The Sims 2 Open for Business Patch description
Now your Sims can create their own businesses

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 practically any kind of business you want.

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?

Here are some key features of "The Sims 2 Open for Business":

· Create Thriving Businesses:
Open up shops selling just about anything from clothing, electronics, and toys to flowers, baked goods, robots and more. Customize any business to your choosing by tailoring the store theme, layout and prices. Hire employees with high sales skills and employ independent managers to run things while your Sim is away. Watch as your business grows from a mom and pop shop into a booming empire.
· Be The Boss:
Train employees, promote the best, and fire the rest. Cater to different customers including browsers and loyal shoppers. Mess with your Sims and dress them in outrageous mascot outfits that resemble Knights, Ninjas, Gorillas, and more. Reward the staff to boost morale but beware of slacker workers and be prepared to lay them off without hesitation!
· Learn The Tricks Of The Trade:
Customer is king. Develop your Sims' sales skills and determine if your employees should use a hard sell or drop the price to close the deal. Win the Best-of-the-Best Award to establish your Sim's business rep. Will your Sim's business make more money selling low quality products at basement rates or luxurious goods at scale-tipping prices?
· Turn Talents Into Cash:
Arrange flowers, make toys, and create robots to catch thieves at home or clean up the shop. Develop master-skilled Sims to make the most prized and expensive goods. Settle for an entry-level crafter and churn out pet bricks or faulty toy robots. Just bring home the bacon any way you can!
· More Than 125 New Items:
Stock up on essentials for your Sims' business, including display cases, a beauty salon chair, a toy workbench, a floral station, cash registers, and more. Complete your shop atmosphere with awnings and elevators for easy store navigation, or matching uniforms for all employees. With all the new items, there will never be another dull day building a business!


What's New in This Release:

· Sims with final and class at the same time will no longer always miss final.
· Game will no longer lock out when traveling to a community lot from home in a car.
· Player is now reimbursed when using the “Move to Lots and Houses Bin” Tool on a business lot.
· Game will no longer crash when deleting half walls that were placed adjacent to a stage.
· Pop up message that occurs after receiving a promotion accurately lists new job title, responsibilities, etc.
· The proper number of dates are now displayed in the memory for “50 First Dates.”
· Tilt, Spin, and Wobble will always restock properly.
· Game will not crash when entering EP2 lots after EP2 uninstalled.
· Servo’s Do Chores function will no longer override the Free Will off setting.
· Visiting Sims will no longer get stuck after drinking lemonade.
· Bug preventing player from sometimes leaving owned community lot fixed.
· NPC visitors will no longer get stuck if the exit points on lot are on uneven terrain.
· Wholesale Discount Difference is accurately subtracted when toggling items “Not for Sale”.
· Infinite OE no longer occurs when the Jacquets first visit J’Adore bakery after uninstalling EP2.
· Vampires do not keep vampire abilities after EP2 uninstalled
· Players now gain creativity skill by working DJ Booth on home businesses.
· Placeholder textures on vampires that results from uninstalling EP2 fixed.
· Fixed exploit that allowed players to receive aspiration point refund after using aspiration rewards.
· While playing the J’Adore Bakery, second Sim can now enter taxi while there is a fire.
· NPC Reporter can now purchase lemonade from the lemonade stand without error.
· Female Sims wearing baseball hats now have the proper colored pigtail.
· Asking fifth person to join water wiggler no longer affects gameplay.
· Fixed infinite Electrono Ticket Machine pop-up message that occurs when Sim buys previously owned home.
· Managerial Interactions properly identified in Readme.txt file.
· Social bunny can no longer be killed.
· The “Under Construction” sign will no longer show up on the Electrono Ticket Machine if the users cancels the “Close Business” interaction.
· Hanging objects will now display properly when placed over a stage.
· Fixed a reset that could occur while groups of Sims play poker.
· Prevented a crash that could occur when a Sim tried to restock an object from their shopping cart.
· Former Nightlife NPCs will now have hair after uninstalling Nightlife.
· Game will no longer go into triple speed upon driving onto Downtown lot.
· Change text warning when moving a house to catalog bin.
· Open for Business toddler hair styles now appear in Bodyshop.
· The game will no longer load indefinitely on lots that contained ReNuYuSenso Orbs prior to installing Open For Business.
· Removed Call Taxi option on Secret Society lots.
· The “New Wave” and “Shopping” wall speakers will now retain their proper music type after transitioning between lots (instead of reverting to Techno).
· Added Open for Business icon to skins uploaded to the community website.
· Fixed a timing issue where saving a lot just as a Sim is about to go home could render the Sim stuck on the lot indefinitely.
· Resolved an issue where the “Reach Top of Career” lifetime and power wants would fail to satisfy if strings were pulled for the top level promotion.
· The proper warning message is now displayed when moving University lots to the lots and houses bin.
· Fixed a rare timing issue that could cause Sims to get stuck on lots if saved after the “Go Home” interaction is cancelled.
· Fixed rare object error that occurred during elevator use.
· The Open for Business icon now appears on the proper content in Body Shop.
· Sims will no longer get stuck on an owned community lot when traveling to lot in an owned vehicle.
· Players will no longer be locked out of live mode upon returning to occupied owned community lot.
· Furious setting will now decrease over time so that Sims do not stay Furious forever.
· Deleting an employee work outfit and exiting lot without saving will no longer cause lots to disappear upon returning.