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No, this is not about the WA EP. This thread consists of a group of people who love exploring new Sims 3 Worlds, hence the title of our group: WORLD EXPLORERS. Our original thread was broken so this is our second version of our WE thread.

Some of us have created worlds using the CAW tool, and some of us test creators' new worlds to help them find problems and issues before the final world is released; most of all we just enjoy the creativity and variety of the wonderful custom worlds that are created and posted here on this forum.

HOW TO JOIN

The premise is simple: we all create and share one or more sims (it could be a family) that we want to represent us, and that everyone in the group is able to download and add to any custom world they'd like to play. This is fun and also it's helpful to have extra sims when testing unpopulated worlds. Then we play the game and share some of the antics our sims find themselves in, and the interesting goings on of the world we are playing at the time.

SCREENSHOTS WELCOME BUT NOT REQUIRED

Screenshots of the sims and world are not required but are welcome because this lets others see their sims as well as what the world looks like in case anyone else would like to download and try it out. If you do post pictures we usually try to limit ourselves to vignettes, which could be as few as 1 or 2 screenshots and on occasion could be up to 6-8 screenshots in one post. There is no requirement for how often you need to post about your games or anything like that; some of our members get busy IRL for awhile but may return later. So play and share whenever you have the time, but do try to stay on-topic as much as possible so that our thread doesn't get deleted.

Occasionally a world we are playing may no longer be available but we hope their beauty and creativity will inspire other world builders. Other worlds we use should be listed in the World Index thread stickied at the top of this forum and we hope this venture will expose more people to the wonderful custom worlds of our CAW creators. We encourage others to try their worlds! If you don't see a world we've mentioned in the World Index, just ask, and if we can we'll tell you where to find it.

HOUSES

Participants may also post a link to a house to use for their sim(s), but it would be best if it is a separate download. The reason is that there are some worlds where there may not be enough space available for our houses and it will be easier to just add our sims. In other worlds, having a house to go with our sims will be very helpful. If you'd rather not go to the trouble of making separate downloads for house and sim that's OK, we'll manage! We can always save a copy of your sim(s) to our libraries.

If you do wish to share a house you may use any lot size you want but a standard size is best. A standard lot is one that is 20x20, 20x30, 30x30, 30x40, 40x40, etc. But keep in mind that very large lots may not fit in all worlds, or be feasible for everyone to play depending on their system specs.

PLEASE NO CC

If you want to participate by sharing a sim, we request that there be NO 3RD PARTY CUSTOM CONTENT. This also applies to a house if you decide to provide one. Some of us use CC and some of us do not, but even those of us who use it prefer to download it separately so that we have more control over it. So please, no CC. You may use any EP, Store, or Stuff Pack content but be mindful that not everyone may have the items you are using. If we get simmers who want to join but they can't download your sim or house because they lack the items you used, we may need to reconsider this. We would like to make it as easy as possible for others to come join the fun!

Here are the simmers that have agreed to join World Explorers so far. If you would like to participate, just create a sim following the guidelines above and post the name of your sim(s) (and optional house) and provide us the link(s) to where it/they can be downloaded.

PARTICIPANTS SO FAR

Please remember to recommend these downloads; hopefully this will keep the files from being purged!

DOLLDRMS1
DD Katt: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=4413523
DD Katt's Farmhouse: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=4420286

This is a larger version of DD Katt's Farmhouse, with a horse stall.
http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=5073239
DD's 3rd choice for a house is Revelry, a lot she created.
http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=2754110


simbody872
Amy Simbody and daughters Sheridan and Cassidy with house: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=3949591
Alternate sim is Justine Grace: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=370112
Sheridan and Cassidy Grace are also available as separate downloads in her studio.
Amy Simbody Asylum Challenge version: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=4420959

Rflong7/13
Rflong7 Sim: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=4403704
Sweet Cupcake Castle: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=4405201
Rflong7/13's Blog: http://myworlds-rflong7.blogspot.com/

Rukaya
Kiana Arribadiba 2: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=4419056#
House: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=4487828

Rukaya's Alternate sim Emily Miller: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=5837564
Country House for Emily Miller: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=5836324

Geminiagre
Gem Purple and Mike Rossi, Sims and House together:
http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=3148506
Add Gem's dog Ivan and cat Milan to their household: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=4781795

Her new alternate sim Gemmy Deviant:
http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=4509310
You can use her as an alternate, or change her traits for an asylum challenge. CC free.
Geminiagre's blog: http://geminia-is-blabby.blogspot.com/

rjdreamer53
Sherry Giovanni: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=4369718

And here is the home RJ wanted to share, her recreation of the the Zugovich home from Pet's Story (FYI lot contains 3 custom patterns):
http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=4693770

Pary
Pary Mk II - http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=4420651
House - http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=3148456

New sim is uploaded to mediafire: her name is Penelope (Pinky) Dhayz. She is in .sim format, so you only need to drop the .sim file into your SavedSims Folder.
http://www.mediafire.com/?xk7v2a5uxqc3g5m

Happysimmer3
Original selfsim, Tangie: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=4407273
My House: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=4407272

Alternate Sim- Jordan St. Claire: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=4424072
Patio Home (the house says it belongs to a different sim but that's because I changed her name ) http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=4424069

SummerSong86:
Riley Summers: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=4425781
This file is for the same Sim already loaded into the game as a household. Meaning she will not be in CAS but will be in the library/bin ready to be put into your town. This is her without a house. She has some very basic skills, especially one cooking skill so she won't burn her house down! Requires Late Night and Generations, for some reason. http://launcherapi.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=4425952
Riley Summers Cabin: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=4430273

mikitta47:
Chellie DeGrassie: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=4423952
Her cute little house: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=4423956

Conorsim:
Conchubhar O' Glas - my avatar. Pronounced Con-ku-var O' gloss. It literally means Conor O' Green, or translating it fully, Conor, son of Green. http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=4601054#

Calimero2000
Sim Gray Winters and House: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=3135864
Gray without a lot: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=4427571

Ruthmaybe
Self-sim and fiance: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=4435868#
Home for the happy couple: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=4474419#

Insane version of her sim for Asylum challenges, Ruthie LaChienne: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=4434764#
Ruthmaybe's Blog: http://ruthmaybe.wordpress.com/2011/08/18/being-there-a-dift-prologue-leaving-home/

DarkMirage
Kevin Red Star. His hair is from the store but he has no CC.
http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=4498292#
DarkMirage's Blog: http://darkmiragesdiscourse.blogspot.com/

DutchySim
Sim and house: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=4003546

New Selfsim, June 2012: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=5865896#
Dutchysim's new house: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=5865898
Dutchysim Household (new sim and house together): http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=5865900
DutchySim's Blog: http://dutchysim.blogspot.com/2011/01/introduction.html

Quailhogs
The Jacobs Family: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=4576256
Be sure to read the description of the family listed under Household on his Page.

An alternative single sim for Quailhogs is here: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=5562917


bunbunnyny (all items are cc free)
The Sim is an Imaginary Friend turned ghost. He has enough money to move into Wizard's Keep without a job. He also has 3 planned styles for every outfit now, too, and I worked him up to 100,000 Lifetime Happiness!
http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=4604433

Bun's house, Wizard's Keep: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=4602337

Lunar Bunbunnyny: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=4642502
A second choice, in case you want to take one of Bun's Sims on vacation, or if you don't want him to be an Imaginary Friend Ghost! And he's CC-free, too! (A note to TS1 fans, do you recognize something that Bun is wearing?

Lunar's house, Mummy's Pyramid: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=4642507



Thank you! Let there be (more) sims! And custom worlds!

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So I mentioned that I was building yesterday. I've been thinking that my next house would be a colonial style that I want to try my hand at, but I've had this modern home plan laying around for probably over a year, and yesterday I got inspired to try to build it for the That's Entertainment thread. Not sure I'm happy with the result but it will take a week just to play test and finish decorating so maybe I'll like it better then. Then again, maybe not! Suggestions and comments are welcome.


Here's a few screenshots of what I have done so far: front exterior and front inner courtyard.


[IMG]http://i998.photobucket.com/albums/af107/TangieCat/TEextfront.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i998.photobucket.com/albums/af107/TangieCat/TEInnerCourtyard.jpg[/IMG]


And here's two screenshots, one taken from the downstairs, right side and the other upstairs, right side.


[IMG]http://i998.photobucket.com/albums/af107/TangieCat/TEdownstairsright.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i998.photobucket.com/albums/af107/TangieCat/TEUpstairsright.jpg[/IMG]


I think I need to find some celebrity homes on the Internet to see what kinds of rooms are in them. My lack of knowledge of the celebrity lifestyle is showing, ha ha. I did put a music room and a game room in the basement, though.

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Glad to see a new thread, Tangie and I think your suggestion for everyone to see if they want to update a sim; use a new sim and/or home, it's a good idea.

DD Katt is still my sim of choice but I actually use 1 of 3 homes for her depending on the world I'm playing in. I would like you to add the house you did for her with the + pets designation because that's the one I go to if there is a large enough lot. You've got the regular farm house shown but you can also add the Revelry home in my studion because that is the 3rd home choice: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=2754110

AND, if someone doesn't want to use any of those, just move her into your home of choice.

I meant to mention the other day that while playing during a session when I was logged in to use simport, Ruth popped up and said hi. I hope she stops by the thread sometime, too.

For the last couple of days, I've been updating HS. JM, you just kept talking about it and I finally had to look to see if I thought I could manage it. Yay, I did it. I haven't taken any pics but will do so now that I can just play in HS, although I'm still kicking around turning the lodge into a nectary. Wow, these worlds are never done, LOL.

Tangie, I like your house. I'm glad to see you're participating in that thread. The last time I looked, I was surprised at the feeling there weren't that many entrants. BTW, Celebrity is whatever you want it to be, imho. Seems like many equate it with a modern look home but I think as long as the lot functions well and is decorated nicely, regardless of style, it should be fine. ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8476094.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8476094.page GMT

Nice pics tangie and everyone from the previous thread.

En I hope everything gets better soon, and I wish you the best with your upcoming surgery.

Rflong the tiny nectary is adorable and brilliant. Really love it.

Tangie no idea if you are aware of this, you probably are, but just in case you aren't , Twallan's SP causes the camera to move to another household if something and happens, like a sim catching on fire. I had that happen to me when I was playing Longview, and Gray got on fire wile he was inventing. The invisible Sims is a new thing. I think we got it with pets or one of the later patches, and now I see it all the time with ST. Sims are the last thing that the graphics are loading, therefore creating the invisible Sims illusion.

I'm still away, and I'll be getting back hometown Saturday. This week is a bit better, as finally the fiance of my sister in law got back to work, and I can finally roam the house freely, and have lunch with the rest of the family instead of being locked up on Mike's room in fear of the guy just vanishing to the other room of the house just because he hates my face.

I'm having some horrible back ackes though as they raised the floor around the kitchen sink, and it's now extremely low for me and kills my back when doing the dishes. 15 minutes of dish washing on Monday caused me 2 days of pain

I'm extremely annoyed with my self atm as I was planning to gift myself a few months of Sims playing, but my mind has once again wandered in the depths of CAW , and my imagination is currently running wild. I've already started planning it in my head. Lets see how much I'm gonna manage to stay away from CAW now, and actually enjoy my game. And I still consider my self as a lot builder and def not a world one

I'm really glad to see duchy around

The whether here is all hot and sunny. As soon as May entered , it immediately felt like it's themiddle of summer. Times like this make me hate living in Greece. I want white Christmas and a decent spring for once!

I'm pretty sure I had a lot more to say but my mind went black

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DD I had to laugh about your comments on the modern house not just being for celebrities because I had thought the same thing. Like, what rule is there that says celebs only live in modern houses? I actually considered posting my Meditteranean house because I had my celebs living there and they loved it. But that would kind of be cheating since I built it awhile back. So I started work on this modern house, but this style really isn't my forte and I don't really know what to do with all that open space to make it look luxurious. So I'll have to give that some thought.

I tried to add the two houses to the first post but it's not letting me make changes right now. We'll see if it posts this and if so, I'll try again. I never got a chance to ask you if you liked the swimmable pond in the +Pets version of your farmhouse? I tried to get rid of the strange lines but the only way I know to do it is to line the whole thing with humongous rocks, like Johnnywr does for his grotto lots. They look so beautiful, but I thought it would take up too much space on the lot.

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I have been playing in SV giving everyone makeovers and I plan on updating some of the houses there. Here are a few pictures for your entertainment.

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[IMG]http://i898.photobucket.com/albums/ac188/DarkMirage/Sunset%20Valley%20Makeover/Screenshot-7.jpg"width=640"[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i898.photobucket.com/albums/ac188/DarkMirage/Sunset%20Valley%20Makeover/Screenshot-3.jpg"width=640"[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i898.photobucket.com/albums/ac188/DarkMirage/Sunset%20Valley%20Makeover/Screenshot-2.jpg"width=640"[/IMG]

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I got a laugh out of seeing Quailhogs house again because it reminds me so much of Collinwood from Dark Shadows. I haven't gotten that yet because it's a household and I'm still stuffed with EA made sims. I wish I had the option of Kill All sims with what I'm doing so I could have emptied HS out more. I am really loving how HS has come together with all my Showtime stuff.

I do have new sims I might contribute as Jenny Moonlight but I will need to get them repackaged without Katy Perry edition hair and clothing. Actually I would only pick one of the three I made recently. I do think I'm done with contributing families. It's easier to move singletons around and make your own families.

Oh Gem it sounds like you've had a rough week. What strange family dynamics you deal with. I understand. You have my sympathies and best wishes, dear friend.

I am glad to hear Ruth made an appearance and is doing well. I may be scarce here awhile. Hard to say. My daughter got signed up for another activity today and I got signed up for a volunteer post and am also trying to arrange some playdates. I've had the flu once again...I can't believe it. So I'm just loading up on medicine trying to get better before my volunteer work comes due. ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8477622.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8477622.page GMT Tangie, I really like your house. Perfect for a lot with a great view.
DM Re: johnny's Gothic Surfer house. I remember that one but can't remember which world it was in. Was it one of Rflong's? After seeing your pictures, I was thinking it would a perfect home for my now YA vampire, Jeffrey Ravenwood. Great pics as always. Your sims always look so nice.
Oh Gem, I am so sorry your week has not gone well Hugs.JM it sounds like you are really busy. I hope you get over the flu very soon. Take good care of yourself.
Darn it Liam. I will try yet again to post this.

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A quick heads up for those using Overwatch V61. Apparently, there is a conflict with the new store tablet. My sim wasn't able to listen and do anything else, the ear piece would just disappear from the ear. When I changed Cleanup Skill Modifiers in Overwatch, the table started functioning correctly. I've reported at Twallan's site. Yes, I finally joined.

Also, there may be a conflict with simfests as well. I wasn't having any simfest notifications in my updated HS and thought maybe I had done something wrong. When I turned off Clean up Concerts, I started getting simfest notifications. I've reported that as well.

I also have a question about the FOY that I hope someone can answer. I'm playing the nutty Emmaline Rhoen and she got the wish for youth granted. Her life span bar moved to the beginning of the adult age but didn't show young adult. Now she is aging again but since it is showing adult to elder, I'm not sure what to expect. With the wish granted, it should be young adult to elder but I don't know if maybe it counts as ya but doesn't show it? I hope that's clear. Anyway insight as to what should show on the age bar after getting the wish to return to your youth will be appreciated.

DM, you're so good with makeovers BTW, that reminds me that the other house DD might play is the Dreams lot but now it's usually the made over one done by DM for GFH. DM, if you want to upload to the exchange, be my guest. You did an outstanding job with the remodel.

Rukaya, you were brave to do all those fixes to LA-ST again, imho. It's a most interesting world and I still have it installed. I haven't played it recently, though. I got pretty tired of doing constant fixes since redos aren't my favorite thing to work on unless I'm testing.

Just a quick pic: Ms. Emmaline Rhoen enjoys rocking her rock!
[IMG]http://i1080.photobucket.com/albums/j330/dolldrms1/HSEmmalineRhoenRocksRock.jpg[/IMG] ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8482080.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8482080.page GMT Just kidding, was planning to anyway! I'll be making a quick trip this weekend though so it may not get finished until just before the deadline! Which if I remember correctly is the 21st.

JM I am very sorry to hear you are sick again. Sending positive healings vibes for a quick recovery! I'm sure everyone will understand also if you have to be scarce due to RL activities.

Thanks for the info you found out about OW, DD. I will keep an eye on that. As far as the FOY, I've only ever tried it on YA's but I've read elsewhere that it only takes sims back to their current life stage, but does not age them down. I'll have to think about it and edit my post if I remember where I've seen that and try to verify that I remembered that correctly.

Love the picture, DD. The first time I put that rock out in a kid's room and saw the daddy sim come pick it up, pet it, and put it in his inventory I cracked up laughing.

I thought Johnny's surfer house was in Mariner's Reach? But I'm probably thinking about a different house! I don't remember it being gothic so I'm sure it must be a different house.
]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8482738.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8482738.page GMT Tangie I am glad you are going to finish that house. I like it very much. I enjoy using your houses in my games. I don't think the house was in MR. But I will check this afternoon after I get back from the library.
I also deleted Posotano, by Remmo really lovely world. While very pretty, it was just too cramped for me.]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8486898.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8486898.page GMT I've been thinking about making a new Sim and house to replace Bun. I am thinking about making a Sim that would be perfect for The Occult Dominancy legacy/challenge I invented, but I'm not sure what to make... I'll get right on that! And hopefully this can get a few more new people to come!

Btw, yes. I LOVE that house, Tangie! It looks very cozy, given the setting that it is in!


DD, I've heard that the FOY is sensitive to some people when installed with other Premium Content. More specifically, with the Spellbook installed, it is unusable altogether for a lot of people. What other PC do you have from the store?]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8488615.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8488615.page GMT
"I need a vacation!" It seems like that's what he is thinking anyway. "What do Sims need a vacation from?" you might ask. I've wondered the same thing, they have cushy little lives for the most part, at least mine do!

My game has been hijacked! My DW has started playing. ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8491134.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8491134.page GMT

Thanks for reminding me about the points, Rukaya. I really do try not to cheat As hard as it is to get the wish from the fountain, I'll just go to my old standby and send her to get a tatoo. That rolls back the age by a couple of weeks. I can't believe that's been broken since Ambitions came out and EA hasn't gotten it fixed.

Hey Bun! I have all the PC but for that toilet. Sorry, that thing is just plain ugly and will have to go on sale for about a dime before I would even be tempted. Yikes, $4 for a toilet...no, no, no! My apologies to anyone who likes the toilet, doesn't make me right and you wrong, it's just a personal opinion. Anyway, the FOY is working, I just thought it was supposed to take a sim back to the beginning of the ya stage, regardless of how old the sim was when the wish was granted. Obviously, I'm wrong. I found a wiki article that says it goes back to the start of the current life stage but don't get why EA wouldn't make it grant a wish for ya stage. That would seem to me to be the logical thing for an FOY to do.

Looking forward to your finished house, Tangie. I'll be waiting to download it. ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8492345.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8492345.page GMT ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8492942.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8492942.page GMT
Not for long though. Mike's birthday is coming up next Sunday(20th) so i'll have to leave again next weekend

DM Now that i think about it, it's really weird that your DW didn't hijack your game earlier. It's a game that most women usually love , easier than men do.
oh well better late than never Can't wait for her to join us too

DD as far as i know the FOY gets sims to the beginning of their current age stage and does not age them to the previous one.
I'm a bit confused though on what is broken when both FOY and Book of spells are installed. After my latest reinstal FOY works perfectly , but book of spells does not have any effects showing. It still seems to work though.

Tangie theank you for the updates on OW. I still have V59 , and i'll update when those issues are fixed.]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8500954.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8500954.page GMT
No pics because I've been running down the sources of lag in my redone Hidden Springs. One thing I found is that I had to remove the fence around the Rook Park I dl'd to replace the central park area. There wasn't enough room for the sims to walk around the lights and road signs placed by EA on the sidewalk around that area. If anyone else uses this ST venue, remove the fence. Well, you can actually remove just the sections near the lights and signs but I thought it looked rather stupid with just odd pieces of fence.

I also found the Unicorn spawned and stuck in the water of that hilltop fishing spot. I've changed Hidden Gardens from a small park to fishing spot and removed some trees from the hilltop lot to see if leaving a little more room may prevent the water spawn. I haven't had the Unicorn back since doing that but if it ends up in the water again, I'm going to change the lot to small park from fishing spot and hope that solves the problem.

I wanted to mention because I know JM has also been playing in HS. I'm enjoying playing my now updated version. I would love to update LL but find looking at it just ends up overwhelming me, LOL.

Welcome back, Gem. The only problem I've had with FOY and spellbook installed is that the animations will only show on one or the other but both objects work. My preference is to have the animations on the fountain. I still hear the audio from the spellbook and that's fine with me. The fountain, though, looks so much better, imho, when the animations are there. You are another confirmation that the FOY just goes back to beginning of current age and I accept that but I still think it should revert them to ya's. Do you know many elders who would wish for youth that want to stay looking as they do, rather than young again, LOL?

If you've got the new tablet from the store, you'll need to turn cleanup skill modifiers in Overwatch to false or the table won't function correctly. This will probably hold true with V59, too, because the revision notes don't indicate any changes to skill coding from V59 through V61.

Back to HS for me and my wait for another Unicorn appearance. Fingers crossed that I've solved that issue and the town will remain lag free, as it seems to be now.]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8501625.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8501625.page GMT my hubby has no interest in playing this or any other computer game. My granddaughter does tho. I showed her what your were doing with the goth furnishings and she was entranced. She is into all things goth and when I showed her the Goth compilation she was so excited. I had to buy it. I think it is pretty neat too.
We are going to see "Dark Shadows" with Johnny Depp today. for Mother's Day and go out for a nice lunch.
Have a great day everyone, and Happy Mother's day to all you mothers. ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8505103.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8505103.page GMT Rukaya I hope you and all the mothers, as well as everyone else, had a lovely day. I drove 3 hours yesterday to visit my parents and to see my mother, and then drove 3 hours back today. Oy, I'm tired! But I'm not complaining really, because I am very lucky to still have both my parents with me.

Needless to say, I did not get to play this weekend. I would love to help test Rflong's little world but if I don't work on that lot after work this week I might not get it finished by the deadline! I've got to at least download it and look around. Love the pics!

Congrats Gem on sports thing-y. I have to admit that I don't keep up with sports but I saw your post and know you were excited by it.
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I had a great Mother's Day and hope others did as well. I hope you enjoyed Dark Shadows, Rukaya. My oldes son took us to see The Avengers. I laughed that the guys chose the movie my son's DW and I were to see. We weren't given options but it turned out to be a really good movie, one of the better ones I've seen this year.

Going to test Rflong's world for a bit more before calling it a night. Tangie, you're right, you do need to concentrate on your house so you don't miss the deadline. Can't blame you for having to at least take a peek at Once Upon an Isle because I had to have a look at it myself. ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8510192.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8510192.page GMT My best wishes to all of you mommies

Thank you Tangie It's the second time in the teams history , to win the euro cup in basket ball.
The celebrations , including fireworks , car honking, yelling and singing started as soon as the match ended.. I think all Piraeus stayed awake tonight dancing , singing and celebrating.
]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8510293.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8510293.page GMT So Happy Mother's Day. How wonderful you do still have both of your parents and that you were able to spend the day with them.
We enjoyed "Dark Shadows" very much. It was very funny and kooky, just what you would expect from a joint project from Johnny Depp and Tim Burton. We did tell my daughter that there parts of it that were a bit too much for our 12 year old granddaughter who wanted to see it and was trying to talk her mom into taking her. She asked if we would play "the bad guys" and we said sure not a problem. Hayati had no problem taking the advice from grandma and grandpa. The weekend was very busy and very enjoyable. I hope to be able to play the sims while watering the yard today. I definitely want to check out Rflong's little Island, the pictures were lovely.
Gem Hooray for your side. I am not a sports fan myself , but I am happy when teams my hubby are rooting for win and I am very happy your team won.
DD I am so glad you had a great Mother's Day. Next week we plan to see the Avengers. Just about everybody we know has seen it and say how much they enjoyed it.
I showed Hayati what DM was doing with the Goth Mansion and she loved it, so I told her I would save that mansion to my library so she could do what she wanted to it with all the stuff from the Goth compilation I bought for her. She is playing HS and wants to have some vampires in it and since grandma has a bunch in her library she will be off and running. Summer vacation will be here soon and I have a feeling I will not be seeing much of my compter. I suspect, I will be wanting redo the g. mansion too. I didn't realize it was so big.
I hope every body has a very good week. Hugs.]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8512230.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8512230.page GMT ...
My life is neverending torture of irony. Literally.


Anyways, not sure if you guys know about this, but does anyone know if transfigurification will work on the Showtime Lightning Bugs? I just discovered that the transfigurification works on Spirits from the Ghost Hunter profession in Ambitions and can create ghosts, but I'm not sure what else it works on.

Do you guys know anything that the transfigurification cases can create aside from using the typical collection items?


Oh, and the transfigurifications gave me a GREAT idea! There is probably a 95% possibility that it won't work... 3% it will work... and 2% it will just do something in between...

My idea is to use one of the transfigurification displays to create ghosts and put them into worlds that we upload!

I don't know... I just want to be able to put ghosts in our worlds! The EA staff does it in the Store Worlds! How come we are unable to do it?]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8513847.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8513847.page GMT
Bun I know the answer to why EA can add ghosts and we can't is because they do it in the programming. EA programs all of their sims into the game - they don't "install" them or port them in - they are written into the actual world programming. It is also why deleting any EA sims is death to your world in the not so distant future because their files will shatter - not delete and the game will still keep issuing them commands that they are programmed for - so if they are not physically there, it creates a lot of problems. The game only changes the EA sims of programming commands when those change life stages. Ghost programming can only be stopped by sending the ghost to the Netherworld as this is how the game is programmed to handle sims that come with EA back stories. There is really no safe way to add these "creatures" to the game via CAW and expect the world will hold up - the only exception is via a lot you add after the world is installed in a game or via a save file, but not in CAW. Hope that helps even though it does not help you acheive what you'd like to do, it is what I was told happens from a programmer/dev that has looked at the programming. The game has the same problem with any of the creature type sims that are not pets or living sims.

Anyway, thanks for letting me stop by - Happy Late Mother's Day to all the moms - furbabies and human babies alike. Off to go reinstall Rflongs world just in case the hot tub issue is just on my end. Later all! Blessings and Hugs!]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8514863.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8514863.page GMT
I didn't get Once Upon an Isle installed last night so I will install tonight just to take a quick look around. I'll stick a sim in there and try to check the hot tub while I'm at it.

Thanks, Bun, for letting us know they issued a patch for the FOY. I hadn't heard about that yet! I have no idea about the transfiguration - haven't really used that thing since the game stranded my legacy family sims in France and they were never able to return home after that. If you have a Twitter account, why don't you ask one of the gurus is there is a way to add ghosts to a custom world? If they don't know, ask them to find out.

DM I can't believe I forgot to comment about your DW taking over your Sims game. That's so funny. Hope she's enjoying it and you're enjoying her enjoyment.
]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8515052.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8515052.page GMT But what I still don't understand is why haven't WE found a way to do that yet?

Oh, and speaking of Twitter, SimGuruSarah released an exclusive link to get a FREE Crystals from Lunar Lakes! If you don't have Lunar Lakes, but want a Crystal item, head over to Twitter or SimsVIP.com and download the Crystal from the link!


Edit: Sorry I wasn't able to get the link posted... My iPad is acting up and won't let me copy text! ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8515386.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8515386.page GMT
http://store.thesims3.com/productDetail.html?productId=OFB-SIM3:50711]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8515434.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8515434.page GMT

I've been playing and checking out Once/Isle all evening and I love it. I'll post an update in your thread, but I wanted to let DD know that when I was playing last week, I never saw any of the visual effects from the tablet so I kept meaning to take out OW and see what would happen. I never did, though. Funny thing is that while playing Once/Isle my sim was autonomously learning logic and fishing while reading recipe books at the same time, and I saw the visual effects. So I'm wondering if it's a bug that causes the effects to not show up sometimes and not twallan's mod at all.

Just checked to make sure - it's OW version 61 that I downloaded on May 9th.

And now for a couple of pics of Rflongs Once/Isle ice cream sandwich club. A good time was had by all.

[IMG]http://i998.photobucket.com/albums/af107/TangieCat/Once1.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i998.photobucket.com/albums/af107/TangieCat/Once3.jpg[/IMG]

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Tangie, the animations could be seen on the tablet when a sim first started to use it, it was that they couldn't then proceed to do anything else without the tabcast ceasing with the cleanup skill modifier set to true in Overwatch. No need to remove the mod, just try changing that setting to false. Actually, version 62 has been released and I'm getting ready to put it in and play. I'll leave the cleanup skill modifier at true to see if the tablet works correctly. It doesn't look by the revision notes that anything was done with that particular bit of coding. It's easy to change it to false, if there is still a problem.

I'm going back to my HS game for just a bit to see if the patch for store content really did fix animations for spell book and fountain. I've got both items on the Hidden Gardens lot so will just delete and replace them to see how they work now.]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8516723.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8516723.page GMT

And someone hold my hand... I'm patching to 1.33 ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8521078.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8521078.page GMT
Here's a hand Rflong - hope it goes well.

Everyone this site if going totally down for seversal hours - EA said at 4pm PST - so just dropping a heads up before I go back to reinstalling rest of my stuff.

Thanks everyone.]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8521663.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8521663.page GMT http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8521697.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8521697.page GMT
My launcher has notified me every time I've opened it that there's a Store update. I keep telling it to update and it still says it does... I even checked Origin. Oh, well. ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8521748.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8521748.page GMT
Well back to installing.]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8521855.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8521855.page GMT http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8521888.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8521888.page GMT

Rflong, hope you are enjoying Showtime. I'll be glad to host a sim for you and wouldn't mind if you host some of mine. Gads, I haven't had anyone send or receive a sim in well over a week. I was trying not to resort to unlocking the content with the mod but just might have any choice, LOL.

JM has been quiet, so has anyone else updated HS and played it since Pets? I've had two lengthy freezes since I updated and both times it was because of the Unicorn. Now, in addition to materializing in the water on Louie Falls and being stuck, his second appearance was in the rocks behind it, pic at end of post.

I wondered if anyone else has run into the same problem and if so, how did you solve it? I changed Hidden Gardens to a fishing spot and after the rock thing, I've now changed Louie Falls from a fishing spot to a small park but I'm not sure that is going to work since Louie Falls was the lot for the original spawning point.

Since I don't have much experience with the Pets EP, can anyone tell me if I can successfully coerce the unicorn to spawn elsewhere? I don't want to start this game over, if I can avoid it and don't want to blast the lot to oblivion either since it's the base of the waterfall. Suggestions appreciated, or even sympathy for the dilemma

[IMG]http://i48.tinypic.com/soogo1.jpg[/IMG] ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8526972.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8526972.page GMT
However, I think that the issue here is probably that those rocks are CAW rocks on a game Lot. They aren't the same rocks that we can use in-game, are they?
I suppose that the routing [i]inside[/i] of CAW objects (rocks) on top of game lots is not taken into account? Is that right or wrong? I'm just guessing there...


You should try waiting until another night for the Unicorn to show up again, and see if they spawn in the same location!

Have fun with Pets!



Anyways, I was just thinking about this thread, and I realized that I've never really shared any of my progress with you guys in my world, Castle Point! I suppose I'll have to share some things and photos with you guys, since you're always doing it, too! I mean, that is the purpose of this thread... But to save spam space, I'll just post a link to one of my threads!

I'm going to use this tomb as the final tomb of the world!
[url=http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/529505.page]The Peace Gardens[/url]

Hopefully I'll get some pics out as I make more progress on the world]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8527086.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8527086.page GMT

Originalsim posted a spanish style house on the "That's Entertainment" thread that I was drooling over. I will have to see that one in-game! I'm still working on my modern monstrosity but it's taking forever. Hey, maybe that's what I should call it. I've been trying to think of a name! No doubt someone else has already thought of that, though.

Rukaya's sim Kiana is helping me test and build at the same time because I'm in a hurry to finish this darn thing. Plus, she was the only sim in my library that had gobs of simoleons.
]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8529285.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8529285.page GMT Woops! Said the wrong thing there!
I meant it's a part of this thread, not the purpose of this thread!
Sorry...


So I checked out Rflong's Once Upon an Isle world (absolutely flawless and gorgeous world!), and I looked at the woodlands area and I got a great idea for some characters to make for that section!

I've finished the first character! He took me several hours to make, but I'm proud of the results!
Guess who this is!

[img]http://llnw.thesims3.com/sims3_asset/sims3_asset/media/shard000//shard000/528/018/012/00/screenshot_original.jpg"width=650"[/img]

[img]http://llnw.thesims3.com/sims3_asset/sims3_asset/media/shard000//shard000/525/018/012/00/screenshot_original.jpg"width=650"[/img]

He's really adorable in-game!
[url=http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=5769234]Winnie the Pooh[/url]

I also uploaded his coat to the Exchange, so you can turn any dog into a shirt-wearing dog!
[url=http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=5769236]The Doggie Shirt![/url]

I'm trying to make Piglet right now. I'm not really sure where to go on from there, though.

But I did make another character. Well, not really a character, but they go right into the theme of the world! It's a robot toy dog, to live with Santa in the snowy cabin!
He's adorable! The cutest part was, I just let the dog wander around the world, and guess who the very first new Sim he ran into was! :

[img]http://llnw.thesims3.com/sims3_asset/sims3_asset/media/shard000//shard000/696/018/012/00/screenshot_original.jpg"width=650"[/img]


Uh, oh! There's a leak in the forums! People are posting in the Welcome section!]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8529668.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8529668.page GMT

]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8530715.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8530715.page GMT I've asked around among friends of different age groups and so far nobody has said we have been committing a social faux pas. I guess my parents are just persnickety. Oh well, you can't please everyone...

The last time I played, I did play HS and I was very keenly interested in your observations about the unicorn, DD. I have experienced sudden freezes and lags, and I had no idea what had caused them. Now I will know where to look and will report back.

Yay....DM, so glad to hear your wife is enjoying the game! I do hope she is progressing well in her recovery and just having fun. And you, too.

When I played last, I was just messing around, trying to skill up a sim. I made her really awful and naughty. Dragging guys into hot tubs, wrecking relationships, arguing and insulting people...just wreaking the kind of havoc I normally do not wreak when I am playing seriously. I'd been intrigued when RFlong had that inappropriate sim so I made my sim inappropriate, too, and it's a fun trait! She had a blast with Bun's handsome redhaired guy sim. He's a nice looking fella! He was one of her boyfriends. And he was the one who was the most hopping mad and fought with her when she flirted with another guy in front of him at the gym. Ahh...fun times! He was a real firecracker!

But now I have to return to my REAL game so I have to wipe out her memories of mayhem and destruction, adjust her traits to be a more normal upstanding citizen...and do the same for Bun. I renamed him "Ben Lunar" since he was named Lunar BunBunnyny and that was just kind of an odd name for guy. Not that Ben Lunar is exactly run of the mill...but...

Welcome WR! So GREAT to see you post here. I hope you make a habit of it! And unfortunately this may be all I get to post for a bit. I've got another monster week ahead of me. I appreciated the get well wishes, Tangie. Now I just have allergies to deal with. I can go back on my allergy meds now that I don't need the flu meds, so hopefully I'll be back to normal soon. My daughter is heavily scheduled next week so I will be, too, unfortunately. Today might be the only time I get for sims for another week.
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I didn't realize we have a new patch. I better check on that, too. And oh boy...crystals, yay...thanks for the link! ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8533687.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8533687.page GMT when my sim kids turn to YA's and move out on their own, I always give them a nest egg. I should probably upload them. I also start them off with some lifetime rewards such as the bladder of steel and fireproof home, and no bills. It's just my preference for when I play them. I was traumatized when one of my favorite sims was burned to a fatal crisp, and I had to quit the game to save him so I now get that reward ASAP.
JM that is too sad about what your Dad said. As a mom and grandma, I am always happy to get cards, notes , letters whether by snail mail or e-mail from my children, and grandchildren. It means a lot that they take the time from their very busy lives and send me such thoughtful remembrances. He reminds me of my late father. He was extremely hard to please.
Bun your little dogs are so very cute. Nice pictures. Tangie looking forward to your modern house. Is that Spanish house cc free? Now that I finished playing MV, I have to decide whether to finish my game in Storybrook county or go back to LA-ST and resume my game there.
Is there any limit as to how many sims you can store in CAS?]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8533863.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8533863.page GMT http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8534048.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8534048.page GMT Jenny! (Or JM?)
Yeah... I just come up with the first thing that comes to mind when naming my Sims! Sorry about that!

The crystals are now available in the Store from the Lunar Lakes link. The Tree of Prosperity has also apparently been given its own info page on the PC list! I'm not sure if it's available for individual sale because I already have it, but it is given a SimPoint Price!


Anyways, I've been reconsidering the Apocalypse Challenge... It's just really hard because:
A) I keep getting confused to what I can and cannot do because the list is SO long, and...
B) Someone messed up the Wikia page and now the colors of the text is all messed up and I don't know what is what anymore!]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8535247.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8535247.page GMT
They always spawn at waterfalls - and if there is no waterfall, then they spawn at usually the most remote lake or pond - preferably not on a lot, but they will even choose a lot if they can't find a lake or pond remote enough.

They might create a little lag until they get out of their dilemna, which is the one you can ignor, as they will safely get out of it.

Your biggest worry is the babies of Unicorns and horses, as they generally can't teleport, do get stuck, and generally can't climb stairs either like all babies. I am not positive about the baby Unicorns though as I have not seen a purebred one to be sure.]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8536644.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8536644.page GMT

Oh, Goodness- I hope it starts working well for you, WR.

And any help for me here from all you creative people...
http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/539859.page#8537330

I'm trying to make a smaller version of the board game world (only a lot).

[img]http://llnw.thesims3.com/sims3_asset/sims3_asset/media/shard000//shard000/761/027/012/00/screenshot_original.jpg"width=650"[/img]]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8537568.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8537568.page GMT
I'm not worried about the Unicorn's safety, WR, but am not happy at where it is spawning. Bun, I do think those are CAW rocks, btw. There isn't any way to interact with it when it's always in a location where it's stuck. While in the rocks, not visible at all and while stuck in the water, both it and the sim just kept throwing route fail, can't even watch it without the action dropping.

I went back into GFH last night and Kevin Red Star is now a singer. Be on the lookout, he will be available for tours soon, LOL. He needs to improve somewhat, illustrated below

Performing sing-a-gram for GW in the library, Kevin manages to fall on his rear end.
[IMG]http://i1080.photobucket.com/albums/j330/dolldrms1/GFHKevinFallSingGW.jpg[/IMG]

His next sing-a-gram was for Alistair MacLean and ooops, repeat of no grace involved fall, yet again. GW in the background wondered if Kevin should seek a new career
[IMG]http://i1080.photobucket.com/albums/j330/dolldrms1/GFHKevinFallSingAlistair.jpg[/IMG]

Aha! Snatched from the jaws of defeat, Kevin goes on to win the SimFest
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Gosh Rflong, I ran off to read your thread. As usual I am amazed at all your creativity! No suggestions come to mind right now but I'll see if I can come up with something.

Still working on the house. Updated exterior shots:

[IMG]http://i998.photobucket.com/albums/af107/TangieCat/Screenshot-4-1.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i998.photobucket.com/albums/af107/TangieCat/Screenshot-9.jpg[/IMG]


I love the premium content tablet. I love being able to purchase books with it and reading anything in the sim's inventory on it; also love that they can multi-task by listening to tabcasts while playing pool or whatever. Here's Kiana playing what looks to me like it might be Sims Social.

[IMG]http://i998.photobucket.com/albums/af107/TangieCat/Screenshot-3.jpg[/IMG]
]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8545349.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8545349.page GMT I can't remember his first name, it was the one that didn't hook up with the Ursine chick.

I hope you all have a great weekend. [url=http://smileys.chitchat247.com/][img]http://smileys.chitchat247.com/smilies/t2922.gif[/img][/url]]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8545474.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8545474.page GMT
Oh my goodness WR I am so sorry to hear the lightning strike took out your internet. That must have been a horrible storm. I am worried what the summer weather is going to be like this year since we already have fireflies. I always associate fireflies with summer. I don't think in my whole life I have ever seen them in the spring. Ever.

Thank you for letting us know more about the unicorns. I've not seen one yet and didn't know anything about them at all. Some aspects of the Pets EP I just prefer not to delve into. Unicorns and their psi powers is one of them!

Rukaya thanks for your comments. I'm glad to know that I wasn't doing anything wrong. Sometimes one generation will do something that seems terribly tacky to another generation, especially in regards to technology. I am glad to hear from your perspective that holiday picture cards are not offensive, since you are in the same age range as my mom and dad. My in-laws also like the picture cards and proudly display them. Oh well if Hallmark is what it takes, Hallmark is what I will try and give them. No biggie.

And Rukaya I've followed your lead and now I use the Cheat codes to give my favorite sims a head start on desirable traits. I use the Speedy Cleaning one and I've also started using steel bladder to avoid the problem of public puddles for the sims I am not playing!

In other news, our oldest cat and our only male, whom I hand raised from his birth, passed away yesterday. He was 17. We are very sad but he was not ill, did not linger and enjoyed life right up to the day before. He had made friends with Gabby and we had plans of reintegrating him with the rest of the household, but then he just died suddenly. We think it was a heart attack. Now Meatball is the last of the cats left from the beginning of our marriage. We now call her "Betty White" because she's our last Golden Girl and very dear to us.

I'm going to get to play a little bit tonight. I'm afraid I did get addicted to playing a naughty troublemaker so I'm just going ahead and do that, and see what trouble my sim can stir up with Ben Lunar again in my REAL game! Whooooo!
]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8547041.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8547041.page GMT I can't remember his first name, it was the one that didn't hook up with the Ursine chick.

I hope you all have a great weekend. [url=http://smileys.chitchat247.com/][img]http://smileys.chitchat247.com/smilies/t2922.gif[/img][/url][/quote]Now how on earth did that happen? Those Frio brothers were always so difficult for any of my sims to get to know. They were really grouchy, even the one who was not as antisocial as the other one. Whoa...]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8547044.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8547044.page GMT
You can thank Twallan for the union between Gobias and the Frio guy.

Blu and I had a great time tonight going to war with Gem. If you want a good laugh check out these threads.

http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/165/260409.page#8544835

http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/75/540092.page#8546194

The battle is epic! We had a great time. ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8547108.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8547108.page GMT
Those threads in the gifting forum were a riot, DM. I've never spent much time there but will have to check it out occasionally from now on. Poor Gem, her wish list got killed.
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Poor Kevin...I've never seen a singer have such rotten luck. Oh Boy! Hilarious. I love the looks he was getting from everyone!

Tangie, thanks for sharing the picture and the information about that tablet computer. That is really neat of EA!

Thanks for the links to the threads, DM. I'll check them out later from my Ipad.

I tried playing a little bit last night, skilling up a few sims in Barnacle Bay but the game kept freezing on me. I just got the new store patch and I wonder if it is because of that. I definitely need to install Windows very soon.

Thanks for the condolences on my kitty. We are sad and miss him very much, but like I said, compared to the way our earlier losses went, we just have to count our blessings he went the way he did and had a great life to the very end. His life spanned such a significant portion of our own lives so he has MANY friends of his own waiting for him up there. Two dogs, a rabbit, and many cats including a mom and brother. His surviving brother and sister are still alive and well and live with my parents. ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8551272.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8551272.page GMT
You can thank Twallan for the union between Gobias and the Frio guy.

Blu and I had a great time tonight going to war with Gem. If you want a good laugh check out these threads.

http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/165/260409.page#8544835

http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/75/540092.page#8546194

The battle is epic! We had a great time. [/quote]

An Epic Battle? And I missed it!


............
And Jenny- Are you the one who wanted Ridgeview in green? Anyway... someone did and I think I finished it. not that happy with the little mountains and I'm not even sure if these were the most recent (I could be missing some objects) but here is a test version.
I'm going to do some playing in it to check for routing problems and stuff.

[url=http://www.mediafire.com/?kisdko679yc58s5][img]http://i1200.photobucket.com/albums/bb321/Rflong13/Ridgeview_SummerB.png[/img][/url]
(Mediafire)

[img]http://llnw.thesims3.com/sims3_asset/sims3_asset/media/shard000//shard000/231/054/012/00/screenshot_original.jpg"width=650"[/img]

[img]http://llnw.thesims3.com/sims3_asset/sims3_asset/media/shard000//shard000/237/054/012/00/screenshot_original.jpg"width=650"[/img]

And I finished the Dice of Fate lot...
[url=http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=5782499][img]http://llnw.thesims3.com/sims3_asset/sims3_asset/thumb/shard000/000/057/824/99/roof_up_large.jpg[/img][/url]

if anyone wants to try it.
(there is a chance of dying) ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8555590.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8555590.page GMT But my concern with this issue is that there is an extremely high possibility that the next EP [i]could[/i] be Seasons, Magic, or Seasons/Magic! But it's still a cool idea!

Also, if anyone would be willing to go in-game to help me out, I would appreciate it! I need to test something out in-game, but I need to do it with another person. I'd also need you to download the lot I uploaded called "The Classic Multiplayer Versus Arena!" Thanks if you can help out!


Oh, and Reg, I was just thinking that it would be neat if I had a Sim for you in my games! I see you so often online I often find myself looking for you in-game even though I know you're not there! It's okay if you don't wanna make one, though! ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8561680.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8561680.page GMT
And Bun I meant to tell you I loved your Winnie the Pooh! I believe that Reggie already has a self-sim in her studio that I'm sure she wouldn't mind if you downloaded. Sorry I can't help with your lot right now but I just spent all my simming time getting my That's Entertainment lot and pictures uploaded and posted. It's on the thread on page 20 if anyone's interested. And now I need to go feed cats, take out garbage, and finish laundry.

Link to download: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=5789470

Slide show with more pics here:

http://s998.photobucket.com/albums/af107/TangieCat/?action=view¤t=a3984da8.pbw



[IMG]http://i998.photobucket.com/albums/af107/TangieCat/LGExteriorFront-1.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i998.photobucket.com/albums/af107/TangieCat/LGCourtyard1.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i998.photobucket.com/albums/af107/TangieCat/LGPartyWooHoo2.jpg[/IMG]


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That's an Awesome build, HS. Beautiful

~It's just a green version of the winter or snow world, Ridgeview, I have uploaded. The ini files haven't been messed with or anything like that. ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8562494.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8562494.page GMT I'm sorry for he loss of your cat... I hope that your buddy was happy his whole life, or at least when he passed away!

... Wait, what are you gonna do to him?Lunar (or Ben) hates the outdoors, so I can only imagine what your little troublemaker is up to with him!


HS, your "modern monstrosity" is beautiful! I love it!]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8563489.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8563489.page GMT Blu has a nice island and the rest of us don't have access to it.

ETA: I want my own private island too!! ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8563522.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8563522.page GMT ), but I think I have an idea to add on to it!

One fate could be to play as a "hobo Sim" for an entire day or two, where you're not allowed to visit any Sim's residential lot, or use any refrigerators on any lot, either!
If you're not updating it or releasing a 2nd version, I'll just add that to my own game!

I think there may be a way to use the Processor from the WA Tomb section in the Debug area to randomly select which room you must choose, and which fate is decided on you! I'll have to test this out later, though!

You have given quite a bit of inspiration with this lot, Rflong! I love it!

