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#326
3rd Jul 2018 at 11:52 AM
@joandsarah77 You poor thing! Have a hot toddy.
Rule question: Are we allowed to use images that are composites of several pictures, like this one?
This lot is so complex, and I have a lot of small details that I want to show, but it's impossible to get it all into 12 images! I just want to show details, such as specific pot plants or small details of objects, rather than complete images like on my example.
Rule question: Are we allowed to use images that are composites of several pictures, like this one?
This lot is so complex, and I have a lot of small details that I want to show, but it's impossible to get it all into 12 images! I just want to show details, such as specific pot plants or small details of objects, rather than complete images like on my example.
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#328
3rd Jul 2018 at 10:42 PM
Thank you guys, I think I need it, this cold is kicking me right now. Got about 3 hours sleep.
Collarges are not allowed because not everyone knows how to do them. How about I give you 15 shots for this?
Collarges are not allowed because not everyone knows how to do them. How about I give you 15 shots for this?
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#329
3rd Jul 2018 at 11:21 PM
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Sorry to hear you're unwell Jo, feel better soon! 15 shots sounds good for a lot of this size, it's a lot to pack in to 12! I can't remember the last time I played such a big house, but I have to say I'm having fun making over the creepy Beaker mansion
#330
3rd Jul 2018 at 11:27 PM
Also due to it being a large lot I might extend the round if people need it. Especially seeing scores will be late. I was planning on starting to do the code tables today but I am going to shelve it for a couple of days at least.
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#331
4th Jul 2018 at 3:17 AM
Smith Family 1 Tesla Court
Ah, this is one of my fave Maxis lots, too! I made a replica of this house and used it as a Secret Society in Blue Haven. Anyway, I'm sorry for making yet another lot with so.much.green and I just wanted to point out that the shed is a custom object, and not an actual building.
Well, where do I start? My name is Petie Smith. At least, I think it is. That's what Jenny thinks I'm called, and I think she's called Jenny, and we both think our kids are called Johnny and Jill. But Petie doesn't sound quite right, and... Oh, sorry, yes. The house, I know you've come to see it and don't really want to hear all about the strange thing that has happened to us. Well, look around! This is what it looks like.
As you can see, we painted the bricks and put some cladding on. Jenny chose the colour. The last occupants had rather industrial tastes, but we wanted more of a... suburban look, you know, with the white picket fence and everything? Well, we got a fence too.
That's what it looks like from above. You can see my lovely lawn, and the shed where I keep the tools to make it nice. And we had enough money for a pool for Jill- she loves the pool- and Johnny wanted a car to work on. Well, he wanted a sports car really, but I told him you have to work for things, right? So he has to fix it up himself.
We did the interior nice, too- we wanted it to be a lot lighter, so we had the walls redone and the floors tiled. You can see that the basement room is now a nice little TV lounge, where the kids can play their video games. Jenny put in a trompe l'oeil painting so that it looks as though there is a window in there! The lounge area is mostly used for family socialising, where we play card games and backgammon. The study nook is tucked away so that Johnny, Jenny and Jill can all research in peace. The kitchen is very sunny, we enjoy family meals and so the dining table gets a lot of use! You can see that Jill's room is on the ground floor- she has it stuffed full of fishy things! She has an ensuite bathroom and there's also a family bathroom off the hall way.
On the first floor, there's a quiet reading area. Jenny loves this space! Johnny's bedroom is up here, and he has some of his tools and posters and toys displayed. He too has a small bathroom, all to himself! The large room on the left is our special space- Jenny's and mine- and we have a sitting area and my work desk, and also our bedroom and ensuite bathroom. Nice, isn't it?
The roof terrace is nice, I have a telescope up there so that I can look out over the town. All the folk here seem nice enough, but they are all a bit hazy about how they got here, and they all feel a bit like something is not quite right... The house is on the edge of some kind of crater, and there is debris... debris from a spacecraft of some kind. So that's what I think, I think that aliens are amongst us, and that they have taken our memories, and put us all here in the desert to see what happens. An experiment- we are test subjects! Sometimes I think there is someone controlling me, making me do things... what? Oh, yes- the house. Well, as you can see there's a little antenna on the tower, and the room beneath- the tower room- is my quiet space. Because sometimes a sim needs a little break from the family, right? So in here I have a radio, so that I can monitor the air waves in case they are trying to communicate with us, and I have my smokes. Well, a sim has to have some vices, right? I can't be totally perfect. Jenny doesn't like it, but as long as I don't smoke in front of the kids, she's fine about it. I keep petrol for the mower in the shed, so that's why I smoke up here. Oh, the book? Yes, that's a photo album. I like to look at it.
