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Forum: Sims 2 Today, 3:34 AM
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Posted By Zarathustra
Lol I remember realizing after I finally got an...

Lol I remember realizing after I finally got an EP with elevators, realizing that they actually made skyscrapers usable for the first time, the same way as happened in the real world! You could...
Forum: Sims 2 24th Mar 2024, 6:36 PM
Replies: 12,762
Views: 558,547
Posted By Zarathustra
From an architecture/design standpoint I love...

From an architecture/design standpoint I love making skyscrapers, but with only a few exceptions it seems like they're always just becoming apartments... what other types of lots could you imagine...
Forum: Sims 2 23rd Mar 2024, 11:29 PM
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Posted By Zarathustra
If I were to take a typical furnished apartment...

If I were to take a typical furnished apartment lot, swap the apartment doors for hotel doors, and add a hotel check-in desk, will Sims (playable and NPC) still be able to use everything in the...
Forum: Sims 2 23rd Mar 2024, 9:32 PM
Replies: 12,762
Views: 558,547
Posted By Zarathustra
So unhelpful to have an 'epiphany' moment with a...

So unhelpful to have an 'epiphany' moment with a project or idea, only to realize it's actually not HELPFUL with any of the project... "Oh, the vibe I want for this vacation destination is just like...
Forum: Sims 2 23rd Mar 2024, 5:04 AM
Replies: 11,034
Views: 575,028
Posted By Zarathustra
I just instantly had a mental image of the...

I just instantly had a mental image of the Eleventh Doctor's bit... "This hammock has developed a fault!"
Forum: Sims 2 16th Mar 2024, 12:38 AM
Replies: 12,762
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Posted By Zarathustra
My IRL job has a lot of digital file management...

My IRL job has a lot of digital file management that I have to keep track of and so there's all sorts of naming conventions for managing hundreds and hundreds of active files that let you know what...
Forum: Sims 2 13th Mar 2024, 12:38 AM
Replies: 12,762
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Posted By Zarathustra
I'm so close to the testing stage with my...

I'm so close to the testing stage with my Hogwarts lot, there's really just two rooms (one in each half of the castle) that I'm stuck on- they're both kind of odd shapes, too big to be closets, too...
Forum: Sims 2 11th Mar 2024, 3:47 AM
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Posted By Zarathustra
That's basically the approach I've been taking! ...

That's basically the approach I've been taking! And aside from the University, which I eventually want to upload as a whole neighborhood, these aren't so much big single "projects" as they are "ways...
Forum: Sims 2 10th Mar 2024, 11:39 PM
Replies: 12,762
Views: 558,547
Posted By Zarathustra
I'm trying to think of ways I can combine the...

I'm trying to think of ways I can combine the typical requirements of a Far East vacation destination with a more urban aesthetic. (even if I may not actually PLAY it, I'm having fun trying to put...
Forum: Sims 2 10th Mar 2024, 5:42 PM
Replies: 33,462
Views: 1,003,516
Posted By Zarathustra
Is there a guide or anyone who knows, how do the...

Is there a guide or anyone who knows, how do the secret vacation lots work if you're putting together unique vacation destinations and won't actually ever include the Twikkii, Three Lakes, or...
Forum: Sims 2 9th Mar 2024, 4:12 AM
Replies: 12,762
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Posted By Zarathustra
Since I almost always have the game entirely...

Since I almost always have the game entirely muted (because I'll be watching YouTube or streaming something while working on a project), I tend to forget about the community lot speakers, even in...
Forum: Community 8th Mar 2024, 4:00 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 4,137
Posted By Zarathustra
Yes, a number of IKEA items are included,...

Yes, a number of IKEA items are included, particularly in the office and warehouse areas of the building. Supposedly items from SPs will just not appear if you don't have the required SP (unlike EPs,...
Forum: Sims 2 4th Mar 2024, 11:00 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 529
Posted By Zarathustra
Already helpful, thanks! I'm thinking the three...

Already helpful, thanks! I'm thinking the three structures that make up the back left corner can probably be consolidated into one, and then that'll hopefully make for a single larger space for...
Forum: Sims 2 4th Mar 2024, 1:56 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 529
Posted By Zarathustra
OK, at the moment this is just a shell I put...

OK, at the moment this is just a shell I put together today, no interiors except the beginnings of a tea shop on the back (this building is going to go in the middle of 3-tile-wide block so both the...
Forum: Sims 2 3rd Mar 2024, 3:44 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 529
Posted By Zarathustra
Meditation Center

One of the things I want to create for my gradually-growing list of modern city buildings is a meditation center of some sort. In the real world it would probably be a Buddhist temple or center, but...
Forum: Sims 2 2nd Mar 2024, 1:28 AM
Replies: 12,762
Views: 558,547
Posted By Zarathustra
I always feel like a lot that comes together too...

I always feel like a lot that comes together too quickly must somehow be missing something or not be as good somehow... I decided to make a car dealership yesterday, and at this rate I feel like...
Forum: Sims 2 1st Mar 2024, 1:38 AM
Replies: 12,762
Views: 558,547
Posted By Zarathustra
I really need to start organizing lists of what...

I really need to start organizing lists of what buildings I still want to make for Cascadia and which of the city's districts they belong in... Like, I need a community theater somewhere in the arts...
Forum: Residential 26th Feb 2024, 3:42 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 849
Posted By Zarathustra
Lost Temple of Atoyacoatl - NO CC

Here’s another lot that I’ve had in the works for quite a while! With the BV pyramid pieces available, a jungle temple seemed inevitable… I’d figured out how to do dense jungle a long time...
Forum: Community 18th Feb 2024, 6:20 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 1,722
Posted By Zarathustra
Wonderfully done!! I say as someone who's lived...

Wonderfully done!! I say as someone who's lived most of my life in places that other people think of as vacation destinations (though admittedly never a tropical one thus far), this really feels...
Forum: Sims 2 16th Feb 2024, 4:12 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 644
Posted By Zarathustra
I was probably in middle school before it really...

I was probably in middle school before it really clicked in my brain that it wasn't normal to have grown up in a National Park lol!
Forum: Sims 2 9th Feb 2024, 5:15 AM
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Views: 597
Posted By Zarathustra
Lol realistically *I* intend to use it as an...

Lol realistically *I* intend to use it as an upload and probably nothing else, since it wouldn't really mesh with the city or destinations I'm gradually building up, but if I WERE to play it, I think...
Forum: Sims 2 9th Feb 2024, 1:27 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 597
Posted By Zarathustra
Lot Zoning When There Isn't An Obvious Answer?

Right now I'm trying to finish up a lot that I'd describe as a 'Landmark' as much as anything (it'd be a Tomb in TS3 if that helps lol), and I found myself wondering what kind of lot zoning people...
Forum: Sims 2 7th Feb 2024, 4:02 AM
Replies: 12,762
Views: 558,547
Posted By Zarathustra
I'm quite confident my current project has the...

I'm quite confident my current project has the most plants of any lot I (or maybe anyone) has ever built... :lol:
Forum: Sims 2 4th Feb 2024, 3:35 AM
Replies: 39
Views: 2,503
Posted By Zarathustra
I pretty much have been feeling like I missed out...

I pretty much have been feeling like I missed out on various aspects of the university experience literally since I graduated (going back a second time for grad school helped some, but not enough...
Forum: Sims 2 3rd Feb 2024, 2:45 AM
Replies: 12,762
Views: 558,547
Posted By Zarathustra
I've been missing my IRL university days like...

I've been missing my IRL university days like crazy lately for some reason, so I guess it's time to see whether working on my university neighborhood again helps with that, or makes it worse!
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