Crate and Barrel Retail Displays

Objects

You'll find these items in the Retail section of the catalog if you're on a retail lot. Otherwise, you can find them in Surfaces > Displays.

This set comes with:

• One barrel

• One crate

• A hay and ice insert for each

You'll want to put the inserts into a slot on the crates and barrels so that items stocked to the surface don't look like they're floating. You won't be able to do this once the slots are filled, so make sure you do it before you stock anything.

As Sims browse and shop from these objects, they will become dirty, so make sure you're keeping an eye on them. Sims will clean them with a spray bottle. Also, be sure to leave a little bit of space between each object so that Sims can get close enough to stock it. If you don't, your Sims will exit out of the interaction and give you a routing error.

Storing & Stocking

The crate and barrel have their own inventory, so you can accumulate and store things that you want to sell at your retail store. I made these with harvestables and fish in mind, but you can store pretty much anything in them.

If you have items stored inside, click on them and "Stock" any items from inside to the slots that sit on the surface. Only so many items can be stocked at a time, even if there are more items inside the inventory, so you may need to use the "Stock" interaction several times to fill all the slots.

Fish and larger objects may slot in strangely sometimes. If you don't like the way it looks, go into Build Mode to adjust them. Don't try to adjust them in Live Mode, or you will just end up dropping them back into the object inventory.

Managing Stock & Inventory

Gone are the days of setting each item for sale one-by-one — who has time for that?

With these displays, you can:

• Set Items For Sale – Your Sim will set anything slotted to the surface for sale with a single swipe of the hand.

• Set Items Not For Sale – Does the opposite and sets anything slotted to the surface not for sale.

Note: You can only set items for sale/not for sale if there are no "Sold" item signs on the display, so be sure to remove them first.

You can retrieve items from these displays by using:

• Clear the Surface – Takes any items slotted to the surface and puts them into your Sim's inventory.

• Take Stored Items – Removes items from the display inventory and puts them into your Sim's inventory.

I've also added an option to label these so you can keep them organized since they are used as storage.

Please note: All interactions are available regardless of whether or not there are items slotted to the surface for now. This may get an update in the future.

Things to Keep in Mind

• These have inventories and a lot of slots, so if you have a slower computer, they may cause lag if you have a lot of them on your retail lot.

• I like to use a combination of these with my produce and aquarium retail displays to balance things out. Sims can buy directly from their inventory, which keeps the immersion of running a market and ringing up customers while still turning a profit and avoiding a super laggy lot.