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Empty 2 x N Base Game lots (Residential)

by plasticbox Posted 23rd Sep 2007 at 4:58 PM

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Picked Upload! This is a picked upload! It showcases some of the best talent and creativity available on MTS and in the community.

For everyone who always wanted to build nice little houses for/with just the base game, here's a few templates for you to work with.

They are available in two directions, North and South, in case anyone else cares about consistent lighting -- in the "South" ones, the sun comes from the back left corner of the lot, in the "North" ones from front right. These are the two directions that allow for 90° rotated driveways. Note that the direction of the sun in neighbourhood view is 180° from that in lot view .. this is an old maxis bug, I can't do anything about that.

Playtested for missing portals etc, everything worked fine. These are based on the 2x1 lot available in the LotExpander thread, and on the 2x2 lot by Numenor that comes with the BaseGameStarter.

For other sizes, namely 1xN and Nx1, see here (Mini lots by MaryLou) and here (Lot Expander).

(Btw I have no idea why the North and South versions are so different in size, or why an empty lot has to have 700+k to begin with .. there's only empty walls on the lots, nothing else (I put them there so that you can see the size/sun direction at one glance).)

Lot Size: 2x2
Lot Price: N/A

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Filename - Tip: You can click the magnifying glass to see the archive contents	Size	Downloads	Date
RL_2xN_North.zip Size: 3.64 MB · Downloads: 4,786 · 23rd Sep 2007	3.64 MB	4,786	23rd Sep 2007
RL_2xN_South.zip Size: 1.52 MB · Downloads: 5,097 · 23rd Sep 2007	1.52 MB	5,097	23rd Sep 2007

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17 Comments / Replies (Who?) - 13 Feedback Posts, 3 Thanks Posts
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jonesy33

Lab Assistant

23rd Sep 2007 at 8:53 PM

this is really cool of you to do this. I've got all the EPs and stuff but i'm glad to know if i ever get fed up w/ them lol I'll have this here!!

Brilliant job!

~Ashley~

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eedgan

Forum Resident

23rd Sep 2007 at 10:00 PM

Very handy...so can we expect more cute little starters on these lots soon? Wink, wink, nudge, nudge...

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plasticbox

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Original Poster

23rd Sep 2007 at 10:29 PM

Eh, at my current pace, "soon" would be sometime in 2013 .. but yes, that's what I made those templates for =).

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poplers

Instructor

24th Sep 2007 at 12:35 AM

So when I package them, they will only require basegame? O.o

Thanks Pb, even if I don't understand this concept. :p

plasticbox

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Original Poster

24th Sep 2007 at 1:08 AM

poplers, it depends on what game you're using (see here). The point of this upload is simply to make 2xN available for the base game, it has nothing to do with how you package your lots.

I recommend the BaseGameStarter, if your goal is maximum compatibility. See link in OP.

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poplers

Instructor

24th Sep 2007 at 3:18 AM

Oh, okay, gotcha, thanks again plasticbox.

hexameter

Forum Resident

24th Sep 2007 at 3:33 AM

That's a great addition to all the other versions of the small lots and for sure I will use these as I already used the other ones. Thank you!
hexameter

m618915

Test Subject

24th Sep 2007 at 6:23 AM

Thanks for sharing, can you please make Community lot versions too

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The Tommynator

Test Subject

#10

24th Sep 2007 at 5:36 PM

Congrats on your 200th upload.

And thanks for these...

that1chica

Lab Assistant

#11

26th Sep 2007 at 11:54 PM

You are pretty much amazing. I have most, if not all, of your houses.

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They've been looking around a lot, searching for you,
They've been looking for you,
Even though I told them not to.

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twink

Test Subject

#12

27th Sep 2007 at 12:28 AM

Am I understanding that these are able to use the "move objects on" driveways...

Thanks,
Twink

Stressed is desserts spelled backwards...

Mootilda

Site Helper

#13

28th Sep 2007 at 7:16 PM

I'm confused. You say:

Quote:

In the "South" ones, the sun comes from the back left corner of the lot, in the "North" ones from front right

If I'm reading this correctly, the suns shines on the front of the house in the North-facing lots and on the back of the house in the South-facing lots. Is that correct?

plasticbox

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Original Poster

#14

28th Sep 2007 at 9:48 PM

Yes. If you are in lot view (inside the lot), then that's correct. In hood view it's the other way around. Maxis bork, as you probably know?

But please don't waste any brain cells on my naming scheme =) -- I only needed something to tell them apart *some*how; in my own game most of them are still R and W I think (as in RL 2x1 and Wright Way, the original household names) .. I just thought the broad public might prefer something slightly less obscure.

Oh and

twink,

Yes. If what you mean is sideways driveways. You can place driveways with 'moveobjects on' on any lot, no matter which direction.

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