Also, this is a bit OT, but take a look at this!
http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/540150.page
This is awesome! Btw, the information about Appaloosaa Plains and Starlight Shores is incorrect. ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8563690.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8563690.page GMT
Heh heh, don't worry Bun, Ben will be indoors most of the time. He has been to a campsite without too much fuss, though. He was there only for part of his sim day.

My game continues to be wonky and glitchy since the most recent patch. I can't imagine a store patch would cause any issues but there's been a lot of freezing even in Barnacle Bay, which normally is pretty stable for me and the world I use for breeding and testing new sims. I think it is just a Mac issue. Everything should smooth out for me with Windows.

I think when I install Windows I will set up the framework and run the game with mods. I will do parallel games--the Mac version will be, as always, mod free. All of the sims I make and share will come from that installation so that I will never spread CC.

For the Windows installation, I will go bolder and try custom skintones (MAYBE--if my sims don't end up looking awful in them) and custom hair and clothing. I miss cc hair. I will also try some of Twallan's mods to clean up borkage. ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8565298.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8565298.page GMT
Reg, Oh I am so sorry about your wireless problems. How annoying.
JM, I think you will like how your characters' lives go with a few of those rewards given to them. I always start with the fireproof house and the steel bladder. I am saddened to hear about your baby's death. But you are right, he led a long happy life filled with love, and he went quickly without pain and suffering. That is a blessing. I always put my picture cards on display and look at them with pleasure. I truly appreciate all the love and effort that goes into them. Like any "hand made" gift, they are especially treasured.
Rflong your imagination knows no bounds. I am always amazed by your talent.
Tangie, dl'd your house and gave it a recc. I know I will enjoy using it. I truly appreciate it that you design these great houses without using cc.
We had a very busy weekend so this is the first time I have been able to log on for days. Yesterday we saw "Avengers" which my hubby has been wanting to see since it came out. It was a fun movie. Am watering today so hope to find some time to play.
Hi Bun.
Hope you all have a great day. ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8566105.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8566105.page GMT

Rukaya, I couldn't help but smile at your comment about no CC. Thank you for the compliment but many people see lots loaded with Store Content as being full of CC! And as you know my lots are loaded with Store stuff. I just thought it was ironic. Ha ha!

Rflong I know you are taking the week away from the Sims, but your green Ridgeview looks great and I'm glad JM asked for it. I haven't really had time to play with it like JM has but will be downloading for future reference. As usual, thank you very much for sharing.

Oh my gosh, I just watched this video that was entered for the That's Entertainment thread and recommend that you go watch. It's hilarious!

[quote]waterjay wrote:
Entry: Cotton Eye Joe- Sims Into The Wild West [Machinima]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z88VOLKGImk[/quote]


]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8568210.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8568210.page GMT LOL. I am in awe of peoples' creativity. Store items don't concern me. I love using them. I guess my understanding of cc is a bit skewed, but I have always understood that store items are safe, but I am happy to know that you are so very careful about you upload.
I have some ideas about making a new house and when I do, I will be using store items. Also thinking about a new sim. Will be endowing her with money, some skills, steel bladder, fire protection and also store stuff, since I plan to play her and so much of the non-store items bore me. I really need to go to the library and check out some architectural magazines and get some ideas on house designs. I am suffering from brain freeze when it comes to original designs. Today , while doing a huge laundry, I plan to place all my new YAs [second generation offspring from some of my sim families] in the unpopulated LV II and save it to desk top. Do you think anyone would be interested in YA sims with some of those lifetime rewards given to them or will they be put off by that? I always give my sims some of the lifetime rewards . It makes the game more enjoyable for me, just as giving them a good financial boost does. It really increases the fun factor. Maybe my age and lifetime experiences play into that.
I have been watching the progress of alexspoom13's new world Suburban Springs. He plans to release the BETA version on June 3, and I have told him I will be happy to test it. I think it looks like it will be a very nice world. He is using all the eps and sps up to and including MS, so I am good to go. Also most importantly he states absolutely no CC.]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8572834.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8572834.page GMT
Tangie, I left a message for you on your page.

I've been working on a casino/club the past few days. Rflong gave me permission to use her "Dice of Fate" build for this. I've put a few pictures of it here. http://darkmiragesdiscourse.blogspot.com/2012/05/purple-people-eater.html
Let me know what you think!

]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8573842.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8573842.page GMT how is everyone? I'm on my mobile so I can't really catch up. Here at patras things are crazy. Some immigrants killed a young guy right outside his house two nights ago. People have gone insane after this. They are protesting all over the place , causing chaos. Not to mention that everyone has gone racist. It's horrible. I just hope things will calm down soon.

Yes I'm having the "great" time i always do, and now this happens. I'm in really bad mood.

I hope you are all doing great . I miss you all and I can't wait to get back home.

Hugs to everyone.

And I'm holding a grudge against DM. He turned my WL in to blunote00 and she ninja'd It]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8575884.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8575884.page GMT And I'm holding a grudge against DM. He turned my WL in to blunote00 and she ninja'd It[/quote]

[url=http://smileys.chitchat247.com/][img]http://smileys.chitchat247.com/smilies/EmoticonSC_312.gif[/img][/url]

And I am invincible!!! ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8576113.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8576113.page GMT

DM I answered your post. Last night looking at the slideshow I realized that I had left the pinball machine in the basement but wasn't going to re-do unless someone had an issue. Since you did, I removed it and re-uploaded the lot. I guess I should take down the others but technically I don't think I should alter the links on my That's Entertainment post quite yet so I guess I'll wait awhile. Anyway, I checked it with custard and it shows fine for me, but I checked the other two again and they showed find also so I'm thinking it has to be the PC items. Let me know if you still have problems.

Rukaya some people see Store content as CC because you can choose to purchase it or not and it customizes your game if you add it. There are also a lot of young (and not so young) people who either can't afford it or just don't want to buy it and they're disappointed when they see an upload they like but don't have all the CC for it. I can't see not using since I spent a lot of money on it.

And to be truthful, sometimes Store content breaks just like 3rd party CC and furthermore, until recently EA wasn't very good at even supporting their Store content, so frankly I don't see a lot of difference between Store content and other well-made CC. Except a lot of other CC is free! But that's just my opinion, and since CC is much more difficult to maintain that it used to be I do understand how some people would prefer not to use it. Truthfully I only have a relatively small amount of 3rd party CC (especially compared with Sims 2!). The mods on the other hand are what make this game playable for me and I refuse to play it without them.

OK, I'll get off that soap box now. I'm off to go check out DM's club now, so see you all later.
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ETA: New pic of Chief if anyone is interested!
http://darkmiragesdiscourse.blogspot.com/]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8577394.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8577394.page GMT When I first starting playing sims2 with my granddaughter we dl'd tons of third party cc, and I really enjoyed it, but it certainly slowed down the game, and often caused serious lags. when I had to reload the game a while back I decided not to reinstall the cc stuff and the game plays so much more smoothly.
Gem, What a sad situation. I hope you are able to get some pleasure from your stay this week. Take care, be safe.
DM, Wow somebody has grown up to be a big boy. Looked at the rest of your pictures. Very impressive. Had to LOL at your SV sims. What an expression on his face. ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8579513.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8579513.page GMT
That's been my experience too, Rukaya, that Store content just gets replaced. But some people want it to look just like the pics that are uploaded.

I guess building that modern monstrosity gave me a little building bug because I'm working on a new lot, a much smaller lot. lol! I should have it uploaded by tomorrow.
]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8589905.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8589905.page GMT I stayed up very late until the early morning reading a thriller so am running on fumes today. Am going to play while watering. Yesterday while going through the launcher downloads checking to see if I already had that picture that was on sale, [I did] I found a bunch of third party cc so i deleted it. Was able to get it all out except for a water tower and a platinum record wall hanging. Launcher said it couldn't uninstall it. Oh well, none of it seems to be hurting my game. Today want to play in the modern house Tangie designed and that very elaborate house by Originalsim, that you mentioned Tangie. I think I will create a new sim or play one of my sims newly aged up offspring. Get her some skills and upload her as an alternate.
I hope you all have a very enjoyable Memorial Day weekend. ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8592251.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8592251.page GMT No worries though, if it is just recolors in a created world, generally starting a new game will put the recolors or retextures back in your game - you will have the less fancy ones without the new color or texture even if you don't start a new game. So you don't really fully lose them if it came with a world.]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8594627.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8594627.page GMT
Tangie I placed both your house an Originalsim's houses in CC and am playing them both. All I can say is Wow to both. Absolutely awesome. I don't think you left anything out of your house. My luxery loving sims love both houses. I put the daughter of Esme and Bear Miller in that house. She now has 2 cats and I am thinking of maybe uploading her as my alternate sim. she is going to be a teacher and is a "cat Person" . Her Mom is the daughter of my sim Saleena Dewar and William Fangman. My other sim that I placed in Originalsims house is the daughter of Marcus Andre and my sim, Shalal, nee Ravenwood. and she is going to be a chef, and is also a "cat person " and has 2 cats. Plenty of room in each house for the kitties and all their goodies. I am actually thinking of her as a possible alternate too. I am playing each one to see which one I prefer and to get their skills up a bit.
I dl'd Regina's build world so I have an empty place to build houses when I get into the mood again. So maybe I will wait until I have a house. Well need to get busy. Have a great weekend everybody. ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8596042.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8596042.page GMT
I guess creating that modern monstrosity gave me the building bug because I saw this cute little Craftsman bungalow on HousePlans.com and just had to try to build it. Picture/plan can be seen here: http://tinyurl.com/7qt67zp

So here's my rendition: Here Comes the Sunshine Craftsman 3BR, 2 1/2 bath. Obviously it's not an exact copy but it was fun trying to get close. Sorry about the ditorted pics, I'm still not good at taking screenshots in very small rooms! Lot is now in my studio: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=5812847


[IMG]http://i998.photobucket.com/albums/af107/TangieCat/SunCrafstmenExteriorFrontNew.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i998.photobucket.com/albums/af107/TangieCat/SunCraftLR.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i998.photobucket.com/albums/af107/TangieCat/SunCraftDiningKitchen.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i998.photobucket.com/albums/af107/TangieCat/SunCraftKidsRoom.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i998.photobucket.com/albums/af107/TangieCat/sunCraftNursery.jpg[/IMG]


In other news, I downloaded your Purple club DM and I love it! I noticed you included the gumball machine even tho no issues showed up in Custard. That's really strange since you had issues with my modern build and when I checked it was OK. Did the last upload work for you, or are you still getting strange results with Custard?

I don't know if anyone remembers a little blue house that I was working on where I used the mid century items or not. Since I built it on such a large lot, it 'turned into' a horse farm. I've been trying to upload it also, but custard is showing a custom pattern that I cannot find anywhere on the lot. So frustrating! One of those times where I am tempted to throw this game into a fast moving river.

On a happier note, hope all the US residents have a very nice holiday weekend!




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Thanks and I'm glad you liked the club. I was pretty happy with the end results.

[url=http://smileys.chitchat247.com/][img]http://smileys.chitchat247.com/smilies/Jumbo_Emoticon_212.gif[/img][/url]
Happy Memorial Day!]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8598536.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8598536.page GMT
Gem sorry to hear about that tragic crime and the aftermath. I'm always sad these visits are so hard on you.

Rukaya your sims sound interesting. You've done a great job playing into generations. I've never really done that but that's not my fault with Sims3. The game has glitched on me because I play epic lifespans so of course it corrupts before I really get fully into the second generation. So I always enjoy the experience of playing a multi-generational game vicariously through your posts.

We got our weekend off to a fun start. I hosted a play date with my daughter's good friend from school. We all had a lot of fun together. LOL it's amazing how much noise 2 little girls can generate! I held up well because for the first time in ages I don't have a virus or autoimmune flareups, and the medicines have my seasonal allergy symptoms in check! What a blessing to finally again know what it's like to feel good and normal and I'm so grateful I could cry with happiness. I imagine all the positive energy you all have sent through my bouts of viruses and chronic flareups have helped me. Just the encouragement alone has always made me smile.

Now I am just praying our good friend RJ starts feeling better soon. I was thinking of her today when I realized how good it feels to get a reprieve from feeling beat down by health issues, and wishing I could share this with her. Dear RJ if you're lurking, please know I'm thinking of you and wishing you a break from feeling so ill and beat down. I hope it helps just knowing somebody cares and is thinking of you.

I played Sims today during breakfast and tried to save and the game froze on me. I am so mad. I want to see if that save file is now borked. Windows just HAS to get installed this weekend.

I hope I didn't lose progress. I have gotten my main magician couple in the house (the ones with 6 cats) to the point where they have that "FAITHFUL" moodlet. They are on good terms with all the cats. And the lady got her lifetime wish of a perfect garden. I have another man and woman living with them. The man has a singing career. The woman is my troublemaker sim, but I removed those traits and made her want to keep their house clean. Otherwise, she was trying to flirt with the faithful man of the house! I don't want that because I am hoping to have a Sim wedding for my daughter and I to enjoy. Also, splitting those cats up in the event of a separation would be traumatic! ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8598797.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8598797.page GMT
I do believe we all have some form of this holiday in our various countries. We may have it on different times of the year but the idea is the same--to remember those who died in the service and defense of their country and loved ones and ideals.

Since we visited all the war memorials in DC a couple of months ago, I got a renewed appreciation for this holiday. The visual impact of seeing so many names stretching such a vast distance across vast slabs of granite in the Viet Nam memorial, and realizing those names are all human beings, made a deep impression on all of us, even my kid. She understands even though my dad came back in body from that particular war, he did not come back whole in spirit and that's why I have difficulties with him to this day. So even at such a young age, she understands that it's not just the service people who sacrifice, but their families, too. We visited the Korean War memorial in honor of my father-in-law, who fortunately made it back fine from that war, but his friends did not, so we honored their memories.

I wept at the WWII memorial because for me, that war lives inside my head because my mom filled me since earliest childhood with such vivid imagery of the South Pacific portion of it as she experienced it first hand in her childhood. She has given our family the perspective to understand the "enemy" is not always a willing one and that countless civilians and conscripted soldiers suffered because their government decided to become an aggressor. From that war, we learned never to blindly hate any nation's citizens for the sins of their government.

Sorry for going OT, but in honor of the holiday I just wanted to share what our visit of the memorials a couple of months ago did to renew our appreciation of it as more than a day of great sales or the start of summer. ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8598868.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8598868.page GMT

I really like that house Tangie - very charming! The colour schemes inside are very soothing.

Hope everyone's doing well and hope ye are having a great start to the summer
]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8599367.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8599367.page GMT I checked my purchase history and I didn't see it. Most of the things were pattern and then the 2 pictures. I don't have the site address of Dr. Pepper anymore so I can't check there. Thank you for the houseplan site. That little house is darling.
JM I saved all my children as YAs and also their parents as YAs in LV11 unpopulated and then saved it to my desktop. I have a bunch,
JM My brother served in Viet Nam and he still does not talk about it. He was not injured Thank God, but my brother-law was, but healed up enough to join the police force and had a successful career there. The men in my family have served this country since the Revolutionary war up to an including 2 of my sons and now my oldest grandson. I say Amen to what you said about being careful about judging others. There is a very frightening trend in this country to demonize others because of fear and ignorance. It is very sad. Enough OT.
Speaking of patterns. I am thinking of downloading the "create a pattern". Is that confusing to use? I really like the different patterns that people come up with. If any of you know where the chicken pictures come from, I would like to know. I kind of regret deleting them as they were cute.

Hi Conor.
RJ, I hope you are feeling better. I am so worried about you. You have been in my prayers.
Well I have to get ready for the library.
Hugs everybody.
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I'm am loving that tablet more and more. I just discovered that kids can do their homework on it! I also discovered why sometimes it seems to stop working shortly after queueing up the command to listen to a tabcast. If your sim is close to earning the next level in the skill you chose, then the tabcase will run a short time until your sims reaches that next level. You can tell because as soon as you command them to listen to a tabcast there will be a moodlet. If they are a long way from reaching the next level the moodlet will run for 2 hours. If they are a short way from earning the next level then the moodlet will state right on it that it will last 20 minutes (or whatever the appropriate length is).

It's so darn useful that I've been buying one for everyone in the family that is helping me test my next lot. It's Riley (Summer's sim) and Gray Winters and their 3 children from my SV 2 saved game. (Yes, SP hitched them ) The lot is the craftsman bungalow I just uploaded but this version contains a basement. Should be uploading this one in a day or two if anyone is interested. I enjoy playing the lot but I wanted more space!

Speaking of uploads, I found the offending pattern on my lot where I used the mid century items. It was hiding in my dcb backup folder. So now I'm showing no cc attached to either lot, thank goodness!

I created this little house on a 50x50 lot because at the time I was thinking it would become my legacy lot for my random legacy challenge and I wanted room to expand. But it looked too bare as an upload to not have anything else on the lot so I made it larger and turned it into a horse farm. There's no pic but a kid's room and a bath is on the second floor. There's also a basement but it's unfurnished. It's in my studio, link is here: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=5818275

[IMG]http://i998.photobucket.com/albums/af107/TangieCat/MidCenturyFarmExteriorFront.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i998.photobucket.com/albums/af107/TangieCat/MidCenturyFarmFistFloor.jpg[/IMG]



I also uploaded the Little Blue Abode. I started off making another version of the above lot using a much smaller footprint, it's actually built on a 15x15 lot, but in the end I didn't use the mid century items - it has a variety of other store content instead because I was trying to make it less expensive. Link is here: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=5818278

BTW, I'm pretty sure that pattern you see in the kitchen is the custom pattern that was riding along from my dcb backup folder, even though I had replaced it with an EA pattern. I made a playable version of Regina's build world so I can test lots and check functionality. The uploaded lots do not contain this pattern; check them with Custard if you're feeling cautious!

[IMG]http://i998.photobucket.com/albums/af107/TangieCat/LBAExteriorFront.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i998.photobucket.com/albums/af107/TangieCat/LBAfirstfloor.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i998.photobucket.com/albums/af107/TangieCat/LBASecondFloor.jpg[/IMG]


On a final note, this totally stupendous lot contains the new sets which I've been looking for because truthfully, I have no clue what to do with them! It does contain cc, though. I'm thinking about switching to an old sims 3 folder just so I can install it and take a look! It's even larger and more elaborate than my modern monstrosity. It's called Bollywood Mansions and it's here: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=5555484

Sorry, last edit, I promise! You can see pics of this Bollywood Indian lot here: http://tinyurl.com/c8eflrl

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I've continued to look but I still can't find it for the basement version of the lot. I guess I really need to get around to doing those collections.


Also forgot to thank you JM for your tribute to our military vets and their families. I'm thankful to all who have served our country and honor them with deep gratitude.

]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8606093.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8606093.page GMT I wish someone could run Aynat'134's peaceful Valley through custard, but I think I may very well dl it anyway. I have some of her old stuff and liked it. I miss her. I tried looking up some of the people who contributed houses and the one I found doesn't use cc.
Well have to go. My granddaughter is spending the night and wants to play her game in HS. She is looking forward to doing her own makeover of the Goth family mansion that I saved for in my library. I then think she is going to place some of my YA vampires in it. That should change the atmosphere of HS. or some other world. ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8606483.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8606483.page GMT

Also, 4 paintings (a lighthouse, a landscape, and two chicking paintings) and a bowl of fruit came with a lot called Costa Mesa. I think it was created by Masonjackson? Do you have this lot installed? You see I don't always remember to check before I install, either! ETA: Desert Adobe also contains the same four cc items. It's also by masonjackson.

I don't currently have it installed but I still have a copy of Peaceful Valley 2 Pets Edition by Aynat. According to custard it does not have any cc.

You need to learn to use Custard. It is not difficult. Maybe I'll try to find or make a tutorial for it. If I wanted to I could remove all the cc in that Bollywood lot with it and then install it. I am just debating whether to check it out with the cc included first.

As for the pattern tool, I played around with it a little. It is not as easy as I would have hoped! For one thing you either need to be able to make or find seamless pattern pics to start off with or your wallpaper will have unattractive tiling all over it. But go for it, you might find that you really enjoy it.

Enjoy your day, everyone!
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I thought that would be today and still might but my husband found he has to do a lot of handyman stuff around the house. All of our stuff has decided to kind of fail or wear out or die this year and now it's the kitchen faucet's turn.

Rukaya I can't find it so you must have deleted your comment but in regards to uploading your sims I think there are going to be many in the sims community who would love your sims. There will be many of us who would like to tie in a story or link the sims to a heritage from Al Simhara. It should be a great addition to the sims community.

I unfortunately got sidetracked by Sims3 just as I was working on a Sims Around the World project in Sims2. It's a shame I did not upload it. I get depressed sometimes when I think of the projects I abandoned or finished but didn't upload for Sims 2. Now with Media Fire and blogs I can do it without going through MTS2 approval process. I just have to psyche myself up to reinstalling all Sims2 disks and trying to remember all my files and what everything means.

Speaking of Sims2, I found the link to my Sims2 Married With Children sims. Do you all think it's okay to post the link here? I was surprised I still like them. I do think the bodies on Sims2 sims look oddly thin and stretched compared to Sims3 sims though. ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8609471.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8609471.page GMT

I installed that Bollywood lot - only left in two cc curtains because it looks from the pics that the lot would not be the same without those. I'm off to go check it out now.


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JM thank you. I will put in my comment again. I took it out because I felt a little self-conscious.
What JM is referring to is I happened to mention that some of my favorite sims have Arabic names, including some with names of friends or family, but I was hesitant to upload them, because of some prevailing hostility out there. I am not worried about any of you, but you all know there are Trolls hanging out who might take advantage. Since JM expressed an interest, I will upload some of them along with some of my other kids. I am leaning strongly to uploading Bear and Esme Miller's daughter, Emily who wants to be a teacher as my alternate sim. But first I want to design a house for her. I went to the HousePlan site that Tangie recc and found a nice medium sized house that I will work on when I get the chance. My granddaughter, Hayati has been playing sims since first light this morning after playing until after midnight last night. I finally just got the chance to check in. Since summer vacation started I expect she will be over frequently which is great, but may very well severely limit my time on the computer.
Well Hayati awaits so will end for now, after I go looking for Masonjackson.]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8610541.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8610541.page GMT I hope al of you are enjoying your weekend. Hugs.]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8610816.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8610816.page GMT
I know this is a World Explorer thread and not a Lot Explorer thread. LOL! But I downloaded LariFari2009's Cirque de Simleil Grande lot (as well as the companion Gypsy Living lot) that she posted on the That's Entertainment! thread and I have to say this lot is so much fun. I've also been exploring some of her other builds which are very unique and creative; you can see them here if interested: http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/531146.page

I downloaded one of her lots that used the Mexican-kitchen items and another one that used the India and Cambodian items. It looks a lot less intimidating that the Bollywood lot but I haven't actually seen them in-game yet!
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The link I was talking about was to a whole thread over at InSim that featured my work. But I do believe posting such a link would violate the rules so I won't.

I'm in bed posting from my iPad so my post is a bit choppy. Sorry for that. I'm pretty beat and not at my best. One reason I was in a rush here earlier was because we were heading out to check out a cat I fell in love with last night at PetsMart from the same organization our other adoptees came from. We left and decided to think it over. Then today we adopted her and she is in the usual parlor quarantine. She is black and orange tortie about a year and a half old She has a sad back story but it's OT so I deleted it soon as I typed it. Suffice it to say she's very happy here so far. The other kitties are pretty excited and camp out by the door to her quarantine room. They pull her tail from under the door and she seems amused by that and eager to meet them. She's from Miami Florida and as per their laws already has a microchip we will get registered. This will be our first chipped cat. We are at a loss as to what to name her for now. We have ideas but nothing settled yet. She brings us back to six total and I feel we are done now. We are so excited to have her. But as always, we are understanding there are no guarantees about her health. She had a hard life in Miami, yet is good natured and upbeat. ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8614755.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8614755.page GMT Of course you will choose a name for her that has a special for you. We had a tortie with the same colors years ago and I named her Meaghan. We adopted her from the humane society when I volunteered there. It was an instant bond. I was holding her to brush her and she put her small paws on either side of my face and looked me in the eyes and I knew she wanted to go home with me. I understand what you mean by everybody getting along. Stockton has a very diverse population except for the crime problem, everybody gets along. We have people from all over the world here. In fact California has a very diverse population, and very little problems between groups, except for the occasional wingnut faction. My family , including cousins , editions by marriage, is like a mini UN.
Tangie I went to that site. All I can say is wow. I have never seen "lots" before. If I download the sites that have the objects that I own, does that mean those objects go into with my store stuff and then I can use them in my game? I don't quite understand how that works. I haven't purchased the Mexican kitchen or the Cambodian set yet. I am waiting for really good sales. I have been feeling very thrifty lately. ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8615954.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8615954.page GMT
I've been scarce because of a busy week. I have a new granddaughter born 5/24 and now company from out of town as yesterday we celebrated two birthdays, our oldest son and my DH.

I glanced through the thread and see there are new builds I need to check out when I can spend more time perusing.

I hope everyone stateside is having a great holiday weekend! Congrats JM on the new kitty.

One pic that I've had for a bit and since lots are being discussed, I wanted to mention the Simscura Curiosities Consignment shop by CK213. It is a redo of the EA consignment store with all the magic items and like the Cirque lot Tangie mentioned, fun to have in game. Link to Exchange download: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=5138849

It doesn't have any 3rd party cc but does make use of the magic items from the store. I found my cauldron had disappeared from the buy catalogue after downloading this lot. That's the first time I've had a store item go awol but it sure did. I simply don't understand how an item just suddenly disappears.

I took this pic the first time I had a sim visit the lot. LOL, most of the gnomes that had been on shelves inside had migrated outside. One never knows where the little fellas are going to be from one visit to the next.

[IMG]http://i47.tinypic.com/28arlop.jpg[/IMG] ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8616636.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8616636.page GMT How is everyone? I'm back home safe and sound. Been building all night, a house for a fellow simmer that I blame for the death of my WL.
I'm not very happy with the architecture, and i did not add too many stuff in the interior as I usually do, but it's doing great. I think it's the Cover pic

Tangie I'm in love with that house you posted ( the one with the green roof) it's so cosy ...I always love your builds

As i was building yesterday , I noticed for the first time ever that ALL my store content were there. I'm seeing stuff I've never seen before and I'm really happy about it.
I think that it has to do with reinstalling all of them and not touching the DCCashe and DCBackup folders.

I've also tested all my PC 2 weeks ago and everything works great, except the issue with the FOY and book of spells, that it is now fixed with the new store patch.
I still haven't tested the tablet though, but i'll need to change the option tangie mentioned in MC

Also i noticed after i finished building, and closed my game that there was a log file in my documents folder , by error trap that pointed out that it "deleted" something from Rukaya's house in Longview ( that's where I was building the house) No idea what's up with that, as i don't really understand the log file

WR thank you for letting us know that some store content might show up as CC if recolored. I had no idea.
]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8616718.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8616718.page GMT I downloaded and just installed your new lot - it does look great from the pic and I'm sure it's just as lovely inside!

It was DD that mentioned making changes to Mastercontroller for the Tablet. I haven't made any changes to MC at all and my tablet seems to work fine.

Speaking of DD, hello to you, stranger. lol! I figured that real life was keeping you busy and I guess so! Congrats on the new granddaughter and happy belated to the family members. DD your pic is so funny. I saw some early pics of CK's consignment shop - I'll have to go check out the download. Not sure I want my cauldron to disappear, though.

And congrats to you, JM, on the new adoptee. She sounds like a perfect addition to your family. And btw I did a search trying to find your sims and I found Farrah but only found a text version of your MWC post so no pictures. Maybe it's just me, but sims 2 sims look extremely odd to me now after playing Sims 3!

Rukaya I'm not sure I understand your question. Are you talking about LariFari2009's "Showcase" lots? I didn't download any of those; it sounds like they are just rooms with the items and her recolors of them. They are beautiful to look at and if you wanted to save her recolors they might be worth downloading. But I just downloaded her New India Home and Mexican Living houses. And the circus and gypsy lots, of course.

A version of the craftsman with a basement is now uploaded to my studio. It's now on a 30x30 lot because I got tired of the Winters' children complaining because they had no room to throw the baseball. So now it has a child-friendly yard as well as a one-car garage.

Sims will get the 'unfinished room' moodlet upstairs because it was created within the roof of the first floor, but there's nothing that can be done about that. Besides since we first ran into that problem with Gray Winter's house for CAW Lane, it kind of seemed fitting for them to test the house. Ha ha!

http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=5826490


There's now a small room at the back of the house that leads to the backyard; it's also where sims access the basement. If I recall I only had to lengthen the house by one tile. I also fiddled with the roof in front a little; I am happier with this version of it.


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This is small and difficult to see, but here's a shot of Riley (playing guitar in the master bedroom), the 3 Winter's children (son is watching her play, one daughter at the kitchen bar, other daughter at the table), and their cat Baxter (playing in the tub).


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Speaking of houses, I also just placed LariFari2009's India house and Mexican house and I am in awe! She uses no CC at all but is very, very creative with EA's content. Take this screenshot of her house using the India items for example:

[IMG]http://i998.photobucket.com/albums/af107/TangieCat/Lari_New_India.jpg[/IMG]


Do you see the "rug" in the lower left corner of the picture? That is not a rug, but a collection of full tiles, half tiles, and quarter tiles in the wood category that she recolored to look like a carpet. Some of the other floors you see are also made up of a collection of recolored tiles. Amazing!



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Thank you Tangie I hope all items are showing up for you as the house is using lots of store items, since it was build for someone who owns the entire store (that is there reason i build the house in the first place, there was nothing left to gift him ) so I took advantage of that and went wild.
It was inspired by Eros first house, but since that was using tones of CC I had to create something similar from scratch. The pool gazebo was the intial idea I build both houses around.

I was 100% sure you were the one that mentioned that the tablet won't work with OW without changing a little option... LOL I'm so confused]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8618612.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8618612.page GMT Everthing seems to be showing up fine as far as I can tell. I thought that pool looked very similar to the screeshots you posted with Eros in them. That's one of the things that caught my attention right away. I so love this lot, truly! I feel like I got a gift, too. Ha ha!

I am completely blown away with the patience it must have taken to work out a pattern using 1x1 squares and quarter tiles!! I wouldn't even want to try! But I can sure admire someone else's handiwork.
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A few screenshots - I should be able to post some more in a day or so. This is one of the reasons I love this game.


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Tell me if this is a silly idea- I wanted to play a world but start as if it were a new town or undeveloped with dirt roads. Then in each generation or two add a new area- to the town.

I found out how to simulate a build as you go base world... or more like worlds at stages so people can start at a dirt road level- keep their save file, install the newer world with expanded roads/areas- and build from there... Is that a weird or hard idea?

There area few limits-
1. If the objects aren't in the first world or in the Save file- they can't be added to in later worlds/versions.
Such as the lighthouse. It can't be added to a later world if it's not in that first world save... but
A. I can add the objects which can be moved with the World Editor (in game editor) to the world in a hidden or inconspicuous area. Items such as road signs, bilboards, watertowers, bouys,..
B. items which can be stored on the world map and Save file then moved for the next stage... such as the road sign are hidden in the first world then placed in the second stage or third stage.

2. there are items which can't be moved with the in game editor- such as the wind reaper, bridges...
and items which have to be place before roads are placed- such as the sewer grates.

Would it be too hard for the player to save their files while uninstalling and installing each world version to make it seem as if it were growing?

I know I can do it myself- that's not a problem, but to share the worlds for others to play as if expanding... it might seem like too much world.

This was a test world...
Stage one- only a small area of dirt roads
[img]http://llnw.thesims3.com/sims3_asset/sims3_asset/media/shard000//shard000/164/067/012/00/screenshot_original.jpg"width=650"[/img]

Stage 2
[img]http://llnw.thesims3.com/sims3_asset/sims3_asset/media/shard000//shard000/161/067/012/00/screenshot_original.jpg"width=650"[/img]

I've learned more about objects and storing/moving them since this was a test version... ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8622925.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8622925.page GMT
Rflong, what the heck is going on with your brain??? All those ideas!!! You always manage to come up with something completely new and unique!!! And it's always brilliant!! *steals your brain and operates on it to find the source of the unlimited supply of imagination*]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8623614.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8623614.page GMT DD, congrats on your new granddaughter. That is so exciting. I am so happy for you and all your family. It is great to hear from you.
Tangie those houses look so lovely. I am tempted to buy the Mexican sets just to get that house. My granddaughter and I dld. 3 or 4 of her builds over the weekend. She really is talented. We also had a lot of fun printing out a bunch of those house plans, for future builds. thanks so much for the sites. I checked out he thread for the Croatian world but also was put off by the cc. Really cute house.
Rflong Your build world and ideas are fascinating, but you lost me on the save file directions. Big surprise. But it sounds great for those who know their way around computers.
Tangie love all your pictures. I don't think you post too much. Tangie I finally figured out that those show room lots were just to show things and nothing else. ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8623764.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8623764.page GMT
That's the one i used
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Wow look at all the amazing lots! Thanks for sharing these incredible finds and creations here. And that last world is a real beauty. It's a shame there's cc in it but it sounds like it's not troublesome cc. If the items are well documented it should be possible to keep track of them when patches are released. The sculpting of that world sure is eye catching.

RFLlong that's a really fun idea you have there. I think as long as clear instructions are provided there will be plenty of savvy downloaders interested in it. I imagine even I will be able to figure it out. The idea certainly is compelling enough to incite me to try it.

Thanks all for the welcome for the new kitty. Rukaya those are darling names. My daughter liked them but unfortunately Megan is a classmate and friends of hers. That's been a problem with a lot of our favorite names and even 2 of the names we did end up using--Gabby and Katie! Fortunately Gabby and Katie aren't close friends she sees often. And Molly didn't quite fit this cat. We had also come up with an Irish name of Siobhan we tossed around. We had a hard time naming her.

My daughter loved the names Holly and Lilly and my husband wanted Jazzy or Luna. The kitty is very sweet and affectionate but then goes on these moods where her eyes go crazy and her toys go flying and she goes wild on the cat tree and chase her tail. Between her moods and her complex coat colors my husband really felt Jazzy and Luna fit her best. My daughter just liked the sounds of the names Lilly and Holly. She earned naming rights to this cat by cleaning up a nasty hairball mess another cat made and by scooping out a litter box for the very first time. So far the choice is "Tigerlily" but we will see if that holds out by the time she comes home from school. ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8623886.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8623886.page GMT

I forgot to answer Tangie about the Married With Children sims. I will post the proper link on a blog post somewhere. Along with the full back story of the new kitty. I just got a text that her vet appointment is tomorrow at 4:30. I pray she is healthy and has no issues. With the life she had as a Miami stray and too-young mom, we took a real risk, but don't we always, with these adoptions?!!

One last comment--still stuck in Mac OS. We ended up having to run over to in-laws house to fix their house. We had fun though but gosh I wish we all lived closer. Anyway, I'm still "stuck" in Hidden Springs as a result but let me tell you I am really getting to know and appreciate that world so much. I truly feel I have gotten my money's worth and I appreciate now the job that EA workers did on it. I'm finding vantage points and views I didn't suspect existed. I just can't wait to share them all with you when I get back on Windows again and can take screenshots once more. It's a world that got dissed and derided upon release because of the colors, but on my particular configuration the colors look pretty normal and not freaky blue. It looks really pretty and I have been able to fit all the lots I've wanted to on it. I updated it easily for ShowTime. And still had pets lots and other interesting lots.


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Gosh, first thing I want to do is clarify that I don't think CK's lot caused me to lose the cauldron. It is what caused me to notice that it had disappeared from the buy catalogue when it wasn't in the lot and I knew it should be. At first I thought it was like what happened with DM's wedding chapel when store content just didn't appear in the download but when I went to put the cauldron in, it had disappeared from the buy catalogue. Just a bizarre happenstance.

Rflong, I'm intrigued by your progressive world idea. I would be willing to download a sequence because keeping a save file is easy, just move it to the desktop. It fits my style of play because I end up with quite a few elders in a world at one time since I use the EA SP. I then start moving more sims into the world a few at a time and think of them as new residents of the town. I do that without benefit of actual world changes which would most likely be the case in such a scenario.

Having said that, I don't know how the average player would feel about a series of installations. The drawback that I see is if one wanted to start over in a world. To take it back to the dirt road version, it would mean another series of uninstalls and reinstallations. I think the avg. player would not want to do that multiple times and would end up playing only the last version. I can see how I could even adopt that mindset. If that's to be the case, is it worth your time to release different stages? That's a question only you can answer because you are the one doing the work.

I hope others weigh in with opinions because I'm curious to know what others think about the idea, too.

Pic taken in Hidden Springs. Deer look so normal in HS and GB.
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JM You and your family came up with some really cute names for your new baby. She sounds like she has quite the personality.
Well, while doing a large wash this morning, and probably into the afternoon, I think I try building a house for Emily so I can upload her. I do hope the Fiesta and the Cambodian sets go on sale sometime soon. I just really do not want to pay full price for these things anymore.]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8624628.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8624628.page GMT But I was a little unsure how you meant that. Beautiful picture of the deer - they do look so natural in those worlds.

I also love Hidden Springs. The color never really bothered me, other than the fact that it was a superficial way to imply magical gnomes and fairies. Along with green sims. Apparently EA games is mostly window dressing these days!

I'll look forward to your link and story about the new kitty, JM. I hope she has a clean bill of health at the vet.

As for your game idea, Rflong, to be honest I'm not sure how much I would play that. I change worlds and sims so often! But I was just reading somewhere the other day about how that's how someone plays their game - every generation they get to build up another part of the town. Not in CAW obviously, but they add lots with the passage of time. If I ever played a long-ish game like that I might find that really interesting. And other people might really love the idea; Sims' fans are a very diverse group as you know.

Rukaya don't be embarrassed about those "showcase" lots! I had no idea what they were either, but she kept saying that they weren't playable so I finally realized that they must just 'showcase' her decorating and use of the items. Since her lots are so nice I wish she would just finish the whole building.

Edit: I knew I was forgetting something! JM I agree that the cc is a small amount for the Plav Raj world and he neatly combined everything into one package which made it very convenient. Even before I did that, I looked up everything that was listed on the CC credits list so I knew where it came from. I already had the rabbit hole rugs installed - I put them in, I take them out, and recently put them in again. I forget why.

The other items were 2 climbing plants, a large arch, some cabinets (although I haven't actually spoted those yet in-game), the theatre rabbit hole rug, and the sailboat masts from Custom Sims 3. The other RH's in the town center are buried in basements. So that seemed to be all of it. I'll post a screenshot later where I think s/he used the arches and it would not look the same at all without them. The climbing plants, one of which is flowering, just add to the beauty of the world. At least it's all in package format which allows one to take it out if there's ever a problem with the items in the future. I checked my launcher and had no items I didn't have before so that was good enough for me to try it. Now I want to take a real vacation there.



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Every once in awhile I go back and visit my SV2 my Magic_Dancer game because it's just so much fun seeing what happens to everyone, and there's still lots of room to place lots that I want to see in-game. Here's a screenshot of Rflong's sim as an adult. Look how long her hair has grown!

She was hanging out in the Shark Club in the early morning hours. She married Bunbunny's sim in this game. Which totally cracked me up.


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On the floor above I spotted Gem, Dutchy, and a grown up Cassidy Simbody, who married one of the sons of Binky Grey and Marcus Andre (from my Mesa Valley game). Dutchy married my Anderson Karr sim AGAIN and poor Tangie is still single. A bit too close to RL if you ask me, LOL!

Do you see that weirdo in the bathrobe? He and his wife moved into Gem's new house before I could create some sims to move into it myself. Boo! But that's OK, I can always evict them later.

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Since the weird couple stole Gem's house, I decided to create a new married couple in CAS and then placed them in the Gypsy Living lot that I downloaded from LariFari2009 so I could check it out. All they wanted to do is either play with the cow plant or tell a fortune so I moved them into one of my "cottage-style" houses. Actually I didn't make them from scratch, the male is Quinn Remington, which I've had for awhile, and the female is a tweaked version of Tiffany Brennan (now named Tara Remington), the first sim I ever uploaded to the Exchange.

Anyway after a few days of skilling and woohooing (he's a family-oriented sim so he's in a hurry to make a baby), I sent them to Plav Raj for a honeymoon using Twallan's Traveller mod before they settle down and get jobs.

This building in the center, the one that is sort of rose-burgany at the top, is a Base Camp in this world (it's called the something Hotel but clearly I've forgotten) so that's where they stayed. Next is a shot of them having breakfast off the balcony of the hotel. How romantic! Cereal in their PJ's!

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I thought I might as well continue skilling them up while sight seeing in Plav Raj but one of the first places I had to send them was the nectary to purchase some nectar. There is a balcony all around the front but also a small balcony in back with a view of the ocean. Really pretty lot and as I gushed yesterday, beautiful scenery.

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Next they decided to visit the gym and pool club before calling it a day, but that will have to wait until tomorrow.


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I so wish I'd kept all my older Saves with all the Sims in them. It would be fun to go back and visit now and then.

- That world is just lovely. The water is absolutely beautiful- I tried and failed at making the water such a wonderful shade of blue. ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8627942.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8627942.page GMT
Thanks for sharing these pictures, It looks wonderful in your game! Thank you too Rflong ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8630067.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8630067.page GMT
ETA: Just grabbed Grey Meadow by Quailhogs... I'm really in a mood to play something darker...Rflong I beg of you, when you find some spare time please , please update hunted valley for pets and ST... I know i've asked that before, but I really really like the looks of it, and I really want to have it in my game fully updated by you, and not random new buildings placed by me in it. *puppy eyes*


Did I sound like a 5year old yet?
No?
Pretty please????
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By the way our newest kitty looks quite a bit like Kitty Softpaws, who is **** In Boots' love interest in the movie. We still have no name for her. Nobody can agree on anything. My husband did not like Tigerlily. My daughter does not like his name choices that much. They came up with Taffy last night and normally I like that name but not for this cat. I've never seen a cat so hard to name. She is going to the vet in a few hours. Yesterday she had some issues we think may be ringworm but we are not sure. Ringworm is a fungus not a worm. But it's very contagious. Oh well, there's always something to worry about around here. Sigh. Otherwise she is very active and very affectionate and has good appetite.


Wow this thread is so chock full of amazing pictures. I do not even know what to say. My eyes just pop open wide as I take it all in. Thank you so much everyone who shares their wonderful screenshots from their game and these beautiful settings.

I did finally see unicorns in my game in hidden springs on a fishing camp lot I had gotten from Castle Canyon. I had redone the lot completely but keeping the tents, which I have no ability myself to set up, and made the lot match HS and Ridgeview instead of desert and old west setting. Anyway I had two sims camping out here and they saw the unicorns. I must say they were quite impressive! Well done, EA!

I've not gotten to play today. My schedule will become crazy again for the remainder of this week into the following week because of my daughter's end of school year activities and play dates and a town festival we attend every year. I do love our town. To be able to see horses on the way to my daughter's school is a dream. I love we have such an agricultural feeling still alive here even though we have excellent suburban shopping and dining that just got built the past 7 years. They do a good job keeping everything zoned nicely so we don't ruin the farmlands. It reminds me of a compact sims world that has shopping and dining, and then the
farms right outside.

EDIT: Oh now the asterix strike again! I did notice DD did not get censored out of the other posts. I don't know why it got censored out of mine. I did not do a typo. That was very strange. ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8631307.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8631307.page GMT Country House. http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=5836324
Emily Miller. http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=5837564
JM I hope your kitty is Ok. Picking just the right name can be very hard sometimes. This past Saturday when I was discharging books at the library, one of the patrons returned 2 books on cat names. They obviously were having lots of problems. You are not alone.
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Removed the rest - guess it was all off topic...

]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8632933.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8632933.page GMT I just realized that when I wrote the description/history of Emily Miller I forgot to credit Johnnywr for Bear Miller and EA for William Fangman. So I deleted her, rewrote her description and re uploaded her. I changed her download site address in the previous post, so the address listed above is correct for the new upload. Sorry for the confusion. ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8634097.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8634097.page GMT

WR thanks for letting us know that CK's lot didn't cause your magic items to disappear. One of these days I will have to revisit Longview. I'm not sure how long my SV2 game will last anyway; it's getting pretty buggy with so many sims in it. I need to go around and take a few more screenshots and see if I can save any of the sims I want to keep to the bin.

Rukaya I added your new sim and house to the first post. I have my game open atm but will download them when I quit the game for the evening.

Nilxis, you are welcome! Here are some more pictures for everyone.

After completing their tour of the nectary, next my honeymooning couple visited the gym where they worked out awhile before relaxing in the hot tub. No screenshots are included of that private moment but let me just say that the happy couple got the public woohoo moodlet every day of their vacation.

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By this time they were starving, so they ran next door to the Bozen (?) Poolside club. What a lovely way to enjoy their honeymoon!

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The next day they ventured out to see more of the area.


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And ended up visiting something of an industrial area. So here is where the science and other RH's are! They're quite some distance from the town center and at first I totally missed seeing the area on the map.


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Next up (maybe tomorrow): Exploring the Town Center!


]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8634749.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8634749.page GMT I am just awestruck at all the different looks and vistas that are being created in so many different worlds. My own work in CAW (so long ago) was so halting and difficult. I'm just amazed at what everyone has been able to do with the CAW tool. Because I know it didn't get miraculously more easy to use since I last tried it. If anything, it sounds as frustrating as ever!

Hi WR! Remy is such a pretty name. It's neat seeing how other kitties get their names. Our new kitty finally has a name: Mari. The "Mar" part sounds like it does in the word "March". Her rescue name was Ari. But oddly enough I wasn't trying to work the original name in. I came across the name in a baby names list. I'll explain more in my blog entry for her.

She does not have ringworm. She apparently had fleas at one time and has an allergic reaction dermatitis to either the flea bites or to the flea meds she was given. The vet gave us the all-clear to begin integration.

So Mari got a night out and made friends already with our other tortie, Gabby. They've been playing up a storm. Hooray for Team Tortie! The two cow spotted sisters are still hissing and kind of appalled. They don't adjust well to change. The two oldest cats don't seem to even notice or care. The dog and Mari got along fine until the dog stood up and Mari saw exactly how much the dog towers over her--she poofed her tail and ran off! And Mari's now back in her "quarantine" room and will remain there until she's done with her medication and the Holsteins are done with their hissy fit. Mari never once hissed at anyone and acted like she owned the place from the get-go. She has true "tortitude" which is a hallmark of cats of that fur color.

I ordered a bunch of those pheromone air plug ins to help the cats all mellow out in the next few weeks. I'm glad that Mari already made friends with at least one of the cats.

In the Sims household I've been playing for the past month, there are 6 cats. It's funny how much my sim's household and the real household are starting to resemble each other!



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I don't see nothing but pretty and awesome pictures. No kittens in this topic at all. ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8636095.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8636095.page GMT

I don't see nothing but pretty and awesome pictures. No kittens in this topic at all. [/quote]

ROFLOL! I won't pressure you on this, but if you ever find time and feel like it, look back to this page and maybe a kitty will magically appear someday lol!

