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Hidden Grove Prblem

man it's been 1 heck of a wk. first i helped a friend install s2 and it worked out k till i got home and he emailed me he had a problem, he didn't know how to install cc easy read the how to i told him. well he gave me a copy of some created worlds he dl'd from various sites for ts3 so i installed 1 and when i started ts3 my system crashed. i restarted my system in safe mode and did a check on it. nothing so rebutted went ts3 and it happened again. so i uninstalled the world and hit the play button ts3 started and shut down got something about an illegal mod popped up and was not able to play. i couldn't even get into the files i was completely locked out. i had to uninstall the whole game, so i lost every thing i was working on. my houses went bey bey my sims my cc i was doing every s3 program i had i was also locked out of. so now i'm gathering every thing once more. i learned a lesson though, upload my creations and back every thing up....

Solar Mini

Solar Mini
 

Outdoor living

Well have ordered a new copy of Outdoor Living and it should be delivered over the weekend. Raay!!!

Ohai

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Hiatus

I would like to apologize for going missing and leave a note as to why.  My son finally had surgery on his knee last month, and that has required several, day long trips.  We also discovered the exterior of our home had been getting rain damage behind the siding.  It was due to faulty installation but the manufacterer of our home (yes I live in a mobile home in reality) have filed Bankruptcy.  So even though the home is only 12 years old, we are stuck fixing the rotted walls on our own!  We are quite literally having to remove and rebuild our home in 12 foot incriments at a time!  From the floor support to the roof!  The roof is new so ironically enough it has NOT leaked lol!  Although it is a major set back, and a huge amount of work, we opted to stay, since the home is almost paid for, and rebuild.  The silver lining is that I will basically have a new home in the end (built properly) and I now get to play Sims for real by designing my actual home the way I want it to be lol!  However I will not have time for creating.  I have already lost the SA title, which would have been my choice anyway, because although it was a honor, I just do not have the time nor the energy to create anything lately.  Thanks to everyone who has been so sweet to me during my time as a SA!  I am now going back to being one of the fans instead of one of the creators!

Gate finshed

Finshed gate to match my fence Yah!! Just getting ready to post now. The glass is a slitlly different color, the setting are the same but i had to use glass for portals as the glass for fence didn't work (it doesnt work in the ea gate i cloned ether lol) heres a sneek peek. found it also looks good with wooden rails 

Finally ... I've Updated My Polls!

This has been long waiting on my 'to do' list.  Being slightly cooler than the past few days I've taken the opportunity to get it off my mind :)

A huge THANKS to all those who have already dropped by and left their mark ... I'm forever grateful :)  and For those who haven't yet - Please feel free to participate or even just take a peep ;)

Hope you're all enjoying your summer/winter depending on which part of the globe you are in and happy Simming!

One legacy ends ... another begins.

So those few of you who have read my legacy on the boards know that it has come to an end. And not a voluntary end either. The story's imploded before, but now it's gone utterly belly-up BOOM unsalvagable. Which sucks. And sucks more because I was nearly done with the rotten thing!

Now, the normal course of action for me in this situation is to have a screaming hissy fit, swear off Sims for weeks and months and devote myself to a different video game (Mass Effect, ahem ahem), curse the latest EP/SP I installed for eating my game, whatever. I've decided not to follow these very reasonable courses. Instead, I'm going to start a new legacy. And not just any legacy, since I find the regular rules and scorecard dull as dishwater anyway! I ... am ... doing ... something new!

I got rules. :)

[... the primary rule is that heirs cannot produce an heir with someone of their parents' lineage. For example, an heir with an Egyptian mother and a French father is free to ultimately marry another Sim of Egyptian/French descent, but their heir must be produced with a Chinese Sim, or someone from their hometown. To that end, oveseas trips (which should be taken frequently in any case) must be taken any time family funds reach §10,000 ...

... heirs are nomadic--they live in tents, or very small shabby dwellings. (While a nicer house is permitted to be constructed on the lot, the heir must not use it as their primary residence.) No burglar or fire alarms are permitted on the lot. No basements are allowed. Collectible items must be hoarded in a storage shed or concealed in chests. Heirs may not establish friendships with celebrities. Celebrity status, opportunities, and accompanying perks are to be completely shunned ...

... All items (except nectar) normally available at a consignment store must be found or bought. Heirs will prefer at-home professions to careers. If a career is chosen, heirs cannot advance beyond level five ...]

... so as you can see, I'm deliberately making it hard on myself. Not quite Apocolypse-Challenge hard, but hard enough. I'm sure my founder will eventually find a way out of this enormous mess I've made for him, though. :D

custom content

I just got a bunch of custom content. I tried to download it and only 2 out of like what 40 of them worked. sometimes, i really hate custom content.....

Questions About Custom Content - Updated Aug 1, 2011

I keep seeing these questions so I'll answer here:

I use custom content from TSR _only_.

If you download one of my houses which has custom content, the content _WILL_ install to your game automatically. You DO NOT need to go hunting for the "other items used" or download them separately.   HOWEVER there is currently an issue with the way the game packages the files so that all of the CC used does not get listed here and/or some of the items that do get listed were not actually used in the creation of the lot.  This is a bug and the admin are aware of it.

If the item comes from the EA Store and you don't have it, the game will replace the item with a base game object.  It will also replace items that come from expansion packs that you do not have.  So while technically the house will show as "base game compatible", you might end up seeing base game items in weird places if you don't have a particular expansion or stuff pack.

If the lot does not show up or work correctly, then you need to _let me know_. You can send me a PM on the forums, sign my guestbook or leave a comment on the download itself.