Extended Club Hours (Generations)*UPDATED* 7/27/11
by Carrigon


What's new for Generations: I removed the trait restrictions on the clubs. And I upped the amount of celebs that can be at a club. Also tried to up the amount of sims that should be there and how much the clubs advertise to sims. I can't guarantee this will give you more sims at your clubs because every game is different, but I really tried here. Most of the clubs advertise to the Party Animal trait, so if you want more sims showing up, you have to give them that trait. Some of the clubs and bars advertise to athletic sims, so that's another trait you might want to add. The file is mostly coded so they show up at night. That's how EA made it. The bars are more toward afternoon. If your sims work then, you might not see alot showing up. The clubs were always coded badly, especially since we all use different traits when making a sim. I'm hoping these changes I've made will help give you more at your clubs. I have noticed a difference at mine. I made one small tweak to some of the NPC hours just to give them alittle more time to get to the clubs.


This hack makes all the clubs open from eight am till 5am, so they are open almost twenty four hours a day. With one exception. The Vampire Club is open from about 5pm till 6am to make it a bit more realistic. Sort of from Dusk till Dawn.

I have also extended Happy Hours on the clubs that have them, mostly to make them last longer into the night. Happy Hour usually lasts about four hours now, and I varied when it starts on each club that has it.

This hack will conflict with any hack that has to do with the clubs and any hack that modifies the drinks or food served at the clubs. And will conflict with any file that modifies the NPC work hours and the Venues.

I have also included a modification to NPC work hours. The pianist will work from 8pm to 12am. The paparazzi works from 8am to 3am. Stylists and Tattoo Artists now work from 6am to 5am. And on Vacation worlds, you should see the Special Merchant about that much, too, and tourists.

The reason I have changed the club hours again is because I don't think I was giving them enough time between closing and getting down that elevator for NPC Bouncers and Bartenders to regenerate. So I have given them a longer window of time to leave and come back. This should fix problems with no Bartenders or Bouncers spawning with extended club hours.

Installation: Put the package in the usual place. You must have your framework installed, then you can put this here:
Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3\Mods\Packages

To Update for Generations. If you have the old LN version, you must remove it before installing this one. And clear your game's cache files.


UPDATE 7/21/11:
I tweaked it alot more. I added more motive advertising to the clubs. Changed and added traits, careers, skills that the clubs advertise to. See my new Club Guide for which clubs advertise to which sims. Just overwrite the old file to update and clear your game's cache files before playing.

UPDATE 7/27/11: Fully updated for the latest patch. I also tweaked it more for allowing more sims at the clubs.

No redistributing, No rehacking without my permission.

Carrigon's Club Guide for use with my Club Hours Hack for Generations. (As of: 7/21/11)

This is a list of the clubs and what I changed. You do not need your sim to have every trait or every skill. They only need one or more for the clubs to advertise to them. By having your sims with one or more traits or skills that the clubs want, you can greatly increase your chances of having more sims at your clubs.

Bars tend to be more active in the afternoons, during the week, but you should be able to find some sims in there at other times.

Clubs are most active at night and usually from Friday, Saturday, Sunday, but you should still find sims in there during the week, too.

Motivation is key to having active bars and clubs. If you have too many fun things for them to do at home, they will be less likely to go out.

You will still find more vampire sims at the vampire club, however, since I added more motives to other clubs, you will find them showing up there, as well, just probably not in great numbers.

The celebrities allowed count is how many the game will look to put in the club or bar. You won't always find that many, but it gives the game more of a pool to choose from.

Motives, if a sim is low in a motive listed, the club or bar will advertise to them. This brings more sims in.

Some bars or clubs advertise to certain skills or careers, you will see them listed below.