I went in LV, stole all our simselfs and added them to Grey Meadow , along with the sims that were already there. The world almost filled up, and i was really surprised to see that there was not even a second of lag even with all those sims. I didn't even get any lag when i first loaded the world , when usually things are spawning. I only get a milisecond of freezing when OW cleans up and at 5am when the unicorn is supposed to disappear ( I still haven't located it though)
I was getting notifications for simfests, wildlife was spawning just fine, the attention to detail is amazing, there must be quite a few tombs around ( i found one so far) The buildings are mouthdropping and the descriptions of the lots are hillarious.
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I finally played with no issues at all with the new SP, no random crashes or anything. I had set the stories to family and friends only, so i don't really know what have you guys been doing , as i was mostly focusing on skilling up Gemmy. I did run on Regina Sim in the park, chatted her up and later in the week she invited Gemmy to her party. There I found out that Regina had moved in together with one of the locals sims, and Duchy was very pregnant with a local celebrity, and also carried his name so they must have been married at some point. Before switching Sp to show only family and friends, I got a notifications about Ronnie going steady with Auntie, mikitta making enemies right and left again, and the Trussells are in the verge of divorce.
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Also one night the house right across Gemmy's got haunted and Alex Trussell was the ghost hunter who came to save the day. After taking Gemmy to the lot , she autonomously kept running behind Alex and trying to "get to know" him, and not letting him do his job.
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After all this time Building CC, testing it and having so many issues with SP, I really missed all this drama. I'm so glad to have it back!

I started Gemmy as a starving artist, but once she got enough money she bought her first horse. She did not like her first ride on it at all
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It's good to see you back Reg. I hope you had a great birthday!

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Thanks for uploading your sim Rukaya. When I get Windows I can't wait to try her out. I don't dare do anything still on Mac OS. Yeah, it's THAT touchy! I've got what I've got and I don't dare add or alter more. It's amazing how much borkage I get just creating my own sims. Too bad installing Windows and bringing over my files takes a few hours. That's what's been the holdup. We just need to make time to do it. Some of it being my husband's time--that's the major holdup!


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Reg sounds like you are having fun. I used the unpopulated LVII to house all of my YAs, also saved it to desk top.
JM Mari is a darling name, I am so glad she is not sick. I used those hormone things when I first got Tabatha. I think it help.
Tangie, Thank you for putting my new alternate sim and her house up. I finally got a chance to check Masonjacksons houses, Costa Mesa, and Sandstone Adobe. No chicken pictures, but I did find dirty laundry in all the bedrooms of Costa Mesa and a plate of spoiled pancakes in the kitchen I was surpised since no one lives there and I haven't even played it yet. Aside from that those 2 houses are really lovely. I had fun building my new house, so I hope to do another one. Maybe slightly larger. That house plan site you gave me has some great ideas. I think I will use more of my store stuff though. It is so hard not to.
Oops, went back and checked , you said Desert Adobe not Sandstone adobe, will have to check that one out too.
Have a great day everyone.]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8638968.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8638968.page GMT I need to get more sleep so that I can read more clearly. Well off to start a chicken in the crock pot and do some ironing. It is going to be up in the 90's today so want to get that stuff done early. Then I want to do some checking out of Peaceful Valley Pets, and also decide which house I want to try and build next. Sometime I need to decide which Ya sims to upload next. This week end is going to be busy so don't know when I will be able to start doing this.
Have a great weekend everybody. Love you all. ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8639194.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8639194.page GMT I also gave her one pill already and she just popped it right down. And she let me clip her claws. Wow. I wish Katie were so accomodating. I can't even get at her claws without risking life and limb!

Anyway I was trying to relearn how to install and manage mods. Oh such bother. I'm not sure I will be doing CC after all when I get Windows. Or maybe my second cup of coffee just needs to kick in. I desperately needed a nap but am trying to stay awake and get work done around here. I'm severely dragging. Cup O'Coffee Number 2 please kick in quickly! ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8639195.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8639195.page GMT
I think we can say this thread is doing its job showcasing user created worlds. Very nice pics Tangie and Gem. I don't want to go the cc route but if inclined to, Tangie's pics would entice me to dl that world. Gem's pic made me decide to check out Hog's ST update to Grey Meadow. I've got it dl'd but not installed yet.

WR, it is fun to go back to worlds not played in recent times. Now, if they would only update themselves I haven't updated LVII yet but don't think it will be difficult to do so.

Speaking of updates, I've actually managed to update LL! The store thread that shares links to content made for LL is wonderful. Tangie, I think I used all the lots you made for LL and put in two homes from Moon Base Delta, Rflong. Dang but LL has too many 1 bedroom homes that aren't easily remodeled, leastway not easy for me to remodel.

Thanks Rukaya for another house and sim to use. I think it's great that she is actually descended from sims I already have. BTW, don't be concerned with the items found in the houses you hadn't played yet. It usually means the creator play tested the house and just didn't get them deleted before uploading. I always appreciate creators actually playing houses they share, so it doesn't bother me a bit when something like that happens.

Pic is of the back of Sofia Vanderburg and Mike Tomsomething watching the stars from her deck in LL. I love the lighting files EA used with LL.
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]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8639415.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8639415.page GMT I made a point of play testing Emily's new house because I am inclined to forget things, like kitchen sinks and the like. I also appreciate it when builds are play tested.
JM your new kitty is so smart and I think she is also trying to show you how happy she is to have a loving forever home.
Well speaking worlds, alexspooms [?] is supposed to have his new world Suburban Springs ready to Beta test sometime Sunday, so am looking forward to that. No CC and all the eps and sps through MS.
I haven't updated LVII either. I have both the populated and the unpopulated which I placed my YAs in.
Well back to work. Oh also redownloaded costa mesa so it would have the chickens and the fruit bowl too. When I play that house I am going to be placing hampers in the bedrooms for sure. ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8639949.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8639949.page GMT http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8640034.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8640034.page GMT

Love the pictures, Gem! I downloaded and installed Grey Meadows the other day so I'll definitely be checking it out. I was going to suggest it to you when you said you were looking for a world but then I saw that you posted in Quailhogs thread so I knew you found it.

Well not trying to tempt anyone but I just think this world is so pretty that I want to share the pictures of it. Of course I have more for today. I wanted to go back and take another shot of the sports bar during the day but forgot when I played again last night, and I already had so many pics to upload for today I decided that might not be a bad thing.

One thing that is not so great is that there is no bookstore in the world. There is only the books register and while I'm sure he meant it to function as the town book store it is not showing anything to buy when I click on it. I could go see if I could find another mod but I'm not in the mood to add any more CC right now so I'm going to see if there is room to add the bookstore over in the "industrial" area I posted pics of last night - that was the area that showed the train in the pictures. I discovered that I can't even use the tablet to buy books without there being a bookstore somewhere in the world. I tried putting the portal from LL in the unused part of the laundry building but I don't like being able to see it in-game. Everything else just looks so coordinated and pretty that the view of the portal just doesn't cut it.

So on with pictures! The following day the couple honeymooning at Plav Raj decided to explore more of the town center. First of all the view from the hotel was simply amazing!

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After admiring the view they decided to do some learning while enjoying the relaxing atmosphere so they took fishing, cooking, and mixology lessons. They visited the grocery, museum, church, and ended up at the lovely town plaza after visiting the Bistro.


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The inside of the church is just jaw-dropping! Screenshot doesn't really do it justice. And of course there is a wedding arch (way in the back of the shot) for those who want a traditional wedding ceremony.

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Then they rested a bit at the lovely town plaza.


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They also admired the nice apartments available in the area, most of which used the special arch to give them their unique look. (The special CC arch that was included in the CC file.)

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They finished the evening at the local Sports bar where they enjoyed a nice meal and a drink or two, then they headed back to the hotel to take advantage of those moodlets.


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Gem I will try that and try to take and upload some screenshots. It may take me a few days to do it, though.

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But at least I recognize myself now. hehehe.]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8642750.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8642750.page GMT
Color me slow, Happy Belated Birthday Reg! Perfect timing on your putting up the new YA version of you and Pete. I snagged them and Reggie's Tomorrow House from your studio and will add them to the LL game I'm so immersed in right now. I hope you put a crib in that house in case Pete and Reggie still tend to have children at an incredible rate of speed.

Egads, Sofia and Mike T were not meant to be. The game turned him into a vampire for some reason. He no sooner arrived at a party at Sofia's house when he grabbed his throat while showing the hunger bubble, got part away across the kitchen and had Grimmy show up to claim him. Even though my jaw was on the ground in surprise, I saved and she'll have to start looking again after the mourning period.

[IMG]http://i45.tinypic.com/epo55.jpg[/IMG] ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8643167.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8643167.page GMT I'm glad your sims are enjoying their honeymoon. I hope they don't miss any part of the world

Gem, The absence of the CC is more noticeable in the town centre, where I've used Awesims' corncies and Luna's arches mostly. The other parts of the world use less CC ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8645344.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8645344.page GMT I will go to your studio and download the new you and your hubby. I really like the new you. Like everybody else seeing so many of you confused me when I checked out different threads. Sometimes I think of changing mine, but my granddaughter Amalie designed her so it has great sentimental value.
Tangie that is too bad about no library. Silly question, but couldn't you put one in one of the empty lots. I am a bit confused about the CC paks. Is it possible to play this world without dl'ing the CC paks? It really is a lovely world.
I hope to find the time to plop all those houses I dl'd from Masonjackson's blog in Creative corner and put some of my sims in them and play them all. They are all so gorgeous that I can't decide which one I prefer. Then I think to myself , wait up I have made a commitment to test Alexspooms13's new world Suburban Spring come Sunday when he makes it available. Also want to work on another house, and I have a bunch of my sims YA children to upload sometime. I might upload some of their parents that I had drink the youth potion so now they are YAs again too. Question, should I upload them with all their skills and lifetime rewards in place, or should I put them in the bin and bring them out without skills or maybe just a few and no lifetime rewards such as fireproof protection and bladders of steel? My 2 favorites. ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8645496.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8645496.page GMT ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8645838.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8645838.page GMT http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8646262.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8646262.page GMT )]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8646473.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8646473.page GMT
I hope your new self-sims stay up in your library awhile. I'm going to go downloading everything as soon as I get Windows installed. I'm making mental note to visit everyone's studios to pick up the new items they've added.

I also want to see Grey Meadow. There is much world exploration I need to catch up on.

My husband has reserved the condo for the beach vacation. After what happened last year, he was being considerate and letting me have a chance to say no. But my kid and in-laws were kind of breathing down my neck about going again. So I agreed to go. But at this point I feel like I'm being dragged to that particular beach year after year. So one thing is for sure, when I do download some worlds to play, I will skip any worlds with beaches as their major feature for awhile! If a world happens to be an island, I'll just focus inland!

I'm kind of itching to build in non-winter Ridgeview again! ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8646476.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8646476.page GMT
Rukaya it's not the library that is missing, it's the bookstore. I took out the cc and played a short while last night. The buildings look ok without the arch. I'll post pics tonight or tomorrow. I was also able to place the EA Studious bookstore RH on the same lot as the business bldg; just moved some trees and placed it behind the diner. Tested and it works. I don't know what to suggest for the theatre yet, though. It might fit on a small empty lot out where the business bldg (along with movie, science, warehouse, etc) is located but I'd prefer to keep it in the town center if possible.

Edited for spelling - more about Plav Raj when I get home later. ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8646611.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8646611.page GMT
Nilxis, Tangie is correct, that is what I meant.
Tangie my head is mush. I have had real trouble sleeping this week, and my brain is so foggy. I am going to have to take a nap soon. I am glad you wrote down those ideas for placing those venues in Plav Raj. When I am more alert and oriented to time and place I plan to dl it, without the CC of course. Thank you for the info.
JM I sorry about your upcoming summer vacation. I hope it won't be too bad. I've had times like that in the past. There is not much you can do. Maybe bring a bunch of good books you have been meaning to read? Hang in there.]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8647651.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8647651.page GMT ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8648046.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8648046.page GMT
DD I saw you several times last night doing ST shows - I am still busy updating all my worlds and was working on the EA ones for a while last night. I noticed that EA worlds that do not have all empty lots filled added a lot of the lots from EPs I hadn't updated. Beware as many of the lots are either in really weird places, or are backwards or worse may take a saved legacy lot and place a tiny ep lot on it. But at least 4 of the ST Venues were in EA's Sunset Valley when I opened it up last night and the smaller Equestrian Center was there as well. That version of SSV I hadn't touched any of the empty lots left after the game placed the Ambitions lots itself, and I had moved some and had added some more empties before the WE started messing up - so basically all the original empties were still empty and the game had a field day putting Pets and ST lots in all the odd places there were empty lots. It placed - the ugly blue warehouse Venue, the coffeeshop Venue, the Karoke Venue, and the Poi Center ST Venue. I also found out - at least in SunsetValley so far - the game also adds ep related spawners because I was testing the world after I fixed all the updated add ins, and because I removed a SSV lake - the one that is in the Center across from the Altos house in order to put the bigger Equestrian Center there instead - I needed to replace a couple fish spawners that was just in that lake to one of the other lakes in SSV and was surprised to see fish spawners from Pets and ST - one each in the lake I removed. (I check the spawner types before I remove a lake or body of water and keep notes on it, so I can add them elsewhere in a world). To my surprise one of the fish in that lake was the Starfish and I am sure that came with ST. So that was a surprise as I did not know EA had the hoods capable of adding new spawners besides the Pets collectibles. Maybe they added that ability when they added the programming for collectibles from Pets to spawn in all worlds. I thought I would share that here in case you guys were not aware of that as it is new to me anyway.

Yeah DD, apparently my internet was coming on - off and on during the whole evening - which is actually good to know - as it is working just barely in the daytime if I mess with the signal booter enough - but at night I am lucky to get on line at all - but for the first time all week we had no rain last night - so perhaps that is what allowed me to actually see contact from the outside world during game play.
Made me smile to see you DD pop in every now and then. I didn't say anything of course as I wasn't actually playing - just building, fixing and testing. But it gave me a warm fuzzy moment to see a friend (you) playing too. I also wasn't sure if you were simporting in or out, as I really didn't pay the conversation at hand that much attention, it just had a strange sort of comforting feeling. It is odd as I originally thought of the "connected" idea as intrusive and have never been especially happy about it, but I found myself smiling everytime you popped in there.

Unfortunately I can't trust my connection enough to simport in or out, so I just tend to stay quiet. But I do enjoy seeing others ingame after all.

Tangie - your pics are lovely, as is that world, but the fact it has CC is enough to keep me from having it. I just can't take the chance on CC - it's just too much hassle I am not willing to go through and still test worlds for people. If CC in Sims 3 was not so unstable and so possible to corrupt with even the slightest update it would be worth trying such a lovely place - or if I didn't test worlds and lots for others - I know you test too and seem to handle CC just fine - I just can't bring myself to take the chance of messing things up. Heck I am still chugging along without OW and ET as I can't get pass the fact there is even a slight problem with Premium Content with Twallans wonderful mods - but anyway, it is nice to see that wonderful world anyway.

Out of curiosity why did the creator choose to use that CC arch as we have both 2 and 3 space arches just like that ingame from EA? Or did this world get created before we got the latest arches. I know I have at least 3 styles of the rounded 3 space arches. Not sure though if they are store stuff or ep stuff as I now have all of both. Just curious though.]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8648379.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8648379.page GMT http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8648608.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8648608.page GMT
But My houses are generally created for a particular Sim that I am using to test and try out a world or something as I always choose an empty lot and builkd on the spot. They are nothing grand or elaborate for sure - but if you like simple - with everything added into the houses according to the sims budgets, then my houses are for you. There is nothing special or fancy about them and none were built for any purpose but for the sim living in them and the stuff from the store being tested. If some content is missing it is generally because the user doesn't have certain store content. I test it all, so there is no telling what content might be there. But I do know I was playing a single Sim when I first built the house and I did add him a roommate - female - possible mate material when the twin bedroom future set came out - which I did add to that house to test - but I cannot recall if I uploaded it before I added that set or not. I do know there is plenty of room to add a bunkbed set and crib in the second bedroom easily if they are not there. It is also easy to add another bedroom just by adding a wall in the middle room where the stairs are for a decent size nursery if you want or you can always add a third floor easy enough. But yes, Reggie and Pete would actually be right at home in a futuristic house like that - if they could afford one in real life. The real ones I mean. Pete loves anything futuristic and ultra modern.]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8648655.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8648655.page GMT http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8648729.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8648729.page GMT
Out of curiosity why did the creator choose to use that CC arch as we have both 2 and 3 space arches just like that ingame from EA? Or did this world get created before we got the latest arches. I know I have at least 3 styles of the rounded 3 space arches. Not sure though if they are store stuff or ep stuff as I now have all of both. Just curious though.[/quote]

Hi Writin_Reg, I'm glad you like my world. Although I used some CC, it is not included in the world file. All the objects I used were in .package so that means they don't attatch to the world, the file is clean of CC. I revised it with Sims3Pack cleaner to make sure any unwanted objects are attatched. Also, the objects I used work fine and cause no problems, and since they're only decorative, I don't think they would get corrupt with an update. Maybe the rabbithole rug would but i'm sure the creators would fix it soon. I totally respect your opinions, but I wanted to clarify this so anyone gets confused with the CC

I decided to use the CC arches because they're bigger (4-5 tiles)that the ones in the Store. Also they don't work as an arch so they are more flexible at building and I can create some different effects with them. Another reason is because they are free to download, and the ones in the Store aren't (at least the ones I've seen).
Thank you for your interest and I hope you had a great birthday ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8648812.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8648812.page GMT Thanks WR! Well we got tornado warnings here in MD so I best get offline now. I hope you all have better weather.

I love futuristic and ultra modern, too, but we don't usually buy furnishings too modern for ourselves because of all the heirlooms and antiques we have inherited from family. It kind of clashes. We sneak modern in when we can though. Sometimes we are able to make it blend gracefully. ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8648826.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8648826.page GMT Thank you for that info. I'm really enjoying the pictures of the world so far, you did a great job with it.
I'm really interested in downloading it, but I want to avoid using anymore CC. I do use them, but i've really come to a point that I just HAD to stop myself for adding more to my game.
I'm currently using only deco stuff (clutter, paintings etc) hair and clothing..The only CC that is interactive and can't live without is FP cars.
I really want to see how your world looks without the CC. If it doesn't look too weird I'll download just the world file. But if it looks weird in some places and it's hard to "fix" I'll have to think about it.
It doesn't have to do with how much safe the CC are , since as you said they are only deco besides the rug, but mostly for the amount of CC I want in my game.
I've went through a whole trouble cleaning up my game from CC I no longer used, to minimize that amount as much as possible, and i promised to myself that I will no longer add any more CC to it.
But your world looks truly amazing and I might have to bend that rule just this once.
I just haven't decided yet...]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8649313.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8649313.page GMT http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8649953.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8649953.page GMT Gem I would love to help you I will go check now.
Gem I couldn't find it.Can you go to EA and ask what happened? Maybe one of the gurus can help you? That is so weird. I am so sorry. ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8650256.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8650256.page GMT http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8650349.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8650349.page GMT
I do wish EA would come out with arches we can extend or decrease as that would help builders immensely but if they did it would surprise me big time. We requested them more times than I can count in Sims 2 and it fell on deaf ears. We knew it was possible as many builders had the extendable items from modthesims that worked great - and because things like that was very stable in Sims 2 - I don't recall them ever causing problems with an update in Sims 2 - but unfortunately that is not the case in Sims 3. I do know other build items and decor - particularly plants for indoors tend to easily corrupt with updates. I know Lemon candy has had a ton of problems with her plants and decors with many of the updates or did anyway. I honestly got tired of checking all the stuff updates affect. But they are good at making quick lists of bad content over at modthesims even if they never have those items over on that site.

Jinx is a member of another site I belong to also, and last I knew he is pretty busy - so it is something to think about.

But enough talk on CC - all that aside you did a fabulous job on that world - from the pics everything is just beautiful and placement etc so well thought out. It is indeed a world to behold and admire.

Thank you for responding and the birthday wishes, both much appreciated.]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8650441.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8650441.page GMT
Seeing the discussion on the WE again. Knock on wood, all the lot additions I did for LL haven't caused any ripples in the world so far. There simply wasn't any choice but to make use of the WE to get everything I needed in there.

WR, next time you see me posting while you're playing, say "hi!". I was really anti the thought of the in game communication when I first heard about it but have to say that I've actually come to enjoy using it. LOL, half the time, though, I just have to check the wall for postings because for some reason not a lot seems to come through while I'm playing. Don't know why that happens. BTW, I was trying to simport because of wanting to test the user made coffeehouse and park I put in LL but no responses. Noone even wanted the level 10 Magician my sim married, so I guess simporting has had its day and been relegated to the back burner for most.

I love the house, Reg, and also love having Reg and Pete as YAs right out of CAS. I put the house on a 40X20 lot and the extra room is perfect to add odds and ends, like science table, telescope and inventor's bench for Pete. I've been having fun skilling them, too. AND...Reg is pregnant Crib fit easily into the second bedroom.

Pics:
Reggie is raving to her new neighbor and friend, Patricia Cross, about life in LL
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Aliena Starr by jobug1015. This sim is absolutely gorgeous in game.
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Yes, that is another fact I noticed in LL that if you kept to the size lots they are already using in a world - mostly the smaller ones, you can generally get away with adding up to 6-7 lots and not corrupt. I am real careful and will only add one lot at a time, saving my game before I add it, then play test for several hours before I try adding another lot. I had good luck last night in SSV and did add 7 lots from 20 x20 to 20x 30 and 1 30 x 30 with no problem. It is just a pain because SSV has all those sims in it, and testing seems to take longer before you can finish building. I added in Rukaya's new sim as she has skills and money, and used her to test SSV as I added a lot at a time to put in a few clubs, as clubs is one of the things the game does not update. I also had to add the pet store, a laundry, and the movie studio. I used my 20 x 30 restaurant movie studio and it looked nice in SSV. So if any of you want an underground studio with the town life restaurant on top - the one I built is in my studio and only requires a 20 x 30 lot. I used that one or the one I also have in my studio with the diner above ground both play well and no sim ever complains of routing problems. That is unless you just want to see the movie studio in your hood or something. But it is so big and bulky, I tend to prefer it underground.

Good, I am glad there is plenty of room in that house for little Writins - hope they all behave for you DD. I know I am looking forward to playing LL again. I was having a ball with it when ST came. The only thing that held me back is it will need me to build it up again because it will not play my save I had made before ST was installed. That's also why I am redoing all my worlds as most are giving me grief about the saves made before ST. I think I will try Reggie and Pete in there as well. I sure hope EA comes out with a Computer Career eventually so poor Pete can get a real job. They are a bit of work at the no skill level to get them making money for a while. But both seem to learn eagerly especially with that new pod thing.]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8650784.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8650784.page GMT
But I had been keeping up with the Origin Developers conference reports and he was talking about the cabilities of this system - as eventual goals - but what it came down to was 1- if Origin is not installed and kept up to date - EA stuff will not work. 2- If any process is used for users to use EA content that is not sanctioned by EA or made by EA that Origin could determine it had been changed and not original content and would be removed from use by either removing from games or declaring it in violation of the EA usage laws and disengage these item - etc etc but there was a ton of how Origin will be able to determine anything altered by any method but using an EA sanctioned method would consider the item in violation. At the time I thought to myself well mods change things, so does the decrapafy tool, as does S3p, as does porting in Sims and even as does a whole lot of CC content that use EA meshes. The problem comes from using EA stuff with tools not sanctioned by EA - they constantly clarify that by saying over and over they do not support third party content - etc - etc - But from the way I read it all it sounded like a goal for Origin far into the future - of course I did worry things might be escalated because the E3 starts in a couple day and it is highly possible that my worse fears have been enacted. But Orign would indeed see the use of S3P and mods in the product of your world as a violation if they actually got it to do what they planned. If they did we will surely hear a lot of screaming soon for people who have made their content work by decrapifying it as well. I don't know for sure - but it sure sounds exactly what I had read last winter about some of the distant plans they had in developement for Origin. I do know that ultimately one will not be able to play any EA game with anything Origin considers Violating the rules. But unless you used a map from one of the EA worlds besides Riverview or Sunset Valley, then it is highly possible they already enacted that ability in Origin. The Guru's are not going to be much help though, as they will no longer determine the violation of service once Origin is in full charge. It just seem way too soon for the developer to have reached that capability with Origin to me anyway, as it read like that was something much further in the future - but who knows - especially if the Guru's have no clue. If none of them pulled your world - then we will know who - or what - did.]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8650968.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8650968.page GMT http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8650983.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8650983.page GMT The only thing i found was another Crystalline Cove on the exchange, that has no similarities with mine at all , and was uploaded a month AFTER mine by someone named ariasgemini.
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How very upsetting. I sure hope they fix it for you, Gem. ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8651076.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8651076.page GMT http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8651091.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8651091.page GMT
How very upsetting. I sure hope they fix it for you, Gem. [/quote]

It seems that the world was taken down somewhere between the 25th and 27th. As someone did download on the 25th and someone reported that they couldn't find it on the 27th. I had no clue until today, when i tried to give the link to someone. I got no warning, no message , no anything at all. I was completely unaware. If i didn't try to link it, i still wouldn't know, till Monday when I was planning to check the CC thread... I'm upset, I'm sad, I'm frustrated I just want to pull my hair out... Feature, DL and rec Count all lost


[quote=Writin_Reg]Then I would guess it was not anything Origin related then, I believe you need to try and contact Guru Hydra as she is the head one to do with content on the site. Maybe her or one of her team did it accidently while doing their Culling - thinking it was the old version or something. Try on their Tweeter page as all the big wheels hang out there all week end.[/quote]

I did try to contact Hydra through her page , but she probably had already left her office as Graham mentioned that most of the Guru's had already left. I don't think she has a twitter page though, and usually they can't do anything when they are at home. I have send a tweet to a few Gurus, Graham has seen it already but he is on vacation for the rest of the week, and I managed to talk with Russkii who is already looking into it and promised to have answers for me on Monday]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8651119.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8651119.page GMT

WR, I grabbed the restaurant/movie studio lot. I also have the farm backlot and diner lot you did, in addition to the one in LVII.

That reminds me, Tangie I just snapped to the fact that your skydiving/movie lot for LL has a subway station on it. LOL, I haven't been using subways a lot lately and had to check out that third map tag on the lot. Of course, it goes nowhere in my LL Where else did you put subways there? Just curious but you never know, I might want to implement a small subway system.

Going to play for a bit. After Reggie has her baby, I need to check on Lunar Bunbunnyny. I haven't run across him in town at all and need to see what he's up to.]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8651124.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8651124.page GMT

The first thing that I noticed was how bare the pier looked without the CC yachts. Of course if you never saw this area with them you won't probably miss them at all.


[IMG]http://i998.photobucket.com/albums/af107/TangieCat/PRNoYachsncc.jpg[/IMG]


Here are before pictures - with the CC - and after pictures - without the CC. First, the library before (with CC) and the library after (no CC).


[IMG]http://i998.photobucket.com/albums/af107/TangieCat/PRLibraryCC.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i998.photobucket.com/albums/af107/TangieCat/PRLibraryncc.jpg[/IMG]


Here is an apartment with the CC arch, second shot is the apt. without it.


[IMG]http://i998.photobucket.com/albums/af107/TangieCat/PRTownCtrHouse.jpg[/IMG]


[IMG]http://i998.photobucket.com/albums/af107/TangieCat/PRAptncc2.jpg[/IMG]



The sports bar with CC and again with no CC.


[IMG]http://i998.photobucket.com/albums/af107/TangieCat/PRSportsDayCC.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i998.photobucket.com/albums/af107/TangieCat/PRSportsBarncc.jpg[/IMG]



The "shops" next door to the Sports Bar with CC and without.


[IMG]http://i998.photobucket.com/albums/af107/TangieCat/PRSportsShopsCC.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i998.photobucket.com/albums/af107/TangieCat/PRShopsncc.jpg[/IMG]


I forgot I already had Awesims' cornices in my game because I recently tried out St. Claire. So none of the pictures show the buildings without those, sorry! If you really want to see the buildings without those I will have to deal with that tomorrow.

As for the bookstore, the books register on the pier worked fine for me the second time I tried it in a regular game (this was not a Twallan vacation destination game). I don't know if that was a fluke or not. I will have to experiment some more.

So if the books register works for you too, you shouldn't have to do this, but I was also able to place an EA RH bookstore (the Studious one) on the same lot as the Business building. There is also a diner on the right side of the lot; I just moved some of the trees around and placed the bookstore behind the diner. As shown in this pic:


[IMG]http://i998.photobucket.com/albums/af107/TangieCat/PRBusinessDinerBookstore.jpg[/IMG]


You may also find a place for it that you like better. As for the theatre, if you don't download the CC file you will NOT have the RH rug. But you will not have a theatre, either. When you do not have the mod it you may still see a rug but it just turns into the harmless little round EA rug that comes in the game.

So to solve the problem of not having a theatre, first I experimented with putting it in the basement of the original Theatre location in the town center. I was able to place the Lunar Lakes Theatre rabbit hole by creating 2 basements and using the elevator, and not placing anything on the second level down (which I suspect the game is not counting as a whole floor level). At least the portal is not visible from street level so it works for me.

Another alternative is to delete the one 60x60 lot in the world and replace it with a 64x64 lot, then place the Ultimate Venue from the Ltd. Edition of Showtime. It also includes a theatre as well as the Big Show venue (there is no other Big Show venue in the world) so I think for most people that is probably the best solution if you do not use the CC file Nilxis intended for the world.

Anyway, if anyone else downloads it don't forget to go around and knock out a section of each tree square that is on the Pier lot in the town center. I had another bookseller spawn there so that makes two times that happened for me. Both times as soon as I knocked out a section, the sim walked right out.

[IMG]http://i998.photobucket.com/albums/af107/TangieCat/PRStuckNPCFix.jpg[/IMG]

All in all I am keeping the CC files for now. As Nilxis said they are harmless (at least until the next EA patch or SP/EP) and some of them I already had in my game anyway. But I am glad to know that I could play this world without them, too.

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WR, I grabbed the restaurant/movie studio lot. I also have the farm backlot and diner lot you did, in addition to the one in LVII.

That reminds me, Tangie I just snapped to the fact that your skydiving/movie lot for LL has a subway station on it. LOL, I haven't been using subways a lot lately and had to check out that third map tag on the lot. Of course, it goes nowhere in my LL Where else did you put subways there? Just curious but you never know, I might want to implement a small subway system.

Going to play for a bit. After Reggie has her baby, I need to check on Lunar Bunbunnyny. I haven't run across him in town at all and need to see what he's up to.[/quote]


Oh my! What the heck is going on with world removals!! Hope it's just some kind of glitch or over zealous new person something.

Let's see, it's been a while since I played LL but I think I placed a subway on the mountainside area - they only need a tiny lot and I was able to place those easily. By mountainside I mean that area on the way up to the top where the airie fairies live.

Then I also placed one out near Gamma Gardens because I placed an apartment building that I recolored to coordinate with the world, created by Yanti, out that way to hold all the service people generated by all those mixologists etc. And one subway down in the main town part although I'd have to open my old game to tell you where exactly!

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This is getting serious...

Tangie thank you for those pics... I have no idea what the Awesims' cornices are so i don't think i'll notice them missing anyway.
There is one place in this world you took a picture off that I'm unsure if it is CC or not.
It's a pic of some castle looking arches that the road is running through... I'll go back and find that pic and post it for you.
This one. Can you take a pic of that are without the CC?
[IMG]http://i998.photobucket.com/albums/af107/TangieCat/PRScenery.jpg[/IMG]
As for the theater, does the world miss only the big show venue or all the ST venues? it does have all EPs right?
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I'm sorry about your world Gem. That's terrible, but it sounds like you will just have to wait until Monday to get the issue resolved. I doubt there is much else you can do about it. Hopefully they will also restore the featured badge and download counts for you.

I hope everyone else is doing well and you all have a great weekend!

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I'm sorry about your world Gem. That's terrible, but it sounds like you will just have to wait until Monday to get the issue resolved. I doubt there is much else you can do about it. Hopefully they will also restore the featured badge and download counts for you.

I hope everyone else is doing well and you all have a great weekend!

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Thank you DM , but i'm afraid they won't be able to restore my dl and rec counts. No idea if it is even possible. ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8651218.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8651218.page GMT http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8651243.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8651243.page GMT

LOL you managed to make me smile ..thank you ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8651267.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8651267.page GMT
Gem that area looked the same even without the CC file so I assume it did not use any. Ask Nilxis on his thread if you are concerned, but as I said before there was no CC installed in my launcher after installing this world.

Edit: forgot to answer your other question. The world does have Showtime venues in it. I think there is one private venue, one live venue (kaoke place), and the coffee shop. I haven't checked them all out but I believe they are all EA made lots. There are also some LN clubs, but not every type of club.

I understand, DM. I am in awe of the beauty of the world and as you said, all the work that went into it. But as I said early on I'm not sure I would want to play a "regular" game in this world. If I did I would make the sims I am playing self-employed. And it's not that I travel a lot with my sims, but on those occasions when I might want to, I love it as a vacation spot using Twallan's register.

again! I meant Twallan's Traveller mod.

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LOL you managed to make me smile ..thank you [/quote]


My pleasure, Mademoiselle!

Tangie, that's a good use for this world, as a vacation spot. I haven't traveled with my Sims in ages! I need to try that again. ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8651344.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8651344.page GMT

Woke up this morning at quarter to 8 to this horrible scratching noise, coming from somewhere outside. I lied in bed listening to it for about 45mins wondering what the hell it was, and then I found out it was my father [i]scraping[/i] the walls of our house!! I'm still quite annoyed about it ... I went to bed at 3 last night so waking up at 8 was the last thing I needed.
Sorry for that. My problems are so inconvenient but I do need to express them

Tangie, again, that world looks stunning, and along with Ouerbacker's Reyes County world (name?), I am slowly being persuaded into getting those CC cornices. Those arches do like nice, too. Just for personal use, of course No CC in my creations! (if they're ever finished... )

I've been building and sorting out families in Rinn Fada for the past week. It has been a very slow process but I'm getting there. I really want to get it done by the end of June so that it isn't a burden over the summer - not that it is now, but just because I don't want to be sick of it (again).

Hope everyone's well (although you're all probably snoozing in bed, now). ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8652264.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8652264.page GMT

Gem, The only CC used in the picture are the ivys, the castle arch was made with constrainfloorelevation false and with a Basegame fence
The Awesims cornices are used also in many lots, but lots look weird when you play without them. Here's a picture of a house without the cornices:
[img]http://i41.servimg.com/u/f41/14/81/53/46/scree465.jpg[/img]

I'm also sorry about what happened with your world. I have it installed and I played with it some time ago, it is a very nice world and I didn't see anything that could violate the terms of use I hope it's an error from EA and I hope it's fixed soon ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8652662.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8652662.page GMT Reggie is this update for Origin safe? Is it a must that we update it? Will check back later. My brain is still a little foggy due to lack of sleep. I didn't quite follow your post on it. Also dl'd your YA simselves and the modern house to put them in; gave all a rec.
Slept a little better last night, but am still very tired. Am watering the sides and backyard today. Didn't do much the past few days due to exhaustion, but my plants are in dire need as the past few days have been in the 90's and with our relatively low humidity they are looking pretty parched. I have an appointment with my doctor for some other problems,[getting to be elderly is interesting, though neither my hubby or I really consider ourselves elderly. ] and I plan to bring up the sleep problems again.
I am waiting for LL to go on sale, my thrifty side is on alert. Also am trying to decide which world to set up all the houses I dl'd from Masonjackson so I can play them with some of my other YAs so I can check out the houses and also decide which of my sims to up load.
Is it better that I take them back to CAS to remove all their skills and lifetime rewards, or is it OK to upload them as they are? What do you all think is better?
DD great pictures as usual. LL does look like an interesting place.
I keep watching the daily deals hoping something I want goes on sale.
JM saw on the news about the bad weather back on the east coast, I hope you and your family are doing OK
I hope all of you have a safe and very enjoyable weekend. ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8654163.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8654163.page GMT

Gem, here is the arched roadway showing the missing climbing plants. I'm not sure it's the same arch because there are two of them going in/out of the town center.

[IMG]http://i998.photobucket.com/albums/af107/TangieCat/PRRoadArchNocc.jpg[/IMG]


Here is a screenshot of the church without the CC cornices. Without them, they default to the wrought iron fence (I think - and I'm not sure of the exact name of it).


[IMG]http://i998.photobucket.com/albums/af107/TangieCat/PRChurchNoCC.jpg[/IMG]



Personally I doubt very much that the missing cornices would bother me while playing, but I decided to play around with it in build mode in case they did and here are some results. The first shot shows the church with the Baluster Rail Fence in place of the wrought iron one and the second pic shows the Swapomatic Half Wall recolored to coordinate with the building.


[IMG]http://i998.photobucket.com/albums/af107/TangieCat/PRChurchFenceFix.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i998.photobucket.com/albums/af107/TangieCat/PRAptCorniceFix.jpg[/IMG]



ETA: forgot to mention (when do I not!) that I agree with you about Reyes County, Conorsim. I'm really looking forward to exploring that one when s/he gets it finished.

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I agree with Tangie on your Sims. I like both ways, but I notice if I know simmers well I have no qualms about downloading their household sims - but if i don't know a simmer, then I won't ever grab household sims from them because you can only get CC through household sims if that simmer uses CC. Getting binned sims is the only way I can guarantee nothing uninvited gets added to my game. But I generally have no problem getting any sims as households from all of you guys.

At most there might be Default skins, which will not transfer so the sim will look all black, so it is easy to move the sim into the bin and change the skin. I do have a set of default skins because I like the way DM's sims look, but they have never shown to be a problem. But either way you want to post them is fine for me. I generally make households out of the binned sims for use in game anyway.]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8656091.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8656091.page GMT
Tangie and Reg thanks for the info. It helps me make some decisions.
I think I will skip Plav Raj. It is beautiful, but now I am busy playing my YAs in their new houses. Tomorrow I will be keeping my eye out for Alexspooms new world. Need to turn off the hoses and get busy also my youngest granddaughter will be coming over soon. Need to update Origin again.]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8656890.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8656890.page GMT
Nilxis, thank you for taking the time to stop by the thread and even post a pic to answer Gem's questions. Although, I don't think Plav Raj is for me because I simply don't do well with worlds where buildings are placed so close together, up and down drift gives me vertigo, your effort to know that all questions are answered will make me pay close attention to other offerings you may come up with in the future. It is apparent your projects will be carefully thought out, created with love and will be made to the best of your ability, which looks to be considerable.

Rukaya, I think all Rflong's worlds are okay. It looks like the links I've had for some time in my studio were outdated and she offers them elsewhere now. I also know what you mean about waiting on sales. I decided to hold off for a sale on the new Cambodian set. I like it but didn't see anything that I couldn'w wait to have at better pricing. Now, LL and the Fiesta set are a different story, LOL. Those I just couldn't wait on and don't regret my decision not to wait for a sale on them.

Thanks for the info on the subways, Tangie. Don't open the save just to see. I already can see how a reciprocal station would be beneficial from the top lots. Hope the house building went well today.

Blooper pic from LL. Reggie went to the hospital to give birth. Soon after she entered and prior to Pete getting there, Gretel Sekemoto arrived on the lot. She marched to the back of the building and started the panic dance sims do when another sim is in labor. Since Reggie was already in the building, this was hilarious to watch. Probably one of those things you might have to see to appreciate, the pic doesn't convey the moment like the in game happening but thought I would share it anyway.

Oh, Reggie and Pete now have a daughter names Rebecca.

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I have a couple of toddlers for you all.

The first one is Rflong's and Christian Writin, they married in my game recently.

[IMG]http://i898.photobucket.com/albums/ac188/DarkMirage/GreenFeather%20Hills/Screenshot-83.jpg"width=640"[/IMG]

The second one is the daughter of Tangie and Jackson Brody.

[IMG]http://i898.photobucket.com/albums/ac188/DarkMirage/GreenFeather%20Hills/Screenshot-103-1.jpg"width=400"[/IMG]

Tangie got upset with James and banished him to Rflong's "Castaway Island"!

His new home. I swear I am not making this up!! [size=7]Well maybe just a little! [/size]
[IMG]http://i898.photobucket.com/albums/ac188/DarkMirage/GreenFeather%20Hills/Screenshot-68-1.jpg"width=640"[/IMG]
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Seeing that, I remembered a sort of blooper pic I took in GFH. This was saved in my pic file under the title "DM Whats This"...so what is it? It looks like a sand castle and if my sim had had an option to kick it, I would have!

[IMG]http://i48.tinypic.com/ae8lsj.jpg[/IMG]

ETA pic, ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8658771.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8658771.page GMT ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8658869.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8658869.page GMT
But I would like to know if there are more world which matches my needs. Thank you. ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8661199.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8661199.page GMT . Those toddlers are so very cute.
I know, I am so very tempted to get the Fiesta set now, but I have caved in before which seems to be the signal for what ever I am waiting for to go on sale. My granddaughter is here for the weekend so it is going to be a busy day. Am checking on sales and waiting for Alexspooms Suburban Springs Beta version to be posted so I can dl it and start testing it. Will keep you all posted on how it goes.]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8661234.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8661234.page GMT
DM and DD your pics were priceless! And I cracked up over James being banished to the island. What a gorgeous shot of the sunset!

I posted an exterior shot of the new Mediterranean house in my studio under media. I would link to it here, but I haven't got a clue how to do that! It's the first pic shown, if anyone is interested. http://www.thesims3.com/myMedia.html?action=default&persona=HappySimmer3

I downloaded another world by Nilxis so I could check it out. It was inspired by Greenland's southwestern coast and it's called Saaqartoq. I haven't a clue how to pronounce it but it looks charming from the screenshots he posted in his blog.

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The world I'm making right now will also have lots placed together [img]http://static.foro.capitalsim.net/images/smilies/eusa_doh.gif[/img] But thanks anyway for your nice words

[quote=HappySimmer3]I downloaded another world by Nilxis so I could check it out. It was inspired by Greenland's southwestern coast and it's called Saaqartoq. I haven't a clue how to pronounce it but it looks charming from the screenshots he posted in his blog[/quote] LOL, I also don't know exactly how to pronounce it, maybe like "Sakartok" I hope you also enjoy it ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8661749.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8661749.page GMT
Anyways, I came here to see if you've heard about this yet! It was just posted today on SimsVIP.
The 7th Sims 3 EP has been unoficially announced! [url=http://simsvip.com/?p=11375]The Sims 3: Supernatural[/url]! September 7th, 2012 is the supposed release date.
Also, apparently, they are releasing another [b]limited addition[/b] version of an EP! I wouldn't use any money just yet, though... Let's wait and see where they take [i]this[/i] limited edition! Perhaps even another collector's addition may come out!

Whatever's happening, I'm getting it. Making' Magic was my favorite EP from the original Sims! I hope they didn't mess this one up again!


(I sure hope they come up with a better name for that EP.)]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8663502.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8663502.page GMT http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8664020.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8664020.page GMT
DM, I had been to that lot several times and didn't notice it. Since Kevin has been a singer it seems that I get sent there to deliver a Sing-O-Gram twice a sim day, LOL. Since I don't normally even have an urge to kick the flamingos, I got tickled at how badly I wanted to kick the "looks like a sand castle" thing. BTW, the toddler pics are so cute and the one of Tangie's daughter was the perfect lead in to James's banishment pic.

Bun, thanks for the info on the new EP. Interesting but I'm not sure how I feel about it yet. I have no interest in werewolves whatsoever and I don't normally even use the magic objects available now. I'll just wait and see how info develops. I like the idea of new sliders which some got a preview of with the EA blooper patch 1.32, although I didn't get them personally.

Diamondkool, I would suggest Rflong's Longview or DM's Greenfeather Hills if you are looking for a large world that will have longevity through more EP/SP releases. You don't mention which EPs you have but Rflong has a base game only version for Longview and then a version updated through Generations, I believe. Oh, you could also consider her Mesa Valley II, if you want a desert world. It also updates easily and is available updated through Pets.

DM's GFH is updated through Pets as well. His world is available on his blog just click his sig. to get there. Rflong has a thread with all her available worlds you could look through. I don't mean to suggest these are the only 3 worlds that will work. LOL, as I type, I'm reminded that Johnnywr's Great Bear would probably work for what I'm interpreting you want. Do browse the World Index, you will most likely find other candidates as well.

Tangie, I don't think we can see your media tab. I, too, was taken to your studio page and no media tab is available.

Speaking of building...Gem, does the apt. bldg. in pics I'm going to add look familiar? It's your Asyllium (sp?) apt. bldg. from Lothlorien that I redid to a 2bd, 2bath unit and binned. I love this apt. bldg and think it is in every save I've got going.

I was desperate to get an apt. in LL to house NPC's generated for the clubs and ST venues so I started redoing the exterior last night and am super pleased with how it stands now. I'm going to bin it again for a more modern hood once I figure out what I'm going to do with the windows. I got tired and couldn't make a final decision last night.

The first pic I took after just landscaping the actual lot with LL trees. It still looked a little barren, so the second pic shows addtl. trees that I added with the WE and I think it looks much better.

[IMG]http://i1080.photobucket.com/albums/j330/dolldrms1/LLGemsAptRedo.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i1080.photobucket.com/albums/j330/dolldrms1/LLGemsAptRedoPlusLand.jpg[/IMG] ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8664045.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8664045.page GMT http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8664188.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8664188.page GMT
Oh, yeah. They also have my money. I'm just saying, that if I know The Sims 3 at all, which I think that I do, making a hasty decision will result in your own financial loss. For example, people who jumped to preorder ST:LE got cheated if they couldn't cancel their preorder in order to buy ST:CE if they wanted it. Same with Pets and P:LE.
Also, Barnacle Bay. Literally the day after I bought it, they released the Barnacle Bay: Complete Adventure! I was [u]furious[/u]!

And yeah, I get what you're saying about IRL and escaping to The Sims... That's part of what made the original Sims so special and magical to me as I was growing up with The Sims! And still to the current generation of The Sims 3 and beyond, TS will always be my "happy place."


Anyways, with that said, it is my most favorite EP of all time, too, if WA is not. But what would put TS3:SN over the top for me would be if they made magical Wizard tombs, similar to the concept of the WA tombs, but with a complete makeover and gameplay structure. Solving puzzles using different spells that you've learned, solving puzzles that can only be viewed or completed by looking into a mirror, different types and variations of traps that don't just have several different types of dangers blasting at you from the same exact hole in the wall or ground...
Something like that would sell to me 200% in a heartbeat! ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8664625.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8664625.page GMT

DD it looks like you are having fun in LL! It really does inspire creativity; that LL sharing thread was so much fun. I loved seeing what everyone came up with. Also, that's good to know about the Media tab; I had no idea that it wasn't visible, I hadn't noticed before. I'm sure there is some way to post screenshots uploaded there on the forum but I've always uploaded mine to a hosting site so I don't know how to do it using my studio. How ironic is that?

I played Saarqartoq (once again one of my cat's is laying on my notes so I think that's the correct spelling) for an hour or two today. It's a lovely world, lots of fun and very unique and pretty. I did not install the CC package so there were a few things missing - a ship, an airport, and a lighthouse - I already have the sailboat from Plav Raj installed. But I didn't miss any of those things, they don't affect game play at all. If you're still reading, Nilxis, nice work! Still, Plav Raj is my favorite so far, it's just so beautiful.

I think the house I have been building is done. Kiana's sim Emily Miller helped me test it. I moved her out before saving the sims3pack and switched to other households in my test hood. I guess she really liked the house because a few days later she moved back in all on her own.

I should have it uploaded in a day or so for those interested. Hope everyone has a good week!


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Mediterranean Retreat for your weathy sims who enjoy the good life; in my studio here:
http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=5859519


Large 5 BR (with a possible 6th in an extra empty room in the basement) 4 bath home in the Mediterranean style. Three car garage, great room with dining/living area with grand piano, kitchen, family room, office, laundry, bathroom, nursery and master BR with it's own bath all on the main level. Second floor has a balcony with a dance floor, 3 bedrooms and one bath, and other entertainment activities. Basement has a TV room with video games, an exercise room, a room for making nectar, a full bath, and an empty room to use as you wish. Outdoors there is a grill, a pool and hot tub, and a patio.


