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I read a thread around here about mohawks so I created one... it's for your more alternative sim chicks. Tell me what you think. This hair is probably ideal for crazy recolors, anyone have suggestions on wich to do first?

http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/8841/ohaimomlikemanewhairrf7.jpg

For Herman Toothrot (our dear nommable Bruno), if you also hate those flat chests with cillicone boobs painted on, I could make you a barefoot alphadress mesh with normally meshed boobs (like with underwear).

I don't think I've ever seen a mohawk like that, and that's exactly why I like it. :)

I'm always partial to shades of pink (particularly hot pinks and fuchsias, not lighter shades like dusty rose or whatever) so I'd love to see that.

Awesome mohawk. I like blue (electric bright blue) or green (same) or orange (not coppery/brown, orange). But, I hope you'll still make some 'normal' hair colors.

I'll  make four normal ones at the least. Then probably some 2 colored ones.

Nice hair, i like very much  :)
as for colours......I also like the hot pink shades, but I really like deep, but bright, purples and reds.

I will so grab that hair and I'm hoping that you make it in a silver/white tone, those are some of my most favourite shades... Great job, Noukie!!

This is a great hair Nouk.  I'd like to see a platinum blonde and any variation of green.

That would be *so* appreciated! ;D But only if it won't take too much of your time. An alpha enabled skirt isn't necessary, and I had the idea of putting a pair of comfy slippers on her feet, so the only part of the mesh that needs to be modified are the boobz:

(http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h163/mohko/th_boobage.jpg) (http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h163/mohko/boobage.jpg)

*Ack* So, yes - a slight dent on her bosom would be nice.

That 'hawk is walking sex. I am so going to fangirl you at every possible moment from now on, Nouk.  :D

As far as recolors go, I'd love a dark blue one (I rocked a blue fauxhawk at my prom   ;) ) and definitely, definitely pink. All shades of pink, from pastel to neon.

Wow, that mohawk is amazing. I second bright purple.

That mohawk looks amazing! Its perfect for all my freestyle/punk sims.
I like neon blue and neon-hot pink, but thats just my opinion.

I love the 'hawk, though it seems like a little bit of assymmetry in the bangs might work better.  Though since it's one of YOUR meshes, Nouk, and not a Peggyzilla monstrosity, I'll bet it'd be easy enough to alpha it to my tastes in the regard. XD

Its awesome, I really want it in like maybe a red color (a darker red but not quite maroon) :o

Very nice Nouk :D

I have a question for people who use GIMP :]

I've made this (http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b306/bethbrit2001/sims%202/supertot.jpg) today, but think it looks like something you get on TSR, floodfilled and ugly.
Is there any way I can add stitching/seams to it? as in, on the side, sleeves, bottom of the t-shirt and maybe on the top of the socks? do you have any good tutorials that show me how I can do it? I have a basic understanding of GIMP so a Photoshop tute can work too, I can *easily* translate (easily meaning looking up on Google what I don't understand teehee)
Please? :D

Head over to Sublime Sims. They have a whole series of tutorials on the Gimp.

yes, we do. 
and yes, you can add stitching to it in a few different ways.  Another thing that you should consider is adding a bit of shadow and highlight to the shirt itself. 

*Bookmarks Sublime Sims and hands redis and Courtney two bottles of rum each"

Cheers :D

more purtier eyes!!  ;D :D
(http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk250/hoza001/BSthankssssspiccyyy.jpg)
if you want a lighter color, start with the light and go to the dark. SO PRETTY! I still have to work on the realistic part, though... ::)

Aw, I feel famous! ;)

Add a little shine and some darker texturing and they will be a lot more realistic. I think you'll be making excellent eyes in no time, because every time you post them, they look better and better. :)

Alrighty, Ive finally mustled up enough courage to show you guys and eye I had been working on, then forgot about, and now want to get opinions on.

(http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g179/zoeycat123/Other%20sims%20stuff/projectpic.jpg)

Any suggestions to make it better?

Perhaps just a tad bit darker on the pupil. Other than that, it looks perfect to me.

Gosh, Astonished Lemons, no need to show off. ;D :D ;D ;)

I wasnt trying to.  :-[

You actually inspired me to continue a project I had been working on a while back that I put on hiatus.
(I wanted to make a bunch of them and upload them to MTS2, but I wanted opinions before I did any more of them)

U HURTED MAH FEELINZ!

(http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g179/zoeycat123/emoticons/hurtedfeelinz.gif)

Aw, delicate sensibilities. ;)

The eyes look very nice, Lemons. I don't usually go for red, myself, but it's a nice deep color. I'd have to agree with Zazazu about making the pupil a little darker (a full black, since this looks like an extremely dark maroon); I think that would make quite a difference in making them look more realistic. Are you still planning on making more colors? And are you going to go with primarily fantasy colors, or natural ones? I'd really like to see this texture/shine pattern on some natural, dark-colored eyes (dark browns, backs, dark blues, etc.).

Im actually working on a dark blue as we speak type.

Im hoping to have one or two of each regular eye color (brown, black, two green, two blue, grey) and then a couple of fantasy ones. (Like this red, and maybe a purple).

I hope I can recreate the criss-crossy way of making the shine though. . .

Lemons, if you're going for more realistic, I think they should be a teeny bit smaller in width.  Basically so more of the whites show, but not too much.  But that's just my personal taste - I know some people prefer the bigger eyes.

Nouk that Mowhawk is incredible. I love the sideswooped effect.


@ Astonished:
I think if you took replaced the white near the pupils with something to match the eye texture, and maybe made the pupil more intense, it would be better.

@ Sammy:
The eyes might need a little bit more gloss to it. It's a bit cartoony for me.


I lost Abney due to securom removal...    >:(  however it is backed up... so good on me.

I don't know why I never give up... I've tried my hands at hair meshing again.

This hair was originally going to be a tribute to the Ramones but it ended up being a tribute to Svenne Hedlund - N.o 1 teenage idol in Sweden in the 60's - see him in his glory days! (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v702/bergsisters/HEPSTARS.jpg) (My mother had that record. When I was a kid, my friends and I used to literally roffle at it. We compared the poor guys - not to their advantage - to OUR n.o 1 idols of that time - NKOTB!) (The guy in the top-left corner is Benny Andersson of ABBA, BTW :P)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v702/bergsisters/ScreenShot015.jpg)

Anyway - textures is my weak side but I'm determined to improve (how tempting it may be to steal Nouk's lovely textures... Must. Resist!) So they are not super. Neither is the mesh, but at least it's very low poly (hence the sharp edges here and there  :P...)

I don't know what I'm going to do with it - would anyone actually want it (it needs improvement of course - that's why I'm posting!)? Mebbi medieval simmies wants it as well as the odd Swingin' Sixties guy?

Suggestions for improvement welcome!

The Ramones are so very cool! I read that and was like "tribute???This is the best!"
But now you are frustrated.
Hmmm. I could see some very hip clothing, some blue-tinted shades and the blond hair on a very cool Sims.

OR

Maybe some "tribute to the Ramones clothing" and the dark hair on Tommy or Dee Dee? Too short for Joey ya know.

I LOVE your blonde colour. Saying that textures is your weak side is a dowright lie.  ;D

But it is! That's not handpainted  :P *coughfilterforge30daytrialcough*

Tempest: Or Sonny & Cher? One can only guess how many frustrated simmers there are out there this very minute, desperately trying to get their Sonny-sims just right  ::)  :P

Yep...at least once a week I scream, "Damn! why can't I get my Sonny Sims to look real?"

I like the textures.

I love it Berg! But just one suggestion? Can you make it a little more messy? My Hippy sims are slobby :P
Unless that is hard to do??

Not that I get to play  :'( Puter still broken ..oh woes me.. carry on

 :-*

Deelink: I sure could try  :) Wether I suceed or not... It's a good idea, though: One neat set and one messy. Kinda "Before" and "After"  :P

I love this haircut, Berg; it's going to go on every male in my current neighbourhood, lol (almost makes me wish I was running some kind of Prince Valiant themed thing :D).

I really like the job you've done on the blond texture, it's not flat, with a nice hint of shine and a good mix of strands of other colours to make it actually look like hair (plus excellent job on keeping the strands so that they actually look like strands of hair on all colours!). For some reason, the other colours look a little flat to me (they are very nicely done however, I would be satisfied with them as is!), although I will admit that I'm not sure why. Maybe the shininess needs to be upped a little (and I mean a very little, please no Raon-ness  ;D), or perhaps a few more contrasting shades of the colours to add depth?

Thank you for helpful feedback, Mando  :) And you are a very good observer  ;) - all colours are based on the blonde and they did indeed suffer a little from the treatment I gave them. I see what you mean and I shall try to improve them, esp. the highlights (which always are APITA... Stupid dodge tool *muttres*).

Opinions PLZ: Which Photoshop tools are best to use when fiddling with colour adjustments? I try not to touch "hue/saturation" because I find that it can completely ruin a texture, but "Colour Blanace" makes everything so.. bland.

Thanks for the fine compliment! ;D
I don't make much (if anything) for the Sims, but I do have quite a bit of experience with photoshop, colour theory and texture painting, so I like to try and help when I can, lol. I'm glad you find it somewhat helpful!. I hate the dodge tool, too, and only try to use it sparingly. Have you tried instead to hand paint your highlights in with a light colour on a low opacity on a separate layer? It's a good way to make highlights, and (unlike the dodge tool) won't cause you to have to start over from scratch if you go too far. :)

I generally tend to use "hue/saturation", "colour balance", "levels", and "contrast/brightness" (I love the highly improved version of it in CS3), however I'm also a big fan of layers and generally will build up my colours and textures layer by layer at different opacities (e.g. I will copy a layer of my texture, use adjustment(s) and then lower the opacity down and/or move the layer around in my stacks of layers and folders). I am ashamed to admit that the psds of my textures generally contain hundreds of layers :D; however, I'm very careful to keep each one named properly and grouped into folders when I'm done (in my early days I didn't do that, and when I would go back to work on things later it would take me at least a couple of hours to figure out what each layer was, heh. Organization was a very painful lesson to learn! ;D).

I'll also always go in later and hand paint in details and blocks, stripes and dashes of colour to add highlight, shadow, texture and depth (as usual, at different opacities and on separate layers). It can be time consuming, but makes a big difference in the end product.

The blonde version of that hair reminds me of how Justin Hayward of the Moody Blues wore his hair back in the sixties, I'd like to have that when/if you put it up for download, CaptainBerg!

D'uh! That's how I always do it when I make clothing! Why I didn't think of applying it to hairs is a question I will think long about before answering. No: I'm just stupid sometimes  :P

Oh lawd, my files always become a complete mess  :D I know I could and should create groups but I always think: "Ah, I'm soon finished anyway so why bother now?" and after a while 20 new layers have appeared (not named properly, of course) and I have to scroll the layer palette up and down like a maniac to find "Duplicate 32" or whatever until I get angry and merge a bunch of layers I think I'm finished with, only to realize that one of them was very important and useful (but only when it's to late)...

Shall I go on? My chaos. Let me show u it.

You're most welcome! I've seen your awesome art for the FAQ, you know, so I value your tips greatly. Thanks!

Moody Blues! A-MAZE-ing band! Just because you have so good taste, it's soon coming to a intarwebs near you, just for you ;)

ETA: Hooray! I just realised that I succesfully have re-created this Rose hair, but for males! Yay! I phail!
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v702/bergsisters/rose.jpg)
(But not as much as Rose... Alphail.)

Ehm wtf? I'm stealing yours instead, they're better.

And uh... you realize Rose's hair is not as nice as yours, right?

Lol, thanks dear Nouk  ;)

As I mentioned, the base for those textures were made with a program called Filter Forge. I can no longer use the 30-day trial version of it but I saved one fairly hi-res .jpg with a blonde-ish hair texture which might be useful to you hairmakers. If someone's interested, I can upload it later (not at my own computer right now).

*sticks nose up to hairtexture and steals Berg instead*  ;D

*slaps Berg* I like your textures and the mesh. :P I know I'm a tad late but hey.

Made two new walls. The second looks like my spatter set but different somehow. I like it better. It might look the exact same I'm just really blind. If it does, someone tell me please and thanks. :D The first one...well I just got kind of bored and started pushing buttons!
(http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t202/KayNii/Lala1.jpg) (http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t202/KayNii/Lala2.jpg)

Very pretty, Nii. I likes them.

I like them Nii, they are gorgeous.  I also have a sort of question/request. Will you be making walls to match your Pebbles floor set or have you already made some and I am just blind?
 *gives Nii puppy dog eyes* :)

I likes 'em. Be bored even more....  :-*

Oooh, I esp. like the second one! A lot of my sims are into blue now, so that's defenitely something I'd want.

By the way, here's a hair texture (http://carnabysims.pupvintage.com/Hair.rar) for anyone who'd like to play with it.

xD I actually wasn't sure if I had put the actual floors up. I can make a wall set if you like. I'm not sure what exactly you want though. Do you want the marble part in the walls? Shoot me a pm or something and I'll start on them when I get back from DC on Saturday. Limmerfer, I'll send these to your email around Sunday or Monday when I'm done and you can decide when ya want to put them out. Weee!

NII!!!  NII!!  *hugs Nii*  Missed you babe.  :-* :-* :-*

ETA:  Wait...what...you are in DC?  PM me.

I'll be there tomorrow with my academic program. Hurrah for the library of congress. :|

***dancing for joy!!!!!*****

LS2 is going to have the BEST update coming up!!!! Hurray for Nii!!!!!

(http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h163/mohko/th_shirthingies.jpg) (http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h163/mohko/shirthingies.jpg)

Making shirts with HP's untucked mesh. I've only gotten started! :D

So, when I looked at your tiny photo, it looked so blurred I figured they were going to be icky. SO WRONG. Want now.

Me wants too. I love your stuff, Herman, your very talented.

Those shirts look gorgeous! I can't wait to get my grubby hands on them :D

Mmm, they look... tasty!  ;D Can't find a better word for it. WANT!

:o  They look fantastic! Then again, all of your stuff looks fantastic. The level of detail is just astounding.

I can never get enough shirts on HP's untucked mesh, so I am extra excited about these. I can't wait to see more of them and to have them up for download (because I am greedy)!

Red I love the texture on the second wall. Would love it in neutral colors as well.
Zazazu, I thought the same thing about Hermans pic.  The thumb looks blurry, but when I clicked on it, I was so pleasantly surprised! Herman, those shirts are so pretty and very well made. I really want those!  I always think creators should make more shirts.

