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If I doesn't work when I play test it, I'll find a way to make something work to hide that ugliness. Like I said, Improvise. Adapt. Overcome. |
Use buy mode plants. You could do a potted plant border like in some backyard pics I was looking at. See attached.
Btw, this is my inspiration board for this challenge, if anyone is interested: https://pin.it/kuzg4f3vbdjn73. I never shared a board before. I hope the link is ok...
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Love that ideas board, phantom. I'm hoping I'll be more inspired for the next round.
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Use buy mode plants. You could do a potted plant border like in some backyard pics I was looking at. See attached. Btw, this is my inspiration board for this challenge, if anyone is interested: https://pin.it/kuzg4f3vbdjn73. I never shared a board before. I hope the link is ok... |
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This is not my best work but I lack time for this round. I made substantial changes to one of my existing apartment lots to save time, but I'm not sure it was a good idea. However, at least I got an entry in.
So, first, required pics
Floor plans:
The left-hand side apartment is designed for a couple starting out. The two middle ones are for families and the one on the right hand side is for a couple and friend (or roommate). There are two two-bedroomed units and two (potentially) three-bedroomed units.
More pics on the structure/outside
and an example of the upstairs hallway, which is different in shape in each apartment but which is used in similar ways.
Now inside the apartments:
Apartment 1 - newly married couple just starting out
Apartment 2 - family
Apartment 3 - family
Apartment 4 - couple and friend
I didn't show the second bedroom for the family apartments. One was for a young girl (apartment 2) and the other for a teenage boy (apartment 3). Nor did I show the 'hobby room' for the last apartment. The couple and their friend are into art and music (you can't see the paint brushes/deco stuff or synthesizer very well). All units have phones, smoke alarms, etc.
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Would love to participate, but I absolutely loathe the game objects/walls/flooring textures and would seriously struggle with not being able to use object recolors/custom walls and flooring for such large builds.
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This looks like a really fun contest and I hope you all have loads of fun. Would love to participate, but I absolutely loathe the game objects/walls/flooring textures and would seriously struggle with not being able to use object recolors/custom walls and flooring for such large builds. |
I hear ya. I struggled to find stuff I actually
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@gummilutt, if the judges don't mind, I really think more pictures per unit, at least, would be ideal. Four pictures might be enough for a studio or a small two bedroom, but for medium to larger apartments, judges might not get clear shots of bathrooms, offices, hallway layouts, or garage workshops, etc., and considering deco is a whole scoring category that makes me nervous. Depending on the lot set up, the extra shots might be needed for some common areas or outdoor spaces. Perhaps there could be an increased number of pictures per unit depending on how many rooms the apartment has?
And wow, first entry is up already! Good job @ yavannatw; I really liked the outdoor space, how you laid out the living room differently each time and of course, that black fence. :lovestruc
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Mine are finally all taken, with only one crash, but there's no way I'll be able to pick the 20 best/most representative tonight. Congrats on being first out the gate, yannatw!
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Apartment Mania, here I come!
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I guess I'll have to remember to get as close as possible in the layout shots.
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I also made my yard bigger cos hey---long term housing! gotta have a yard for a pet or a jacuzzi, bbq w/e
Would love to participate, but I absolutely loathe the game objects/walls/flooring textures and would seriously struggle with not being able to use object recolors/custom walls and flooring for such large builds. |
Why not be a play-along? No scores so doesn't matter that you don't meet the no cc-requirement
Have moved kanzen and Yvelotic to the contestant board. Glad to have you both
Nice work yavanna! I really like the exterior of your house, it's very pretty :lovestruc And very rowhouse-y!
I have asked judges how they feel, waiting to hear back. If they are okay with it I will consider raising picture limit, but only by a little if so. As Peni said, part of the challenge is having to choose what parts of your lot are the best and feature those in your pictures. But on the other hand I also want to see everything like Phantom said, so I will consider it
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As you see, the featured townhomes are part of a larger development surrounding the fascinating alien monuments and public park known as El Jardin de las Cabezas Grandes. Los Townhomes de las Cabezas provide five flexible floorplans for middle-income families, couples, and singles who want a slightly upper-income address, without the hassle of yards, nosy landlords, and snooty neighbors. (And I'm about to get hosed on the landscaping points, but in my experience townhomes are inhabited primarily by people who never go out into the yard anyhow, so I'll take my licking and keep on ticking, because Authenticity is Important and I didn't want to build a new set of townhomes from scratch.)
Pictures under the spoilers are 800 x 600; attached pictures should appear in the original size (1024 x 768). I hope this compromise between maximum picture visibility and minimal page loading annoyance works out okay. I've also spoilered them in groups, so first up, front and back views:
Turns out I lack the skills to composite these pictures adequately. Top to bottom, left to right, we have Units 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5. The first four are inhabited by playables; Unit 5 is the one-bedroom unit, suitable for townie neighbors like the one pictured in front of the center unit. I think he's a Bohemian, which was not what I was going for with these apartments, but maybe by the end of the contest I'll have a better grasp of the protocols for generating certain social groups.
I know, it's ridiculous to document the boring back of a set of townhomes in four pics when the front only took three; but if I backed up any more it clipped with Los Cabezas Grandes.
Floor Plans. This is the best shot you'll get of many of the rooms, so I hope I homed in enough.
And finally, the best assortment of sim's-eye view pics I was able to take. Some of the spaces are a bit tight. I'm organizing them by room rather than by unit, but promise no more than 4 from any one. And I'm counting floorplans as part of the 4, since I used so many shots to take the front and back.
Unit 2, Living Area
Unit 3, Living Area
Unit 1, Kitchen
Unit 4, Kitchen
Unit 1, Dining Area
Unit 3, Upstairs Hall
Unit 5, Upstairs Hall
Unit 2, Master Bedroom
Unit 3, Master Bedroom
Unit 1, Child/Teen Bedroom
Unit 4, Child Bedroom
Unit 2, Teen Bedroom
Unit 4, Upper Deck
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Total max is 7 sims with the 7th being a baby or toddler. When that kid grows up, it's gonna be tight. Though it's highly possible to fit 8 sims in here if they use cc bunk-beds.
I tested the dining space and it can comfortably sit 8 if they don't mind some of the sims using barstools, or removing the islands and using a 3 tile table instead.
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Show Required Shots:
3 Units, each with
- 3 Bedrooms
- 3 Bathrooms (1 Shower in the garage, 2 on 3rd floor)
- 1 Powder Room
- 1 Office/Nursery/Flex Room
- Decent Pet Friendly Backyard
- Garden Sprinkler System
- Large Balcony
- Garage
- Trash Shute
- Alarms: Smoke Detector (hidden behind the vent hood), Burglar Alarm (first floor hallway)
- Good for 4 to 7 sims, 8 if player uses bunk beds.
Show Per Unit Shots:
Rent:
- Unit 1 - 6,085
- Unit 2 - 5,964
- Unit 3 - 6,197
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Also, while I love Maxis objects (especially add-ons), I always have to give them new textures in order to use them.
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Peni and kanzen, those lots look wonderful and I would love to be able to download them! Also, Peni, it's LAS Cabezas. |
Thank you; fixed it. I see I got it wrong once and right once, which looks like I was covering my bases. But it was a typo, I swear.
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