Author Archives: Jen

Building Is Fun

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UPDATE: This house is available for download (now with a green door!) from Mod the Sims. However, some people are having issues with it being usable in game. I have a feeling it’s a lot placement issue (like we get in TS2 sometimes when the terrain isn’t uniform), but I don’t know for sure. Let me know if it works for you or not!

UPDATE #2: I think I’ve fixed the problem! The lot has been repackaged and re-uploaded to MTS, so if you were having issues and still want to use the house (heh), please re-download! And again, let me know if it’s still being stupid or you have any other issues.

So I took a break from gameplay to mess around with CAS and attempt to build a house. This time I used the “motherlode” cheat so that I could do whatever I wanted, and man, it was a blast.

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I worked on this house for about 6 hours, and I’m still not done with it! You’d think it wouldn’t take that long with just the base game items and no CC, but I’m still learning TS3, plus Create-A-Style is amazing and full of endless options. I’m sure I’ll get sick of the patterns at some point, but they’re still new right now. It’s overwhelming, really.

More pics and rambling after the jump…

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More Rosy and Riverview

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OK, the in-game camera works MUCH better than Snag-It. Hooray for that! Some of my pics are still dark, but that’s mainly because they were taken at night. The daytime pictures are much improved.

I’m also enjoying the game more, although the combination of the new Sims and the recycled Sims 2 animations is jarring at times, as if I were watching a scene-by-scene re-creation of my favorite movie starring a completely different cast. (Hey, like Gus Van Sant did with Psycho.)

Here are some more pics if you’re interested!

Last we left Rosy Curran, she was hitting it off with fellow Coffee Courier Don Lothario at the community garden in Riverview.

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They chatted about work and gardening and made silly faces at each other.

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First Impressions

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This will be brief because it’s late as heck, but I wanted to at least post a few pics of my experiences with The Sims 3 so far.

After downloading Riverview, I created Rosalia Curran, who ended up with the following traits: Angler, Green Thumb, Loves the Outdoors, Excitable, Friendly. Basically, someone who would enjoy exploring the town, making friends, gardening, and fishing. Her favorite food is a Fruit Parfait, her favorite music is Pop (where’s the Rawk, EA??), and her favorite color is Red.

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She’s also apparently a closet bookworm, but more on that later.

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The “Official” Release Is Almost Upon Us

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Totally cracking up over the emphasis on the word “official”. Hee!

Well, despite the negative reviews and my disgust over the Sims 3 Store, I find myself excited to try out the game on Tuesday. I just want to get my hands on it and see everything for myself. If all goes according to plan, I’ll pick up the game on Tuesday evening, install it, and give it a whirl. By Wednesday night I hope to post a few pics and general first impressions. Here are the things I want to do first:

  • Download Riverview
  • Explore the new options in Create-A-Sim
  • Create a Sim with the following traits: Angler, Green Thumb, Loves the Outdoors, Charismatic, Excitable
  • Turn aging off or way down (I want to take my time and not feel rushed)
  • Build a house for my Sim (can’t wait to play with the build and landscape options!)
  • Explore the town

How about you guys (if you haven’t already played the game)?

By the way, my Sims 3 Community Page is here:

http://www.thesims3.com/mypage/jenba72

See you on Wednesday!

I Haz a Sad

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And that sad is called The Sims 3 Store.

Plus the reviews from the people playing the pirated version of the game aren’t very promising.

However, I remain optimistic. There might be a fun game in there. I won’t pass judgement on that until I play it myself. But the store? Shame on you, EA. It’s obvious you withheld craploads of content from the game just so you could sell it for outrageous prices at your store. It’s nothing but pure greed. If you want to kill the love people have for this franchise, you’re going about it the right way.

*steps off of soapbox*

Introducing Good Maithferry

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I spent the better part of this past weekend creating Sims, building, and decorating. Super fun. I’m really going to miss custom content when The Sims 3 comes out.

Here’s a sneak preview of my next story project, a town called Good Maithferry. This tiny rural village almost became a ghost town after the local factory shut down, but a famous toymaker named Melvin Kirshaw is bringing it back to life.

I don’t have any pics of Melvin and his toy shop yet, but here’s one of the shabby old cottages in Good Maithferry. I’m not sure who’s going to live here yet, but I started decorating and couldn’t stop. :-p

Good Maithferry

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Trains and Stuff

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I really should be posting a Shmakova update, but I haven’t played them in weeks (even though I have something like 3 updates worth of pics), and I’ve been focusing all my creative energies on Gnomesby. RL is still kicking my patootie, so I’m just doing what I find the most fun.

As a side note, I was determined to finish the Shmakova legacy — just so I could say I’ve finished something besides the Shanleys, dangnabbit — but legacy play just isn’t doin’ it for me lately. Sorry, Joe! I’ll get back to you one of these days. Maybe.

One good thing about the Founders Challenge — it got me Simming again. It reminded me how much I like to build lots and create Sims and putz around landscaping a ‘hood. I’ve been having a grand old time. So I thought I’d share some more Gnomesby pics in lieu of a Shmakova update.

Speaking of ‘hood-scaping…I am in love with Criquette’s deco, and his latest set is no exception. It’s like having your own little hobby train set!

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