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Early anniversary present

Early anniversary present

Early anniversary present

more work to come.....

I've been quite busy lately, but I want to assure you that more of my work will come very soon. expect more Smashing Pumpkins items :)

- Foxy

Hoping to get back in the Groove - LOL!

Okay, been absent from submitting for awhile due to health reasons. Doc says "Okay, but watch it". Ha!Ha!

Will start submitting some things I have been doing on the sly. Will try to get and find all the requests. Again, if I miss/forget someone, Sorry, it is not intentional. Just PM me again with your request.

Enjoy! Keep On Simmin'!

So Glad you like my recolors. Just Luv You All! Thanks for the downloads, thanks, comments, etc.

About my work....

Hello everyone :) I just wanted you to know:

All Spice Girls/Smashing Pumpkins clothing (and other content) used in pictures, screenshots and uploads are originals and all made by me, NO ONE ELSE MADE THEM. By the way, becareful of imiatators/posers; my work is all my own and I've been making Spice Girls Sims 2 items first before anyone else ever has.

I originally had tons of things on the Exchange but someone was not only stealing my work and calling it their own, but they were even stealing my persona. Then I found out that my work was floating around on people’s sims movies and even on youtube without my permission and people calling their work. I felt completely violated, so I removed my work from the Exchange.

So I just wanted you to know this and beaware and careful when uploading your work. I don’t want what happened to me happening to anyone else.

- Foxy

Two new stories

Tonight (or should I say very early morning), I am submitting two new stories.  These stories are both Extreme Sim Homemakeover stories, in fact, they are episodes 14 and 15.  If you are interested in seeing what the Mansion and Garden Matching Windows look like, you will be able to see them in Episode 15 (when it is published).

EDIT:  Right now, I'm trying to figure out how to upload the stories now that it seems a bit different in Version 7.  For some reason, the TSR Wizard is giving me problems, so as soon as I figure out how to get my story uploaded, then I will do so.

That's it for now!

Happy simming!

~simmyfan2852~

Chilly Saturday, still sick

I think I'm getting the hang of TSR v7. Sometimes though it still crash my browser or very slow. I want to thank everyone again for stopping by and leaving comments on my screenshots. And yeah, for my Photoimpact tutorial too. I know it's redundant but I appreciate it all. ^_^ I noticed that in the long time, Photoshop is still the best and most used tool in editing. I might try making another tutorial using Adobe Photoshop CS3/CS4 this time. I'll have to ask permissions first because the technique I'm using for Photoshop is from the tutorial made by my friend Celeste (simangel234 here in TSR). She makes gorgeous pictures too and the overall aura of her pics are one of my inspirations in the Sims 2 community. I was gonna link on that but her tutorial is gone now. The effect I'm giving to my Photoimpact pictures can also be done in Photoshop. Like I said, it's another story. Let's play by ear and hope to hear inputs from you.

It's been a week now since I started having this terrible cough, and the colds aren't even getting better. Maybe because I really don't rest and still go to work with these. It's chilly where I am at now and my husband made me some hot coffee. I feel less sick now. I was tired ~ all work ~ no break. I wanted to play long with my Sims 2 game but I kept on falling asleep on it while it loads. lol.

I've submitted pictures for the Yard and Garden screen competition. ^_^ It was fun making those pictures and hope to score a place. lol. I hope to make more but I really feel sick today. Maybe because of the weather.

Creator's Camp - Day 5

Well, this will be my last blog from the EA Studios in Redwood City, California. I'm boarding my plane tomorrow at Noon and heading back to the lovely state of Texas. I am excited to see Charles and Chica and my hellion Catillac. But at the same time...I am sad that I won't see estatica, hatshepsut, Tug, SteveB, padre333, DOT, or Ulkrshn...ever again, and if I do...I imagine it will be quite some time before then. Padre says 'Never say Never'...but, perhaps if I win the lottery or something, I'll fly over and visit with him and Carrot, and maybe even head to Turkey or Portugal or the UK...or maybe even to Tug's area of America. I've never been any of those places, so perhaps I should add it to my list of things to do.