So here is the main room of the house, and Jenny and I are chatting whilst the kids play a video game. Jenny is responsible for the art and the plants- she's very good with aesthetics!
Johnny was supposed to be studying! Look at Jill, always in her swimming gear. I purchased a nice new stereo- it was expensive, but the brochure said it was state of the art.
Jenny's so good at making things look bright and modern!
Look at Jill's room! She chose the dolphin mural. As you can see she has several exotic pets- an octopus thing and some fishes and there is a little tiny diver in that aquarium. See the tall tank- she's making something in there. She calls it her dolphin, but it's made of metal... It's an odd hobby for a little girl, I think.
You can see she has fish in jars, and shells, and a welding set too! She gets right in that tank and works on that dolphin. simsample note- yes, I know that the welding set is not correct for wet welding- I used to be a welder- but I think it's pretty amazing that someone actually made a welding set and soldering iron for the sims, isn't it? So pretend with me!
Here's the kitchen- with some nice green tea on the table, and a pie baking in the oven. This room is very yellow, but we all like it in here.
Ah, here's Jenny in her reading room. She is very ambitious and studies a lot so that she can get a promotion. Did you know that she's in the medical career? She says that we must all be suffering from PTSD, and that the amnesia is the mind's way of coping. Cookies and cocoa help, too!
Here's Johnny's room, and he has a lot of memorabilia about knights and white horses. And cars, too! His car keys are on the bedside table, and he has a battery charger and toolbox on the floor.
Should I be worried about that painting? Johnny seems to have outgrown his toy car, but he still spends a lot of time in here daydreaming.
Here's our room! I love the rug- I chose that. The pattern appealed to me, somehow. I'm not sure why? On the left is my desk...
...I use it mainly for clipping coupons. I love a bargain, and if you look after the pennies, the simoleons will take care of themselves, right?
This is our bedroom area. More of Jenny's artistic influence.
Here I am in my little private room. I'm thinking about my little picture album- the photos in it were in my pocket when I arrived here. There are two of sims who look remarkably like me, and it says 'mum' and 'dad' on the back of them. So I guess they are my parents, right? Then there's a picture of a strange looking place that looks totally alien. Maybe they planted it in my pocket? It looks familiar some how... the other two pictures look like they are cut from a magazine, and they show lovely green lawns. I like to look at those best of all. I wonder why I kept them?
Here we all are, outside in the sunshine. Johnny is tinkering with his car, Jill is ready for a swim, and Jenny and I enjoy some cocktails at the terrace bar. Oh, look at that- you can see Jill's washing line in this picture! She argued with me to get that; I think it ruins the lawn. The lawn takes a lot of care- I have a hose to water it with, on the side of the building. Do you like my picket fence?
This is my favourite pastime- admiring my lovely lawn! I rake it and roll it and mow it and feed it and love it... Recently I've been trying to make Johnny do some of the chores for me, and here he is trying to work out how to start the mower. Jill's messing about in the pool, and Jenny is working her magic on some plants... the strangest thing, a chap who called himself Vidcund gave her some African Violet plants- should I be worried? Maybe he is working for them? I checked the flamingoes for bugs, but I haven't found any yet. I'll keep a look out, let me know if you see anything suspicious! You know, anyone who looks kind of... alien, or strange? Keep me posted, have a nice day!
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#332
4th Jul 2018 at 3:20 AM
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How does your game look like the good part of TS4? Great work!
#333
4th Jul 2018 at 3:33 AM
Quote: Originally posted by Yvelotic2001
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Must be PT9's plastic hair!
Thanks for the compliment! :lovestruc
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#334
4th Jul 2018 at 3:47 AM
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Did they forget that sims aren't normally green, too?
