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African hotel

I've been to Africa and love it. Now your simmies can go there, too. I've uploaded an African hotel, built like a traditional village, but with all the comfort and luxury your simmies could wish for. There are four huts, all with a double-bed, so this resort is suitable for couples.
I first built it with all kinds of wonderful exotic plants from our TSRAA artists, but the file ended up mega-sized! So I took away almost all plants, leaving an acacia tree, banana tree, jurassica palm plus one climbing plant that's on the statue. Besides this, there are some large rocks and a log seating. Also, I love Murano's floor mirror that makes floors look high-polished. If you don't want to download the mesh needed for this effect, then you can just remove all the floors that look black without the mesh. You remove them at the edges.
If you don't have Celebration Stuff, this will only affect one small dining table in the Simba theme hut.
I'm very pleased with the spa that is sited on black rock and combined with the huge statue, I think the effect is very dramatic!
I've played the lot and everything should work fine. Hope you enjoy it as much as I do!

DentileEgg Wainscotting

A new moulding, based on an old favorite of mine, transformed into eight fully wainscotted panelled walls using lighter pastels. Let me know what you think. The image has been compressed and will be in the right proportions in game. These will be published August 9th.

Holiday!!!

Hi all!

I want you to know that tomorrow I am going on a holiday.(From 28th Jul to 20th Aug).

I will try to reply comments and GB entries but I might not answer all of them.

You can still send PM or sign my GB.I will see them all.

Happy Simming!~~Newtlco

Updates & What's Coming Next!

Hi all I thought i would let you know what is coming next. Well the Esprit Curtain Collection is almost finished. This set includes Full Double Wide Curtains, Single Full Curtains, Single Short Length Curtains & Double Short Length Curtains. Just finishing testing. A second recolour of the Santiago Lounge Collection will be released sometime next week and the Santiago Dining Collection recolour will follow shortly after. Downloads of the Esprit Venetian Blinds seem to be going well, i am glad you like them. I have updated these to include diagonals, however the updates have not been published yet. I am hoping to update the mesh-file over the next few days and release the diagonals once the mesh-file has been updated. I would imagine i will probably release some metallic recolours of this set. Once i have got the above published and out the way i will probably be taking a couple of weeks away to get university assignments done and dusted. First year of Uni is finished September! Second Year starts Oct! At the moment the Esprit Bedroom Collection has been put on hold. I really like the bed and have made quite a lot of improvements to it, however it still isn't right yet. I wouldn't like to submit something that i am not completely happy with, just for the sake of submitting. Anyway that's all for now. I will post again when the Venetian Blind Mesh files have been updated and diagonals released. Take care Debs. Below is screenshot of the Esprit Curtain Set. The set has one master file which all other curtains get the textures from, this will reduce the over all filesize and make recolouring much quicker. Thanks go to MsBarrow for her Repository Tutorial and the Matrix window's pictured in the Screenshots.

Polls and New Lots!

POLLS Well, with 101 people voting, here are the results of my latest poll... What is the average size of your sim families? 4 - 45.54% - (46 votes) 3 - 20.79% - (21 votes) 5 - 14.85% - (15 votes) 1-2 - 12.87% - (13 votes) 6 or more! - 7.92% - (8 votes) Good. That was pretty much what I figured, and I just LOVE being at least partially right. LOL! Thank you all SO much for participating. Every poll helps me learn what people want so I can make better homes for everyone! Thank you! ----------------------------------- NEW LOTS Have 2 new lots on the way, and they couldn't be more different from each other. ;) ILLUSTRA - The first is a Modern home that I am REALLY proud of! Illustra is a 3 bedroom home designed to take in views from the ocean or a cliff top. It is NOT a beach lot, but would look great near water. It's a 3 bedroom Maxis only home, and will be available on the 29th (Tuesday). THE AVU DRIVE-IN THEATER - The second is a flash back into the past! I have created a 1950's retro-styled drive-in theater! It is lacking cars though, since it is...as usual...Maxis only. These you will have to add yourself. It is a community lot with a small cafe/snack bar, place to buy video games, bathrooms, swings, etc. It is designed more as a park with a small eatery. It would be great for screenies, stories, teenager hang-out (for those sneaking teens), or just as ambience for retro hoods. It is due out August 3rd (Sunday). ----------------------------------- I cannot thank you all enough for your support and encouragement! I have met some of the most wonderful people here, and have to thank my son and rose-maman for talking me into uploading my homes in the first place. LOL! Well, guess I'd better get cracking! Homes to build, and sims to make happy you know. Thank you all...you make building SO worth it! -Illiana

