Category Archives: The Sims 3

My Daycare Needs a Name

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Hey all! I’ve been away awhile, mostly playing the Dragon Age games (and falling in love with Alistair, my new pretend boyfriend), but that addiction has run its course, and I’m back in Simland. It’s funny how, no matter what crazy train tracks I may end up racing down, it seems I always return to the Sims. Unfortunately the game still crashes and freezes on me from time to time, even when I remove all of my CC, so it takes me forever to get anything done. But enough whining — Generations is here!

One of the first things I want to try in Generations is the new daycare profession. It sounds like it’d be challenging and also allow me to explore the all the cool new stuff for kids. Last night I built and decorated most of the house, but I was falling asleep at my keyboard before I could finish, so gameplay will have to wait until tonight! Here are some preview pics of the interior of the house:

Godfrey Daycare

I used the Butterfly Room at Sunnyside Daycare in Toy Story 3 as my inspiration for the playroom, as far as colors go.
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The Winter of Our Discontent

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Hey, all! I’m still alive and Simming — I’m just in a tangle of frustration at the moment. For one, I haven’t had as much time to play over the last few weeks, so development on Ely Corners has ground to a proverbial halt. Not to mention it crashed on me the last few times I played, which I suspect was caused by graphics issues/too much CC/probable lag from running Twallan’s Story Progression and other mods. But I don’t want to have to cull a bunch of the custom content that I use in Ely Corners or get rid of Twallan’s mods, so I’m pondering upgrading my system or getting a new one. Of course, either one of those will require a hefty bag of Simoleons. Where’s a money tree when you need one?
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Wilshaw County Town Hall and Old Ely

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Thanks to all who voted in the Pub Name Poll! The winning name was “The Cornerstone”, suggested by Lilymayrose. I think it’s a very fitting moniker for the place!

Now for the second community lot in town — the town hall/police station. I hadn’t planned on building one originally (at least not for awhile), but I wanted to use certain aspects of Twallan’s Register and Careers mods, so I had to bust my “no rabbithole” rule and put at least a City Hall rabbithole rug somewhere in town.

Ely Corners
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Pub Name Poll

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OK, I’m trying something new here — a poll! Listed below are three suggestions (from Lilymayrose, Kim, and Kay respectively) of what to call the pub in Ely Corners. If you feel like it, vote for your favorite. I’ll close the poll before my next blog post, which will probably be this weekend.

 

And because pics are a good thing, here’s a gratuitous one of Spencer:

Ely Corners

Feel free to make up your own caption/text for his thought bubble…