Hot Springs Story: Tips & Strategies

Discussion in 'General Game Discussion and Questions' started by KiddToKmart, Feb 28, 2011.

  1. shawntan

    shawntan Member

    Feb 17, 2011
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    How do you get all trophis very early? What do u focus on first?
     
  2. fwathan

    fwathan New Member

    Mar 20, 2011
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    i focus on scenery first. so i made like this

    x x x x x x x x x x x
    x s t t s x t t s t x
    x t s s t x t s s s x
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    x s s s t x t s s t x
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    t = building
    s = scnry
    x = road

    ummm somtin like this. i want to take the scrnshoot but how?
     
  3. phazer89

    phazer89 Well-Known Member

    For the iPhone just press the home button and the lock button together. I imagine it should be the same for the iPad too.
     
  4. Vigoth

    Vigoth Member

    Mar 24, 2011
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    Hi all,

    I was wondering how to unlock Maple Trees?

    I read on the topic / phazer's guide I had to get 10 Plum Trees (I have more than 10 on site + 10 in stock) and nothing happens still.

    It's written on the guide besides the 10 Plum Trees that "Expand Store II (tentative)" is needed.

    My Hot Spring is already full size, or did I miss something?
     
  5. hotspringfan

    hotspringfan Well-Known Member

    Mar 5, 2011
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    Now I have Tea Expert in my inn and on its way to increase Pop.
    Last night I got new facilities of arcade, I'm wondering that if it can be put close to the tatami rooms or western rooms cuz I have no much place to lay arcade.
     
  6. phazer89

    phazer89 Well-Known Member

    Expand Store II refers to the store inventory upgrade, not the land expansion/land deed upgrades. You'll have to buy a certain number of items from the shop to unlock the investment. Expand Store I is about 55 items, not too sure about the second one, could be 150-200. If you haven't unlocked it already just buy lots of cheap items.

    It won't cause the compatibility to go down for rooms if that's what you mean. You can check the first post for the full list.
     
  7. Vigoth

    Vigoth Member

    Mar 24, 2011
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    I will give it a try, million thanks!!
     
  8. jlieu

    jlieu Member

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    Hmm...been trying and searching, but I can't seem to figure out how to exactly gain access to be able to create a salon.
     
  9. hotspringfan

    hotspringfan Well-Known Member

    Mar 5, 2011
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    what should do to increase the pop of yng couple and old couple? There is not pop of them in my inn.And how to get Beautician and Famous FT satisfied after inviting them to my inn?
     
  10. phazer89

    phazer89 Well-Known Member

    You need to invite the Beautician over, which I believe should be unlocked after getting a combined Female (Biz-woman, Antique Dlr etc) popularity of 200.

    Just set your Targets to include them and play normally, they'll eventually level up. To speed up the process you could build baths with the group effect and other group-oriented facilities (ping pong, arcade, karaoke). Also, boost the facilities' popularity with items and scenery.

    Check my guide for the details, basically you'll want to reserve Western/Tatami Rooms depending on their age groups, and choose one with high scenery/popularity. You'll need baths with the appropriate effect and other high popularity facilities nearby too.
     
  11. nickmorgs

    nickmorgs Member

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    #211 nickmorgs, Apr 4, 2011
    Last edited: Apr 4, 2011
    I have the option to buy the Architect investment but it then asks me to choose a room for them. All rooms are labelled as reserved when I try to select them. I've tried building more rooms but no luck.

    Any ideas ?


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    No worries guys, answered my own question. Clicked on a room and it reserved it for the architect. Thought it meant that I couldn't reserve it. Dumb-ass.
     
  12. Yahn

    Yahn Member

    Apr 6, 2011
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    #212 Yahn, Apr 6, 2011
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    How to build gates

    Hello guys i cant build any gates or any new entries, how does it work ?
    thx for help
    (found it)
     
  13. timsticle

    timsticle New Member

    Apr 8, 2011
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    This is what I ended up with the 3rd time playing through. This was a couple weeks ago.

    [​IMG]
     
  14. adelv

    adelv New Member

    Apr 9, 2011
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    Deleted receptionist desk by accident!

    Hi everyone,

    I just bought this app today for my iPhone. Anyways, I had the architect come in and I saw that I could purchase a new receptionist desk...I deleted the old one and now I can't buy a new one! How can I get my old desk back or buy the new one?!:(
     
  15. Yahn

    Yahn Member

    Apr 6, 2011
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    Best scores ??

    Hello there my score after the end of game is 272 170; is it any good ? whats yours, is there a ranking or something ?
     
  16. November's Chopin

    November's Chopin Well-Known Member

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    Does anyone know how to rotate the direction of the baths/facilities?
    Also I'm not really getting how to play this game... I'm still on year 1, and I played around 5 Tatami rooms, 4 baths, a restaurant, a vending machine, an arcade, and a shop. All of these are surrounded by strategically placed scenary (pine trees and that flower shrub). So what do I do now, simply wait? I can't find what there is to do other than watch the customers... :confused:
     
  17. Momobuta

    Momobuta New Member

    Apr 13, 2011
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    VIP Room in 16 Years

    Is there anyone of you can get the VIP room within 16 years?

    I've played this game for six times. The maximum I could get was 86 ratings for Rich Couple. Do you guys have any tips? :eek:
     
  18. tacitak

    tacitak Member

    Apr 13, 2011
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    Well i m having a dificulty to find out some option like turn on and hoe to change a look i tried so many tuotrial on the internet but cant get the solution, also want to knoe the how to go to another room.
     
  19. bigbramble

    bigbramble New Member

    Apr 13, 2011
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    Brilliant thread, so many good bits of info within!

    A question for 'Equivocal', when you were building the large bath setup did you just get cracking with it from day 1 or build something else in the interim until you had a 20x20 plot?

    Cheers.
     
  20. phazer89

    phazer89 Well-Known Member

    #220 phazer89, Apr 13, 2011
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    You can view your high score from the game menus. There's no online ranking although it's stated in the game. Game Dev Story was updated today with Game Center support for leaderboards (and achievements), so maybe we'll see an update for HSS in the future.

    Hm it's been a long time since I played this, but IIRC the only buildings you can rotate are the regular baths. Facilities can be accessed from any side so you just need to have one side facing the floor, it doesn't need to be the "front". You can unlock new guests (targets) and facilities through investments, so basically you'll be improving your inn through expansions and facilities, attract more guests, earn more money etc.

    Not for me, although I've only played once normally. You might want to start a playthrough with your Large Baths having all effects, that should help your customers' satisfaction somewhat. You'll also start off with 1 scenery item each which helps to add to your facilities' scenery at the start. It was mentioned earlier in the thread, but you should go try and get a Glamour Seed early on, that'll help with the female customers (and the usage of Milk). Otherwise, just play normally, and try to upgrade as fast as possible. :)

    Not quite sure what you mean, you can't "change the look" of facilities or "go into rooms" in this game.

    Edit//
    Dunno if equivocal is still checking out the forum, but I'll just post my opinions. Based on his layout you'll need to expand your land before you can place the large baths in the same position as he did, so typically you'll want to try another layout or just go with your own, and experiment as you progress.
     

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