6C589723

6C589723
Short name:	LOT
Long name:	Lot Definition

Format

64 Bytes

File name (null terminated)

WORD

Version (known values: 6, 7=Bon Voyage, 8=Free Time, 11=Apartment Life)

DWORD

Lot size

DWORD

Lot size

Byte

Lot type

0=Residential

1=Community

2=Dorm (University)

3=Greek House (University)

4=Secret Society (University)

5=Hotel (Bon Voyage)

6=Hidden Vacation Lot (Bon Voyage)

7=Hidden Hobby Lot (FreeTime)

8=Apartment Base (Apartment Life)

9=Apartment Sublot (Apartment Life)

10=Hidden Witches Lot (Apartment Life)

Byte

Roads (aka U10)

Describes the location of the road(s) within the lot package.

Bit field: add together for more than one road per lot:

0=No road

1=Road at Left

2=Road at Top

4=Road at Right

8=Road at Bottom

Byte

Rotation (aka U11)

Describes the rotation of the lot within the lot package:

0=Lot faces Left (sun at back left corner)

1=Lot faces Top (sun at front left corner)

2=Lot faces Right (sun at front right corner)

3=Lot faces Bottom (sun at back right corner)

DWORD

Flags (aka U0)

0x01=Unknown (perhaps Lot is not empty?)

0x02=Lot has house

0x08=Remove furniture after family is evicted

0x10=Lot is hidden

0x80=Unknown (perhaps Beach lot?)

7BITSTR

Lot name

7BITSTR

Lot description

DWORD

Count D

repeat D times

DWORD

Unknown

If Version is 7 or 8:

FLOAT

Unknown

If Version is 8:

DWORD

Unknown

Note:

• This is basically equivalent to DESC. The differences are:
  • DESC is in the neighborhood package; LOT is in the lot package
  • The format of the data is slightly different. For example, DESC uses a DWORD string length, but LOT uses a 7BITSTR.
  • Information about the neighborhood exists in DESC, but is missing from LOT: Top, Left, Elevation, Orientation, etc.

• An apartment (Apartment Life) consists of one or more different lots:
  • An Apartment Base, which is the unoccupied apartment building
  • Zero or more Apartment Sublots, one for each playable occupied apartment within the building (maximum of 4)

This article is one of several on this topic imported from the old MTS2 wiki. It's original pages, with comments, can be found at http://old_wiki.modthesims2.com/6C589723 and http://old_wiki.modthesims2.com/LOT