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Bon Voyage Match Set
I know I haven't had anything new in a little bit, partly because I've been pretty busy with other things, but I will have a Bon Voyage Match Set soon.The set will contain meshes to match BV objects.
Following this set, I will release the Maxis Match Set 2. I have two meshes completed in that set.
That's it for now!
Happy simming!
~simmyfan2852~
Rug Links
Grrrrrrrrrrr host site for the free rug meshes has moved again here is the new link http://simsfashionbarn.net//YaBB.pl?num=1185924257or get it here http://www.thesimsresource.com/artists/Dgandy/downloads/sims2/meshes/objects/522622/
the original artist dgandy has now given permission to include the mesh with any recolors so I am working on a new room set including rug and will include the rug keep watching for the new room set
Work in Progress...
I've been busy the last few days working on my latest set, I'm working on another nursery set once again. The mesh for the crib, changing table and potty have been done. Going to be starting on the high chair tomorrow. I'll post some pictures once it's completed and uploaded :)Bell Tower
Also to come in the "Prisoner" range, the Campanile: the tower which features in various episodes of the cult TV series, as watchtower, hideout, and a place for bad guys to get thrown from to their messy demise... I, however, have redesigned it as an outdoor caf�.Barn set
New set coming out Saturday. It is a barn set and is based on/inspired by my mom's barn and her horses. You can see the preview pic in the upcoming area to the left on my profile. I hope you guys enjoy it!Some notes:
the water pump-Sims will rinse their hands and max out hygiene
manure pile-has animated flies!!
Is scaled and sized to be used with the horse found on this site, so everything should work well together.
Invisble Bookcase finished
Dot, has done it! YAYYYY She accepted my challenge and came through with fantastic invisible bookcases. So you'll know where they are, there are either books on the floor, on different style chairs or behind a library ladder. Ingenious stuff! Sims actually pull a book from bookcase wallpaper. I'm so thankful to my dear friend, the chocolate mustached pinkster.New set comming up!
I'm working on a new set. It's not ready yet, but I'll show you a preview of it, so you can see a little bit of it already. It's the first of a series I'm planning to do in this style. (Yes, also the kitchen I promissed a loooooong time ago.) If all goes well, in the end you will be able to furnish your sims houses completely in this style. It's made in a style I like: simple, modern and stylish. The screen/cabinet you see on the left is decorated on both sides, making it a very good object to seperate the diningroom area from the livingroom area. Ofcourse it will have plenty of slots, so you can all place your favorite deco-items in it, and give the room your own touch. I think I'll make a few deco-objects for this set as well. Some candles and maybe something else. And curtains in diffent lenghts is also in the planning. Anyway, I hope you all like it.
Some new Terrain Paints
I made these the other day. It was one of those, "I'm bored of building for this time" type of things. Now I just have to use them in a lot!
I know its been a while!
I havent managed to create anything in a few months now - My Arthritis has been having a right old flare up, Im very tired, and by the time i get home from work im exhausted - I guess living up in Lancashire, we took a right old battering with the weather this year, we have had no summer we have only had months of rain rain and more rain, floods gale force winds and even snow yesterday.Anyone who has or knows anyone with the dreaded "Arthur" knows only too well how this hideous weather can really knock you for six - and if that doesnt - them me sat here, being all philisophical and giggling away to myself, in lots of pain but not actuaslly caring beause im on the super strong painkillers!!
Its not that i dont want to create, or that I have run out of ideas, I have loads, but Arthur is dictating how much energy i have at the moment, so I hope you all dont mind me feeling a bit sorry for myself. However, i hope that i will be able to begin uploading more stuff soon! Promise!!
Luff n Stuffs
Claire xxx
Elder Female Swimsuits coming soon
Hi again. :) I haven't a clue if anyone ever reads this blog. lol I love the idea of being able to show what I'm working on and will soon upload. Here are three different swimsuit sets for our elder ladies that I'll be uploading in the next few days. Looking at my poll indicates to me that I need to create more elder clothes, male & female, as well as children's clothing. I hope that you like them.