Aside from the TSR folk, I've met some people who live in Texas...there were about 4 of us (ehaught (builder) and his wife and eggzie (machinima)), I believe. I always figured me and my mom were the only people in Texas who played the game...or at least, the only one's who admitted to playing to the game. It was interesting...all the different people and different accents. If you ever get a chance to hear Padre's Texan accent...it's definitely worth it. Poor thing, he tries so hard.

I have a load of pictures, but...of course...my mother's camera ate junk the first day, so they are either super blurry or...well, nonexistant. I may upload them at some point, and hope that you can tell what they are...or, I may just leave everything to the imagination. It is probably best I do that anyway. I've asked the TSR flock to send me some pictures because they all know my camera is a load of crap at the moment, so hopefully I'll have some for myself at least.

Today was the last day of the camp, there was an awards ceremony and then a cookie/cupcake decorating contest. After making my cookies, I just ate the icing and sprinkles. They were the best part of course. Dinner was...well, gross...again. I didn't really expect anything else, but I've got cookies and crackers here in my room to eat...so, I shouldn't starve before getting something in the morning before flying out. 

I was really hoping to get to see San Fransisco before leaving, but didn't really ever have the chance. Oh well...just going to EA Studios was exciting enough. Not to mention the TSR Flock and all our weirdness... 8]

Looking To begin again

FRUSTRATED. Argh!!!

Okay. So I've submitted the Buddy Guy Legacy THREE times already. The first time, it was rejected because I put the word "ballin" in it. I guess because it's a gang reference or something like that? I don't even know. I used it to refer to Buddy's clothing choice. He thought his clothes were stylish. ANYWAY. The other two times no images have shown up. So someone. PLEASE. help me out here. I'm about to throw my computer against the wall here.

A Third New Set Submitted

Today I have submitted a third new set.  This is another Maxis Match Set, and this time, it's the Mansion and Garden Stuff Windows.  Here's a break down of the four windows:

• a 1 tile version of the two tile Empire Style window (Bay View V2)
• a 1 tile version of the Art Deco two tile window (More Degrees)
• the Mansard roof window without the roofing
• a 1 tile window pulled out from the Empire style Bay Window (Bay View V4)

Hopefully, it should be approved soon, and I hope you will all enjoy it and find it useful!

And don't forget to look for the Maxis Match:  Modern Mission Kitchen Set and Chez Moi Recolor Set to be published tomorrow! :-)

That's it for now!

Happy simming!

~simmyfan2852~

Oriental Bedding Collection

Hi there,

I know I havent been around much and havent submitted anything new for ages, but I have a set of oriental inspired bedding coming out soon.

I have posted a picture of my new bedding collection in my Gallery pod, this new version wouldnt let me put the picture here (probably my fault, I expect I will get the hang of in the end..lol), so please take a look at my Gallery pod on my main pape...I will post here when they will be available to download.

In the mean time if you are new to my Mini Site please take a look at my current downloads, Im sure you will find something that you like!!!

Happy simming

Coolio!!

COOL!!!

I can have a blog! On the old TSR I was really jealous looking at the FAs and the SAs websites and their blogs. Grr!! But now I have one!! Yay! :D

Welcome to my Blog!

Hi and welcome to my 1st blog here at TSR. I dont really know what to say to start off with, but if you happen to drop by, drop me a line, or a simple Hello! I'll do more blogs as I get used to the new site. Happy Simming, Creating, and Downloading!~Sherry

Construction Site

This time the day was spent pretty much entirely on the construction site!  My 2nd building project has turned out be a little more elaborate than the 1st as I learn more about the building toolls and just what can be done with the customisation tools.  Gone are the days of none matching furniture and it's so easy to recolour everything and that includes the walls and floors.  No Homecrafter tool needed here!  Everything can be fine tuned to just the shade that you want.

The landscaping tools are also more detailed.  As you place plants from the inventory they automatically change shape and in some cases size so that you never get a row of identical flowers/shrubs.  Much more realistic.  It is also easier to achieve more realistic effects with the terrain spray paint tool which now comes with both a circular and square paint brush in 3 sizes.  Not only that but you can adjust the hardness/softness of these brushes which makes blending terrain paints much more effective.