July 28th, Vintage Charm Bath

The Vintage Charm Bath set is scheduled for publication on July 28th. The bathroom is a companion set for the Vintage Charm Bedroom. The Vintage Charm Bath set�s major furnishings are linked to a dresser (see picture below) which is part of the previously released Vintage Charm Bedroom set. Some of the bathroom objects were linked to the Vintage Charm Bedroom dresser to make recoloring of the major set pieces easier. You MUST have the dresser in your download folder to use the bathroom hutch, sink, 3-drawer chest, bath shelf unit, console table, and medicine cabinet.

The bathroom hutch, sink, 3-drawer chest, bath shelf unit, standing towel rack, picture with shelves, and console table all have 1 or more decorative slots. FYI, you can use your keyboard's "M" key to move through the slots.

The Vintage Charm Bath also includes base game and Seasons versions of the vanity mirror. Some of the decorative objects like the basket of roses, basket of soaps, and tissue box are recolors of my Vanity Fair meshes.

I am currently creating recolors for the Vintage Charm collection. So far, I have created pink, yellow and white, dark and medium wood recolors for the collection.

Take Care and Happy Simming, Carolyn

Back! :D

I'm back again , my computer is already fixed! :). Now I have to install all the programs to keep uploading , so in the next days I will update new clothes for your sims!. Regards,Francisco

Vacation!

I'll be away for the next two weeks for vacation :) See you soon!

Thanks for the input!

Thank you to everyone who responded to my poll about Pollination Technicians and Ideal Plantsim replacements. I really do appreciate the feedback! The general consensus was that you like pointy ears, want a poll tech that is a bit different looking but not too weird, and you like elven-featured ideal plantsims. If anyone would like to help me test an Ideal Plantsim template and Pollination technician template, I have created one of each. Yes, I know, the pollination technician looks like Spock. That's on purpose. :D Unfortunately there is no category for them here at TSR, so I have created my own (very simple!) website. If you're interested, go have a look, and if you download, let me know how they work for you. You may find them here: http://sims2fan93.googlepages.com/deagh%27ssims2creations Please do note that these only replace facial structure, they do nothing to replace the hair, eye, and skin color of the pollination technician and ideal plantsim.

Well... As expected, more trouble.

Due to two reports of my Privacy Island Modern 01 being suspect and giving an Empty Set error, I unpublished and deleted the offending Lot, and redid it. I KNOW for a FACT that this time (as before) everything is working at the time of submission. I hated to lose all my thanks for the Lot, but I had no option to replace JUST the lot package at all... just the preview images, so I felt it best to just delete the set and resubmit it. To those 10 people that had no trouble with it, thank you! And to the two that did, I'm sorry.

2 new lots!

I've got a couple of new lots on the back burner that I still need to work out the bugs and such . As soon as I do this I will submit them for download here. The first one is my Rustic Living lot which is completely Maxis with the the exception of one of my floors. The second is my other new lot which is called Aurora Downs. I still need to go through and decide what custom content is going to stay and what is leaving.

Crater Lakes Park.

A large outdoor park for your outdoor loving sims!

MH Washroom pt 2

I know I promised to upload the second part of the Washroom set this weekend, but I've been working some extra hours since I'll be moving at the end of this month.
The MH Washroom will be up sometime around mid-week. I promise.

Gone Simming

I'm on a downloading spree and plan to spend the weekend playing. Several of my favorite artists have released lots, objects, and clothes that I've been drooling over. Gone Simming! Be back soon. :) -gamelia

VACATION!!!

