Freebie Friday - The Sims 2 - Old Murray Manor Hotel

Long before there was an Eira Summit, there was a Murray Old. Murray Old was old enough to see the invention of the telephone. He hated it. Why? Because when the first phone books came out, he was listed as Old Murray. Everyone he knew made fun of him. And even people he didn't know made fun of him. People would call him from all over the county to ask him how old he was. It got old fast. Real old. Real fast.

But Old Murray would have his revenge.

Especially on the pool players. Especially them.

Old Murray Manor no longer houses Old Murray. What you will find here, however, is fine dining, ballroom dancing, and the highest quality hotel suites on the mountain. You'll also find a lavish game room, a health spa, outdoor ice-skating, fishing, and a gift shop. You'll never want to leave--just like Old Murray!

No matter how I tried (and I tried many, many--too many!--different ways), I can't get the lot to package with Old Murray's ghost inside. The gravestone vanishes from the lot, and if you call the Grim Reaper to ressurect Old Murray, he will say that there are no dead sims in the neighborhood. But since so many people seem to have nothing but trouble with their ghosts, maybe it's for the best. Old Murray will remain haunting my computer, but you can make an Old Murray for your manor the same way I did. Here's how:

1. Install the Old Murray Manor Hotel.

2. While still in the Lots & Houses menu (F2), click on the Old Murray Manor Hotel lot you placed and choose to Enter Lot.

3. Open up the cheat menu by holding down Ctrl, Shift, and c. Type (or cut & paste) changelotzoning residential into the window and hit enter.

4. Save the lot.

5. Go back to the main Neighborhood (main as in the base one, like Pleasantview or Strangetown) for this Vacation Destination.

6. Make a sim named Old Murray. Note: Be sure to pick a good outdoor outfit for him because he will change clothes as he enters the manor if his grave is kept outside.

7. Give Old Murray enough money to buy the hotel. I think it's about 466,000 simoleons, but it's okay if you go over. You won't be playing him for long. (Hint: Use the motherlode cheat.)

8. Buy the Vacation Home Old Murray Manor Hotel.

9. Send Old Murray there to die.

10. When he gets to the Vacation Home Old Murray Manor Hotel, kill him however you like. The Tombstone of Life & Death works great for this. Put the gravestone wherever you like. The wooded area behind the pond is probably best.

11. Open up the cheat menu by holding down Ctrl, Shift, and c. Type (or cut & paste) changelotzoning hotel into the window and hit enter.

12. Save the lot.

When you go back to the Neighborhood, it should say that the Old Murray Manor Hotel is a hotel, not a vacation home. You did it! If you didn't do it, go back over the steps to see where you went wrong. If you're really sick creative, you can make and off his whole family! Make up whatever legend you want about your manor--it's yours now, after all.

Bear in mind this is a large lot. Lesser systems may not be up to the challenge of rendering this leviathan. You might want to install Paladin's Service NPC Fixes to improve the housekeeper and bellhop with this one, in case the elevators break down.

Check out more screenshots of this hotel on my flickr slideshow on this blog (clicking on it will take you to my flickr photostream).

Download Old Murray Manor Hotel here!
Whoops! Forgot to mention for any new readers that the Eira Summit Vacation Destination lots require all the expansions up to and including FreeTime, but none of the Stuff Packs. Goodnight! See you tomorrow.