Exterior front.

[IMG]http://i998.photobucket.com/albums/af107/TangieCat/MedRetExteriorFront.jpg[/IMG]


Exterior Rear, showing the second floor balcony.


[IMG]http://i998.photobucket.com/albums/af107/TangieCat/MedRetreatExteriorRear.jpg[/IMG]


Emily Miller enjoying a meal outdoors on the patio. BTW I did change the paving material in the uploaded version to something else because I decided I didn't like what I had used all that much. You can (kinda) see what I changed it to in the pic above.


[IMG]http://i998.photobucket.com/albums/af107/TangieCat/MRetreatExteriorPool.jpg[/IMG]


Partial shot of the main floor.

[IMG]http://i998.photobucket.com/albums/af107/TangieCat/MedRetMainfloor.jpg[/IMG]


Partial shot of the second floor.

[IMG]http://i998.photobucket.com/albums/af107/TangieCat/MedRetSecondfloor.jpg[/IMG]


Off the kitchen there is a small garden. I think I will get rid of the flowers and turn this area into a 'kitchen garden' when I play the lot.


[IMG]http://i998.photobucket.com/albums/af107/TangieCat/MedRetKitchenGarden.jpg[/IMG]







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Is this what you are trying to do Tangie? Post a pic that you upload from the launcher?

You need to click on the pic to make it bigger, paste the url into the comment box, then put the *img tags around it.

Example:


*img]http://llnw.thesims3.com/sims3_asset/sims3_asset/media/shard000//shard000/664/300/007/00/screenshot_original.jpg"width=640"[/img*

*replace the asterisks with brackets*


ETA: Nice house. Wow, you weren't kidding when you said it was big, were you?
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Diamondkool, I would suggest Rflong's Longview or DM's Greenfeather Hills if you are looking for a large world that will have longevity through more EP/SP releases. You don't mention which EPs you have but Rflong has a base game only version for Longview and then a version updated through Generations, I believe. Oh, you could also consider her Mesa Valley II, if you want a desert world. It also updates easily and is available updated through Pets.
[/quote]

Where's link to Greenfeather Hills so I can see?]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8668081.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8668081.page GMT http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8668109.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8668109.page GMT
But I would like to know if there are more world which matches my needs. Thank you. [/quote]

Hi,

Why not both? You can have two neighborhood saves and rotate if you get bored with one family. ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8668757.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8668757.page GMT Also will see if I can find the time to upload a few more sim's today. For sure when I upload my 2 new YA vampire kids I am going to fill their inventory with plasma fruit. I can't believe what EA has done to the poor creatures, a little thirst. and poof.
I will probably put the siblings in CAS and restore their relationships and give them some money before I upload them. I have some skilled parents that I had drink the youth potion so they too are YAs for those who want sims to already have jobs and some Lifetime rewards. Either today or maybe tomorrow. It is hard to plan with my granddaughter here. She is also building a mansion in her sim3 world. Neither of us can figure out how to make a curved pool.. I used to to it when the EP first came out with that curved pool tool but can't seem to get it to work now. ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8669018.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8669018.page GMT
Anyways, I came here to see if you've heard about this yet! It was just posted today on SimsVIP.
The 7th Sims 3 EP has been unoficially announced! [url=http://simsvip.com/?p=11375]The Sims 3: Supernatural[/url]! September 7th, 2012 is the supposed release date.
Also, apparently, they are releasing another [b]limited addition[/b] version of an EP! I wouldn't use any money just yet, though... Let's wait and see where they take [i]this[/i] limited edition! Perhaps even another collector's addition may come out!

Whatever's happening, I'm getting it. Making' Magic was my favorite EP from the original Sims! I hope they didn't mess this one up again!


(I sure hope they come up with a better name for that EP.)[/quote]

Hi bun

Wooo - thanks for the info. That's a solid reason to start up Magic Town again ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8669056.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8669056.page GMT The SN ep does nothing for me. I really never got into Magic town, maybe because my granddaughters were always over playing and I never got the chance. ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8669116.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8669116.page GMT
Gosh sorry to hear about Gem and Rflong having worlds taken down for no clearly discernible reason. How awful and how puzzling!

WR I hope all of your medical tests go well. Prayers go out to you.

Tangie--gorgeous house! Oh how I'd LOVE to have that house in real life!

DD--nice job on redoing LL!

It's been quite a brunch (skipped breakfast to walk the dog)....Cookie jumped up and nearly landed in my coffee. This was a second or two AFTER Mari had jumped up as I was reading the posts and landed in my pizza. I lifted her off and cut around the paw prints and was able to eat most of it. Not that I should--bathing suit shopping revealed to me the unpleasant surprise I need to lose a couple of pounds...or five...or ten... I have skinny arms and torso so I kind of just assumed the rest of me was in shape but nah...got a tummy I need to work off. It just shows how much I pay attention to these things, I was truly caught by surprise. I've weighed 84 pounds most of my adult life. It used to be my main worry to have something to put something INTO my bathing suits. Now I have to worry about stuff spilling out of my bathing suits. Middle age is...interesting.

Rukaya...I do hope your sleep problems aren't anything serious and that your health and your hubby's health prove to be very good at your checkup. I will file your post away for future reference...as I don't wish to be caught by surprise so often in the next phase of life. Middle age has been...um...well...another awkward transition like the teen years. Still, you couldn't pay me to be in my 20's again. Do NOT want! My 30's are what I wish I could have bronzed and preserved forever. Except for that year that I was recovering from the brown recluse spider bite on my a...my look at the time...

I'd better go see if I can set up Summer version of Ridgeview. I'm still stuck in Mac OS so I don't think I will get very far before the game locks up and crashes on me. But I just at least want to take a look and see if I can place a couple of lots to get a feel for this version of the world.

Many blessings to you all. I'm sure I'm forgetting something I wanted to say...so I will be back later.







]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8669944.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8669944.page GMT http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIZ-o5VlhCo

Looks amazing ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8670063.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8670063.page GMT
I see we have another update available. I guess after I type this I'll take the leap and hope it goes okay. I sure wish all fixes were listed rather than a few followed by "other polishing". Never know what to expect. Hmmm, on second thought, maybe I won't update just yet. Twallan hasn't updated his mods and I think I've got a teen with a stuck sneaky walk for which I'll need debug enabler to fix.

Diamondkool, Greenfeather Hills began life from the Longview CAW files that Rflong so generously provided. If you download it from DM's blog, you'll see that in the Pet's version there is a change of bridges. The town is layed out differently with lots not present in Longview and different housing available. There is enough difference to warrant having both.

BTW, I have both LA-ST and Setra. I can't in good faith recommend LA-ST because there are so many problems that need to be fixed. Some of the routing problems are needed CAW fixes that the user can't make. HappySimmer3 compiled a list of needed fixes in the thread and if you don't mind taking the time to do them, for the ones that users can do, it's definitely worth taking a look at. It all depends on how much time you are willing to put into the world. I would love to see Coasterboi do a fixed version.

I haven't been into Setra since installing Showtime. I'm not sure it's going to be all that easy to update with the ST venues and I had also suddenly started having really bad lag. I think it's associated with one of the clubs but I have not really spent much time troubleshooting to see if I can determine the cause. Besides, like Rflong said, you can try both worlds. Preferences in worlds are a personal thing. What appeals to me might not to you and vice versa. I suggested the three worlds that I did because I thought they suited what you said you wanted and I know they all three run flawlessly.

Tangie and Rukaya, I am loving LL! Got the house and rec'd it, Tangie.

I'm testing Suburban Springs right now. I'll post pics here from it later. I have a question for Rflong, though, because the creator might need some help, if you know the answer. First a bit of back story. I was playing LCat's Riverview redo and started encountering sims and animals stuck on bridges. This situation got worse as the population grew, eventually causing quite a bit of lag. Last night was my first play in Suburban Springs and I encountered a dog stuck on a bridge. Rflong, do you have any idea what causes this? If so, is there anything a user can do, or, is it something that has to be fixed in CAW? I suspect CAW since users can't place or alter bridges but who knows, you might have some trick you can recommend.

Two quick pics taken in LL. What's up with so many unfounded cheating accusations?

"This will teach you to accuse me of cheating!"
[IMG]http://i1080.photobucket.com/albums/j330/dolldrms1/LLSofiaFizzFiancee.jpg[/IMG]

"Since I stand accused of cheating while innocent, let's get this bachelorette party kicked up a notch!"
[IMG]http://i1080.photobucket.com/albums/j330/dolldrms1/LLSofiaBachParty.jpg[/IMG] ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8670702.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8670702.page GMT ...
I'm testing Suburban Springs right now. I'll post pics here from it later. I have a question for Rflong, though, because the creator might need some help, if you know the answer. First a bit of back story. I was playing LCat's Riverview redo and started encountering sims and animals stuck on bridges. This situation got worse as the population grew, eventually causing quite a bit of lag. Last night was my first play in Suburban Springs and I encountered a dog stuck on a bridge. Rflong, do you have any idea what causes this? If so, is there anything a user can do, or, is it something that has to be fixed in CAW? I suspect CAW since users can't place or alter bridges but who knows, you might have some trick you can recommend.

[/quote]

Hi and Good day.

If it's the wooden bridge than it's probably up too high. I was working on that bridge for DutchySim and why Sims couldn't walk over but could drive over- it had to be lowered until it was even with the ground.
The bridge rises off the ends of the bridge- they need to be underground- not sure how far but the bridge will look flat like it does in Twinbrook. Have them look at that Bridge in Twinbrook to see and compare.

If that's the bridge. ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8670850.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8670850.page GMT
In LCat's Riverview redo, I had the problem with all the bridges. In addition to the wooden one, sims and animals were getting stuck on what I think is the French bridge style, too. If it's the same cause as you saw with the wooden bridge, I guess I'm out of luck for any player solution. Darn, I want a Riverview redo so badly but lag is getting awful as sim time progresses. ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8671128.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8671128.page GMT
Anyways, I came here to see if you've heard about this yet! It was just posted today on SimsVIP.
The 7th Sims 3 EP has been unoficially announced! [url=http://simsvip.com/?p=11375]The Sims 3: Supernatural[/url]! September 7th, 2012 is the supposed release date.
Also, apparently, they are releasing another [b]limited addition[/b] version of an EP! I wouldn't use any money just yet, though... Let's wait and see where they take [i]this[/i] limited edition! Perhaps even another collector's addition may come out!

Whatever's happening, I'm getting it. Making' Magic was my favorite EP from the original Sims! I hope they didn't mess this one up again!


(I sure hope they come up with a better name for that EP.)[/quote]

Hi bun

Wooo - thanks for the info. That's a solid reason to start up Magic Town again [/quote]

yeeaassssssss!...


Oh, and yeah, About Skyrim, I know, right? That trailer is EPIC! I think they should add Kinect commands for the vampires, and new shouts. Then release DLC about Werewolves and see what happens in the community! ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8672014.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8672014.page GMT ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8672270.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8672270.page GMT
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And thanks for the info on how to post pics uploaded with the launcher, DM. It seems like I tried that but obviously I did something wrong. And yes, the new build is BIG. It started with the 3-car garage. I don't know why EA had to make the parking spaces so long, especially since they took away the car animations in TS3. Anyway, after that I was just trying to recreate the rest of the floor plan and the house grew and grew. Of course I did adapt it - for example the floor plan had 4 arches across the front of the house and I cut that down to 3! It would be a interesting challenge to try to rebuild it on a smaller scale, but I won't be doing that anytime soon.

I'm holding off on the new game patch until all my mods are updated. Here I thought I might have a stable game for quite some time since atm I have no plans to purchase any upcoming SP or EP. Of course I could change my mind, but unless they put things in the Supernatural EP that appeal to me, AND make it possible to keep monsters out of hoods when I don't want them there, then I won't be buying it. But you know I've said that before, so we'll see! I really should just take a complete break from simming for the summer so I can get some other things done.


]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8674653.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8674653.page GMT I know we have been doing a lot of yard work and fighting with Mr. Sun to keep the pond clean. As hot and sunny as it's been, the algae is taking over.

You're welcome on the picture posting info of course. I have no idea why EA decided to hide our media pages anyway.
]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8675048.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8675048.page GMT DOLLDRMS1 posted here yesterday about my bridge problem and I was hoping you could offer some more help.

I've taken a look at the bridge myself and noticed that Sims are getting stuck on it. Regarding its height, here are some pictures. Is it too high up? Also, do I need to raise the terrain a little so the bridge flatly meets the ground? [IMG]http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm300/alexspoom13/Screenshot-118.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm300/alexspoom13/Screenshot-119.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm300/alexspoom13/Screenshot-120.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm300/alexspoom13/Screenshot-121.jpg[/IMG]

Here is a Sim walking across the bridge. On this bit, he just walks through it. He later got stuck.
[IMG]http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm300/alexspoom13/Screenshot-123.jpg[/IMG]

I've taken a look at the Twinbrook bridge and noticed that not only is it lower but that the roads themselves seem to be higher either side than they are in my world.
[IMG]http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm300/alexspoom13/Screenshot-128.jpg[/IMG]

Will I have to replace my bridge in order to stop Sims getting stuck or is it fixable?
]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8677125.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8677125.page GMT DOLLDRMS1 posted here yesterday about my bridge problem and I was hoping you could offer some more help.

I've taken a look at the bridge myself and noticed that Sims are getting stuck on it. Regarding its height, here are some pictures. Is it too high up? Also, do I need to raise the terrain a little so the bridge flatly meets the ground? [IMG]http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm300/alexspoom13/Screenshot-118.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm300/alexspoom13/Screenshot-119.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm300/alexspoom13/Screenshot-120.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm300/alexspoom13/Screenshot-121.jpg[/IMG]

Here is a Sim walking across the bridge. On this bit, he just walks through it. He later got stuck.
[IMG]http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm300/alexspoom13/Screenshot-123.jpg[/IMG]

I've taken a look at the Twinbrook bridge and noticed that not only is it lower but that the roads themselves seem to be higher either side than they are in my world.
[IMG]http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm300/alexspoom13/Screenshot-128.jpg[/IMG]

Will I have to replace my bridge in order to stop Sims getting stuck or is it fixable?
[/quote]

Hi,

Yes, it's too high. You see where it lifts- like a ramp? The bridge needs to be level so those ramps need to be lowered into the ground... Straight from ground to bridge- to make it look normal as if that Sim were walking onto the bridge-and not into the bridge.

Did you check out the bridge in Twinbrook? See how low it is. ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8677161.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8677161.page GMT

I was trying to compare my bridge to the Twinbrook one (the bottom picture of my last post). Does it just need to be lower to the terrain? Are the actual bridge supports ok to be on show as long as the bridge is nearer the ground? I think I've repeated myself there. ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8677231.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8677231.page GMT
You can keep testing it to find the right level. I think I used the mods in EIG to make a Sim to test- didn't save so the Sim didn't stay in the World files. ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8677256.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8677256.page GMT http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8677636.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8677636.page GMT Hope you all doing well. I just got back from France with my family. We had a nice time.
I made a new house and updated my self sim. It was time to get out of the swamp

You can download them in my studio.
Here are also the links

My self as a sim: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=5865896

My house: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=5865898

My household: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=5865900
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I've lowered the ground either side of the bridge so that you cannot see the ramps. However, Sims now won't cross it at all unless by car.

Here are the sides of the bridge as they look now.
[IMG]http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm300/alexspoom13/Screenshot-193.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm300/alexspoom13/Screenshot-194.jpg[/IMG]]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8678086.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8678086.page GMT DM I checked out your updated GFH and really like what you did. 2 questions...where do you get the sky dive tower and is this new GFH CC free except for store items which I don't mind. Loved your first GFH so would love to get this one. AARgh you reminded me of weeds. Because of all our different ground covers in our yard for the foresty look we love, it is hard for most people to notice the weeds, but we know they are there, plus the neighbor's Algerian and English Ivies keeps invading our yard . EEEk, I know I am going to have to get out there and try to wage the eternal war with the weeds.
My granddaughter and I spent 4 hours playing Alexspoom13 's Suburban springs. Plan to play some more when I get back from my doctor's appointment this AM. Glad to see DD already tested the bridge, that is one thing we know we don't have to test. Hayati is doing a great job with the testing after I showed her what to look for. Today I am going to play my sim Emily who I placed in Tangie's new house. SS has only a few houses which filled up really fast. I had to place a lot more. Just about filled up all but a few of the largest lots. Put houses of all different price ranges in there. Wild life started spawning nicely by the second day. We had a lot of fun at the carnival. Hayati loved the shows at the Karaoke place.
Also just installed the new update. ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8678692.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8678692.page GMT http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8679713.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8679713.page GMT
Wow I didn't realize how touchy the bridges were in this game. I hope you guys get it all sorted out and working, Rflong and Alexspoom13.

I did download and install the patch. I didn't notice anything unusual. But my game is plain vanilla EA and so I don't have any mods or cc that would be affected. ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8679738.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8679738.page GMT
Yes and I keep meaning to answer. Is this the one?
http://www.mediafire.com/?b9yxs7fogk6ncoq


[quote=alexspoom13]Hi again Rflong.

I've lowered the ground either side of the bridge so that you cannot see the ramps. However, Sims now won't cross it at all unless by car.

Here are the sides of the bridge as they look now.
[IMG]http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm300/alexspoom13/Screenshot-193.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm300/alexspoom13/Screenshot-194.jpg[/IMG][/quote]

I'm having to reinstall all my games to get CAW to work again. Let me get a picture...

It has to be flat to whatever level your ground is and you'll have to keep testing it to get the right level.

Flat to the ground...(finally found the picture)
[img]http://llnw.thesims3.com/sims3_asset/sims3_asset/media/shard000//shard000/894/969/011/00/screenshot_original.jpg"width=650"[/img]

[img]http://llnw.thesims3.com/sims3_asset/sims3_asset/media/shard000//shard000/654/223/012/00/screenshot_original.jpg"width=650"[/img]]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8679770.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8679770.page GMT If you want to custom skin I can give your a link. I love it, its the only one I use.
Have to look for it tough because I removed my account by tumbr and its from there. ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8679891.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8679891.page GMT
Yes and I keep meaning to answer. Is this the one?
http://www.mediafire.com/?b9yxs7fogk6ncoq[/quote]

Oh, I mean Longview II with all empty lots. Sorry that you didn't get it. ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8680254.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8680254.page GMT
Yes and I keep meaning to answer. Is this the one?
http://www.mediafire.com/?b9yxs7fogk6ncoq[/quote]

Oh, I mean Longview II with all empty lots. Sorry that you didn't get it. [/quote]

I'm reinstalling my game and CAW- it'll be hours before I can see which is which. ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8680368.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8680368.page GMT
Yes and I keep meaning to answer. Is this the one?
http://www.mediafire.com/?b9yxs7fogk6ncoq[/quote]

Oh, I mean Longview II with all empty lots. Sorry that you didn't get it. [/quote]

I'm reinstalling my game and CAW- it'll be hours before I can see which is which. [/quote]
Okay. Why do you reinstall? ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8680457.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8680457.page GMT
Yes and I keep meaning to answer. Is this the one?
http://www.mediafire.com/?b9yxs7fogk6ncoq[/quote]

Oh, I mean Longview II with all empty lots. Sorry that you didn't get it. [/quote]

I'm reinstalling my game and CAW- it'll be hours before I can see which is which. [/quote]
Okay. Why do you reinstall? [/quote]

Why?
I wanted to play my Apocalypse save from before Showtime~ yet it was crashing my game so I uninstalled Showtime. Now CAW won't open even with re-installing it a few times and cleaning out all the old stuff.
So, the only option I have is to uninstall and reinstall the whole silly thing if I want to find CAW files or help with CAW.

*But not that I think of it *sigh* has CAW been updated for the newest patch -and why do I always seem to mess with my files when there's an update? I so amaze myself with my own silliness (rhetorical question). ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8680532.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8680532.page GMT
Yes and I keep meaning to answer. Is this the one?
http://www.mediafire.com/?b9yxs7fogk6ncoq[/quote]

Oh, I mean Longview II with all empty lots. Sorry that you didn't get it. [/quote]

I'm reinstalling my game and CAW- it'll be hours before I can see which is which. [/quote]
Okay. Why do you reinstall? [/quote]

Why?
I wanted to play my Apocalypse save from before Showtime~ yet it was crashing my game so I uninstalled Showtime. Now CAW won't open even with re-installing it a few times and cleaning out all the old stuff.
So, the only option I have is to uninstall and reinstall the whole silly thing if I want to find CAW files or help with CAW.

*But not that I think of it *sigh* has CAW been updated for the newest patch -and why do I always seem to mess with my files when there's an update? I so amaze myself with my own silliness (rhetorical question). [/quote]

Awww! Don't be sad! You can always try back-up the document folders in case if you lost it. ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8681087.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8681087.page GMT http://www.mediafire.com/?elsu8ed55fjz4c9
Don't know for sure if this is the right one. I have to install my caw to see!]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8681202.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8681202.page GMT
Rflong i'm sorry you have to go through re installing all your games

Finally Crystalline Cove is back on the exchange. It seems they had accidentally hidden it]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8682414.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8682414.page GMT http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8682948.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8682948.page GMT
thanks for the heads up WR. I was aware that he updated error trap for 1.34 but I knew the rest didn't need updating. However i had no idea he had already tweaked them for store pc]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8682970.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8682970.page GMT http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8683026.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8683026.page GMT
Are those the right ones, Diamondkool?

And yeah- I must have done something to mess them up. Just wanted to play a little. lol!

And YAY! for the mod updates~Fabulous.

I was cleaning out my CAW saves- have several hundred of world files, some repeats and some I'll never finish. For some reason I had the urge to make a Turtle Cave house- or at least try. Don't know why and it's only for fun. Might set up some traps all through it's tummy.

[img]http://llnw.thesims3.com/sims3_asset/sims3_asset/media/shard000//shard000/431/230/012/00/screenshot_original.jpg"width=650"[/img]

Also found an old world I might work to finish. It's an island with a hidden medieval pirate area... I think I got it from a game picture.

[img]http://llnw.thesims3.com/sims3_asset/sims3_asset/media/shard000//shard000/607/230/012/00/screenshot_original.jpg"width=650"[/img]

[img]http://llnw.thesims3.com/sims3_asset/sims3_asset/media/shard000//shard000/606/230/012/00/screenshot_original.jpg"width=650"[/img]

And I found out that if using a save from the same world but change- I can add snow or leaves or darker grass along with the roads... simulating weather. lol
The map changes and things which go on the map but not in the layers- roads and paint will change but all the objects have to be in the first world.
I can simulate the changing of the seasons in one world save.... ~LOL

Plus- to add billboards or street signs and a lot of the world map items (which can be moved), I only need one since they can be duplicated in game edit with the shift key.... Awesome.


.... Oh and I probably should put this in my own little topic. Sorry

I was also working on a flat build world but I think it looks too much like Sunset Valley and'll probably leave it for a while. Don't know.

[img]http://llnw.thesims3.com/sims3_asset/sims3_asset/media/shard000//shard000/252/231/012/00/screenshot_original.jpg"width=650"[/img]

[img]http://llnw.thesims3.com/sims3_asset/sims3_asset/media/shard000//shard000/257/231/012/00/screenshot_original.jpg"width=650"[/img]

And I'm checking out the TS2 terrain paints Mr.C posted for everyone.
[img]http://llnw.thesims3.com/sims3_asset/sims3_asset/media/shard000//shard000/265/231/012/00/screenshot_original.jpg"width=650"[/img]]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8684674.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8684674.page GMT
Oh, your flat Sunset valley look alike is beautiful Rflong. I love the water and lake. I wonder if you wanted to share. ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8684951.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8684951.page GMT

I didn't mean for it to look like Sunset Valley- probably couldn't have if I had tried, you know. But it does kinda. Makes me sad...

Anyway, I haven't added any trees or spawners or many effects. Is that what you want~ the basic map?
Was planning on keeping it a base game world. ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8684964.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8684964.page GMT ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8684990.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8684990.page GMT ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8685058.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8685058.page GMT
Thanks for the heads up WR. I'll be updating the game in the next few days. Those are the 4 I use, and I just can't play without them.

I just ordered Showtime Yes I'm a bit behind, but I found it for under 20 bucks new.

I'm still lurking about, I've been pretty busy with real life stuff. We have had a good year with a few ups and downs but overall its been pretty good. Work has slowed down and summer is trying to burst upon us. I think it got to near 85 today but by dinner time it had dropped to 50 something, it's now about 35 out. The wind is crazy even for here, I don't want it to completely stop but I do get tired of dirt and sand thrown in my face

All the lots, and world pictures look fantastic! I have a few I want to download but have to update before I can.

Hope everyone is doing well. I know everyone has had some ups and owns this year, I'm hoping that turns around for everyone and we can say that 2012 was a good year despite it's beginning! ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8685120.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8685120.page GMT ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8685128.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8685128.page GMT link?]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8687788.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8687788.page GMT link?[/quote]

I have them too, love them. Mr. C did a great job There's TS2 grasses and everything. I had a look in the CAW textures thread ( http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/181739.page ) but I can't find them Hopefully Rflong knows where she got them.


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Thank you DM ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8688000.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8688000.page GMT Gem Yahoo I am so happy CC has been found.
Rflong that is a very pretty world.
I hope to be able to play today, didn't get a chance yesterday, because my granddaughter was very busy designing a very Gothic castle-like mansion for her sim family in Matkooski. I have to say, she is getting very good at home building. We returned her to her family yesterday after dinner. They are going camping later on this week at San Simeon. I need to get back to SS and resume testing. I am looking forward to playing my sim in Tangie's beautiful Mediterranean mansion.
Amy glad to see you back.
Edit. DM I found it. Next time I look for something I need to remember to wear my computer glasses. ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8688336.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8688336.page GMT
Always nice to hear from you too, Dutchysim. Glad you enjoyed your vacation! I'll go back and add your new sim and house after I post or I might forget.

Rflong I also love the flat build world! I can see why you think it looks a little like SV but I can tell that's it's different world. It's really very pretty.

It sounds like you had a very nice visit with your granddaughter, Rukaya. Hope you get a chance to play. Be sure to try out that sky diving center. Too bad it's a rabbit hole but you can send a sim off now and then to keep them busy and increase their fun. Does it increase athletic? Does anyone remember? I guess I need to use it again myself. Ha!

Gem I am so happy they corrected the mistake of removing CC, and that you rec's and downloads are all intact. Big cheer from me!

]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8689616.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8689616.page GMT The only change I made was adding a lot for the cat jungle, for my sim's cat to play in. You did a fantastic job. Thank you for all your hard work and for sharing it with us.]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8690295.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8690295.page GMT
Speaking of the sky-diving bldg., I read in another forum that it won't be available after 6/8/12, so if anyone needs it, it might be good to get it. It's in the Ford Focus Thrill Seeker Pack in branded content.

Good to see you Simbody! Oddly enough, I come from testing the Suburban Springs world and had put you and the girls in that game. The sim I had been controlling had just introduced himself to you.

Rukaya, glad you are testing Sub Springs, too. That's a big world and there is lots of ground to cover. I also hope you enjoy the most recent GFH as much as I do.

Rflong, I sat here and tilted my head left and right and I don't think your world looks like SV. It looks awesome and I vote you don't give up on it, LOL. I know flat worlds aren't always the most beautiful but boy, are they ever functional and since updating world usually means adding lots, they are hands down the easiest to deal with.

Even I think those TS2 terrain paints look most interesting, in theory anyway. You creators will have to let us know how you think they look when actually applied in a world.

My one pic for today is from my LL game. I still love the interactions children got with Generations. This is little Serena Starr, daughter of the Alienia Starr sim whose pic I put up recently. She holds promise of being gorgeous like her mom but inherited her dad's normal skin. If she turns out to be as nice looking YA as I think she will, I'll upload her. She does have green hair and green eyebrows, LOL, but I'll change those as she ages. Anyway, I still get tickled when they play driving and whip out the driving helmet. Just another sweet moment in the life of a child.

BTW, Reg, you know we'll be sending positive thoughts your way for your bone marrow test. Thanks for the kind words on the redo but Gem did such a good job with this bldg., it's made it easy to redo. Best of all is that it functions flawlessly.

[IMG]http://i1080.photobucket.com/albums/j330/dolldrms1/LLSerenaStarrPlayDrives.jpg[/IMG]





]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8691223.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8691223.page GMT It was deff not one of my fav buildings in LI , but i'm glad it seems usefull enough to serve more purposes than simply taking room and looking ugly in LI LOL

ETA: forgot to mention that I really love what you did with it

Rflong i'm really intrested to see what you are going to do with both of those worlds.]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8691908.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8691908.page GMT
My Sweet treats supposed to be here one day this week anyway - so I am going to go make some ridiculousy sweet and sticky happy places and smear them all over the deliciously happy Cake Island. That should keep my thoughts occupied and childishly happy. I hope.]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8692010.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8692010.page GMT
And now that leaves me with a dilemma of to start it or hope it doesn't fade?
Ah, the life of a short memory. ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8692011.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8692011.page GMT http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8692027.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8692027.page GMT
I must have missed your post about your tests coming soon.
Will be sending lots of positive thoughts til then, too. ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8692040.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8692040.page GMT http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8692103.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8692103.page GMT The only change I made was adding a lot for the cat jungle, for my sim's cat to play in. You did a fantastic job. Thank you for all your hard work and for sharing it with us.[/quote]

Thank you, Rukaya! I'm glad someone is getting some use out of it besides DD and myself.

I've been building a house this evening. It's loosely based on one from TS2 in Belladonna Cove. Here are a few screen shots.

Front
[IMG]http://i898.photobucket.com/albums/ac188/DarkMirage/Builds/Screenshot-33.jpg"Width=640"[/IMG]

Side
[IMG]http://i898.photobucket.com/albums/ac188/DarkMirage/Builds/Screenshot-34-1.jpg"width=640"[/IMG]

Back
[IMG]http://i898.photobucket.com/albums/ac188/DarkMirage/Builds/Screenshot-35-1.jpg"width=640"[/IMG]

Interior:
[IMG]http://i898.photobucket.com/albums/ac188/DarkMirage/Builds/Screenshot-37-1.jpg"width=640"[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i898.photobucket.com/albums/ac188/DarkMirage/Builds/Screenshot-40.jpg"width=640"[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i898.photobucket.com/albums/ac188/DarkMirage/Builds/Screenshot-44-1.jpg"width=640"[/IMG]

It has an open floorplan, two bedrooms *cough DD cough*, and one bath.

[IMG]http://i898.photobucket.com/albums/ac188/DarkMirage/Builds/Screenshot-48-1.jpg"width=640"[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i898.photobucket.com/albums/ac188/DarkMirage/Builds/Screenshot-50.jpg"width=640"[/IMG]

I'll provide a link when I finally get it to upload.

ETA: Link

http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=5875385#

There is no CC. The roof is a recolor by Tammy Trauma @ MTS but shouldn't transfer as it's in a package format. Always check your downloads with Custard!

Good luck with your testing Reg! You'll be in my prayers, as always.]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8692133.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8692133.page GMT I cracked up when I got to *cough* part of your post because I had been scrolling down through the pics ooohing and hoping it was going to be a 2 bd. home.

The house does check out as clean with Custard. It never hurts to be reminded that Custard should be used on downloads, just to be on the safe side.

Reg, don't keep your fears bottled up. I think fears can become magnified when one does that. Stay positive, I think it really helps.]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8692302.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8692302.page GMT
I LOVE my job which is a good thing since it is what I plan to do forever. I have a great group of CPA's to work with and they are all more than happy to teach me anything I want to learn, and trust me to do things that they didn't trust to others that have held the same position in the past. I have 3 accounts of my own and do bits and pieces for multiple other accounts when needed. I'm learning a lot and enjoying it all.

I even have a bit of free time to putz about ingame. Last night I cleaned up one lot that I built a while ago. It is one of the largest homes I've built in a long time. I don't play large lots often, I prefer smaller to medium sized lots, but this one has lots of things to keep sims busy and is a good one for those that don't 'micro manage' their sims like I do You can find it at parsimonious, it has no cc, and no store stuff, needs EPs up to LN and the 1.29 patch. It will probably be the last lot I upload before updating to the latest patch. Showtime shipped today, I might have it by the weekend.

http://www.parsimonious.org/houses3/pages/sb_victorian_dream_mansion.html

I'm also working on a redo of Sunset Valley. I've taken the lite version and fixed all the routing mistakes, and wow are there a lot of hole in the routing paint. I haven't decided what to do beyond a few lots and if I want it to look like SV or look like something else. I like much of it as it is just want a few things changed. I may never share it but it's what I'm entertained by atm.

Oh cool GFH is available! Great! I can't wait to take a tour through it! * runs off to download *
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LOL DD, I couldn't forget your prefs!

ETA: Link to GFHII

http://www.mediafire.com/?6ayhep95da53sia]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8692469.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8692469.page GMT Though in my defense I had that horrible case of bronchitis for nearly 4 weeks it's a weak defense, but the only one I have How is your wife doing? Did you get her her own computer for sims yet?

I won't get to play GFH till Saturday, I have 2 more assignments due by Sunday night and a power point presentation to get started on. Silly me volunteered to be the team manager on a group presentation so I have to actually lead the group rather than procrastinate until the last moment Guess I best get to the homework, the gnomes never do it for me no mater how much I wish they would

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She's doing much better, thanks for asking! No, she just uses this PC. I don't always play so it's not an issue. We are poor anyway. LOL

Good luck with your assignments.
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And congrats- simbody! It's fabulous you love your* job.

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Welcome, Kamio. It's always nice to meet new people here. Everyone's so welcoming and nice that I'm sure you'll fit right along :mgreen:

Ooooh, I do like that house DM. I love remakes of TS1/TS2 houses. Although it's simplistic, it is very pretty & I like the colour blue you used in the main living space!

Simbody872, that lot is beautiful The colours are so inviting and cheery! And good luck with your presentations

Some of ye might know that I've been in LL a lot recently ... a friend gifted me it a while ago but only got a chance to explore it earlier this week. I love it - the sims and the lots are so full of character. I don't really like the layout though, and although those portals save space, it's annoying that almost [i]every[/i] rabbithole is a portal.
I'm playing the Landgraab Clones family. I felt sorry for Chris for living with his clone mother & clone twin sisters so I moved him out all the way to that shabby "outpost" home behind the towering mountain. Fits right in.
I know I'm all a bit late on this, but wow, the moon is stunning:
[IMG]http://i1131.photobucket.com/albums/m545/Conorsim-/In-game/Screenshot-753.jpg"width=600"[/IMG]


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DM Great little house. Your interiors are always so well thought out and livable. I dl'd it and gave it a rec. I am sorry I forgot to ask how your dear wife is doing. I did read in your blog that she getting along much better. You and your family are also in my prayers. Recovery from strokes can take some time as you well know but with all the love and support from her family she should do very well. I understand about one computer; that it is all we have too. When one of my grandchildren comes over, I think how great it would be to have 2, but that is never going to happen.
DD I didn't get a chance to do any testing yesterday but plan to today after I do my ironing. Saw your post on the SS thread, so I know where you have already been.
Rflong your idea for yet another new world sounds intriguing. While I am not certain that I will get SN, it all depends on what it is about, Your world could certainly be the push I will need. Of course I said I wouldn't get ST and of course I caved in and bought it. I strongly suspect that I am addicted to the Sims. I refuse to get the Katy Perry SP though. Sorry to those of you who like it.
Welcome Kamio. How nice to meet you. This a very supportive and friendly group here.
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I'm just enjoying the photos and conversations. I'm on day 3 of an atypically long lasting migraine for me--from my allergies or maybe changing sleep patterns or something--so I'll be uncharacteristically to the point. More or less...

Just wanted to drop in and say those of you who need my prayers have them. DM my daughter asked just last night how Shelly was doing and if she still needed prayers, as she is in ours every night. I am glad to hear she's doing well. GFH seems to be doing well and is deservedly popular. I look forward to playing it soon. I did try and loved it on the old machine but as we know, that machine had issues. And before I forget...hugs to Chief.

WR, I empathize. My mom-in-law just finished chemo for lymphoma and I watched and worried through that with her. I totally understand this is weighing down on you. It is a long time to have such a thing hanging over you. Hopefully our prayers, love and friendship and Sims will help you through. I'm glad you're getting Sweet Treats. I am ,too, but not until I see it in the store. My front door gets horrendous sun exposure so having stuff delivered this time of year is kind of risking heat damage. I have a "carnie" family of magicians and acrobats who use those kinds of whimsical decorations on their lot. It's fits them so well.

RFLong--I LOVED going through your spring cleaning of files there and seeing what you had. Gosh what I wouldn't give to be standing there peeking over your shoulder to see all your old files. There's probably more creativity and imagination in your "trash" than I could ever muster up in one of my "treasures".

Amy so happy to see somebody loving and enjoying their work. I have some family members who take for granted and gripe about theirs and have an entitled attitude, so it's so refreshing to see a can-do and will-do and enthusiastic attitude like yours. I'm sure your employers love you for it and you will only find more success as a result.

Blessings to all! I shall return to lurk mode for a bit and finish up my lunch.

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Nice pic Connor! Yes, the house is simplistic, but it was meant to be. Those are my favorite houses to play in the game. You can build elaborate homes but I have found they don't play very well.

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I've enjoyed so much the other photos in this thread. I like the little slices of life of the sim photos and I very much enjoy seeing the houses and lots and world photos and the creativity and imagination here. ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8695905.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8695905.page GMT
But prayers are good. It worked before and hopefully the good lord is still listening.

Technically just ignor this big chicken sitting here in my desk typing at my computer. hehehe

DM - I have your GFH. I'll admit I have not played it much, but I do plan on playing it more when I get rest of my worlds all in order. I am still updating worlds to Pets and ST or in some cases just ST. But doing the Pets and ST ones first. I had planned to have had them done by this point, but as usual things happen faster in my head than they do in real life as I am too much of fuss budget about it all. It's only a save file I tell myself, but still I have to be meticulous about it. I drive myself nutty and Kamio is worried she might not fit it. She is liable to be way saner than I'll ever be as how many of us are our own worse enemies? Believe me Kamio, you have nothing to worry about - especially if you can put up with the likes of me.

By the way DM, I thought you were also redoing SV2 (Magic Dancers ) - is that still ongoing or did you backburner it as I recall you were doing that when your DH had her stroke - I think - or am I remembering wrong?

YAY, I just got the New Casino - OH NO, another thing to find a place for!!!! I will manage, it looks wonderful though. There is a robot dealing cards from what I can see in the pics and a few one armed bandits. COOL! Now we need a couple new careers - Gambler and therapist for Gambler obsessed with Gambling. hehehe.

Must go check this out!!!!!

OH MY - I forgot something - stands and waves to AMY!!!!!!! Sorry about that AMY - glad to hear things are looking up - up - up! YAY!]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8696313.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8696313.page GMT
I've gotten in re-installed now, but I still have the crashing problem.

Congrats on getting the casino. I just stuck it on my wishlist, it's going to have to wait for now. I'm looking forward to seeing the wishing well that will be released later this month! ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8696383.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8696383.page GMT There is supposedly a new Wshing Well PC coming out in the Store sometime this month!

[url=http://simsvip.com/?p=11565]SimsVIP's Article on the Wishing Well[/url]
Apparently if you have the Casino, or PC from the Casuno at least, the Wishing Well will give extended functionality with the Casino slots, using "Lucky Coins!"]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8696546.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8696546.page GMT I did not bother to put anything on my WL, and the gifter got it for me anyway. She has gifted me a lot of things - very nice lady. But I cannot imagine what I have done that this wonderful person gifts me such nice things. Believe me I have racked my brain.

But anyway I'll be hoping someone sees your WL and gifts it to you as well. I pretty much think you will really like this store content - at least from what I can see. OK, I am going to go check it out - it finally finished downloading. Stupid slow pokey internet... hopefully it works...]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8696584.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8696584.page GMT

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The casino in the store looks nice but ... am I the only one who noticed this?
[img]http://na.llnet.sims3store.cdn.ea.com/u/f/sims/sims3/sims3store/objects/LuckySimoleon_SET/Thumbnail_688x336_ADD8.jpg[/img]
^^
What world is that? It can't be on of EA's - or is it? Or maybe it's Castle Canyon? (sorry if that's the wrong name ) I never played in that world so I'm not sure if it really looks like that.


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Yeah, those pics were great
http://www.thesims3.com/game/tools/world/screenshots
Especially the moon & desert ones ... maybe it is actually that desert world? They've just .. salvaged it? Because they never use custom worlds or lots or anything to showcase store stuff.

Maybe DM, maybe ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8696803.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8696803.page GMT
Thanks for sharing the pictures of the new casino. I saw it today. I'm going to try and catch it someday into the future at a steeper discount. When I see the sale prices of some slightly older sets now, I could kick myself for paying what I did on them even though I almost always bought on discount. Early discounts can't compare to the ones you get a few months later. I'm growing more in patience as I go along. I've been envying Rukaya her patience and recent discount purchases. I've vowed to make her my role model and follow her example. ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8698253.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8698253.page GMT On an other annoying note I tried to post some more findings on the SS thread and keep getting that error 404 whatever, with the baby in the dishwasher. Oh well. I think I will run all my clean up programs and defrag to be ready for my weekly back up to the external hard dry. I can always report back to Alex tomorrow.
I have never noticed that casino at the store. shows how alert and oriented I have been lately.
DM thank you, I redownloaded your house., but I suspect that when I dl'd it the one I did get was your corrected one. I think. ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8698985.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8698985.page GMT

Someone asked about the world the casino was on , on twitter, but suddenly SimGuruSara went quiet]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8699241.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8699241.page GMT

He might be on a ciggy break. LOL ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8699282.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8699282.page GMT

Someone asked about the world the casino was on , on twitter, but suddenly SimGuruSara went quiet[/quote]

So you're the one that put a big bull's eye on my back!! You are bad!]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8699623.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8699623.page GMT -05.30 was magic number. I have been saving my lots in Regina's Build Town II and this is the first time this has happened, but I had to delete a larger lot and place the size I needed in that space so apparently that changes things in the elevation. I will move the house to another Build Town game and upload and see if that doesn't fix the problem.

Simbody I love your house! You do Victorians so well. That's one style I have yet to get the hang of. I'm so glad that you love your job and feel you are learning a lot - as you know that is a profession where you will be able to support your girls financially with and I'm sure that has gone into your thinking.

DM I love your new house, too! DL and Rec'd - I love that you found a use for that picture window. I hadn't yet found the appropriate house to put it in but that works perfectly! I'm so glad your DW is doing well. She's been in my thoughts. And I think it was JM that reminded me of how cute that last picture was of Chief that you posted on your website. I didn't realize that you had scrapped SV2! I'm glad you are trying it again.

JM and WR I hope you feel better soon! Conorsim I love the pics, I will have to go revisit LL one of these days. Your screenshots are beautiful. And thanks all for the heads up about the Store content, I'll go check it out. I'm not sure if I'll buy right away or not. Does it require the new patch? Because I wasn't going to patch right now because it just seems pointless. My apologies to those of you who like it, but I think the KP ST pack is hideous. If they had done more of a kids' pack, or even if they hadn't made all those cupcake bras enabled for random everyday, I might have bought it since Target has it at a reduced price. Oh well, a little disappointment won't kill me.



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I like and don't mind that others don't (not that I've played it yet). It's all good. There's always something from each pack or expansion that someone won't like. ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8699688.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8699688.page GMT

Someone asked about the world the casino was on , on twitter, but suddenly SimGuruSara went quiet[/quote]

So you're the one that put a big bull's eye on my back!! You are bad![/quote]

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Rukaya, if you want to post in the Suburban Springs thread, use quick reply. I don't know what's wrong but using the reg. post reply results in that 404 error.

Glad I checked the thread and saw you had reuploaded the house, DM. I was getting ready to install it for use in the Sub. Springs world because I found a lot I liked for it before stopping the play session. DL'D and rec'd...again

I hadn't seen that pic, Conor, or noticed the desert in the set pic on the store. LOL, when I saw the windows, I knew immediately what I wanted to put on that apt. bldg. redo in my LL world. They are perfect.

Since I opted to pass on the KP SP, I went ahead and bought the casino lot and I really do like it. The theme will fit lots of worlds but the size of the lot being 60X60 may limit where it can be used. Fortunately, the Suburban Springs world I am testing has lots of large lots so I could place it immediately. I also know MV II will be easy to work it into.

I don't know why EA didn't just release the wishing well, too. One of the options on the slot machine to use a lucky coin remains grayed out. It's not like they could keep the wishing well a secret, LOL.

Anyway, the casino lot installs with visitors allowed. I changed that to hangout until I could get a look at it and see what I wanted to do with it. It's really built for versatility for lot designation. It can most easily be converted to a club, or a ST venue. I've put 3 pics below that I took on the gaming floor. There is a room on the other side of the bldg. with a stage and tables that I didn't take a pic of. I also didn't retouch the pics in Photoshop to lighten them. I wanted you to be able to see that it's dimly lit but okay. I'm also glad they provided a dealer for blackjack because it doesn't require the game to generate a sim to man the tables. I'm not quite sure how that will look on a home lot, though.

I thought it quite humorous that I had just changed to the Dreams household since I've been house hopping in the testing. Blackjack is the game of choice for the real life DD and my DH when we are in LV, with slots being a quick change of pace when we want to take a break from concentrating. Now, if only our LV trips ended up as well as DD and GW's did. They left up $1k+

[IMG]http://i1080.photobucket.com/albums/j330/dolldrms1/SubSDDAndGWAtCasino.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i1080.photobucket.com/albums/j330/dolldrms1/SubSDDAndGWPlayBlackjack.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i1080.photobucket.com/albums/j330/dolldrms1/SubSDDAndGWPlaySlots.jpg[/IMG]
]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8699839.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8699839.page GMT I tried to find it in the store with no luck, then I went to the Store forum because I try to see what others are saying about Store content before buying it (lets me find out if it's broken before I waste money on it) but there are hardly any posts about it, either. I was really surprised. Thank you very much for the pics, DD!

As for whether or not the ST* clothes are enabled for random everyday, I read one post that said *some* items weren't enabled and two other posts who said everything was. MrHawk posted that he has fixed that on his site so it's good to know that if I ever was tempted to buy it that I could keep my neighborhood from looking like a bunch of *ookers.

I don't think I'm going to be tempted, though. Not even for Cake World. I find Rflong's creations with content already in the game 100 times more creative and cute than this stuff. But I'll stop discussing it now since it really is not my intent to offend anyone who likes it.

*Sweet Treats - I wasn't thinking about how it has the same initials as Showtime! maybe just calling it Sweets would work better!
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Automated dealers is the next big new thing from an article I read (in real life) a while back - but of course there was no picture of the device in the article - they were just showing an outside picture of several Casino's on the Riviera. But they mentioned the device were made by a Japanese company that is also making these same devices as teachers and a number of other things. There was a picture of a "teacher" and it was real eerie as it did not look like a robot but a real female. The thing even blinked. Made my skin crawl and suddenly think of Stephen King doing something grisly with that info.

You know I had an idea as soon as I read Connors post that perhaps that is a new EA world for the store between a few polls they have done and all the complaints about no aliens in LL - maybe they decided to do Nevada and work together both gambling and Area 51 at the same time. The aliens was the largest vote getter in that poll I am thinking about and I saw gambling was like the second highest in a different poll right before the one with the alien question.

