Grunewald Estate: Home of the Ravelos

Hey, all you crazy Simmers. Sorry I’ve been away for so long. My brain was crunching away on what to do about those darned Ravelos. But I’m back on track now, and happy to report that I’ve transported them safely to Shady Bluff, so hopefully no more crashing problems. *crosses fingers, toes, and eyeballs*

Here’s what I did, if you’re interested in the details: I moved the Ravelos out of Grunewald Estate and onto an empty lot. I packaged up that lot and installed it on my Shady Bluff account. I did the same with the Grunewald lot, now devoid of the family and whatever custom content might have been making it crash. Of course, story-wise, the Ravelos are still in Weatherby, so I’ll have to ask you guys to just pretend they’re not in Shady Bluff yet. That’s right. These aren’t the droids you’re looking for.

In the meantime, I had to refurnish Grunewald since I’m still using it for Ravelo pictures. So I figured I might as well fill it with mostly Maxis content and put it up for download! This offering comes with a warning, however: Grunewald was crashing when it was in Weatherby, but I’m pretty sure that was either because of the Ravelos being buggy or some conflict with custom content on the lot. It’s clean now, so it should be fine, but I just wanted you to know. Please do let me know if you have any problems with it.

There are three windows from MTS2 that I used, but otherwise everything is Maxis content. The windows are NOT included in the file so you will have to download them separately. I’ve listed the links at the end of this post.

I took a ton of pictures, so you can think of this as a little tour as well. Aaaand…we’re off!

Grunewald

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Belated Answers

Hey guys! I’m posting my reply to the last update’s comments here since I’m so late with them. Sorry about that. I had a crazy-busy week.

By the way, I have the pics for the next Burr update all ready to go but haven’t had a chance to write it up yet. Hopefully tonight or tomorrow will work out for that.

furryisdax, Aya, and Sara D., welcome!

And thank you to everyone for the great feedback. I’m glad you’re enjoying my Burr commentary!

To answer a few questions:

Kay – The record player behind G’pa Farley in that last pic is from The Sims Resource. It is part of Cashcraft’s Victorian sets (probably the living room set?) and is actually a radio. The record player and the table beneath it are all one piece.

Willow – That little building in the back left corner of the lot is just a little storage shed. Right now it holds Azalea’s bed and the ceiling tile controller. Nothing ominous…yet!

sgx1018 – Actually, Dinglehopper is a small breed, too! He just looks big and brutish. :) I have no idea if large and small breeds can produce puppies. And the Burrs’ lot is a 5X5 (I didn’t do the Xtreme Start this time).

Kara – I downloaded the corgi from Sims 2 Exchange (Leslie chose her for the Burrs). I know nothing about corgis, but this dog is pretty darned cute.

liz – Hm, I don’t remember the rules saying we could change impossible Lifetime Wants if they’re just too impossible, but I’ll have to check that out!

Thanks again, and see you guys soon!

Autumn with the Ravelos

Hey everyone! I hate to start this way every time, but…remember me? You might not recognize me now that I’ve aged a bit, but I’m Tennyson Ravelo, the fourth generation heir to the Ravelo Legacy (man, I love the sound of that…it’s good to be the king! I mean, uh, heir).

Ravelo Family

Anyway, I wanted to tell you all about the highly interesting day I had today, but I think I need to back up a bit first — you know, reacquaint you with my family and stuff.

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