Back but busy ...
I'm back and sadly I will be busy with real life again for the next couple weeks. I promised a friend to design a logo and website.Once that is set I'll have time to figure out the mess I made of my game. Yeah I downloaded BV but realized that I could not use my SimPE to clone Casey to make her in PV. So I tried packaging but when trying to put them in PV the game kept crashing. SO thankfully I had backedup my lots. I uninstalled BV but haven't had time to reinstate the original lost and clone Casey.
Oh, I discovered Darren, the son, is an exact clone of Cassandra but male. Being where I packaged Cassandra during her pregnancy Darren did not get any of his father's genes. I thought that was interesting. Of course it's only a theory.
Yes, so I won't be around much the next couple of weeks but after that, I'll finish up the story and start making custom content again. I really do miss making stuff.
DSL is a beautiful thing!
WOOT! I'm finally up and running!! They got the DSL running last thursday, but then messed up the phone line :( Kinda hard to call for service on your phone when you live 15 minutes from nowhere and no cellular signal to be had! Had to drive to town to call windstream, but all is well now :)Thanks Imme & Gayle for your encouraging words in my GB!
I suppose now I should create something to upload? :) Ok, but I have to do my homework first *blech*
Still MORE appliance recolors
The creative process is like giving birth. You start with just a tiny idea, then you think about it, play with it in your mind, until finally it gets so big, IT JUST HAS TO COME OUT. And then of course, you've fallen in love with your results and absolutely cannot stand to throw out any part of them.When I was doing my original appliance recolors, I went through many, many beautiful recolors in search of the colors I wanted. I can't stand to throw them away, especially since the items have been so popular. So in the coming weeks, I'll be releasing three more sets - Pastels, Brights, and Designer Colors II.
Thanks to everyone who has sent such nice comments. I'm glad you like my creations and reading such nice things is what keeps me going. Thanks!!!!!
Katcat's cashcraft Mtnretreat set
Free set of jsf2PineBeadRedPlaid wallpaper and carpet for one week starting today September 17th. Please download the cashcraft Mountainretreat bedroom set that Katcat has made to match this wallpaper. Her attention to detail is amazing. Please be sure to thank her. :-)Coming Soon...
Over the weekend I completed and uploaded my new Flower/Butterfly Bedroom set and my Heart Bed Frame set. The Flower/Butterfly Bedroom set contains: Bedding Wallpaper 4 Sizes of Curtains Available to download from the 19th September. The Heart Bed frame available in 6 colours will be available from the 18th September. Here are the preview pictures:
More "Prisoner" Lots
Next to come: the house inhabited ny Number Six in "The Prisoner", based on the Round House in Portmeirion. I have had to take a few liberties with this design (as the interior in the show is a lot bigger than the exterior), but I think I keep the spirit of it. :)Yes, I've got a mini-site!
Welcome to my mini-site! I thank each one and everyone who dowloaded my creations and made possible to me to get enough kudos to buy this space! Thank you all of the great meshers who kindly share their meshes, Confide and LianaSims2, in special! I've worked a lot to get this mini-site and I promise you I'll be making many new skins and I do hope you will enjoy them! So...what else? I'm very proud to be here! Thank you again and thank you TSR!STORIES~~DRACULA AND OTHERWISE
In the process of uploading the next installation of "The Van Helsing Chronciles" and it has been a real struggle to keep it PG-13!! I wholly understand and agree with TSR's guidelines for stories being posted. But I find myself chewing my fingernails waiting to see if each chapter will be OK'd or not! LOL!A large number of storytellers have left TSR and started their own blogs because they felt constricted by the PG-13 guidelines. I am willing to work within the framework TSR has laid out. When I feel I no longer can, I will make a decision then.