Just a thought anyway. But yes, I have been using it the last couple of hour and it runs great. Oh and Tangie - yes,from what one of the simmers said you do need to be patched to the latest patch. I guess they included the programming for the automation and one eyed bandits in that patch. I was already patched as I wanted the new content and to stop the Unicorns from setting my sims on fire and everything else they don't like. That patch fixes that and several other annoying things too like the sing-a gram sims catching fire when they used certain things. I guess they can still catch fire but the patch helps them put it out.

ETA Oh yeah thank Rukaya - yes Tangie that is another problem with the WE - big lots still foul - generally the little ones not so much but the big ones are still route breaking or made unstable by bulldozing. If you bulldoze a big lot the only way it becomes usable is if you just add little little ones in it's place other wise the ground gets spongy sometimes so it can sink or raise as well as sometimes breaks routing when you use the lot anyway and put in on a map.. Even going to a 40 x40 is very touchy. 20 X 20 and 20 x15 I have been able to use, but even some of the 30 x 30's still messed up in a variety of ways. I have got to the point if I don't have the size I need availiable without bulldozing I will start a new build town save to make more lots availiable as i tend to just leave the places I have no intention of uploading right in build town - ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8700562.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8700562.page GMT


Will post a few pics in a bit.


ETA:

Blackjack:
[IMG]http://i898.photobucket.com/albums/ac188/DarkMirage/Screenshot-67.jpg"width=640"[/IMG]

Loser:
[IMG]http://i898.photobucket.com/albums/ac188/DarkMirage/Screenshot-69.jpg"width=640"[/IMG]

Winner:
[IMG]http://i898.photobucket.com/albums/ac188/DarkMirage/Screenshot-71.jpg"width=640"[/IMG]

Slots winner and loser shots:

[IMG]http://i898.photobucket.com/albums/ac188/DarkMirage/Screenshot-60-1.jpg"width=640"[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i898.photobucket.com/albums/ac188/DarkMirage/Screenshot-59.jpg"width=640"[/IMG]

And that was as far as I got because my Sim decided to go into labor! ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8700751.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8700751.page GMT
All I know is I got some new roofs, walls that look great in LL and floors and the Unicorn stopped setting my sims house and sim on fire with the patch. That much I know was in the patch.]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8700943.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8700943.page GMT
I worked on the Mediterranean lot and reuploaded it: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=5879781

Those of you who downloaded the original, could you redownload and let me know if this fixes it? If it does I will take down the original. Thanks!
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Tangie, I already made a lot perfect for these machines. I will be adding them to my "Purple people eater" venue. ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8701105.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8701105.page GMT
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I'm so glad you posted pics, DM. Yours are the *standard* we all try to achieve, LOL. Purple People Eater, of course! How perfect.]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8701262.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8701262.page GMT

Tangie, I can't take all the credit for predicting the casino. Rflong and I were in a chat and discussing her "Dice" build and it was her suggestion to turn it into a casino because I liked the lot but play a more realistic style. She gave me her "okay" to use it for the casino idea. So, it all worked out!

I did know that venue was going to be a casino as soon as I saw it though. It just had that look about it, if you know what I mean?

I am going to download your new lot again. I hadn't tried using it yet as I didn't have a big enough lot in the world I am currently playing. ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8701312.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8701312.page GMT

As for Sweet Treats I would never be offended by any comments on that SP. I've read and heard them all by now. Even I have some reservations about it because I do worry some of those crazy outfits are going to show up uninvited and unwanted like those EVIL dreaded swim flippers! I haven't bought it yet so will take a second look at what it comes with. I may rethink that purchase because of the outfits. I like the rest of the crazy stuff, though.

DM thanks for posting the pictures of the Casino.

Are robots really replacing people at that job? I hope that doesn't become widespread. I have a friend, ironically a robot enthusiast, whose mom is a blackjack dealer in Vegas. I'd hate to think of her being put out of work by a THING. There's enough people out of work as it is that I am not too keen on the thought of synthetic people being manufactured and replacing us.

I'm scared to death of gambling. I played slots in Vegas the one time I was there and won something like $25 and called it quits. My husband was laughing at me because the entire time I acted like the slot machines were going to come alive and beat me with their metal arms and take my lunch money. I am really THAT nervous about gambling! I get a bit nervous even looking at the casino pics!

Tangie, thanks my headache seems to have "broken" I hope it does not come back tomorrow. I think it started from going from 1 to 2 cups of coffee last week and then back down to 1 this week. Caffeine is evilllll!

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Your pics are "da bomb", DM. You have such a good eye for photography, just accept and enjoy it.

Glad your headache is better, JM.

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I have not heard anything like that about Casino's in the USA though.]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8702476.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8702476.page GMT
http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=5880680

Casino
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Entry
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Blackjack
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Bar with City Decor
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Slot Machines
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Seating
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No, you can't recolor the blackjack simbot dealer to whomever asked. ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8702577.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8702577.page GMT http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8702654.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8702654.page GMT http://www.mediafire.com/?elsu8ed55fjz4c9
Don't know for sure if this is the right one. I have to install my caw to see![/quote]
Hi, Sorry for late reply, I thought I replied before. Not this one,I mean Longview II with empty lots. But I'll probably will do it myself.

Anyway, have a good day. ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8703382.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8703382.page GMT DD I know what you mean about SS populating so fast, I am going to put Tangie's Med house in and move Emily into that one and let some lucky game generated sim move into elle somethings Dream House. Then am going to fill up the rest of the lots with some houses and apartments.
JM I am happy to see that your headache is getting better. I used to get migraines and severe tension headaches years ago. Haven't had one in quite a while. I sometimes drink coffee with the full strength but usually drink the half caf or decaf. But I love the occasional full octane cup.
Reg I have never liked the sim robots or that invisible friend doll. They both give me the willies, like something from a Steven King book. ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8704693.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8704693.page GMT
I want to wish a great big HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Pary. I'm pretty sure today is her birthday - so hope you had a lovely one!
]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8708555.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8708555.page GMT What a day, out in the heat and sun with my daughter all day, as today was a half day of school and the last day of school. I was looking forward to doing a little building in Ridgeview and some rearranging in Hidden Springs but now I'm too drowzy.

Anyway, thanks Rukaya I am better.

And duh...I forgot what I was going to say. I was reading and had all these comments and boom...out they flew as the wind whistled in between my ears.

Oh yes...Happy Birthday Pary. I'm sorry I have not kept track of birthdays. Gosh honestly I even forgot how I old I was. I'd been telling people for months, when the subject would come up for whatever reason, that I am 46. I could have sworn I was 46 and then I suddenly realized the other day, having done the math, I was 45. I honestly thought I was going to be 47 next birthday. Oh well I get to be 46 twice, then.

There are times I can't remember what the heck I named my kid and how old she is. I'd worry about Alzheimers but my mom and mother-in-law say they have those moments, too. I do recall being called the dog's name a lot as I was growing up.

Ah more memory kicking in, DM I love your Casino. I greatly prefer it to the EA one. The EA one is kind of gloomy and not very inviting. Your version is much more exciting. I guess I need to buy the EA one though so I can have all the proper features of your casino, though, right? I will have to wait then but I will remember to go back and get it when I do.

Aggh, not one of my better posts. Good night everyone.]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8710386.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8710386.page GMT Tangie I am just glad that you were able to fix the problem with your house, after you put so much time and effort into designing it. I am really looking forward to finding the time to move my sim into it. Ah the luxury of a gorgeous home.
JM no wonder you get confused you are always so very busy. It is getting you prepared for when you reach my age. Just tell people you have so much knowledge that your brain is full of wisdom and it takes a little time to access the data. It works for me.
Happy birthday Pary. Have a wonderful special day. ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8712368.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8712368.page GMT

I am struggling to keep track of all the new lots and sims and worlds we discussed here lately. I hope none of the posts get altered or deleted so I can find everything when I need it.

My husband brought home 5 work computers he has to set up for employees this weekend so it looks like I won't be able to get his help installing Windows on my machine again. So I will be stuck being very conservative on Mac OS for awhile. Oh well at least it runs.

Well I gotta run. Have a great weekend everyone.

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Rukaya you're welcome for the gift. Gem that was very sweet of you to post out wish lists. Thank you!

DM you're going to "make me" buy that casino set with pictures like that. You're PPE club looks great with those in it.


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LOL @ Tangie! I know how you feel. There's been a few times when I didn't want things from the store, until I saw some pictures from other simmers anyway! Sometimes a recolor or different setting can make a huge difference in making a purchase.

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I appreciate you reposting that info here. You can delete it now so we don't go too far OT here.

That second person mentioned VMware. I already tried that. I did not find it a viable way of running Windows as it did not permit me to use my full video card settings. I need a true Bootcamp partition and a true Windows environment. Then the game will play for me exactly as it does on any decently spec'd windows pc.

Sigh, my husband is now sick with a bug from the office AND he has to work on the other computers he brought home. Definitely no chance now at all of him helping me put Bootcamp and Windows on my machine this weekend. I will have to wait another weekend.

I hope we get some time at home next weekend. I am supposed to attend a baby shower then, but there's some interpersonal drama/politics behind that and so I don't know if I am "supposed" to go or not. Either my attending will be a nice thing or cause world war 3. Sadly I think hard feelings will ensue no matter what I do. I wish my husband's family and mine could be normal and family celebrations could be uncomplicated happy events and not cause for grudges and grievances to play out. But...that's not the way it is. So...whatever. Just roll with it and look for the cake! Thank God there's always cakes at these things. By next weekend I am off my diet...so cakes of the world...HIDE! ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8718024.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8718024.page GMT http://thecivilzationofthesims.blogspot.co.uk/ ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8720450.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8720450.page GMT
Thought I would post a few screenshots today from when I was testing my latest house. I build in Regina's Build Town but I also set up a playable game there in another save, so when I'm ready to test a house I save it to the bin and place it in this saved game and choose a sim to help me test it. As I mentioned previously, Rukaya's new sim Emily Miller helped me test my Mediterranean house.

So anyway this saved game is getting pretty active. One evening during the house testing her social was low so I sent her to a pub I placed in town - it's an Irish Pub called the Garden Gnome that I got from mts - so here's a few shots I took while she visited there. First, do any of you recognize this guy?

[IMG]http://i998.photobucket.com/albums/af107/TangieCat/MartyBarakat.jpg[/IMG]

This is Marty Barakat, the son of RJ Dreamer and the EA sim Twallan's SP matched her up with in a Mesa Valley game. He was a paparazzi - I could never understand what she saw in him. Anyway, Marty looks a lot like RJ the sim, imo. Here's another pic with Emily and one of my sims.


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As it turns out, he had married Gem's sim Gemmy Deviant in this game. Here they are with their (hungry!) daughter. I don't know what Gemmy was thinking, bringing her toddler to an Irish Pub!


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Next thing I know, Gemmy and Marty go outside and get into the photo booth. What could they possibly have been doing in there, umm?


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And of course Gemmy trips as she comes back out. Too funny!


In this save I also noticed that Nathaniel Cohen (one of Summer and Seth's boys) married my sim Jordan St. Claire. I bet they'll make pretty babies.

[IMG]http://i998.photobucket.com/albums/af107/TangieCat/NathanielAndJordanCohen.jpg[/IMG]
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Too funny with Gem tripping outside of the photo booth. Geminia Deviant is a fun sim. The one who always gave me my best photo ops still has to be Pary's sim. That sim was always making all sorts of facial expressions. She always seemed exasperated by what was going on around her.

I used to have Jordan St. Claire. I just realized she is one of the many sims missing from my files when I transferred among all those computers. I'll have to make a mental note to redownload her, too. Somehow I managed to hang onto Anderson Karr. I tote him everywhere!

I was wondering if anyone has noticed anything unusual about the Lunar BunBunny sim. I was messing around in CAS making a different surfer dude version of him to be a brother to the real sim at some point down the line in a different world from the one I'd been playing.

I noticed when I changed the body hair to blond-ish that the hair below the bellybutton stayed black. That was odd even for it to be black because the rest of Lunar's body hair is sort of matching his red hair and is not pitch black. I removed all body hair to see what was going on and could not remove this bit of black hair under the belly button.

It appears to be EA body hair since it's the same pattern as found on one of the torso hair patterns. But it just won't budge or be recolored. I wondered if anyone who has the same sim might have noticed anything about this. I wonder if CC tagged along. I don't see it showing up as separate content anywhere. It could be a glitch from when I binned the sim to work on him in CAS.

Well that's all the computer time for me at the moment. Back to housework. My husband is feeling better. I hope we get to go outside and do something fun for at least an hour before we all get bogged down in drudgery again.

I saw the Suburban Springs thread. I would love to try the second beta but don't want to post as an official beta tester because with the way things go on Mac, I'd probably drive everyone nuts with weird errors and glitches that would only ever happen on a Mac.

]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8722497.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8722497.page GMT http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/535872.page I so much appreciate the concept he is presenting so I downloaded that world. I'm going to playtest it in my spare time and I'll report back my thoughts on it. It will be interesting to see how this concept plays out on my Mac. The way he describes it, it was exactly what I needed for the last Mac. But Showtime has added strain to the game so even this excellent concept may not help Mac issues much.

Unfortunately the latest patch still has not enabled Mac users on Lion OS to take screenshots. So I can only describe my game and impressions and not show anything at present time.

And yeah, I'm logged in as my old name since trying to download Small City Project required I use my old log in to accurately show me what store content I had already installed. Poor Jenny thought she was missing pretty much everything! ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8722765.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8722765.page GMT

Edit to add: Ahh, I do have a reason to troll that stoopid hooman after all. That world let in a custom content: a pattern called AMv3@TSR_Canvas.

It shows up in the launcher and is clearly labeled, so those of you willing to brave it probably don't need to fear. I did notify Remmo it's there. I am just going to leave it in for now. I don't know how to get rid of CC very well and I don't plan on uploading anything for a long time, anyway. Hopefully a pattern that hasn't bogged down the creator's computer should be fine on mine. It's so funny to have to warn about CC coming in when I used to be a CC creator myself. Now we act like we have to warn if we have measles or something.

Edit Again: The launcher won't let me uninstall. It says I can't uninstall CC with dependents. Does anyone know what that means? ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8722826.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8722826.page GMT

When you download a lot or world with CC you will not be able to UNinstall the CC until you first uninstall the lot or world. Then you can uninstall the pattern. You have to delete the CC first BEFORE installing the lot/world or the lot/world and the CC will forever be a pair. This doesn't apply to packaged CC, of course, only S3P's.

Bunbunny's sim was formerly a burned up doll - whatever those things that came with Gen were called, suddenly my mind is blank. But I wonder if the oddities you are seeing are due to changes in the sim's life state? I've never messed with his/her sim in CAS so I have no idea.

edited for clarity and to correct errors

Oh! I remember now, it's Imaginary friend! Bun's sim was a ghost imaginary friend. If he used the same sim but just changed the life state several times that might explain the oddities.
]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8723206.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8723206.page GMT Thank you so much for the information about CC removal. Unfortunately I was only in the world for a few minutes and I already discovered a serious problem for poor Remmo, after he already worked so hard to alleviate other problems that should NOT be problems.

Poor Remmo has apparently made liberal used of "stacked stairs" to alleviate the issue of spiral staircases causing problems. Unfortunately, stacked stairs have been broken for most of us, I think, since several patches and EPs ago. I will make a full report of it to him in his thread. But for my friends here I wanted to give an FYI. My sim could not go upstairs in her townhouse.

Otherwise, what I saw of the world was incredibly impressive. It's gorgeous, it did not lag yet for me. Graphics loaded well despite the lots being close together. Remmo did think of and solve so many other issues that normally plague us. It's a shame this one tripped him up. ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8723342.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8723342.page GMT
Now if he did build the lots on the same spot they're located on in the game, then maybe the issue has become more serious. But I placed a house with stacked stairs in Suburban Springs yesterday and lucked out because it worked right away, did not even have to move it.

This game is just downright wacky, I tell 'ya.


edit - sigh - for another spelling error
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... Remmo did think of and solve so many other issues that normally plague us. It's a shame this one tripped him up. [/quote]

Which ones normally plaque us? I so don't want them again and they'd probably be the ones I usually miss ~ again.

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Tangie, there is a lot in Suburban Springs that is 35X30 for PPE. It's zoned residential but can be changed quickly. It's near the big park. Thanks for helping with the testing. That's a big world with a whole lot of ground to cover.

I posted in the thread about the problem with the new file name. You and Rukaya might as well wait until he gives us another Beta 2 because saves can't be reopened with the one he just put up.

JM, I haven't looked at Lunar Bunbunny in CAS either but Tangie's guess as to what might be going on sure sounds plausible to me.

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Oh the issues Remmo is trying to bypass in his world are basically stated in his intro. He wants to avoid the kinds of things that sometimes cause route failures or cause lag for some people. You don't need to worry about missing anything Rflong. You've passed that point a long time ago and seem to have an instinct to avoid trouble. It's rare any of us have any problems with your builds.

I have had stacked staircases fail on the lots in which I've built them before, I think. But I wouldn't swear to it. I would honestly have to try building another to see if I can replicate the problem. I've been pulled in so many different directions this evening since my last post that my head is still reeling.

I'm going to check in with Remmo and then go back to seeing if I pick up on anything else I can report back to him. I'll see if I can fix at least one townhouse myself.

Edit to add, Tangie would it be okay if I quote your post (with credit) to Remmo on his thread to help him out? ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8726220.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8726220.page GMT
What did I say again?

Maybe you mean the stuff about the CC being attached to the world? Or the stairs? Anyway, whatever it was, sure, no problem although he may already know about them.

OK, gotta get to bed now, it will be abother sleepy day tomorrow at work.
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From what I can see of testing his other identical brownstone townhouses, he built the original one and then just binned it and set it around in a square. The original must be one of these houses: 710, 720, 770 and 760 Creek Side. All those had stacked stairs that worked. 730, 740 and 750 did not work and those were oriented perpendicular to the ones that did.

He also left a stacking spiral staircase in a house. Those worked. But I think one of the things he says about his world is he removed all spiral staircases. So I think there are some things he's missed in trying to test the whole shebang all by himself. The world is labeled as a final release so this could be a problem for him, unfortunately. I hope I can be of help to him to polish it up, despite how hectic my week will be. I will be devoting what time I can to looking this world over as best I can.

My poor hubby has apologized profusely for having another weekend go by without being able to help me install Windows. Oh shucks it's not his fault. He was not feeling the best but still did a lot of work in 94 degree heat on some of our storm damaged exterior. But even without Windows I think I can still do at least some decent checking out of this world.

It is beautiful despite being small and close-packed. The creator put a lot of ingenuity and thought into putting it all together.

I do wish I could take screen shots though because the brownstones have tiny decorative fencing to them that I can't describe. I need to provide a picture because I am concerned they could trap horses.

I have to find out if this world is designated as a true city and find out if it will spawn horses. If it does, these fences might pose a problem. But they look so authentic and gorgeous it would be a terrible shame to remove them. I am going to test and see if horses do get caught. ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8726875.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8726875.page GMT http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=kOYGKoiX3Ow
I think it looks fantastic ... so many new stuff, by the looks of it Will go perfect for my recreation of Magic Town (I have returned to it, and it's nearly done, btw )

[IMG]http://i1131.photobucket.com/albums/m545/Conorsim-/Magic%20Town/m1.jpg"width=600"[/IMG]

I actually need your opinion on that ^ Do you think it's too "mountain-y"? Personally I like it (well, of course I do, I made it LOL) - honest opinions please!
I've been thinking of turning this into a community project. I'm a poor builder, and I'd LOVE for any of ye to contribute lots - most likely residential, and maybe even sims, too! I nearly have all of the original Magic Town lots done, and sims. It's meant to be 10 years after the original Magic Town, so that explains why it has changed a bit (well, not really, the original Magic Town is still pretty much the same)
In the trailer above, I don't think that's Magic Town... if it's not, I will release my version a few weeks maybe once the EP is out, as Supernatural features will of course be implemented into the world.
What do ye think?

Tangie, love the pics. Fun is always guaranteed in an Irish Pub ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8728081.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8728081.page GMT
That's a dead link - They just took the video down. But I'm assuming it was an unofficial trailer for Supernatural?

But your world looks amazing! The trailer sounds exciting, too!
I would love to help build some things, too! That would be really exciting for me!


Oh, and hello there, Summer! (Lol! It's [i]summer[/i] right now, and [i]summer[/i] came to visit!)]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8728477.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8728477.page GMT Conor the layout of your new world is looking really beautiful.. I really don't remember much about how Magic Town looked, but I will happy to build a house for you. Just let me know what you want and what it should look like more or less. style, size and the like and if you do not want store items or if it doesn't matter. Other than store items I do not use CC.
Tangie and Pary, I tried gifting you, did you get it? These new pages and all the stuff going on with the forums, etc, I don't know. Hope I did it correctly. I do believe I have updated everything that can be updated.
Update:
DD and Tangie, Alex has the corrected BETA2 up, so I dl'd it and will start playing it after my coffee..I need to wake up first tho. My kitty Tabatha, woke me up early. I guess she thought my foot was a mouse or something under the blanket, and I must have been moving it and she jumped on it and bit my big toe. She broke the skin a little bit and ouch it hurt. I scolded her and had to get up and wash it and put some peroxide on it. Darn cat. I explained to her that mommy's foot is not a toy. She has been extra sweet since then.]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8728740.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8728740.page GMT

It looks fabulous, Conorsim.
I'll build a lot for you, too. Just let me know what you need for it, and when you need it by. ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8728902.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8728902.page GMT
That looks beautiful. I wouldn't change a thing. I love it! The mountains are perfect. I also don't remember too well what the original looks like. I last played Magic Town 2 years ago. It is still installed on my old Windows laptop that's buried somewhere in this house. I never earned enough magic coins to actually move into Magic Town. I'd just visit the carnival style lots. Your project brings back fond memories. Depending on the time frame involved I might build something, too. But right now I am testing another world and have a piece of CC installed on my machine. I don't know if I'll be done and restored to pristine condition in time to help out or not. Let us know what the time frames and needs are and hopefully I can help out!

Rukaya I hope your toe heals up soon. Our cats sometimes do that, too. They pounce on our toes under the covers. That's quite an awakening, isn't it!

Yeah, haha--Summer visiting in summer! I forgot to log out and log back in but no big deal. It was just startling for even me to see that avatar up there. I really did want to troll myself so badly!

It sounds exciting with everyone testing Suburban Springs. That's such a beautiful world. I'd love to try it out too but I've committed to seeing things through on checking out Remmo's City Project. Remmo wasn't even asking for testing but I think it helps to get end user feedback and I admire that world so much I hope to see it perfected. It's been ages since I could even halfway decently test anything. Being on a Mac rig is fun in many ways I can't describe, but of course we all know my restrictions by now.

Tangie I had seen that you had tested that piece of CC out on Custard for Remmo. Thank you for doing that!

I wish I knew better what my summer schedule is going to be like. We haven't quite solidified it yet.
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]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8730423.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8730423.page GMT http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTdPcnANgXc&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Ths one may also be taken down...

Yep - All of the leaked Sims: Supernatural trailers have been taken down off of YouTube... But SimsVIP has posted 48 screens from the trailer before they were taken down! Take a look!

[url=http://simsvip.com/?p=11697]SimsVIP's Supernatural Trailer Screens[/url]

I just wanted to point out some things that caught my attention, though:

[img]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8007/7176760437_37c6b3e524_o.jpg"width=450"[/img]
Look at that Gazebo! That's not normal Sims architecture... Either that's a rabbithole, or we're getting new building tools!

[img]http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7221/7176761305_5b567fa69e_o.jpg"width=450"[/img]
It appears that there is a new Vampire Altar! Could this mean that you can get vampires without having to buy LN once you buy SN?

[img]http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7104/7361985664_f2c08b6a11_o.jpg"width=450"[/img]
I have absolutely no idea what is going on here... But I can say, there appears to be [u]moon phases[/u]! And more outfits for women! Men have such a tiny wardrobe compared to the women in TS3...

[img]http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7073/7361985472_ef9d9deba9_o.jpg"width=450"[/img]
This also caught SimsVIP's attention, too: New ghost!

[img]http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7217/7176763981_313b292a6a_o.jpg"width=450"[/img]
The dumb mailman is eating the garden! That's what happens when you loose your brain, I guess!


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I just uploaded another of my YA sims. Lucinda Andre. Daughter of the ever popular Marcus Andre and Shalal Andre, nee Ravenwood.
http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=5902583
Plan to do some more tomorrow. If you prefer, I will just let you know they are there, or if you wish I can list all the site addresses. Have to go, my hubby wants to do some shopping.]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8730958.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8730958.page GMT

Anyway, that entire EP just looks creepy. I'm waiting for more info on it as I wouldn't want my towns overrun by the creatures in my game. I am most curious about the objects that will come with the EP. ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8731886.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8731886.page GMT

OK, anyone have any cheese to go with that?

I never played any of the creatures in TS2 either, actually, and only visited Magic Town a few times when I did play, so I'm no help as far as helping you Conorsim. But your world is looking gorgeous, I have to say! I also agree with your remark about Irish Pubs.

Rukaya yes, I recieved the gift and I thank you very much! I posted a thanks on your My Page but I had a feeling you wouldn't get it there. Pary created a thank you thread on the Gifting forum to thank everyone who gifted her. I didn't see it until the next day. Posts move so fast on this forum! Glad to hear your toe is better. Those naughty cats!

I am trying to download the patch but it says it's going to take two hours. Last night I tried the incremental patch but got the invalid file error. It might have something to do with not updating Origin but I'd really rather not so I'm downloading the manual superpatch instead. As soon as that's done, I'll uninstall SS and DL/install the newest version.

I'm glad that you were able to help Remmo with his world issues, JM. I had downloaded the original but hadn't gotten around to installing it yet. I think I have too many worlds installed again as it is. I find them so hard to resist! I see he's got the new version up already. All you need to do is to uninstall the original world, and find and uninstall the pattern. On a PC I always empty worldcaches and game backups. Then you can download the newest version and check it out. BTW I have never heard that stuff from TSR is 'stickier' than any other CC. Do you have info on that I can check out? Granted I only have a handful of stuff from there but it's not been my experience that it acts any differently than stuff made elsewhere. Of course a badly made piece of CC can show up anywhere but thankfully it doesn't happen very often. There might be a lot of UGLY stuff out there, but very few broken ones.

The main problem with CC in TS3 is that EA has made it so difficult to track, manage, and maintain. But I was looking at some CC items over the weekend that I thought were fabulous. As soon as they stop updating this game, I am going to load up on the CC!

I feel like I'm forgetting to respond to someone so if I have, I'll try to reply later!






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So anything that can take me happily away for all that - I am there.

Just like I tried that Apocalypst game and it just was too pretending - like playing dress up for me to quite enjoy. I felt like I was working instead of playing a game as the imagination cannot wrap itself around dangers that don't exist. Believe me I am not fond of Zombies, it's too Revelations for me in real life - just the thought - not saying I have ever seen a real zombie - I cannot even watch movies with Zombies in them. I can fly though - let one come on my tv and see how fast I fly across the room to grab the remote - but in the game - well you just can't have a apocalyps without them. And of course my long awaited Fairy world with an enchanted forest seperating the Fairy Folk from the evil witches and other creatures. I so want to make one of those. I think if I can find the right world - seeing I'm so CAW inept... hehehe

I do not agree it is like wow or any of the known creature games although they look wonderful, I am not into that ruthlessly endless killing thing. Which is what kept me from giving Skyrim another thought. I don't like those kind of games - but if they toned down all the killing to an - "no choice or die" kind of thing and made it a playable story - I'm all for that. I do believe some killing or death by monsters if absolutely necessary or a coincidence to losing a duel is great, but not for that to be the purpose of the game. I want a to know the story of the "Boss" creature climbing the ladder and doing the the steps from being a little monster baby to the top of the mountain. I want to play THAT story.]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8734304.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8734304.page GMT
JM I do not believe this is a matter for you until you have windows installed - although I am not sure, you probably know better than I do.]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8734725.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8734725.page GMT

I agree with you, I think. I would love to play as the "boss" from their childhood to adulthood! That would be pretty neat!

I do play Skyrim every now and then, but for the most part, I just play it to gain some inspiration for Castle Point and any other future Sims project that I may have. It's a massive world, and I figured I would enjoy exploring it if I got it! I've already gotten some ideas - and with the new Dawnguard Vampire/Werewolf Add-On coming out this month, I'm bound to find some inspiration geared specifically towards SN! ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8735459.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8735459.page GMT I do agree with the others on one thing, I hope we can keep a handle on keeping the human sims seperate a bit from the Creature sims, for the fact I don't really want a whole lot of non- Creature Sims (the Human sims) invading my creature towns. It would be cool if we could have the encounters between humans and creature as not an everyday occurrence. Like if they befriend one another and are asked over to the others places that would be alright, but not just have human NPC moving into my Creature towns. If they do, well they will get Halloween Town Make- overs then. hehehe

I think the encounters should be suspicious of each other, maybe curious, but keep ones distance.

I was thinking tonight, where we have Genie kids and Vampire kids, I heard there are baby fairies (over at Sims.VIP)- I also hope that goes with the Werewolves and the Witches. I can have little Eddie Munsters and Tabitha Stevens. That would be cute. I do hope Zombies do not have babies though.

But no matter I am happy about this ep. It's been 9 years I have been waiting for this.
ETA- I do suggest for anyone thinking of getting this EP and not liking the thought of the Supernatural in their hoods, may want to think twice as technically speaking these are NOT Creatures per sec in just an ep - these are the main focus sims - so they are going to be everywhere, as we saw in LN when Vampires lost the status of "creature" to a fully playable family sim - they multiply, move in, and have the same population sizes (eventually) as the human sims so it is not likely there will be any curtailment of these "Sims". I was thinking of that after I wrote about not wanting the regular sims in my creature hoods - but from the way the programming works the Sims a featured type sim is definitely going to invade the hoods. You only have to look at the hoods after each ep - so for you guys not interested in the Creatures like I am - I'd really suggest you think twice before you buy as they are featured sims - just like Pets, Vamps, Entertainers, etc and are going to be all over your hood.

What I can't figure out is seeing this ep is about the Creatures - what is the actual creature for the ep going to be - a human sims? But seriously I know what I would like it to be - the baby fire breathing dragon from Sims 1 Makin Magic. They are so cute and would love to have them back.]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8736068.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8736068.page GMT

Thank you so much everyone for the compliments on Magic Town. Oh, and yes - whoever can contribute, contribute away ... But, I'm just wondering, I/we should probably build lots for the world after Supernatural is released? I mean, it wouldn't make sense if I released the world before the EP was released Hmm ... maybe I should hang onto the world for now, do all the routing blah blah, and then when Supernatural is realised people can contribute lots & sims. *scratches head*

Anyway, I agree with DM & Tangie to some degree. I mean, I don't want vampries/witches/fairies etc etc overrunning my towns. I really hope EA make something that controls all the occults.

ETA: Oh, and I'll try and stop talking about this here, I know it's a bit off-topic. I'll make a thread for it when the time is right.]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8739806.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8739806.page GMT
I am not sure about the SN EP, the thought of all those creatures running all over the place sounds like problems. I can deal with the occasional horse and if I get too many vampires, I send them to get the cure, but I don't know about all the other creatures.
I spent the morning uploading a bunch of my YAS So here they are:
Siblings Jamal, Nafissa and Amalia Badawi, children of Ali and Ameena Badawi http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=5908676
Michael Andre, brother of Lucinda Andre http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=5908195
James MacLean, vampire son of Allister and Morgana MacLean http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=5908200
Jeffery Ravenwood a Vampire, a Couture Connoisseur, son of Alaric and Rowena, brother of Lillia Ravenwood, http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=5908668
Lillia Ravenwood normal sim sister of Jeffery. http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=5908194
Tia Ericson daughter of Leif and Astrid Ericson. http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=5908669
Ali and Ameena Badawi, parents of the above siblings. http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=5908675
Yusuf and Azziza Abdullah YAs I have had a while with careers. http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=5908678
I think all of them have at least a few skills and a job..I think. May have store items, but no other CC. So can be played or used to help start a population. I hope I got the addresses correct. I am not the most skilled typist on the block.
Well back to doing laundry.
Conor I think you have a good idea about sort of waiting until you see just what this new EP is really like and just work on the routing etc. I know I am not certain about just sort of house I should make. I would want the exterior to be suitable and not an eyesore.]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8740499.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8740499.page GMT
I do not trust EA to have anything built in to keep supernaturals from overrunning towns, so I accept that if I get the EP, I am agreeing to let my cities and towns be overrun by zombies and goodness knows what else. Fortunately, spending the past couple months of delivering singing telegrams to vampires attempting to romance green skinned love interests on city streets while wild horses trot by has gotten me used to pretty much everything incongruous this game can throw at us.

Tangie Unfortunately I just don't know where the exact conversation was, and actually I'm pretty sure it was many of them scattered about and well over a year ago. I know people making unsupported undocumented sweeping claims about cc is a valid pet peeve of yours, and I unintentionally did just that--and my apologies for doing so --so I will erase my statement to Remmo since it was off the cuff and doesn't really add much to that thread anyway. And since that particular piece of CC is easy to identify and remove. Though I am glad you provided the cache name file, since uninstalling it definitely did not remove if from my DC Backup folder and I did have to do that manually. Thank you again for looking into that piece of cc and providing the cleanup info!

Remmo's city is fixed and completed so it looks like I don't need to test anything else for it. I'll just play for fun. I'm going to try and build a bit in Rflongs flat world and report anything amiss that might come up.

I did notice my computer had choked a bit loading the map and came up black for awhile. The world might be too big for the Mac OS to handle with Cider emulation hogging RAM.

Writin Reg--thanks, yes, I actually do keep Adobe up to date. I have to do that much. I don't have Origin but I soon shall have to deal with it, so I appreciate any information you provide to the other Windows users.

Apple just released yesterday an updated version of my laptop that is 2.6 Ghz and has a new graphics card. Now I am kicking myself for buying this one. I sure envy the extra power the new one has. Unfortunately at the time I bought mine the strong rumor was that they were going to remove the Optical disk player from Macs and well...I need that to run Sims! Oh well...such is life. There is always newer and faster around the corner. My husband says the newer one isn't that much more powerful than the one I have. But then he said that about mine and the one I had returned. He knows a ton about computers and how they ordinarily run programs. But I don't think he has any idea how freaky Sims really is and the odd demands it places on us. For instance, he has no idea I have to sacrifice 2 chickens and a pocket calculator under the light of the full moon every third Wednesday of the month to run Showtime. It used to be 1 chicken prior to Showtime. He just doesn't understand why the game needs that extra chicken. ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8740841.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8740841.page GMT
EDIT: Gah, I get Liam saying the site can not process my request when I am trying to download Yusuf and his wife. What is going on with this site? Is it partially down?

Ahh nevermind I just saw the message from the Sim guru. The site IS down for maintenance. Okay well I will come back and fetch your new sims Rukaya. They look great and I do need them for Rflong's new town. I am glad you decided to share them. I know it can be a pain to package of households. Thanks for taking the time out to do that for us. ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8740853.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8740853.page GMT http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8740900.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8740900.page GMT
I AM having a lot of trouble with my vision. A LOT of trouble. I can focus when I work at it, but casual looking at anything leaves me in a real bind. I'm to the point I have given up driving anyplace I don't already know how to get to or can't memorize directions for before I go. I can no longer glance down to read a map or see the screen on my GPS device while I'm driving. My eyes refuse to focus from the road to close up. But that's not all. I was having a conversation with another parent the other day at my daughter's school and my vision started doing crazy things and I know my eyes felt like they were trying to cross as I was looking at the other person. Then I got really dizzy from it. I'll be making a visit to the opthamalogist very soon. I don't think it's anything serious but I do need to get it fixed, whatever "it" is that's needing fixing. ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8740993.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8740993.page GMT
Speaking of large worlds, I'm off to download Rflong's new flat world after I post this. It should be pretty free of errors since it only has community lots. I'm really looking forward to looking around in it, it looks so pretty.

You're welcome for the help in removing the pattern, Jenny - I actually forgot that you had to remove the dcbackup file even after you uninstalled from the launcher! Doh! See what I mean about how difficult CC is to manage in TS3? Jeesh, it should not be this hard!

And just for the record, people making unsupported, undocumented sweeping claims about [b]anything[/b] is a pet peeve of mine.

I'm trying to decide if I really need to update to the latest patch before I install Rflong's new world. Such a PIA - wouldn't be so bad if the patches actually fixed some of the major wonkiness with this game. A few new wallpapers and a roof and a fix to a problem I've never experienced is not really enticing me. (sigh)

Whoa! We we posting at the same time, JM. Hope you get your vision problems resolved soon!
]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8741094.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8741094.page GMT [/quote] I apologize for saying this, but...

What?!]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8741108.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8741108.page GMT Tangie , thank you I do have more that I have had for a while but haven't played. I want to give them at least a little skill and a job, and maybe see if I can fix them up a bit. My sims seem to look all a like. I guess that will add some variety to the name pool. Take care everybody and have a great evening. ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8741437.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8741437.page GMT http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8741501.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8741501.page GMT

Just wanted to see if I could post while the site was being fixed *maintained*. ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8741690.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8741690.page GMT I thought you didn't use mods?]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8743039.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8743039.page GMT I've been checking out your new world. It's terrific - I do have a request but I'll put that in your thread.

WR I'm not sure if you're asking me to check after I update or before I update - if it's before, I'm afraid you're too late, sorry! I patched and installed the newest ET ealier this evening. I can check SV anyway if you think that would be helpful, but not until I get home from work tomorrow evening - so I don't know how much help that will be.



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Blunote I don't except when I am testing a world I like to have Error trap in as it can alert me to areas of problems sometimes that I would other wise miss. And I have used Overwatch when the abandoned cars got to numerous to keep up with but have not used it since I installed Showtime. But I don't use ET for game play and don't use OW regularly anymore since they toned down a bit on the cars. I just get rid of all community parking. But it's always been a known fact I use ET to test worlds. ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8743360.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8743360.page GMT http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8743367.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8743367.page GMT

Writin_Reg, did you knw that Twallans has updated ET about 3 times since the patch came out? I don't know what the problem was but if you don't have the newest version, make sure you get that. The latest version is #54. When I get home tonight I can check out Ursula in SV and let you know what I find out.
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Sorry, completely non-sims but - JM, about your vision. My vision is going/has gone bad. Not sure how to describe it... it's like, I can't focus on things, well I mean, I can, but not as I once could. My eyes are constantly ... uncomfortable. It's not really a pain or them being sore. I really can't describe it. It's scaring me, though.
Maybe it's just a case of being on the computer for too long at one time..? ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8744348.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8744348.page GMT (I still have [u]absolutely[/u] NO idea what JM was talking about on the last page... )

As you may know, The Sims 3: Supernatural has finally been officially announced!

They've been torturing us for the past week... Especially if you follow @SimGuruGraham (AKA SimGuruSemedi on the forums) and @TheSims3 on Twitter! We all knew it was coming, they just wouldn't tell us!

SimGuruGraham's Tweets from the past few days:

[quote=SimGuruGraham]Skin feels itchy... unexplained hair growth or the sunburn I got down in LA?[/quote]
[quote=SimGuruGraham]I've got the sunburn to prove it. RT @Shoeprozac @TheSims3 #myfavouritevampire is @SimGuruGraham[/quote]
[quote=SimGuruGraham]Nice try, like anyone would believe a guy named @SuprnturalAdict RT @SuprnturalAdict @SimGuruGraham Lol nice job but the trailer was leaked for the next Expansion pack.... its called Supernatural[/quote]
[quote=SimGuruGraham]Ah midnight, the witching hour.[/quote]


And now, I'm excited for this EP more than ever! For one thing, [url=http://thesims.com/en_us/the-sims-3-supernatural?intcmp=TheSims3StoreJune12_Internal_ComSplash_EP7Preorder]BONEHIDLA! She's returning![/url] YEAH!!!

Another thing I'm excited for, is how on earth did they ever manage to create a [i]working[/i] [b]Pea Shooter[/b] from Plants v.s. Zombies in The Sims 3?!?! I just can't imagine it... I hope I'll be able to buy the LE in stores, because I am NOT preordering [b]AGAIN[/b]! (Well, at least not from Origin... Sory PvP shirt!)
Plus, I think it would be HILARIOUS to dress up Zombie Sims as a Newspaper Zombie, and to put normal Sims in Cone Hats and Bucket Hats!

Third, check this out! This is from the English trailer that was released:
[img]https://p.twimg.com/AvRfC1DCIAE2OQo.png:large"width=650"[/img]
Toadify is coming back! Woo-hoo!

Fourthly, I think that it will be very cool to be able to gift my friends potions and such that I will create with the new alchemy abilities! I'm also excited for that.

Another thing I'm excited for - The Occult Dominancy Legacy/Challenge that I invented is going to be A LOT more interesting with this EP coming out! I can't wait to get back to that, too!

And lastly, just the name of the new town - "Moonlight Falls" - has me very intrigued to see what's going on in that EP! This sounds like a wonderful new town to explore!

I'm not going to get an hour of sleep for the next 2 months until this EP comes out!]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8744912.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8744912.page GMT I am completely updated with the game including the Origin gizmo. I tried downloading the Badawi siblings and had no problems. By the way Yusuf is Arabic for Joseph. I hope someone knows how to help you.
Did anybody else have problems downloading any of my sims?
Tangie I do plan someday to upload more of my sims but I need to start play testing Alex's world, which I haven't done since I dl'd his repaired Beta 2. I was thinking maybe making an Indian or Pakistani sim to make use of the pretty clothes from the India set. I will have to think about it.
I am watering the sides and back yard as it is definitly summer like weather here , temps in the 90's and probably triple digits by this weekend; couple that with the low humidity and the ground gets sucked dry pretty quickly. Also am baking the chicken for dinner tonight while it is still cool outside. I have all the windows open and the doors [have security screen doors so I can do that.] At least as long as we get the delta breeze it cools down very nicely at night.
I saw on the news that there was some pretty severe weather in Texas yesterday. I hope those of you who live there are all OK.
I watched the blurb about the new EP. Part of me is sort of interested, but the rest of me is thinking , OH Oh , what if those creatures invade Longview or Great Bear or CC or OMG, Mesa Valley. I really can't see EA taking the time and effort to put safe guards in the game to prevent that. What is the big deal about making Vampires...we already can.
Oh Tangie as for my vampires, you can send them to the science facility and have them drink the cure. I do that with my vampires when I am tired of them being vamps particularly now that EA has made them so fragile.
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Bun, I was just poking fun at how very challenging it is to get this game to run and how we almost have to be a cult amongst ourselves doing a bit of voodoo to keep it going. The conventional knowledge and experience my husband has with business oriented systems that WORK as advertised does not seem to enable him to relate to the weird hoops I as a simmer have to go through and consider when I run Sims. My husband is used to certain computer specs and OS's running business oriented programs a certain reliable way. In his world, it's all very scientific and makes perfect sense.

We all know it doesn't work that way with Sims. I'm running some really good hardware here. This Mac can run some very demanding software that pro dj's and film editors run. It can even run some (well written) games pretty well.

But through Cider emulation, my specs don't mean what ordinary computer gurus are used to it meaning. I'm in a weird no man's land where all the power of this compact beast gets eaten up if I send a Sim to change their clothes and hairstyle and decide to try on one too many shirts!

Rukaya, sigh...I was not able to figure it out myself. I am updated, too. I have all the new roofs and stuff the last patch brought. My game even runs better since I got that patch. I can't understand why even my launcher thinks I'm not updated when it tries to install your sims, yet says I am updated when I go to check for update. I have Adobe updated. I read the forums last night but can't really be sure what's going on based on what I read. I will try again whenever I finally get Windows installed and get the game reinstalled on Windows.

I hope everyone everywhere gets spared bad weather. I've been reading some weather news for the past couple of weeks that has me believing maybe a zombie apocalypse really IS around the corner.

Well I had meant to get some time to explore and test Rflong's flat world some more but I have to get going and help my daughter prepare for her drama skit tonight. Oh but I'd better check My Page. I keep forgetting it even exists. I feel so bad because I miss so many important comments. Sorry guys!




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Our uploads are now showing* corrupt and will not install when donwloaded- that's what's happening.

Link: http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/548351.page

This had to have happened with very recently...
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The SimGurus have been Tweeting that they [i][u]are[/u][/i] in fact listening to us, and they're adding a [b]population regulator option[/b] to the game with Supernatural!


They've told us that the Population Regulator can control [b]occult/Supernatural[/b] populations, [b]celebrity[/b] populations, and [b]stray[/b] populations!

They can't give out any more info than that. They've also said that they're not allowed to discuss whether or not the regulator can control Paparazzi mobs, either.
If you ask anything else about the regulator ATM, they'll just tell you to wait for later, when they'll have another live Q&A or producer chat. ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8749757.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8749757.page GMT Did they mess something up after being down for maintenance? That is very annoying.
Anyway, I played alex's world for a while and it looks like he has fixed a lot. His thread is not working right so had to use quick reply.
After that I played GFH for a couple of hours, and really enjoyed myself.
Tangie I was finally able to play in your beautiful Mediterraen house. Wow you did think of everything..well almost ..I placed some wind chimes in the pateo. I am playing a young couple that I created a long time ago and never really did much with them. Took them to CAS and did some tweeking and they are very happy in their new home. Saleem Haneef is training to be a fireman and his wife Nabeela is becoming a chef. I placed many of our sims in GFH and am having a great time. I hope EA fixes the problem with the uploads/downloads files. I hope to be able to upload the Haneefs sometime. That really is annoying. Am also planning on designing a new house. I have my choice narrowed down to 2 house plans that I got from that house plan site. I am leaning towards one and my granddaughter, Hayati wants me to do the other. Such decisions. Well need to tackle the ironing.
Bun that is good news about the regulator. ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8750133.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8750133.page GMT ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8750313.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8750313.page GMT
Hope they fix Exchange downloads, too. Without being able to use Save As, Custard can't be used to check a file for cc that might have accidentally attached. I won't be downloading from the Exchange until the problem is corrected.

I'm now testing the Beta 2 for Suburban Springs so my one little pic is taken there. Fiona NoCC dances with Ping LaChoy at DM's Purple People Eater venue. I don't recall which site I got Fiona from but mine was the no cc version. LOL, guess when I brought her out of CAS, I neglected to give her a different last name.

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Yeah Rflong this is definitely from what they did yesterday on the site "fix" because I did download the first sim the other day and then the first one of this group before yesterdays fix with no problem, plus two of Tangies houses. I am always behind downloading stuff - I swear.

Tangie - you nailed my problem then as mine says Error Trap P134 version 53. So apparently Twallen put up another after my last check. Maybe others had the same problem I did, as that Ursula sim never had errors before - it's why I test his mods in SSV in a new game - but it did make me wonder if somehow my basegame had developed a problem. I was cringing. That tells you I actually put a lot of faith in Twallen expertise as a modder. As my next step was going to be uninstalling/reinstalling the whole game even though I just did that not but a couple weeks ago. I was moaning big time - but I won't test anyone's worlds if I think my game is not in tip top shape.

I did play Rflongs new world all last night without a hitch - added all the buildings using just EA's that were missing and added a ton of houses - lots of tangies and Suzanne's (from Italy) as they are all houses I use regularly. No problems anywhere. I was playing and testing between adding things. Finally added many of our Sims and their houses from LVII populated, and the hood is running smooth as silk.

Rflong I did not see any wiregrid - I looked everywhere, but not in my game that I can find. Also sims use the path up the hill fine, but don't have any horses yet to try them. DD I added your sim with GW to your Tangie Pets farm, but left your other house in the game too.