Some of you might be familiar with the new roof tool that came with Mansion & Garden Stuff.  That also appears here although one drawback is that there is currently no ability to adjust individual roof slope angles.  Ceilings can be placed in the same way as in Apartment Life but are currently uncolourable.

One of my favourite features is the ability to place objects on an angle without having to resort to cheats and your sims will still be able to interact with those objects.  Also by holding down the ALT key you can place things more freely (like using the snapobjectstogrid cheat).

After a hard day on the construction site it was time for dinner which turned out to be quite an event!  If I'm a little worse for wear in the morning then I'm blaming Steve and Tug!

If there's anything in particular you want to know about the building side of the game then feel free to pm me and I'll do my best to tell you about it.  I'll try and remember to write up a more detailed blog once I get home.

Sims3

Зашла на сайт третьих симсов, с одной стороны впечатлилась, с другой - озадачилась. все так красиво и интересно, но потянет ли такое мой компьютер, все же и вторые с скрипом и торможением идут. минимальным системным требованиям соответствует только рабочий, но на работе играть.... это уже совсем как-то странно. на работе надо работать!

New Poll!!

The winner of the last poll was new kitchen recolors so I will see what I can do.  I haven't been very successful with that in the past but I'm willing to give it another try.

I've added a new poll so please vote and let me know.

STORY: War of the Ancients

Alright, some of you know I haven't updated on War of the Ancients. Well, I've decided to move it to a new site. It hasn't been put up yet, but in about two days or so. It's been edited a little, some charecters have been added and some have been editted. The story plot has changed too. Why all these editings? Because this is the original War of the Ancients I wrote, I had to change it for TSR. Anyway, for those of you who want to read it, here is the link: http://www.fictionpress.com/u/649145/Warrayfinson 

You're aloud to review if you want to, just thought I'd let you know. Hope you like the new version everyone!

Keep Siming and Creating!!

Stranger Still

It seems that if you download the entire NK Cubist Dining Set from v7, you get the new end table.

If you download the end table by itself, you get the old one.

So you can get it in version 7, but only by downloading the whole set again. Weird.

Well - Sort of

The corrected end table for the NK Cubist Dining Set is out, but for some reason is only showing in v6, so you'll have to go there to get it. Don't know why, but at least it is now available. Let me know if you have any issues with the set. I'll let you know when I get the next revision done.

Have a great Friday!

TSR V7!

well
everything looks really revamped here
and im loving it!
though im still getting used to it
haha
im particularly glad about one thing :D
when you purchase the tool to change the colour of your profile,
you can adjust it whenever you are bored of that current red one.
im not really used to the new gallery-like layout when you visit the download page
but it looks really cool
tsr is more than what i imagined it to be now! :)
thank you tsr!
really clever to revamp this very amazing website before sims 3 is due in weeks or a month (i think?)
im not trying to be sarcastic though it sounds like it. :)
btw, the said thing is that school term is on while TSR finished its renovation and was ready to launch it
awww damn.
i'll try to submit a creation; the usual - lots, as soon as i am free
i hope to come back to this website soon.
well off to doing my assignments. :/

zul_94. :)

Rock God Challenge

Hey Guys!

I was so stoked to see the Rock God Challenge has been published. I had a lot of fun creating it & Bjorn Singer's house "The Warehouse". I hope you have as much fun playing it as I did creating it!

Love & Hugs

:wub:

Shaz

Creator's Camp - Day 4

Hello, again, everyone. Today was yet another fun day. Right as the camp released for dinner, the TSR Flock headed back to the hotel for our meal. To say the least, the 6 hour meal was...well, I don't even think 'eventful' would cover it. Of course, what happens in the Red Room stays in the Red Room.

Right now, it's very late...just a wee bit this side of 1am, so 3am back home.  I certainly didn't expect the TSR Dinner to last that long...but, I'm eating my chocolate cookies and blogging for you all. You've got to love Cookies...chocolate, at that.

Tomorrow is the last day of the camp, and I am going to get selfish. I won't be writing anymore 'detailed' 'in depth' blogs about the game. I think with the past 3, and this one, there is more than enough information to satisfy your needs. So, please...no more questions about the game, as I won't be able to get answers for you anymore. If you asked a question on the last blog, check your guestbooks. Some of you still have not checked them from the first blog posting.

