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Creators Camp

Sorry for not blogging when I was at the camp. Selfishly, I wanted to enjoy every minute.

The best part of this camp was meeting Steve, tug©, DOT, Padre, Estatica, Hats and Tiffany. Just like Padre, I feel blue about this coming to an end and fear we won't see each other again:(

I had an amazing time especially on Thursday and Friday nights. We had dinner on Thursday night with my TSR family in a red room:) It was the best dinner I have ever had! We had great laughs. Oh, I have some really great pics of that night but am not going to share them since Steve says if I share them he's releasing the whole story of that night which is embarassing for me lol! Friday night was just great! All creators came together at the hotel and had some drinks. Padre made us laugh so hard, my cheeks and belly hurt and tears ran down my face!  I'm going to miss them so much.

Saturday was my last day. Went to San Francisco with Suza and Jope of the SimplyStyling. Had a good time.

And here's some info about the game: CAS is really good. You can change the patterns of the clothes and colors of the patterns. Shadows and wrinkles still stay on the clothes even when you change patterns. Say you want to modify a pair of jeans: the pockets, zipper, shadows and wrinkles don't change, just the color and the pattern is what you can modify. I asked a CAS guru if it's possible to change the alpha channels of the clohtes, but I'm not sure if I'm allowed to share his answer since we all signed a non disclosure agreement.

Please don't hesitate to ask any questions regarding the game.

Bye!

My new lot just published

My new apartmnet Lot High Lane Apartmnets has just been published or to say it another way i just saw my new Lot has been published.Male sure to take a look and if you are interested download it.Here is the link:

http://thesimsresource.com/downloads/details/category/sims2-lots-apartment/title/High%20Lane%20Apartments/id/830172/

Please tell me what you think by posting a comment here in my Guestbook or comment directly the lot download page!Bye for now, I hope you have an awesome day in and out of the sims world.

*Smacks Self in Forehead*

Wow. Just wow.  Do not underestimate how silly one can be.  All these expansions and downloads later, and still wasn't getting it.  I didn't realize that a RAR file had to be opened... I never had the program to do so until now. 

MORAL OF THE STORY: when you want to try something, read up about it completely before you go for it.

Twilight

Ah, yes.  So, a couple days ago, I got a request that I make some Twilight clothes.  As in, wardrobe from the movie.  So, I set to work scouring the Internet for movie scenes, and comprable textures to use.  So far, I've come up with 3 Bella outifts.  I plan to do some Edward outfits.  And possibly one or two other Cullen outfits.  The Bella outfits turned out quite good and I'm very proud, lol.  I'll be posting those here soon, just as soon as I can take some preview pics because my game sort of keeps crashing, again and again.  I decided I would give it one more chance when I get home from school tomorrow, then it's getting reinstalled.  *sigh*

Claire

Submissions gone awry

I was all excited because I made my first submission to TSR.  I didn't test it as well as I should have before using, and well, let's just say I removed it today because there are some quirks that I can't live with.  Hopefully I'll get those bugs squished and have the new version of Desidesquare Townhomes ready for action!  (I'll test it better this time, I promise!!!)

On a different note, I am excited to start making sims to upload.  I have some extra time on my hands due to lack of work, so I figured I'd give creation a go instead of just playing the game. 

*crosses fingers* here goes nothin!

New place!

I have another place where I'll be doing stories I can't do in the sims:

http://www.fictionpress.com/u/649145/Warrayfinson 

Sims 3

I'm extremely excited for the launching of The Sims 3. 

I've been waiting for this since last year, & when I heard about it, I almost died!

The graphics look absolutely amazing, along with all the new features.

I hope you're able to change the body of the new sims, instead of choosing skinny or fat like in Sims 2.

That would be just wonderful. (:

Anyways, it's only a month left.

I'm not sure if I should pre-order it or wait 'til it comes out in stores.

ANDDDD, I don't know if I should get the collectors edition, which is like $20 more.

:/

Summing it up

I've finally arrived home after what seems like spending almost my entire life either on a plane or waiting for a plane.  Now looking forward to the onset of jet lag, oh joy!