I want them NOW!  Especially #2 and #5.  :D

I want 'em! My download mode is kicking in!
Love the details on those....wonderful! And the colors are fantastic.
#5 is my fav.

Those shirts are fantastic! Looking forward to seeing more.  :)

I really want those shirts. (And if you're looking for suggestions, there can't possibly be enough tops made on the alpha dress top either.)

Those shirts really are amazing. Has EA contacted you yet?  :P

Herman, those shirts are beautiful, WANT!

*goes back to lurking*

ZOMG!!! Herman, those shirts, everyone, WANT!!!

In easier to understand language now, can you please give us those shirts?? They be purty :-*

I am adding in my WANT to everyone else's and Nii you have a PM.

I would really like to download them when you put them as available, they are really cool! WANT!!

Ooooh! Those shirts! WANT!! Especially 2,3, & 5.

And 1.



And 4....  :D

want :o

So, what do we have to do to get those shirts?  I'm willing to resort to bribery, however, I just need to know what will work.  ;)

I'm personally waiting patiently like a good girl for Berg's hair.  :-* I loves it.  ;D

Aaw  :-* I'm currently trying to edit the colours a little. If I screw up, I'll finish the hair with the colours I posted earlier  :)

Need moar hair Berg!  The hair is beautiful!

Nouk, I love that hair at the beginning of this thread.  As I do all your hairs - you make amazing hair.  Captain Berg, yours is awesomeness as well!   ;D

I am also anxiously awaiting those shirts of Herman's... that little pic did not do them any justice at all!  Whatever the "bribe" is to get them, I am in.

*want* ;D

*cries a little* I really...really...want those shirts...
Especially the first one, I am really partial to greens, and the design is just beautiful.
The shirts and Berg's hair, I feel so tortured! Must fix computer NAO!!!

(http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h163/mohko/th_shirthingies2.jpg) (http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h163/mohko/shirthingies2.jpg)

More shirts. In less than two days I have to part with my comp for 1½ weeks - if I haven't uploaded them to MTS2 until then I'm afraid you'll have to wait a bit longer. :( I really want to upload recolours of the solid coloured tops along with the printed ones so that's going to take time too... And processing pics of items taken in game always takes me ages. But eventually they'll be up. :)

herman, you have a lot more WANTs coming for you. Like mine. WANT!!! :-*

They look wonderful! I can't wait to get them. I'd love to see more recolors of the solid shirts; I tend to prefer solid colors to prints (for my Sims, at least) but your printed versions are nicer than others I have seen out there so you might actually manage to change my mind.  ;)

Oh, and WANT.

Herman, stop teasing us. We want those shirts, please and thank you. ;)

*Does a little weirdo scream*

Argh! Quit teasing us and giz the precioussss!

There is so much want in this thread, I think Im going to have a heart attack!

 :D

Those are some nice looking shirts     :)

Herman, what's your name in MTS2? I'd really like to check out the rest of your stuff while waiting for the new awesome shirts.

Dude, it's BRUNO!  :o KNOW your celebrities!  ;D

...ugh, now I feel stupid. xD it'd be easier if my celebs went by one name only though. My brain capacity is limited that way. Thanks!
it's dudette btw. ;D

lol :D also did you know she's a she? *hugs dudette*

*hides face in shame*
It's official, I'm clueless. I'm so sorry, Herman. :D Anouk, thanks for stopping me before I committed the second faux-pas of the evening.
I can still has rum, right?...

OHSHOOT!

I didnt know Herman was THE Bruno!

 :o

Not CC, but it is the funny.

Nanny FIGHT!!! (http://zazazuabubu.livejournal.com/#asset-zazazuabubu-3379)

Herman is Bruno!? I love Bruno! Had me fooled.  :o It's the name.


Zazu that's hilarious. I hate the nanny and I'm glad about what happened. :)


EDIT: You also have a big "challenge". I wish I could grow my legacies to that length.

:D I love that the total time was 3 sim hours and change.  :D

Not my longest fight, but definitely the best. And the nanny is now doing that furious walk-by thing. I let Jennie kick her ass again, but it wasn't nearly as epic. It's not really a legacy. Kind of a prosperity started by one sim, with no scoring crap and lots of organization. Oh, and townie aging. I just started documenting in the fourth generation, so it looks bigger than it is. 10 houses in play, with five boys waiting on my holding lot to be placed at the end of this round. I'm thinking three more households as one definitely needs his own place for the farm and I'd like to keep the gay twins and their unknowing half-brother together, breaking into multifamily homes in earnest. When I reserved the future community lot space, I realized how crowded things really are getting.

 :o I am now changing my "want" to "need."

I am determined to get  smudgy,smokey, bed-room eyes correct.
Am I getting close?
(I did the eye and the eye-shadow/liner) and the hair is by Nouk even if you can't see it... ;D

(http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c396/limmerfer/Image75.jpg)

I really like the shine on the eye. I tend to prefer more natural eyecolors, for my own use, but I think the eye is shaping up quite nicely anyway. The area around the sclera looks kind of wonky to me, but I don't know if it's the eye or the liner since I'm no CC artist.

Personally, I like slightly heavier, darker eyeliner when I'm going for the smokey look, but that's just the emo in me and not everyone would agree, since this is pretty and natural.  ;)  The shadow looks quite nice, particularly on the upper eye: the eyelid crease is quite well done. Nice work!

Thanks for the comments, GC.
I think that part is wonky as well...a liner problem I think.
I just went with purple to show it, but I have been playing with normal colors as well...especially greens.

I sighed with relief after your comment about the upper crease; that was my biggest worry!

That upper crease looks great - try bringing the liner into the eye a little more - and fuzzy it up on the inner edges as well - so that it doesn't create such a line around the eye. 

Just spitballing here as I hate making makeup and can't do it very well.  :D

(http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h163/mohko/th_shirthingies3.jpg) (http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h163/mohko/shirthingies3.jpg)

*neener-neener-nee-ner* :P

I very rarely swoon over clothes, but I have my hand on my head and my knees are weak. 

*puppy dog eyes*

B-but I want!

Top Teaser! :o

Pweaze get those uploaded! I want need them. You know how to tease very well.

I'll give you all my rum and cookies for those shirts!

Those are awesome. The only thing I don't like is the number on the back of the first one. Everything else is great.

That was really good Zazazu! :D

As for me, I really like that one. I've got a couple of Sims who will be wearing that one all the time once I get my hands on it. Frankly, I love that there's a ton of diversity here. Sure there are one or two that I'll probably never use, but chances are they're someone else's favourites. The more variety the better, I say.

And for the record, I love the teensy bit of tummy peeking out on some of the shirts. I think that's really cute.

Will you be uploading the first set you showed us too, Bruno?

Or are they the same set but you've highly modded them and decided to change a lot?[/noob]

Bruno, I love every single one especially the blue one :) I can't wait to download it. This is aspiring work. Man I wish I had you talent :)

wow bruno! I love all those shirts! Like someone else said.... alpha dress top *hint hint*  ;)


*debates on whether to post pictures of the house I worked 3 months on.....* I know I'm crazy

*sob* I need those shirts, Bruno!  ;)

Do it, Missbonbon! DO IT.

/squirm

WANT shirts!!!!

Mmmk so I'm crazy. I worked on this house for 3 months.... basically constantly changing the rooms and they still don't look right.... maybe some suggestions? (sorry about the craptasticness of the pictures)

Kitchen
(http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j61/miss_sabrina/sims2/Screenshot.jpg)
The Dining Room
(http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j61/miss_sabrina/sims2/Screenshot3.jpg)
Living room
(http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j61/miss_sabrina/sims2/Screenshot2.jpg)
Bedroom Shots
(http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j61/miss_sabrina/sims2/5.jpg)
(http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j61/miss_sabrina/sims2/Screenshot-1.jpg)
(http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j61/miss_sabrina/sims2/Screenshot4.jpg)
Small picture of the bathroom
(http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j61/miss_sabrina/sims2/snapshot_00000003_158648e2.jpg)

I didn't include a shot of the back patio or the hallway because of picture spam  :P Really the only rooms I like so far is the bedroom and the bathroom.

RAWR DIE BITCH DIE!
But tell me where they bury you so I can dig you up and hold your body ransome for those gorgeous shirts.  ;D

MissBonBon: Don't change it anymore, it's very nice this way :)

Oh wow! That's spectacular for 3 months work. I love the blue kitchen, by the way.

*Wants*

Very nice interior decor pics, Missbonbon.

Let's see, I would define the dining room as French-North African-Danish Modern. Now, the kitchen I see as being somewhat more Future-50's Retro Urban Country. While the living room can only be described as Soothing Safari Green Tea Chic (with a splash of Zen).

And that bedroom is just plain fun. -  :D

(http://img399.imageshack.us/img399/3722/braidhairdopv1testfc3.jpg)

Version 1. Anything freaky, like the hole in her head (alpha's a seperation lol) will be fixed. The head part took ages to make, holy crap. But next time I'll know how to do it faster.  I might make the forehead higher, I'll see how that looks.

I like it.  It seems like the braid might start a little too high to sit comfy on the wearer if it were a real braid, but I think the way the hair around the head is gathered and situated looks a lot more realistic than other braid meshes I've seen.

If you ever start running out of hair ideas, Nouk, layered shoulder-length hair with waves/loose curls... XD

*GASP*

That's beautiful. It is, by far, the nicest braided hairstyle I have run across. I agree with Quinctia about the gathering: it looks fantastic. I can't wait for it to be finished!

Don't change the forehead!
I likes it this way....and I want...must have...

Note: the part looks a bit off-center and that is what makes it look fantastic! I hate when the parts are way too perfectly centered; you have added a personality to this hair and it really works.

Want, want, want!

For some reason I hate partings in the middle... it looks so perfect, or so goody two shoes... especially with braids. Like my hair when I was 10 and went to church with "OOH how cute your braids are!" - braids. lol

How sexy is that noukie? :P Can't wait until you release it.

Very sexy, I am joining the club that if it was possible I would want to have her babies.

I have thick, wavy hair.  My mother used to sit me down after every bath and forcefully separate my hair into a center part with a comb.  I swear, it happened so often it practically does that on its own now. XD

 :o Wow. That is really pretty Nouk!! I'd probably never use it in my game though. And Lord knows I have way too many hairs anyway, but still, nice work!

 :-* <- from me for all the people who are too lazy to ever thank you for your beautiful work.

Oh Nouk, thats gorgeous!

Dont move the forehead! It looks good on the like that.

*Wants*

Noukie, gorgeous as usual.

that looks amazing nouk!


I would upload it for you but unfortunately I don't know how to package houses..... but if I can find some info on it I will be more than happy to send it to you :)

And thank you guys for your lovely comments...... I think the issue is I didn't really decorate the hallway so it's like I have this huge gap in between with a fireplace

Oooooo!! Nouk, that's beautiful! I have really thick hair and it's hard for me to find hair for my self-Sim that has a thick enough ponytail/braid. I'm adding my "WANT" for that hair!

It looks good, Nouk, but I'm confused why it's all the way to the left like that.  It's very Peggy/Rose-ish.  Good for pictures I guess but I think it would look weird in game play. /my opinion

Personally, I'd like to see a braided hair ala Maggie at the WTC premiere (http://www.celebritywonder.com/event/World_Trade_Center_Premiere/) or Xena (http://i34.tinypic.com/n2hiyo.jpg)..

 :o I love the hair Nouk. The only thing I would change is the part that hangs down in front.It's a little too straight. It would look better if it was a little wavy. The forehead height is perfect. It's the best braid I've ever seen. Your textures are amazing.
Ooh that Maggie braid would be awesome.

*gasp* Noukie, that's how I wore my hair last year, until I got it cut into the style that you made a replica of! I wubs you and I would like that hair, please and thank you! (And yes, the hair was down to my waist like that one. Are you on my brain waves??)  :D

Noukie, I love that hair! I've wanted a braid like that forever, There was one similar for Sims 1 and I've missed it so. I love the off-centered look.

Love the hair Nouk.  About the realism of the braid - I plait my hair like that - up higher than normal.  My hair isn't so long, but I find that comfortable, and it also lifts my hair off the back of my neck when you do that.


You know, I reckon that all your dissatisfaction is caused by the neat way that the clutter sits - the majority of the room looks great, but the clutter looks placed in tiles. I think it would be easily solved by using the cheats "moveObjects on" and "boolProp snapObjectsToGrid false" - that way you could make your clutter, well, clutter.  ;)

Other than that, all great - and then publish it and don't touch it.  :D

Nouk (as always) your hair is gorgeous! DO WANT!

How do you assume it would look weird in gameplay? And thanks for comparing it to Peggy/Rose. You think a '/my opinion' would keep me from taking serious offense to that?  :-* *cries dramatically and faints*

Made something like that for Tyler a long while ago. I would link you but everythings offline. It's probably at Modthesims2 :)

Nouk, I love love that braid, just the way it is.  The forehead is just right, and I love the long length!  I can't wait until its up!

"Quote: I would link you but everythings offline."  I noticed your site is down - I guess I missed something, but is it going to be down for long?  I usually visit it at least once a week or so, and I do miss seeing what's up there. 

OMG BRAIDS. *wants*

It's beautiful!

Yeah Spunky we're talking to the host about the problems we've had. But ofcourse they're taking their merry time trying to even understand what it's about, with several different support people asnwering and not reading/etc.

OMG!!! Okay.. I'm done him. Freakin' done. I wanted to make some fangs for him (but all my accessories like that are all ages + genders because I am just that damn picky) so I said forget it ATM.. too damn much work.

Now, he is my own character from my own twisted brain, so I dunno how many people will want to DL him. I mostly made him for myself. He's disturbingly effeminate, so unless you're into that kind of thing, he probably will be odd in your game. D:

He's supposed to have a tail. But screw that. (I think tails look odd in sims anyways, they tend to cut too much on chairs and junk...).......


(http://zelas.net/eclipse/sims2/Original/Mirador/First/Mirador_SecondPrevs08.jpg)
He does have his elf/lynx ears though. They have bumpmaps too and are for all ages + genders.

SPEAKING OF BUMPMAPS.

All of my previous sim downloads that have bumpmapping are MESSED UP!!! Why did no one say anything? Dilandau's shoulder plates are totally warped. DDDD:
I got a new videocard and saw the horrors. My old card displayed the mapping, but not properly and I had no idea about the fug. D:

So now I need to remap all my previous sims and upload new files. YAY. What fun....

(Of course, if your videocard is crappy like my old one, you won't notice).

