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Wattawatta Pond: Roomy Island Starter Home w/ SWIMMABLE LAKE

by Ellatrue Posted 23rd Feb 2007 at 6:19 AM - Updated 26th Feb 2007 at 11:45 PM by Ellatrue
 
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lethorian91
Test Subject
#2 Old 23rd Feb 2007 at 10:48 AM
Absolutly Amazing.
One of the best houses I've ever seen.
Please continue making this type
DWBH
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beebi
Field Researcher
#3 Old 23rd Feb 2007 at 1:10 PM
ahh i love this house soo much!
you're all a bunch of nerds like me <3
kadoatiness
Test Subject
#4 Old 23rd Feb 2007 at 1:27 PM
Wow, this is brilliant. i love it. Thanks
rubytuesday
Forum Resident
#5 Old 23rd Feb 2007 at 1:48 PM
Great job!! This is a perfect little house!!!
szacsi
Lab Assistant
#6 Old 23rd Feb 2007 at 3:06 PM
This is really unique and cool. I'm always looking for nice base game houses.
Kaikou
Field Researcher
#7 Old 23rd Feb 2007 at 3:40 PM
Hey that's pretty cool. Nice!
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AmandaPanda1988
Forum Resident
#8 Old 23rd Feb 2007 at 6:42 PM
I love it!! Its very cute and looks like a lot of fun.
patul
Mad Poster
#9 Old 23rd Feb 2007 at 9:43 PM
Great job ellatrue !
Clever use of the swimable lake; Thank you
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foryoubabyblue
Test Subject
#10 Old 23rd Feb 2007 at 10:00 PM
So cute, and I like that it's meant to expand.
Tiger Lily
Field Researcher
#11 Old 23rd Feb 2007 at 10:06 PM
This is fantastic!! It is very hard to find nice houses built without any EP and this one is amazing! My sims even get to swim in the pond!
Thank you, thank you so much!! You made me a happy camper!!
TheFreer
Lab Assistant
#12 Old 24th Feb 2007 at 9:43 AM
Ah, excellent, I've been wanting a nice stilt house
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brandi266
Test Subject
#13 Old 26th Feb 2007 at 4:54 AM
i love the house please make more i dont have any eps moms to cheap lol so this house is grrrrreeeeeeaaaaaaattttttttttttttttttttttttttt..................
TheSims2freak
Lab Assistant
#14 Old 3rd Mar 2007 at 8:14 PM
Just a clarification on Seasons:

This house works perfectly in Seasons. You can fish in the pond and it freezes over in winter. It keeps the weather out.

Thanks Ella!
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Emø••Fairy
Test Subject
#15 Old 20th Mar 2007 at 7:39 PM
Hey this is great do you take requests?
Isn't it funny how you always make fun of that one emo girl because she's different and then realize that you're the reason that she cries at night, and hides in the darkness?
I'm not laughing.
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omarawad
Test Subject
#16 Old 7th Apr 2007 at 10:45 AM
How do you make swimmable lakes?
Doggonesoccergul
Test Subject
#17 Old 9th Apr 2007 at 7:21 AM
I'm not so sure about the pond, I tryed to make one, and my sim ended up swimming everywhere instead of walking
dorkapalooza
Test Subject
#18 Old 9th May 2007 at 6:47 PM
Thanks this is great, I cant wait. I love small homes!

=) Sara
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LadyL
Test Subject
#19 Old 24th May 2007 at 7:47 PM
Thanks for such a beautiful creation! :-) I tried it out with just the base game and my sim couldn't use the diving board and she couldn't get out of the pond... she couldn't use the ladder on the deck to get out and she started swimming all oveer the place in the whole house etc....??? Is there something I'm doing wrong...? Thanks!
Ellatrue
Instructor
Original Poster
#20 Old 27th May 2007 at 5:20 PM
Did you move the ladder? And what do you mean by started swimming all over the whole house? Was she actually swimming, or was she just followed by animated waves and ripples? Because that can sometimes happen even with a regular pool.
LadyL
Test Subject
#21 Old 3rd Jun 2007 at 1:51 AM
No, I didn't move the ladder... Just clicked on it for her to try to get out but no options appeared... Let me re-download and re-try again! Thanks Again! Will get back asap!
Heytara
Test Subject
#22 Old 22nd Apr 2008 at 6:53 PM
I have installed this house on my computer, and I noticed a few problems with your house.

1. I had to move the ladder to get my sims able to get out of the pool.
2. When a sim was in the water and their carpool/bus arrived, they could not get out of the water and missed work/school. The game had to be restarted or in rare cases the sim was able to get out after the carpool/bus left.

Ultimately, I wound up taking the diving board and ladder off, and fencing the wholes in and using it as a secondary deck. For some reason the ladder keeps disapearing and turning into default stairs when I quit the game, but I think that's my computer o.O

Heytara
Ellatrue
Instructor
Original Poster
#23 Old 31st Jul 2008 at 11:01 PM
That's very strange. I've heard of it sometimes being difficult to convince the sim to get out of the pool properly with this and other swimmable lake methods, but usually it will work if you queue "go here" or some other action outside the pool. As far as the ladder disappearing, I have no idea what could be causing it. Perhaps a problem with a later expansion? Maybe you've corrupted the pool ladders somehow? You should check to see that this doesn't happen to the pool ladders in your other houses, first.

I suggest posting in the tutorial thread.
xXJacintaXx
Test Subject
#24 Old 2nd Nov 2008 at 10:13 PM
I have been having the same problem as Heytara, and have also found some fixes.

Moving the pool ladder to the side of the deck allows the sims to get out.
I tried the house on both Mac and Windows...
(I own both, and I was curious, felt like doing a expiriment)
The ladder leading up to the upper-level bedroom turns into Maxis stairs that go through the wall.
With windows, you don't get the stair glitch, and the sims get out of the pool easier.
Wow, that's weird huh? I'm pretty sure Tara was using mac, she has a few threads about it.
12gunner
Test Subject
#25 Old 13th Feb 2009 at 10:41 PM
best house ever!
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