Will be on vacation, away from my computer from July 30 to August 31, Everyone have a great rest of the summer! May do some classic movie adaptions when I return just for a change of pace..."Sim Cinema" LOL!

Cheers~~

Updated Bohemian Black Set - Better or Worse?!!

Me again! Firstly, thanks very much to everyone who has left a comment on my new set - it's much appreciated! :D I've been doing quite a lot of revisions, taking on board the comments that you did make, and have extended it to include white versions of many of the objects. I've also changed the paintings so they stand out more and, I think, are more appropriate to the black & white theme, and added armchairs!! With regards to things like adding patterns to the furniture, etc - this IS my first attempt at doing anything like this and, if I'm honest, I think that is a bit above me at the moment :( - I'm just really pleased they all came out still looking like tables and sofas and chairs!! :P :D So anyway, here are 3 preview pics of the new, new version: So what do you reckon? An improvement or not? Not sure whether I should do previews of a separate 'black' room & a separate 'white' room instead of putting them all together as they do look a bit cramped - I just wanted to show everything I'd done! :P More comments please!!! Thank you very much! Mad Black & White Cow!!

Sweet Painting Sets

Hi everybody, today I upload some new painting sets. 3 today and 3 at the weekend. And here is a small preview. I hope you like my new anime painting sets. Have a fantastic day and a hot summer. Kisses SpaciKathy! :D

New lot I'm working on

I am hoping to finish another modern style lot to submit next week. Here are a couple of preview pictures. Let me know what you think...

Watch out, I'm back! :))

Hello to all!
I missed TSR and you guys sooooo much!!! It's so pleasant to came back home and to read your comments and GB signs and to understand that you didn't forget me while I was away for some time!
So, I had 2 weeks vacation and I've spend it quite well, now I'm full of energy and ideas in building houses, creating objects etc...
And I can't wait to make my plans true. So, please, wait for a while! :))

As for the poll...Thanks to all who had participated in it! Frankly speaking, I've forgot how to make small houses but I'll try to remember it as soon as I'll finish my other projects...

Entirely yours,
Marina

Little Venice - Flower Shop - out now :)

Hello - here's a few pictures of the new lot I've been working on. I've added some more pictures which show part of the interior. The lot is part of my Little Venice series (obviously!) ; it has a habitable houseboat and a flower shop on the ground floor of the building.

It's been ages since I built a home business so I hope your Sims will want to give this one a go!

The lot:



The house/ flower shop:



And the view from the back of the lot towards the road (you can see a balcony at the back of the house):



Here's the interior of the Flower Shop lot. The second lot, the Flower House is basically an unfurnished version:



I'm intending to release it in a set with a non-business / unfurnished version, so if your Sims are just looking for a new pad, they can use it simply as a home.

~ Tiger :)

Ah A Mini-Site

So I finally have my mini-site up and running.

I hope everyone continues to enjoy my contributions!!

Texture Challenge Forum

*** NEW! ***

I've had some people start asking me about the TC 100 that is coming up as of July 30th. So I decided to put another post into my blog. TC 100 is a big set, and can get interesting quick. If you think this might be a bit much for you to start with, you can go here, and start with normal TC textures (usually only 4 or 5 textures per week). I will also post a link for the Texture Challenge Archive where you can get the textures. Hope you all check it out, and maybe join in.

Texture Challenge Showcase

Texture Challenge Archive

Hope everyone enjoys!

Midland_04

New Beach House Bathroom Sets Published

A new Beach House mesh set - the last one of the Beach House series - will be published on Friday 25th July. Recolours will quickly follow. The third recolour is pictured below. An updated collection file has been uploaded to the Bedroom Set.

Holiday

Just wanted to let you all know that I be away for a few weeks. Going on a holoday to Croatia, Italy, Austia, Czech Republic and Germany, I want to wish to you all a nice holiday and offcourse good weather. See you back in august!!!!

And Now The Silence is Over...