Anyways, Mirador has PROPER bumpmaps now, I hope to god.
I tried my best to not make stuff look like dented foam, because I hate that....

Also, Nouk asked about my hair. Sorry, I did not see the post till now.
It's really high poly.. I think because I layer a LOT..... plus I don't like working with sections of hair that have less than 3-5 faces per row...... Hopefully this will be my biggest hair and everything in the future will be waaay smaller....
Polycount is a horrific 11,000 on the finished hair... but I'm still lower than a good amount of new Peggy and Raon hair at least.

The hair is also finished for all ages + genders and I did 10 colours... I'll upload it sometime in the future with 50 warnings on it.

(http://zelas.net/eclipse/sims2/Original/Mirador/First/Mirador_SecondPrevs02.jpg)
He has earrings too. They will fit all ages + genders but they are tapered to fit the special ears.. they may work okay on regular ears too though. :/

Anyways, here are some full pictures. I cut some because they are HUGE!
(http://zelas.net/eclipse/sims2/Original/Mirador/Mirafullviews_SM.jpg)

FACE (http://zelas.net/eclipse/sims2/Original/Mirador/Mirador_close01.jpg)
VIEW 1 (http://zelas.net/eclipse/sims2/Original/Mirador/Mirador_Full01.jpg)
VIEW 2 (http://zelas.net/eclipse/sims2/Original/Mirador/Mirador_Full02.jpg)
VIEW 3 (http://zelas.net/eclipse/sims2/Original/Mirador/Mirador_Full03.jpg)

The outfit has a fatmorph. It's quite scary. O.o

That hair is totally gorgeous! I'm so in love with it! The textures and shape are perfect.

DL, that hair is absolutely phenomenal. I'm speechless (or as close to it as I can get). I can't wait to get it in my game. Beautiful Sim and outfit, too.   ;D

holy crap dl that is gorgeous! Your sim would be the first purple sim in my game ever! *hint hint*  ;D

And thanks for the tips but I did use those cheats. It's just I was planning the house for a sim of mine with two dogs and I didn't want to go to cluttery but wanted it to look a tad sloppy. I dunno I might go in a throw some stuff around now though :)

DL, I love that hair. I'll accept the high-poly, it's just too gorgeous. So are the ears part of the face sculpt rather than accessories? If so, I'll snag him just so I have that. Awesome work as always.

Daaaaaa----iuuuuummmm.... I'm not into effeminate males.... but that one is just so freaking well made!!!! Plus the hair is animated so nicely and looks so good... can't wait for him to be put online :D

I assume because of Rose/Peggy hairs like that do look weird in game play.  I've also had hair down to my butt for half of my lifetime and it's thick too.  I'd never put it to the side like that.  It's an uncomfortable weight on one side of your body.  The more I think about it, the more it irritates me.   :D  Yeah yeah, it's the Sims and not real life.  I don't have to have it in my game and it ultimately doesn't matter what I think.

And this hair (http://hideki.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=248947)?  It's vaguely similar but not what I was wanting and that's okay.  If I really wanted it all that badly, I'd try to make it myself.

Well peggy and rose don't seem to want to animate their hairs correctly. It's really easy, I presume I'm not smarter than them, they have the damn skill, they just refuse to do it. Now THAT's irritating, lol.
Since sims don't react to hairs weight I'm not too bothered by it. It looks uncomfortable but since your sims won't show it ingame, it shouldn't be too annoying. Besides, I have a knack for creating giant-ass hairdo's that no-one in their right mind would wear, but I make my sims wear it :P This is just one of many :P

That hair, you could texture some curls into it and it would be about right I think?

I didn't notice anyone address this for you. (You kind of got overshadowed by Nouk's latest drool-worthy hair. ;) ) From the neighbourhood screen, click on the house and select the icon that has an arrow pointing to an asterisk. (If you have Sims living there, you might have to click the info "i" icon to see that option.) Select the option to save the lot to your hard drive (I can't remember the exact wording, but it's the one that doesn't reference the Exchange). It'll tell you where it was saved.
If the lot has Sims in it, open the package with Clean Installer, de-select Sims/pets, and re-save it. Then just upload it to Medaifire or... one of those other file-sharing sites. I can't remember names right now.
(Oh, and if you like us, please let us know what EP's you have so that we'll know if the lot will crash our game.)

Miss angelica, do you mean a crown braid? If so, I I like these two:
http://tiny.cc/39iaS
http://img2.timeinc.net/instyle/images/2007/galleries/070907_miller2_400X400.jpg
I wish I had the patience to learn to mesh. But I don't.

XMsims used to have a nice one like that...

Well, I know one way, is to go into neigborhood view and go into the lots and houses bin, select the house, and there's an icon with a house and a star above it, that's what you want to use to package the lot, you select upload to a file. Wait a few, and it will tell you where your home is. Put it in a zip file and upload it to a site, mediafire is pretty good.


Nouk! That hair is gorg. *swoons*
Please please please upload it. Your stuff is always perfect. It would go well with your extra long hair that you made a while ago. The one down to the bottom of the back, I forget the name. However, it wouldn't quite fit with it, if the braids were a bit longer, or you made an extended version, that would be awesome.

The dark lunaris elf is extremly well made.Have seen hundreds of elfes .This one is the best.
Only one thing I do not like:It is the gift-deco on the behind...sorry but it looks a little bit "strange" to me,lol.All the rest is perfect.

Nouk I love the hair I really can't really give an honest opinion because most has been said already (So please upload it) :)

Lunaris I like how you really did the hair and the textures  but the Feminine male is kinda not my cup of tea. (Sorry)   (Although I did download your ash crimson I truly hope one day you will make Kyo, K',Vanessa and Alba Meira From MI just gotta love KOF!!) I really do love the accessories too. 

Dark Lunaris, I love that hair!
I dont even care about the high pollys.
(On another note concerning feminine male, I like his facial structure, so Im probably going to get him, then switch his gender in CAS.  ;) )

So I'm looking for opinions on a house. One of my favourite things to do with TS2 is to take actual building floorplans and turn them into Sim houses. (It gets me away from the generic rectangles I tend to build otherwise.) A week or two ago I saw an ad for one of the suites in a new high-rise in my city - a 1700 square-foot, two story, one bedroom condo. Way too extravagant, IMHO, for a normal person, but perfect for a Sim living the good life. It's got two TV areas (plus one in the bedroom), a pool table, a hot tub, a bar, and tons of places to sit and eat.

After ages of fighting with it (I said I liked building Sim houses, not that I was particularly good at it. ;) ) I've finally come up with this. Excuse all the nighttime shots. I've just recently installed the Radiance Lighting mod and am still in awe of the pretty.

(http://img388.imageshack.us/img388/9519/exteriordayvp8.jpg)

Kitchen/Dining Area
(http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/5289/kitchendiningnightth5.jpg)

Upstairs Game Room
(http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/5503/upstairsinteriorfg4.jpg)

Bedroom
(http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/7716/bedroomnightnc5.jpg)
*edit*
I just remembered that I use default replacement bedding in my game, so the bed will look slightly different.

Main Floor Plan (http://img387.imageshack.us/img387/1961/floorplanbottomfloorjg5.jpg)
Upstairs Floor Plan (http://img387.imageshack.us/img387/1530/floorplantopfloormm9.jpg)

I'm rather fond of it and am tempted to submit it to MTS2, but.... I don't know. There are just a couple of things that I think people might find too annoying. The first is that the large hedge outside isn't accessible, so you have to move it before it can be trimmed. The second is that I used a dummy level to build the stairs, because any other way was messing with the house layout too much. I think it was worth all the hassle, but the result is that you have to click twice to go up or down a level. Do you think people would hate that?

Here's the lot if anyone wants it. (http://www.mediafire.com/?ixxbjmqbxmn) I've tested the download, and it should be fine.
It has no CC, because I personally hate houses that are full of custom downloads I don't want, and as you can see from the images it relies heavily on objects from Pets. I've got all the EP's up to and including Seasons, so I imagine you'll need all of those to make it work properly.

Any comments/notes/suggestions?

Thank you! ^^
Yeah, he's got a bow. lol
It looks pretty at other angles because the lace is alpha edited and the ribbon is actually white under the alpha.
Thing is, I sort of thought having the bow looked a little funny, my actual character does have a bow, but he has a tail too that it sits over and seems to fit better. I didn't give him the tail in sim form, so it probably doesn't work quite so well. I was going to make it bigger with longer ribbons too so it may not have looked so cropped, but then there would be more cutting into chairs and stuff. :(
Plus, I admit, more modeling and I got lazy. LMFAO!  :D

Looks nice, falln_angel. I snagged it. I don't download cc houses very often, so, I am appreciative that you did it with all Maxi's stuff. I think you did a great job.

I snagged the purdy house too.  I don't like houses with a lot of CC either, so this is perfect.

falln, I can't think of a thing you should have done differently; I work with real house plans as well, and sometimes you have to make adjustments for sims, but in general, if they are liveable by humans, they are liveable by sims.

As far as the dummy level, I don't mind it. I've used it before to get the place right, and I think it's not that big a deal. What is it, a double click instead of a single? Anyone who complains about that can go fuck themselves, IMO.

I'm glad you like it. This is actually the only house I've played with dummy levels, and it just felt like something that people might get really annoyed by. (Kind of like 10-digit dialing...) But you're right, it is just one extra click. And if you play with object hiding off you might even be able to play from the dummy level itself since it doesn't have a floor.

Decorating with Maxis stuff can be annoying as hell because it's all either really stylized or really bland, and the stuff that looks normal tends to have really low motive/environment stats. But this house was just screaming out for the atomic age (or whatever it's called) Pets furniture, I think.

Keirra and Vod Kaknockers, if you end up playing the house at any point, please let me know if there's any weirdness. I did playtest a clone of the house, but with the game I used to build it, so I wouldn't notice if I accidentally used a custom object or something. (Although I'm pretty sure I didn't.)

And I've got one more question. The front of the house (http://img170.imageshack.us/img170/1449/exteriorfrontly7.jpg) looks really... bland I guess. I'm assuming it's because the entry is off a hallway, but there aren't any windows on the front face (except one I added for the bathroom), and if I put some in it looks funny because they intersect with stairs and stuff. Totally not an issue as far as gameplay (the only dark room is the little computer room upstairs), but since MTS2 requires a screenshot of the house from the street, should I jazz it up a bit, and if so, how? Tack on some pointless windows? Move the palm tree so it fills more of the dead space? Or does it not really look that terrible and I'm just being over-sensitive?

A few patches of flowers would add a bit of color (next to the mailbox, and on the right side of the tree), and one or two wall lights would break the greyness of the wall.

*smacks head*

Wall lights! Why didn't I think of that. ::) One day I'd like to figure out where my brain gets to sometimes...

I tend to forget lightning all together in my houses. I spend hours building and decorating, move the Sims in, and when the first evening comes I get the unpleasant surprise of having to make room for lamps and find matching ones. Doh.

Been there. My only thought is to perhaps use a wallpaper that has a large horizonal stripe across it, at least on the lower floor, forwards portion. You know, the one-square-back-from-door portion. I think that would be enough to bring interest without adding anything on the top floor. That would involve making something custom, though, and even though it would be a quick creation, it would break your no-cc status.

Yo the hair is up at GOS :)

Thank you Nouk!

Consider using a cool stone facade on the left front-facing bits - something to break up the look.

ETA: Also, consider using some sort of edging - there are some great ones out there - to 'finish' the flat jutting-out roof bits. MTS2 has several.

I'm late to the party -- Stupid long-ass process of getting my house listed for sale! -- but, OMG DarkLunaris...I want that hair. Totally. Because that's usually how I wear my hair, only mine's yet a bit longer. When I've got mine in a big fat poofy high pony like that, it's still down to my butt. But that's as close as I've ever seen to my hairstyle. I'm not big on fantasy sims but I am really big on that hair. :) DO WANT NOW! (I fear not the polys. *wubs her 4GB of RAM*) Especially if it's in dark auburn. It'd be nice if the auburn had some wee streaks of grey in it, but I know that's probably too much to ask. ;) And I haven't the first clue as to how to recolor, I'm afraid. *sigh*

Also want Nouk's hair. Will get Nouk's hair. Yay for more excessively long hairs!

I agree that it needs something to cover the floor edges, but that would violate the no-CC thing, which I don't want to do. It'd probably be a good idea to recommend them though. Although I can't find them on MTS2 right now. I feel like a complete idiot, but the only ones I can find are from 4ESF.

I'll play around with different walls and lights and stuff on the front. Maybe I'll find something that works.


*edit*

So it turns out there aren't a ton of options with Maxis wall coverings. (Surprise, surprise.) But here's my tentative new front view.

http://img174.imageshack.us/img174/8364/exteriorfrontv2qh9.jpg

(This (http://img170.imageshack.us/img170/1449/exteriorfrontly7.jpg) is the one I'm less happy with, if you need a reference and don't feel like scrolling up.)

I think it's a big improvement, although admittedly a big part of that was turning it away from the sun. (And turned shadows back on. They were off for the floor plan shots and I forgot to turn them back on for the earlier picture apparently.) I'm not 100% convinced I like the third palm tree. Part of me things it helps break things up, another part things there are too many identical palm trees in the front yard now.

I dunno. What do you guys think?

Okay. I know I've been gone two weeks so you may have seen it, and it's not something I made, but do yourself a favor and go to parsimonious and check out the anniversary stuff. For SERIOUS. There's a pirate set, gypsy stuff, vampire/castle build stuff, working hot air balloons and zounds it's awesome. And before y'all ask, no, it's not all floral and paisley. And you want the piratey bar stuff.

Ran off to get the Nouk hair, thank you very much!

That was a great find Pickles!

 ;D OMG the hair is awesome! Ya know, I only entered the banner contest so I might have a chance of requesting something like this. Rose's pay braid is so lame, it's come the closest until now.

The Parsimonous update is amazing too. In fact, it got me moving to install the Sims on my desktop again. My laptop is on the fritz.

The build mode sets alone have inspired me to want to get into the game and see what I can do eith them!  Wow.

Pickles, I love/hate that you gave us that parsimonious update - i downloaded SO much! :o My game is soon to explode, I think.

I also grabbed Nouk's hair... I was also wondering if DL's sim with the FANTASTIC hair and lynx ears is up for download somewhere and I just missed it? I checked her MTS2 profile and LJ. DO WANT!

