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#1076
8th Apr 2018 at 4:02 AM
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Sorry to hear about your lab Cat
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#1077
8th Apr 2018 at 4:42 AM
Big hugs, Cat! I'm sure he's having a blast running with all the other puppos at the rainbow bridge <3
#1078
9th Apr 2018 at 3:11 AM
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Just clarifying. Do we have 11 days before the final round officially starts? Seems ages.
#1079
9th Apr 2018 at 2:11 PM
Good news for me! My sister is back home and doing fine. Baby is good too, and I GOT A JOB! I'm moving to Chicago this weekend. If it hasn't been apparent, I need to officially withdraw from this play along. I'm not going to get them done before this thread closes. I had one cool lot I wanted to do, and I'll try to still do it eventually, but I'm just going to scratch the other three lots from my exceedingly long sims to do list. My ideas for them weren't anything special.
I've been loving everything everyone is doing, and good luck on the last round!!
I've been loving everything everyone is doing, and good luck on the last round!!
#1080
9th Apr 2018 at 9:06 PM
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Good luck on your move, and glad everyone is doing ok!
Did I mark the time wrong again? "Note to self 2 Weeks contest round,1 Week judges... Repeat...."
Did I mark the time wrong again? "Note to self 2 Weeks contest round,1 Week judges... Repeat...."
#1081
9th Apr 2018 at 10:21 PM
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Still showing 11 days? :p
Great news, Phaenoh. Real life takes priority (as I keep trying to tell myself). I'm sure your 'nothing special' would have been amazing. Good luck with everything.
Great news, Phaenoh. Real life takes priority (as I keep trying to tell myself). I'm sure your 'nothing special' would have been amazing. Good luck with everything.
#1082
9th Apr 2018 at 11:27 PM
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All fixed sorry guys! After all my issues, my wifi card went kaput as well, and I JUST got internet back on my computer! so was waiting for it to fix it
#1083
10th Apr 2018 at 12:04 AM
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When are we likely to get our scores?
Want a specific style of house or community building? Why not take a look at my profile and see what I build and then come ask me to make it!
#1084
10th Apr 2018 at 1:06 AM
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well one judge has hers in , and the other 2 I am waiting for so as soon as I get them, I will upload the scores
#1085
10th Apr 2018 at 1:10 AM
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I'm a bit confused here..I just looked at the timer the other day and it had said 13 days or something like that..and now it is showing 3 days..am I missing something..
I know now I won't be finishing on time..that is for sure..but I will try and finish it after the move..so sorry everyone..
I know now I won't be finishing on time..that is for sure..but I will try and finish it after the move..so sorry everyone..
friends call me broomie, or sam (F)
#1086
10th Apr 2018 at 2:09 AM
@broomhilda61 That's judges time, I have 3 days to do up my scores and since I haven't even started I will have to get my skates on. Right above the clock, it says what the time left is for.
"I dream of a better tomorrow, where chickens can cross the road and not be questioned about their motives." - Unknown
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#1087
10th Apr 2018 at 5:52 AM
Last edited by Peni Griffin : 10th Apr 2018 at 2:47 PM.
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Greenman Tropical Vacation Home, Playalong
Okay, days late and a dollar short, but it'll help pass the time till the judges scores are ready. I used the smallest beach lot, which I think has a 30x30 buildable area, and if I'm wrong feel free to dock me imaginary points. Also, alas, not all the details are quite as clear as I'd like in the required pictures. Getting the big views is always hard for me, and some of the plants and things are just too small to look good at a distance, especially since I was using my full game and it doesn't like to run with smooth edges on.Dr. Ash Greenman, his wife celebrated artist Angel, and his children Rhett, Joanie, and Daisy have decided to live part of the year in the island community of Crooked Beach, which some of y'all will remember from last year's foundation challenge. No expense was spared, but since no member of the house is a neatnik and they're here for fun, not to impress people, not to mention you don't put your nicest stuff into a house built in Hurricane Alley, the vibe is relaxed and not at all fussy.
And if you don't think teal and pink make a good color scheme for an island house, it is Angel's professional opinion that you need to get over yourself.
Welcome, neighbor! Ex-plantsim Ash's answer to the question: "Why not do more extensive landscaping?" is "What's wrong with native plants? Sand is naturally sparse." After all, he has a topiary dolphin; what more could you want in the way of landscaping? Older girl Joanie has gotten the entire family into birdwatching, hence all the feeders, houses, and water features you'll find on the lot.