Okay, so Tangie don't trouble yourself with that afterall - I will (stupid me, I should have checked Twallens again) go back over to NRASS and get V54 and see what happens. Thanks anyway, and thanks for letting me know I'm an idiot for not checking again. hehehe What else is new, right?

Last, Connor I would guess you have developed a convergence problem as it sounds exactly what my hubby has as he has always done a lot of closeup work - like soldering on computer mother boards and such. It is generally a condition that plagues PC tech - but their eyes get constantly strained from that constant scrutiny looking for problems on motherboard and such - and the eye sometime will get out of focus and not bring the vision together properly which each eye sees to form a whole. Simply put glasses can rectify this problem and using eyedrop for "tired or dry" eyes from your eye doctor sooths the eyes. But you need to see an eye doctor to get a prescription lens for doing pc work in particular and while reading. They will help the eyes converge the two images into one as they are supposed to.

Summer I would not even begin to give you any ideas - because of your medical history, but I do suggest you also mention this to your regular doctor just to rule out problem related to your stroke as eye problem is also a warning in stroke victims - so just be safe and don't wait.]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8751195.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8751195.page GMT
I don't have much to add, as those of you that read my page know, we are going through a very difficult time right now.

I am glad to hear they are adding the population controller to the new EP. I'm still waiting on more info though. I probably will let the rest of you be the guinea pigs this time! ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8752074.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8752074.page GMT
[b][u]PLEASE DO NOT DOWNLOAD [i]ANYTHING[/i] FROM THE EXCHANGE![/u][/b]
The latest site update has corrupted [b][u]EVERY[/b][/u] File on the exchange, and has changed every file name, too.

Thread about the happenings:
http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/548351.page

Crincrit's Help Blog:
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link:
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Thanks Reg.]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8752519.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8752519.page GMT
Rflong posted earlier about the Exchange issue - I hope they get that fixed soon. And I'm glad to hear they are going to allow for more control over the population.

That's it for me this evening - good night everyone.
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WR the thing you described to Conor may very well be my situation, too. Since I got Ipad I got in the bad habit of reading ebooks in bed at night too close up to my eyes. My husband and I both have appointments soon. He hasn't made them yet but is calling tomorrow. We both need new glasses.

We are also getting an appointment with the vet for my latest kitty. She has been biting off a lot of her fur. Biting and licking it off. I think it goes beyond dermatitis and comes down to stress behavior. More about if you're interested on my blog: http://www.thesims3.com/mypage/JennyMoonlight/myblog

I am really excited about the new EP. I would talk more about it but I need to get testing RFlong's world. ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8753801.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8753801.page GMT Tangie, I missed the missing addresses in his world. I had no trouble with the spiral staircases either.
I certainly hope they fix the exchange problem. Such a horrendous mistake...gives me such confidence in EA, such a warm fuzzy feeling. of course.
Also checked on Aynat's Pleasant Valley2 Pets Edition, looks like a really lovely world, am going to playing some of my sims there and see how it goes.
Rflong thanks for the tip on how to dl stuff, but I think I will wait befor I upload any more stuff or Dl anything. What new world of yours is everybody talking about? I swear I go around in a fog and spend so much time being cluless.
All you young people...what does "meh" mean? I am seeing that everywhere. This little old lady needs a translator and grand daughter not available at this time. ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8755663.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8755663.page GMT

ETA -I just went and chased down my youngest granddaughter as she lives on facebook - she just turned 13 in April, but she added it also is another shorter version of the old Valley girl ' What Ev-er!" meaning generally "if I have to I will, but it doesn't mean I like it", straight from the little lady herself. Apparently it became a favored word because it is easy to text and their friends get the meaning depending on the punctuation they use. She didn't specify of course, and suddenly had a "ton of things to do seeing school finally let out for the summer. She's getting ready for a big friends end of school sleep over of some sort. Can't figure out why it is a big deal as it is like three houses down from hers.

She's a sweetheart, but everything is so dramatic when one is 13 - it seems. hehehe

So there we have it from an official 13 year old.]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8755715.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8755715.page GMT Aren't grandchildren helpful. Lots of fun too, really enjoy them. ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8756644.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8756644.page GMT Am going to start testing it now. ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8757891.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8757891.page GMT

Everyone - the forums are going down again today at 4 PST time - so they may be wonky - just figured I'd warn everyone. Hopefully it is to fix the exchange with the corrupted download problem and the store - as people are still having problems buying simpoints as well. But I am only guessing what they will be doing - I don't know for sure. Atleast that's what I hope they are doing.

That's all.]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8758747.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8758747.page GMT ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8760008.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8760008.page GMT
Sorry about the OT post. ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8760021.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8760021.page GMT
You and DD post OT the least of anybody - I'm sure everyone will forgive you for one off topic post on this sad and serious occasion. Please take care!
]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8761056.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8761056.page GMT ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8762568.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8762568.page GMT Your sadness fills my soul with it's pain. May you find solice and comfort in your time of need. God Bless - Reggie]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8763766.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8763766.page GMT
As others have said, I wish to comfort you guys! ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8764781.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8764781.page GMT http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8764872.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8764872.page GMT http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8765907.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8765907.page GMT
Nothing much going on here. We had some guys over to repair our storm damaged gutters/eaves troughs and clean them. There will be many more repairs to take place over the summer thanks to storms and the earthquake.

I'm going to do some more work in Glenvale. My daughter kept popping up from bed and bugging me so I never got anything done in it last night despite waiting for everyone to go to bed so I could get some peace and quiet. And to think, I have just one kid. I imagine my peers with more than one don't even remember what peace and quiet is! ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8766676.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8766676.page GMT
Rflong your new flat world looks great but since there are so many other testers I'm going to stick with testing Suburban Springs. I'm trying to stay focused and not get distracted since Alec is close to the finish line, LOL. I am keeping abreast of the goings on with it. Can't help but check because I do relish new Rflong worlds ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8771070.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8771070.page GMT
DD I switched to my no CC Sims 3 folder and accepted your acrobat request. I thought you might be testing SS. I don't think it worked, though, since the sim I sent never got credit for the tour.

I got distracted by Rflongs Glenvale County the past few days but will try to help you test SS some more.


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Have a good weekend.]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8772316.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8772316.page GMT

It didn't work, Tangie. As a matter-of-fact, I hope when I go back into game it's finally let me send you home, LOL. I got no notice of your sim's appearance and I was testing SS. However, I got the grayed out edit town thing. I sent your invisible self home and lo and behold, when I went back into game I had another option to accept your sim. When it looked like the same mess as before, I saved and ended up exiting with it still telling me you were being hosted, multiple times, LOL. *Facepalm* Me thinks simport may not have been working correctly

Mercy, I didn't mean to make anyone feel badly about being distracted from testing Suburban Springs. I hope it wasn't taken thataway. Heck, it's so much fun to play more than one world, it's no big deal. I'm just not very successful at juggling multiple worlds when testing. Reg is our expert at that and I'm always happy to see her/you when you jump in to test a world.

I would like someone to try something for me, if you think of it when playing. I sent a sim to change appearance using the mirror and noticed most of my store hair was gone but even the singed look was available. I was shocked but thought to try using stylist from MC and all styles were there. I then used the testingcheats edit in CAS and all styles were there. I suddenly snapped to the fact that the sim had gotten out of the shower and put on work clothes, not even the right ones. Sure enough, with those work clothes on hairstyles are missing when using the mirror but if I change her into everyday clothes, they are present when using the mirror.

I have a feeling the above is a Showtime glitch, since I hadn't run into the problem before. I have noticed that career outfits are often messed up and the sim will spin some arbitrary hairstyle with a wonky career outfit but I hadn't tried to change it with the mirror before today. Now I'm curious as to whether or not anyone else has, or will, encounter the same issue. If you do don't panic, the hair isn't missing from game except while the sim wears a career fashion. So strange. ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8772839.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8772839.page GMT
I have to tell you - as I don't generally even mess with changing career outfits while regular playing, I just did it as they wanted it tested in ST beta test - I just let the sims wear what ever they spin into as long as it's decent - so far it has been the generic clothing and hair - but my sims two regular style have never been acceptable for career clothing for some reason - as I can't figure out why as one is an updo, and the other a braid. But the sims team says that is right.]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8773234.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8773234.page GMT
DD I actually wrote that about getting distracted with Rflong's world at the same time you posted what you wrote. So just so you know, you did not make me feel badly, I was just being honest about not playing Alex's world since he put up the second beta and hadn't even read your post yet. I did play it a bit last evening in SS but not enough to really sink my teeth into it.

I played Nilxis' Saaqartoq a week or so ago and took some screenshots I thought I would share since I haven't posted any pics in awhile. It's a quaint little world with interesting landscapes and colorful buildings. The sailboats in the harbour are CC ones that I added to my game for Plav Raj; I did not add the 2-3 other CC items he used and I didn't really miss them other than the blacktopped area where the airport was located looks a little odd. The fire hydrants at the dog park cracked me up; and deer look good in this world - the last two shots show one running past Reggie and Peter's little house. The pics are a little dark but the deer is in the bottom center of the shot; Reggie and Peter are inside eating their dinner.


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The world comes in either populated or un-populated versions, and is available here: http://nilxissims.blogspot.com/2011/11/avances-puerto-e-iglesia.html
]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8774663.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8774663.page GMT I also want to find the time to really get into Aynat's Pleasant Valley2 pets edition. I took a quick look see and it looks really nice. Also am very caught up with my young couple in GFH who are living in that gorgeous Mediterranean house.
I find it a little hard to try and test 2 worlds at one time too. but I am going to have to try and do it either today somehow or maybe tomorrow. If there is a game on tomorrow I should be able to find the time.
I noticed when my fireman sim first showed up in his career outfit his hair was in corn rows ...quite a change from his conservative EA hairstyle. I put him in front of the mirror in his career outfit and was able to get him his old hairstyle, and that has been now the same for several sim days. Haven't had any of my sims show up barefoot yet though. Good going EA.
Good Night Nurse DM, again. I feel so badly for you having to uninstall everything and reinstall everything again ? You have more patience than I do, I think after all that you have been through with your computers I would be tempted to throw everything out or go crying to one of my grandchildren [who know tons more than I do about computers and they are not even out of highschool and in somecases not even in highschool,] to do it for me.
It is supposed to get very hot today with triple digit temps, north winds which will put us maybe into single digit humidity percentile so red flag warnings will be going up all throughout northern California for fire danger. Bummer.
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It's very dry where I live too, Rukaya, but Cali residents always seems to have more than their fair share of weather extremes. Hope everyone stays safe out there! Same for all of you in other parts of the world.

And if I'm not mistaken, today is also Geminiagre's birthday! I hope you are doing OK - we haven't heard from you all week. I hope you are celebrating a very happy bithday, Gem!
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The world looks really nice, Tangie. I think everything looks too close together for my taste but certainly looks well done. Those icebergs at sea are a nice touch.

Thanks to all confirming that at least I'm not nuts with the hairstyle situation and career outfits. I have a hard time believing that is the way the EA team wanted that to work. It's bizarre. With MC, at least I can fix the hair situation even though nothing can be done with the game generated *tasteless* career fashion. I'll just create a second choice, too, as a workaround. I've had the bare feet with the first choice too often to suit my tastes, as well. ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8775892.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8775892.page GMT

Sorry, I don't have much to add (I never really do ) Tangie, Nilxis' Saaqartoq looks lovely. Reminds me of Neverglade a bit, except Saaqartoq's more snowy and looks cosier. I must check it out sometime!

For some reason CAW is disabling me from starting a new world, but it's okay now, I just found an old map that I had, butchered it and started the new world The world is for a competition I'm doing: http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/548147.page
I've never ever done a competition before so wish me luck

Happy Birthday Rukaya!! Have a great time

Speaking of weather, it's absolutely lashing here atm. Haven't seen this much rain in ... days Seriously though, it's been raining for like 3 days straight and doesn't exactly show signs of stopping, not now anyway. It started off to be such a lovely, sunny summer ... oh well, it was nice while those 3 days lated :'(

Anyway, hope ye all have a great weekend

Oh, Happy Birthday Gem, too! ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8775904.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8775904.page GMT
For example, the catch animation... a kid would pick up the ball to throw and it would just stop there and automatically appear in the other kid's hand without showing the actual "throw" animation. Another issue was giving my Sims a command and they would just stand there, this was happening all over the world though, not just to the Sims I was playing. I just got tired of dealing with it as it was happening by the second generation so I decided to start a fresh game.

Happy Birthday Rukaya!

ETA: Happy Birthday to Gem as well!!

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I didn't do much sim related like I planned. I ended up taking my bored kid (she was missing her best friend who is traveling) kayaking on a lake in a two person kayak. Neither of us has ever been out on a boat without a competent adult present before. To my shock my daughter was a natural and so was I and we did great rowing in sync around the lake. The potential for comedic disaster was high with that excursion given that she's only 7 and has skinny arms like spaghetti noodles and I am just plain clueless, but we made it work out like normal competent people.

Okay off to work a bit in Glenvale County. Looks like the final release is close. I need to build a bit and test a bit.

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Ooops, can't forget Gem Happy Birthday, Gem!

Tangie, when I went to play this morning there was another note to accept your acrobat sim, so I did. This time all went well. I posted a pic of her performing in the custom coffeehouse Alec did in the Suburban Springs thread. It worked perfectly and the chair and tables didn't even disappear, much to my surprise. I have no clue why that happens in some venues and not in others.]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8778068.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8778068.page GMT
Tangie what a peaceful looking little world. Remind me a bit of an Alpine type seaside village. Just lovely looking and a place to go to get lazy and dreamy feelings.

I wholeheartedly agree with you ladies and thought the same exact thing about the clothing changes in ST. Granted I have never had a sim go shoeless, but some of the shoe choices they have spun into made me glad I removed the swim flippers and jester hats too, from my game or I can just imagine they'd be choosing those. As much as I would like to change them up in to other career choices for performing, I am afraid if I start messing with them it might get worse, as this game tends to do that. They - the sims team - give us options and then spits on the options we choose half the time, so I just try and refrain from messing with it to start with. Granted if i was sending my sims into others games I might be more inclined to worry and try to dress them better - but with my undependable internet, I haven't been even logging in as I would hate losing anyones sim or my own if this internet just went whacky for no good reason. It often does while I am writing a post and I have to wait for it to come back up to post even. So imagine if I had a sim in queue waiting 12 hours to perform. It might be fine, but I keep thinking what if it isn't, and really do not want to experiment on someone elses sims. People probably think I am being standoffish, as my game I notice does sometimes connect on it's on - can't figure out how that is happening when I didn't log in when it asked, but it does, because I suddenly see people posting - like I saw DD one night. I just stay quiet. I know amazing huh? Reggie can be quiet? hehehe. But it is true. I sit here slinking about in what ever world I am testing or playing and just periodically see - ah - so and so is playing their game too. But I promise you all I am not intentionally being standoffish or refusing to take any of your sims, I so wish I could - I just don't want to take the chance, and if I stay quiet, I won't get asked. I really hate this, I honestly do.

Yeah I think the guy corn rows I have seen several firefighter spin into - makes me wonder if someone thinks FF's like to choose that hair or something. It's weird and not a hair I use very often.

DM, I would say that is weird, as it is to me, but I see enough help me posts to know that actually it is my game that is weird because it seems to hold up better than most do, and the norm is more like you describe. But I seem to have no problem getting hoods to several generations without any unusual glitches. I don't know why - seeing I do not really do anything to safeguard my worlds - I use EA sp, full free will on, aging on epic, and jump from household to household with at most only Overwatch in my game. I even have my default skins back in my game and jam pack my hoods with sims and houses. All the things people claim messes up their games, works fine for me. In fact I rarely have had to even use a single reset sim. I find it easier to find stuck sims and eliminate the problem causing the stuck sim to get stuck there, over using resetsim *. Like a hole in the non routable areas, I just go in edit and place a big tree there or some boulder. No more stuck tourists. best of all, no more starting over. So I just don't know. Odds are I should have problems, but don't and have no idea why.

Oh well. Anyway, hope everyone has a great day, less stressful anyway, and a good weekend where ever they are.

Blessings all.

ETA: The weather here is Sunny, deep blue skys with puffy little white fluffy clouds, 72 degrees and just a tiny lazy breeze every now and then. Just lovely for a change. We finally stopped raining for a day or two and it is expected to stay like this for the next two days anyway. Nights are chilly in the low to mid 40's. My yard looks like a jungle though, having rained for nearly 3 weeks.]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8779177.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8779177.page GMT http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8779578.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8779578.page GMT


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Why can't we have this back in the game? I thought this and the crib escape was so cute and random! ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8779637.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8779637.page GMT
Double indeed on the toddler actions. I so loved those interactions with the babies too, as well as actual drawing on the drawing table and playing together at the dollhouse that actually boosted socials and relationships between the toddlers. The scoot away from strangers trying to pick them up - I used to love that - and also miss. Made me laugh everytime. Acted like a real baby when strangers picked them up anyway, twisting and slapping at the strangers hands to put them down. Soo cute and missed.]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8779760.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8779760.page GMT I had forgotten about some of that stuff Reg! I loved it all, toddler interactions were so cute in TS2. Some of them are good in TS3, we just need more. ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8780077.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8780077.page GMT
and thank you everyone for all the wishes .

Got back home earlier today, but I was really busy with all the chores and cooking for the gathering. Thankfully i managed to do everything on time..LOL I'm finally done with the cleaning up too.... i'm exhausted though lol
This week was better than usual, but Mike crashed with his car ( he is ok) and he was moody all week..]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8780317.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8780317.page GMT
I hope all the dads/stepdads/petdads have a Happy Father's Day.

We are having parents and in-laws over for a gathering and pizza party. Hubby normally would grill some food for such a gathering but my dad and his dad stressed him out so much on Mother's day, ordering him around the grill and getting in his way, that he didn't want to do it this time, poor guy.

I'm a bit stressed about it, too. My dad is undergoing bladder cancer tests and has a particularly unpleasant procedure to be scheduled next month. He's been taking out his stress on me. I hope he'll be able to relax and be pleasant tomorrow. He likes my in-laws so he's usually very nice to them. If he goes after anybody it's going to be me so I'm going to hide as much as possible.

I'm just trying to look forward to the gift I got my husband, a Nikon Digital SLR that's an upgrade from his now quite old one. It's gotten good reviews and since a new model might be coming out this one got discounted to where it fit in our budget. Yay! I can't wait to see his face when he sees his gift. ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8782179.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8782179.page GMT
I had built a house in one of her 20x30 lots. I decided to use Rukaya's Jeffrey Ravenwood to test it. He's a vampire. I put him in the lot and as I am being sent to the lot to play him I hear this weird sci-fi kind of noise. It's very loud and I don't know what the heck is happening with my computer. I don't know how to describe the sound, maybe kind of like a kid's lazer gun toy. Then I see what the sound is, it's all these bar stools, base game barstools, that I have around the Counter Culture base game islands that I used to make a breakfast bar area. They are glowing and making that noise and the lighting effect is the same as you get when you are in Pets and you replace a deteriorating scratching post without deleting it. I don't know how many of you have done this but if a scratching post gets too beat up by the cats, you can just click on it once it's very frayed and you'll get the option to replace it, then it will sparkle and then a new one appears in place of the old one.

Well anyway all of the barstools appeared to be doing that.

I exited without saving and reloaded Jeffrey into that house but this time it did not do it. I put other copies of that house down and put new sims of Rukaya's into them and again, it did not repeat this odd behavior.

Has anyone ever seen their furniture sparkle and emit sci fi brrrroooo brrrrooooo sounds. I can't even really get close.

I'm just having a weird day, I tell you. My real life house shook like crazy when I was in the kitchen and I heard my husband and kid run out the front door. So I went out too and we saw a commercial jet swoop low over our house. We are not very near any airports and this jet was LOW. Low enough like it was going to land in a couple of minutes. We were afraid it was going to crash but it didn't look out of control. I'm guessing it landed in Baltimore's airport. I can't find anything at all about it in any news feeds. ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8782864.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8782864.page GMT

That sounds weird. I haven't seen it with the pets but I've seen when we resell burnt objects- is that the same or near it?
I haven't had a Science Sim who can mess with the furniture and objects. I hear those can do weird stuff.

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Happy bithday Gem, it is nice to have you back. I missed you. Where is your gift thread I would like to check it out. I received a gift from someone I don't know. I was so surprised. I am so relieved that Mike is ok.
Tangie DD and Rflong. thank you so very much, and thank you every body for your birthday wishes. We had a very fun time over at my daughter's house, great food, great company , fun card games.
Today we are going shopping at the mall in Modesto, which is quite large and really pretty. Then we are just going to relax at home I am sure sure my huby will be glued to the set watching the golf tournament.
JM I hope your dad will be able to enjoy himself. My heart and prayers go out to you and your family.
JM that was really weird. I have never experienced anything quite like that. I did have a piece of furniture, I think it was a coffee table act out, and found I could replace just as you said. this game can get so strange sometimes.]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8786625.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8786625.page GMT

That sounds weird. I haven't seen it with the pets but I've seen when we resell burnt objects- is that the same or near it?
I haven't had a Science Sim who can mess with the furniture and objects. I hear those can do weird stuff.

Too bad you can't get pictures. [/quote]I'm trying to remember when I resold burnt objects. It's been a long while. I don't recall such a loud overpowering strange sound with that. The sparkles seem to be the same though.

I don't know if Jeffrey has any special powers, though I think he might have the Fireproof homestead lifetime reward. But I think Rukaya's other sims have that and the event didn't occur for them. He was a vampire but I had him take the cure after I restarted the game and reloaded him into that house. I wanted him to be able to go outdoors and test the town for me.

Even if I could have gotten pictures it all happened so fast I would have missed most of it and really only a movie would do it justice. That SOUND. It was so strange. I wonder if a leaked feature from one of the EPs sneaked in on the patch.

I had a lot of barstools around that breakfast bar and while I saw it happen only to a few, by the sounds of things, it happened a lot.

Rukaya I'm so glad you had such a happy day at your daughter's house. Your family sounds like a fun one to be a part of! I want to party with YOUR family!

I do hope we can give my dad a similar nice time. I'm sure his health worries are weighing on him. He and my mom have the unpleasant problem of constantly taking alternate battles with cancer. My dad had thyroid cancer, my mom had breast cancer, then they took turns with other types of cancer scares. As soon as one would get a break, the other one would get back a scary test result.

With my in-laws it's mostly my mother-in-law. She has battled breathing problems from smoking heavily much of her life (she did quit about 18 years ago) broken her neck, had 2 strokes, a heart attack, lymphoma, shingles, kidney stones and a whole lot of other stuff I am sure I'm forgetting. She's such a feisty thing. She keeps busy no matter what. The lymphoma is the first thing I've seen to knock the wind out of her...due to the anemia and the fact the shingles came at the same time.

Okay I gotta run and get this place ready! ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8786944.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8786944.page GMT

There is a strange sound that occurs when you replace things due to damage. The game has had a few sound bugs so maybe you experienced that along with the glitch, JM.

I've been playing and testing in Suburban Springs today - I put most of our sims there but I don't think I got around to adding everyone this time. Once I start to go around and make sure everyone has skills, it become much harder to stop and add more sims.

Kevin Red Star has had two children with Rflong's sim although they're not married and he's not very reliable with the support payments (a Twallan addition to SP). Auntie just had her second baby with a sim the game moved in and put to work in the business career - but at least they're engaged. I moved them in together so he could start helping with those kids. Summer and Seth just had another child, a little boy this time. DD and GW and Reggie and Peter don't have any children yet.

Tangie has a new beau in this game - his name is Hugh Hunt (a sim from the Exchange by Caturae).


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She's crazy about the guy, can't you tell?


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They were already engaged when I caught up with them, so I moved them in together and gave them bachelor parties. Tangie had hers at the Port-A-Party. Gem was also there but I didn't catch her in the picture.

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They held their wedding on Saturday at the Blissful Moments Chapel. I added a buffet table in place of the coffee table in the room with the bar just to make sure no one would leave because they were hungry. Several left because they had to work - guess they should have had their wedding on Sunday.

One of the guests was Ian McCan - the guy standing in the center of the picture below. The blond is his wife (an EA generated sim). Ian works with Tangie, Rflong, and GW in the Music business. Rflong, Gem, and GW stopped by earlier but they ran off to go to work like good little sims. (BTW Ian is another sim from the Exchange - he does come with CC clothes, but I got rid of them a long ago - I've had him quite awhile now.)

Just as the guests started gathering near the wedding arch for the ceremony, Ian McCan decided he needed to pee. You see that puddle on the floor? He waited way too long to go to the bathroom and piddled on the floor just before Tangie and Hugh began their vows. If you look closely you'll see the green stink cloud coming off him.


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At first I thought dang, he's ruining their wedding. Then I laughed. Out loud. Several times.


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Let's just say it's one of those memorable moments that I'm sure they're never forget.


I mean, take a look at this sim's pic and tell me if he looks like a sim that would pee at your feet at your wedding.

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]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8790350.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8790350.page GMT Honestly, there have been a few formal events I've been to in my life where I ceased paying attention to whatever was going on and kept silently urging everything to hurry up and be over already so I could get to the ladies room in time! My high school graduation was like that because they had all these "old people" (meaning people the age I am now) who kept droning on and on and on. I kind of sympathize with poor Ian there! I didn't know it then, but I know now that because of my autoimmune problems, every system in my body is "irritable" and just not reliable for long drawn out occasions. I instinctively kept my own wedding very concise and to the point...unlike my forum posts!

Oh boy, those pics were hilarious. I bet you did laugh out loud! I must say Sim Tangie is so pretty. She is pretty in my game, too, but not quite the same without CC skin. Her face has so much more character with that skin you use. She is very cute in the looks she is giving her love interest. He is quite cute, too!

Hope everyone had a great day. Our father's day celebration turned out perfect. My dad was great. He loved the card I got him...a Hallmark, lol, and I wrote a lot of my fondest memories with him in it.

My husband was so excited to get his camera. I didn't know he was secretly researching them. I'd picked up on his interest when we watched Dallas together, and the Nikon commercial with Ashton Kutcher came on, and I noticed a subtle change in my husband's expression and body language when Ashton demonstrated a particular model. So I thought to myself...hey there's an idea...and I bought the model that was one upgrade from the one Ashton was using.

Anyway when my husband held the wrapped box in his hand, I asked him to guess what it was. He then proceeded to give a detailed logical breakdown of what he thought it was and why...and he was completely accurate. He even correctly guessed the exact model of camera I chose and explained exactly the thought process I went through in choosing it! Scary! The funny thing is I chose exactly the model he was interested in getting because when I was buying this one I tried putting myself in his head to make the selection. Clearly, 25 years of being a couple really shows! What was really funny, when I would try to tell him something about the models of cameras I looked at he would finish my sentences, and then when he would tell me something about the things he was thinking about in evaluating those models, I would finish his sentences! Our daughter just rolled her eyes and said it was like listening to twins speak. Freaky!

]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8792544.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8792544.page GMT The Wishing Well will also be the PC of this new world.
It looks absolutely beautiful, for a desert oasis-themed world!
(The Lucky Simoleon was built on this world!)
[url=http://www.simprograms.com/41773/the-sims-3-lucky-palms/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=The+Sims+3+Lucky+Palms!]Lucky Palms on Simprograms[/url]
[url=http://simsvip.com/?p=12085]Lucky Palms on SimsVIP[/url]

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Plus, SimsVIP was informed of listings for a Sims 3 Seasons and Sims 3 BG+Seasons on some site!

[url=http://simsvip.com/?p=12080]Possible Seasons Listing?[/url]
The rumor is it is releasing in November... They think this is the secret SimGuru project that's been going on!

I don't want Seasons to release, honestly. That would mean I'll need to buy a new computer, since mine is kinda old... I'm not sure if I've mentioned this before, but I think that the computers with the best specs have the worst of issues with TS3, believe it or not!]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8793821.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8793821.page GMT

My first thought on the new world was "more desert plants!" but I only see a couple. My second thought is that it sure looks small for holding all EP lots, which is a disappointment. It looks like that area with the windmills on it could, and probably should, have had a bridge to it for more living space. I'll reserve judgment until there is more info.

Now Seasons gets a big Woot! from me. Weather is the one thing from TS2 that I have missed the most. Wow, though, if they release it in Nov., that sure is close to the release of SN. Could mean some people have to choose one or the other, or be faced with popping $80 within a two month time frame. Since that's also Christmas shopping time, seems like that could hurt sales.

I hope everyone's week is off to a good start! ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8794749.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8794749.page GMT .
Tangie great pictures. Looks like Tangie found herself a hunky guy.
Bun, Yikes something else for us to spend money on. Thanks for the heads up on all the news. Good news about a possible Seasons project. I have been waiting for that since sims3 came out. That was one of my favorite eps in Sims 2. Love watching the seasons change. Also loved Gardens and Mansions. That new EA world does look a little cramped for space.
JM I am so happy that your father was able to enjoy himself. Sure sounds like you and your hubby are on the same wavelength. ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8794914.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8794914.page GMT

I definitely think my sim looks better with the cc, JM. Funny, but this is actually my original one and not the one I tweaked for Longview II. This PC is over a year old now and I still have missing files. Oh yeah, I did start over with a new Sims 3 folder so maybe it got left behind then. Nice to hear you had a good time at the Father's Day celebration. I will see mine in a little over a week when I make the 3 hour drive to visit him and make another 2 hour drive the next day to go pick up my brother from the airport. He lives out of state and is coming for a visit.

I saw those pictures on the Store Forum Bun. I hope they don't try to charge an arm and a leg for that world. I want the wishing well, as do a lot of other people, so it was rather devious of them to include it in this world.


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And of course there is no question I will have whatever they put out when they put it out. I have been pretty happy with everything so far. The hard part is deciding what to use next. I still want to make some whimsical houses using the Alice in wonderland stuff, the fairy stuff, and the Sweet Treats stuff. Hope to get to it eventually. hehehe]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8800515.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8800515.page GMT
If I was guessing about that world because of all those windmills I'd guess that was a California dessert, as they are known for that wind power unlike most other dessert places I have ever seen. Granted it has been a while since I have travelled this country of ours - but based on when I used to travel a lot Windpower grids were only seen in Cal mostly. At most you might see solar powered areas but not the windmills like that. I wish my state would adopt that kind of power as we definitely have the kind of steady winds that calls for. Mount Washington holds the world record for wind speed and I live in the foothill of Mount Washington.]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8800648.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8800648.page GMT
Just have to post a couple of pics from my testing game this afternoon. I just had to let Fiona hold a bachelorette party since she tends to be a party animal. Well I'll say, as the first guest was coming in, she was already on the counter, LOL. As the first pic shows, though, Alex Trussell didn't seem to mind one little bit!

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When the party dancer came up, Alex moved from Fiona's side to the dancer's side and started dancing, too. I couldn't help but have another RL LOL moment
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Tangie, I can totally relate. I know up on my PC under what has to be by now a layer of dust over my hard drive, lol...are some sims I made a couple of years ago that missed getting transferred over for whatever reasons. They might have had CC that I was using back in the day that I was afraid of bringing over or something. I just know I'm missing some files I used to love. And then even from my last transition from the old laptop to this one, I'm missing a lot of CAW Lane/WE files I've loved. It's like I haven't really settled in on this machine yet. I find it hard to get motivated when at the back of my mind I know I'll be installing Windows and going through the colossal pain of reinstalling all the EP's and SPs.

And there have been times I've "refined" a sim, only to find I preferred the original after all.

WR, I am more happy now to buy Sims stuff, too. I've had fun actually playing the game vs. troubleshooting it. I think the last patch helped me somewhat. I do feel bad stopping by the Mac forums and seeing all the good and kind people there struggling to run the game. I wonder if they are on older systems similar to the one I had. I did make my post there awhile back to try and tell people about what happened to me and what I upgraded to and why. But I don't know if anyone paid it any heed. All I can say is after that attempt to save money and get the lower spec system because it was on steep discount, when I sent that back and got the one your friend said to get, I've had a much easier time of it. He was exactly right on the money with the advice he relayed to me through you and I am grateful.

As for the new world coming up, I think it's very pretty. I can't think of anything negative to say about what I've seen of it. I don't know if I will buy it upon release though. I've got too many worlds already I want to play, just not enough time to fully enjoy all of them. One of them is Hidden Springs. My remake of it for my personal use was very enjoyable. Also I have been really good lately about waiting for good deals. Maybe I will try and exercise some restraint and catch it on a steeper discount. Though if it ends up being very popular, I may be in for a long wait!

As I was trying to add this post I just saw DD's post. Wow, those are hilarious pics! I've not had a sim wedding in ages. I really need to have one of these crazy bachelor parties I keep seeing so many wacky pics of! ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8801433.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8801433.page GMT
I don't know how Twallens sp works, but EA's has a bad habit of not moving the two married sims into one house - so when I do see a couple have gotten married, I end back at their house so I can move the spouses together. Half the time they are already expecting, so it is generally a bit longer stay as I want to make sure I don't end up with any little boys named Sue or something foolish. The last time I let the game name some babies I ended up with worse than a boy called Sue - obviously the one who programmed the names has a strange sense of humor as my sims had twins - a boy named Cann and a girl named Tresh - so together it looked like Trash Can or close enough to it that I was not going to have that happen anymore. Thank goodness Sims 3 is not like 2 and parents can get the babies names changed. Needless to say Tresh is now Tess and Cann is now Cain Abbot.

Yes, Pete was quite happy with his father's day, as he had a whole afternoon and evening just to enjoy playing his game in peace and quiet. It was his only day off this week, so he was definitely refreshed from just enjoying himself for a change. ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8802133.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8802133.page GMT
I hope you all are doing well. I'm sure you understand why I have been absent. It's been a very trying time for our family. Sunday morning was the day my Aunt passed from this earth. Please don't comment further here, I just wanted to let you know. I appreciate your sympathy and friendship.

Back to the thread. Here's a pic I got of John and Shelly getting married. I wasn't going to put them together this time, but SP had other plans! They already had one child with another on the way. Bad sims!!

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Gorgeous picture DM. Hugs and blessings to you and your family.

I was just getting ready to leave for the night. So I hope you have at least a pleasant evening even if the events lay heavy on your heart. Nite... I'm so sorry.]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8802437.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8802437.page GMT Yes we do have those wind mills all over the place in the valley and you see them on just about every hill on the way to the bay area. So Northern California has them , all the way down to southern California and of course as you head for the desert areas.
Hayati and I will be taking my cat Binti to the vet today for her senior exam, and if she is not too angry after that a manicure. She can be a ferocious little cat and everybody knows her at the vet clinic.
I haven't had a chance to play since my GD came over for a visit and I am going through serious withdrawals. I don't know if I will get a chance today or not. I feel badly that I haven't been able to play/test SS or Rflong's world.
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Hey everyone.

TY Reg. ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8804798.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8804798.page GMT

I've been thinking of you all - especially you DM. Very sorry for your loss.

After speaking to my parents on Sunday i found out that my cousin's husband passed away on Friday. They lived in another part of the country and I didn't know him well, but it's very sad for the families. My aunt, my dad's only sister, lived with them.

Haven't been able to play the past few days. The few hours I'm free in the evening seem to fly.I can relate to your withdrawals, Rukaya. I'm looking forward to Rflong's new edition of her world with all the EPs; maybe I'll get some time to play by the time she's ready to release it.
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Oh my goodness...Tresh Cann? Well that's a funny one. I might have left that one stay just for the lolz.

Good luck with Binti, Rukaya. It used to be I could clip all my cats claws no problem, but those cats and those days have passed. The newest kitty is the only new cat I can groom and medicate and not fear a violent protest from. The two older ones left are usually okay about clippings but the 5 year old one landed me in the hospital with a mangled hand when I gave her a bath.

My sim did get a similar treatment from his cat when he tried to bathe it in the tub without sufficient relationship status. My daughter laughed so hard and said look Mom, it's you all over again! Right after, I went into Buy De Bug and bought that automatic cat washer. Now the Sims cats step into that and bathe themselves.

I did not play last night but tried some building in Glenvale. Inspiration just wasn't hitting me for community lot layout. I cannot figure out yet how I want to lay out the town. So I might wait for the other version that has the community lots and see which of the two I ultimately prefer to build out. So I went to redoing Hidden Springs yet again. Now that I know it's okay to rezone lots from residential to community and not break routing, I decided to implement a new design plan for that town that's an improvement over the layout I'd been using.

I probably won't be online tomorrow. My daughter has a wish list of things she wants us to do with our day. I'm a bit under the weather, having ceased my allergy medication perhaps prematurely. So I'll have to push myself pretty hard to get going tomorrow.

I haven't felt like playing much mostly because I am feeling a bit run down. My daughter has been dragging me outside in the heat and the weather did go from almost chilly to blazing hot literally overnight so I'm having a hard time adjusting to that, too. Good gracious I am quite the stick in the mud, aren't I! ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8811911.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8811911.page GMT
I am sorry for all of the losses that I have read about, so sad. I wish there were words that conveyed how I feel. I do hold you all in my prayers.

Love the screen shots and the game imputs you all provide. I haven't actually played the game in several weeks. I do miss the game , but my puter doesn't like me or the game. My DH , wants me to buy a new puter , but I am at a loss as to the best one.

I did see your comments concerning me , Jenny and Rukaya. Thank you so much for remembering me. I did cry , cause it is odd for me to have someone to care. I am still hanging in there, hard to keep me down.

I hope life gives you Roses and if Lemons , make Lemonade, my heart felt gratitude goes to all that care, and may God bless you all. ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8812084.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8812084.page GMT DM and Tangie My heart and prayers are with you as always. Hugs.
The visit to the vet went well, and the groomers were even able to clip Binti's claws. She got a treat when we returned home. It is a little embarrassing to have a notorious kitty that everyone knows at the vet clinic.
My granddaughter is still with us. My daughter called and asked if we were tired of her yet. Said not yet; they only live a few blocks away so these visits are very easy. Hayati is hoping that Grandma will take her to the mall today to buy basketball shorts.. she is our athelete, [ was reminded to add Goth. ]
rj, Of course we are are all thinking about you and really care so much. Please don't put off your surgery too long. You could increase your problems. I miss hearing from you more often.
JM I know what you mean , my GD is keeping me busy, too. But really stay inside when it starts heating up outside.
My goodness kids will you please all take care of yourselves.
I informed Hayati that grandma can't take it anymore and that I need to check in on my sims game. I want to double check on my Haneef family, I think they are ready to upload, which I will try to do today. Also want to take a peek at LL that I bought yesterday.
Have also decided on a house plan that I want to try and build. It is designed for a long narrow lot, so it would be perfect, I think, for a 30x40 lot.
Also have to take Tabatha in for her manicure, but she is easy. so maybe after that and the trip to the mall I can finally play a bit.
Looking forward to seeing Rflongs finished world. Well have a good day everybody. Lots of hugs.
Edit Just dl'd Rflongs finished Glenvale City.
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Also, I'm sorry I haven't been checking in and updating with you guys lately. I've been busy keeping up with all things Supernatural!


Check out the Peashooter that comes with the Limited Edition version! It's so adorable! It looks exactly what I thought it would look like!
[img]http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7211/7404249384_80da5f4d2e_o.jpg"width=650"[/img]


If any of you guys want to learn more about Supernatural, here are a couple of articles that were found about Werewolves! (This is all that has been found so far!)
[url=http://simsvip.com/?p=12187]Stalk the Night as a Werewolf in The Sims 3 Supernatural[/url] (Press Release via CAW Wiki)

[url=http://simsvip.com/?p=12235]Jon Leslie: "I am a developer of werewolves"[/url] (This was translated... And much of it was badly lost in translation!)

[url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/06/17/previewpreview?p=416644&preview=true]Howl at the Moon -- Werewolves and The Sims 3: Supernatural[/url] (IGN Preview of The Sims 3 Supernatural! This is ALL true - The Sims 3 even tweeted about it!)
[img]http://oyster.ignimgs.com/wordpress/stg.ign.com/2012/06/TS3_Supernatural_Werewolf_DiningRoom-610x343.jpg"width=220"[/img] [img]http://oyster.ignimgs.com/wordpress/stg.ign.com/2012/06/TS3_Supernatural_Werewolf_Hilltop-610x343.jpg"width=220"[/img] [img]http://oyster.ignimgs.com/wordpress/stg.ign.com/2012/06/TS3_Supernatural_Werewolf_Running-610x343.jpg"width=220"[/img]


In addition, if you wanted to see the chat from yesterday, SimsVIP has the link up for a replay! Plus, 80 screenshots from the chat from SimCookie!
[url=http://simsvip.com/?p=12163]Live Chat Replay![/url]
[url=http://simsvip.com/?p=12195]Live Chat: 80 Screens[/url]


And here is some good news if you have the store Magic items and still plan on getting SN! (If you can't read that, go here and click on the image: http://simsvip.com/?p=12199 )
[img]http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7244/7403511028_29599db090_o.png"width=700"[/img]

I have to credit SimsVIP, since that's where I learned most of this info!

(Oh, and be on the lookout for more chats over the next week! There is a chat for Lucky Palms scheduled for Friday, June 22; and a chat for Diesel on Tuesday, June 26!)


Edit:
One last thing I forgot to add!
WR, you are right! The TS3 team apparently sets their release dates for a certain time, although they will not admit it! (ST was released when American Idol moved to finals, SN is being released on Halloween and apparently just in time for the season premiere of True Blood, Seasons on holidays)

Also, SimGuruGraham said this on Twitter a few days ago to Gem, so if you're worried about the size of Supernatural's Moonlight Falls, you might be happy with this, hopefully!
[quote=SimGuruGraham, on Twitter,].@GeminiaGR People who want extra space for free lots to add other venues to the world are going to be really happy with Moonlight Falls. They did some very clever stuff to build them into the world - you'll see more of it soon. RT @GeminiaGR @SimGuruGraham LOL I wasn't expecting to see Legolas walking in my sim towns, but what I meant was that i'd love (cont) http://t.co/DtJN89ex[/quote]]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8814821.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8814821.page GMT SimGuruKarsky is doing a Forum Q&A right now! But only for today!
If you wanna ask anything, head on over to the thread and ask now!
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Of course when ever I wanted a dose of Christmas snow, I just go play Rflongs WW, but yeah, it will be fun to have some seasonal reactions from sims and hopefully fun activites. For now though I am just looking forward to SN.

I was at the chat - of course - I attend all of them. I like getting a chuckle over the Guru's stumbling all over each other and their game. It's always a laugh riot for me, regardless of what they are talking about - and in the end I generally get things confirmed and even learn a thing or two. I also follow twitter and FB sims pages, but more or less keep it to myself as there is rarely anything there everyone else hadn't already figured out or knew. It's just nice to get things confirmed.

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I just take one miraculous day at a time and revell in it's miracle. I do what I am told to do (for the most part anyway) and refuse to allow myself to cancel appointments - I just steel myself and go. Like I said before here it is Spring and I am already fretting about my bone marrow test in the Fall, but honestly Jesus has the wheel... and I'm just going along for the ride - where ever that might end up I know not to cancel what I have put in his hands. So far it has worked out for me. Sure I have had a few monster set backs from secondary problems, but they too worked themselves even though technically a few the doctor himself is scratching his head over, I think as long as I leave it in the Lords hands - I'll be okay. Most of all, my kids will never once question whether or not I tried. Besides I like showing them up and letting them SEE how fearless mom can be. Oh if they only knew.... BUt because my oldest son saw me being fearless his life was saved as he too kept putting off a doctor appointment and by the time he went in Thanksgiving week, he was on deaths door. But seeing me battle, he swallowed his manly ego, and called his doctor just in time. Yeah we've had several trying times this past year and a half, but we did not let fear kill us. I just know if I had chose not to brave up my son might not be here now and his two little girls wouldn't have had the lovely Father's Day they just celebrated with their dad. So if I got this disease and in it's twisted way it saved my son by how I faced it, then it's all okay. Hopefully this very OT tropic will also save my friend RJ. We love you RJ, silent as you are - we like to hear from you - so please don't put things off. Listen to Jesus take the wheel and let the fear go even if you are scared to death - do it anyway. ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8816641.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8816641.page GMT
JM, hope you get to feeling better and find time to play a bit.

Bun, thanks again for your updates. After watching the live chat, not attending it, I decided to go ahead and preorder SN. I opted to use my regular retailer rather than using Origin, though. I think it's grossly unfair to their retailers to withhold content. That Origin content would have been better used as registration rewards, imho. Ah, but that should be discussed in some other forum, LOL.

Anyway, I'm hopeful the population regulator will prevent SN's from migrating to worlds that I don't want them in. Hope I'm not being too optimistic. I saw somewhere where someone wrote they hope the pea shooter will work on paparazzi. That made me LOL, how true.

My single pic offering was taken at Mick's Karaoke in Suburban Springs. At this rate you guys are going to think I never go anywhere else but I do, I promise. It's usually just a good place to get a pic.

Singing is Fiona and her new husband but I really wanted to show you the 3 members from the Smith Family. Clayworld did them for Rflong's moon worlds and she did a good job. They are cc free and if you're interested in the Smiths from TS2 they are here: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=3695682

I found their house in the Rflong13 studio. It is here: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=5481410

Johnny has aged to YA in this pic and he is a cutie.
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Great pictures, DD! The sims do look good - I'm not really surprised, because I think Clayworld is very good at making at wide variety of sims. I need to get back to SS soon but just haven't found the time to play much after work this week.

JM I also hope you feel better soon. And RJ you are always welcome and of course we all care about you and think about you often. Did you see the pics I posted a few pages back of a son of your RJ sim? He was from my Mesa Valley saved game when your sim married a paparrazi. I agree with Rukaya, do not put off your surgery too long or you may have an even worse time of it. :hugs:

Rukaya I am glad you've enjoyed your GD but I hope you got to play today. Sim withdrawal is not a pretty site.

I'm not pre-ordering SN anytime soon. Plenty of time to do so if I decide I want it. The population controller is a welcome edition but I have that with Twallan's mods now so I hope there are other things included that interest me. I haven't watched the chat yet so I'll do that eventually and see if that changes my mind.



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The fairies interested me the most. They would look awesome in Crystalline Cove. Gem should build a fairy dwelling on the lot with the FOY and share it with us.

Speaking of fairies, Argus was a cutie. Did any of you see the Argus Fan Club on the SN forum? It's a hoot. Argus himself posted on page 42. "Long live ManWitch!"


PS: Also very cool that SN will allow making ghosts in CAS. That means new custom worlds can have ghosts right away.
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I've had lots of free time lately and will have more over the summer. The kids are on their summer visit and I have another 6+ weeks to do any adult type stuff I want without worrying (well almost no worrying) about kids everyday. It's a bit quiet, and some days it seems too quiet, but I'm finding lots to keep me busy.

A few days after I ordered Showtime I ordered Skyrim. I got it last night, should have gotten it Monday but instead of taking the time to come to my door the us mail carrier left me an orange slip in the box I was home waiting for it to be delivered! Then I couldn't get it until after work yesterday, it was torture waiting those extra hours! J/K

I need to replace my sound card, it doesn't play well with Steam at all! I couldn't get past the install screen without disabling it. Once Steam is loaded I can enable the sound card, but the two trying to play together on start up causes a total system freeze.

Steam isn't the only thing that causes it to freeze, it doesn't like my online class live chat room that is mandatory for my classes. Entering that will also cause a lock up as soon as someone speaks. It's a good thing I have a Net Book that I ca use for my live class sessions. The computer has been glitchy from the moment I got it, I'm sure the person who returned it to Dell had the same issues and it was never pinpointed. I didn't know for sure what it was until recently, and I've had it for 1 1/2 yrs. So last night I ordered a replacement. Nothing fancy at all, just something that works. It's supposed to have 7.1 sound, but for the price I don't expect it to be very impressive, I just need to be able to hear.