I have uploaded my first creation to share:

(http://img157.imageshack.us/img157/6163/snapshot00000009d58fce5zj4.th.jpg)


More Pics -
http://www.digitalperversion.net/gardenofshadows/index.php?topic=4594.msg138109
 (http://www.digitalperversion.net/gardenofshadows/index.php?topic=4594.msg138109)

Download here:
http://www.mediafire.com/?gnvilhpczxn

CBonney, the house is awesome! I downloaded it :P

It's the first Sims thing I have downloaded in a month! I finally got one of my computers to work!
Thanks MissAngelica and Nouk, thanks to both comments, I got the idea to look inside the machine at the graphics card and realised that my stupid friend put in the WRONG card and did not screw it down properly!
So I fixed it, installed drivers and voila! I am back in business with a Frankestein machine and it's super awesome :P Now for him to give me my games drive back...
But other than that, Yay I can Sim again!

and play with Bonney's awesome house! It's perfect!

wohoooo! That's good deelink :P
Also, Charity, that house looks very nommable :P

And i only read this page now! WAAAA! *head explodes* Thank you for the info (i'm late i know) *hugs pickles*, i'm currenlty seeing the downloads and i feel like a kid in a candy store!  :) The hot air balloon is so beautiful, a lot of my parcs and community beach will have one. The altar of element is a huge fun add too, perfect for a tropical theme. Woot woot it's xmas time! I'm going off to see those building items! *scurries away*

PS: Nouk that braid hair is awesome! Really beautiful, i luv it! :-*

This is peggy mesh retextures. I made them for present to the Root Admin birthday of BGSims2 Forums. My textures are not good like peggy's but i still showing them. ;D And sory for my bad bad English. :-[
(http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn214/tio_r/3-7.jpg)
(http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn214/tio_r/2-10.jpg)
(http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn214/tio_r/1-11.jpg)
(http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn214/tio_r/4-7.jpg)

I like those reds tio_r. Much better than the bizarre colours Peggy considers red.

I feel a bit nervous posting this, but here goes. I built this a month or so ago, based on a guest house in my backyard. I finally got around to uploading it.

(http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t39/Babolat85/snapshot_00000006_95925087.jpg)

The interior pics/info are here. (http://www.freewebs.com/babolat85/downloads.htm)  :-\

Oooh. Thank you for linking to some nice houses.  Also, I wish to live in your backyard.  :D

They are lovely houses CaptainChris ;D

tio_r, your textures are way better than Peggy's.

I found something neat at Sapphire Sims, Sanctum has come out with a bunch of piratey items: http://www.sapphiresims2.com/download.php?f=1315

You'll have to register to download. It's free but very blinky and sparkly.

Yay, thanks redisenchanted! *offers rum* The boats and the keg counter are perfect! :)

Thanks for the link Red, have some nice stuff. Thats the first time I've logged in to SapphireSims2 for a long time..discovered I had a bunch of unread PMs from '07, ah oops  :-\

wow I love everyone's houses!

I'm so sad cause now I have to either destroy some houses or build a new neighborhood :(

edit: Tio your textures are amazing! Your reds even look like reds! *which peggy's do not*

The only thing I see wrong with it is your brown looks a tad like a ginger redhead, but it could be my monitor cause it's on the fritz

I just submitted this to MTS2 and I'm nom noming it myself 'cause I decided it came out sooo cute!

(http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r131/plumsims/mycc/strawberryprev.jpg)

Aww! They are cute Plum ;D

Death to EMMA! Speaking of Dead Emma, has anyone seen my TORTURE EMMA DAY video (http://beta.moreawesomethanyou.com/emma/)?

That was so touching.  o.O

Go away, Pescado :P

They're so sweet they make my teeth hurt Plum.  They're cute.  ;D

Kudos to Emma for taking Death to Emma so well.  :D

Bah, I'm so used to it, it is like somone saying 'bless you' when you sneeze :D

This is another good'un from Pescado:

I watched his video - it was nice to see every variety of death.  :D More like a sneezing fit - for the amount of time I've seen him say "Death to Emma" - maybe he has an automated process.  ;D

There is a Pes-bot that follows me, Jess Maree and Ness around at Maty, shouting death threats, while Pescado is out shopping for corn plasters, incontinence pants and ben-gay. That's what we think anyway :D

lol@Emma


 I would like to volunteer to share your back yard with calalily.  It's definitely much more appealing than the cat poo I have in mine.

I kinda understand the Ness and Jess Maree death threats. I really don't get the threats for you, though. Is it because you made the lot without any bathrooms or did it start before that?

:'(

I don't know what I did to deserve death threats. I think the threats for Ness and Emma are about having children, or desperately trying to have children.

Your death threats seem to be about being pedobait. The only reason I kinda understand it is cuz it's Pescado.

Yeah, it is because I had a baby about 20 months ago. That's when it first went in there...dunno why it is still in there though. :-\

It looks like Pescado holds a grudge for awhile.

Yeah. ;D Don't care though.

All Pescados Suck.

An elephant never forgives.

Heh. I always saw you as a whale.

A quick ETA because...now that I actually have pictures, I should post this here. This isn't really showing off as much as it is asking for suggestions.

I recently decided to retexture some of XMsims' earlier hairs. I've currently got two colors down on one hair, but I'm really not confident about the textures. They look too dry and maxis-like to me.

here's the first one, blonde:
(http://img61.imageshack.us/img61/6489/earlypreview01blondetr9.png)

and the brown one:
(http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/7137/earlypreview02browncr9.png)

Any tips on how I could make it look less muddy?

That blonde is a bit too yellow for my tastes. I would get a bit more ash in there.  I cannot comment on the brown, as I cannot see it.

I think you should see the brown one now.

D'oh. I knew I shouldn't have tried to match the 'sunny blonde' color. I'll lighten it up.

I love that house Chris. I can imagine my sims living there, is it on the beach or does it appear to be on the beach?

Plum, I can't wait for those to get past moderation queue. I hope you add matching boots (red on red, yellow on yellow)


I don't really texture, but I would say use a maxis texture as a base, make the texture fit the hair better. And then maybe add a touch of highlight. The hair is a little too yellow for me as well. If you're going to do "red" I'd suggest not making the red look like fruit punch, maybe a darker maxis red would do the trick.

Thanks guys.

To those who plan on barging into my backyard, the more the merrier. Lots of rum to go 'round.


It's a 2x2 lot, which I stupidly forgot to mention on the site, doh. So it's not really a beach lot, but I guess it could fit into that theme, if placed in the right area. The real house is surrounded by trees and such, so it's pretty much hidden.

Thank you very much for the tips :) And does this look (http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/2603/vibrantred01ln5.png) like a fruity color? It's not the only red color I have planned (there's a orange-ish one and a pink color for a punk style), but it is the 'main' red, which means it'd be pretty bad if I've screwed it up :P

A bit more orange, and a little less red would do. It'll come along nicely then.

This okay? (http://img57.imageshack.us/img57/8561/vibrantred01kq5.png)

See, I'd give it more of a brown undertone, but then I come from a long line of near-clone women with shades of auburn hair and blue eyes. Auburn is what I'm used to.

Auburn! I knew I was forgetting an important shade! Thank you for reminding me :)

yes.  Moar brown!  As a redhead, but not on the strawberry end I prefer a bit more brown. 

try  /under-your-skin.com  it's got a hoodie. There's more, I know, I just can't remember where.

Someone should check some free sites like MTS 2 for them or learn to make them on their own because that really sounded like a request and those normally get shoved down the asker's throat if they whine about it.

You asked so nicely...I will jump right on that.  ::)

That's better. It will be great to match with my maxis red heads. Although, I do have to agree, auburn would be another great choice. A Little less firey, but still beautiful. I can't wait to see the preview pictures.

I wanna see keirra jump!! Where is the trampoline these days....

No no - we should totally do it - I can make a skintone for her if she tells me which current she prefers - AC or DC.   :P

That is just shocking! Yeah, I know who they are and all that, but even though I like them, I don't want them in my game.

nuh uh, someone's done that already
http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=280510

UPDATED PIC part 719586529 plus 6396730

(http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h163/mohko/th_katharine2.jpg) (http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h163/mohko/katharine2.jpg)

Recognizable?
Also, that's a Raonjena §pay§ hair, so can you recommend a free one? Helga has a couple of really pretty long ones that come close but they're don't sit on her head very well. The one she's wearing above would be so perfect, but § is a no no at Mod...

Why don`t you download from the booty?

You can't use pay hair or pay anything to upload to MTS2. Go MTS2.

What about page 8 at SAU (http://simsartistsunion.com/) Herman Toothrot?

Oh sry, I don`t understand the question from Herman Toothrot...yeah my english is REALY special!

Have you checked out XM sims? Lots and lots of very nice free hair there: http://www.xmsims.com/sims2/ehtm/main/index.htm

Maybe this curly one
http://tinyurl.com/57edkf

Anouk, i love that mowhawk for the ladies. Thanks for sharing it with us, am such a fan I do have an honest question though if i may ask you. Any thought of making the side braid i saw for the guys? I myself, as a few i know of personnally, would like it for our goth guys. But if it is trouble then i totally understand, as i know people hate it when someone asks for stuff i was not actually asking, just wondering if you had a fleeting moment with a curious spark of creativity for weird requests; if it would ever be at all possible was all....*The mowhawk hair Rocks ingame, thank you*

I was already planning it since at least 3 people had asked :)

 ;D Oh goody, no rush. I know how busy you must be especially getting your site back running which i am sooo pleased too se back up. *squees with glee* ;D

Bruno, what about that Tata Young hair unlocked by Bast Dawn @ MTS2.

(http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h163/mohko/th_posh.jpg) (http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h163/mohko/posh.jpg)

The lady with the giraffe neck. ::)

On the spur of the moment, I decided to mesh a pillow and blanket bedding deco thingie. Those that bugged me for bedding related thingies on MSN should feel victorious - you've got what you wanted you monsters.  :D I've got one for single beds, and one for double beds.  Here's a picture of it in milkshape, because this couldn't be more vague without it.

(http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/9274/beddingquestionfv7.jpg)

To be clear, it is only the grey bits that will be included, not the pink (which is the maxis bedding mesh for beds and just shown for a guide and fullness).

I have one question, needed to be decided for the mapping.  Should the deco set have a repository method (it takes the texture from maxis bedding - namely the quilt - like the one million beddings on my site) or should it have its own colouring which means lots of recolour files?

Repository please, Cala!

Ooh, I can't wait for this one ;D

That seems interesting, calalily. Can't wait to see it.  ;)

And I'm on repository method side.

I'm going to side with Emma and ugly_duck, repository for sure. Can't wait to see it when it's done.

I'll say repository too, Cala -- and I can't wait for it either!  I lurves your beddings!  ;D

The repositorys have it!  :D

Woo hoo!! Calalily bedding FTW!! :D

All the beddings in my downloads folder are moving over and making room already. Yay, bedding!

Woot! Can't wait to see the result, cala! :)

Me either, I can't have a sim house without "calabeddings"... it just ain't right!   :D

:D I *should* have opened calalilyskins and bedding. 

Oh!  More throwpillows and blanket thingies.  I hope your's doesn't end up with a silly shadow like mine did.  I never could track down the whyfors.  And I love your pillows.

Oh, and repository rocks!  Makes matching things so beautifully easy!

Whaddaya mean, we got our way? I'm still waiting for the fractals... But, more Cala bedding is wanted and anything else that you choose to make! *cheesy grin"

Hmm, even if it's already decided, I'd throw a vote against the respository with the Maxis beddings.  Just because I find myself never using anything else that coordinates with the bedding (I have curtains and rugs).  It's just too matchy.  And I don't download my bedding with the thought of it coordinating with my other bedding when used as the texture of some other object.

Granted, I know some things are just that matchy in reality.  I have a dressing table and its skirts were made to match the curtains and bedspread that my grandmother had in one of her bedrooms quite a few years ago.  However, it merely coordinates with my current bedspread!  XD

 :) No it won't need to match - it will pick up all the bedding textures you have, independent of the bed.  So you could (using my own as an example) have my asian bedding 1 as the bedspread, but monochrome bedding 14 for the blanket.  Imagine you have two beds in the room - they don't have to have the same bedspread.

You can of course make it all the same pattern if you are Atwat, but I won't be doing that.  :D

But I'll see what I can do.  :)


Most of the time those damn things are welded vertices, or one vertice being behind the other just a little bit.  They drive me nuts too and I try to avoid them as there's no way to texture them out.


You got fractals ages ago. Bright Bedding page 2, numbers 56, 61, 62, 63, 65, 66 - all fractals. 

Maybe she's been talking to Pes and wants a fractal mesh. ;)

You are teh evil.  He will badger me if he sees that.  :D

More than he already does, you mean?

Thank god he largely neglects this forum. Thank god.  :D

~*My Mirador Sim*~

He's done and uploaded (at least to my journal thing).
I uploaded a barbie-skin version to MTS2, but it's still in the moderation queue.
If you don't mind Non-Barbie skin (femmy nipples and a bit of nether hair), then you can get him on my journal now.
His hair is terrible on polygons, so I made a bunch of warnings. :(

(http://zelas.net/eclipse/sims2/simsoriginal/mirador/EclipseMiradorSim_Banner.jpg)
Banner Not In-Game


Following pictures In-Game:
(http://zelas.net/eclipse/sims2/Original/Mirador/Mirafullviews_SM.jpg)
(http://zelas.net/eclipse/sims2/simsoriginal/mirador/EclipseMiradorSim_FacialStructure.jpg)

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OH, and another thing. My bumpmaps for all my old sims are messed up!!!
I uploaded fixed versions of all the outfits on MTS2 in the downloads for each respective Sim!!
Fixed Ash, Dilandau, Miguel, Phoenix, and Miles!! (http://sumomo.modthesims2.com/download.php?f=145&u=155845)

I also Uploaded "Bon Voyage" versions for all my accessories. Someone test them cuz I don't own BV! :p

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For more pictures of Mirador + random information and the downloads, go here:
Download and Previews for Mirador (http://community.livejournal.com/eclipse_sims2/23083.html)

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X-Posted on GoS

Wow Dark Lunaris, that is a gorgeous sim. Did you make the skin and everything yourself?

I don't play fantasy sims, but I am sorely tempted by that one!

Thank you! <3 ^^

Yes, all the custom content is mine, except for the beauty mark under his eye. lol ^^

Holy God, Dark Lunaris! I wish I could have your meshing skills. Or a meshing skill at all...

Your Sims are the most well made I've seen so far.

And her skinning skills huh? I love that purple skin!