Also I have rec'd some messages/questions regarding Dracula and vampires. Bram Stoker's Dracula novel is part of the public domain. 50 years after an author's death, his work becomes "public domain" that means I can do whatever I like to Stoker's characters, like changing the vampire mythology (like vampire's having children, etc)and using his characters in a story. SO I am making up my own rules (vampire-wise) as I go along, it's more fun that way! LOL!
Again, thanks for all the support for my little tales, it gives me the will to continue!! I am humbled by all the support!
Cheers~~Karen
EarthGoddess54: MIA
Good morning everyone! Unfortunately, I have to be the bearer of bad tidings once again. Seems to be a regular thing for me lately, actually. heheHere's the scoop: a friend of mine recently brought to my attention that some of my new meshes overwrite their Maxis counterparts. I have retested every new mesh and the Maxis items they were cloned from. Most of them are fine, that's the good news.
The bad news is that amongst the perpetrators are some popular downloads. (full list below) While they look and work fine in your games, the Maxis objects they were cloned from will not work until you have either deleted my meshes or replaced them with the fixed ones. :( And not to worry, no damage has been done to your game.
The reason this happens is because some items that allocate more than one tile in your game (such as beds and sofas), have more than one OBJD (object data). My fault here is that I only gave the main OBJD a new GUID, when I should have given each OBJD a new GUID. Because some of the OBJD's had the old GUIDS, they overwrote the Maxis items.
I have fixed this problem and retested everything. Problem solved! (big thanks to Spaik for helping me out with this!)
I am sooo sorry for this screw-up. I want to give you all a list of excuses but the truth of the matter is that I am new to meshing and I just didn't think to test this. I have been rightfully accused of being scatterbrained and this is no exception! lol
On a side note, I am busy in real life so I will be spending all of my allocated Sims time working on a side project & checking in here. You will not likely see anything new from me here on TSR for some time. (though I will continue filling requests when I can)
Again, my sincerest apologies. I hope you will bear with me while I am feeling my way through the meshing process. The good news is that now that I know this can happen, it won't happen again! ;)
Have a great day & take care.
- Stace
Already updated the following sets (they have been tested and are ready for re-download)
Simple Modern (sofa, loveseat, coffee table)
Spunky Retro (loveseat & coffee table)
Curve Appeal (bed, dresser, painting)
Royal Jewels (bed, desk, dresser)
Pure Ultramodern (coffee table, curtains, loveseat, TV)
Royal Jewels Nusery (crib, changing table)
Poll Resuts
Thanks to an interfering teen, who may possibly survive her next birthday lol! the poll ended earlier than planned, so I have recreated the same poll, results from first poll here, once the new poll is completed I will add any new votes to get a final result.Question: What is your favourite theme?
Gothic/halloween 33.33% (14)
Modern 19.05% (8)
Medieval 28.57% (12)
Holiday 9.52% (4)
Space Age 0% (0)
Other 9.52% (4)
Beach House Windows, Doors & Arches
The new Beach House windows set is due to be published on Tuesday 18th September. It consists of plain 1-tile and 2-tile windows and shuttered 2-tile and 3-tile windows. Please note that the Master file of this set is the Shuttered Short 2-Tile Window - it is clearly marked within the set and on the set preview. The Doors & Arches and the Recolours set will be to follow.
My Wedding
Hey all!I'm heading back home again, my father is starting his Kemo tomorrow and I need to help him out and drive him around for the next 6 weeks. I have also decided while I'm back down there, to get married and have my wedding at home with my whole family. So I've had to do alot of organizing with changing venues and all that wedding stuff.
I have also created some more outfits in my spare time as well, but unfortunately I have run out of time to do the previews and submit them. But as soon as I get the chance, I will definately put them on TSR.
My next collection will be sportswear and then I may do a ballgown set of maybe another Bridal Set. Haven't really decided yet!
Sorry for the long wait! But hopefully everything will go back to normal soon!