But of course the point of a beach house is the beach. Though the pink fence shuts it off from the street, they aren't really worried about people wandering over from the public beaches. Swimming, sand castling, birding, boating, beachcombing, sunbathing, grilling, fishing - they practically live out here. If the sun's out, so are they. The blue patch on the sand is the Invisible Fishing Pond, which despite its name governs where the sims can stand to fish rather than the actual pond. The structure at the extreme left, between the driftwood and the gulls, is a limbo setup.
Behold the lower floor. Yes, they have a Winnebago and a pink sedan. The Winnebago is for multi-day trips to the other islands or the mainland to experience other beaches and birding sites, and the pinkmobile is for tooling around town. Yes, they have to move the Winnebago to get the car out, but it won't fit into the garage and there's a law about parking on the street. The entrance is enclosed so that if the wind comes up they can open the door without it being snatched off its hinges. Front entry and one of the back doors lead into the living room (where yes, some of the windows are blocked a bit but these things happen and I'm not about to rearrange it now). Entry from the garage is into the kitchen. Both rooms open into the stair hall, which opens onto the screen porch/laundry room - the laundry basket is sitting on top of the washing machine - which has three doors, one onto the outdoor shower, one to the narrow part of the patio (where Daisy has left toys lying around), and one onto the grill area. Note the broom leaning against the garage, for sweeping the ever-drifting sand away.
Rhett's room is next to the balcony. His twin Joanie and little sister Daisy share the middle room, and the kids' bath lies between them. The play/craft room and master bedroom are built over the garage.
Ten. I had 11 I wanted to post! Oh, well.
A closer shot at the entry, to give you a better idea of the "landscaping" and birding provisions. Also, note the green neon flamingo porchlight by the front door. Welcome to Angel's sense of humor. The blue and pink blobs in the sky are Sophie David's "Spectral Birds" neighborhood-down effect.
Angel demonstrates that the swing can be used, Ash tends the orange tree, somebody let the parrot (Lauren Macaw) outside, and the wild birds enjoy the amenities. If you think wild turkeys aren't native to the tropics, you haven't been to the correct tropics. Remember, Crooked Beach is on a barrier island, not on an isolated atoll. I could never catch any of the fountains in the act of spouting, but they do.
Angel serves ice cream and fruit salad to her guests in her colorful kitchen. Why is there a whale hanging from the ceiling? Why not?
A visitor watches The Game (one of Angel's many sisters is a sports star) in the living room in the evening. Note the transistor radio on the bar outside, and the craft supplies and bird seed box on the table by the back door.
I thought a slightly better view of the stairs/screen porch combination was due, and it was impossible to line up a satisfactory sim's eye view of either with the walls up.
Master bedroom. As you see, Angel works during vacation, but only on fun projects, not on commissions.
The playroom is also hard to take pictures in - there's so much stuff, as is only natural with three kids and playful parents.
Daisy gets up in the morning in the room she shares with Joanie, who has colonized the walls and surfaces with her shell collections, nature books, whalespotting chart, etc. Daisy has a Little Mermaid (in Simlish) poster above her bed and scorns Joanie's studious clutter. That's a picture of their great-grandmother, Angel Hart, on top of Joanie's pile of books.
Can you tell the girls' room is my favorite? I had so much fun with it!
Angel snoops in her son's room, a little skeptical of his choice of literature.
Joanie and Daisy relax with the birds on the beach. Yes, they have stuck a lawn flamingo out there on the water's edge where the real ones gather. Anyone who doesn't think geese are tropical, see "turkeys" above. Where, after all, did you think geese were going when they migrate?
Ugly is in the heart of the beholder.
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#1088
10th Apr 2018 at 10:52 AM
Posts: 455
Thank you Jo..Gina Skyped me last night to let me know as well..I really thought I was losing it there for a bit..
Omgosh I want those Turkeys..and your vacation home is stunning Peni
Omgosh I want those Turkeys..and your vacation home is stunning Peni
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#1089
10th Apr 2018 at 11:35 AM
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Oh, that is pretty, Peni - I want the turkeys too?
Windows 10 and the Ultimate Collection
http://modthesims.info/showthread.php?t=568275
http://modthesims.info/showthread.php?t=614833
Windows 10 and the Ultimate Collection
http://modthesims.info/showthread.php?t=568275
http://modthesims.info/showthread.php?t=614833
#1090
10th Apr 2018 at 3:56 PM
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I have a whole subfolder just for bird deco...
The turkeys (along with ducks and goats) are by Wiccandove and can be found at Plumbob Keep: http://www.medievalsims.com/forums/...php?f=80&t=3182
Ugly is in the heart of the beholder.
