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Howdy Folks!
So most of you have probably forgotten that I exist (seeings that I dropped of the face of the Sims planet yet again), but for those of you that haven't, I just wanted to say 'hi!' and that I'm not dead... yet. :P
Bit of an explanation (ok more like a rant), I had all these wonderful plans to do some simming in these past summer holidays over Christmas. So the second week of the hols comes around and I boot up my faithful laptop all excited to play the game and... nothing. Wouldn't let me start the damn thing, because apparently the cooling fan was shot. Which was not the best news, but ok, it's only 2 years old and still under extended warranty I could just send it to get fixed. BUT I was spending my holidays at my parents house, the receipt and warranty etc were a 2hr flight away at my place. #*%@!
And so commenced a torturous 3 months of only being able to use my netbook and no simming/gaming of any kind :(
Anyways the good news IT"S NOW FIXED! My laptop actually runs alot quieter and cooler than even when I first got it, so I'm wondering if there wasn't an inherent heating issue from the start. I'm still a bit hesitant to play the Sims on it though because I'm pretty sure it contributed to the problem, but yesterday I went out and bought a cooling pad (and showtime - woo! Although what's with all this online stuff? :/ ) and I'll just take it easy on the CC etc and see how it goes. Of course now I'm not on holidays, but pffft! I will find time :D
So lol sorry for the huge, meaningless rant. I've been around (reverted to my good old lurker habits :P) and I hope that you all are well! And now Showtime has finished installing, I'm off to play! YEY!
So most of you have probably forgotten that I exist (seeings that I dropped of the face of the Sims planet yet again), but for those of you that haven't, I just wanted to say 'hi!' and that I'm not dead... yet. :P
Bit of an explanation (ok more like a rant), I had all these wonderful plans to do some simming in these past summer holidays over Christmas. So the second week of the hols comes around and I boot up my faithful laptop all excited to play the game and... nothing. Wouldn't let me start the damn thing, because apparently the cooling fan was shot. Which was not the best news, but ok, it's only 2 years old and still under extended warranty I could just send it to get fixed. BUT I was spending my holidays at my parents house, the receipt and warranty etc were a 2hr flight away at my place. #*%@!
And so commenced a torturous 3 months of only being able to use my netbook and no simming/gaming of any kind :(
Anyways the good news IT"S NOW FIXED! My laptop actually runs alot quieter and cooler than even when I first got it, so I'm wondering if there wasn't an inherent heating issue from the start. I'm still a bit hesitant to play the Sims on it though because I'm pretty sure it contributed to the problem, but yesterday I went out and bought a cooling pad (and showtime - woo! Although what's with all this online stuff? :/ ) and I'll just take it easy on the CC etc and see how it goes. Of course now I'm not on holidays, but pffft! I will find time :D
So lol sorry for the huge, meaningless rant. I've been around (reverted to my good old lurker habits :P) and I hope that you all are well! And now Showtime has finished installing, I'm off to play! YEY!
I've had this makeover of the Single Mum's house (330 Oak Grove Road) in Sunset Valley, ready to upload for a while now. Apart from RL getting in the way, one of the reasons I haven't put it up is because I'm still having problems with the sims3packs of my homes not installing. It's got to be something to do with the fact my store content is in merged packages as I've reinstalled, removed all CC, done pretty much everything else and it's when I put those in it starts mucking up. But lots of people use packaged store content without this problem so call me confused. Anyway I'm going to redownload all my store stuff and repackage it to see what that does (or suggestions welcome), but I figure for those of you who CAN get these homes into your game either using a workaround or I've provided a version that goes into the library folder, I'd upload it anyways.
( Download Ahead )
So I'm not dead... :P Just your typical case of RL and loss of interest in simming (it happens). Actually it's been a pretty awesome year for me, but now summer holidays have arrived and I'm just itching to play the sims again (and complete some projects I've had sitting around for ages, including alot of EA makeovers). Another thing I want to try and do is work on Karlsberg, an empty world that I've been using to make my housplan homes in with minimal CC. I figure it would be nice to add some community lots and different homes to it. It's a slow process as I'm trying to move in sims and build up families from scratch (no cheats), adding community lots as I go along. Lol and giving those cardboard cutout homes some personality too! So far I've only got a city hall, park and library, but hey have some random pic spam!
( Cardboard Cutout World )
( Cardboard Cutout World )
Putting this makeover up for Lily who reminded me about it in my last post :D It's another one I've had done for a while and just haven't had the opportunity to pop up, mainly because I like to list all the store items I use (which I haven't btw, I'll try and get back to it in the holidays). If I can survive until Friday when they start, I'll fix up the install instructions for my other homes too. I can't seem to find that post anywhere anymore either, so I will probably just make my own. Anyways the Landgraab Manor is a HUGE, expensive home with all the bells and whistles (please don't tax your computer if it can't handle large furnished lots). I haven't taken pictures of every room in the interior, but there is also gym, his and hers offices, theater and multiple other features.
( Lots o' Pics )
So, it's been 2 months since I started uni for the year and it's been 2 months (and counting!) since I've been able to play the sims. (Beatdoc NOT happy). Since I'm usually building or decorating, I like to play for about an hour at a time (enough to achieve something) and a free hour has just been impossible to find! Luckily though I have a week break for Easter coming up, and I've managed to scrounge up enough time today to finally share this EA makeover I did months ago. This is Erin Kennedy's home from Sunset Valley aka 67 Water Lily Lane. I've snuck in a top floor (still undecorated) which adds some extra space making the 2 bed, 2 bath home perfect for a small family.
