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24th Mar 2006 at 11:50 PM
Last edited by MaryLou & Numenor : 6th Feb 2007 at
11:01 AM.
Reason: Updated "StripedWood" Recolours
Counters, Islands, Recolours, Floors, GlobalMod
"CounterCulture" Modular Kitchen Set
by MaryLou & Numenor
*** COUNTERS, ISLAND, RECOLOURS, "GLOBAL MOD" ***
(The attachments are located at the end of
Post #1)
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NEWS AND UPDATES
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06 FEB 2007 - UPDATED: "Sun" Recolour. Now the Sun recolour is available for the trash compactor and the dishwasher, too. The added recolour packages are included in the file "CounterCultureSet_Recolors.rar", downloadable from
Post #1
06 NOV 2006 - UPDATED: "StripedWood" Recolours. Both the Horizontal and the Vertical "StripedWood" recolours have an improved texture that give a more natural look to your CounterCulture counters and Islands. Also, the "dirty" texture has been fixed in both recolours.
The updated recolours are included in the file "CounterCultureSet_Recolors.rar", downloadable from
Post #1
28 OCT 2006 - UPDATED: Global Mod (read info below)
20 OCT 2006 - HUGE UPDATE! 
- UPDATED - Counters and Islands, all of them: PLEASE REDOWNLOAD. All the UV-maps (and therefore, the exterior look) have been improved; also a bug that prevented the sims to prepare meals on some islands has been corrected.
- ADDED - Recolours: Sun (for top and finish), StripedWood-Vertical and StripedWood-Horizontal (for top only)
- ADDED - Floor: Wood-Sycamorepearl
- ADDED - Global Mod to fix the appearance of the Maxis CounterCulture counter
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NOTES AND LINKS
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If you like the "CounterCulture" Modular set, you may be interested also in the
"CHEZ MOI" Modular set and the
"WAY COOLINARY" Modular set

If you want the "
usable corners" feature also on MAXIS counters, go download
The SEP (Slot Enable Package)
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DESCRIPTION AND INFO
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COUNTERS AND ISLANDS
Look at the examples in the screenshots, in order to have an idea about how to use the various kitchen modules. The most versatile pieces of furniture are doubtless the
Connecting Elements: they allow you to join counters and islands having different sizes; and they can also be used alone, so to give a "wavy" shape to a line of counters.
Please note that
all our islands are capable of forming corners, but this feature is available only to NL or OFB users: the base game and UNI don't include this feature.
All our islands and counters (even the ethereal "Island Top"!) allow the sims to prepare meals on them, and get dirty (like all the other counters

).
All the island corner are usable by the sims: you can put an espresso machine, a mixer, a telephone or whatever on the corner counter (or corner island), and the sims can correctly interact with the objects.
The archive
CounterCultureSet_Counters+Islands.rar contains the No-Trim counters (with drawers and doors), the Island Connections (left and right), the "Slim" Island and the "Top" Islands (Standard, Slim and Connection Left/Right)
RECOLOURS
As explained in Post #1, all our counters and the islands
borrow the textures from the original Maxis "CounterCulture" counter: therefore, if you want to recolour our set, just create a recolour for the Maxis counter. On the other hand, every recolour for the Maxis counter that you may already have in your Downloads will be automatically available for the whole "CounterCulture" set.
The Recolours we provide will therefore apply to the whole set, as well as the Maxis CounterCulture items. Our recolours will apply also to the appliances, including the Trash compactor and Dishwasher.
In the archive "CounterCultureSet_Recolors.rar" you will find the recolour "Sun" (for the top and the finish), and the two recolours "StripedWood Vertical/Horizontal" (top only).
COORDINATED FLOORS
That lovely shade of sycamore wood you used for your counters don't match with Maxis floors? No problem! We provide many coordinated floors to solve any matching problem! There are wooden floors in the same tints as the counter finishes, and also marble floors to match the counter tops.
The archive "CounterCultureSet_Floors.rar" contains all the 10 (ten!) coordinated floors, including the new Wood-Sycamorepearl.
THE "GLOBAL MOD"
As long as you use uniform colours, the Maxis counters look quite fine, but as soon as you apply a pattern recolour on the top, you'll see awful seams between adjacent counters, in the corners, in the trims...
Our counters and Islands are way better then the original Maxis ones, and therefore, if you want to mix them with Maxis counters, the result would be ugly to see.
The provided "Global Mod" is a FIX for the
Maxis counters and island, that will make them look much better, and will allow seamless connections with the entire CCulture Set.
The updated version of the Global Mod will also hide the metal sides of the large appliances even if you mount them under
Maxis counters.
Installing the "Global Mod" is optional, of course; but if you choose to do so, your kitchen will look much better

The "Global Mod" can be found in the archive "CounterCultureSet_GLOBAL-MOD.rar", attached to Post #1
If you need to contact us, PM directly to "Numenor"
or "MaryLou".