Now your Sims can create their own businesses. They can design their own clothing boutique, beauty salon, florist, high-end electronics shop, bustling restaurant chain, or virtually any other type of business. Hire your staff as the business grows and put talented Sims to work making toys, running the register, crafting floral bouquets, giving sales pitches, or manufacturing robots. But watch out for slacker employees and be prepared to fire them on the spot. From clever tinkerer to master craftsman, develop your Sim's talents to best suit your business needs.

Will they build a thriving business empire or become eccentric entrepreneurs designing the next big thing? The main change to the core game introduced by Open for Business is a new neighborhood type — the Shopping District , the default one being named Bluewater Village. A number of Sims live there, such as a toymaking family, a woman who owns a home-based flower shop, a family that owns a furniture shop, a family bakery, and a rich tycoon who owns a nightclub and an electronics shop.

Community lots are more flexible now. Removing many of the gameplay restrictions that were present on them in the original game makes a large improvement. Players can now save the game while their Sims are visiting community lots, reloading their household will take the player to the community lot where the Sims are located. Buy mode and build mode are now accessible on owned community lots, so that the players can customize their business. Like the other expansions, new wants and fears and interactions are added.

They include a new lifetime want and several new interactions for children. Some changes to items from the base game are also present. For example, doors are now lockable. They can be set to allow only one Sim, the whole family, or just employees to enter.

There are new objects in this expansion. Furniture styles and the build-mode selection have been expanded. The biggest difference, however, is the addition of business-oriented items such as cash- registers , shelves, elevators , and crafting centers that Sims can use to create things to sell. The game's concept is running a business, hence the name "Open for Business.

Open for Business allows the player to control various aspects of running a business including picking which products to sell, crafting goods, hiring and firing employees, and restocking shelves. The game also rewards the player for meeting several predetermined goals. Also, a "Mystery Shopper" may visit the business and critique it. If a Sim has a business on a community lot, and the player sends Sims from another household to visit it, the owner, manager if any , and employees will appear.

Employees with assigned tasks will do them. Sims must earn talent badges to increase sales and productivity on workbenches such as the Robot Crafting Station , and gain customer loyalty to have their business reach a higher rank and gain business perks. Open for Business adds new functionality to a Sim's productivity around the house. Sims are able to craft new items, including toys, flower arranging and robots. Additional items include those aimed specifically at enhancing the business setting like an old-style cash register, beauty salon chairs and child-oriented toys.

Also added is the servo , a household robot, which can perform basic tasks and function like a Sim in regards to social interactions. The Mac version was released on September 4, It allows Sims to run a home or community lot based business.

Its concept of owning a business returned in The Sims 4: Get to Work. Running a business is the main theme of this expansion pack. Open for Business gives the player the ability to run a business, either on a playable Sim's home lot or a separate community lot that they own. It also adds a new type of sub-neighborhood called a shopping district, with Bluewater Village being a pre-made one. Open for Business also introduces a new life state to the game: the servo. Sims can build servos on the robot creation bench and they can either be sold in a business or activated, where the servo becomes a member of the family.

Now your Sims can create their own businesses. They can design their own clothing boutique, beauty salon, florist, high-end electronics shop, bustling restaurant chain, or virtually any other type of business.

Hire your staff as the business grows and put talented Sims to work making toys, running the register, crafting floral bouquets, giving sales pitches, or manufacturing robots.

But watch out for slacker employees and be prepared to fire them on the spot. From clever tinkerer to master craftsman, develop your Sim's talents to best suit your business needs. Will they build a thriving business empire or become eccentric entrepreneurs designing the next big thing?

The main change to the core game introduced by Open for Business is a new neighborhood type — the Shopping District , the default one being named Bluewater Village. A number of Sims live there, such as a toymaking family, a woman who owns a home-based flower shop, a family that owns a furniture shop, a family bakery, and a rich tycoon who owns a nightclub and an electronics shop.

Community lots are more flexible now. Removing many of the gameplay restrictions that were present on them in the original game makes a large improvement. Players can now save the game while their Sims are visiting community lots, reloading their household will take the player to the community lot where the Sims are located.

Buy mode and build mode are now accessible on owned community lots, so that the players can customize their business. Like the other expansions, new wants and fears and interactions are added. They include a new lifetime want and several new interactions for children. Some changes to items from the base game are also present. For example, doors are now lockable. They can be set to allow only one Sim, the whole family, or just employees to enter. There are new objects in this expansion.

Furniture styles and the build-mode selection have been expanded. The biggest difference, however, is the addition of business-oriented items such as cash- registers , shelves, elevators , and crafting centers that Sims can use to create things to sell. The game's concept is running a business, hence the name "Open for Business. Open for Business allows the player to control various aspects of running a business including picking which products to sell, crafting goods, hiring and firing employees, and restocking shelves.

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Adds in a new town, Magnolia Promenade, where you can build your businesses and hire employees to run them. Players can also get married or have children and raise their kids as they grow up. The game is much more like real life than previous Sims games, with the addition of these features makes it a lot more accessible for players to be immersed into gameplay without having such long loading times between actions.

This expansion pack comes with some great additions to the game that will make it even more enjoyable. Adds in lots of fashionable new clothing for your Sims. The game is a simulation where players can create their own family and control them throughout life, from pregnancy to death. Adds in some festive clothing and objects to celebrate the holidays! We have a wide variety of decorations, including Christmas tree ornaments, holiday wreaths, and garlands.

Adds in lots of party-themed items for your Sims to use. You can throw parties with it! The game is a lot more fun when you have a house full of guests and the perfect drinks, food, and decorations. There are tons of options available as well, so make sure that whatever theme you choose will be perfect. This expansion pack comes with new careers, objects, items, four new neighborhoods, and tons of content.

To make sure you get everything out of this game, we recommend playing it on at least level 10 or higher! Adds tons of clothing from the Teen Vogue magazine for your teens to wear.

These items allow you to create various styles — from country kitchens with brick walls to sleek modern design. The latest update also comes with brand-new features that make cooking more accessible than ever before. You can now use the interactive stovetops or even turn on an oven using just one click! The game also comes with new items, such as an oven and refrigerator that you can place anywhere in your home.

It offers everything you could ever need in furniture, home decorating items, appliances, garden products, and more at affordable prices. With so many options available online or in-store, there are plenty of ways to get new designs into your game without having any extra work on the part of developers. Adds in a new mansion lot that you can move into and decorate.

The mansion is huge, with tons of rooms and space for you to fill with your furniture. Adds in some dessert-themed items for your Sims to use. The desserts are available as both food and drink options, so you can pick what suits the mood of your Sims or give them something new on occasion. Adds in a new washer and dryer object for your Sims to use.

Adds in tons of garden-themed items for your Sims to use. Adds in some toddler-themed clothing for your toddlers. They can even wear them as children if you want them to! Adds in tons of elegant clothing for your Sims to wear.

Adds in some vampire-themed objects, clothing, and hairstyles for your Sims. Adds in some bowling-themed items for your Sims to use. If you already have existing Sims 2 game files on your hard drive, make sure you uninstall the previous game before installing a new one. Sims 2 is a very flexible game that allows you to create custom content for your game.

You can create your clothes, furnishings and even build houses using 3D Studio Max or other 3D modeling software. Please note that you need to use custom content in your game.

This package includes some custom content I had previously created for my game. The Sims 2 Body Shop is a program that allows you to create your custom skin, hair, and clothes for your sims. You can download it from here. This is an old version of this program, but it works fine with The Sims 2 Ultimate Collection.