I am BACK! I am OFFICIALLY BACK! Here are a few of the sets I am about to release this August! I repeat, a FEW Watch out for it! Alyosha

TSR's Texture Challenge

For all you recolorers out there, you may find a great deal of interest in TSR's Texture Challenge in the TSR Forums.

Each Wednesday a member is chosen to supply 4+ textures for all members to use in a room recolor. There are no prizes, this is strictly for fun. I have been a member for a little over 10 weeks and man...I LOVE it!

The people are super friendly and very supportive. Each person offers constructive advice to help each other excel in recoloring. We're kind of like a TSR TC Family.

So, if you're interested...or have questions, feel free to visit the links below or even PM me for answers.

Texture Challenge Archive - Here is where you find all the textures each week.
Texture Challenge Showcase - Here is where you converse and share previews of your items.
Texture Challenge Tutorial - A TSR Tutorial discussing the TC and TC Rules.

(I cannot link in my blog, so PM me if you're interested in any of the links!)

Also, feel free to search the TSR downloads by theme using 'Texture Challenge' to see the stuff we've all submitted so far!

Hallway Set

At the request of sww, I've been working on a set to help clutter up hallways (cleverly named by me as "Hallway Set".) I have 5 meshes done so far - a decorative coat rack (with a shelf usable by two items), a mirror (with another shelf that you can put one item on), a small lamp, a small plant, and an end table (that you can put three things on)...and in addition each item has about 7 recolors (I'm too lazy to go count the exact amount :P). I'll be uploading it in 5 parts: one mesh and all of its recolors per set, and then hopefully I'll get them all into one superset eventually.


Meshes




My Favorite Recolor

Free Sets and Vacation

I am going on vacation, for two whole weeks. Sorry, but no creations will come during this time then, but when I get back I will have some very nice sets for you! :)

By the way, I have decided to make my two swimwear sets free for one month, since it�s summer! They are numbered 20 and 37. I hope you�ll enjoy them! :D

So, I�ll see you in two weeks!

Marcus

Bohemian Black Set - Comments Please!!!

Hi all! I've been working on a new set and I would really appreciate some feedback (good or bad!) as to whether you think it's any good and worth publishing or not. This is the first time I have attempted a whole room, and re-colouring furniture and the objects included. Some I am happy with, others I'm not so sure, which is where, hopefully, you come in! Please leave a comment, even if it's only to say 'Yuck, I hate it!' - I won't be offended and would rather know what you thought about it HONESTLY and TRUTHFULLY! So, here are a couple of preview pics of my 'Bohemian Black Living Room': The set consists of: Black & White Paintings x 9 (only 3 shown) 2 & 3 seater sofas End Table Coffee Tables x 2 (small & large) Plant Mirrors x 2 Table Lamp (only base re-coloured) Grandfather Clock Curtains x 2 sets Vase Rugs x 2 The walls & floors are also from my collections, but are not included. So, talk to me please!! What's good or bad? Should anything be added or removed? Should I publish or bin? Thank You, in anticipation - I look forward to your responses! Black Mad, Mad Cow!

House Sets

I started to make sets with my houses published.MinStudio Set is going to be published in 25 Jul, and I am trying to make NewtlcoVilleCity set. A preview:

Finally uploaded!

I have finally uploaded my first set in months. The set is the Bold Dining Room set, and features six new meshes. At this moment, it has not been approved, so I do not know when it will be published. But, I hope it is soon!

Afterwards, I will begin work on a brand new set soon. I'm not sure what it will be, but I'll think of something!

That's it for now!
Happy simming!
~simmyfan2852~

My New Mini-Site

*** Updated ***

Well, it's finally here, my Mini-site!! I updated my banner, this banner is a sunset I captured over the Hills out here about 3 weeks back! I want to thank Heidibear75, Cinderellimouse, Twinkletoe, DOT, Trailrunner782, and everyone else that has made this mini-site possible for me by directing me to polls, bookmarking me, and downloading my creations! I especially want to thank Vanilla_Sim for helping me with a few of my sets, to help me learn the meshes I was working with, and making my sets a little better! Thanks Vanilla_Sim! :D I hit 15,000 downloads today which gave me the rest of the points I needed! THANKS EVERYONE!