Anyway, on with the details!

The night sky comes with shooting stars, but I did not notice day time clouds.

There is no such thing as a 'funeral' option, you can stage a funeral, but that is it.

There is no underwear section anymore, but it may come.

Career and Life Span have nothing in common. If you have a longer life span, you will get more career 'opportunities' but nothing other than that.

There is no limit to the number of sims that can hold a single job title.

Sims are given random outfits at birthdays, but it is easy to change them into something else.

Sims cannot be invited to a townies party, but they can be invited to a community party with the right opportunity cards.

Every townie has a home, NPC's do not.

Be sure to watch your maid. Not all maids earn their wages.

If you tell your sim to relax on the bed, then sleep...they just crawl under the covers versus getting out of bed and climbing back in.

The maid put the left out food in the fridge for safe keeping.

I had a Sim holding the infant, and talking on the phone, and then after the conversation, sat on the couch with the baby.

Sims will still do what's in their action queue, even if you are looking at another sim all the way across town.

Holding ALT allows free rotation and removes the snapping of objects. It is possible, though, to create routing problems.

You can grab texture presets and put them onto ANYTHING you want to recolor.

Mailbox determines what the thumbnail for your lot.

In general, do not use more than 4 terrain paints.

Also, in general, do not use more than 4 different types of trees, shrubbery, etc.

No Gardners!

Clone Tool = Awesome! You can use it to replicate whatever object without having to find it in the build/buy mode.

Mean sims can 'Criticize Family' or 'Insult Mother'.

There is a 'randomize face' in CAS.

No more changing tables for infants/toddlers.

There are no curly hairs, but are some very long hairs.

You can put any stair railing on any stair case.

Sims can have different last names in the same household, but they share the household name.

I had one sim cooking, and the other eating, and they were carrying on a conversation.

Gossiping will actually clue you in on what's going on in the town.

Pop-Up will tell you combatibility between two sims.

Sims can stand around in a circle/herd of sims discussing random things.

TONS of shoes to choose from!

Depending on personality, some sims will share a bed regardless of relationship, and or use the shower/potty if someone else is in the room. 

That's it for tonight. I am sure that the other's are knocked clean out by now. As I said, dinner was an 'experience'. It's off to bed for me now. Don't forget to check your guestbooks, and please...no more questions! I won't have the means to get them answered! Thanks for reading and I hope that I've talked some of you into getting the game...it's going to be great!

Michelley Update. Haha does anybody even read these...? =D

Hope you all liked my new set of eye colors: Serenity!
I worked hard on them and I personally think I did an OK job.

I haven't been creating too much new stuff but I promise a new set of lipsticks is on its way! Right now, I am in midterm week...so that's really boring and nerveracking!

^^hmm I do like icecream!! Haha!

^^oh no! watch out!

have a nice day everyone and good luck on your midterms!

Mail

If you have tried to PM me about anything, I was silly and let my mailbox get filled to capacity without noticing. I've deleted some of them, so now I have room for any messages you might have tried to send. Sorry about that!

I'm also going to try to release my corrected  NK Cubist Dining End Table as a separate item. If that works out, it should show up on the 16th. Sorry this has taken so long to get to you, but I haven't been able to contact anyone. Hopefully this will work. If it does, just download the one that says CORRECTED in the title and let it replace the original. I still haven't had time to improve the bookcase, but I'll try to get to it this weekend.

I have a question for you. I am thinking about updating my About Me section. Except for any really personal stuff, what would you like to know? Or what do you think people that visit for the first time might like to know? If you have any ideas, let them fly. I'm not very good at that sort of thing, so I thought I'd ask for suggestions. You can PM or do a guestbook entry. Looking forward to hearing from some of you!

Some of you seem to like the floppy cushion living room. Only 20 more of them to go! I also have some other room sets that I still need to make pictures for. And one more car set. And a last small appliance set. Maybe I'll put the kitchen appliances into sets by color as well.

Lots to do, so I better get busy. Hope you are all doing well and enjoying reading about the Creator's Camp. Sims3 is starting to seem really interesting. But you probably won't need my 20 colors of sims things. Sounds like solid color recolors will be in the hands of everyone. So I'll have to concentrate more on unique patterns and meshes. I'm not very good at meshing yet, but I'm trying to learn.