Sports Bar (Bridgeport Sports Zone)

Motives: Social,Fun,Hunger

Traits: Lucky,Excitable,Brave,Athletic,Daredevil,LovesTheOutdoors,PartyAnimal,Vampire

Careers: Military,Firefighter,Journalism,ProfessionalSports

Skills: Athletic,Handiness,Photography,Fishing

Celebrities Allowed: 13




DiveBarCriminal (Waylon's Haunt)

Motives: Social,Fun,Hygiene,Bladder

Traits: Rebellious,Adventurous,Brave,MeanSpirited,VehicleEnthusiast,Loner,HotHeaded,Evil,Athletic,Daredevil,HatesTheOutdoors,Handy,Vampire

Careers: Criminal,Investigator,LawEnforcement,Military

Celebrities Allowed: 13



DiveBarIrish (Eugi's)

Motives: Social,Fun,Hunger

Traits: Bookworm,Grumpy,Flirty,Genius,Unlucky,CouchPotato,Charismatic,HotHeaded,GoodSenseofHumor,Vampire

Celebrities Allowed: 10



CocktailLoungeAsian (Banzai)

Motives: Social,Fun,Hunger

Traits: Perfectionist,GreenThumb,Nurturing,NaturalCook,EcoFriendly,Perceptive,Adventurous,Disciplined,PartyAnimal,Dramatic,Excitable

Skills: Cooking,Gardening,Charisma,MartialArts

Celebrities Allowed: 7



CocktailLoungeVampire (Plasma 501)

Motives: Social,Fun,Hunger,Thirst

Traits: Rebellious,SavvySculptor,Rocker,HatestheOutdoors,Grumpy,Charismatic,LightSleeper,Insane,Perceptive,Eccentric,Adventurous,Dramatic,Evil,Flirty,Snob,Virtuoso,Loner,Artistic,HopelessRomantic,Vampire

Skills: Charisma,Mixology,Writing,Painting,Inventing,Sculpting,Bass

Celebrities Allowed: 13



CocktailLoungeCelebrity (The Prosper Room)

Motives: Social,Fun,Hunger
Traits: Flirty,Childish,EasilyImpressed,GreatKisser,Neurotic,PhotographersEye,StarQuality,XFactor,Snob,Schmoozer,Dramatic,Charismatic,Ambitious

Careers: Music,Journalism,Film

Skills: Painting,Piano,Sculpting,Photography,Guitar,Athletic,Charisma

Celebrities Allowed: 11




DanceClubRave (The Grind)

Motives: Social,Fun,Bladder

Traits: Good,Rebellious,Adventurous,OverEmotional,Ambitious,HeavySleeper,Excitable,Friendly,Flirty,Athletic,Daredevil,PartyAnimal

Careers: Music,Business,ArchitecturalDesigner,GhostHunter,Medical,Daycare,Science,BookstoreClerk,SpaSpecialist

Skills: Dancing,Mixology,Collecting,Logic,Athletic ,Nectarmaking,Drums

Celebrities Allowed: 10



DanceClubPool (Aquarius)

Motives: Social,Fun,Bladder,Hygiene,Hunger

Traits: Angler,BornSalesperson,Adventurous,Rocker,Workaholic,Vegetarian,Perfectionist,FamilyOriented,Schmoozer,Charismatic,Athletic,LovesTheOutdoors,PartyAnimal

Skills: Dancing,Fishing,Gardening,Cooking,Nectarmaking

Celebrities Allowed: 8



DanceClubLiveMusic (Disco, The Brightmore)

Motives: Social,Fun,Bladder

Traits: PhotographersEye,Adventurous,Mooch,Artistic,Excitable,Childish,EasilyImpressed,ComputerWhiz,Bookworm,Virtuoso,Athletic,Daredevil,PartyAnimal

Skills: Dancing,Photography,Logic,Writing,Inventing,Bass,Drums,Guitar,Piano

Celebrities Allowed: 9

One more tip on this. I am not playing with the velvet ropes or bouncers, so if it's still not working right for you, get rid of the ropes and bouncers. The bouncers will probably affect it by turning sims away and you'll get less in the clubs.

Very minor code changes with the patch, this should still work, but I will be releasing an update anyway. I want to see if I can up the sim count in the clubs even more.

Fully updated for the latest patch. And I tweaked so more sims can show up at the clubs. Overwrite the old file, clear your game's cache files.