Room needs

A need is a named service that a room can evaluate: Food, Washroom, Mail, Car parking, Subway, Front desk or Garbage. Provider rooms advertise a service; other rooms search for an eligible provider through the tower’s route and service system.

Hard and scored needs

A hard association ties a room’s service to an assigned provider; without a usable association, that service is unavailable. Scored service performance contributes to Room evaluation. Missing a service does not always block occupancy outright: check the room-specific operating rules and named concerns. Some services are scheduled: they are attempted in a time window, may retry before a deadline, and can be weekday-only. Results eventually become stale.

Practical play: put providers where people can reach them through usable routes, not merely near them on the map. Recheck paths after transport changes or power outages.

Room-to-service matrix

L1–L4 below are room evaluation levels, not construction unlocks. Many evaluated rooms follow the tower's stars by default; use the room's level controls/details to check its current expectations. Hard association means a service is tied to an assigned provider. Scored means performance contributes to satisfaction. Cleaning, supplies and garbage handling can also affect operation independently of a named evaluated need.

Consumer	Service and provider	When / how it matters
Office	Washroom; Food from Fast Food or Restaurant	Scored from L1. Food is scheduled on weekdays; speed and completion matter.
Office	Mail Room	Mail is a hard association from L2; reachability and trip performance matter.
Office	Security Services, Parking Stall, Subway Station	Security and parking are scored from L3; subway from L4.
Apartment / Condo	Mail Room; Garbage Room, Garbage Chute Room or Garbage Dock; Security Services	Mail is a hard association from L2. Garbage handling affects evaluation; security enters at L3.
Hotel bedrooms (single, twin and suite)	Hotel Front Desk	Hard front-desk association. Guests need an open, staffed desk to begin check-in.
Hotel bedrooms	Washroom; Fast Food or Restaurant; Security Services; Parking Stall	Food/washroom are scored from L1, security from L2 and parking from L3.
Hotel bedrooms / rooms needing cleaning	Housekeeping and a reachable garbage destination	Cleaning maintains usability. Dirty hotel rooms cannot keep accepting bookings indefinitely; infestation can cancel a reservation.
Store	Washroom; Security Services; Parking Stall	Washroom is scored from L2; security and parking from L3. Visitors and profitability are separate concerns.
Fast Food / Restaurant	Supplies from Loading Dock or Delivery Dock; garbage destination	Stock is needed to operate. Staff must be able to replenish supplies and remove accumulated garbage.
Cinema, Clinic, Stadium	Garbage destination	Their workers must be able to remove generated garbage; check each room's operating details.
Housekeeping	Garbage Room, Garbage Chute Room or Garbage Dock	Workers need somewhere usable to unload what they collect, as well as access to dirty rooms.
Powered rooms and transport	Power Distribution Room / Power	Insufficient supply can shut down operation. This is separate from scored service satisfaction.

Providers also have conditions. An unconstructed, disabled, closed, unpowered, full or inaccessible provider may be unusable for the relevant service. A provider's presence in the tower is not proof that the consumer can use it. Check capacity and staffing in the provider's query window.

Vending Machine is not a substitute for Fast Food or Restaurant when a room needs Food. A Garbage Chute shaft alone is not a destination: it needs appropriate chute access rooms and a working downstream disposal arrangement. See Garbage for that layout.

Worked failure examples

Nearby provider, missing route

An office and a washroom can be close on screen but lie on unconnected floor sections. Adding another washroom without fixing the path repeats the problem. Trace a usable route from the office entrance to the provider, including transport stops; see Transport systems.

Mail becomes expected after a level increase

An office reaches L2 and now expects Mail. Provide an eligible Mail Room with available service capacity and a usable route. A blocked or unusable assigned provider does not become useful merely because a different room looks closer. Recheck the association and provider state, then let service trips run.

Food exists but the meal is missed

Office food attempts occur on weekdays in a 10:00–14:00 window and can retry before the 17:00 deadline. A closed or out-of-stock restaurant, an inaccessible route or a slow trip can still fail the meal. Check hours, stock, staffing and transport rather than counting food-room icons.

Guests can arrive, but cleaners cannot

A stair route may work for a guest while a cleaning cart needs an eligible elevator route. Check Housekeeping's path to the dirty room and onward to garbage disposal. Increasing staff does not repair an unusable route.

No bookings despite an empty bedroom

Check the front-desk association, the desk's open/staffed state, cleaning, power and entrance route before reducing price. Hotel guide explains booking and check-in; Market demand explains the separate demand side.

Service results can take time to update and become stale. Watch actual trips and the room's named concerns instead of expecting every score to change immediately after placing a provider.