Surfers Paradise & Gold Coast Hinterland

A couple of pics of Surfers Paradise beach and the Gold Coast hinterland.

Sunshine Coast beach

Just a couple of pics on a beautiful sunny day at Caloundra.

Brisbane River

On the way home from work took these pics from the City Cat.

BBC Robin Hood

I've never actually seen this series, lest anyone mistake me for an expert, but I've had a couple of costume requests, and the first of them should (hopefully) be on the site before long: a costume worn by "Lady Marian" from the second series (Presumably the lass who I was brought up to refer to as "Maid Marian", but how times change...). ;) I shall also be attempting a costume for Guy of Gisbourne before long.

Swing fixed - and free for a month

Due to a problem with with a file on one of the TSR servers, some people were downloading a corrupted version of this swing which was crashing their games. This has been found and fixed, and if you were one of the unlucky ones, then you will be able to download the fixed version. The set is completely free from tomorrow (23rd July) so you won't lose out if your subscription has expired.

Download from here: Weighing Hoist Swing






How do I know if the swing is causing my crashes?
The crash occurs only when you select the game catalog's Miscellaneous/Children section (in the same place that the Maxis swing is located). If you try to select anything in this part of the catalog, the game crashes to desktop if the file you were unlucky enough to be served with the corrupted file. If you experience this crash, you need to redownload the swing.

I'm getting this crash - how can I find the swing in my Downloads folder?
The file is named 'cyclonesue_swing_weighingHoist_MESH.package'. Replace with an up-to-date version from the link above, or simply delete the swing from your Downloads folder.

Do I have to redownload the recolours too?
No, though it won't do any harm if you do by mistake. Only the mesh file was at fault.

I have always been able to use the swing - do I have to redownload?
No, if you can click on the swing in the catalog, then your version is fine. Nothing has changed with the file. I have simply reuploaded the same file to force the TSR servers to replace the corrupted version on one of our servers.

So, who sorted out your mess THIS time?!
Oh, so many to credit! Sceeters02, Figaro_black, MsBarrows, TabbyLou, swmeek, deagh - and lots of other people who willingly tested and reported a yay or nay on whether the swing caused a crash. A particularly special mention goes to MsBarrows who found the cause though. She noticed that the corrupt version was a larger file size and the internal coding was all gibberish. So if you happen to feel at all grateful for this piece of tat I made, DO please thank her for saving the day!

Why has the name changed - is this a different swing?!
No, I just got it all wrong as usual. The filename hasn't changed, so redownloading will overwrite the corrupted version properly, but I've changed its name on the screen.

Why?
Because it's not a weighing hoist. It's a crane.

So why did you call it a Weighing Hoist?
I DON'T KNOW!!!!!! Probably just to make you ask questions!

I want to rank you as the worst-ever Sims creator. How do I go about that?
Go away.

H&M Summer Style 5

This is my fifth set of re-colours of the H&M Fashion Stuff Pack meshes. This set comprises five stylish summer dresses (again, two with a retro feel) and a pair of cropped blue denim jeans worn with a pretty blue and white floral patterned tube top. I was asked to make a pink dress and I've made three, so you will have a choice!



All items are available for adult and young adult females and require the H&M Fashion Stuff Pack.

A collection file is now included with all my H&M sets and this incorporates all the H&M items I've created so far i.e. any of the items you've downloaded from my five H&M sets will show up in this H&M collection folder in your game.

FREE for JULE 2008

Free from 8.Jule 2008 to 5.August 2008 (four weeks)
S2S Collection No.172941 TeenMale
S2S Floor Mirror
S2S Diana hair

FREE for JUNE 2008

Free from 7.June 2008 to 5.July 2008 (four weeks)
S2S Floor Pillow for Cats
S2S Floor pillow
S2S Floor Pillow for small pets