Thanks for stopping by!

Search facility - really good in v7

Let me say something really positive about the new site. Finally there is an option to search among the screenshots not just donwloadable items. There was one picture I wanted to save and I used to be mad at not having any other option than to scroll and scroll and scroll to find that particular shot. I just gave it up after clicking through 300 pages and not finding it. I tried several times, actually. Now with the new site I have found it in 10 seconds! Here it is, and I am still amazed how pretty it is. It is technically not too difficult, but the arrangement is just so... so... so... :))) One just have the desire to walk there! This was created by peach8111, here on TSR, who must be very talented.

The New TSR

Heya,

Not sure if I like this new TSR, I'm not a subscriber and for some reason when I filter the downloads to show free ones only it comes up with both free and subscriber. I'm not sure if it's just my computer but it's getting really annoying, I'm not subscribing I just want a few free downloads and when I learn to make my own I want to up load them as well.

Bye

My Sims 2 Worlds

Just a quick blog entry about the worlds I prefer to create. I'm mostly into Cashcraft's meshes and Victorian story lines. I also delve a little into historical fiction and fantasy. I've created an elf family, several Egyptian families, a Victorian boarding school, goths, Chinese aristocrats from the Tang dynasty, and crafted a story reminicent of Coppelia, one of my favorite ballets. I have one or two Vampire covens and created Vince and Howard from The Mighty Boosh, my new top fav. series.

I always like to emphasize gardens and create tons of community garden lots. It's my favorite custom content to upload. I love watching Victorian women out on a Sunday stroll amongst box hedges and carefully trained arbors.

What's next? Hm...not sure about that one. I love the idea of creating unique stories but I also want to make lasting families who enhance the community. 

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   1. Maybe I could do a ballet series...I love Swan Lake and Firebird. Depends on custom content
   2. Victorian street urchin--I'm a big 19th century history buff
   3. Or maybe a Victorian murder mystery!
   4. French Revolution? I can't get past the hair but I love Tale of Two Cities
   5. I'm definitely interested in creating a Roman family
   6. Count of Monte Cristo anyone?
   7. I wonder if anyone's created Sherlock Holmes content...
   8. Or maybe create characters from stories I've written? That would be neat to see how they interact.

Welcome and Thank you!! :)

Welcome to my little corner on TSR!!

I'm not much of a talker but, I just wanted to give a huge 'Thank You' to everyone who has downloaded my creations over the past year and of course, to those who have taken the time to post such lovely comments ... it always makes my day to know that there are simmers out there who enjoy my stuffies in their game and inspires me on to create more goodies!!

Thank you and I wish you all a fab 2009!, Donna :)

The Swing of Things

Today we were left pretty much to our devices.  Time to do some serious creating?  Nah!  After completing my 1st architectural masterpiece I decided it was play time!

I created my 1st married sim couple and moved into a cute little starter home.  Houses can now be bought either in a furnished condition or non furnished.   Single sims still start out with the usual $20,000 but couples get a little bit more. 

Before my sims even got into their home I got a message on screen telling me that the house was having some plumbing problems and did I want to accept the challenge of cleaning it up.  I accepted the challenge which was probably not the best idea for my poor neurotic sim.  Even after the mess was cleaned up and the bath and sink fixed he kept getting the urge to go back and check that everything was working ok! 

It's really fun seeing how traits affect a sims personality.  It really does make for a completely different game play experience.  One of my sims has a childish streak and one of his favourite things to do is goof around making silly faces in the mirror.  My neurotic sim is also a bit of a bookworm and loves to bore his neighbours to sleep!

sim pregnancy is also a little different.  The development seems more gradual and natural.  They can experience things like backache and feel the baby kick and it's neat being able to send your sim to the hospital for the birth.

Back to real life and in the afternoon was a trip to the EA store.  It was like letting a child loose in a candy shop!  Then it was back to the computers!  I decided to quit goofing around and get back to building.  Still so much to discover and so little time!  tomorrow we get to learn some more build/buy mode tips and tricks.  Looking forward to that! 

