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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!
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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- Maybe I could do a ballet series...I love Swan Lake and Firebird. Depends on custom content
- Victorian street urchin--I'm a big 19th century history buff
- Or maybe a Victorian murder mystery!
- French Revolution? I can't get past the hair but I love Tale of Two Cities
- I'm definitely interested in creating a Roman family
- Count of Monte Cristo anyone?
- I wonder if anyone's created Sherlock Holmes content...
- 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!
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
Bad news...
Something really awful happened to me:
As I had some major problems with OFB, I deinstalled it a few days ago, but I haven't made a security copy of my game.. So, to be clear: My game has been reseted, with that all my sims, MY DOWNLOADS FOLDER (which was a few giga big) and all my screenies.
This is an additional burden for me, as I was really late with my updates on my story and now as I lost everything from my game... I don't know. I really don't know if I will continue writing on it, maybe some time later but for now I'm really p*****.
I was able to bring back Charlize, my major character in my story, as I had saved her somewhere else. I brought back Shia LaBeouf.. But the problem is that I lost my town and all the houses that I played in, and also the screenies I had which documented already the ending of the story. And now I have to begin all over again and I don't know when I will find the time to do so.
I'm so sorry guys, I don't know why I just have bad news in the last, hope this settles after a while.
xoxo
First Blog Entry
So...yeah.
I need to get some stuff up, don't I? At any rate... I had this great story going but... something happened with the story wizard and then I couldn't get my woman to get abducted... and then the story worked on the site AFTER I ALREADY DELETED IT. Oh well. Now I'm working on a Twilight inspired story about a girl who is a witch, who falls in love with a vampire and her best friend is a were wolf.... sound familiar? Don't worry, the werewolves, vampires and romance is the only thing it has in common with Twilight. The story started out as my quest to have a Sim be every supernatrual thing in the game... but that kind of died. :( I wanted her to be an alien, a vampire, a witch and a werewolf. (I only have those expansion pacls)
In IRL news, I have a cold. Chest congestion. :( Also, getting hooked up with a thumb drive tonight. :)
вместо приветствия
Первый день здесь. надеюсь удастся освоиться и извлечь какую-то пользу от присутствия на этом ресурсе.
От самой игры в полном восторге, но постоянно хочется чем-то разнообразить процесс, то новой одеждой то меблировкой, жаль что найти что-то стоящее совсем не просто, а изготовить самой - ни знаний ни умений нет.
Onwards and Upwards
Day 2 and it was now time to get down to some serious creating. Being primarily a lot builder I've been concentrating on that part of the game.
While some of the build features we've come to know and love in Sims 2 are no longer available (the CFE cheat is for now a thing of the past), some of the new features help to make up for the loss. For instance, if you don't like the default colour options for your windows and doors then no problem. Choose from a wide range of pre-set textures which you can recolour however you want and apply them to almost any object.
Landscaping and terrain tools are also more user friendly. The trees and plants look amazing as they sway in the breeze and the water effects are cool.
I guess a perk of being amongst the 1st creators to start using the game and pushing it to it's limits is that we're also helping to identify any bugs that may crop up and giving EA a chance to put things right. I certainly gave some of the EA staff some headaches after managing to break the roof tool and wreck a perfectly good staircase. Sorry guys! I think the prize for the most hilarious glitch has to go to Padre who somehow managed to place a chair mid-air over the top of his house. A neat effect I'm sure but I've no idea how he was expecting his poor sim to reach it!
The afternoon brought a visit to the sound lab where the sound effects/voices and music are put together. It was a huge thrill to meet the production team along with one of the voice actors. To actually watch her doing the voice-overs to the animations was awesome. Those that were brave enough had the chance to have a go right alongside her. It was a lot of fun.
Afterwards it was back to creating before going to dinner then back to the hotel. Now let's see what I can break tomorrow!