Back On Track
I'm feeling a bit better and have started uploading my Victorian Interior walls again. I sat here at the computer all day and just made new walls and floors. My husband probably thinks I have some form of OCD where Sims paint colors are concerned. I know it's not necessary to have every color fathomable, but I like having tons to choose from (even if I tend to use the same ones over and over).I also have several new houses available. Which has yielded a new "garage wall" set. Not only have I taken a liking to build houses at odd angles, I cannot for the life of me figure out how to make a side garage. (Yes, I've downloaded and printed the tutorial here are TSR, and I still don't get it.) One day I'll sit down and try it again, but for now I'll use my faux garage wall. I don't think anyone has yet figured out how to place garage doors on a diagonal anyway, so I'm clear in that department.
Sept. 17th, Modern Laundry Extras
Now that you've installed a "Hi-Efficiency Washer and Dryer" does your laundry room need a redesign? The Modern Laundry Extras which will be published on September 17th will add style and organization to any laundry room. The set consisted of new objects, recolors and a collection folder.Instructions for Downloads
Just a quick reminder that pretty much all of the sets I publish have instructions for use in the game.For example, I think nearly all of my sets have 'Masters' and 'Slaves', where multiple objects (the slaves) are dependent on a specified single object (the master), so their textures show up in the game. The reason for using this 'master' and 'slave' technique is that it significantly reduces the file size of all those slaves. In my sets I always give the instructions for this with the red link that will take you directly to the master file.
Another example is with the GEA Build Set which contains modular stairs which require a script to place in your Scriptorium folder (an invaluable Numenor creation) or in the script files of your game. If you're inexperienced at the latter, I'd heartily recommend Numenor's scriptorium mod (if you don't know where to get it, drop me a PM). If you try and use the modular stairs in-game without the script, your game will crash.
Now, even though I've been thorough with the information I've given within the set downloads, I think sometimes I've been remiss in the lack of information I've given on the supersets especially. Not every downloader goes into the sets to look at the items individually thereby missing the information that has been given.
So, I'm going to go through the sets and amend the wordings on the set previews where necessary so that downloaders will know that there are special instructions for use.
Oriental Series (BON VOYAGE!)
As many of you may have noticed, I have started an Oriental themed series in celebration of the new ep, BON VOYAGE. Unfortunately, I cannot afford to buy the new EP yet, so I am releasing different decors for your BV lots! Here are the first three so far (A mural, wall decors, and wall hangings):
I do hope you all like them!
Happy Simming and Bon Voyage to all of you!
~Nige~
New graphics program
Hi all, hoping to get some new stuff on TSR soon, my graphics program had a hissy fit and wouldn't work anymore but have gone out and got myself a brand new one so will install and get cracking on some more recolours :)happy simming
Fionnababygirl
College Girls Part 2
Part 2 of my College Girls collection comprises 10 Mix & Match separates for maximum versatility: 4 tops, 5 skirts and a pair of jeans. I like to use Maxis meshes whenever possible (my poor overloaded hard drive has no space for new meshes!) and that's what I've done here. The cropped cardi and denim jacket require my favourite Nightlife mesh and the long skirt needs a beautiful mesh from Open For Business which I was dying to get my hands on long before I had that expansion installed (along with the tunic and wide trousers mesh which I also love). The other 7 items use standard Maxis meshes and are base game compatible.
All items are available for adults and young adults.
Upcoming Projects
Well, it may seem like I haven't been working on anything, but I have been. I have been learning how to make body meshes with Blender 3D (using a new smd plugin found at ModTheSims 2).Also, I have begun work on a second Maxis Match Set. After I complete the Maxis Match Set, I will creat a Bon Voyage Match Set.
One last note, this past week, the last High Life Dining Room Sets was released.
That's it for now!
Happy simming!
~simmyfan2852~
A little more on the Big Project
I'm continuing work on the Big Project.At present, these are the sets in the Manor House Collection:
Architectural
Kitchen
Library
Garden
Washroom
Parlor
The number of sets is subject to change. But, I'm pretty firm on these sets, and all pieces have have been modeled.