Edited for gender confusion (thanks Pickles)

Pretty sure DL is a "she."

(and a dang fine mesher)

Dark Lunaris: I've been tempted to download your sim, I normally don't play them, but yours just takes the cake!

I'm gonna upload this one to TSR in hopes to become an FA!  :P

(http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk221/hekkahekkawhat/imgonnauploadittotsr1.jpg)
These are seperates btw.

I'm gonna call it "FUN STRiiP3D J3AN SH0RTS & GRAFFiiTii T33 SHiiRT"
Translation : "Fun Striped Jean Shorts and Graffiti Tee-Shirt (fug)"


*chuckles

Yes I made it, for laughs.

Well my plans were cancelled for the day, and I had nothing to do, so, here it is!

ETA: I forgot to take a side view picture, however it is horrible enough.
ETA2: I also suggest that you read my post on the TSR thread on how I'm going hope to use up TSR's bandwidth.

i decided to make some fug dresses... but they didn't turn out too bad really... but they're shit enough for tsr.

(http://img131.imageshack.us/img131/4485/floral02lo9.jpg)(http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/6011/floral01rw0.jpg)(http://img386.imageshack.us/img386/4773/plaid01cb9.jpg)(http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/8717/plaid02iq1.jpg)(http://img389.imageshack.us/img389/5324/stripes01jm0.jpg)

I love the Red and pink ones (on the right), you should really have her carry a picnic basket with food in it... it'd be a new fetish thing. If there are straps and they are photoskinned I'd suggest doing an alpha edit on them.

The green one looks like you used the emboss filter, I think that was unnecessary, what I would do is use that design, but instead of making it look embossed, give it a white or black border.

The pink one on the left is very nice.

The striped one is very nice.

Love the striped one, Topaz! I'd suggest giving all of them some more shadows, I think. Basically, you have the highlights nailed down, but there's no shadow that corresponds with it. Or there is, or it's too faint to be noticeable. Just darkening those a bit would do the trick. :)

And fway, I'll give you all my moneys for those GORGEOUS seperates.  :o

fway, your seperates are filled with fug! Hurray! ;D *claps*
Topaz, i wonder if your dresses are crappy enough for TSR... Err sorry but i like the green and the red ones. Maybe passing the texture in a bad resolution could make them uglier? Gee i'm giving an advice to make an uglier item, that's too funny!

i made them fug on purpose. i would never post anything like that for real... they are for tsr to use up tomass's bandwith and maybe see if i can get a 'insider' role as an fa so i can tell ppls what its like inside.

PS: i am a photoskinner, it's my first time shading and i mucked it up on purpose.

When you'll both be FA, will you send your TSR paycheck to help the booty? Free Monnie$$ from TSR itself! ;D
That would be perfect: paysites helping the booty :o

Well, I do have a different name over there, so they won't know who I am AT ALL. And since there really is no hierarchy of being promoted from Sheep (regular user) -> Slave (SAs) -> Aristocrats (FAs) I'll probably be one by next week. Don't worry, that outfit's a decoy up there, we know that Atwat and company reads this. I'll be sure to tell you all about it. It's probably going to be a good infiltration, if I get through the levels. Teehee. This sounds like fun. I'll be sure to donate to the booty, I have to look for the donate button. Thoma$$ won't know what hit him once we know his secrets.


Excellent. I'll have to fake everything like saying "OMG that's beautiful Chaz! I just love your sims"; "ohh evi I just love the texture you chose" *vomits

(need a bukkit now :( )

Seriously? Then you suck (at making ugly things.)  ;D Those actually have potential, although plain, or maybe just because they are plain. With proper shading they'd look good.

Want TSR quality? You need patterns that makes your eyes bleed, mixed with more patterns that make you dizzy, weird alphas and details done in MSPaint.

*goes off to make moar crappier dresses* ohh!! idea. how about floor dresses! http://thefatstrawberry.com/content/real_1.shtml

Floor dresses would be genius! Especially if you didn't make them seamless...ooohhh

hmmm.... what about stucco dresses.... wow. toma$$ would love to pay for that shit!

There are some great overrides of Maxis beddings so I don't think they should be left out.

Excellent! :D Thoma$$ will surely have a big surprise! - if we forget about his cute white rabbit being boiled by Atwat ::)
(http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/9899/ebaycatmp6.jpg)

Hmmm, stucco might be too subtle.  Well, to TSR, you just have taste.  I'd vote for brick.  Or wood.  Not that I get a vote, this isn't a democracy! ;)

I made these outifts the other day.

fway has kindly already commented them as they got approved for mts, so I thought I'd just give you the link so you can see them :P

http://hideki.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?p=1996058#post1996058

I'm so chuffed with them, they came out better than I thought :D

I have yet to clothe my sims with your outfits. I have been busy finding a stupid dialog thing to fix the "Who needs a ride" option when a sim is WALKING with their group on an outing. It was a bitch to find. But I finally found it and now, your sims don't have "who needs a ride?" when waling OR driving, because EAxis was soo smart to add walking to the car options. ::) So I had to change it to "Who's coming along?" which makes so much more sense for both walking and driving. Anyway, I'm sure this won't bork up your game unlike my last mod (the community to resi one, take that out if you haven't).



Special thanks to Menaceman44 for telling me to look in objects.package. :)


ETA: I have only got English and UK English down, so if anyone else is up for translating that'd be awesome, and would be a great help. My French and Spanish skills have gone out the window this past summer.

http://translate.google.com/translate_t  ;)

Well I suppose I could use that, but internet translators aren't as good as IRL translators. I thank you though.

This is my new xmsims hair recolor. Latter i will uploud it at MTS2. Hope one day i will learn to make my own meshes ;D , but my English sux and i don't understand even a word from the tuturial. ;D ;D ;D
(http://i.data.bg/08/08/04/1085619_orig.jpg)

I love that hair with those textures. I love anything that matches what came with the game. hehe

Nice! *claps*  :)
Good luck for the foreigner tutorials, they're pretty hard to find  :-\ I saw some SimPE editing non-english tutorial but that wouldn't help you, obviously.  And all body shop tutorials i saw are in english :(

That XM hair recolor looks great - as soon as I saw it I was hoping someone would recolor it.  You read my mind, I will be watching out for it at MTS2.  Ummm... any chance of doing it in a lighter, more "platinum" blonde?   ;)  I wish I knew how to recolor, I really need to learn to do that someday.  You guys are all so good.

Again, great job, I love it.  ;D

Fway, that hack thingy is so neat. ^^
That does sound better. I don't have BV, but I'd use that if I did.

"Who needs a ride" when there is no car around? That sounds kinda... dirty. But then, I'm a perv.. so...

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tio_r, those are really nice recolours. <3 It looks like you used just the right amount of contrast to match with the original game shades, but still kept nice detail. ^^


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I'm also letting people know my recolours are up. They are still in moderation on MTS2, but you can get them off my LJ thing right now if you don't want to wait.
10 colourz!! (with a Z cuz "Z" is cooler than "S") The grammer nazi is angry!

(http://www.zelas.net/eclipse/sims2/hair/stardustnymph/EclipseStarDustNymphHair_Banner2.jpg)
Banner. So not In-Game. Can you spot the lenzzzzzzzzz flare? Doin' it right? Doin' it wrong?!?!!112  :D :D :D

In-Game Shots + Info + Download: Clicky Clicky (http://community.livejournal.com/eclipse_sims2/23534.html#cutid1)


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Hehe in my language i don't have any problem, it say something like "pick the sims that'll come with you"  ::)

Dark Lunaris, awesome banner for your upload! :)

Wow Dl I love the fact that your hair comes in colors! The colors duke the colors!

And tio I love your hairs! Any chance of them being/getting binned?

Wow!  I don't have many/any fantasy sims, but I will download that hair because it is just so awesome!  And I will do so as soon as it will let me;)

Edit: It did.   This hair is beautiful, you must have put so much work into it.

WOW! Dark Lunaris your hair is awesome. I love all you hairs. ;D Missbonbon, i'm working on binning my recolors, hope my next hair will be with binned recolors. :)

Great job, tio_r.

*still lusting after Bruno/Herman Toothrot's shirts*

You can has blazed kittehs?

(http://pics.livejournal.com/simminmissa/pic/0006px30/s320x320)
(http://pics.livejournal.com/simminmissa/pic/0006ke55/s320x320)
+4 different colorings

Download here. (http://hideki.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=198097)

Technically, it's an old creation of mine but it's the only thing I currently have on mts2 and I think some people here might like it for their game. 

Awww - they are cute missangelica.  ;D

Those -are- adorable

adorable kitties!

And tio the hair looks amazing in game :)

Ive never seen a cat like that before! Theyre really cute.

I felt in a creating mood tonight.
I'm enjoying making simmies too.
Tonight I made one outfit as gymwear, can wear as every day too, and made a new sim.
Here's the outift
(http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b306/bethbrit2001/sims%202/snapshot_f559db96_95a50da4.jpg)

And here's the sim I made, her name's Sabrina.
(http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b306/bethbrit2001/sims%202/sabrinahead.jpg)

I made another two sims before too, really chuffed with them but no idea where to upload them :[
A couple of the girls have pay hair on them so MTS is a no no, and I don;t really understand the rules of uploading simmies at Gos (I don't have Clean Installer installed) so where can I uploads thems?!?!

Here are the other two simmies for anyone who's interested:

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b306/bethbrit2001/sims%202/alyssahead.jpg

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b306/bethbrit2001/sims%202/alanahead.jpg

Media Fire is free.... hint hint hint!! Sabrina is really cute! So is the outfit, too. Yu doez gud werk!

*Hands rum to Paden and then bows*

Ah thankoo!

I would love to be able to have my own sims site so I can upload stuff to, but I don;t haz monies to spare :[

I'll put the outift on MTS2 tomorrow but no idea what to do with the simmies :P

Edit : *slaps hand for spelling Paden's name wrong -.-'*

OOOOOOOHHHHH. Pretty! Yum. YUM! I would download your stuff in a heartbeat, Beth!

AHHHHH!!!!!!  ;D ;D

that is the first sim I have ever seen with my name! Must download!

DARK LUNARIS mah sweet, I still have to send you an email! I'm so sorry :(

Beth-I love that outfit and that Sabrina sim is so pretty. I need to put her genes into my Strangetown families. They all look like default- face townies. Sure would likes to have them...  :)

Nouk-I just registered at GOS because of that fabulous braid. Cant wait to see it in game.

You don't need to register at GOS to download, neither to see the topics. Registering is only for posting.

I like the forum over there and the goth theme. I was looking for cool free sites to lurk and post on every once in a while. Now I have 2! Gotta love pirates and goth sites!  ;D

Beth, Sabrina and the others are adorable. :)  You can always upload them on mediafire and link here if you want to.

I'm retexturing an old XM hair here using Nouk's textures, but I'm having problems with the blonds. 

(http://xs230.xs.to/xs230/08325/blondtexturesxmhair2713.jpg)(http://xs230.xs.to/xs230/08325/blondtexturesxmhair639.jpg)(http://xs230.xs.to/xs230/08325/blondtexturesxmhairdark109.jpg)

These are the three I have so far.  The first two were supposed to be platinum and strawberry blond, but they look kind of yellow to me now. :-\  Does the last one work as dark blond, or are the highlights too light?  Or is it closer to light brown than dark blond?

Would anyone even want three blonds (or four, since I don't even seem to have a regular blond yet)?  I've never made anything except for personal use before, and I tend to make loads of colors because I like to have non-standard ones as well (probably because my own hair color is one of those that never gets made :P), but I'm not sure anyone else would care.

One definately is too yellow for a platinum blonde. Number two works well as a strawberry blonde (it's almost a perfect match for my sisters natural hair colour, and number three works fine as a dark blonde, in my opinion  :)

You could try reducing the saturation down just a tad - that may get the platinum blond look you are after :) Have edited that hair myself (with Nouk's textures as well *coughs* am so not original..) and had problems getting a decent blond with it. But thats because I really can not do decent blond hair in general

Which makes me think..*quick hijack*..anyone know of any decent tutorials/tips of how to make good blond recolours? I give cookies, yes :D

I've given thought to trying to use Nouk's textures on the eaxis hairs I like the style of, as well as making a ful set of each shade she's used - I love the copper-red and only some of her hairs come in that shade. >.>  Did I mention I mostly use Nouk hairs?

ok, so i made some hoodies and suchlike.  the harry potter themed ones here:
(http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g287/chemistrycourtney/Sims%202%20Projects/allthepotterhousesshirts.png)

and some plain ones here:
(http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g287/chemistrycourtney/Sims%202%20Projects/allthreehoodies.jpg)

those are on mts2 aren't they ;) I think I saw them today and loved them! Any plans to do them with jeans?

As for the hairs, I love the first two colors. First one isn't platinum but I still like the color. Maybe add another color to make a platinum and keep that one, but the third one strikes does has a little to much brown in it to be dark blond.

I love HP! I would like to have those IRL! Are they for Y/A too?

The HP ones will be up at sublime at some point in the near future.  the plain ones are up at mts2.  I can toss some logos onto a jeans version.  I think adele has a hoodie mesh that'd work nicely for that.  :)


I think they are, but don't quote me as I haven't checked.  they use that hooded shortsleeved sportdress thing that came with the basegame, and I'm pretty sure that was available for y/a. 

It actually doesn't matter what the base was available for, I think it will be available for whatever age you imported it as in bodyshop.  But you can easily change the flags using SimPE's clothing scanner or the Wardrobe Wrangler.  All the adult clothing in my game gets made available for YA/Adult/Elder.  (And some of my toddler/children clothes get put in for both genders, too.)

I personally like that second hair. Maybe a touch more brown or red or whatever other shade fits.

Otherwise its beautiful.

I like those hairs, Souvenirs! I think the first one makes a good regular blond.  I have yet to find a texture for this hair I like, but your set looks promising.  Yay!

I just submitted 11 pajamas to MTS2.  These are my favorites:

(http://i34.tinypic.com/2iuesyb.jpg)

Yay Plum, I love that pyjama-mesh. And the textures are great, just the kind of thing you walk around in at home when no one's looking.  ;D I like that all my sims don't have to sleep in fancy negligés.

fun jammies.   ;D  and as far as the hairs go, if you want the first one to be more platinumlike, I agree that a desaturation is in order.  That's what I would do at least.  For the second one, if you were trying for a strawberry blonde, a layer with a peach wash would work for that. 

eta: if I go back and change the outfits so that they are enabled for young adults, does that mean that people will then have to have university to use them?  I completely don't mind changing their availability to include Y/A usage, but I was just wondering if that would make them not just base game available.