Next Episode of Stupid Cupid - End of Jan
I'm in the process of writing the next episode of "Stupid Cupid"; all things willing, it should be out by the end of this month... a lot of work to do, I've got to build Kingsport Police Dept. from scratch and god only knows where Laura LaValle has dis-appeared to, seems to be a gremlin still living in my game, but I'll flush him out, have no fear!
new PC
well i finely got the pc that i wanted and now i am working learning how to make meshes. While I am learning to make meshes I will still put up recolors also i am working on doing some recolor of clothes and hair. i found a good tut on mesh making so i am working on that. once its done i post it. I thank everyone that downloaded my stuff. I hope to become good at mesh making for i have lot of ideas on meshes. and I thank everyone that help me get my mini site.
Installation Instructions (Update) :)
Hi all, The "Installation Instructions" information should now be showing on DL pages (when needed)! YAY!!
Some of my lots may have additional required CC items, from an external site. The URLs for these may show in the Installation Instructions information. If you have DL (downloaded) a lot that is missing CC, please check the Installation Instructions for this information.
When a DL has this information, you can now find the Installation Instructions in the downloads browse view as well as on the details page.
You can always send me a PM if you need additional help. Thanks!- MS :)
Free Sets For January
MyMix n Match-1
BeachBabe for Teens
will be free starting on 15th of January. Have fun!
Two new sets and a story
I have currently submitted two new sets to TSR. The first is the Maxis Match set to the Open For Business Modern Mission counter. Yes, it has taken me a while to get this set out, considering I started work on in back in probably September or October. The second is a recolor set of the Chez Moi counter (the most expensive counter from the base game). I hope you will all enjoy these sets when they are published :-)
The other thing I have been working on is the fourteenth installment of the Extreme Sim Homemakeover. I am about halfway done with it, and should be submitting it within a day or so. So, look for it soon! ;-)
That's about it for now!
Happy simming!
~simmyfan2852~
Creator's Camp - Day 2
More, more, more. We basically played all day long today, only breaking for meals. We got to sit in for a sound session with Nikki, one of the girls who is a Simlish Voice in the game. It was perfect. Absolutely like the game. That laugh of the little girls...it's her. No changes whatsoever. It was so creepy...talking to a real sim, you know.
Anywho, some of you had questions that I had to get back to you on...and here are the answers. Oh, and if there are anymore questions...feel free to leave them in a comment. I have a few more days to get answers for you. Please take note that we are 'testing the game' it's not complete yet, and there are many bugs and many things that need to be changed. So, what I blog is what is current for the day and may change tomorrow.
Playing the Second Day Notes
~There are cinemas, bistros, museums, etc that your sim can visit. You can work in these buildings doing a job pretaining to the building. Chef to Bistro. Athelete to Stadium.
~The plants in Buy Mode, for me, are disappointing. I mean, really. But, we must understand that is a base game. We've all been spoiled with EP's and SP's, and just give EA time to get some EP's and SP's ready for Sims 3. We'll soon have a decent supply of plants for interior use. On a lighter side, the Build Mode plants are just awesome. There is such a huge selection, and the pond plants, too!
~I made a mistake yesterday when I said there were 6 Traits that you could choose in CAS. There are only 5. Sorry!
~You cannot swim in the ocean, but you can fish in it. And not every sim has the necessary skills needed to fish.
~As far as I cared to travel, my sim would walk through the hills and on the outskirts of town. I am sure there's a limit to how far you can go, but I didn't find it.
~The TV was also disappointing for me, but I think that I am also used to my Free Time Expansion for Sims 2. I have to keep reminding myself this is only a 'base' game. There are only 4 channels: Sports, Kids, Action, and Romance. You can however work out Strength or Cardio, instead of only one type of work out.
~Lots are already in place. You can move them and rotate them, but it's my understanding that you can't add 'new'. I will have to double check that, but I think that's the way I understood it.
~Build Mode plants are very nice. There are a few sizes for each tree type, and anytime you place a shrub it is automatically a different size. You cannot change this.
~In the Catalogs, you can now select an item, and the description pops up. You can then zoom in or out on the object to get a better view. I LOVE THIS!
~The Maximum width of a set of stairs is 8 tiles! They are HUGE!