As for in-game progress, I have completed the Washroom set and have moved on to the Garden set. The garden set is coming along nicely. I've converted the all the hanging ivy pieces for the game, as well as 8 topiary pieces.
And that was just today! But believe it or not, I still have 11 pieces left to complete on the Garden set =/
I'm really loving the ivy I created. I adore the look of ivy on buildings, and rather than create an ivy wallpaper, I've created 7 3D ivy plants with leaves that actually project from the wall.
I'll post pictures when the Garden set is closer to completion :)
Current Project
I'm currently working on a small bedroom set with matching curtains, bedding and wallpaper. I've only done the curtains so far (picture below), complete with a new mesh I've made. I'll be doing the curtains in different sizes so there's a selection for different windows.
Hair Wreath Sets
On the 15th my Tucked Green Wreath Set will be released and on the 16th my Tucked Brown Wreath Set will be released. Enjoy!Update
Every once in a while I get an itching to play with neighbourhoods. Last week was such a week :) Today I have uploaded 4 new Neighbourhood terrains.Enjoy!
Mel
*EDIT* In case your are wondering where these are, there was a problem during uploading and I had to upload the fles again (which I only did today). Should work this time!
Still Restoring
Hello All, I am still restoring my game and I have finally weeded out the bad parts of the game. I also am restoring my old and new neighborhoods to make them ready for all expansions. In the process of doing this, I am finding old homes that I have created in the past and am restoring and fixing them. Some homes had problems since the arrivals of Nightlife but they have now been fixed and restored. The files have also been replaced with the new ones that say Newly Updated. I have also found some of my original designs that I am also restoring and will be bringing here. Some you have seen in my stories, but were never made available to anyone unless on the exchange with family. These homes are now coimng to TSR soon. So keep on the lookout for new homes and improvements.Thanks to everyone for keeping me active in this fun sport.
TC55 - after some tips from the TC community
It's not my last overwork, the set is hardly withdrawing my attempts! But I changed a bit after getting feedback from the other TC creators.
I thought I can get over my frustration when I try the Indian set with my very much loved Bali silk textures. But the result was the same, it won't look like I thought it should!
Some objects I like (don't look at the hangig votives, they are too blue!)
Bon Voyage Furniture
Currently working on Bon Voyage Hotel Furniture in Mission Match wood with leather inserts so can use and decorate throughout hotel and go with any bedding, curtains you have in your game. Did a Bamboo #3, 1 & 2 coming soon. Did Recolor05 (white), all rest to follow. Enjoy & Keep On Simmin'!AARRGGHH!!!!
Still no internet at home. The Krystal folks now know me by name, and I think I've put on 5lbs eating all these dang chiks! I have to type fast - i have class tonite, so my lunch hour is short.I built a nice little vac home for the Three Lakes Vacation spot - I wish i had a pic, but it's on the big puter at home, which is sitting dead in my living room. It too cries out for the Net - all my subscription songs are expiring, right along with my patience for Windstream Communications. I hope they're able to diagnose & fix the problem tonite, even tho i won't be home til late. They've been really helpful this past week (they even left me a message on my answering machine telling me that they checked my system yesterday - gotta love that!). I'm keeping my fingers crossed and saying extra prayers all day long.
I think I may cheat and load them up on this puter to upload here. :)
Lunch is over (mmmmm....chiks...I can almost hear my arteries hardening), so back to work. Love & blessings to all - thanks for stopping by!
btw - anytime you see a "**rr**", that's me rattling my big bulky bangle bracelets at the TCers to say hello - I miss the community greatly & wish them lots of positive, flowing creativity!
**rr**
Something a little more in keeping with tradition...
MY tradition, that is!I feel as though the darker side of the Sims world has been neglected in my corner for some months and so I've made a new set for anyone wanting to create any kind of industrial, sci-fi or otherwise unhomely lots...
A set totally in keeping with my tradition, you see! However, what is NOT part of my tradition is that I have also uploaded it and the files are already awaiting publication! Expect the set next Thursday.
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