Oh well, back the to the grindstone!  tffn!

Meshes - policy / Meshe - regulamin

As you can see, I'm going to publish my first body mesh (and publish more of them - if you like them). I'd like to add few points to the main rules (read my previous post, please).

You HAVE my permission to:
- use my creations in your game, screenshots, stories, videos;
- if you want to upload a sim, you can show my creations on your models (with giving credit) but only on preview pictures (you can't include my creations with your uploaded sims);
- you may recolor my meshes, but if you want to publish your recolors, you may do it only at TSR.

You DON'T HAVE my permission to:
- show and claim my work as yours;
- upload my creations at any free or pay site;
- copy any part of my textures/meshes and paste on other textures/meshes;
- recolor my textures;
- add my creations to your uploaded sims or other uploaded files;
- publish recolors of my meshes at other (than TSR) sites;
- add my meshes to your uploaded files.

These new rules are because of stealing my work and pretending to be me at other sites. It's really cruel that people don't have respect for anything and think that they can do everything they want.

If situation changes, all pirates be punished, I will change rules about recoloring and give permission to publish them at other sites.

Thank you for your support and downloading my stuff,
Barb

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Jak zauważyliście, zamierzam publikować moje własne meshe. Jeśli spodobają się Wam te prace, to powstanie ich więcej. Z tego też względu chciałabym dodać kilka punktów do istniejącego już regulaminu moich prac (przeczytajcie, proszę, poprzedni post).

UDZIELAM pozwolenia na:
- uzywanie moich plikow w grze, na fotkach z gry, simowych historyjkach, czy filmach;
- jesli chcecie opublikowac swojego sima, mozecie pokazac go/ja w moim ubranku (podajcie mnie jako autora ciuszkow), ale tylko i wylacznie na prezentacyjnej fotce. Nie zgadzam sie na zalaczanie zadnego mojego ciuszka do publikowanych simow!
- możecie recolorować moje meshe, ale jeśli chcecie je potem opublikować, to tylko na łamach strony TSR.

NIE UDZIELAM pozwolenia na:
- pokazywanie i przypisywanie sobie moich prac jako Wasze wlasne;
- publikowanie moich plikow na innych darmowych czy platnych stronach;
- kopiowanie jakichkolwiek czesci moich tekstur/meshy (ubranka) i wklejanie na inne tekstury/meshe;
- rekolorowanie moich tekstur (zmiany tonacji kolorow);
- dolaczania moich kreacji do Waszych publikowanych simow lub innych publikowanych plikow;
- publikowanie recolorów moich meshy na innych stronach niż TSR;
- dołączania moich meshy do publikowanych przez Was plików.

Tych kilka punktów powstało ze względu na wciąż istniejące kradzieże, podszywania się pode mnie na innych stronach. To naprawdę okrutne, że ludzie nie mają szacunku dla niczego i uważają, że mogą robić wszystko, co sami chcą.

Jeżeli sytuacja się zmieni, a piraci/złodzieje poniosą należytą karę, to zmienię zasady dotyczące publikowania recolorów moich meshy.

Dziękuję za dotychczasowe wsparcie i zainteresowanie moimi pracami,
Barb

My Story?

Hi everyone who is totally awsome for reading this. I just wanted to let everyone know that my third chapter of Sondra's Diary was rejected and will not be posted on this site because I explained to much or something about sex. But you can still read it here and get all the gory and sexual things that were not aloud here...though it wasn't much...I just said there was pain and blood, or something and they weren't having it. I guess it wasn't PG enough...sorry. If you want to read it andyway go here

http://thesims2.ea.com/exchange/story_detail.php?asset_id=254947

Oh and please rate it high :) some dillhole rated it like one star, how rude. I always make sure to rate five because I am nice that way and want people to be happy and show me the same courtisy....I think I smelled that wrong. Oh and please sign both of my guestbooks if you have the time. If you do have time, so do I and I love meeting new people, signing guestbooks, taking polls, rating any and all things five stars or whatever. Please be nice and help me out, because I will gladly do it for you!!:)

Oh yeah and make sure you get to read the whole thing, sometimes you have to puch a  show all images  thing. I hope you enjoy my stories and whatnot. bye, thanks and enjoy!!:)

Happy New Year

Happy New Years you guys :)

Rather late to say so, but still. Big thanks to all the Artists I have Bookmarked, I love you guy's creations and you inspire me to -try- to make my own things.