I'm always on the lookout for more normal female pajamas!  *goes to download*  ...And MTS2 isn't working.  Oh, well.  *keeps refreshing*

I desaturated the blond, and I think it's better, or is it still a little too yellow?  Is it light enough?  When I make it much lighter than this, it starts to look more white than platinum. :-\  I want to keep it on the blond side--I'll make a gray/silver one later.

(http://xs230.xs.to/xs230/08326/blondtexturesxmhairplat673.jpg)

I'm not entirely happy with the others (the roots look too dark, even though that's not very visible in the pictures I posted), so I'll continue playing with them.  And these are only the blonds. :P  I haven't even started on the reds and browns yet.

If anyone hasn't seen them yet, Bruno's uploaded her tops to MTS2

(http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h163/mohko/selection_s.jpg)

Those shirts I showed you a while ago can now be found here. (http://freya.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=296693) :)

*squeals and runs to MTS like a small child*

You're awesome. Seriously. You, Nouk, and Adele are the goddesses of my universe.

I hyperventilated when I saw those on the site!

Hmmmm crisp and tasty!

I know this sounds n00bish, but can someone link me to a 3D mesh maker? I have no money and my parent's won't let me buy Milkshape. Blender is to complicated for me ><

Hi Beth! I love this outfit. Were you able to upload it to MTS2? I've been looking forward to snagging it. :D

I forgot to add the mesh name in the upload so they asked me to edit it.
I have, I resubmitted it and have heard nothing since :[

I might as well just reupload it totally, will try and find out though.

Not really a creation but gonna shamelessly plug my forum :P
In sig :D
(I'll be uploading my sims on there eventually)

i lurve you Herman, Bruno...whatever!!!!! your downloads bloat my game!! one thing i would love to have from you are blushes, i bet you could make some seriously good blushes (however if you but shit in a bag up for download i would get it anyway, lol)

YAY! *runs to MTS2* How awesome! Totally WANT :)

You've really got no option. For no money, it's Blender or nothing.  Oh, and meshing is pretty complex.  ;)

Great, Bruno's trying to pop my downloads folder.

Mine done popped already, but am rebuilding it... On the game computer, not the new one, that one just refuses to digest hacks dammit.

Bruno, just wanted to let you know that those tops look great in game. :)

!!!! Bruno! I love the outfits, so happy I can finally have them :)

TYSVM!  ;D

I was thinking downloading a crack but all the ones I seem to find have a Trojan in them >-o

I tried to figure out Blender when I had it.... The tutorial on the site didn't help at all.

Just tell your parents how much you NEED to do this. You don't have to subscribe for it, so I'm fine with my 35 dollar version. *shrugs*


I have yet to make something... :/


Maybe I'll pull a black garden (right?) and make flower pot hair for everyone!

I tried to, they think it's a waste of money. I might get it for Christmas and all though, I think I'll stick with MTS2 until then.

If you live in America, you can always ask your parents for a gift card that's a credit card-ish. I believe I bought milkshape with that...

I think I used a vanilla mastercard... anywho google that.

Oh yes! I forgot, I will most likely get 15 bucks from my Grandmother for my Birthday. And probably a Giftcard to Wal-Mart from my neighbor. Now I just have to see how much it costs at Wal-mart.

I actually think you're better off trying to learn Blender; for one thing, it's totally free, and imo, is a much better piece of software than Milkshape is (and one that is more comparable to higher end 3D modelling/animation applications as well). Plus, you might discover that you absolutely hate meshing/modelling and then you'll be out 30 bucks :D.

However, I'm with Calalily; learning to model and mesh isn't going to be easy no matter what you decide to use, so don't be under the impression that a different programme will automatically be easier to pick up. All 3D modelling programmes, from Milkshape all the way to Maya, have steep learning curves and can be very frustrating for someone who has limited experience, so you've really got to be prepared to deal with that and knuckle down until you figure it out. As for learning Blender, the tutorials on the website aren't the greatest. I'd recommend using The Blender wiki book (http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Blender_3D:_Noob_to_Pro) to get yourself started.

Thanks I guess xP I wanted to use Milkshape because MTS2 highly recommends it, they say you can make animated hair or meshes with Blender. So that's what I was concerned with.

And seeing as I have Photoshop, is there a special texture I can use for the hair if I ever manage to make a mesh?

And how would I make a Mesh compaitble with a Sim head? Blenders confusing me again D:

I use Gmax, but I use it with the Simcity4 Building Architect Tool to make custom buildings (and quite honestly gmax is poopy, which explains why it's free  :P)

This is part of that steep learning curve Mando was telling you about. You're going to have to pick through tutorials yourself and figure it out. Milkshape will be confusing too. You should tackle texturing first, then move on to meshes. Hair is the toughest I hear, so you're better off starting with simpler stuff.

Is it a crack or a keygen? Because most anti-virus will report keygens as trojans.

*pats the kiddies on the head*

ARGH!  I forgot the jammies I made were on a Nightlife mesh, so now I have to wait like another day for my jammies to get posted at MTS2.  Damn me and my fail and also my lack of patience.  >:o

Meh. Not kidding. I'm *ahem* older than you it seems, and therefore should be wiser by default (as if  :D) I so couldn't do it. Mind you, having a large family, I don't really have the time to sit and devote hours of my time to it. I found I would just start to learn something, then I'd have to get up and get on, and when I got back to it, I was all confuzzled again. To top that, my brain does not work in technological circles, and nor do I learn easily by reading stuff. I learn far easier with someone showing me how to do it, but that's not an option.

Still, I hold out hope that one day, I might be able to make a decorative stick  :D

I grabbed Bruno's tops from MTS2. They look awesome in the game! I need those jeans w/sneakers he has in the pic, though because they look great with them. I only have one pair of CC jeans in my DLs and they dont look right.  Does anyone know who made those jeans?

The jeans with converse are most likely by HystericalParoxysm, however, there are people in the community who made recolors, as well as giving them new shoes, or  a completely different mesh. Start off @ HP's downloads @ MTS2, or search for untucked jeans. You'll find a lot of goodies. Untuckables are one of the bread winners in my book. You'll also want more for your guys and teens and kiddos, too. (I haven't found any for elders, nobody thinks of them :'( ) Fanseelamb has many for guys. Migamoo has done lots of untuckables for teens and children, as well as Kaylyn06 (?) for teen guys, oh and Plush_Apple too, well those are the ones I know of at the moment, but there are a lot more people in the community who have made more untuckables.

The rolled up jeans, and the ones with sneakers,  I'm not sure of. The short shorts are by Sentate, also @ MTS2.

Thanks fway! Very helpful.  ;D

the jeans with the sneakers I believe was someone's recolor at insim

Thanks, Missbonbon. I just went to the site and found out I have to register to DL anything. I'll register if its a cool site but I dont know anything about them.

It's a cool site  ;) IMO, of course.

The only way you're going to find that out is by, well, registering and seeing if you like what you see!

Insim has loads of great downloads. It's well worth registering IMO. Finding a specific download is a PITA though, unless it's one of the featured creators. Not a big deal though, you'll get side tracked as you're searching and find lots of things to bloat your download folder with.

I really want those rolled up jean shorts with flip-flops. Does anyone know where you can get them?

Some of the other jeans are from adele-sims.com. Bruno links them in her post. I went on a downloading splurge yesterday :D

well, i know that club crymsin (club crimsyn?)  has rolled up jeans and converse, and they're fun.  i think maybe they have rolled up jeans and flipflops, or bare feet? 

A-yup. I have those and the Clean Installer tells me that they're by Bre, for what it's worth. I will see if I can find them and link them.


Edit:
They are right here (http://freya.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=232882). I can haz rum naow?

Looks like I'll be registering on InSim. I just wanted to make sure they werent a pay site or somebody the PMBD hated. I saw they werent on the booty list.

I see much hunting and getting sidetracked and DL folder bloating in my future.  :D Thanks for the advice.

hehe :) Insim is a good site. The only bad thing about imo is they don't really have many *new* updates, but the ones they do get are really good. Insim was the sole responsibility of bloating my downloads folder with pretty ladies.

I gotta get over there and check in before I get fired...

Cheers! Here, have a load of rum ;D

*Emma passes rum to dusdeedawn

Huzzah to Emma! And now I shall proceed to drink and be merry! ;D

working on some dress recolors of a dress from Poison Pink Lemons. 

(http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g287/chemistrycourtney/Sims%202%20Projects/ppldaydressrecolorsteaser.jpg)

I feel like it needs MOAR colors, or maybe a pattern of some sort?  Any thoughts?  (not plaid, courtney and plaid patterns don't go well together, as I make them look like the bad.)

I would like to see a pattern on them Courtney.  They are totally downloadable as is right now though.  WANT!

yeah, i think so too, I like the solid ones, but I feel like I need some with a pattern.  Maybe batik fabric? 

Possibly. I like those dresses, and I would quite like to see them in a girly feminine print - summery, that kind of thing.

This is a really dumb question, possibly, but I am new to all of this - what is the difference between the way you do the textures, and say, liana does her textures?
I much prefer yours.
Would I be right in saying, that yours is drawn painstakingly by hand, where Liana possibly takes images of the net and uses patterns from there?

I think I got down how Chaz does his sims, which is by the above method, only with the faces, yes?

excuse my ignorance please, but I am interested!

well, doesn't liana photoskin?  I add shading in and texture by hand, generally speaking.  the textures right there that you see were initially done by meshmaker, over at Poison Pink Lemons.  I redefined the texture, after I recolored the dresses, but the initial drape you see there, was not an original idea.  But yes, on the things I do, I add layers in and add highlights and shadows manually to where the outfit would naturally denote a shade or light.  I'm pretty sure Liana photoskins, and does not adjust where light and shadows fall.  (even when i do mild photoskinning, i still adjust light and shadows so they make sense.) 

Right, thanks Chemistrycourtney. It all becomes a little clearer now. Photoskinning was the term I was looking for!

Without looking at the texture up close, I don't know if the fabric of the dress is draped the right way for this to work, but it would be neat to have a solid color bodice and a patterned skirt, or even the whole dress with a pattern, but a solid gauzy layer over the bodice.

This is, of course, assuming it looks right for the fabric of the dress.  From the angle of your shot, it looks to me like it could go either way.  :)

well, different textures can be applied. lol.  IIRC, the mesh itself is pretty much the same shape as the large flowery nightgown that came with the game... and then it had an interesting texture applied to it. (by the good people at PPL.)  they have it there in blue, and i like it a lot, and decided I needed to have it in many more colors.  but i'll get it in bodyshop, and see if maybe I can finesse something interesting with the initial texture, and then something with a totally different texture as well. 

ChemistryCourtney, I really like those dresses and that you chose deeper, richer colors over pastels.

I like those dresses, and would definitely download them for my simmies, as is!
As for more colors and patterns and whatnot, I agree with Millie about feminine, summery patterns. The PPL one is kind of bright, which in my head equates to summer, so some bright colors would not go amiss in my game.
But if you released them as is and never touched them again, I'd still love you forever 'n' ever.  :D

I would love to see some girly colors, plus maybe add like an overcoat/sweater could make it wearable for the fall season too :)

Those dresses are pretty!  All they need is Hello Kitty plastered all over them and they will be complete.

Speaking of which, I have completed and submitted to MTS2 50 panties for little girls (and pedos)!

Here's the first part:

(http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r131/plumsims/mycc/prev_sanrio.jpg)

Those are super cute Plum! I shall be nabbing them when I get home tonight! :P

Summery prints are all the rage now, especially blue/pink/pastel green combos. I am more partial to red/black and white bold patterns...

*throwing seeds*

:D

They probably wont be approved at MTS2 for at least a day.  Usually takes between one and two full days.

Fortunately, I have the patience of a goldfish.  Those are patient, right? [/liar]

Goldfish are only patient because they forget what they were patient about  ;D

Any plans on doing the undies for adults? With matching tops of course.... but the are really cute!

I want those panties for adults!  (...and me, but I can't wear pixels, dammit.)  They could be paired with a white bra or nothing.  I was just wishing the other day I had more than ONE bit of adult underwear that was bottoms only.  My sims that sleep in their underwear are probably ditching the underwire first, but I'm being logical again.

I found these curtains (http://sims-2.gameslife.ru/objects_sets12.htm) the other day through a WCIF thread, and I was disappointed to find they weren't recolors of Inge's Auto Shades, because they really looked like it.

So I'm MAKING THEM BE RECOLORS OF THE AUTOSHADE, DAMMIT.  It was a little more complicated than I originally thought.  I got to make two states with various amounts of opacity.  I'm about to go to bed, but sometime in the next day or two I'll load up the game for some preview shots.  And then upload them.

(http://pics.livejournal.com/rikkulidea/pic/00015wh0.jpg)
Here's a quickie preview I snapped while doing my whole "better make sure things look okay before I do things this way 20+ more times" thing.

I was considering making at least some of the undies for adults but I wasn't sure if anyone would love mamegoma and Ariel panties as much as me.  :}

I'll look into it next time I get bored.  Right now I'm working on dresses.  If anyone else wants to do anything with my creations they're welcome to though; I'll even give up the PSD or textures or whatever.

My Sims need more braless panties to sleep in too, though, now that Quinctia mentions it.  :D

Are the undies topless or do they come with something like a tank top? And would you cry if I categorized them for sleepwear as well?

You guys can have your sims sleep braless? Hmmm I dunno, maybe it's cause I live with a bunch of pervies but I can't do that.... I feel dirty  :-[

*off topic* the only time i've ever slept in a bra is when i've passed out from utter exhaustion....but i wasn't really blessed with a large chest so this may be why it doesn't bother me.

When I put the jammies on, the bra comes off! I gotta have some comfort to be able to sleep and a band around my chest doesn't spell comfort.

*wears a bra as little as possible*


No tops, just panties.  And you are welcome to do whatever you'd like with them.  Add skidmarks and make them into hats for all I care.  :)

They're up at MTS2 now, by the way. (http://modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=297138)   ;D

"I spent like an entire day making, photographing, and editing little girls' panties. Therefore, in accordance with Megan's Law, I am obligated to inform you that I am a registered sex offender."

That cracked me up. Great job on all of them.

Those are adorable, plum.

Plum, they are adorable :D I'd love some with matching vests though *hint hint* Just the plain and misc ones though.

I made something, they aren't brilliant but here they are:

8 EA Store Teen Outfit Recolours. You will need the mesh from EA store (or here (http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/smf/index.php/topic,12303.0.html)) Thanks to the contibutors to the EA Store stuff thread.

(http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll294/Emma_M_71/Misc_Stuff/8_TF_EA_Store_Outfits.png)

Emma_8_TF_EA_Store_Outfits.zip (http://www.4shared.com/file/58896696/d2f11f78/Emma_8_TF_EA_Store_Outfits.html)

They are all clearly labelled by the colour so you can just delete any you don't want.

That's my favorite EA Store teen outfit. I love your recolors.

Shows me I should pay more attention to the EA Store, surprisingly.  I love the brown!

I was cursed with a generous one, and I am very anti-bra at night. However, I sleep with a body pillow to keep my knees aligned and to have something to snuggle.

Beautiful Emma!

Hey plum, I would love to try and make tops/try converting them to adults if you don't mind mailing me the textures and psd's :) I can't promise they would be any good but I do want to try...

I have to agree with all you ladies. I run around in no bra whenever I can. Usually I'm too self conscious to do it in public, but at home? Who cares! If my roommate can wander around the place without pants on, surely I can go without a bra?

I usually wont wear a bra at home after six oh-clock.
I always feel embarrassed taking it off any earlier than that.
 :-[

Bras are teh evil. I never wear one unless I am leaving the house.

Let me jump back here a few posts and say to Quinctia that I freakin love your patterns on the blinds and it's super sweet that you are recoloring the AutoShades, even though it seems like other meshes would be easier.
And if you upload those anywhere, I will probably jump up and down squealing and clapping my hands like a 2-year-old at a magic show. If you don't, I may resort to stalking.   ;D

I only wear one if I'm dressing up - otherwise, even when I leave my house, not wearing one - besides, they don't make the comfy ones or the pretty ones in my size.  If I wanted a straight jacket, I'd get myself commited.

I would scare people if I went out of the house without a bra.

You don't own a shirt? ;)

*is eating oatmeal with Maple syrup, has anyone else tried it? Its awesome!*

I am no big fan of bras either, however I have one or two that I love because they are really comfortable! *they are an expensive brand tho*
You can barely feel them :) yet you feel supported too! However nothing beats being free from all restraints. Haha.

I love curtain recolours! :D

I have to wear a bra, if i don't i feel uncomfortable and i'm scared people will see my nipples :-\

Since several people now have asked for age conversions or tanktops added, and Missbonbon said she'd like to convert some for adults, here's my PSD containing the textures, the alphas, and some raw textures.  I also added alphas and textures for tank tops for little girls to make that part easier on some people.

NOTE:  I don't know if this file will work with less than Photoshop CS3.  No idea.  :o

3.33MB RAR'd (http://www.mediafire.com/?1b2wkixyftd)

*goes back to being annoyed with this dress texture*

I agree with Topaz, although I'm glad my mom told me to take it off at night, because I'm really not sure I would have figured it out at night.  Well now, maybe, now that I'm so close to being a "grown woman"  but before definitely not.  Up until last year I thought I was an A, turns out I'm a C.  Gee I can't believe I brought that up. :P

Plum, I love those undies, they're so cute...although I doubt I'll be able to have that many recolors  :'( for a subsequent lack of a game to put them in ;D 

And the teen outfits now have some really great recolors!  Nice!

Edited to make up for careless posting

Lulz.  ;D

Thanks!  I will say again that they aren't MY textures, I snagged them off of Sim2Play's Inosign Curtains, which I thought about just using instead.  But they were the perfect size for the Autoshade and I love that mesh to bits already.

Got things packaged and stuff, and I put up a post on my sims journal here (http://rikkulidea.livejournal.com/36465.html), if anyone's interested.  Also have more screencaps, and this one (http://pics.livejournal.com/rikkulidea/pic/0001hb13) showcases how much just adding a little bit of transparency adds to the effect of these things.

It would hurt me to do that. Sitting around without a bra is just fine, but I walk about as fast as I can possibly go (both best friends are tall, and you have to be fast and limber to get around the tourist brigade). They would be smacking the crap out of me.

Emma, I love your recolors and Quinctia, I love those blinds.  Great work, both of you.

*psst plum you need to empty your inbox :P*

Thank you plum for the psd... unfortunately before you sent it I had already started working on them and have about 12 of them done  :-[ I suppose I'll finish the little girls tomorrow since I have the day off, but the women's conversion might take a while since that might be a bit more complicated than copy/paste/change hue

Thanks for the comments ;D

I have to wear a bra otherwise my back hurts. My boobs aren't that big either, just D cups. I can't sleep in a bra though, it'd be torture!

When I was a little younger, I was always so jealous of these girls with biggish boobs..but then I got some friends with said big boobs who complain about it constantly. I'm pretty content with my B cup now. I have enough back problems just because I have a spine that curves inward far too much without the boob weight to add to it. What is it they say, anything more than a handful is a waste of boob? Just kidding, ladies. :)

I recolored the H&M "runway"-ish curtains, well because I got tired of the 3 color choices they gave, and will better compliment other furniture. I gave the recolors "fruity" names. Comes in 19 flavors:

Apricot, avocado, blueberry, coconut x2, concord grape, fruit splash, gooseberry, guava, Key Lime, kiwi, mango, papaya, peach, pear, persimmon, pineapple,  plum, and strawberry.

*empties her PM box and raspberries at stingy Pescado*

Nice recolors, fway!  I like those curtains but they didn't come in enough colors.  And now they come in pink!  Huzzah!

well Fway, for any reason these aren't accepted (and i don't know why they wouldn't be) i would love to have them in my game!

Thanks for the compliments you guys


There will be one tile versions of course, I think I'm going to revise on the pictures for now. Just wanted to tease you all. :)

Sabrina has been uploaded

http://www.sims2supernova.com/showthread.php?t=2475

My recolors have been approved:
http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=297298

Okay, actually getting to -see- alot of Chaz's stuff, and hearing that the faces look identical if you remove the masks, I decided to share the one sim I've ever made for upload [ outside of my selfsim ].

I just used a normal skin - maybe this is helped by the fact that there are no colour photos of Lillian Gish in her youth to work from, except for paintings :)

I modeled the mesh though, took me for freaking ever to get her to match up, and I actually took photos as I worked and did overlays to make sure everything was the right distance apart.  I -like- how it came out, anyway, and couldn't have done it without all the wonderful pieces I used for her.

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d152/Reynfox/MTS2_634567_Reyn_LillianSim3.jpg)

She's lovely Soggy Fox.  :-*

*Death to Calalily*

Because Pescado rarely stops by.

I made some more shinies, this time they're real curtains! so far, I've only got the 1 tile version down, the two tile version is being a bitch ATM... ::)

Woah, fway, they're amazing!
And you say that was your first meshing project?
If it was (the one before this update) that's really impressive!
Are the one tiled ones in the moderation queue yet?

Thank you!

Well, it was just reducing the mesh to a couple of tiles, I added a couple of parts to the rod so it's "hung" off the wall and gouged in the wall too. Then replacing the mesh of one curtain that has that many tiles, then using the repository technique, and voila... curtains XD. I'd like to make a 3 tiled curtain, but I'm probably going to bork up something. :/ I was mainly doing this so they'd look nice with OFB windows, and they're perfect for displays and whatnot. I decided to play around with milkshape, and make use of something. So, basically everything is in-tact, just shrunk. They'll be in moderation queue soon, I haven't gotten around to it because I've been trying to fix the two tiled curtains and reduced 2 tile mesh. I'm also going to see if the mesh can be transparent so you can see through still. I'm crossing my fingers for that. So, these will be uploaded as a set. I'm not sure on how to increase the number of tiles on an object, I heard that you use the cres for it?

I also have to make diagonals soon. Otherwise who'd want crappy diagonals?

wow fway I love all the curtain! The one of the stage curtain looks particularly nice in game :)

Thank you misbonbon for the compliments.


These are the furniture length curtains, they're coming in 1 tile only though, because I had to fix the others so they'd line up better and not bleed through eachother unfortunately. So, these will probably look good on windows and above furniture. Also, the windows with large trims might bleed through, but these were particularly made for the inner parts of the house.

ETA: these curtains can't be made transparent unfortunately. I tried every opacity out there, no luck. I believe it's because the texture has two main parts to it.

I like your curtains fway.  ;D


Why not clone something that's 3 tiles, and then you don't have the issue.

I thank you, Calalily. I was thinking of doing that, but I would probably have to change something to categorize it as a curtain. *shrugs I mean, I want to make these curtains to be used as REAL curtains, and found out that curtains automatically snap to a wall. Now, would this actually require changing the BHAV if I cloned a three tile object, but didn't clone a curtain?

Or is there a simple way of turning a two tile object into a 3 tile one? I read Numenor's tutorial on reducing the number of tiles, but there aren't any that shows how to increase. Or am I just stupid and didn't know that I could put 1.5 into the CRES (or whatever resource that edits the number of tiles) and be done?

Well there is a 3 tile painting in the Base game, so it would only go on a wall if you cloned that.  I'm not sure if they "snap" the same way - I haven't noticed really.


I don't have any idea. I toyed with it for the bedding decor, but it seemed to be easy to pick up anyway, so I didn't bother. Those with OCD who are bothered by it can do it themselves - I'm only concerned with how easy it is to pick up and place. It seems to involve BHAVs too. I *think* this is the right tutorial. http://www.eternal-echo.net/sims/tutorials/footprint/ (http://www.eternal-echo.net/sims/tutorials/footprint/)

hey fway while I was browsing around for sims 2 content, someone had made a 3-tile curtain using the one tile, and just expanded the object. You could try that :)


http://www.mediafire.com/?3tjhin9ndti

there kiddies is the download for tops to plum's bottoms. I will re edit this post once I can get some in game pictures. I didn't do all of them for time constraints and for my mental health (good lord there are a lot of undies!) I basically took the maxis tank top off of their  undies and added to plum's then changed the hue to match the undies. I didn't use plum's psd, so the top doesn't completely touch the undies... I think it looks more realistic that way.

The only undies I didn't add a top for was the disney,cartoon ones, and the sanyo/cute cartoon ones. All the ones with patterns have tops, and all the plain ones with the exception of the white undies and the colored bands. I didn't see a point to add tops to those.

If you have plum's undies then download these they shouldn't cause problems but for future reference I have all ep's and sp's with the exception of ikea.

Once I get more time I will work on the others.... I want to add patterns to those :)

Thanks you two! I can finally make a 3 tiled curtain for that pesky OFB window. I think in the terms of safety I'll look at echo's tutorial first, I wouldn't happen to know abut that person's policy on using their object as a base Missbonbon.


Aaand. . . I found a slight problem that I may need to fix with the curtains. I was told that I had to modify the normals.

This is probably on all of the modfied curtains.  :-\

While helping on the InSim WCIF forum, I got into search mode and found something you might be able to use, fway.
http://www.sapphiresims2.com/showthread.php?t=21166&highlight=curtains

There is another one here: http://fairywitchsims.com/decor/moroccan-medina-curtains/
but I'm checking out if it's a pay or free site. I'd never heard of it before, but something niggles at the back of my brain saying that maybe I have...

Anyhoo, you'll have to register at both sites to get the meshes, but it's free. You may wish to have some sunglasses handy because Sapphire Sims is a blinky twinkly wonderland...

Fake edit, from what I see so far, not a ruddy thing about paying for stuffs or donation sets, so this could be a good thing.

Just a little something I'm working on. I've never uploaded anything like this before, so be gentle  :D It's only half done, but I'm fairly pleased with how it's going so far! It's a community park for simmies!

Front entrance

(http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m135/Rhianwen_2006/snapshot_0000000c_d5b79a5a.jpg)

View from the back

(http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m135/Rhianwen_2006/Screenshot-2.jpg)

Worth uploading somewhere when it's done? ie, here LOL.

I love what you have so far, Millie. It's so pretty and peaceful. You should definitely upload when it's finished!  :)

Nice, Millie, I especially like the entrance arch.  ;D

(http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m135/Rhianwen_2006/snapshot_f5b5f7a5_f5b8b7a4.jpg)

(http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m135/Rhianwen_2006/snapshot_f5b5f7a5_35b8b7b1.jpg)

Some views of the finished lot - all playtested and working fine. One problem, and it's not huge. I used the allow45degreeangleofrotation cheat when placing benches on the built up fountain (and the snapobjectstogrid) The animation is a little wonky with this, but sims can sit/lounge etc on these benches.

So, if anyone is interested in having it, give me a shout and I'll upload it somewhere for you. It's got a lot of custom content (flowers and the like, wallpaper and terrain, mainly) and I couldn't tell you where I got half of it from! I'm assuming that when you package a lot, it adds meshes and things to the file, so the objects will work in game?

Wow! I'm not sure whether to be inspired or intimidated, after seeing these incredible creations. :)

/farks on off back to the SimPe tutorials...

Oh I put benches on 45 degree angles all the time.  Especially park benches.  I wouldn't worry about it.  If you playtest it and it's usable, that's good enough for most people.

If you want to pack it up and share it, you'll need Clean Installer.  To make sure nothing hack-like is hanging around, and also, if you're using items with 20 recolors and you only used one, you'll want to clean the others out to get the package size down to something manageable.  I had a house I decorated for a contest at GoS and it was 60 MB before I cleaned out extra recolors.

One thing I've found, and I don't know if the situation is different depending on your game version, but I never end up with recolors of Maxis's objects in my lot packages.  So, I actually try to avoid decorating with Maxis recolors in lots I plan to share, unless I know exactly where they are a) in my downloads folder, so I can stick them in my zip with the packaged lot or b) on the internet, so I can point in that direction.  Needless to say, I only use that for very important (to me!) things like the invisible driveway recolor, copper kitchen appliance recolors, and showerstall/toilet stall recolors. XD

Millie, that is a gorgeous lot! :)

Have you ever seen sims ACR woohoo on 45 degree placed benches? Funny as anything!

I love that - very elegant and regal looking lot.

Thanks for the compliments folks  :)

Now, any constructive criticism?  :D

Hm...I would use MoveObjectsOn and move the telephone. It really stands out right in the front. Maybe move it off to the side more?

Other than that, I wouldn't change anything. I really like it!  :)

Hmmm, that's a good thought, Aralie. Thank you. I think I have in my downloads folder, a wooden 'phone booth' cover thingy for public phones. If it shows up under community lot anywhere, that might be a good idea too!

Thank you  ;D

love love love the lot! I love the naturalness put into it!