(My simblr isSim Media Res . Widespot,Widespot RFD: The Subhood, and Land Grant University are all available here. In case you care.)
The turkeys (along with ducks and goats) are by Wiccandove and can be found at Plumbob Keep: http://www.medievalsims.com/forums/...php?f=80&t=3182
Ugly is in the heart of the beholder.
(My simblr isSim Media Res . Widespot,Widespot RFD: The Subhood, and Land Grant University are all available here. In case you care.)
#1091
10th Apr 2018 at 9:43 PM
Last edited by gazania : 10th Apr 2018 at 10:01 PM.
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Love those animal statues. I have a couple on my lot. No NPC issues, and you can move them around. I do have some animated animals, such as PBK's chickens and geese, as well as the owl on Affinity Sims (I HAD to have that owl ..), but with animated animals and NPC issues, I tend to be cautious.
What I did for my lot: Made a copy of my test hood in case I mess up. I will probably flatten the beach lot tonight or tomorrow. Flattened beach lots make life easier for me. That's as far as I've even considered going.
My level of inspiration: .....
At this point, I'll be lucky if I put ANYTHING out. :/ I'm starting to become more of the human race now, but have these sleepy jags; as in, I think a mild earthquake wouldn't even wake me up.
My goal all along has been to put something out before the deadlines, both here and my own private ones, since I have no idea how I'll feel and when. So I will push on. I have a vague idea what I might like and what I can work with with my limitations (both personal and Maxis'), but haven't found just the right inspiration pic. I have looked at dozens of examples around the world. I want it to work on a flattened beach lot, since that would mean I can put it in more areas without fussing about which Maxis beach elevation is being used where.
I think I have an image in my mind. Now to find an example that can help me with that image. I've been saving URLs with sample buildings to access later.
Thanks to ALL free-site creators, admins and mods.
RIP Sunni ... truly a ray of light.
What I did for my lot: Made a copy of my test hood in case I mess up. I will probably flatten the beach lot tonight or tomorrow. Flattened beach lots make life easier for me. That's as far as I've even considered going.
My level of inspiration: .....
At this point, I'll be lucky if I put ANYTHING out. :/ I'm starting to become more of the human race now, but have these sleepy jags; as in, I think a mild earthquake wouldn't even wake me up.
My goal all along has been to put something out before the deadlines, both here and my own private ones, since I have no idea how I'll feel and when. So I will push on. I have a vague idea what I might like and what I can work with with my limitations (both personal and Maxis'), but haven't found just the right inspiration pic. I have looked at dozens of examples around the world. I want it to work on a flattened beach lot, since that would mean I can put it in more areas without fussing about which Maxis beach elevation is being used where.
I think I have an image in my mind. Now to find an example that can help me with that image. I've been saving URLs with sample buildings to access later.
Thanks to ALL free-site creators, admins and mods.
RIP Sunni ... truly a ray of light.
#1092
10th Apr 2018 at 10:47 PM
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I have done about 50% - and I am reasonably happy with how it turned out as far as the outside is concerned. I think after this lot I can safely say that I have mastered most of CFE! And I certainly counted a lot in order to build this lot I have done nothing inside except for spending around an hour choosing walls and floors. And then I recolored a thousand stairs or at least it feels like I did. The interior is going to give me nightmares.
I started on the biggest lot and made it 10 tiles smaller - that is good, isn't it, when you have an unlimited budget? Off to the bar, I am mixing drinks AND drinking
Windows 10 and the Ultimate Collection
http://modthesims.info/showthread.php?t=568275
http://modthesims.info/showthread.php?t=614833
I started on the biggest lot and made it 10 tiles smaller - that is good, isn't it, when you have an unlimited budget? Off to the bar, I am mixing drinks AND drinking
Windows 10 and the Ultimate Collection
http://modthesims.info/showthread.php?t=568275
http://modthesims.info/showthread.php?t=614833
#1093
10th Apr 2018 at 10:53 PM
I've been addicted to playing Far Cry 5 the last 2 weeks or so, but at least I ripped myself away long enough to complete my mountain entry. I also transferred over my new addiction to my lifelong addiction by taking in-game screenshots of Far Cry and converting them into sims art wall watercolors to use in my last lot
Uh oh! My social bar is low - that's why I posted today.
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#1094
10th Apr 2018 at 11:10 PM
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I love that idea of incorporating one addiction into another. I haven't played any other games for a few months and when I do it's only for a short time. Sims wins every time.
