Looking for Advice - Modifying Secret Witch Lots

[MASchlabach]

I have scoured various websites in order to figure out how to modify all of the various "secret lots" within the Sims neigborhoods (appropriately, MATY has been the most helpful). I have figured out how to modify all but the secret witch lots. I was wondering if anyone has attempted this? Or is there a cheat command to view lot zoning within the game? (Or maybe some trick in SimPE.)

Any advice would be mot appreciated. This is NOT an urgent request.

Thanks!

[Gwill]

There are threads in the pesantry about modifying hobby lots and secret vacation lots.  I'd assume same procedure applies to witch lots.

[MASchlabach]

There are threads in the pesantry about modifying hobby lots and secret vacation lots.  I'd assume same procedure applies to witch lots.

True, but my concern is exactly what to change the "lot zoning" back to. For instance, a secret vacation lot's zoning is "secretvacationlot" and a hobby lot's is "secrethobbylot". So would the secret witch lots be "secretwitchlot" or "secretmagiclot"? Am I making sense or just needlessly worrying?

BTW - Thanks for the reply! 

[Cappuccino]

The cheat is supposedly changeLotZoning [apartmentbase/secretwitchlot], I just checked it on Snooty.

[MASchlabach]

The cheat is supposedly changeLotZoning [apartmentbase/secretwitchlot], I just checked it on Snooty.

Very cool. I've never heard of that website before, but I'll most certainly have to check it out!

Thank you so very much for your input! 

I'll make sure to post if for some reason things don't work out, just to let others know.

[Gwill]

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in the cheat window would have told you that.

[MASchlabach]

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in the cheat window would have told you that.

Hmm... Did not know that one either. Thanks again! 

[Tigerlilley]

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in the cheat window would have told you that.

I didn't know that either heh.

[Zazazu]

Completely botching the format of a cheat gets you the same thing. I get to see it quite a lot. I have the worst time remembering a couple cheats. A smart person would put them in userstartup.cheat with aliases.

[Havelock]

I have modyfied my Evil Witch lot with Spooky EAstore items and parts rebuild also and the Lot works fine. Its the same as with Secret Hobby Lots.

[MASchlabach]

I have modyfied my Evil Witch lot with Spooky EAstore items and parts rebuild also and the Lot works fine. Its the same as with Secret Hobby Lots.

So Havelock - Out of curiosity, did you first go in through SimPE (subtracting 0x00000010 from the Lot Description), enter the lot and "changelotzoning community", make your changes and save, then "changelotzoning secretwitchlot" before going back into SimPE and reversing? Just wanting clarification as you have already accomplished a successful modification.

Thanks for the input! 

[Havelock]

So Havelock - Out of curiosity, did you first go in through SimPE (subtracting 0x00000010 from the Lot Description), enter the lot and "changelotzoning community", make your changes and save, then "changelotzoning secretwitchlot" before going back into SimPE and reversing? Just wanting clarification as you have already accomplished a successful modification.

Thanks for the input! 

Yes i have made it so but i would suggest to back up your hood before you try to do this. Just to be save.

[MASchlabach]

Yes i have made it so but i would suggest to back up your hood before you try to do this. Just to be save.

Very awesome. Thanks for the confirmation!

Somehow I knew this was the right place to ask around! 

[Yecats]

I turned it into the house from Howls Moving Castle for one of the monthly house-of-fail contests.  Maybe that could be your secret lot?

[chaisipper]

I'm glad to see someone was successful... I haven't been able to find the secretwitchlot file and hadn't known about entering it through SimPE.