Much thanks to Ayyuff, I have whole neighborhoods of your lovely homes

Pop&Soda Magazine

Vivian and I release a magazine today. This magazine it's about the community and their artists who make of this game more than a simple game. Check it out at http://popandsoda.net/

First Blog for 2009

H E L L O  T S R ,

Wow, 2009 already! Man has the year gone fast, well here's to a year of more siming for everyone! As you can see the site has had a makeover. I personally think there is a few minor details that need to be fixed. The way we now have to upload stories, is a bit annoying, as i have already written out my story on the actual game. So now i have to either have to re-write the story, or write everything down that i had before. I really feel like the story is pretty good, i don't want to re-write it, and certainly not write it all down again. The old wizard was much more usefull and eaiser to use.

I am in the middle of making a few creations. I have started work on two hair sets which i hope to publish soon, and maybe even some residential lots. I hope that i can eventually upload my stories again, i wish the old wizard was back though.

Happy Siming TSR :)

~ L ~ I ~ V ~ D ~ U ~ D ~ E ~

Creator's Camp - Day 3

I want to take a minute and tell everyone that has been asking questions. I reply to them in your guestbooks. I've noticed a few of you haven't checked your guestbooks since I last posted in them. If you don't know how, look in the top menu bar and select 'Dashboard'. You will then see 'Guestbook' as one of the options below.

This morning, first thing, I had an interview with EA Games. It was fairly decent...quite a bite of hair spray, some powder on my nose, and a microphone in my shirt, and I has ready to go. It was about 30 to 40 minutes long, and hopefully I will get a link to it in a few weeks when the little reel is complete so I can see it. Estatica was on for her interview a little after mine. Later in the day, we were told our interviews were well liked. So...we may very well be in the final product. So far, I have been interviewed by Brazil, France, and now EA Games. It's kind of fun.

The food is slowly getting better. Today, we actually had Texas Food, so I was QUITE impressed. Thankful...truly thankful, actually. We're all steadily working away, and poor Padre is still creationless. Hatshepsut and Estatica and I have finished some houses, I've done quite a bit of clothing and various furniture recolors. It's very interesting the different combinations you can come up with. My house is based entirely on the the textures I used for the very first window. All the wall paper, flooring, furnishings, and decorations. It's beautiful. I did create my first Sims 3 story today...it's awful. So, don't check it out if it goes public. 8]

Hatshepsut and I were headed back to the hotel after the lab was closing down, and we saw three little bunnies hopping around the EA Campus. You've got to love bunnies. Tomorrow the TSR group is having dinner together at the Hotel Restraunt, which should prove to be interesting. We got to visit the EA Campus Store today. I bought a few games, and wanted to get some shirts...of course, they were al too big. Nothing 'petite' there. That was fun, the group of creator's basically ransacked the place, and Padre333 filled his arms with sooo much stuff everyone had to get pictures of him.

But, onto the more interesting things. As always, if you've got questions...I will try to get answers.

Answers from previous questions that I didn't have answers to previously...

The Picnic Basket is very basic. Your sims can carry it around, sit on it, and eat.

At this time, it is not possible to woohoo anywhere but the bed...including the cars.

Also at this time, you cannot recolor the cieling.

Pregnancy Outfits have a single outfit for each category. I was told that you can change the 'textures' of those clothing items, but I think my game was buggy and wouldn't let me try it.

There are 35 to 40 different food recipies.

'Call to Meals' still works and is functional.

Pregnancy is still three days, regardless of life span.

You cannot change the infant's blanket, but it is pink for girls and blue for boys.

I asked about supernatural creatures, and all I got was you can have a playable ghost with a little work and even make 'ghost babies'. These 'ghost babies' will be ghosts, but can be turned into real life sims with a little work as well.

When your expecting mother is heading to the hospital to have the baby, if you so choose, no one else will follow. She will give birth alone.

Third Day of Playing Notes

In Elders, you can select the amount of age detail (wrinkles/age spots) that you want.