The screen shots look great, I'm on the fence with SN. Thanks for all the information links, I will read through them over the weekend. There are some things I see that I want, but I'm tired of the lag in my game. A brand new game no CC no Mods still sputs and stutters, the mods actually prevent some of them. I played Skyrim for like 3 hours last night and it plays smoothly, the scenery is beautiful and all my settings are at the highest. There is no reason EA can't code the sims better than they have.

Of course it's a lot different than I'm used to and I stumbled my way through the first quest, I let the soldier kill all the bad guys Anyway I better quit rambling about that game it's a bit OT for the board.

I keep all of you in my thoughts and prayers. I may not take the time to post but I do keep up with what's going on.

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RJ, good to see you. Please read and soak in every detail of WR's beautiful heartfelt post. It is so true, do not wait and let things get to emergency level. I have my own personal experience on that, but it's OT so suffice it to say, get whatever surgery while you're still healthy enough to get the best outcome and recovery times.

As for your next computer, my suggestion would be to research the different graphics cards and find a system you can build or buy that will work well with that card. You need a lot of RAM to run Sims well, I think GDDR5 is what they call the type of ram that is recommended highly now for gamers and fortunately it's been coming down in price.

Here's one discussion that will be somewhat helpful: http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/550493.page

Unfortunately I only know about notebook specs since that is what I am limited to shopping for and my knowledge was not expert by any means. I did find I needed 1 GB of Video memory or VRAM to run the game optimally on Mac.

Here's another informative but very technical site about video cards. I don't know how up to date the info is: http://www.simprograms.com/the-sims/the-sims-3/the-sims-3-tutorials/the-sims-3-tutorial-replacingadding-your-video-graphics-card/#


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I went back last night to an old fave, Great Bear, but again ran into problems. First off, it stayed black for a long time when loading and by black I mean the world was black and the lots on it were normal. This happens to me sometimes in big user made worlds. Even Glenvale did this to me but only momentarily the first time I loaded it.

But what happened to me was even weirder than that. I was finishing up a house I'd started in Glenvale that would also look nice in Great Bear. I got through it, saving periodically and sometimes also adding the house to the bin just in case something unfortunate happened.

Well my computer simply went black and turned off. Fans stopped spinning, all lights turned off. The computer just totally shut off! Right in the middle of working on this house! I was about to freak out (not too badly given that I'd saved most of my progress already) when the computer turned itself back on. My game was still running and I clicked on the icon on my task bar and I was right back where I was when I was so rudely shut down! I finished decorating and saved the house, the game and existed the normal way.

I can't understand what happened. The game didn't crash. The computer hadn't crashed. The game didn't corrupt so far as I could tell. Oh I am so mystified!

Macs do have a feature where they will shut off to save the graphics card from overheating, but my computer was not running hot and the fans sounded normal. I am even running the computer itself on top of a giant fan base for additional cooling.

I've NEVER had this happen to me before. I'm almost inclined to blame ghosties at this point! Freaky!

Not quite as freaky as the Supernatural preview pics, though! Oh goodness I do NOT think I will want to have anything to do with the zombies. No not at all. But it all does sound like a lot of fun. I do already have the voodoo doll. I've never used it because it sort of bothers me a little in a way I can't explain. But I am really looking forward to those pea shooters for sure! They look like the Pokemon called Bell Sprout. I've always wanted to find a way to have a bit of mischief with the paparazzi! Now there will be a purpose to having those leeches in the game! ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8821200.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8821200.page GMT http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/345/551730.page#8820671

This is more than I ever could have hoped for!
Witches can ride brooms in more places other than roads?!
And there are [b][u]over 40+ elixir recipes for alchemy?!?![/b][/u]
During a full moon, any Sim has a chance to become a Lunatic, and do Lunatic-related actions?!
We can also choose the death type of ghost Sims in CAS?!?!

This is amazing!!! I want it [i]now![/i] I [u]cannot[/u] wait until September! That's too far away!

Oh, and Tangie, I did notice that flipping Sim... SimGuruGraham told me on Twitter that they do that on purpose, so it looks obvious. That way, the Sims team can tell when an interaction is missing! It is still in development!]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8822887.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8822887.page GMT
Reg great posting
rj, I do hope you will take the time to read what Reg had to say. Very valuable.
My daughter called yesterday afternoon, and said it was time for her daughter to come home, so grandpa returned her after dinner. We had a great time, but was ready to have the house and computer to ourselves.
So today while I am watering I get to play or may start on the house I want to build. We will how that goes, want to read all the info listed here on SN too.
Oh, I uploaded my young couple, Saleem and Nabeela Haneef. I am a little confused when I checked their bio tho, it lists traits that I did not give them ?
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And often times I will get sims from you all and their voices are just really bad default voices. I used to think well, that's what their creator chose--there must be a reason. But it's happened often enough, especially with the male sims and again, with Seth, that I wonder if some things get changed or corrupted upon upload.

Thanks for keeping us well updated on the news, Bun! Haha about the lunatics. I do get affected by full moons. At first I didn't realize it, but now I know when I get my worst insomnia, look out the window...sure enough there's a full moon! Fortunately that's all that happens to me...really bad insomnia and a feeling of being energized and optimistic. Okay, so I run down a few rabbits and terrorize a few villagers... But only once in a while!

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RJ, I'm just going to reiterate what you have been told here many times. Please, don't wait if you need this surgery. I just buried my Aunt yesterday at 57 years old, she wasn't much older than I am, and that's too young to die. The reason she is gone is because she put off medical care that she obviously needed. The Doctor told us that she should have had a defibrillator/pacemaker and a cpap machine to help her breathing at night. Had she went to the doc, she would have had this and she would still be here today. We found out that she had been waking up at night gasping for air and she obviously had an unidentified heart condition.

I'm not trying to scare you, but the reality is the longer you delay proper medical care, the worse the condition will progress. Perhaps to the point that medical intervention is no longer possible. I am sure that you have a lot of family and friends that care for you, even if you may not realize it. We don't always take the time to let people know how we feel about them, but that doesn't mean that no one cares about you.

Back to the Sims...
Are you all getting the non-existent wedding gifts glitch?

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I had to make my Sim write thank you notes for no gifts.


He raided the fridge and passed out!
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I had Gobias and Conner adopt a little boy.
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You're doing it wrong!!


ETA: Thank you Tangie and I am sorry to hear about your cousin in-law. ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8826427.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8826427.page GMT This game is really strange sometimes.
DM haven't experienced that particular glitch. It is just tragic when just biting the bullet and going in for a checkup can make all the difference and you hear of a friend, co-worker or loved one who for what ever reason waited too long. Loved your pictures. Had to laugh at the gnome..too funny.]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8827408.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8827408.page GMT

Thanks DM, and to answer your question, not only do my sims not get wedding gifts but they don't even get the option of thanking sims for the non-exsistent gifts. ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8828386.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8828386.page GMT
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Yes, DM, I get the no wedding gift glitch, too and yes, I write thank you notes for said non-existent gifts. LOL, your pics gave me a chuckle at myself. I was reading from the bottom up on the post and when I got to the pic of gnome visible below was the adoption caption. My first thought was that the gnome had been adopted and wondered when that became a game feature It didn't taken but a few seconds for it to sort out in my brain and then I was LOLing at my foolishness.

Good to see you, Simbody. Boy, once you try that tablet you're going to want all sims to have one. LOL, they are rather addictive in RL, too.

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Turns out he was romantically involved with Tangie via SP as well.

She didn't take the news too well.
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When she ran into him later that night she really let him have it. I would have been scared too! John tells her... "Perhaps a visit to the spa will help you chill out."
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Somehow I get the idea she is thinking he is lower than fish p.o.o.

I also dumped the Bunch family from SV into the game.

This is Ethan aging up.
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"You know I look good!" At least he doesn't have a big ego!
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So I agreed to let her have the pudding. That was 90 minutes ago...and she runs by the table, takes a bite...and then keeps on playing with the cats. Oh well it's summer...let her be nutty for tonight. She'll regret it when her best friend comes back from the beach in a couple of days and wants to get together at 10 am and my kid is all off her schedule and doesn't want to roll out of bed until noon.

Still, I've never seen a person make a pudding cup last 90 minutes before. Someday my kid will grow up, become a congresswoman and lead one of those mammoth filibusters we hear about that grinds government to a halt in DC.

Well I'm going to do my best to ignore the rugrat and enjoy Glenvale. I did also download both version of Castle Canyon that Amy made. I'm really happy to have both versions. I have my old saves stored somewhere but I don't know if they are still any good after all the patches we've had, so I will have fun rebuilding in Castle Canyon, too.

I also reinstalled Remmo's fixed updated small city world for when I want to play instantly and not have to build. ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8830648.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8830648.page GMT

Watched the Lucky Palms walkthough a short while ago. I love it, the plants, the textures, the designs, the houses, the wishing well. The only think that irked me was they will have 3 different versions of the world available, and two of them will contain the casino many of us just purchased.

Supposedly they are going to have the most expensive version, which will contain the casino lot, at a sale price that will be the same as the version without the casino. Still, I found it a little irritating.

Nevertheless, I'ma gettin' this world. Comes out next Thursday in case any of you haven't heard.
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I did not buy Sweet Treats after all. I may at some point but I'm not working on anything at the moment that requires all that eccentric stuff. There's also that Diesel set or whatever it's called. I have no interest in that at all. But I will probably get it someday just to have a full set. That's assuming the game doesn't implode in on itself through the sheer weight of all that pixel poof.

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DM, your pics cracked me up. Tangie looks more like Kate from Taming of the Shrew and John looks like he is not having much success in the taming dept.

I think I'm more excited over Lucky Palms than the SN EP. Primarily it is for the new trees and plants. We have needed those so badly and like you, JM, I immediately thought of MVII and Castle Canyon. How nice it will be to finally have desert vegetation for desert worlds.

I like the idea of meeting a live Darlene for Darren Dreamer, too. I think the wishing well shows a lot of the creative side of EA devs. I LOL'd at both kissing the frog and the evil child rising from the well. The well looks to be so much better than I thought it would be.

I think it may still be a struggle to update with SHT venues. I asked in SimguruSarah's store thread about large enough lots being available for them and while she answered questions before and after mine, I was ignored. That in itself speaks volumes, LOL.

I hope everyone has a great weekend. Mine is super busy with a visit from a granddaughter and another birthday party to go to for our newest son-in-law. ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8839924.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8839924.page GMT
As far as space to put everything, I think there may have to be compromises. I probably won't try to put all the different clubs in it, and technically you only need 4 ST venues - the stage can be added to the new restaurant RH and labeled a coffee shop, then all you would need is one private venue, one live show venue, one big park with a stage, and one big show venue. Simrealor has some smaller custom built venues on her my Sims Realty web site that I might use instead of the humongous EA ones.

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I have to miss a baby shower I was planning right up until this morning on attending. But I counted on my virus being gone by now and it's not and I'm not exposing a pregnant woman to this illness. I also could not take the 1 hour drive each way and 3 hours of the party in the shape I'm in.

Instead I may drop by a couple of open houses in the neighborhood and check out the architecture if I decide to venture out at all. I got some ideas for the houses I just made for Glenvale City from seeing online real estate tours. My houses are big, and kind of plain but they are pretty true to the real thing, which gives you an idea of the kind of sad state of architectural innovation and aesthetics in suburban McMansions these days!

I am extremely puzzled by a thread started by someone called "Crystalline Cover Back Again". I don't recognize the thread starter and I'm not sure what that's all about. I saw the thread but didn't click on the link. I hope Gem checks that thread to see what's going on.

Okay back I go to the latest edition of Glenvale.


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Wow they are certainly pushing LP. It will depend on how expensive it is. I am not really interested in the casino, but will have to listen to the live chat and watch the walk through. Usually for these ea worlds that they offer on-line I wait until they offer a special. We'll see. About the plants though. I am glad to see the catus plants and I hope we can use them in other worlds. I like the families they have.
I bought LL hoping to use the alien plants from that one but they didn't show up in the tree and plant selection for building. ? I was very disappointed. I wanted to use some in one of the yards in one of the worlds I was playing. How come? where are they?
I have been very busy this weekend and haven't had a chance to play at all. I have been wanting to play Glendale, but just haven't had a chance. RL has just been too hectic. We are going to see the movie Brave today..this morning actually to beat the crowds.. It has received great reviews.
DM you always have such great pictures, and your captions are so clever. I enjoy them so much.
edit...Jm I dl'd both the large mansion and the smaller one. Gave them both a rec. Looking forward to using them. ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8850245.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8850245.page GMT http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8852839.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8852839.page GMT ) but now I'm sure of it after building all the different versions of my McMansions. Last night I was putting some furniture into the houses and when I went back to select a bar stool it was just GONE...flat out GONE from my catalogue. To bring it back I had to use the eyedropper tool on one I already had in the house.

Stuff does disappear from the catalog. There are various things you can do to make them show up again as they are not gone from the game. They are just not seen in how we interface with them, namely through the build/buy mode catalog.

In other stuff, the heart trouble I had seems to have quieted down. Keeping my fingers crossed it stays that way.

I missed the baby shower I was supposed to go to this weekend because we weren't sure if I still had the virus and I didn't want to expose my niece to it. Instead we went to see 2 real life McMansions being built nearby. With the house tours we took and the brochures we brought home, I have more ideas for some builds I will do in the future line of McMansions. I have even more ideas now for exteriors and interiors.

I DID like the McMansions. They were pretty. I was just shocked at the wasted space. The formal living and dining rooms are shockingly too small to be really practical entertaining spaces. My living room and dining room I have now in my humble house are actually larger! But they put the real living spaces in the backs of these newer style houses. Those areas are very generous in size and impressive. But that leaves so much money to be spent on taxes and heating and cooling for the space up front that really won't ever get properly used. But if we could ever afford it I think we would be tempted because the finished basements on those houses were just incredible. My husband was totally drooling over what would be his "man cave".

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First off, weirdness #1, Cary's needs didn't go down except for Social and Hunger. So she was able to sing at Verde Park all night long. A Paparazzi showed up but the game only identified him by his first and last name Chadrick Snell at first and it wasn't until the next Sim day that he got a designation of Paparazzi. She had been singing for tips to nobody all night long. I have people in the town but they did not show up to any of the lots she was in. I think I don't have enough people loaded into it yet.

She finished and I was going to have her talk to him but after he put 75$ into her tip jar he vanished into thin air!

Then she just kept staying up and eventually had a job recording a commercial at the Business Building. When she was in there a golden horse with a blonde mane and a BRAIDED brown tail showed up and he stuck his nose right up to the back doors of the Steve's Restaurant and Business building and thought bubbles came up. One was clasped hands. Another was wedding rings and the other was art and according to my daughter, dinner table stuff.

My sim came out and urged on by my daughter we followed the horse around town. We tried to befriend it but it kept giving us the red circle with a line through it even after accepting our attentions. Finally it showed the thought bubble of an onion or garlic and I checked my inventory and we had a rotten onion and we wondered if that is what made the horse hate us.

It's a shame because I really wanted to catch that strange horse and keep him so when I get Windows installed I can take screen shots of him.

This game is so surreal. And people complain that there are going to be fairies added to the game that will take away from the realism of it?

Say what? I'm sorry nothing could be less real than wild bleached blonde horses with braided brown tails thinking about marriage and art while pushing their noses at the office door.

My daughter was shocked my sim was staying up all night and showing no signs of being tired. Then I said you realize you and I are up way past midnight showing no signs of being tired. She giggled. Finally both of us are going to bed. As I type this the newest cat is chasing on one of the cow spotted ones back and forth across the living room. The noise is pretty amazing. Thud thud thud thud thud thud thud thud thud crash boom thud thud thud thud.

Truly a weird night of simming around here! ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8855810.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8855810.page GMT there are no plans to release the desert plants in any upcoming patches. Don't know how to get around that one.
Will be playing Rflongs GV and see what she has done. also plan to check if the LL trees are in my build mode. If they are not how can I get them there. I haven't played LL yet could that be the problem? also I am up to date in all my patches as far as I know. I have no idea how to get missing items back into the catalog.
JM sounds like your sim needed to be reset. I have noticed that this problem has been showing up more frequently in my games too.
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After a super busy weekend with about 30 min. only for simming time, my wagon is draggin', LOL.

Rukaya, I think perhaps the easiest way to find the LL trees in the build catalogue will be for you to go into LL and then to a lot. Put the eye dropper tool on a tree and it should duplicate it and take you to the spot in the build catalogue where it is located. You can do that for each tree and get yourself a reference point to find it the next time. That's actually what I had to do because I wasn't seeing them in the catalogue either. Not that they weren't there probably, I just didn't seem to recognize them in those tiny thumbnail shots.

I looked at those cacti in the simpoint bundle and have decided that one plant with a couple of recolors is not worth spending $60 to have. I think there is a prickly pear in LP, isn't there? If so, obviously they didn't make the flower recolorable but I'll bet someone in the simming community does it for them after the world comes out. I foresee a piece of custom content headed towards my game, if so.

JM, what you're reporting about the lack of some motives not decaying for a sim is something I have seen a lot of when switching houses since installing SHT, or a follow up patch. I change houses so much when testing I probably just run into it more frequently than a player not testing. What I do is after I have the sim out and about is just to use the resetsim cheat and that seems to take care of the problem.

I've only had one sim that this didn't work on and Twallan's MC came to the rescue. There is a resetsim setting in it that Twallan says to use only as a last resort. I was at last resort since the EA cheat and moving out and back into the house didn't work, so I held my breath and triggered it. It worked beautifully and saved a sim I thought I was going to have to send clipboard diving to eliminate from the game. Yet again, another instance where a Twallan mod was indispensible.

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I know some simmers who purposely like to play Sims with Static motives when they are skilling them up - my friend Amjoie does that and was bummed by the PC acting up and glitching her sims.

My, my everybody is so busy it seems now a days. How do any of you stand it? I'd go nuts. I hate it when just one little occassion is planned around here. Like I fret all year just knowing Christmas comes again and find myself marking down the calender like a countdown to New Years months and months before I need even to think of it. Shoot I already have my menus, lists needed for shopping, and recipes I'll be using sorted and in a big manila envelope marked Christmas 2012 for like two months now. Yet I still fret. Lord help me if something comes up I must go to other than Christmas related things.

I guess I don't take to any kind of changes to my routines easily. Weird seeing I used to be such a big party planner and ready to go on a drop of a dime. Funny how one changes once life hits them upside the head. Nowadays when someone hints at something like family reunions or us all getting to gether for something or other at a distant date I get like the worse anxiety over it. So I just don't know how all you people cope with all that stuff and still remain sane, healthy and happy. It sounds exhausting to me. hehehe


ETA_ By the way I almost forgot, Rukaya I do know those trees show up even without LL, as Rflong didn't have LL and she was tinkering with a kind of fairy looking world she showed pics of here when those trees first showed up in a patch right before LL came out. I still don't think she ever got LL, but she does have all 4 of the trees and the new terrain paint, walls, a window, etc. If I recall before LL they were in the beginning of the tree part of the catalogue as they were cheaper trees for the most part. But anyway, you should see them if you follow DD's instruction if the game did magically "hide" them from you. It seems since ST the game shows it has magic by hiding our content every so often. It is most annoying to know you have something, go looking, and it is being hidden from us. Another thing many have made the Guru's aware of, as they have posted in threads where people are yelling about all the disappearances - so again I hope they figure out why it is happening and fix it.
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It seems to me I saw this even in a game with no mods but I've had SHT so long now and MC and OW back in for so long that I can't swear to that fact. I am changing homes the normal way via Edit Town.

That reminds me, did EA ever fix changing homes from map view causing problems? I stopped using it so soon after the feature was available that I honestly don't know if that's something that got fixed. I noticed during the LP video that SGSarah changed to a house from map view and that's what made me wonder if it was okay to do so now.]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8859477.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8859477.page GMT
On this new world of Rflongs I started with a single female who is about half way through the skills and travels - I played her long enough to allow the game to add in people to run registers and everything so none of my sims get stuck with those things. The game is smart, it added like 7-8 sims to the few houses Rflong added in. Once I had Kiki visit all the places with bars or registers and saw everything worked, I just went back to edit town and clicked the change residence thing to quickly move over to each house with EA sims to check their traits and different things, and possibly change hair or clothes if they were dressed weird.

Then went back to edit town and on to my next house and sime. This way I will get in all self sufficients before I have to worry about co-workers or adding a few cheap houses for them. But I do everything through edit town. I never even tried that new way when they first added it, as I was used to the way I did it already. Maybe someone else knows. But yeah, it did look like the Guru did it that way -I really didn't pay much attention to that part.

ETA - Well of those three houses of game added sims they definitely did not have static motives as they were tired ones and hungry ones all over the place and not enough beds, so I had to add a few bunk bed sets to those house and made one of them make a salad for everybody - in fact it was like that in all three houses.

So at least in my case without any mods at all so far none came with static motives. I also purposely went to those houses in the middle of the night so I was sure everyone was home or was due to be home soon like a bartender - he wasn't hungry, but he was exhausted and doing the exhausted sway thingy. Most sims I had to wake up to get them to eat even and some washed. Those could benefit from static motives. hehehe But I never use it - on purpose anyway.

I do know it happens though in our regular sims as I have found Reggie Writin with static motives several times when I play the SOCL household and has those babies and things. But then I had OW in my game, so I don't know if that is why or not. I haven't really played that version since before Showtime except long enough to get her and Pete in the bin for aging down, tweaking, and making my Avatar finally. (and to bin some of you guys too I was missing) They were all fine that time I tried them. That was also with no mods. But I still would not say mods had anything to do with it either.]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8860483.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8860483.page GMT Thanks for the hint on finding things in the catalog. Played GC for a few hours. No problems. Have to report this to Rflong on her thread.
DD I agree , I am not spending all that money for a prickly pear cactus.
I was watching how the SGSarah was just going from lot to lot and thought wow that is handy. Never tried that.
I am pretty certain that I am not buying the LP with the casino, those robots creep me out. also don't want my granddaughter playing it and I know for a fact her mom would not want that. I will just get the standard one and put the Regency arcade and some of the fun venues that all of you have made in there, also some of the nice homes in my library. I do like Darren Dreamer and no doubt will like Darleen too. Love what they did with the water, hope that carries over to all the other worlds, the sunset too.
JM While playing GC, I placed Michael Andre in your smaller V2 McMansion and really like it. Great job. ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8860814.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8860814.page GMT http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8860978.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8860978.page GMT It doesn't help that both my family and my husband's family have people that are easily offended/irritated and quick to go on the warpath.

I guess I jinxed myself. My heart troubles are back but thankfully not as nasty as the other day. I will wait and see if I get better as the virus gets better but I'm not waiting THAT much longer. My husband is trying to work on his schedule so we can take me to my doctor if need be. If he can't get away from work, I am also checking to see what cardiologists at my local hospital are on my insurance plan. I can drive myself to the hospital since it's just down the road about 8 minutes away. But until I get my vision sorted out in a couple of weeks, I do need my husband to drive me to my doctor who is a bit farther and on a nasty congested route away.

Are you paying attention RJ? Don't let anything wait. I hope you're getting yourself sorted out as we speak! I'm still thinking of you and praying for you!

My daughter says her throat is starting to hurt, too. Oh no. I was hoping she wouldn't get sick. Whatever this virus is, it lingers, that is for sure and its very nasty.

Getting back ON topic I am going to explore Glenvale City some more and will reset Cary. Of course having static needs was kind of convenient, though! Will it damage the game if I leave her unset for awhile? I did not use a cheat code for her. I don't use that particular Make Needs Static cheat. I have used "Make all Happy" though. But Cary is not one of the sims I've ever used it on.

I put a bunch of Lunar Lakes houses into Glenvale City. They look really great mixed in with the city buildings.

Glad you liked my smaller V2 McMansion, Rukaya. By the time I did that mansion I had gotten the hang of building again so it does make better use of space and looks better than the full sized Mansion. My very first mansion that I did leave in my studio since it works, but is not the most polished...shows that I was rusty in my house building skills. I did far more customization of wood tones and color palette for the mansion you downloaded.

I do think my computer is having a hard time with Glenvale City because it's so big and feature filled now. The computer fans work really loud and hard when I am in this world. Hopefully it will run smoother on Windows. My husband was going to put Windows on for me last night but some system broke down at work so he was on the phone with employees the rest of the night.

There is definitely less strain running the game via Windows. Anyway I thought Glenvale City was so pretty. It's beautiful at night and the view up at the buildings from the Verde Park lot is definitely a city one.

I did try putting a stage on Rflong's beach lot but it wouldn't generate a proprietor. I tried rezoning it as a Big Park, then a venue, but nothing happened. I'm still figuring these things out as I go.

My next goal when I get the ability to do screenshots again is to get some pictures of Remmo's world for you all. That is a world I definitely want to explore. Maybe someone else lurking here has explored it and is also willing to share screenshots from their game. I do think that concept was a good one.








]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8861936.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8861936.page GMT ), and I was going to get an EA cash card for SimPoints, but then I realized that I don't know if it will be enough...

They only sell cash cards for EA at $20.00 now! ($1.00 = 100 SimPoints) I don't want to waste $20.00 on a cash card only to find out I need to use another $20.00 because I was a couple hundred SimPoints off!

Thanks if anyone knows!

I'm SOOO excited for this stuff!

Also, in case you haven't heard, rumors are going around that SP #8 is already set for October! Listings were found, reading "The Sims 3: Seaside Stuff" but were quickly taken down! (I learned that from SimsVIP!)]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8865409.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8865409.page GMT
Yep I heard a rumor to that affect for the sp for Oct. as well as a Holiday and Seasons EP for Nov -where the info went up and came down practically the same day - I believe it was a German or Dutch site I saw those on - quite by accident as I was looking at the site Sims magazine when I saw that info also. Of course with translators you can never be positive exactly what it's saying - I have Bing translators and they tend to really mess up the languages - so I have not bothered to make much mention until I know for sure anyway. I do know that is a repitable site, and one of the first to ever put out a sims mag - but to this date I was never sure if it was Dutch or German. I should be ashamed for not knowing seeing I am partially Dutch, but I don't. We have enough already on our plates anyway, so I am not overly concerned. I might as well just sign my check over to EA from the looks of things this year at this rate as so far I like everything I am seeing.]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8865556.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8865556.page GMT The wild horse I saw had a pale tan coat and dark brown mane and tail. They come out with very pretty horses. Hope your daughter feels better soon too.
Rj you are in my thoughts and prayers. I hope you have been paying attention, and have your surgery scheduled very soon.
Bun, Egads, $36.00 I really want the standard version, but I may wait until it goes on sale, {but I really want it now}. What a dilemma. Drat I may end up getting that $60.00 sim point bundle after all. Maybe I will check Target this weekend and see if it is cheaper there.
Reg and Bun that is very interesting about possible upcoming SPs and EPS, and so close together too. Wow Ea really wants our money.
My plan today is to start on a new house. The plan I have is for a house that fits on a 30x40 lot with the narrow end facing the street. I could probably squeeze on the 20x30, but am not sure, so rather than start on the smaller lot only to maybe have to start over on the larger one, I am going to just start on the big one. My free time for playing is so limited, I need to use it to my best advantage.
Reg and JM I identify with overload of activities. Too much can get me panicky and anxious. While I deeply love all my family, too many people, too much to do in too short a time is too stressful. I am a quiet person and happiest with my books, cats and of course my sims game. Housework and yard work has an irritating way of intruding on my play time too. ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8866267.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8866267.page GMT http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8866342.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8866342.page GMT
Well I need to finish my coffee, take a shower and start designing my house. My granddaughter and I printed out a bunch of house plans. She is more ambitious for me than I am, or maybe more confident in my building talents, such as they are. She kept selecting these very fancy very large mansions. I kept telling her I don't know how to do that but oh well down the road I will give some of them a shot. A lot of them use spiral staircases, I wish the sims spiral staircases were more reliable. ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8866429.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8866429.page GMT
Well have a nice day, I'm trying to help at three different threads right now. So catch you later Rukaya. I'm sure you'll have fun designing which ever you tackle.]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8866481.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8866481.page GMT
I enjoy reading your posts when you are helping others. I always pick up helpful hints. ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8866731.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8866731.page GMT
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Okay catch you all later - I need to go and try and work on my cardio/pulminary theraphy - I missed the last two days due to back strain, so I hope to get through my session today. Later

]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8867472.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8867472.page GMT Ok I just finished another house. This one fits on a 30x40 lot, narrow end facing street. It should be fine, I played tested so hopefully I caught everything. Does have some store items. http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=5988100
Time to get back to rl. Hope everyone is having a good day. ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8869659.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8869659.page GMT

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I compared that picture to your wedding pic and a couple others I see on here of sims 3, and what a difference it makes with Sims 3 graphics compared to Sims 2. Just WOW.

That's the same reason I could never go back to Sims 1 as much as I loved that game - the way everything looks - that dead eye look, and flatness of everything.

Granted I do wish Sims 3 sims had more of the interactions, just at abit faster pace than those longgg dinners, but other than that I will happily stay with Sims 3.]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8869883.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8869883.page GMT
I compared that picture to your wedding pic and a couple others I see on here of sims 3, and what a difference it makes with Sims 3 graphics compared to Sims 2. Just WOW.

That's the same reason I could never go back to Sims 1 as much as I loved that game - the way everything looks - that dead eye look, and flatness of everything.

Granted I do wish Sims 3 sims had more of the interactions, just at abit faster pace than those longgg dinners, but other than that I will happily stay with Sims 3.[/quote]

IMHO, graphics aren't everything. The lack of actual gameplay in TS3 is the issue for me. But I like both games, so I play both, and I still enjoy both. Works for me! ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8869962.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8869962.page GMT
But to me playing the game was more work than fun, so all those great reactions I generally missed once the game got past Uni. But I suppose if I didn't mind repeating all the same actions in town with every household it wouldn't have bothered me so much. By the time Seasons came out, I did like Seasons, I just gave up on trying to keep everyone aging and things and just pretended that little child my sim went to grade school with just vanished and the little kid playing with my sims kid was just a clone or something. But of course the game made sure I knew that sims as that kid was always calling my sim up to talk.

But those are some of the things besides graphics that used to annoy me, especially playing legacies. But yeah, the graphics bother me because I figure if you can't make them look stupendous, then nobody can. You are unbelieveably talented with decor, sim make overs, and houses as well as pictures. Not me I am lousy at a lot of that stuff. Don't even want to talk pics - there I am useless.

I just like the way the game works now and I don't have to worry about any sims but the ones I want to play.

So to me, it is better on that virtue alone, never mind amazing graphics and a more 3 D look to everything.]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8870060.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8870060.page GMT
Personally I would love to see the two games combine to make one ideal sims game for me. The interactions from 2 and the other things I mentioned from 3. I would be in Sims heaven!

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But those are some of the things besides graphics that used to annoy me, especially playing legacies. But yeah, the graphics bother me because I figure if you can't make them look stupendous, then nobody can. You are unbelieveably talented with decor, sim make overs, and houses as well as pictures. Not me I am lousy at a lot of that stuff. Don't even want to talk pics - there I am useless.
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Aww shucks, thank you. I've seen some of your pictures in slideshows and they are good! I've also used some of your builds, so perhaps you underestimate your abilities. ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8870128.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8870128.page GMT http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8872052.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8872052.page GMT
So I think I mentioned that Gemmy Deviant just had twins - and she already had a toddler. Her fiance Gary Hickman is the dad; when he came home from the hospital with her after the birth of the twins, I had Gemmy invite him to move in. The next day they held their wedding in one of the wedding lots in alex's Surburban Shores which I am helping to test when I have the time. I thought I'd share a few pics from the occasion.

First up is Keven Red Star, who seemed to enjoy himself with the karoke machine. Sorry the pictures are a little dark; the lot needs more outside lighting, I think.


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Meanwhile Reggie was playing for tips. There's GW, and that's the groom right behind her. He's in the business career so he should be able to provide well his wife and kids.


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Later, Jordan was spotted dancing with Kevin - watch yourself around that heartbreaker, Jordan!


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And here's a few pics of the actual ceremony. I'm not sure whether Reggie was crying because she was hungry or because of the occasion. The young sim on the right, the brunette in pigtails, the one standing right behind GW, is one of the Riley/Gray Winters' daughters who is now a teen. SP hooked Riley and Gray up in my SV2 game and I saved them to my bin, and now I often put them in my test hoods.


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Here's another shot of the crowd. Tangie is wearing the dress you bought, Rukaya.


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Ahhh! Aren't weddings beautiful? And that's Tangie sitting on the right; I thoguht her expression was hilarious. Oh, and I should have done something else with Gemmy's hair, but I rushed them to the alter the day after Gary moved in.


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Gad, I, too, ran at least 20 of Pescado's mods to get TS2 to where it played well. LOL, makes one wonder if it would have been as enjoyable without those being available. Thank goodness for the modding community for both TS2 and TS3, LOL. BTW, V63 is an update to Twallan's OW that is now available.

I'm still testing Suburban Springs but my pic is from DM's GFH that I hadn't posted yet. Kevin Red Star is such a kick to play and in this pic, he had me LOLing.

"I'm bad...sooo bad"
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This picture convinced me that I want this new world "Lucky Palms" which will be released tomorrow.

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I think this world is gorgeous! EA has really stepped up their game in creating worlds and content.

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Yes I totally agree, by golly I think EA finally "got it". I definitely can see myself moving some of my fav sims into here tomorrow night. Pete just told me my check was already in my account. I also plan to pre-order Supernatural today, but the price of this world will determine whether or not I get the Diesel sp. That one was sort of meh, as I was actually more interested in something for the kids and teens too and it does seem to be mostly jeans. How many pairs or types of jeans does a sim need anyway? Had they perhaps added that industrial kitchen it would have made me definitely want that pack too, but after thinking about this pack since yesterdays chat, now I am sort of rethinking it. I know I want SN and I know I want this world tomorrow - so...

Anyway, I totally look forward to be running around in this world tomorrow night.

I know one other thing I will be doing is running around Mesa Valley and adding some very much needed yuca plants, Joshua trees, and prickly pears. As wonderful as I have always found that Rflong world, I was always sad it didn't have the proper desert fauna. So this world is not only nice to have it makes it possible for me to dress up my other fav worlds too. I hope that mirrored water affect shows in all worlds - probably won't but I can dream. I love that look.

ETA: Great pic Tangie. I would guess Reggie was actually crying over the wedding - she just like her counter part are big blubber faces at weddings. I don't know why but send me to a wedding or a new born baby's birth and my hard shell just vanishes into a wall of blubbering tears. Just plain silly, but me. Food is not something I would cry over even if I was starving. But let the vows start and it's all over... hehehehe - I love weddings and new babies and puppies and kittens and.... ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8877065.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8877065.page GMT
Happy Simming everyone. ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8877745.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8877745.page GMT
Gem, are you around? I heard your name bantied about for EA giving us back the lost roof during the chat. Problem was, it still didn't look like the right color to me. What did you think? Am I right, wrong? Anyone else notice this part in the chat? If it's not the right roof, stay after getting it back for us, Gem. So nice to see her/your efforts acknowledged

And, of course, a screenshot:
"No, no, I will NOT laugh at the bouncing belly!"
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I'm leaving soon to go pick up my brother at the airport, which is a two hour drive. At least it's a nice day for a drive.

I'm surprised you don't like it JM, since it's a desert town and you seemed to like Simbody's and Rflongs desert worlds. It is very large, though, and your Mac will probably have trouble running it based on the past comments you've made. Hope your daughter is healthy and that you're feeling better.

I'm definitely getting the new world, but I might wait until Sunday since I won't have access to my desktop pc until then. So I'll be looking forward to hearing all about it from those who get it in the next few days. please let us know what you think!

Ps I'm on the iPad so any and all spelling errors can be blamed on it. ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8881972.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8881972.page GMT I am looking forward to getting in there and start playing. Just got back from shopping with my daughter and my gd, Amalie and have to take care of some things so hopefully I can play after that. I am going to place the Regency Arcade in place of the casino, and then I will see what else I want to do. Wow that is expensive for a download world but the gold version is really expensive.
I watched the rerun of the Diesal live chat and except for a few outfits am not that impressed. I am curious as to what they plan to charge. It seems like everytime they come out with a SP or EP. the price has gone up. Ouch . I figure I can always buy the few outfits that I did like separately.
Love everybody's pictures. As much as I enjoyed sims2 I can't really go back to playing it on a regular basis.. I didn't use mods either but I did dl a bunch of cc and had fun with it, until I reached a point where I had reinstall the entire thing. I decided then and there no more cc for me. Well the cats are pestering me so among other things that have to be done right now, I need to play with them, brush them and give them some tlc. Take care everybody. ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8885988.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8885988.page GMT
Yay, I also have LP, but not thanks to myself - thanks to a very lovely Simmer who gifted the ST version. I already have the Casino, so that's all I needed.

As you noticed in a previous post I said I definitely wanted to get it and had planned to. I was juggling my availiable funds as I knew I was pre-ordering Supernatural, and that meant (the way my account works) I cannot touch the money for anything ordered once it is ordered until it is paid - so I figured 40 dollars for SN and 7 dollars for shipping I'd still most likely/hopefully be okay to get this world and get all my meds next month - then my good samaritan hubby decided to do me a favor, seeing I had yet to pre-order before I went to bed last night, and he took it upon himself to go to my Origin account and pre-order SN for me, as well as the Diesel stuff pack - which I had decided to wait on seeing I was positive I couldn't get that and this world too and still have money for all my prescriptions. As if that wasn't bad enough he decided to get the fastest delivery which is a whooping 15.99 and something I never, ever use - I usually get the 7dollar 3-4 day delivery. So not only was this way more money than I had planned, it guaranteed I could not get this world. So I was bumming.

I know, silly of me bumming over a sim world, but fact was, I was bumming as I woke up all excited it was coming out today, and eagerly went about doing my chores so I could free up the afternoon - not noticing the note Pete had left on my desk until I finally sat down here with a fresh cup of coffee, and was powering up the pc to go to the Sims store - and then I saw it - the NOTE - "Hi Hon, I took the liberty of ordering your game for you, as I noticed you hadn't... blah, blah, blah" and then I got to the point in the note that said, "I also noticed you didn't order the new stuff pack, and you have the funds, so that's taken care of as well and you get it all with just one shipping charge...blah, blah, blah"

Oh no, I said... there was also a reference number for me to check my order - so off to Origin I went - at least he made sure he ordered the disk versions - that was a Godsend... but my 80 dollars I had availiable this month - well now Origin had 76 dollars of it - so that solved that. As I was not going through what I needed to go through to cancel an order with my account - I did that once and never again - it just is not worth it with Government ran Federal accounts. It is Hades on a summer day to say the least. So I consigned myself, no LP for me til the end of July. I would simply thank my DH for being such a dear and fay I was delighted when I wanted to cry... that's okay, I had all day to get over it, and just enjoy all the posts...

And then out of somewhere a trumpet sounded... and the skies parted, and an angel by the name of RoseRidge came down and gifted the wonderful world of Lucky Palms to me! I am honored and awestruck and she made my day...

All that being said... thanks to RoseRidge and her generosity I'm off to Lucky Palms - but I just had to share how wonderful Simmers are here. I never said a word and it was just as if she knew... Blessings to RoseRidge and everyone... a happy, happy simmer here says good day!!! Hugz all, Reggie.]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8886420.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8886420.page GMT
But yeah I'm still sick and I've had a rough week and had a lot of stress from missed appointments and letting people down, so maybe I'm just grumpy or something. Don't mind me, enjoy the world and post lots of great pics.

I was trying to think who Kevin reminded me of in that screen shot above and it hit me, he looks like a tan Rick Springfield. I don't know if anyone remembers who that is but he was a singer and soap opera star in the 1980's. I had a huge crush on him once upon a time. For some weird reason I think I might have seen him in person at one time but I can't remember. I must be going senile. Maybe it was my sister in law who met him. She's met a lot of celebrities in her clubbing days. ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8886562.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8886562.page GMT
If anyone is interested, I put up a few pics of Darren and Darlene at the wishing well on my blog. You might get a kick out of them! http://darkmiragesdiscourse.blogspot.com/2012/06/big-huge-thank-you.html


Reg, I was gifted this world today by a very generous simmer as well. Apparently I had several people waiting to ambush me!

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I just saw the news about all the homes destroyed and tens of thousands of people evacuating in Colorado due to the out of control fires. Some animals are hurt too, and that's just the ones seen. I can't imagine all the ones not seen that were hurt. I feel really self absorbed and stupid now saying I had a bad week. My week was a cake walk compared to what those poor people and animals are going through. I used to have coworkers in the field offices out in Colorado Springs. And my neighbor moved out there for her husband's job. I don't know their homes' fates but I hope and pray for the best for them. Nobody deserves the kind of losses they are taking and the upheaval. ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8887195.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8887195.page GMT Help, I have a question, I can't find the Regency Arcade anywhere. I checked I do have it installed, but where is it? The launcher has it listed as an object. I have looked through the community lots , everywhere I can think of, where would I find it. ?
JM you are in my thoughts, I am sending you some positive thoughts and energy. I hope you feel better soon. I, too, feel so terribly sad for the people and the wildlife as well as pets and livestock in Colorado. It is all so tragic. My Aunties lived in Colorado before they moved here to be closer to family. They lived long happy lives and are missed.
Thanks for the info Reggie. I still think I will either wait until Deisel goes on a big sale or just buy the few outfits I really liked. I want to save for SN if I decide to get it.]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8887451.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8887451.page GMT

Next time you play, look again since it might be there. If there are any tricks that anyone knows to get missing stuff back immediately I would also be interested.

To anyone who hasn't yet experienced this problem, then lucky you!


PS checked your blog DM, nice pics! Thanks for posting those. The world looks very beautiful and the wishing well seems to have a lot of great animations to it. I'm very impressed with thIs world.
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Next time you play, look again since it might be there. If there are any tricks that anyone knows to get missing stuff back immediately I would also be interested.

To anyone who hasn't yet experienced this problem, then lucky you!


PS checked your blog DM, nice pics! Thanks for posting those. The world looks very beautiful and the wishing well seems to have a lot of great animations to it. I'm very impressed with thIs world.
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I don't have disappearing catalog items, but I do wonder where people get those picnic basket spot presets that allow Sims to just have a picnic on that spot! ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8888493.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8888493.page GMT
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I was afraid you were gonna say that!... ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8888813.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8888813.page GMT http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8889834.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8889834.page GMT
[quote=crinrict]Does all your stuff show up in the launcher ? For me it seems that once I reached the cap of stuff that shows up in the launcher, the custom lots don't get installed properly.

What I did was the following:

- Move all *.ebc files in DCCache to the desktop
- Install the library again and make sure that a new file is created in the library folder (don't have the number of that lot at hand)
- If that is the case, move the files *.ebc back in the DCCache folder, overwriting the ones that were newly created.

Since you say you have all the stuff that comes with it and only the lot is missing, all you really need to add is the lot file in the library folder.[/quote]

The problem is the launcher has a cap and many of us have reached it. This causes things to disappear in the catalog. ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8890443.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8890443.page GMT [/quote]

Try this. It's way easier than using a mod. [url]http://www.flyingacres.com/NS/index.php?topic=2056.msg20262#msg20262[/url]]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8891863.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8891863.page GMT
I am going to check again when I come back from the library and see if by chance it showed up. Shouldn't the Arcade be in the community lot section in the build mode along with the city halls, hospitals etc.? I am not concerned with the Olmpian gym venue which I also bought as I dl'd your remake. Do you by any chance have a remake of the Regency Arcade? You did a great job on the Olympic gym venue, better than the original. I was also thinking of deleting houses and other community lots that I dl'd sometime ago and no longer use, that are in the library along with the sims, houses and community lots.
That was not very bright for EA to create a launcher that has a cap. You would think that they wound want unending room for us to keep buying stuff. Would it help if I deleted the free stuff that I am not particularly fond of? I am wondering if deleting BB would help? I never play it and then the pirate boots, clothes, and hat would disappear. Of course the stairs would go too. Darn.
Well enough whining, I need to get ready for my stint at the library. I hope you all have a great day. Hugs and good wishes for you and your families all to be in good health ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8892358.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8892358.page GMT
I only came up with a couple of other ideas, but one thing you could try is to open the launcher, find it on your installed content list, uninstall it, then locate it in your downloads tab and install it again. That might make it appear. If that doesn't work another thing you could try is to open a saved game where you have placed the lot, save it to your bin (it will now be first on your list), then go back to LP and place it where you want. Let us know if either of these things works.

I updated my laptop with the new patch and mods and the whole shebang, then went ahead and bought the world and installed it on my laptop. I'm getting ready to go check it out now. Just couldn't stand it, it looks so pretty.
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Anyway the kid and I are still stuck inside. Allergies or not...we also do have a virus to get over. So we may as well play Sims. I'm going to give in to curiosity and get Lucky Palms. I will either love it or hate it...if I hate it, I can at least use the stuff that comes with it.

I do hate sounding like a bump on a log about it. I think I'm just depressed. Various members of my husband's family or mine are always giving us ulcers and normally that bounces off us. But right now it weighs on me. It will pass when my sinuses finally clear and my head stops hurting and the room stops spinning. (At least my heart is acting up a lot less) Meanwhile, sorry, I'm like a little gray thundercloud in here.

Speaking of Windows...I think my husband will be able to install Windows 7 on my Mac for me tonight or tomorrow. I'm pretty sure it's getting installed this weekend! Yay, hopefully no more worrying about sizes of worlds for me. And yay...I'll be able to do screenshots again.

Rukaya I'm affected by the cap on the launcher, too, even on Mac. It's driving me nuts! I do hope they fix it, as it's yet another reason I'm not very enthused about Lucky Palms and all the stuff it comes with. I feel EA needs to address things like this soon.




]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8895495.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8895495.page GMT http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8896301.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8896301.page GMT Well I finally have both the Regency Arcade and that Olympic Gym or what ever. I had to uninstall the Regency once and then re download it, and as for the OG it took me 2 tries. I put both venues in LP and GFH and saved both games to my desktop folder. I am so annoyed that I don't even feel like playing today. I am wondering what else I am missing. I know this has been going on for a while now, has EA ever mentioned their plans for fixing this disaster? I haven't the slightest doubt that they have received tons of complaints.
Well have to move sprinklers, so I hope everything is well and I hope that none of you is suffering from that awful heat wave in the midwest and east coast. I guess I won't be whining about our 90 degree weather with the humidity in the teens or low twenties. My thoughts and prayers are with all of you.]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8896318.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8896318.page GMT
I do feel like a prisoner though - so far this whole spring summer because it is either pouring rain or like the tropics. So un-New Hampshire like and not at all what we generally see here in the Lakes Region of Mount Washington Valley. If you figure our mountains here have their name "the White Mountains" because they are rarely without at least a bit of snow on the tops 99 per cent of the year. It is known to snow in Auguest on Mount Washington, but this year the mountains have been grey (from all the granite that runs through them and abundantly green since April. In all my years here I have never not seen snow on these Mountains in May.

But the thinner mountain air, my low red cells, and this heat is not a good mix. I see none of the beauty of NH this summer in my darkened Cave kept in a perfect 70 degrees and much lower humidity than outside. I do hope this red cell thing clears up soon though as my flowerbeds are horrid and not a thing I can do about it.

So I go get lost in the Sims where the weather is perfect and nobody has blood cell craziness, and best of all flower beds without weeds.

