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Eden Village - Country House
Posted On Mar 15, 2007 | 4 Comments
A quick update to show you what I'm working on at the moment. I've thoroughly enjoyed playing with this house and I've seen it thorugh Autumn, Winter and Spring so far. It's a large country home, with an orchard, greenhouse, lake and pool. It also has a small outbuilding that can be used either as a grandparents' cottage or as a shop (or anything else you can think of!). Here's a few pics I took in Winter:
The kitchen:
The back of the house:
The front:
And an overview of the lot:
I'm hoping this will be on the site within the next week. It's built on a 4x4 lot, so I may release it furnished AND unfurnished (for those with slower computers). We'll see :-)
~ Tiger
Eden Village - New Series!
Posted On Mar 10, 2007 | Click here to comment
The first of my Eden Village lots will be released tomorrow, Sunday 11th. The focus of this series will be on country living and gardens (of Eden, geddit?!), to make the most of the new Seasons EP.
I must admit I'm totally captivated by Seasons. The lighting effects and look of each season, along with the weather are amazing. I've actually been playing the game for the first time in ages, instead of just building and testing.
Anyway, here's some more pics of Eden Village - Home Business. You didn't think I'd forgotten the Tudors, did you?!
Please note that you DON'T NEED Seasons to use the starter version of this lot!
Here's the exterior photographed in Autumn:
A few shots of the garden:
An overview of the shop and greenhouse:
And a couple of shots of the cottage interior at night:
There are no plants or produce included with this lot - your Sims will have to get fishing and planting when they move in... but so far, the Flower family that I have living and working here are doing ok!
Tiger :-)
This month's freebies! :-)
Posted On Mar 09, 2007 | Click here to comment
There are TWO free lots on offer this month... that's on top of any Seasons lots I make which will also be free for March.
First up is Town Tudor, on a 3x1 lot. I'm really fond of this lot and I hope you'll give it a go. It's all set for a small family and has just about everything they may desire!
Here's a couple of different shots than those shown in the preview pics. It's designed to work well in a town or country setting:
Upstairs:
Downstairs:
The pool area:
I was REALLY chuffed with how I fitted so much in on that lot! ;-)
The other free lot is my Storybook Bakery, which is featured in this month's Newsletter :-)
This one really is a fave of mine so I hope you'll enjoy it too!
Tiger :-)
Constructing the Château
Posted On Mar 07, 2007 | 2 Comments
I promised a few pics of how I built the Château de Chenonceau. After studying reference pictures of the RL château (which you can google) I was able to decide on the size of lot I would need.
As you can see, I built a large foundation and started at the back of the lot, marking out where certain features were going to go:
I continued to build up one side of the château, experimenting with the roof shapes, to determine how deep the building was going to be:
It didn't look too bad from the side... until you had a look at what was going on behind the facade:
I was using CFE as I went along to get the arches I wanted over the water. Once I was happy with the side, I moved onto the front facade and began experimenting again:
After that, I built up the reverse:
And then I had a complete panic about how I was actually going to join the building sitting in the lake to the grounds! I eventually solved this with more CFE work:
Eventually... many hours later... ta-daa! The château emerged!
Then, I just had to move inside and sort out the interior. Which also took a while. Altogether it was 42 hours of building. That's a LOT of experimentation and hair-pulling!
Bye for now!
Tiger :-)
Tigerblue has had the flu :-(
Posted On Mar 06, 2007 | Click here to comment
...but I'm bouncing back now (oh yes, you don't get rid of me that easily) and I've just uploaded a new set - out Sunday 11th. Back with more details; those Chateau pics I promised and other stuff soon :-) And if you've left me a comment recently, thank you!
Georgian Manor Set
Posted On Feb 27, 2007 | Click here to comment
Available for download tomorrow, Wednesday 28th Feb, are these two sumptuous Manor Houses. Plenty of room for a large family on a 3x3 lot. Each bedroom has an ensuite bathroom and the kitchen is fully furnished.
I recommend replacing the hedges with plastic versions because the gardener will refuse to trim some of them due to the low brick walls I've used.
A few pics:
The Boathouse *Updated*
Posted On Feb 27, 2007 | Click here to comment
I made the fatal mistake of tweaking a couple of things on The Boathouse lot AFTER I'd finished testing... after playing with the lot at the weekend, I've updated the file.
I've moved a light obstructing access to one of the rose bushes, causing the gardener to leave before finishing all their work. And I've moved the trash which, in my game at least, was causing the maid to stomp and shout and throw rubbish everywhere.
You can either download again or fix these simple issues yourself (just use the move_objects on cheat to turn the trash can round).
The new file is called "The Boathouse (Rev 2)" to differentiate between versions.
So annoying that I did this! Why bother testing if I'm then going to start changing things?! Ah, the pursuit of perfection... :-)
Château de Chenonceau
Posted On Feb 23, 2007 | Click here to comment
So, here it is. I present the Château de Chenonceau, sims-style. Out tomorrow (Saturday 23rd); a huge personal project for me that is thankfully now complete! You can find lots of pics in this thread in the TSR Showrooms.
This lot is based on the gorgeous Château de Chenonceau. It's a VERY simplified version as the real château is quite ornate. It was something that I very much wanted in my own game. The interior is that of a grand hotel, with a smart lobby with barista; fine dining; a bar and poker; a library, gym and spa and four individual ensuite bedrooms.
It's built on a 4x5 lot. It will run on a mid-level computer but you will need to take some time to whip out some of the decor, furnishings etc There are four heavily furnished bedrooms, for example; you may find you only need one. As I said, I made it for me and I'm sharing for fun, so I make no apologies for the fact that it runs best on a powerful computer. ;-)
Here's the exterior:
I won't post many pics here as it's difficult just to pick out one or two! They're all clearly labelled in the forum thread, so nip in there and have a look, if you have time.
The lobby:
The gym/spa/shopping/makeover area:
And the dining area:
I'll be back soon with a few pics of how the lot was built for those of you that are interested.
Bye for now!
Tiger :-)
A note on the Chateau roofs...
Posted On Feb 21, 2007 | Click here to comment
The roofs of these lots were perfect when packaged and will be fine when you first enter the lot. If at a later date you enter the lot and the roof looks really tall, open the cheat window (Ctrl-Shift-C) and type "RoofSlopeAngle 55".
I'm afraid this is a bug in the game when using conical roofs and the RoofSlopeAngle cheat. But it's easily fixed if you follow the information above. Once you've entered the cheat, the roof will be fine.
~ Tiger
Chateaux Lots!
Posted On Feb 20, 2007 | Click here to comment
I've been working on a series of Chateaux for your Sims, based on the beautiful buildings in France. At this point I really ought to thank my mum and late father for taking me to see these gorgeous palaces as a child (and while I'm at it, I'm sorry I moaned my way round by the time we got the fifth one, Mum ;-) )
While I can't hope to do the architecture justice using Maxis Only items, I do hope you'll feel I've captured their spirit. The first set is out tomorrow. It's a set of two, on a 3x3 lot with moat and landscaped grounds. There will be another larger community lot along at the end of the week - I'm just tweaking the preview pics in the hope that I can tempt you!
Here's a few pics:
The interior:
And a few more details:
