Look at what I made and om nom nom it! (Post your creations pt. 2)

[falln_angel]

I entered the cheat, held down those keys, and left clicked the icon for the type of roof I wanted. I let go of the keys, and drew the roof as it should be (can't draw whilst holding them down) It appears at it's normal slope.

I'm sure I'm probably missing something - I just don't know what?

Millie, it sounds to me like you're adding an extra step there. What you want to do is:
1) Add the roof
2) Enter the cheat (steps 1 and 2 can be done in either order)
3) While holding CTRL and ALT, click on the roof you want to raise/lower with the roofing tool (the one you use to place the roof in the first place)

I'm pretty sure you need to use the regular, non-individual roofslopeangle cheat if you want new roofs to be a different height. But you need to use the individual one if you want a variety of heights on one building.

Also, this cheat came with one of the mid-late EP's, so if you only have the first few it won't work. And I'm pretty sure it doesn't work at all on some of the roofs.

[Zazazu]

It doesn't work on the mansard ones, or the domes/spires. Very annoying, but you can work around the mansard problem by making a faux one with the half-mansard and copious tweaking between the floor constraints cheat and roof angle cheat.

[Millie]

Heh. Got it. Thanks folks 

I have brainache, and a new admiration for skilled lot builders, that's for sure. I have been sat here for HOURS building this lot, and it is nowhere near finished!

I need to go download shopping for more bits tomorrow, but for tonight, I'm going to call it quits.

Tomorrow, interior. Including split level staircase  Should be fun 

Bugger. edited to add, I love that sim - is the facial hair an extra, or does it come on the skin already?

[pixelated]

Missbonbon, sorry to say, but... I can't see the resemblance at all on your sim. It looks like facial template #1 with the Chaz skin on it. :S Chaz's version isn't that good either, but I think he nailed the area around the eyes at least. The chin is way too big, though.

[Missbonbon]

Nah don't be sorry..... any ideas on what to fix though? 



any better?

[deelink]

Soulpatrol = Those murals look so good! thank you~  I will nab tonight! awesome

[FilthyPriest]

Here's my hand house building. Its not great, but you can be the judge.


The front

The back
http://www.mediafire.com/?w5mmzoylda5

[calalily]

That's nice - but huge - I just don't think I could play that with the lag.  Particularly since I have the nvidia issue, so the sea would look like crap after I turned off shaders.

[FilthyPriest]

That's nice - but huge - I just don't think I could play that with the lag.  Particularly since I have the nvidia issue, so the sea would look like crap after I turned off shaders.

Yeah the same for me. nvidia.. No shading ether but i  ctrl-alt del enough processes to be under 300M.

[Viking Marta]

That beach house would be really great! for whoever could play it....me is not one of them   But you could try posting two different versions?  Because that would be a neat lot to have for those who could play it.


As for the Bale sim, it's kind of hard (for me) to say without knowing what reference photos you're using, but just looking at it and googling extra-large images, I kinda want to say he eyes are a bit too wide/big.  The nose might need to be wider generally...and then thin down the tip, because it seems to me it might be a bit too narrow?  And I think the tip is high, comparitively.  The jaw doesn't seem...'defined'...enough for me, if you know what I mean.  Then again, I am looking at photos with studio lighting and all that.  I hope I helped...believe it or not, I'm really trying not to be obnoxious.

I'm naturally a too nice person, but have pretty thick skin...but recently someone on the BBS really went off because they took it too personally when they weren't even involved...they really seemed offended, and I thought...maybe they have a point, so I apologized.  then they replace the post with a smiley and a quote of the original.  I have no idea what I did wrong in that conversation, but I really have worrying over it....seriously...I should know better by now...I wouldn't mind if I didn't think I'd really screwed up (that's what's bothering, not their response...just a jerk orginially...but whether or not I did something stupid.     No need to read that

[cookiepirate]

Here's my latest house:




More pictures are here.

It's on a 2x2 lot and has some custom content (wallpapers, floors, outside stuff), but no furnishings on the inside because I wasn't sure which was best, totally decorated or just the basics (more a DIY).

I also used the floor elevation code for the basement garage and individual roof code.

You can download here.

[Missbonbon]

That beach house would be really great! for whoever could play it....me is not one of them   But you could try posting two different versions?  Because that would be a neat lot to have for those who could play it.


