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Thanks for comments

Thankyou everyone who left comments on my creations in August, I usually reply to every comment personally but there is simply too many as I was away for 5 weeks. I hope this public thankyou is enough :) Thankyou once again, I really appreciate it!

'My Baby Unicorn' Nursery Collection - Preview!

Well, I've been a busy little bee again, and have been working on transforming my 'My Little Unicorn Bedroom' into a nursery! Yeah, I know, I'm doing it all back-to-front - but they don't call me a 'Mad Cow' for no reason! So here is a quick preview of: 'My Baby Unicorn Nursery Collection' It includes: Crib & Bedding Changing Table High Chair Potty Shape Sorter Xylophone Curtains (Different style to the ones in the bedroom set) Painting (Different picture to the one in the bedroom set) (The rug, Toybox, Walls & Carpets are from the bedroom set, and you can also use the curtains and the painting from that set if prefered - just thought I'd give a little more choice!). Hope you like it! Sweet & Angelic Mad Cow!

Poll Result

Result of Poll:-
Baby clothes 7.61% (7)
Clothes for adults 9.78% (9)
Clothes for elders 10.87% (10)
Pet objects 9.78% (9)
Plants& flowers 28.26% (26)
Walls & floors 1.09% (1)
Furnishings 26.09% (24)
Make-up 6.52% (6)

Yeah!!!!!

I have 100,000 downloads!! And its all thanks to you guys. So thank you for your support, by downloading my creations!!

New recolor set soon

I am recoloring a couple of old sets by Nanshi Nibble, that I should have ready for submission in a few days. I have been avoiding working on my meshes because the program/file compatibilty problems have frustrated me so. I don't want to give up Blender, because I can work in it so much better than I can Milkshape. But I have, after thinking and thinking and thinking, come up with a possible solution, and as soon as I feel like knuckling down and seeing if it will work - well, then maybe, just maybe....I hope so, because I am so tired of the dead ends I kept running into. Its going to involve a lot of back and forth program-switching and file-reformatting using Blender, Milkshape, UV Mapper Pro, Photoshop, SimPE, and Format Factory, and maybe even something else - a bunch of trouble that would be unnecessary if I'd just give up Blender and use Milkshape. BUT - I am going to be happier with my end results.

Free Download - The Silvain

My house The Silvain will be free to download from Sep 15, 2008 to Oct 13, 2008. You can find it here! :)

More Cube lots...

It's been a while but (at last!) I have a new series of Cube lots coming out. As well as the Cube Duplex set out today, I've got several other lots in varying stages of completion.

The next up is Cube No1. (set for release on the 2nd October):



It's built as a series of interlocking cubes but is still very playable.

Next up is a rather large looking apartment block - it's actually built on a 3x3 lot so it's not quite as ginormous as it looks!!



I also have another, smaller apartment lot in the works - this one's on a 3x1:





I've got to run, but I'll try and nip back later and add a few more pics.

~ Tiger

Don't have all the EPs for a lot? Read on...

The Maxis Installer that comes with AL will let you install lots for which you don't have all the required EPs. This has worked for me; I've been able to install lots requiring Uni, NL and OFB on a PC running only NL, OFB and AL.

I recently had a PM from a TSR member who has been able to install the Pirate Cove hotel, in spite of only having some of the required EPs (including Bon Voyage - the last EP required for that lot). In the hope that it might help others who don't have all the EPs, I thought I'd bump this section of my blog again.

I wrote the information here just after Pets was released. Clean Installer is still an option for those on a PC (Method 2) but I don't know if Method 1 works with Seasons or Bon Voyage in the same way that it did with Pets. Please let me know if it does.

Installing Lots for which you do not have all the EPs:

There are two possible ways to install lots for which you don't have all the EPs. Please back up your data if you're trying either of these methods for the first time (although I haven't heard of any problems so far). But I don't want to be held responsible for any problems with your game, ok?!

METHOD 1: If you have Pets installed, you should be able to use the Maxis Installer to install ANY lot, whether or not you have the correct EPs. This works for both Macs and PCs. Of course, items from the EPs you DON'T have will be missing. So, if you don't have the correct windows, the building won't have windows. Same goes for furniture. With doors, it seems that the game will replace them with a door from the base game.

METHOD 2: If you don't have Pets but are using a PC, you can use Clean Installer to install lots for which you have the last EP. That is, if a lot requires Uni, NL and OFB, as long as you have OFB, the lot should install for you. Once again, items from the EPs you DON'T have will be missing.

I hope that helps some of you who've contacted me wishing you could install a certain lot for which you don't have the EPs. My thanks to Cyclonesue and Moonlit Maiden for their major contributions to this info!

~ Tiger :-)

Update

Sorry I've been away for so long. My life has taken quite a turn since I was last here. I started homeschooling my kids again, and about a month into it, I found out that my husband was having an affair and wants a divorce. I haven't really worked in 9 years, so I've been trying to find a job and I've enrolled my kids in school. It's been a heartbreaking couple of weeks.

I've pushed myself so hard this past week that I've made myself sick. Lupus + Stress = Un-mixy things. So, I've been fighting a ton of different things. It's also made my ulcer go all wonky, and I've been unable to really eat anything.

The week before I found out about the affair, I found out that I have hemochromatosis and will have to go in twice a week for theraputic phlebotomy. So, it's been a full couple of weeks.

I will do my best to get some more creations up, but right now I have no inspiration whatsoever, and whatever "free" time I have I spend with my kids or looking for work online.

More Mira Leyris

I went on with the Leyris in the same colour scheme and did the kidsroom. This time I added a Chez Moi-rug (by Phoenix_Phairie), a SimsinParis-rug and a Simtomatic beachhouse curtain plus more walls, floors, bedblankets and decopillows. TC97 TC86