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More Georgian Pics!
Posted On Dec 20, 2006 | 2 Comments
Hehe, well after all that excitement, normal service is being restored. Here we go - a few more details of the interior of the Georgian Townhouse. So, in the basement, you will find a teen bedroom with a small lounge area, a small kitchen and a bathroom (as well as the gym shown in the previous post). Basically I wanted somewhere for teens to hang out and have some independence.
Here's an overview of the basement with my trusty tester family in it:
Moving up a floor, your Sims will find a sitting room, living area and snooker room:
Here's a detail of the sitting room...:
...and one of the snooker room:
Back with pics from the upper floors, soon ;-)
Thank you!
Posted On Dec 19, 2006 | Click here to comment
It's been so lovely to read all the messages, welcomes and congratulations :-) Thank you very much to everyone who has been in touch. I do want to reply individually and am making my way through the messages but in the mean time please know that I really appreciate them all!
Wow :-)
Posted On Dec 18, 2006 | 2 Comments
I'm sitting here wondering how on earth to express how happy I am to have been chosen as an FA. Like many creators, it's something I've dreamed of since first coming to TSR many years ago. Gosh. I don't know what to say! Thank you TSR and thanks to anyone who's ever downloaded my lots, too. It's just amazing, in the loveliest possible way, to get this recognition :-)
Georgian Townhouse Photos
Posted On Dec 16, 2006 | 3 Comments
So! Here's a few of photos of the exterior of the Georgian Townhouse. The house was designed for bluemuffin's "So Many Sims, So Little Space" challenge in the forums so it will accomodate a family of eight. That said, it only has one staircase and unless you're someone who enjoys micro-managing Sims, I'd keep the numbers down a bit - otherwise you'll have many a Sim standing around waving because someone else is on the stairs...
Here's an overview of the lot:
A close up of the roof terrace:
The pool area (it's an aquarium-style pool which can be seen from the gym inside):
The basement gym looking out onto the pool:
More photos coming soon!
Georgian Townhouse Set
Posted On Dec 15, 2006 | 2 Comments
The eagle-eyed among you may have noticed that this week's Georgian Townhouse looks rather similar to the Georgian Graduate Starter (which will be available for download on Sunday, btw). I've built three versions of that lot, each one progressively larger than the last. This lot is the largest of the three. Hopefully, (if I can pull it off, lol) there will be a set of all three available shortly. Now, of course if I'd thought on, I could have shown you a photo of the middle-sized townhouse here and it would all have made much more sense. But sadly, I didn't ;-)
So instead, I shall bombard you with photos of the large Georgian Townhouse. There are quite a few to come - not least because this lot took me a loooong time. You have been warned!
Hmm... the best laid plans.... it seems I can't upload photos at the moment (maybe because of the site upgrades) so I shall post this for now and return with pics soon. Bye!
More pics!
Posted On Dec 12, 2006 | Click here to comment
As promised, here's a couple more pics of the Georgian Graduate Starter lot. It's a 3x1 lot and the car is included in the price. The lot has a walkout, daylit basement which leads to a surprisingly spacious sunken garden...
The rear of the building:
The surprisingly spacious sunken garden:
Pirate Cove *Phone Fixed*
Posted On Dec 07, 2006 | Click here to comment
Gaah! It's come to my attention that the phone on the Pirate Cove lot can't be used to call a taxi home by Sims visiting the lot. First of all, I do apologise if this has caused your Sims to be stranded on the lot. I must have missed this when testing it :-(
If your Sims have their own phone or have come by car, you won't have noticed a problem. It's caused by the phone being situated on a slanted piece of ground.
I've now fixed the problem and updated the file so you can either download again or use the steps below to fix it yourself (this really isn't a ploy to get more downloads ;-) I assure you!)
1. Enter the lot from the neighbourhood screen.
2. Type in the "move_objects on" cheat in the cheat window.
3. Pick up the phone and move it onto a flat piece of land (such as the floor tiles next to it)
You can either leave it there, save and exit the lot, or:
4. Use the level ground tool to make the ground level with the pavement (sidewalk!) and...
5. ...move the phone back. Type "move_objects off" in the cheat window. Save and exit the lot.
Here's a pic of stage 4:
Graduate Starter
Posted On Dec 07, 2006 | Click here to comment
I get a bit frustrated when playing The Sims 2 that EVERY family, large or small, starts with §20,000 in the bank. Everyone in life has different circumstances and sometimes I want to play a family that are moderately well off without feeling that I've cheated! I just don't have time to build every family up to that stage from scratch.
I'd also love there to be other categories of house to design for, other than starter homes. So, that's where I came up with the idea of a Graduate Starter. At least if a couple are moving back to the neighbourhood having graduated, they will both have §20,000 EACH to start their new life with. No cheating necessary! So a Graduate Starter, to me, is a home that costs under §40,000 and is suitable for a couple just starting out.
Enough waffle! Here's a few pics of the interior:
The top floor bedroom:
The ground floor living room:
The basement kitchen:
More pics of the exterior, rear and garden to follow.
Squares Slideshow
Posted On Dec 04, 2006 | Click here to comment
The interior of Squares is modern and blue ;-) As usual, it's all Maxis content. I had to design to a budget for the competition, so you might find that some of the rooms, like the basement, are in need of a little more decor. It's difficult to single out pictures of the interior to show you, so here's a link to the slideshow I created for the competition.
The lot should be on the site by the end of the week :-)
Squares
Posted On Dec 01, 2006 | Click here to comment
Up next is Squares, a modern clifftop home which I designed for Ricci2882's Maxis Only II competition in the forums. In fact, I won :-) I thoroughly enjoyed building this one because it was so totally different to anything else I've built so far. It has a working basement garage and sloped driveway.
Here's an overhead view of the lot:
And a view of the exterior:
More details to follow soon!