Based on the personality traits of your sim that you choose, you get a set of LTW's based on them. You can pick with LTW you would like to strive for.

There are quarter squares that make it easier than ever to center everything. Meaning, your love seat can now center on the TV.

The fire alarm is lower, and I was able to hang a wall lamp above it. I am not sure that you can put wall hangings about it though.

Sims can put more than one food item on a single countertop tile.

Just because your Sim cooks themselves a plate, doesn't mean they will eat it. Some will automatically eat it, others will not.

You can donate money to different foundations based on your personality trait. This will give you good moodlets.

Old folks and extremely large sims can run.

There's a community spa where you can get a facial, manicure, pedicure, or massage.

Sims can take classes to learn skills much faster than reading or doing.

Some moodlets last days, hours, and even minutes.

Plants around town and in your home can be harvested and used to cook with.

You can choose a voice for your sim.

There are now 4 speeds of gameplay.

There's a child playground, swing, and slide.

Clutter! Need I say more?!

When you fatten up your sim, their neck and face fattens as well.

On the easel, there are three sizes of paintings.

On a computer, you can: find coupons, browse the web, play chess, play computer games, tinker, and get a job.

There is a Party Planner that allows you to set the time for your party, the location, and the dress code.

When you are socializing, there is a small pop up that tells you what the other sim is thining about your 'socializing'. You are irresistable, moving too fast, hilarious, boring, etc.

Ants can carry pieces of your food away on the picnic basket.

The more often you prepare a meal, the better it gets. Practice makes perfect.

Default CAS is a YA.

Stubble automatically comes with beards or without.

MY FAVORITE PART: You can buy a Rubber Ducky for your bathtub and bath bubbles, and have a Bubble Bath and play with the ducky. (...this is coming from an avid Rubber Ducky Collector.)

You can put any texture, anywhere, on anything.

You can choose to buy a furnished or unfurnished house.

Sims can prepare meals on the corner coutners now.

Depending on traits, sims will sing in the shower.

There are too many new interactions to name. You can discuss things your sim has done, books they have read, and movies they have seen, etc.

No more fireworks during woohoo, but falling hearts.

After my sim woohooed with the townie, she went to the bathroom, and he got on his cell phone and called someone up and was talking about my sim.

You can invite Sims to spend the night at your house.

Neat sims have the option to 'clean house' or 'clean house until pristine'.

Frugal sims can recycle.

Showers go bad and produce bad moodlets with cold water, stoves go bad and produce undercooked meals, etc.

When a sim pulls leftovers from the fridge, they only take a plate for themselves.

Preggos can visit the hospital for 'Medical Advice'.

Babies do not appear in the cars.

The Maid played with my baby while she was at my house cleaning.

Sims can hold babies and socialize.

Food can go bad in the fridge, and must be cleaned out.

Some houses have challenges when you start them. Like a broken water main where everything requiring water is shooting water out across the house.

Houses have difficulty levels based on the age and number and amount of sims living there.

Baby Sitter no longer 'tracks schedule'.

Sims can have gardens and eat the food they harvest.

That's it for tonight. Tomorrow, I will check on these things that have been asked and I don't have answers for:

Clouds, Funerals, Underwear Section, Career/LifeSpan, Job Title Limits, and Lots

Free Set

The free set from 15 januari - 12 februari is the Baby Bottle Replacement. No more green stuff for your baby's and toddlers, you can give them some real milk now!

Have fun with it!

http://www.thesimsresource.com/artists/AnoeskaB/downloads/details/category/sims2_sets_objects/title/Baby%20Bottle%20Replacement/id/808577/

Sims Online objects

This week I will be submitting some objects that use graphics from The Sims Online, which were converted to Sims1 format and very generously made available by Peter of Atelier Quebec. As with previous objects of mine, some of these will be using the "joinable" bases from Lost Sims as well.

DON�T PANIC

Hi everybody!!

I know that the new site has got everyone on their toes and that there are a few start up problems, but hang in there wont you they are working on it. One of the problems is with the links to the required items and I do have a few in my lots either go through the old site http://v6.thesimsresource.com/artists/Elut/ or PM me and I´ll help you out.

Elut