’. I love being at home – much prefer that to going out haha.
it is still better than knitting
Hello hamnah it’s nice to meet you im Donna tip on adulting well stay a kid at heart cause adulting can be stressful bills and house repairs to car repair enjoy life
Reply to Donna
Hey Donna, thanks for the adulting tip! 🙂 Myself and my partner have just bought our first house so I can imagine it’s going to get stressful soon!
I absolutely love the sims been hooked since day 1 i’ve played every single sims game ever created!!
I’ll most definitely be following! Im 27 been playing since I was 10 and im addicted to mods and custom content! I’ve even shared some of my building creations with the community 🙂
Reply to Breonna
Aw thank you Breonna! 🙂
be cool to see escalators too but stairs and floor kind. Just in case some of us created a Mall which I have done would be able to use.
Reply to DrXtreme80
Hey DrXtreme80. I hope this is something we get too, either through mods or by Maxis.
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