As for the Bale sim, it's kind of hard (for me) to say without knowing what reference photos you're using, but just looking at it and googling extra-large images, I kinda want to say he eyes are a bit too wide/big.  The nose might need to be wider generally...and then thin down the tip, because it seems to me it might be a bit too narrow?  And I think the tip is high, comparitively.  The jaw doesn't seem...'defined'...enough for me, if you know what I mean.  Then again, I am looking at photos with studio lighting and all that.  I hope I helped...believe it or not, I'm really trying not to be obnoxious.

Thanks for the input

Yeah he has a very weird head to sim.... so i was using a couple different photos of him actually.... which is probably why he doesn't look like him.... or my lack of talent

http://www.christianbale.com.ar/pictures/christian-bale.jpg
http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/MMPH/264298~Christian-Bale-Posters.jpg
http://images.askmen.com/specials/2007_top_49/men/christian_bale.jpg
http://www.contactmusic.com/pics/m/showest_140308/christian_bale_1790207.jpg

Those are the pictures I am using.... Right now I'm trying to actually edit the skintone a bit, because see how Christian Bale has the most unique nose in the universe? Now see in the first picture how the tip of his nose is? Well unless you look really closely at the nose you can't tell.... but Chaz actually put the tip of the nose just a tad to far down so I'm trying to figure out how to move it up/shade in the nose better...... And I know Christian Bale doesn't have freckles but I was wondering if there are any light freckles out there so I can get the skin effect like in the first picture?

and if anyone has any suggestions on a better hair as well.... The only color I can find remotely close to his is Roan's dark brown..... and that's all on long hair that's styled nothing like his 

[Theria]

Wow, thanks guys! After the day from hell at work that I had (hey, it's not every day that you tell your boss that you're about ready to walk out), that definitely made my night! Y'all are great for the ego. On the upside, I now have my two days off, so I should be able to finish up and properly play-test the house, before possibly releasing it to the public. As to where to do that, I'm at a loss. MTS2 crossed my mind, but damn, most of the houses I've seen there are far better than mine (especially with the landscaping, which I've learned is not my strong suit).

But for now, I can haz slide-show! The full 11 Chinook Drive (minus the smell of warm chocolate chip cookies and apple pie) :
http://s308.photobucket.com/albums/kk330/Miss_Ria/?action=view&current=d638895f.pbw

I re-did the walls throughout, changing them instead to a rather nice blue, chose a new rug, did a different kitchen floor, and finished the upstairs, which is now complete with a master suite, and en suite bath, two guest rooms (or kids rooms, for a family), and a public-y bath. Shots of all included.

I do, however, have a few questions. I did use some CC in the house, 5 altogether that I can count and all from MTS2. They're somewhat focal points to the house, such as the fireplace, walls, and shrubs outside. Is that a deterrent to people when it comes to downloading or does it not matter, so long as it includes a shopping list? I put together a quick non-CC version of it as well, but it doesn't seem to have that same feel to it that I like about the CC'ed interior. As well, it's a 2x3 lot, and comes in at a whopping $85, 434. Too expensive? I wanted it to screamwhisper a quiet elegance, but as I have never downloaded a house and build my own boxes, I haven't a clue.

I think I found my new love/obsession. I can barely recolour, can't mesh worth a shit...but I did learn earlier today that I rock at muttering, "Oh, go get fucked up the ass. Lube optional," to my boss as I walk by. He must've thought I said something nice, because he gave me the double thumbs up and called me a rockstar. Heh.

Damned Firefox. "Colour" is correctly spelled!

[TapThatBooty]

Here's my latest house:




More pictures are here.

It's on a 2x2 lot and has some custom content (wallpapers, floors, outside stuff), but no furnishings on the inside because I wasn't sure which was best, totally decorated or just the basics (more a DIY).

I also used the floor elevation code for the basement garage and individual roof code.

You can download here.

awwwww, that house is the cutest little thing i have ever seen lol. i really love that little.....thing(with the pointy roof) on the side. hmmmm i think i may have to download this one....


how did you get that wall on them stairs? i use them stairs without the fug bits under them to make them at least fit a bit, but they would be perfect.
pretty please, tell me 

[falln_angel]

Damned Firefox. "Colour" is correctly spelled!

(You can get an add-on that changes the dictionary to British or Canadian English here.)