~Each floor tile and wall can be edited with the color wheel and texture library for limitless possibilities.
~Fences rise with terrains, so you can have that hillside mansion with a fence that flows with the hills.
~If you hover your mouse over a plate of food, it will tell you how good of quality it is and what it is.
~Moving is interesting. You can choose to move to a new lot, and you can either sell your furniture or pack it. If you pack it, the furniture leaves the house with you. If you sell it, it stays with the house just as it was when you left it.
~The mailbox and trash can are recolorable with the Create-A-Style. Your mailbox can finally match the house.
~Police and burglars still fight, and the burglar alarm still deafened me.
~There are now Dawn, Day, Dusk, and Night Skies. They are awesome. The Sun and Moon move as well.
~Tombstones now show the cause of death. You can engrave an epitaph, too.
~When walking around town, you can choose to walk or run.
~The ghosts are still colored according to death. And they look AWESOME.
~Infants are wrapped in blankets instead of only wearing diapers.
~You can see the infants moodlets and motives bars.
~Sims will gain traits at birthdays. If you do a fine job of raising them or living their lives, you can 'choose' their new trait. This makes me believe that traits on birthdays are assigned randomly according to their behavior and the way they were raised.
~You can take pictures with your Cell Phone to hang on your wall or sit on your tables.
~You can follow the children to school.
~You can even gain traits at school depending on your behavior.
~You can get a job using the paper, internet, or physically going to the workplace of choice.
~There is School Detention for children who fall asleep in class or cheat on schoolwork.
~Kids/Teens now need their guardians permission to bring home a friend from school. AWESOME!
~You can hire Magicians for parties.
~Instead of Nightmare Nanny, you now have a babysitter...who looks like a YA.
~You can literally interact with almost anything in the game.
~Moodlets sway your Sims mood in either direction. Just because all of your motives a green, does not mean you'll be in a great mood.
~Bad Mood sims are less likely to listen to your commands.
~There are Part-Time and Full-Time jobs. The Part-Time jobs will not interfere with High School hours.
~Pregnant Mommy's get a few days off paid from work. New Daddy's get a few days off after the baby is born as well, but it didn't not say if the Daddy's get paid.
~Your Sim can read Pregnancy Books while Pregnant to help ensure a happy healthy pregnancy and happy healthy good-traited baby.
~Be sure to befriend your boss!
~Sims can tinker with electronics and appliances, they can even upgrade them. But, be careful for beaking and that electric shock.
~Toddlers are not just eat and sleep. They are ambitious.
~If you don't like how your sim has turned out, you can buy a Mid-Life Crisis to redo their personality completely if you have enough Lifetime Happiness Points.
~If a business is closed, your sim can look in the windows of the building.
~When my sim opened her fridge, you could see the cold air coming out.
~Some actions have actual times you can set for how long the last.
~Some actions also will tell you what the time will be when the sim is 'fully complete' with the action. Sleeping, for instance.
~Bills come every morning. Or they are supposed too...lol. Mine is buggy right now. My Postman never comes, but the Repoman arrives every evening to take stuff...lol.
~My sim brushed her teeth and aquired a good Moodlet for 'minty breath'.
~While on the job, you have options as to what kind of performance you want to give: Business as Usual, Work Hard, Take it Easy, Meet Coworkers, Hang Out with Coworkers, Suck Up to Boss, or Practice a Skill. You can gain skills while working.
~You can earn raises without promotions based on Job Performance.
~You can tour community buildings alone or with a companion. You can also take various classes to gain skills at community buildings.
~New Food Dishes.
~I noticed that my sim could enter the library, so perhaps 'some' community buildings can be entered?
~Not every bookshelf as the same books. You must browse if you're assigned to read a particular one by your boss or other various opportunity.
~My sim ate out alone one night. I got a pop up saying she was unhappy with her food, and did I want to complain or continue eating it. I chose complain and recieved 500 Simoleons from the chef for my honesty. So, I will assume that chance cards are still available at random.
~You can change the ringtone on your cell phone.