Rukaya, missing store content is the least of my problems. Although I am not at present missing any - I do have a quick fix - after I reset my sims folder last time, I reinstalled all my store content, and then saved a copy of the two folders - DCCache and Dcbackup. They first time I saw something missing I just exchanged a copy of those folder for the ones in the game, and (knocks on wood) nothing else has vanished since. I own the whole store, so the cap is not bothering me.]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8896854.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8896854.page GMT
The weather is strange all over the world. I have started following weather news recently. There's fires in our west, flooding in the UK and tornadoes all over the place. Some areas report unprecedented record breaking heat or cold or floods or drought and even earthquakes. My daughter has a budding interest in meteorology so I imagine we will start learning more about why the weather is so noteworthy these days. Right now I have no clue.

I was going to play but when I went out to give the crow some water I got badly bit up by mosquitoes. I had such a bad allergic reaction I had to take oral Benadryl so I will need to lie down a bit. I'll be back later with more talk about Lucky Palms.

edit update. I found out a possible reason for the dazed crow. I took my daughter out to catch fireflies and when I got to the side of the yard where our utility connections are,, I discovered our gas meter pipes had corroded and a good sized cloud of gas had escaped. We are currently waiting for the utilityto arrive and repair it. Today was our first day of no wind or breezes so the gas could accumulate enough for me to smell it. ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8897435.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8897435.page GMT http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8898044.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8898044.page GMT
http://simsvip.com/?p=12743

More answers from the Gurus on Supernatural and this one lists specifically what that new controller will control the populations of.

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on the new patch coming - this is exciting as they are making it possible for LN buildings to be Venues and are fixing a number of stability problems - among other things - ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8901633.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8901633.page GMT http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/555815.page

I hope those patch notes from that French site are not a hoax, because I would love to see those changes. Not going to believe it yet since I don't want to get my hopes up.

I can relate to the heat everyone is facing, it's been extremely hot here also. When we got home from the airport Thursday and got out of the car I swear it felt like a furnace blast hit us. Then we had a t-storm yesterday afternoon so I probably only played LP for about an hour when the power went out. It went out about 3pm amd came on sometime early this morning so it was a pretty miserable afternoon/evening. More storms went through this morning so I am extremely grateful we have power now and sure hope it stays on.

I'm going to go play LP while I can. Hope everyone who is sick gets to feeling better and hope the rest of you enjoy your weekend.
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Tangie we get the triple digit heat here also. but at least our humidity usually is low when that happens , low 20s , in the teens and occasionally single digits. Of course when that happens the red flag warnings come out. I do prefer the low humidity. When I have been in areas of high humidity, I just can't deal with it. I wilt like week old lettuce, left out too long. For all its problems I think we will stay here.
I agree with JM the weather is changing and not for the beeter. Here we have been having it too dry and too coll, probably sounds nice and for those of us who are not farmers it is, but for the farmers it is really upsetting their growing schedule.
Well anyway I want to start playing again but not sure I will get the chance today. It would be fun to get Darren and Darlene married and see what kind of kid those 2 would have.
I am still upset about the launcher-cap situation. Reg it is great you know how to deal with it, and also the rest of you. but for those of us who feel totally overwhelmed by the computer, it is a jungle out there. I wish I lived next door to one of you and you could put a hand on my shoulder and say "there there it will be all right" and show me step by step what to do, and I could write everything down. You would stand there and see that I followed your instruction correctly and everything would turn out all right, and we all lived happily ever after.
Is it possible that EA will actually get around to fixing this mess,, so we can spend our sim points at their high priced store with confidence that our purchases will not disappear?
Well enough chit chat, I have to get ready for the libary. I hope you all have a great weekend and also for those of us who celebrate the Fourth. Happy times. ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8902857.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8902857.page GMT
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I sent them to France for their honeymoon.
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Has anyone else noticed how dark Lucky Palms is at night or is it just me? It reminds me of when I had that lighting mod in my game, but I no longer have it installed. ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8909936.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8909936.page GMT
Yeah I got them married in my game too and they already had their first baby - I was bumming, not a boy - oh well they have Danielle. I didn't do a big wedding, just a small affair with Darlenes parents there and their new daughter. I caught Darlenes mom over at the wishing well but I was playing Darren at the time and before I could switch and get over to her, she had this black cloud coming out of the well with what must be Damien (from the Omen)sister in the midst of there. She was all overjoyed as I had her and Omar try for baby like 4 times - she had a wish to have one once Darren and Darlene got the going steady thing - but nothing ever came of the tries. Then I decided to switch over to Darren so I could take him and Darlene on some dates and finally pop the question. I wanted to make sure they had the Dreamer last name - so who would think Darlene's mother would do that on her own. It also was not the first time I saw her there tossing in coins either. So curious I switched over the mom came in the house with this sort of cutish little girl - but looks deceive. She has the Evil trait, as well as heavy sleeper, and Genius. This should prove interesting. All I did was change her wardrobe, and give her a doll house she wanted, a bakers stove, a costume trunk, and a tree house she had these all in her wishes. She does seem to be getting along with her "parents" so far, but boy she hates Darlene with a passion, and Darlene doesn't have any use for her. So it was hurry up wedding time. I switched right back to the Dreamer house where Darlene was having supper with Darren, and invited her parents over - wedding time.

I did change Darlene career from the musical one to one more fitting her personality - a teacher, and she loves it. Has gotten a raise every day. So a day after their honeymoon period was up the Dreamers were expecting. I got to choose both traits and her name of course. I am pretty sure I am not inviting over Darlene's family anytime too soon as I am afraid her demon spawn of a sister is going to eat the baby. I saw the little she-devil standing near a crying toddler when Darlene took the baby to the park, and then I noticed the giant lollipop in her sister hand. The child had stolen the candy from the toddler. From there she skipped over to Darlene and started yelling at her so they both are in the red - big time. It was enough for me when I saw the little "bad seed" rubbing her hands together in the way evil sims do and pictured Darlene's little newborn - so I promptly sent Darlene and the baby home. I have no clue what the little monster can do, and I was not giving her a chance to show me.So needless to say she's not getting any invites anytime soon to the Dreamer household.

I have epic aging on so hopefully she is still a child when SN comes out. Then lets see who's so smart and mean. Boy am I making plans for that one. Muhahaha.

Man, be forewarned if you have any moms in your hood craving for a baby, adopt them one or something, as they will use that well on their own. She is the first one I saw doing that though. I keep wondering if it is because I played their house first, or if just anyone in the hood might do that. This kid definitely needs to get her traits changed but unfortunately they don't have that reward for kids. So instead I just plan to watch her and see what other things she does.]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8910309.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8910309.page GMT Thanks for the warning..
DM loved your pictures. I guess everybody is planing to get Darren and Darleen married.
Also haven't checked out LL yet, any body have any particular family to recommend?]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8911592.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8911592.page GMT
]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8912346.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8912346.page GMT I can't understand a word they say on those videos, so I generally don't bother with them. I just wait for the pictures.

Those pics I put up on my blog of Darren and Darlene were like that Reg. I wasn't controlling Darlene at the time and she used the well autonomously. That's what made it so hilarious.

Anyway, sorry about the washed out look on my pictures, I took them at dusk as they had just gotten married, and it was so dark you could hardly see them. So I had to go a little heavy on the lighting. I'm going to go around and add a lot more lighting to the lots on this world so that doesn't happen again.

I don't mind the darkness and I loved that lighting mod. The only reason I got rid of it was because it messed with the shadows and they looked pixelated instead of smooth. Reminded me of my old ATI card, which annoyed me to no end! ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8912710.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8912710.page GMT
As usual I did get a ton of pictures, but also as usual they looked very blah, but what else is new? Makes me wonder why I persist in still snapping those things. Guess I just never know when to give up. I spend a lot of wasted time taking pictures, going back and looking at them all, and then eventually deleting them.

My hubby is like you DM, so he is the picture taker and poster around our house. But alas he isn't a simmer. But like your pics, his is always a treat to see. Granted that is part of his real life job overseeing at Elan Publishing to make sure the colors are always on spec in all the computerized equipment at Elan, so he does do a lot of different pics for true colors, etc. You can name any color with a name on this planet and the man can show you what that color looks like as well as what things in nature is colored like that. Granted sometimes he drives me nuts with it though, but on the other hand he is brillant in that regards, and his pics are flawless. Even if they don't start out to be - he has this knack with using the pc and all the same programs I also have on my pc, to make the photo's pop and just look magnificent.

Oh well. But anyway, I assure you that yours pics did not look remotely washed out at all.

]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8913544.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8913544.page GMT Your comment cracked me up. Alas there aren't any really good hairs out there for the African-American ladies. It's actually a nice hair, you just can't tell in that picture.

You should go ahead and share some of your pics with us, even if you think they aren't that great. It's still interesting to see what's going on in other people's games. Especially when you are playing the same Sims!



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Okay, but they aren't very good - this was the best of them here in the romance of Darren and Darlene. By the way if you wonder about Darleen and the bikini - every time she showed up at Darrens she would spin into that thing to go playing in the sprinkler - I did have her in a dress for the wedding, but as usual she spun into that bikini. Where they are marrying is the garden space I made for Darlene to plant her garden once they moved in together - where the sprinklers are no less. But here they are with a bit of story - I hope.

Click veiw as slide show to get the story.]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8914097.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8914097.page GMT
You deleted the cactus garden, LOL, so did I but I put a swimming pool back in there like it should have been. When I had Darlene move back in I knew the house needed a pool. BTW, I changed that childish trait she had to something else. That's one trait that I absolutely cannot stand in the game.

I noticed you are using all the magic stuff in your game too. What lot did you place the crystal ball and spell book on?]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8914161.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8914161.page GMT
Yes I do have all the magic stuff in every world - all the pc just about as I also have a rock wall gym and that feed, bathroom, shower do hickey also. But that lot also has all the magic stuff in it - it's the consignment shop CK-12 (I think that is who did that) made and changed up the EA version. I use that all the time. But I sent Darren there to consign some of his art work and he went over to the fortune teller thing by himself. That guy there is not a fortune teller, he was just doing the same thing. He's one of the people in town I don't know yet. ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8914354.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8914354.page GMT
I just thought you deleted it because it looks like that's where Darren and Darlene are standing in the middle of it.

Thanks for sharing the pics! ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8914478.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8914478.page GMT
The programming on the evil well kids I believe has been majorly advanced or something as they do all kinds of stuff completely on their own - they steal candy from every baby they see, even newborns (like who gives newborns candy, right? - but anyway she does it.) and makes the babies scream. She is devilishly evil. She saw a stray cat while they were at the wedding and you should have seen her thought bubbles and the demon look on her face and rubbing her hands togethr and laughing manically. Thanks to her thought I did not save any of those pics besides they were real dark and I missed the reasoning behind her thoughts - as usual. It was pure luck I caught the action of her mom wishing for her and her appearing. I am generally not that lucky. hehehe]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8914498.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8914498.page GMT
Twallan's MC allows you to edit any sim, even the kids. I think the evil kids are funny, I think those pics would have been great. I do understand about the being too dark for pics, that's why I am adding more lights around town the next time I play.

Does EA's cheat to edit in CAS not work for kids? I've never used it so I didn't know. ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8914622.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8914622.page GMT
I know, I phail at mods and cheats I guess. I swear I am about as vanilla a player as you can get. The only cheats I ever use is in testing worlds to check spawners I do use the testingcheatsenabled true and buydebug on. I have not once use them in a playing game.

So maybe that is why my games never go bad or almost never - I can't say for sure, but I have never had to quit a save because the town furbared or was over run by elders or Vampires or anything else I read about other people have happen. I think perhaps maybe it's the cheats creating the mayhem or something as surely I should experience some of that stuff with all the actual outright playing I do compared to most people. I rarely build more than an hour - I just play the game and the different households. Get one to a certain point and then go play another family to get them in sych, or to add anything like cribs and such. I always return to my favs though in between to give a boost here and there. Like Darren needs to be told to take his pic and take them to the consignment shop. But he will paint them on his own.

But the answer is I don't know. I know the reward item isn't for kids though. What exactly is that cheat?]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8914959.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8914959.page GMT
I thought you meant the cheat Rukaya uses to give her sims rewards items. I don't know that really.]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8915049.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8915049.page GMT
ETA: I guess we were posting at the same time. With Twallan's mod you can edit that Sim and just click the checkmark to exit CAS and the sim you are playing is changed, not saved to the bin. The option to save is there of course. Okay, I am going to go try it now because I am curious. ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8915054.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8915054.page GMT
But I will surely check that out. I have thus far only used the testingcheatsenabled true for turning buydebug on in order to look at spawners or add/remove spawners from a hood. That's it. No other time.

ETA: Okay, I will wait and see what you get. hehehe. I am such a chickenheart.... hehehe

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Anyway I got to play today with my kid and we picked Eli and Lina's house. Eli is the extremely old dude and Lina is the pregnant gold-digger. I did the cheat code to give them both enough lifetime reward points to change them completely. Lina is no longer evil. She is nurturing and a nice person and no longer a gold digger. Eli got the youth potion. I took both of them to the hospital for extensive plastic surgery to make them cute.

I have a spoiler below about their back story from EA. Anyway we are dealing with the complicated back story we found out about them. I don't usually play EA households at all but I got very curious about them. Even so, my control freak nature got the better of me which is why I changed them so much from what EA made. My daughter and I have fallen in love with the remade Eli so we are trying to figure out how to rescue him from the storyline complications he's in.

I plunked down various Showtime Venues and Rflong's Steampunk lounge and some other custom lots but haven't played them much yet. I think the town is nice. I prefer Castle Canyon's sculpting. And I miss the setup I had in Glenvale City. I miss Rflong's beach areas. But my daughter and I do find life in Lucky Palms to be too interesting to give up. EA did a good job with the back stories. Possibly the best I've seen yet, though the themes are a bit inappropriate for my daughter. I'm having to explain the whole Gold-digger thing to her. I'm having to explain the shocking stuff about Lina's mom that we found out. Yeah, the kid is getting quite the education there. But she's almost 8 and is actually a bit evil herself and thinks the whole thing is hilarious.

Great, I'm raising my own Bad Seed. And yes, I remember that movie. My mom said to me about the ending--see what happens to bad little girls. I've nearly been struck by lightning a couple of times in my life so I have always wondered what the Man Upstairs is thinking about me!


*********Spoiler alert...don't read if you don't want to know too much about Eli and Lina********

I had them (Lina and Eli) get married right before the baby was due. But we got the shock of our lives about the baby's paternity. There's a very complicated soap opera going on with Lina, her mom, and her baby's daddy and Eli. So we were doing an alternate route and having Lina break up with Eli and marry the baby's daddy instead. But when I let Jaycen move in and found out HIS history, I got another shock complicating things and my daughter wants to just go back to Eli and Lina being married and Eli raising baby Gracie as his step daughter*********************]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8916435.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8916435.page GMT
I used to use Testing Cheats enabled to take them back to CAS but I found out I was introducing glitches to my towns and sims doing that...so I don't do it anymore.

I'm very afraid to see this evil child you speak of. This town has many colorful characters. I am definitely glad now I bought it. ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8916564.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8916564.page GMT
I decided not to start with Darren Dreamer and chose Naomi Nita or Nia, who lives in the houseboat with the basement. I am keeping a start file with the Ambitions lots and Showtime venues placed so that I don't have to do that each and every time. EA also gave us a couple of hangouts that were easy to convert to LN clubs, which was nice. I have had to use the WE to add a few lots. One of them was to put Rflong's Ice Cream Sandwich lot near the dock area. It looks cute there.

I was toying with having Naomi wish for a child from the well but am not sure I want to deal with an evil child, if things didn't go well. It might be kind of fun, though, to play differently than I usually do. I could always change the traits, if I find them unbearable, LOL.

BTW, there is a thread started in the Store forum with people making lots for LP they are sharing. I haven't dl'd any myself but that could change as more are added.

WR, I thoroughly enjoyed your slideshow. You should post those more often!

Hope everyone is having a great weekend. ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8916787.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8916787.page GMT
I just found this picture amusing. Not everyone carries a kitten around town with them.
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Honeymoon in France.
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Darren psyched about woo-hoo in the tent. Okay, not really, but that's what it looks like.
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A night of camping out.
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Darlene announcing her pregnancy.
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A random little cowboy. No idea who he is.
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Darren with Dirk.
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That's all I have for now. I hope you are all having a good weekend.

Sorry to hear about your troubles Summer. ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8917184.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8917184.page GMT
I hope my sims get along with him better this time, but it would be funny if they feud again. I might have to start taking it personal if they do.

Thanks for the sympathies on our situation, DM. Yeah it rained last night and I hope not too much water got into the attic. I'm hoping we can get some sort of cover up there before the next storm. lol my husband won't let me climb up there with a tarp. Of course with my vertigo and other issues I'm just kidding but he isn't too sure because I have gotten up on the roofs of our houses before. I've been on our garage roof on this house. But the main roof is too high and too steep. Our ladder can't even reach. I am surprised and amused my husband is seriously worried I'll try to get up there. We don't even own a tarp anymore. I do wonder what kind of impression I've made on the man these past two decades together. ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8920819.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8920819.page GMT
I've really always just made it a point to ignore most of the EA made families but now I wonder what little story lines I've missed over the years in both Sims2 and Sims 3. I do know in Lucky Palms already I'm confronted with some soap opera worthy story lines. My in laws were amused at the tales I've shared about our misadventures with Eli and his young gold digger. ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8920890.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8920890.page GMT WR that is quite a story.
JM I am so sorry about your weather related problems. I have been concerned about all you who are living in the awful weather area. At least you have electricity. Thank Heavens for that. All those poor people without power , that is just terrible. I had to giggle when you mentioned having to explain some of the plot lines to your young daughter. Just wait till she gets a little older. Kids today in middle school know so much more about things than we did in high school and even in freshman college. It really surprises me sometimes. There are times when I wonder who is trying to protect whom about the grittier parts of life. I'll get these looks from them with the statement we already know this or thats Ok grandma we already know that, don't worry about it. I still try to shield them tho.
Wow, You can take your sim to the hospital to get their looks changed.? when did that happen? I will have to try that if I ever get a chance to play. this weekend has been so hectic, and I think today will be too. Plus the neighbor's dog again barked most of the night so I got hardly any sleep. I am so tired again. My hubby said he is going to speak with them.. Hopefully they will be considerate, and not hostile. You never know these days.
When I do have a chance to play, I want to check out all the characters, before I decide who to concentrate on tho I am taken with the lovebirds.
Also I really want to check out LL. I am hoping they have some interesting sims in that world.
Well I had better get busy on RL stuff. It is supposed to get in the low 90's today, and we have been having some humidity the past few days of around 30 to 35% which is high for here..not used to it and find it very uncomfortable.
Wow my typing is poor this morning...I am so sleepy I think I will try to take a nap later on if I can find the time.
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There was one family I particularly liked in the LL world, they were a Japanese family - a mom, dad, boy, and girl child, and a toddler I believe - but not sure of their names right off the bat. I only played them a few days to make their home a little roomier, but they were fun while I was there. They were up in one of the higher levels on one of the plateau areas.

Right now I am still alternating bettween LP and Rflongs world, still adding a few sims at a time to Rflongs- so last night I mainly played in there. I played long enough in LP to get the "evil" childs trait changed to artistic seeing she already seemed to like the easel being in her room. So she is no longer evil child - well not trait wise anyway. I do hope that trait was not hardwired though, as it might have been useless to change it. I shall see, as I plan to play LP tonight.]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8926644.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8926644.page GMT

I know to you our "high" humidity sounds great to you and I feel a little guilty mentioning it, but in the valley that is getting high. The only time it gets into the 70 to 100% range is when we have the Tule fog which is extremely thick fog or when it rains, which is far too seldom this past year. During a triple digit heat wave, it can drop into the teens and single digits. Not uncommon. Just like stepping into an oven. I still remember when I was a child in Omaha, how oppressive the humidity was in the summer, way before air conditioning, and how difficult it was to sleep at night. My heart goes out to all of you, particularly to those who are without power. Not only for the discomfort, and health issues, but for all the food they are losing due to lack of refrigeration, and for those who have to have power for water. Thank God we don't need power for our water. It just continues to flow when there is a power loss. My heart also goes out to all those who are suffering from wild fires. They showed a map of all the wild fires going on during the weather report last night, in the Western half of the nation and it really bad. One year a few years ago there were over a thousand to 3000 fires going on here in Ca. Our problems here stem from lack of rain and snow during drought years.
Well enough OT. That is strange about Rflong's city being pulled. Copyright infringement...Really?
Well take care, don't over do it, and rest when you can. I hope you have a very good day.]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8931115.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8931115.page GMT For the first time after years I'm in perfect mood. I can take everything that's happening here, all the hostility, the whispers behind my back and all the wining, and I don't even care. I'm just jumping up and down I'm joy, and smiling randomly during the day...We are finally getting married!!!
We don't know the exact date yet, but it will be somewhere in January or February. We are expecting a call tomorrow from my mother, she has a friend who is renting a house really cheap, so we are waiting to see if the guy who lives in it now will move out , as his contract ended.
We are starting with the paperwork after summer, and we'll slowly start looking for a venue for the reception. We have plenty of time but we need to find a house and furnish it with the essentials asap.
I don't wanna rush things, but I don't want to leave everything for the last moment. Especially now that Mike has gone all crazy, and is also talking about babies. No idea what has gotten into him , but whatever it I'd I really like it

On the Sims note now, I've found an amazing world, nut I haven't checked it out. It includes some terrain paints with the Dave file,so I still haven't decided if I'm gonna install it or not. But I'm so in love with all the screenies. I'm waiting for a review from Kiwi Tea,in case it helps me drecide. He said he was reviewing it when I asked details from SimsVip on twitter, since thats where I saw the first screenshots. Tea said he will prolly have the review up this week.

I haven't played my game for a while. After a long session with a new game with all of us, I just opened it up to check out the casino once. After that I only installed KPST but I didn't loaf the game at all to check it out. That's how excited I was with that pack. Lol. Crinrict gifted me lucky palms but I was around only the weekend so I haven't installed it yet.
The main issue of not playing my game is that I have finally ended up with PEPS. I think supernatural is the first one that really got me in Sims 3. Pets had me excited too but not that much. It's not seasons or uni but it def got my full attention. And all the rumors about seasons coming next, and possibly just a few months later ,is nit helping my case at all..

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In the years that follow you can look back and smile, be glad that you never have to do that again - hehehe - yet at the same time enjoy the memories. Even Pete does as I made him an equal part in everything - but my dress. I went with an old fashioned look and not really bridal - from Gunnysack - so my dress was a lovely old fashioned Ivory colored gown, I had flowers entertwined in my rather long hair (at the time). My two bridesmaid and MOH wore Gunnysack summer gowns with tiny flowers (each picked a different flower color) on ivory and very wear able for any other time as they did not look like bridesmaid dresses at all.The males all had 3 piece Winter white light weight suits. Everything was light, airy, and relaxed. Sort of the thing you see people wear on beach weddings. They carried dainty baskets of flowers with matching flowers entwined in their hair. The thing was my wedding was Feb 1st - in the midst of ice and lots of snow and I brought a lovely spring day inside of that hall which made everyone seem happy.

But that was my goal. The meal was pot luck. In leiu of any gifts I just had every guest bring food to add to a buffet table. So no caterer and everyone helped theirselves. Even I made a giant potato salad and a giant bowl of tossed salad.

We paid for the wedding ourselves, so it was the way we needed to do things. But what an adventure it was for all of us - as I had three sons from my first marriage, so I also allowed them each to invite some of their friends also. They all walked down the aisle with me, along with my younger brother and looked so dashing in their 3 piece suits.

So whatever you do don't be pressured, make it fun and relaxed and share the whole planning part with Mike. It shall forever remain a beautiful experience and memory you two can share forever - so it is real important for you to do this together. I find it all wrong for the female to run the whole show and basically shut her fellow out -

I am so thrilled for you!!!!]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8934984.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8934984.page GMT what great news, Gem! Congratulations! I'm so excited for you now I'm in a great mood, too and now nothing is going to bug me either! I'm going to pray hard everything goes smoothly and nothing and nobody gets in the way of your and Mike's big day. Good gracious girl I am so excited. I forgot what I was going to say about sims. Who cares...our Gemmie is finally getting to plan her wedding! And babies, too! ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8935060.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8935060.page GMT http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8935155.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8935155.page GMT It's not the way I wanted it, but I had such a crushing work schedule at that time and so much difficulty with my parents attitudes that I had no choice but to leave it in my fiancé and future mother in law's hands. And it turned out great. It was a simple backyard garden wedding. We had no attendants but the whole family stood around so it looked like we did! Catering was by a local restaurant owned by a friend of my father in law.

My big regret is we didn't have a honeymoon. We had no time. I had to get back to work and our time off was spent moving in to our new place. My saddest regret is my mother did not spend time with me right before, helping me get ready.I had always seen in tv that moms and daughters have a little talk and hug before and so that was part of my daydream. But my mom ended up guiding my blind granma around and actually kind of forgot about me! So my eldest niece and my husband's older sister did a great job helping me get ready. Anyway I've been blessed to attend many kinds of weddings and seen that none of them are perfect, but all of them are special!

I hope to do a nice sim wedding sometime. We were going to do one for gold digger Lina but she had gone into labor too fast. We didn't want to try it with a baby to take care of so we did the private ceremony in the baby's nursery! ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8935219.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8935219.page GMT
And here I just married off your Gemmy Deviant to an EA generated sim in my Suburban Springs game and posted pics a few pages back. Of course she already had 3 babies so I thought it was about time.

He's not your regular EA townie with that same face, which I can't stand, because I set Twallan's MC or SP (I forget which) to generate townies from the sims in my bin, minus any I excluded. I figure he's got one of those normal faces like in real life - the kind that may not be drop-dead gorgeous swoon-worthy at first sight, but the kind that keeps growing on 'ya until you think he's absolutely beautiful.

Many wishes for you and Mike to have a beautiful life. And hey, I had to throw in some sims talk somewhere to keep us on-topic.

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He didn't go crazy out of the blue. We attended his younger sister's wedding last Friday. We've been in other weddings and he'd always whisper I'm my ear "I'm jealous" but that'd be it. This time around after the "I'm jealous" part, he started asking me questions about the paperwork, and at some point he even pulled the bride over and started questioning her. Lol.
He then insisted that I should do internet research.as soon as I return home.
I though it wad the wine at first, so I didn't pay much attention, since he wad usually the one trying to take things slow when I was trying to rush them. Not because he didn't want to but because he wasn't sure if we were ready money wise.
So I went ahead next morning and asked him if he meant it Aand he said yes. He then told his mother and my father, and he is still blabbing about it to whoever wants to hear. He even told his dentist.
I'm extremely exited about it, and there is a constant smile on my face.
This time I was the one to slow things down, as he was willing to go ahead and do it qsap . There is a six months waiting superstition here between too siblings marriages here and he was trying like crazy to proove it's not right or even bypass it. I know I didn't word that right but I cant do it better. Basically you have to wait six months after one of your siblings gets married, before tieing the knot yourself , as it is said that the couple won't "become one" .. I don't really think this actually is true, but I don't want to risk it, and above all I want to avoid any extra winning and bickering from his family. We already have enough.

I'm still afraid that he might change his mind, but that's just my neurotic trait in effect, as that's exactly what happened with the engagement as well. He decided it, and it happened.

Mike is not fond of planning. That's why we still haven't moved in together. I do want him to participate in all the fun, and he will , but I know that he will leave most decisions on me, unless he really hates something I pick.
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We are going to have a town hall wedding, with not many guests, just close family and friends, as we cant afford anything bigger.
So I'm not going to go with a full wedding dress , but more like a white formal dress that looks like one. I could go for a wedding dress if I wanted to, but we are trying to spend as less as possible, and those are extremely expensive here even if you are renting them.
We haven't told everyone yet, especially the ones who love to whine about everything, as we are trying to keep the bad luck to the minimum. I'm extremely happy and scared at the same time. Is that normal?]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8935417.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8935417.page GMT ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8936865.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8936865.page GMT But you and Mike seem very well suited to each other and considerate of each other's moods and willing to compromise pretty well.

I come from a culture with very many superstitions, too. I have learned over the years to abide by some of them. This six months rule actually makes a lot of practical sense. It gives you more time to prepare and it does give the family time to "recover" and "reset" between weddings. And perhaps save up for gifts!

I know there have been times I've not had enough time between weddings to save up for the presents and to save up for nice clothes and shoes...even as a mere guest. I would have welcomed a six month gap between the weddings so I could have done a better job preparing. I would imagine for family members it is even more welcome to have a 6 month gap because they are actually involved in some of the preparations and festivities.

Okay well my daughter and I are going to play in Lucky Palms now. She has decided to continue from the save in which Lina and her once elderly (now studly) lover are married and the biological father of the baby remains a family friend. Oh the dramas!

I was supposed to have been on Windows 7 by now but because of the storm, power failures and subsequent upheavals of having family stay with us, I'm afraid it didn't happen. So no screen shots yet, sorry. ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8936950.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8936950.page GMT

Congrats and much, much happiness!!!]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8937371.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8937371.page GMT

The biological father of the baby tried flirting repeatedly with Lina but she rebuffed him. I was suprised he tried flirting because there is no other indication they have a romantic relationship. In fact I did the "confess attraction for Eli" action with this fellow and he was fine with it. No sign of jealousy. This made my daughter feel that we took the best course of action in letting Lina stay married to Eli rather than marry her baby's daddy. The baby's daddy paid no attention to the infant whatsoever and I had no way of trying to initiate an interaction on his part. It was kind of sad, actually. But Eli is a very attentive stepfather.

Because of the baby I haven't gotten to get out and really examine the town in depth and meet too many townspeople. I saw a few and they were nice to look at and not the usual fuglies that EA often populates with. It almost seems like they gave DM a shot at making a few over!

There seems to be many stories and interconnections going on among the townsfolk. I know Lina's background is a complicated and tangled web. I've not yet had her interact with her friends and her mom.

I do regret changing her personality now. It might have been more interesting to see if she were a bad egg like before, if Eli would have had to step up and become the primary caretaker of the baby. The baby's daddy is not the kind of person who would likely have interest in the job.

I am also sorry for saying before I loathed the town. I am really loving the townies. I still am not quite sold on the looks of the place but I am playing on even lower graphics settings than I normally do, because of the size of the town and Rflong's Glenvale. I had turned my settings down for Glenvale and left them down for Lucky Palms. So I probably am missing out on all the nuances that WR and DM have been so happy with. I know from the screenshots I am, because my own display does not look half so pretty as those pictures. I hope to be able to turn things back up on Windows, but I'm not counting on it. This IS a laptop and while it's a good one, there are limits to how hard I can push the gpu and not melt it! ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8937795.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8937795.page GMT
I installed this sim, and I can see that he was not intentionally packaged with CC. He had regular EA hair for every outfit. But CC hair did install into my game nevertheless. And I had no option to uninstall it and I could not find it in my launcher and it had no name.

Will deleting my Sims 3 folder and just copying my backup version back in be sufficient to restore me to CC-free status? Or do I have to uninstall and reinstall the whole game. I'm not familiar with this type of CC that sneaks in like that and does not show up in the launcher but does show up in the catalogs. It showed up for both genders.

It's a shame about the CC. This person does amazing facial sculpting. The sim looked spectacular. Too bad I can't run Custard so far as I know. ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8938141.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8938141.page GMT

Summer, I'm not sure if putting in the backup folder would put things back to where they were prior to installing the sim because of things installing to the DCbackup folder. So there are other options, providing these things are possible on a Mac.

Can you use Custard? If not, and if you can share with me how to find and download this sim, I can check it with Custard and should be able to identify the numerical name of the hair file. Then all you need to do is to uninstall the sim and then delete the specific file from your DCBackup folder and the hair should be gone.

If you want, you can post the info on My page or post it here and then erase after I get it (in case you're afraid of offending anyone).


Edit: (Just re-read your post and saw that you can't use Custard so never mind that question!)

Another option you have is to delete your DCbackup folder (except for ccmerged.package) after uninstalling the sim. That used to work. The way I understand it, the reason you shouldn't delete that folder any more is because any Store content you place in a lot won't transfer unless those items are in that folder. I think that folder was why you had trouble getting the Store content out of the houses you uploaded even though you replaced everything with Base Game content. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong.
]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8939097.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8939097.page GMT Gem that is wonderful news. Congratulations, I am so happy for you. I feel bubbly all over ...I am just thrilled for you. May you have a long happy life together, and happy healthy babies.
Well my hubby is playing golf and I am watering the yard all over, so maybe I can get a chance to play. I do want to really get into LP and check out all the characters.
I am trying to decide if I want to buy the Deisel SP and I need to think about the upcoming EP. But then I keep thinking about the launcher cap. Oh well. I hope things are improving for all of you suffering from the bad weather and the after effects. Hugs.]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8939810.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8939810.page GMT
JM, if I read your post correctly, you backed up your entire Sims3 folder with all its sub folders, right? If so, I THINK, and I always stress the word think when discussing sims, that deleting and replacing with your backup should work to get you back to CC free since your backup has a complete set of sub folders. You should not need to reinstall.

To be on the safe side, rename the new Sims3 folder where you installed the sim, just add something after Sims3, like The Sims 3BadSim, LOL. Then move your backup back in and check to be sure that sim and hair are not present in the game. If you confirm you are back to where you were before the install, then you can delete the extra set of folders. Very smart of you to have backed up all the folders.

If you want to download anything from the Exchange in the future and can't use Custard on a Mac, I'm sure one of us should be able to download and check for you so you don't run into this again. BTW, out of curiousity, when your DH installs windows will you be able to run Custard then?



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Thanks Tangie for offering to check out the sim. But I think I'm clean again. I can do without the sim itself, for awhile. I have plenty of ours and more than I can fit into Lucky Palms. I just got intrigued by the creator's avatar sim, it has so much personality to it. So I went to her studio and she does indeed have one of the best beautifully sculpted collections of different races of Sims I've seen.

DD I will be able to run Custard when I put Windows on this computer. When I do I will go back and get some of her sims. She makes really nice black male and female sims but most of those have CC I will need to strip off. Just bits of cc--nothing that will ruin the look of the sim if I strip it off. She has a gift for rising above the pudding and making hers look authentic, like men and women I've known and grown up with. I'll have to find her again to give a proper link to her page and user name.

Happy Independence Day for my fellow USA friends. We are heading over to my brother-in-law's for a cookout.

Unfortunately it looks like wicked storms are forming again in Ohio. We still haven't gotten the hole in our roof temporarily sealed. The guy was supposed to come over and cover it but he is so busy. The storm absolutely devastated huge swaths of Virginia and Maryland and I would imagine did so in the midwest, too, where it originated.

We are worried that the HOA will hold us liable for the tree falling in the common area. By law, it's the responsibility of the property owner whose property the tree falls on to remove the tree. We are not even sure we own that tree. We moved here, the tree was there, and it was never clear to us where the edge of our property ends. We would have to pay a surveyor to determine that if we ever get a fence.

At this point I do not plan anymore to get a fence. I've made my intentions well known that I want to move. It is not often I do that, you all know I tend to go along with whatever my husband and his family wants. But this time, I have declared my intentions. It started with my recent heart troubles. I decided it was time to make at least a few of my dreams come true, too. Or at the very least, make them known. Even if there's no visible way to make them come true anytime soon, at least I can verbalize them. Which I was too meek to do before. I used to watch for subtle cues in my husband to know when to shut up and pretend I was on the same page. Now...there's at least ONE thing I'm putting out on the table! p.s. that's not my husband's fault. When you grow up in an abusive household, it's engrained in you to shut up and go along. Hubby is very nice and supportive about my dream.
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Have a safe and happy Independence Day everyone!


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I had a dumb fake blond moment so I'm glad that DD cleared it up - for some reason I was thinking that the Sims 3 folder and the DCbackup were separate. Ha ha! Anyway I'm glad you got it straightened out and I would love to know who the simmer is so I can check out their studio.

I've been fixing up Lucky Palms and haven't even played a game there since getting home last Sunday. I think I'm finally ready to start playing, though, and I'm almost sorry they put Darren and Darlene in this world because now I feel obligated to get them together like I did when playing on my laptop. I think I'm going to try to rush through getting them married and up to having a baby boy and then I'll save my game and make it a master save for any and all games in LP. I don't want to have to keep doing this over and over, after all. And yes, I know I'm a little batty but it will bug me if I just leave them on their own!



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ETA But you might want to get Darlenes parents together, as for some odd reason they are married but are yet to have a first kiss. I had a harder time with getting those two to do anything than Darlene and Darren. hehehe (I got a girl though for the first baby with the newly married Dreamers - boooooo. Oh well. I guess that part is the luck of the draw as I have seen several posts by others and it is about equal whether the first is a boy or girl.]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8942763.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8942763.page GMT
I'm glad everyone has good things to say And is having fun in LP. I still haven't checked it out. Is there enough room to add all the EP necessities? That's usually keeping me away from a lot of lovely worlds.


I was thinking to try a diff way of playing. I always end up with a single sim, usually female, and I always try to get them to the top of their career and start a family. So I get so bored ....at first I thought to start with a gay male couple, and have one of them cheating on the other, them see where the story goes from there.
I also had lots of fun while testing Crystalline Cove, by starting out with 4 Sims with unique personalities, completely unrelated to eachother. That kept my interest for a while. Since I was controlling each one at diff times and let the other 3 on their own.
Reading all the fun you guys are having with premades, gave me another idea. I've never ever tried the premades. I always started with a CAS sim. So they never have a background,or story and I don't need to "get to know them" as it's my sim after all. Maybe I should give this a go as well.
I did realise that I'm having more fun with more Sims in a household. So maybe I can try a big family strait from CAS ....
Maybe I can just go ahead and start a few saves, in diff worlds, with diff playstyle each. Ive already placed Gemmy with all of you with my usual playstyle, a while a go but I only touched that save once. I'll just leave that as isand start playing with the premades in LP, throw a gay couple in Setra , a single architect dad with his two kids or three , in simsamples one, a big family in GB, recreate my test Sims in Crystalline Cove, and maybe have my original Geminia and mike in Longview. And I really wanna have Eros thrown somewhere too, as I really like playing with him...
I. Think I'm gonna start a save for each world I have. Well not all of them but def my favorite ones.
I think I'll also try updating twinbrok and Riverview as well. I haven't played in those two for quite a while and I miss them.
I've never had Di many saves going on lol. No idea if I cam handle them but at least that can keepme busy for a while and certainly I don't think I'll get bored soon. Hopefully will keepy mind of supernatural too..I miss my Sims so badly for. Some reason...


Blunote I'm happy to see you posting here ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8944082.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8944082.page GMT If I start them out in SV, play them unroll the mother died and father gets fired, place the mothers urn In the inventory and move them to another world, will they retain their memories and relationships between each other And the mother? Maybe I can simply start the story in a house And just move them in an apartment later without changing worlds...I think simsamples has both urban and suburban areas...]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8944223.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8944223.page GMT
I think if you move the whole household together, they will know each other. And the mother in the urn. That was the way it worked for me when I moved that rock and roll guy (Jon Lessen) in Riverview who had an urn of a famous guitarist he was a fan of. The ghost still knew him when they moved to another world.

We had a great fourth of July and now we are back and going to play Lucky Palms again. ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8945813.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8945813.page GMT My daughter and I decided to try again with Eli and Lina, just out of curiosity seeing how their relationship would be if I hadn't changed their traits and left them with their original traits. Which meant Lina is still evil. But as the game wore on, I realized I wasn't going to enjoy the game unless I changed Eli just a bit. I wanted to exchange his neutral traits with other ones that were less annoying. So, Eli is still a hot head, but I did get sick of the snob trait because it just meant he kept going to the mirror to admire himself all the time. I've never seen the point to light sleeper, so I changed light sleeper and snob to artistic and bookworm. I changed Frugal to Brave because again, Frugal just doesn't go with anything in how I was playing him. I wasn't going to spend precious time looking for bargains and coupons when he already is pretty darned well off. Brave doesn't do much in his context but I threw it in there in case he gets burglars--I get the fun of watching him fight them off.

The big difference between now and my previous game is I didn't give him the Nurturing trait this time in place of hot head because I didn't want to turn him into some perfect Mr. Mom. I just wanted him to be able to be a good writer.

I did take away Lina's wish to be a golddigger because now Eli is young again and not about to kick the bucket. So now she just wants to live in the lap of luxury.
So I made small changes I could live with and work with but not major ones that totally redid their personalities.

[color=darkblue]So Lina now evil again as she was originally. Oh that is a horrible trait in a parent sim! She puts the baby in the swing and puts it on high speed and when the baby is close to being nauseous her thought bubble shows she is anticipating this. Then she gets excited when the baby gets sick and cries and she gets a fiendishly delighted moodlet that lasts 4 hours.

She also can heckle and take candy from her own baby, but I've not seen her do that autonomously. I made her take candy to see what the heck that was, it wasn't that bad. To me what she does with the swing is child abuse and really evil.

She also doesn't always take the best care of the baby. She isn't as negligent as I feared she might be. But we know we can't really trust her, either, since she keeps autonomously putting the baby in the swing and setting it to high speed with the inevitable bad result. [/color]


Eli is a good stepfather. Not as Mr. Mom perfect as he was with the nurturing trait, but he autonomously takes care of the baby more reliably and he does not speed the swing up. The baby has a positive relationship with him already and nothing at all with her mother.

The baby's father spent the first night with them but did not seek out the baby or pay her any heed at all. Eli did, autonomously, so I think the biological father just isn't interested.

[color=brown]Interesting to note that when Eli was out jogging he ran across a pregnant woman whom he took to the hospital. The father of Lina's baby also showed up there. So I wonder just how many babies around town that man has fathered!

The crazy thing was Lina's pregnant mother was also there with the other pregnant woman on the street. I think they both went into labor at the same time but Eli could only take one to the hospital so he took the stranger, last named Tanner, I think. Eli did later take Lina to the hospital that evening, too. So 3 babies were born that day! [/color]

I had gone back to an early save that was right after I made Eli young but before I did plastic surgery on him. So I had another opportunity to work on him and I think he's even more handsome this time around. He looks a little like Tom Cruise now...minus the crazy!

While it is disturbing, I do prefer to play this storyline. It lets me see more what EA was brewing for us. Not since the Bagley family of Riverview have I been so interested in EA sims. But I am so interested in ALL of the sims of Lucky Palms that I have actually not even bothered to put my own/our sims into the town. It is exclusively EA at the moment.

I'm just blown away by how good of a job EA did with its townies this time. Maybe they've done this well before. But it's never leaped out at me like this before. I go around town and see bits of soap opera going on.

Eli and Lina are not married yet. I didn't want to marry them off this time. But I think I will get them married, as a way of getting Eli in a position to adopt baby Gracie. Before she was born with his last name and showed as his stepdaughter. But now they aren't related and she is Gracie Lancaster, not Vokobon. I'd like to let him have a chance to be her father. I don't think her biological dad is suitable at all. And her mother is atrocious!

After that, I am not sure what will happen. I may leave Lina as she is and divorce her and let Eli have the baby if that is possible. Or I may use Lifetime rewards to change her traits again, after uncovering more of her backstory.

Sorry to babble on. Obviously I am fascinated by this world's inhabitants. I don't even care what it looks like anymore...I'm hooked on the sims in it! And to think...I kind of scoffed to myself when I read another forum member saying he was looking forward to getting this town for the EA sims. I thought to myself "Why on earth...if I had Awesome Mod I'd nuke the town empty and fill it myself" (I've been keen to play Rukaya's sims). I guess this is the world that makes me eat crow!
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I hope to play some more. Dad is moving up in his career, and has yet to write a report, I found that interesting, as I thought the police person had to write a ton of reports and do interviews to advance.\, this could make things more enjoyable and allow the cop sim to do other things to have fun. Mom is artistic and a natural cook but decided to have her get a career as an artist so we can explore LP while while hubby is at work and son at school. I am going to have dad teach son to drive and then give son a car, that should pretty well cement their relationship, Hubby and wife have been having thoughts of a baby so might do that to. Need to up their relationship tho, get them past the like stage and up it to the max. Hopefully I will have some time today. My weekends are usually too busy...unless there is a game my hubby is interested in.]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8947815.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8947815.page GMT
My in-laws got their electricity back and are headed home to deal with getting the tree off their house. We had a wonderful time with them. It was great and I'm sad to see them go, actually, and so are the cats and of course the kid! She loves her grandparents. I am however glad to get my hubby back to myself. I hardly saw him because he was hanging out with his dad watching sports and playing cards and I was hanging out with "the girls". ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8949849.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8949849.page GMT
The Diwans are a fun family. I have never played the EA families before either, so this a new experience for me. For pre-mades, they look OK except for the dad and son's hair and some of the family's clothes.
Speaking of clothes part of me is tempted by that Diesel sp, but part of me is wondering about what my launcher will lose next.
Tangie I saw your post on the Scottish Highland world [can't remember the creator's name]. I was so looking forward to it and his whimsical families, but when I saw that he was using those cc RH's I backed off. He said they wern't a problem, but I am nervous about any CC.
Well off to see what the Diwans are up to. ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8950250.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8950250.page GMT - Once upon a Time set~ Once upon an Isle world. How funny is that?


**maybe not very funny. ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8950738.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8950738.page GMT

I will probably get it while it's on sale, even though I just had to pay my 6 mo. car insurance bill and will have to be careful with the cash for awhile. I have the simpoints bought already so will hold off on Diesel EP for now.

I've just started checking out the other families in LP now that I have Darren and Darlene married off and baby Dirk born. Sounds like there is lots of drama to discover, even though I've never previously cared about any of the EA sims either.

]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8953637.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8953637.page GMT My daughter and I just played out the bachelor party for Lina and Eli. The frownies are because I couldn't take screenshots to share. I would have held off until I got Windows installed but my daughter just could not wait.

It was my first bachelor party and it went shockingly well. I think maybe parties for Sims3 are now easier than what I recall Sims2 being, as well as Sims3 parties just a year or two ago. The bride to be stayed around for it, and actually a number of her best friends were guests.

For an evil sim, she took great care of the baby during the party and so did her best friend. I did hire a baby sitter but had to fire him because all the did was party and did not take care of the baby at all. I guess babysitters are only good with toddlers and children and not larva.

She partied with the baby's biological father but did not make any advances toward him and she behaved so well I decided to change her traits to put her on the track to becoming a good wife and mother and an artist/sculptor. So now she is artistic, savvy sculptor and nurturing and Animal Lover--my daughter picked the new traits. She's determined to fill this house with kittens, too. . I got rid of Evil, Schmoozer and Great Kisser and Flirty. Or rather, my daughter did.

We had evicted them from the original house and put in my Small White Mc Mansion, which I redid the roofline and roof materials and changed to white stucco to match Lucky Palms better.

So that's about it for drama and excitement with Eli and Lina. I guess I wussed out and am putting them on the train to suburban dullsville. I could have left them as they were, let Eli die of old age, let Lina get his money and then run off with the father of her baby. But...no...I had to rescue Eli and give him another shot at youth and a family life.

Next I think I'm going to play his best friend's household. That's another old guy, whose name escapes me at the moment. I'm going to turn him young again, too.

]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8955816.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/537509/8955816.page GMT strange. Eli turned up in a top hat and a vest for his bachelor's party. My daughter got a laugh out of that.

Speaking of which, I hope you can slip in a prayer for her. She is having painful digestive tract problems, we think from the virus we all had, since my heart problems and her reflux type pains started when we came down with that. But I need to be sure that's what it is. So as soon as I can make her an appointment...off we go.

Tomorrow I go to the eye doctor--hopefully to make me