I'll now attempt to answer some of your questions on build mode.  This is by no means a comprehensive run through, there were a lot of things that I just didn't get the chance to look at and some things may still change before the final version of the game is released.  We sure gave EA a few things to think about!

To start with the neighbourhoods are no longer customisable in that you can't create your own neighbourhood design like you can with Sim City 4.  To me the neighbourhood seemed to work more like it did in the Sims 1 days.  Lots are a pre-set size and already placed although you can move houses around the hood they must be placed on a lot of the same size on which they were built.

There is currently no stage tool and without the CFE cheat I would say that split level staircases are not yet possible.  There is also no ability to place staircases on a angle so diagonal stairs are out.  You can change stair direction just buy clicking and dragging the stairs although this is best used when placing stairs on terrain rather than between floors.  There are currently no shuttered windows in the game, window shutters are available as separate buyable objects.  The trashcan and mailbox can now be moved freely around the house and even recoloured however the door nearest to the mailbox will be treated as the main doorway and thumbnail that depicts your house will depend on the position of the mailbox.  There are no half walls in the game but there is a good range of new fences and even a nifty no maintenance hedge fence.  As you probably know, cars are included in the base game. Driveways are no longer tied to the road but can be placed anywhere at all on the lot.  There is no longer an animation for the car backing out onto the highway, it just 'teleports'.  You can also start building with the auto roof tool already enabled although I personally wouldn't recommend doing that unless you want roofs ending up in strange places!  There are also no pre-set dormer roofs.

You may have also read in Steve's blog about being able to grab walls and drag them.  Very useful if you want to add extensions to your house.  It even keeps items that are placed on/against walls in position as you drag the wall out and automatically keeps the decor - (wallpapers & floors).

I know that many of you were expecting many of the features of AL to be included here, however this is not the case.  Objects cannot be moved up and down walls for instance and it's back to one family per household although sims now have the ability to roam the entire neighbourhood and visit any house they choose.

Sims cannot yet run home business's.  You can still have/build community lots although these are quite limited and can't be owned or run by sims as in OFB.  The default hood comes with a town square area.  Many of the buildings here are not actual built lots but rather meshes instead.  You can't follow your sims into these structures although they can visit them to eat or learn skills.

Well that's about all my tired brain can think of at the moment.  As always if you have any questions feel free to ask me.  I'm sure there's still loads of stuff I've forgotten to mention!  I'm now going to sleep for a week!

ZZZZzzzzz

Page 2 problem solved

Some users have reported that whenever they try to go to page 2 of something, downloads for example, all they get is a blank page. This has been a major headache because we could not see any obvious reason for it.

With the help of users in support who have very been patient and have replied to a lot of questions we have finally been able to nail it down :)

It turned out that the problem is caused by Kapersky Internet Security, more specifically it is the Protection->Content Filtering->Ad Blocker setting that causes this when enabled.

A workaround is to add thesimsresource.com to the white list (click the settings button for Banner Ad Blocker, there is a white list tab).

We have reported this to Kapersky so hopefully this will not be necessary in the future.

Edit:

It has been reported that Defender Pro Internet Security does the same thing, if you have it and have problems please try to whitelist.

Inspired

19/1/09

Inspired!

Well today wasn't the best of days I've had. A physics exam which I pray i've passed, an argument with a gang of people who love to upset everyone else, my mum's ill and everything's just getting on top of me. I haven't made any lots in a while, with all these family and moral issues i'm having at the moment.

But I recieved a comment from one artist that took the time to write in my guestbook, a comment which really cheered me up.

JCIssette - I want to thank you, if you read this :P, your comment made my day worth it! It might sound cheesy but I really appriciate it.

Then I thought that I would create some more Lots and possibly some celebrities, for you all to enjoy. Plus, I look forwards to getting more Kudos and making a banner and choosing a colour scheme to make my profile all that little bit more "me"

So, who-ever may read this...

1) I will be making more lots and celebrities for you to enjoy!

2) I recommend you visit JCIssette's profile and take a look at her creations. They are truly amazing!

3) And finally, thankyou for your support and for downloading and (hopefully) enjoying my creations!

Emma x