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#335
4th Jul 2018 at 4:00 AM
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In all honesty though @simsample, those screenshots look amazing. Were they photoshopped or does your game actually look like that?
That plastic hair comment cracked me up xD
That plastic hair comment cracked me up xD
#336
4th Jul 2018 at 5:34 AM
Looks like Sims 2 with good graphics and lighting to me. Pretty sure my own game looks similar.
@kestrellyn PT is green and so is his son, he's an alien and aliens are normally green.
Photoshoping isn't allowed in contests.
@kestrellyn PT is green and so is his son, he's an alien and aliens are normally green.
Photoshoping isn't allowed in contests.
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#337
4th Jul 2018 at 8:01 AM
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Quote: Originally posted by kestrellyn
Did they forget that sims aren't normally green, too? |
I laughed at that, but I figure that he just figures that Green is a normal sim skin color. Just that he and Johnny are a minority in the neighborhood. :D
#338
4th Jul 2018 at 9:21 AM
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Sterling job, @simsample Great way to start the round.
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#339
4th Jul 2018 at 9:45 AM
Quote: Originally posted by Yvelotic2001
In all honesty though @simsample, those screenshots look amazing. Were they photoshopped or does your game actually look like that? |
It does look like that- the only photoediting is to crop the images so that they are all of a similar size. I don't have a great graphics card, but I do have my card set to override the game's anisotropic filtering and antialiasing, which makes things look much sharper that using the game's own settings. I also use my own modded cameras, so that I can get some better angles. Oh, and the great CC helps a lot too!
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He doesn't even remember his own name, so I guess he hasn't noticed that yet!
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I figure that he just figures that Green is a normal sim skin color. |
Yeah, that's the ticket!
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Sterling job, @simsample Great way to start the round. |
Thanks Petro!
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#340
4th Jul 2018 at 9:56 AM
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Let us have a green drink party
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#341
4th Jul 2018 at 10:22 PM
Quote: Originally posted by Justpetro
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Ooh, is that Aldebaran whiskey?
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#342
4th Jul 2018 at 11:23 PM
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Not that sophisticated, or dangerous Mint liqueur - one with coconut cream and the other one with champagne But we will see what we can make with that whiskey for the next party!
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#343
5th Jul 2018 at 4:35 PM
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Round 2 (very late) - Play-along - The Beakers
Nervous is going up in the world! Circe promises he'll never have to live in a dungeon again!This is his new room!
This is also the house that the Council allocated to the Beakers. They feel it's not quite what they're used to, but it seems to have been previously occupied by someone else of a scientific bent. Loki and Circe decided to make minimal changes to the exterior.
They put a security fence round the building and rationalised the number of doors and windows. They also removed the external stairs to the roof. They don't want intruders nosing around.
Aerial view of property
Loki is convinced that the odd arrangement of paths in the yard is a diagram for a printed circuit for something. Trouble is he doesn't know what. Anyway he's keeping the paths that way until he works out what it is and builds it. As you can see, most people just ignore the paths and walk straight across the yard to the gate.
Internally they completely remodelled the house. They could make no sense of the original room layout. As you go in, you enter a large open plan living area, which includes cooking facilities. Beside the front door is a small bathroom which is available for guests' use. A door to the left gives access the Beakers' private quarters. As well as their bedroom and private bathroom, there is a large laboratory, with small high-up windows to discourage prying eyes. The internal stairs have been moved slightly to allow a roof to be built over them. While still not exactly weatherproof, at least the rain won't come straight in. (I believe it does occasionally rain on the New Simexico desert. )
Nervous's room is small and basic but contains all he needs. On the next platform below there is an old fridge so Nervous won't have to come down and bother Circe and Loki in the main house. If he's good, they might give him a grill too. And maybe even a chair. Nervous is very kindly helping Loki and Circe to investigate the effects on the body of living at an elevated altitude.
As the house has previously been lived in for some time, as a result of depreciation, the budget was reduced from §80,000 to §72,286 (with §73,000 as an absolute maximum). Careful control of costs has enabled the Beakers to keep within the lower figure.
Living Area 1 Nervous needed two attempts to make a TV dinner. Circe would rather talk in the phone to her townie friend than watch Nervous eating!
Living Area 2 Later in the day. Loki is talking to Nervous's mum, Olive Specter.