~The Maid is no longer a French Maid. The first time she came, she was a normal dressed gal. The second time...it was a bald man wearing only cargo shorts. I am not sure if that is a bug or not. I was laughing too hard to bring it up. lol
~Leftovers are still possible, and food dishes can be 'specialized'.
~Sims can be toothpick skinny to grossely obese. They get fat on their necks and cheeks, too.
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That's all I have today. I hope that you all are getting more excited for February 20th! And please, if you have questions...feel free to ask them.
I've also noticed my blog all over the internet. I don't mind this, but please...just link back so that those with questions can ask them and I can try to get answers. Thanks.
On a matching spree
Just in case anyone has noticed or hasnt, i have been making curtians that match beddings I have made. I am presently working on three more curtain sets that match older beddings I have made. Maybe some of you dont care.. but in the game and in real life I like things to match. :) So people will have to mix and match and maybe go back and look for beddings to match the curtains coming out. I am also attemtpting to make sofas to match the curtains. Annoying YES! Just thought i would add thsi tidbit of info.. and now off I go to create some more!
Getting used to this new layout
I still find it really slow, and it is bothering me that I don't see the "new arrivals" at once on front page. I used to download a lot of the featured stuff, and now it is somehow distracted.
I also tested the screenshot uploader, it works fine now, after the first problems. I don't understand the "published" dropdown option, though. Would you like to publish it now yes/no would be more logical.
The weather outside is frightful...
but sitting here with Sims is delightful!Let it snow , let it snow , let it snow........NOT!I am rather tired of winter and I am ready for spring to come. The one good thing about winter is that i am in the house .. pretty much all the time ( unless I am at work, on the way to work in the van,doing banking or shopping , or walking the doggie) i hate winter! I did take up downhill skiing about 5 years back thinking that that may increase my enjoyment of winter... but as it turns out I only like the snow when i am skiing and still hate it every other second! LOL And because i am in the house all the time.. i spend a large portion of that time on my pc.. creating for Sims2! Which ends up being a good thing!
Got some new stuff on the horizon.. some walls, more curtains,some twilight stuff.. ( you would think I am a fan of Twilight considering I have made a bunch of stuff .. but I am most certainly not! However my 12 yr old is and so I make it for her..:) Got another 2 lots coming out and working on more beddings. I still am working on that Bathroom wall and floor set.. STILL! LOL. The floor tiles take a while and requires painstaking accuracy.. so i work on a little bit at a time. ( as I havent had the patience to finish them all in one fell swoop).
Slowing Down and My Brace
Okay, my stories are coming on great but the only probelm is the new way you have to load them up. I know how to work it and everything but it's going to have to get some getting use to. I'm just letting you all know that it may take a little longer for me to get stories out, 'kay? Sorry, guys... :(
Also, some people are interested in seeing what my brace looks like and about my scoiliosis. Basically scoliosis is when the spine bends to one side a certains amount of degrees (lets say 50, 'cause that's my amount of degrees), in which affects your posture and appreance of back. My brace helps me to stay straight all the time. My brace looks a little something like this:
The only difference is mine doesn't have another layer of plastic on it and it has longer and more straps on it. Australian braces are different from the American ones, I forget how but I can always ask my mum if I have to. I like my brace though, I've even given it a name!xD It's name is Vanessa, weird huh?! Well for everyone in Australia, if you know All Saints star Georgie Parker, she had scoliosis and she named her brace Boris.
Well, that's it for this blog.
Keep Creating and Siming!!
Hidden Walls
In my latest Living Room set, the walls are invisible in version 7, although they show up just fine in version 6. I think this is because they have been sitting on the server for quite a while. I'm not sure what to do about it, so for now, you can see the walls in the preview of the set or go to v6 and look at them there. Sorry about that!
Still waiting on the ability to edit my mesh set (NK Cubist Dining) with the fixed end table. Will let you know when that happens. Sorry for the ickyness of it. The new version is much better. I also plan to update the bookcase a bit, but haven't had the chance to do it yet.