#1095
11th Apr 2018 at 12:03 AM
Last edited by gazania : 11th Apr 2018 at 1:04 AM.
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Son of a ....
I finally went into Twikkii Island. I saw about three or four areas where you could conceivably place beach lots and silly me ... I thought you COULD place them. I finally found a smallish inspiration pic that I found adorable, and I could adapt for my needs. (Of course, I'd provide a link to the original inspiration.)
Problem is ... you can't place a beach lot on Twikkii Island without bulldozing anything Maxis, except for one area (the blank area right by the pirate ship). And that area is near a crossroads which, if you flatten it, can go really funky. No matter what I tried, the road looked great initially, but if you went into the lot, you'd feel sorry for anyone trying to navigate the road in front, because they'd probably lose an axle.
The lot really needs to be in a beach area to work. It would look weird inland.
I did not have this problem at all with my bungalows in the mountain hood. There were a few areas where I could place them.
So ... I either need to either:
1. Find a custom terrain island hood that allows for a few beach lots. I'm trying to find one that isn't hilly ... a plateau area might be nice. I'm keeping the total terrain small. I had been thinking of doing this for a while... making a small sleepy harbor/beach vacation island town. I'm not 100% up to it now, but I could put in the lot and my tropical motel lot, at least (and I know the motel lot works fine re Freezy, tourists and the concierge, so that will save a whole lot of time for now ... I can add a B&B later), for effect and a nice background. Perhaps add a quick park and cafe or something. I can switch the hood items later on if I actually attach the vacation hood to one of my good ones (but that would make FIVE vacation hoods at that point ... eek!) or
2, After days of trying to come up with something I'd like for my hoods, think of something else inland on Twikkii Island. Darn good question as to what. Twikkii Island is really annoying me, for some reason. Methinks the Maxis staff spent way too much time at the Pirates of the Caribbean ride at Disney. Actually, way too much time at Disney in general! No wonder I spent most of my time in my non-Maxis vacation hood.
3. Take a flattened area in one of my custom hoods, which have plenty of room for flattened beach lots, and make a fake tropical lot. But ... well ... it wouldn't be very inspiring! I would feel like I was making some sort of movie set. Like many here, I have a mental picture of what my hoods are. It would feel ... out of place.
Whatever it is, it's probably not going to require much of a budget!
Off to find CC terrains that might fit the bill. I found a few that might work, such as Broken Heart Island by Sweet Mystre (http://www.modthesims.info/download.php?t=295100) (but I'm not sure that is beach-compatible ...maybe Beach Resort or Coconut Island, even with the hills), or some of the islands here: http://www.modthesims.info/download.php?t=218435. (Thank you so much, lauratje86, for the BV notes ... very useful.). Those might be a little TOO small, though. Off for some contemplation!
EDIT ... I put Broken Heart Island in my lot-building only game for now, just to see what it looks like before I put either that or the mini-island in my good game and start building around it. Broken Heart Island allows for about seven beach lots. It's a bit larger than I thought, but I like the plateau on top ... allows for basements and low-lying areas. Sweet Mystre does quality work, and it shows here.
Off to the mini-isles.
Thanks to ALL free-site creators, admins and mods.
RIP Sunni ... truly a ray of light.
I finally went into Twikkii Island. I saw about three or four areas where you could conceivably place beach lots and silly me ... I thought you COULD place them. I finally found a smallish inspiration pic that I found adorable, and I could adapt for my needs. (Of course, I'd provide a link to the original inspiration.)
Problem is ... you can't place a beach lot on Twikkii Island without bulldozing anything Maxis, except for one area (the blank area right by the pirate ship). And that area is near a crossroads which, if you flatten it, can go really funky. No matter what I tried, the road looked great initially, but if you went into the lot, you'd feel sorry for anyone trying to navigate the road in front, because they'd probably lose an axle.
The lot really needs to be in a beach area to work. It would look weird inland.
I did not have this problem at all with my bungalows in the mountain hood. There were a few areas where I could place them.
So ... I either need to either:
1. Find a custom terrain island hood that allows for a few beach lots. I'm trying to find one that isn't hilly ... a plateau area might be nice. I'm keeping the total terrain small. I had been thinking of doing this for a while... making a small sleepy harbor/beach vacation island town. I'm not 100% up to it now, but I could put in the lot and my tropical motel lot, at least (and I know the motel lot works fine re Freezy, tourists and the concierge, so that will save a whole lot of time for now ... I can add a B&B later), for effect and a nice background. Perhaps add a quick park and cafe or something. I can switch the hood items later on if I actually attach the vacation hood to one of my good ones (but that would make FIVE vacation hoods at that point ... eek!) or
2, After days of trying to come up with something I'd like for my hoods, think of something else inland on Twikkii Island. Darn good question as to what. Twikkii Island is really annoying me, for some reason. Methinks the Maxis staff spent way too much time at the Pirates of the Caribbean ride at Disney. Actually, way too much time at Disney in general! No wonder I spent most of my time in my non-Maxis vacation hood.