Guest Bathroom Nervous uses it to wash his hands while Loki comes out of the lab to make himself a cup of coffee.
The Lab Loki is making medicine.
Another view of the lab
Beakers' Private Bathroom Circe is washing her hands
Master Bedroom Circe and Loki relax together after a hard day.
Nervous's High Level Room Of lightweight Aluminium construction and supported by two sturdy pillars, Nervous should be safe up here. Circe and Loki have given him nice big windows all round so he can enjoy the views over the desert.
In the evening Nervous invited his mum round to let her see his new room.
On the next landing down from his room, Olive enjoyed a bag of chilled cookies from the old fridge that Circe kindly provided for Nervous.
Finally a view of the whole property from the rear by night.
#344
5th Jul 2018 at 8:31 PM
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Nice job, @AndrewGloria I am glad to see it up, because I know the building company belongs to Andrew and Julian - and since Andrew seemed a bit plastered to me, I was worried that the project would not have been completed in time.
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#345
5th Jul 2018 at 10:17 PM
@AndrewGloria I really love Nervous' elevated room, and I especially love that you managed to reconcile him with Olive.
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#346
5th Jul 2018 at 11:26 PM
Sorry that scores will be some days, I am still quite sick. :/
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#347
6th Jul 2018 at 7:29 PM
Noooo! I hope you feel better soon, @joandsarah77 !
I'll be offline for a couple of weeks whilst I go spelunking in Burkina Faso. Looking forward to seeing some more pictures when I get back!
Take care, Jo.
I'll be offline for a couple of weeks whilst I go spelunking in Burkina Faso. Looking forward to seeing some more pictures when I get back!
Take care, Jo.
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#348
6th Jul 2018 at 9:05 PM
Have fun spelunking @simsample that's an exciting vacay!
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#349
6th Jul 2018 at 9:14 PM
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Hope you recover quickly, jo!
I'm having a hard figuring out what to do with this round.
I'm having a hard figuring out what to do with this round.
#350
6th Jul 2018 at 9:46 PM
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Round 3: 1 Tesla Court--Curious
This scientific family consists of three adult brothers; Pascal, Vidcund and Lazlo.Requirements:Each brother should have his own bedroom with a nursery ready for Pascal's coming alien baby.�*
Bio's:No matter what happens, Pascal believes there is a logical explanation for everything. In his free time, he practices home psychoanalysis and collects conspiracy theories.
Serious and exact, Vidcund strives to fit the universe into a nice tidy package. He has an unnatural fondness for African violets.
Not as studious as his older brothers, Lazlo got his degree in Phrenology. He likes to call phone psychics and spends hours trying to bend forks with his mind.
The exterior is Streamline Moderne. The interior is...sort of Googie-ish? I'm not really sure what it is, but I kinda like the way it came out.
Top View
2nd Floor
1st Floor
Foundation
Lot Price: I brought this one in for way under budget!
Living Room: The first floor is pretty much open plan, but with glass block half walls dividing the major areas.
Office / Study: Will probably become the homeschool room once Pascal's child is old enough.
Kitchen:
Dining Area: i was going for an Eames-esque look with the multicolored chairs
Playpen Area: All ready for the arrival of Pascal's little bundle of Alien joy
Vidcund's Room: Note all the African violets on that shelf! The rest of the room is also in a matching shade of violet.
Lazlo's Room: Had a hard time getting a good pic of the whole room, so went with an "artistic" reflection shot to show the bed. Also, he couldn't find any phrenology paraphenalia...so he got a poster of Albert Einstein...
Pascal's Room: Another "artistic" reflection shot. Note the cork board by the desk where he can keep track of evidence for all those conspiracy theories.
Nursery Area: Adjoins Pascal's room, and is all set up for baby. It's hard to see in the top-down shot (which was the only way I could get the entire room), but there's a little USS Enterprise mobile over the crib.
Upper Terrace: Come on, you KNOW those boys all blow bubbles!
Observation Area: Because apparently, the Curious boys don't know when to leave well enough alone...
Patio:
Pond: The natural habitat of Phoenicopteris ruber plasticus
Flamingo Garden: I'm pretty sure the flamingos were all Lazlo's idea.
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