Saturday, 11 September 2010

Game For A Little Picture Spam?

These be pics from my legacy game, but I'm not about to give anyfink away story-wise. Instead, this is about the new legacy house.



Now I'm not really one for building; every so often in my legacy circumstance will require a house, but generally I wont bother. I'm not very good at it :P

This house though I'm quite proud of. I think the shiny graphics help ;D



It's not fully finished because, as is custom for my legacy, my Sims never have quite enough money to get anything done. It's a work in progress yanno.



We're gonna start the tour with the backdoor because it's one of the aspects that took the most work. Can you tell why? This house is on a foundation, but the door isn't... *SHOCK HORROR*



I miss split levels- they were like my favourite aspect of building in Sims 2 cause I like my weird up and down houses. It sucks that we don't have that option in Sims 3, but with a little cheating it does become possible.



The back door of the building leads to a small foyer, and then sliding glass doors take you into the main portion of the house.



There's also a side door in the foyer that leads down to the basement.



Round to the front of the house now and this is the main hallway which I rather likes.



Mm, like I said- work in progress. This house will really come into its own with some nice clutter methinks.



This is the, I don't know, chillax room and the end of the hallway.



It overlooks the swimming pool, which is my favourite room in the house.



Nice seating area to have a glass of rosé and toffee waffle in... ;)



This bit is kind of incomplete. Y'see, the reason I've been after the Asian Fusion set from The Store recently is because I want the bamboo plant to fit in this window section, but I'm not buying 1000 Simpoints to get something for 25 : /

Edit- thanks very much Bitten for the giftage ^_^ Loves you too, and I haven't forgotten about that surprise I mentioned ;)



This is another part of the build that took a bit of time cause, as you can see, there's a foundation around the pool but not at the end where the windows are.

I loves the constrainfloorelevation cheat- it makes me warm.



On to the kitchen now- a nice clean space with one of RD's murals to brighten up the room.



And of course there's a marvellous view of the pool on the one side (and some fruit for your five a day).



Utility room, also in need of clutter. I need more paintings too- I'm sadly lacking.



Formal dining room with plenty of seating for future generations.



And again some more of RD's pretty murals.



I love this room ^_^ It's the guest bathroom.






And this here is the main bathroom.






Upstairs bathroom number one.



And the other one. With eight Sims currently living in the household I need this, though to be honest the Sims get so glitchy and stuck I just tend to drag their needs up >: /



The only mostly decorated bedroom- Cassidy's room.






And its adjacent living area.


That about concludes the tour! There's a bunch more rooms but as I said they're not finished, boo. Still, it'll give my Sims something to do over the next eight generations.



Now, you may think there was a point to me showing you all this, like maybe I'm putting the house up for download or summink? Well no, you're wrong, you can't have it, it's MINE.

I've used a bunch of store content as well as tonnes of custom, and I really can't be arsed making a massive list of it all so people can enjoy the house properly. Howevers, if you don't care about that and you just want the shell of it to decorate yourself then I can do that, though there are a good few store windows and one set is custom.



Something you can have though is this...



Mort Moissoneuse and Wolfie Schneider are yours to enjoy forevar.
Be good to them (well, to Mort at least).


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Thursday, 9 September 2010

SQUID ON YOUR HEAD! SQUID ON YOUR HEAD!

My mistake, it's just a new EA hair...


I'm fully expecting this look to be hitting the catwalks of Milan any day now.

Seeing Green


Hello children. Today I bring you EA's lessons on custom content making or, as they call it- content.

This collection of goodies looks nice enough doesn't it? No wonky meshes or monster-making errors that I can see. Ah, but there is just one problem...

It isn't fucking fully CASTable!



Can you believe that in this day and age of Sims 3, EA would release items that aren't even completely CASTable? Well, actually you probably can...

This is taking the piss a bit though because all these items are from The Store, so people are paying money for this crap. What's more, I think the creators have a personal vendetta against me...

You know what I hate? The colour green. I fucking hate it. You know what the main unchangeable element of these items is? THE COLOUR GREEN. It's a conspiracy I tell you >: (



On this light you can change the colour of the moon but not the stars and the little fairy gal. WHY? Seriously, why? What half-arsed moron decided to work on making part of the content decent, and then just thought 'fuck it, no one will care if it isn't completed properly!'



The real shame of it all though is this gorgeous light fixture from the Haute Hip set, which I spent my hard-earned (lol) Simpoints on. It's fully castable, except for the fucking green bit!

I realise that, for most of you, the odd unchangeable part wont make much of a difference, but for me it means there's a whole load of items that I can no longer use, cause I can't make them all matchy-matchy with everything else. I'm only glad that all the store content I have is giftage, otherwise I'd be even more annoyed.

But you know what, that's not even the fucking point. What did it say on the box for The Sims 3? 'Customise Everything'.

'Customise EVERYTHING'.

Oh, but then we bought the game and found out that actually that wasn't true, because you couldn't CAST fences or stairs or railings or gates. Nice. Now with this store item issue it's just another example of them saying one thing and doing another, and it's nothing new I know but it doesn't make it any less irritating.

A lot of people are paying money for store items, so if they're not fully CASTable it should fucking well say so in the description.



Oh, and on another subject that's only half related- what the fuck is this all about? How can EA charge for this?! Maybe I'm just crazy, but all the towels in my house aren't made out of fucking alluminum. I guess EA must be really hot for that static shock feeling.


So yeah. If you too are hacked off by the lack of CAST I'd stay away from the Castle Interior set cause that's the main culprit :/



In other set news... I really want the BahHaus one, so much so that I've even been toying with the idea of buying Simpoints just to get it (crazy I know). Howevers, it'd cost me £14 to buy the Simpoints to get it, and it's just not worth it.

I realise you can get it from MATY, but I had a look around on there and it didn't pan out- links not working and the like. So, if any of you have a reputable source, or if you'd just like to email me a copy of the file (and Asian Fusion if poss), I'd very much appreciate it. *bats eyelashes* :)


Also, I'm leaning towards buying High End Loft Stuffs, but I'm unsure. For Sims 2 me and a friend used to just buy half of the expansion and stuff packs each and trade over, but his lack of computer leaves him Simless and me on my own :( Is HELS worth the eight English pounds it would cost me?

Thanks to all. Ta-rah!

Wednesday, 8 September 2010

Is It Just Me...

...or is Late Night actually looking pretty AWESOME?


I've pre-ordered already >_<

Sunday, 5 September 2010

AIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!


I've been kidnapped, I've got insane hair and weird ears, and I'm being first-named all over the place.
Explain yourselves Mares!


On the plus side though, JD- wheeeeee.

But I doubt I'll get a nice ice and a slice on that island...

Friday, 3 September 2010

Romantic Interlude




Hurray- sushi! Just what a kitten needs.


Yeah... this is not exactly what I had in mind...


Still, I guess it's naice to take a break from our legacies and that.


Exactly. Thanks for inviting me to dinner Fury.


No problem Kitty... now, get back in the cupboard.





N.b.- All of this will make absolutely no sense if you're a stranger to The Heart Legacy forum thread... Never mind eh!