3. Take a flattened area in one of my custom hoods, which have plenty of room for flattened beach lots, and make a fake tropical lot. But ... well ... it wouldn't be very inspiring! I would feel like I was making some sort of movie set. Like many here, I have a mental picture of what my hoods are. It would feel ... out of place.
Whatever it is, it's probably not going to require much of a budget!
Off to find CC terrains that might fit the bill. I found a few that might work, such as Broken Heart Island by Sweet Mystre (http://www.modthesims.info/download.php?t=295100) (but I'm not sure that is beach-compatible ...maybe Beach Resort or Coconut Island, even with the hills), or some of the islands here: http://www.modthesims.info/download.php?t=218435. (Thank you so much, lauratje86, for the BV notes ... very useful.). Those might be a little TOO small, though. Off for some contemplation!
EDIT ... I put Broken Heart Island in my lot-building only game for now, just to see what it looks like before I put either that or the mini-island in my good game and start building around it. Broken Heart Island allows for about seven beach lots. It's a bit larger than I thought, but I like the plateau on top ... allows for basements and low-lying areas. Sweet Mystre does quality work, and it shows here.
Off to the mini-isles.
Thanks to ALL free-site creators, admins and mods.
RIP Sunni ... truly a ray of light.
#1096
11th Apr 2018 at 1:24 AM
@justpetro is that a default replacement hotel reception desk? Looks like a restaurant podium, but since you say it played well I assume it does have a proper podium so Sims can check in?
Creations can be found on my on tumblr.
Creations can be found on my on tumblr.
#1097
11th Apr 2018 at 1:30 AM
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I used the Paloma Island terrain gazania: http://www.modthesims.info/download.php?t=248682
When I built my beach restaurant. Plenty of beach lot friendly roads with that one though I nearly used Maui from the Hawaii set:
http://www.modthesims.info/download.php?t=326798
which is similarly blessed with beach lot possibles
Edit - there's a small one - single tile - available at the Keep @gummilutt
When I built my beach restaurant. Plenty of beach lot friendly roads with that one though I nearly used Maui from the Hawaii set:
http://www.modthesims.info/download.php?t=326798
which is similarly blessed with beach lot possibles
Edit - there's a small one - single tile - available at the Keep @gummilutt
#1098
11th Apr 2018 at 1:47 AM
Thanks maxon.
@Karen Lorraine You've forgotten to include the floorplan for the ground floor
Creations can be found on my on tumblr.
@Karen Lorraine You've forgotten to include the floorplan for the ground floor
Creations can be found on my on tumblr.
#1099
11th Apr 2018 at 2:05 AM
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*Wonders if my lot will reach half a million...*
I have a ton of cc. Some of that stuff is way overpriced - 4,000 for cushions? Come on, now. Thanks to gdayars' instructions earlier on, I've made some prices more reasonable. Still, it's going to be one expensive lot.
I have a ton of cc. Some of that stuff is way overpriced - 4,000 for cushions? Come on, now. Thanks to gdayars' instructions earlier on, I've made some prices more reasonable. Still, it's going to be one expensive lot.
#1100
11th Apr 2018 at 3:35 AM
Posts: 455
Thank you Peni..I got those goats so I must have the turkeys in there somewhere..thank you..
I got my Section 8 voucher changed over for another year..but can't get it inspected until next Wednesday..they only do inspections on Wednesday here in Jefferson City..so now it is time to go box hunting..and getting things packed and ready to move..next week if nothing goes wrong with the inspection..after I move and get settled in I will start this last entry..sorry everyone..
Beautiful entries everyone..wish I had each and everyone of yours talent :lovestruc
I got my Section 8 voucher changed over for another year..but can't get it inspected until next Wednesday..they only do inspections on Wednesday here in Jefferson City..so now it is time to go box hunting..and getting things packed and ready to move..next week if nothing goes wrong with the inspection..after I move and get settled in I will start this last entry..sorry everyone..
Beautiful entries everyone..wish I had each and everyone of yours talent :lovestruc
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