( Not dead yet )
So when I said I'd made a few of these things, I really wasn't joking! The Champignon (4 beds, 3 baths) is a largish home suited to a happily settled sim family, whilst The Fawn (2 beds, 2 baths) is a family home that has been built specifically to accomodate a narrower lot. Whilst both these homes are on smaller lots, their landscaping is only really just around the immediate home so they can easily be placed on larger lots for a bigger backyard or any additions you may want to make.
( Generic Home Development )
Like I mentioned in the previous post, I've made a few of these bland generic houseplan homes for my game recently,. If anyone's interested I'm taking them mostly from here (the first 2). Here is the second one, at $28179 it's a small step up from the previous home but it does come with the added benifit of 3 bedrooms and an attatched gararge. When I've played this hood a little more, I'll be sure to show some pics of the sims that live in these homes and how they've decorated them. Lol also any suggestions for house names that mean plain, bland, neutral etc but sounds a bit more fancy are more than welcome :)
( Blander and Blander )
Recently in my own game, I've been making a set of homes from houseplans that are designed as neutral shells that my sims can then move into and give their own personality to the interior decorating as they earn money. I thought some of you might be interested in using them in a similar way so I decided to pop the first one up for download. Yes there is some CC as I was origionally making these just for my own benifit, but I have included it all in a seperate CC folder (except for the store items) and provided links also. Anyway this is a 2 bed 1 bath home which at $19995 basically furnished is perfect for any sim family just starting out.
( Nothing like Neutrals )
I'm back! (and so incredibly tired that if this post makes no sense I apoligise in advance).
Thanks to everyone who commented on my last post and whilst I was away, I'll go and look over those when I'm a bit less jet lagged, especially as I think some are WCIFs. For now though, I'm just trying to avoid having too much of a nap during today so I can get back into a good sleep pattern - hence I give you some sims (and RL) pictures! This ski lodge I originally created as a Livingsims 'challenge me to decorate' challenge (which if you haven't checked out yet, is a really awesome way to get some inspiration and fun, not to mention drool at all the awesome entries). However I ended up loving the idea so much that I used the pics for an article in the last issue of the mag (which I am only just getting to read now, and it's awesome!). Hopefully they are ok, I lost the originals so these are re-edits/sizes of edits.
Anywho now I'm off to distract myself some more with a downloading spree of all the goodies I missed out on in the last month and to check out everyone else's entries. Enjoy!
( Winter Wonderland )
Thanks to everyone who commented on my last post and whilst I was away, I'll go and look over those when I'm a bit less jet lagged, especially as I think some are WCIFs. For now though, I'm just trying to avoid having too much of a nap during today so I can get back into a good sleep pattern - hence I give you some sims (and RL) pictures! This ski lodge I originally created as a Livingsims 'challenge me to decorate' challenge (which if you haven't checked out yet, is a really awesome way to get some inspiration and fun, not to mention drool at all the awesome entries). However I ended up loving the idea so much that I used the pics for an article in the last issue of the mag (which I am only just getting to read now, and it's awesome!). Hopefully they are ok, I lost the originals so these are re-edits/sizes of edits.
Anywho now I'm off to distract myself some more with a downloading spree of all the goodies I missed out on in the last month and to check out everyone else's entries. Enjoy!
( Winter Wonderland )
Hey all!
Sorry I haven't been around much lately to reply to your posts - things here have just been a little hectic atm. I promise I will get around to it eventually though! I'll also attempt to put up my dream house and garden for DL some time in the new year (resolution much?). Yes the CC full one. I've got a pretty good CC list written up so now it's just a matter of getting the post done and doing some testing. I never realized how long it would take to make that list.
As we speak I am packing to leave for a holiday to the US over Christmas until mid January (I'm super excited!). I fly out tomorrow to LA then Indianapolis to meet up with my brother (who has been on uni exchange over there this semester). Were then travelling to San Fransisco, San Diego, New York (over chrissy), and then down to New Orleans and across the south right back up to LA again. Hehe you should see me attempting to pack to accommodate all the different weather - layers rule! Still praying for my first white Christmas!
So, hope you all have a wonderful Christmas, holiday and new year and I can't wait to see what everyone has been up to when I get back!
Sorry I haven't been around much lately to reply to your posts - things here have just been a little hectic atm. I promise I will get around to it eventually though! I'll also attempt to put up my dream house and garden for DL some time in the new year (resolution much?). Yes the CC full one. I've got a pretty good CC list written up so now it's just a matter of getting the post done and doing some testing. I never realized how long it would take to make that list.
As we speak I am packing to leave for a holiday to the US over Christmas until mid January (I'm super excited!). I fly out tomorrow to LA then Indianapolis to meet up with my brother (who has been on uni exchange over there this semester). Were then travelling to San Fransisco, San Diego, New York (over chrissy), and then down to New Orleans and across the south right back up to LA again. Hehe you should see me attempting to pack to accommodate all the different weather - layers rule! Still praying for my first white Christmas!
So, hope you all have a wonderful Christmas, holiday and new year and I can't wait to see what everyone has been up to when I get back!