I have done all the thanking that I have seen in my comments and guestbook, so if I missed anyone it was because you inexplicably disappeared. But know that I appreciate all the comments and guestbook entries. Thanks so much for stopping by!
My First Blog....
Hey,
Wow my first blog.... I'd stopped going on this site becasue I didn't like it but then I was bord so I thought 'I know the sims resource' and all I can say is wow. It was way different when I was last on and that was on my old account, it will take some getting used to I'll admit that ut it does look good. Never really been sure what a blog is for..... but heres my going on about nothing. I'll stop now.
Bye xxx
Thank you
Hi this is the first entry on my Blog. I thought I would let everyone know that this profile is shared by myself and my Godmother (Michelle). I am in China at the moment so my Godmother is writing this on my behalf. I would like to say a great big THANKS to Warrayfinson, without her help there would not be a banner (her advice was invaluable) also a huge thank you to all the artists who design and recolour especially my bookmarked artists. Also I would like to send my sincere thanks to the TSR staff.
CRIME STORY PART 5:Be My Baby...
A new chapter of my blog story 'CRIME STORY' is now posted. I appreciate that some of you are letting me know you are enjoying it! Do please leave a comment at the blog though, I would love it!
Crime Story is set in the 1960's, and I use a lot of downloads from right here at TSR, look in the 'Retro Theme' section. I have made a lot of signs for that era, you can find them there for download!
Also This story is a little more adult than can be posted here, but it is not too out there, LOL!
I would insert a couple of pictures, but I have no clue what I am doing. I feel totally lost, a voice in the wilderness with regard to stories here and how to post them. I may have to give a lot of thought to the fact if I will be continuing to post stories here at TSR. I will give it a few weeks to see if any bugs/glitches are addressed and make my decision then. Until then, I will not be uploading a story to TSR for a bit. I am still trying to figure out this V7!
Cheers and have a great rest of the month!~ LINK TO CRIME STORY:
The Adventure Begins
After a long and thankfully uneventful journey I arrived in sunny California. Following a night of exhaustion induced sleep in what must be the world's most comfy bed (I've gotta get me one of those!) I was ready and rearing to go and see what the Sims 3 is all about.
First was a quick informal breakfast in the lobby of EA HQ. It was a wonderful experience to meet everyone and although we'd never met before it already felt as though I was amongst old friends.
After breakfast it was on to business with a tour of the EA campus. Believe me, this place has everything! Now I know where I want to work when I grow up!
Followin the tour it was on to a series of Sims 3 demos showing the new create-a-sim features, and build/buy mode options. Unfortunately I can't really go into much detail but I was amazed at the amount of customisation that Sims 3 allows. You could easily spend half a day just customising your 1st sim and some of the new build/buy features are just darned neat! However, you have to keep in mind that this is a base game and I'm sure so many more features will become available in time with future ep's.
Finally came the chance to get some hands on experience. I was having so much fun creating a shirt of many colours for my sim that I almost forgot about building! But I did manage to produce the beginnings of a nice piece of architecture before it was time to pack up for the day.
Time to head for that super comfy bed and dream about what day 2 will bring.
Happy 2009!
I hope 2009 is a better year for you than it has been so far for me. We found out our centre is closing so nearly 300 people will be laid off. I'll miss all the people I worked with. Some became really good friends these past two years and we do plan to keep in touch and meet when we can. I'm not letting it bring me down, though. I've plans to continue my education by taking Japanese language courses to further what Japanese I already know, take teaching English as a second language, and I plan to finally finish writing my novel. I had stopped when the girls were little to raise them because their father was not around so I was a single parent. We have a month left, and some people have already left to new jobs. I'm glad for them. But that means I'm now left with more responsibility in my small administrative department.
By end of February I'll have more time to devote to the Sims! I hope to have the Sims 3 by then, and they will go on the new laptop I will get for my courses and writing. I need some kind of entertainment on it when I'm tired of studying and working! LOL That's when I'll work even harder at recolouring and learning to create my own content.
Well, time to finish fixing my minisite. Go away for a bit, and everything changes!
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