Got my normals fixed! Now shinier than ever! (Too lazy to crop and resize). Now I need to make diagonals, which I FAIL at.

The wooden phone booth sounds like it would match better. Good idea.  :)

I love the curtains, fway. Good luck with the diagonals.  :P

I like to make random default replacements and for my personal use, but I sometimes ask if other people would like them if they're not too crappy (like stuff I've actually made myself xD) or would be against someone's TOU. I don't see the point in hoarding files.

With that said, I've always hated the nanny dress for some reason, so I replaced the mesh and two textures with outfits from Bastdawn's elder sweaters with jeans set (http://modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=240557). I did lavender and blue for my game, but I've already put together replacements with all the other textures in case anyone would want them. I haven't uploaded them yet because I don't want to back up all the extra packages on my 4shared if no one else will use them and I only need lavender and blue. So, just let me know if you're interested.

(http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n315/Jessbugs/customcontent/unsym.jpg)

I stuck some boots on this Fashion Stuff dress. Uploaded it up here (http://community.livejournal.com/strangepixels/3808.html?#cutid1). First post in YONKS.

awww those dresses are pretty :) any chances of more colors?

And blueblood I would love some default replacements! If I could honestly replace everything in the game to get rid of most of the maxis fug I would  ;D

Blueblood, yes to the nanny stuff.

I like those dresses. Very 'retro chic'. I thought I had the fashion stuff pack, but I don't recall these dresses?

thanks, no recolours as of yet - the one I attempted to do sucked. ???

Yea they're part of the HM stuff pack, but I think she/he might have recolored them because they look a lot nicer than the ones in my game  ;)

Feathered, I am sooo downloading that outfit!



I'm probably not going to make the diagonals, since you can give it that diagonal look by using boolprop allow45degreeangleofRotation, moveobjects on, and snapObjects ...

wow fway your curtains have come a long way :) When are the new ones going to be up for download?

Okay, here are the nanny replacements. http://www.4shared.com/file/60070922/f65c6fc3/nanny_default_replacements.html

There are two nanny textures, so you'll have to choose a default texture for each. I added the main textures and alternate textures to two separate folders, so choose one replacement from each folder and then delete the rest. The files are labeled to match BastDawn's pictures so use them as a reference to help you choose.

http://modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=240557

Since this is a new mesh, I won't need Fashion Stuff pack will I?

Thanks, and soon... not to worry.

Yes, I believe so. :)


edit  - er, You don't need Fashion Stuff. Reread my reply and it sounded like I meant that you need FS....never mind, I has the dumb. :-X

Wow fway teach me tooooooooooo!!!!!!!! *want*

If there were a subforum, or even a thread for the collection and filtration of Annoyingly Stupid Questions, I'd post it there. I'll pass around the house bottle of Appleton's, and hope for a bit of humoration on this one...

Is there a central repository, where members' creations are uploaded, if they choose to share the files for download? Some of the creations I've seen referenced, are absolutely gorgeous and are on my "omgimusthazthat" list. There's a handful I'd love to have for my own use ingame. Looking at some of the pictures you giys (and gals) have created, I am amazed at the talent here.

And I really, really hate to be a pest and PM someone to ask for the file...too much like begging, and no Pirate Wench, let alone a Mistress in good standing, would resort to such reprehensibility. If I ever create anything I thought anyone might like, I would happily make the file available for download for anyone who wanted it.

That would be the ask a pirate thread. I'd macro you, but I can't be bothered, since the rest of your post is so sweet  :D


Why don't you post which ones you want - they may already be hosted elsewhere, and the creator may be able to point you in the right direction.

simple as going into the package file, going to the TXMT resource and changing staSetAlphaBlendMode:none to staSetAlphaBlendMode:blend and there you could make a transparent file, but it depends on the mesh I believe...

I just can't win with these things, I found that there's this wierd mesh fuckup when you look at the curtains at an angle, but that's only if they're transparent. :/

Thanks fway!
That happens to me with clothing too, I think... when you look through the cloth and it is 'double', folded over, it has a weird thing going on. It's probably a display issue from the game itself.

On another note: Personally I'd love a little subforum under the self sim sharing thing, where creators can share their stuff. But I don't think Pescado finds it useful.

Anyone ever heard of Banksy? (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banksy)
He's a graffiti artist, not many people know of him as he's very sly at making his art.
Anyway, I've used Aikea's mesh to put one piece of his art in the game.

Click here for pic (http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b306/bethbrit2001/sims%202/Creations/banksylittlegirl.jpg)

I'm happy with it, but don't know whether I should make more images or whether to upload that one piece.
It's 2 parts though, as the mesh is only the length of one wall part so the balloon and the little girl are two seperate things

I think if anywhere, you could ask here for a file - we're all about sharing. I'm sure that they can either direct you to where it's available for download, or if they're feeling energetic upload it to media fire for all.  I can't think of anyone here who hoards their stuff - so just PM - I'm sure they'd be glad to tell you.  Ask in Ask a Pirate in Sharkbait if you're not really sure.  No one will eat you, as we are all download whores. :D

Oh, and Beth - I like that stencil - that's very cute.  :)

Beth you might want to check out this guy (http://www.insimenator.net/showthread.php?t=55917). He has a Bansky in the grafitti recolours. He also has some templates for offer. The meshes are from Numenor and there might be something you would find useful. Just skip past the animation stuff and go to the poster and graffiti overlays. You could also check here (http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=178314), some more meshes you might find useful.

PS. Bansky Rules!!! Good choice. I was planning on doing some for my game just never seem to find the time.

I love Bansky Beth! and I also know the Banksy print made by Pixelated. I use his graffiti overlay ALL THE TIME, it uses that awesome base by Numeror. I am always anxious for more recolours, I haven't really seen many and it is such an amazing mesh!
If you wanted to, you could do the little girl in two one panel pieces, but there is a double you can use. Maybe use the double for the girl and the space between, and one panel for the balloon. :)
Either way I am excited for you! Moar wall murals, graffitti and rippped posters FTW!  :-*

I know I am just repearing what kenmtl said.. but ... I just wanted you to know I think it's an awesome idea!!!

I'm retexturing a hair:

(http://pics.livejournal.com/rikkulidea/pic/0001r4c7.jpg)

(http://pics.livejournal.com/rikkulidea/pic/0001sk58.jpg)

Pretty nifty, huh?  It's got a bit of handpainting, and I managed to finish making a texture without getting frustrating and going "this is why I don't make CC!" for once.

I have a question, though.  Does anybody out there have a purpose for hair in this color:
(http://pics.livejournal.com/rikkulidea/pic/0001t0ac.jpg)

It's my high-saturated macaroni and cheese color base texture.  Just want to know if I should bother packing it and uploading at all, or just toss it when I'm done with the set.  (I suppose it'd be nice for your Grilled Cheese sims? XD)

I uploaded that community lot. Took me AGES to remove all of the extra recolours etc, and there have been a couple of changes (phonebox no longer in plain view being the main one)

(http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m135/Rhianwen_2006/snapshot_00000026_75bdb1d0.jpg)
(http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m135/Rhianwen_2006/Screenshot-3.jpg)

Couple of photos so you know what I'm talking about, and

Upload linky here

http://www.sendspace.com/file/7p3uyz

Enjoy!

I makde 1 banksy print into a mural http://www.insimenator.net/showthread.php?t=50986 (http://www.insimenator.net/showthread.php?t=50986)

Yeah, we'll be glad to share stuff, or where our stuff is - for example, all mine is over at Insim or MTS2, though I've been a bit lslack lately.  And since I don't think the joke on my name is obvious - I'm Reyn most places.

As for the Banksy stuff, ZOMG - he's brilliant, bloody brilliant - and of course, the 'tidy' types don't get it.

What a great upload Millie ;D YOu did a great job, its in my download folder now. 8)

Aw shucks, thanks  ;D

I'm working on a house next - BIG challenge for me. My houses are usually square, or two oblongs stuck together, on a perfectly flat lot. I'm not usually that fussed, as long as I can fit everything I need in them. Time to go upmarket, a little. I want a basement on this one, so that should be interesting  :D

Here's a tip that our dear Hecubus gave me way back when. When making your basement, make sure the foundation is hollow. Take the connecting stairs and put one set in. When that is done, add another set to the landing that the first set made. Then add a third step to that and it will be deep enough. Take the leveling tool and bring it all to the lowest level, delete the steps and finish leveling. Then it's all ready to add walls. Beats the old method of flattening one square twelve clicks down...

Thanks Paden. That is most useful! I've been trawling looking for tutorials and my head is fair buzzing now  :D I found Mikeinside, and there is a LOT of stuff on there. I've read too much *wibbles*

When I have perfected some more advanced building techniques (hah), I'm going to have a go at making my own walls/floors/ground textures, to really personalise things.

But, for now, building techniques, it is  ;D

Thank our fair ax-wielding Lady Hecubus for the tip, I only passed on her tutelage. She has a knack for explaining stuff clearly and simply that sticks with you better than thousands of technical terms would ever do. Have fun!

I'm a little apprehensive after seeing the gorgeous lots before in this thread and its parent, but I figure that what I did was better than the stuff in the Ugliest Paysite thread, so...

I've never been much on building, but I followed a plan this time (http://www.houseplans.com/plan_details.asp?id=29708 (http://www.houseplans.com/plan_details.asp?id=29708)) and have sadly learned that I think I kinda suck. The outside looks all right, if not slightly boring, but the back of the house, and the interior is...meh, at best? So, I come to all of you, hat and rum in hand, in hopes of some real constructive critiques. Do your best/worst with me, people. I'm thick-skinned.

(http://i308.photobucket.com/albums/kk330/Miss_Ria/snapshot_00000001_f5bebb44.jpg)
As I was saying, the front of the house looks all right, if not a little bland. I figure some more landscaping, since this is a work in progress, and some deck clutter would help a little. My idea of landscaping is usually throw a tree in the corner and call it a night. Heh. Unfortunately, the few little inspired touches I put in don't show, like using a darker ground cover under the decking area, to make it a little more shadowed.

(http://i308.photobucket.com/albums/kk330/Miss_Ria/snapshot_00000001_d5bebb75.jpg)
zomg, side view, and yes, the bottom of the chimney matches the rest. I'm guessing that's just a shadow, because it matches on the back view. Again, hints for landscaping?

(http://i308.photobucket.com/albums/kk330/Miss_Ria/snapshot_00000001_15bebb68.jpg)
And the mighty back, which is...the back. And boring. I'm all about symmetry, so if I were to add a deck to the master suite, I would also need one for the other side, which is the en suite bathroom. The house is almost on the back of the lot, because I was using a narrow house plan that's intended to take up the whole lot. But still, there has to be something that can be done.

(http://i308.photobucket.com/albums/kk330/Miss_Ria/snapshot_00000001_75bebbb6.jpg)
I probably spent almost an hour getting this little corner right, and I'm rather proud of it, but it's about the ONLY good furniture setting that I can see in there. The opposite side looks bland and boring.

(http://i308.photobucket.com/albums/kk330/Miss_Ria/snapshot_00000001_15bebbd9.jpg)
Opposite side, including the entrance and the stairs to the second level.

(http://i308.photobucket.com/albums/kk330/Miss_Ria/snapshot_00000001_b5bebc25.jpg)
Not bad kitchen, boring as hell dining room.

(http://i308.photobucket.com/albums/kk330/Miss_Ria/snapshot_00000001_d5bebb9a.jpg)
AND ground floor shot. I have no clue as to what to do with the big empty space there, whether to leave it, separate and clutter the area, or what.

I haven't done too much on the second floor yet, aside from the master suite, because I'm not sure whether I'm going to keep struggling with this, or just call it a loss. I like it, a little, but I was really hoping to get away from my usual "throw a box on the ground, separate with walls, throw on a roof, yay insta!house!" routine. I already know that I have to re-do the en suite because I somehow stopped following the routine of the sort of understated colors and kinda connecting theme and made my dream black and white bathroom instead, which really doesn't match the master suite.

So...please be honest? Love or hate it? Any advice, ideas, or helpful hints?

Oh, and if it's too graphics-heavy, lemme know, and I'll try to figure out a slideshow instead. That could be an experiment all in itself without throwing in a picture of the Vegas trip, although baby tiger cubs might be better on the eyes. Heh.

Ok, thanks Hecubus  :D

I have hit a problem though, and I can't find anything to remedy it. When I go into build mode, there are build tiles all over the place - floating in the air, and whatnot. It's a largeish area that this problem covers. It's like there are mulitple levels, but there aren't?  ???

Here's a screenshot - has anyone got any ideas please?

(http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m135/Rhianwen_2006/Screenshot-4.jpg)

Theria, I really like your fireplace corner area, but that rug is driving me bonkers. I've wondered for some time now if there is a way to make rugs look less funky when placed using SnapObjects. As for landscaping, a little grass never goes amiss. Personally, I've become very dependent on Macarossi's (http://sumomo.modthesims2.com/member.php?u=44745) flowers for landscaping, but not so great if you're trying to cut down on CC.

Millie, I'm assuming that you're trying to make all those tiles one level? Use some flooring, but only put it on the level you want, and the game will add more tiles around it. Keep adding flooring until it's all one level. When you're finished and it's all one level, just delete the flooring and you will have uniform blank tiles (if that's what you want).

Dusdee, I did say I'm a newbie to building  :D

thank you - I'll try that!

OK, when I make a house with a basement, I make a solid foundation, then put walls around the whole damn thing. Then, I hollow it out and use Hec's method to dig it out, then put tiles onto the first floor. Put them around the foundation first, that should bring any floaters down. Put flooring onto those and then put the walls into your basement, then the stairs. I've been using Marvine's spiral stairs from MTS 2, love those damn things.

Theria, that house is great! I love especially how you did the kitchen :)

Thanks you guys :D
soulpatrolmn the Banksy art you have in there is a very popular one. When I browsed Google images it came up multiple times, which made me feel like I didn't wanna include it in the set, I'm glad to see you've done it, it looks great!
I shall have a go when I have a day off (weds), for now I'm off to bed to be up for 6am :[
Oh, I think I shall use Pixelhate's mesh so thanks for that!

Very nice house, where can I getz it?? *bats eyelashes cutely*

Thanks Paden. I got that bit sorted......and now I'm stuck on the roofs!  :D I've tried the cheat to alter individual roof slope angle (as per snootysims) I followed their instructions, but nada. Nothing is happening. If I use the cheat from nightlife, it works fine (but I don't want them all at a lower angle, just one roof?

This is the instructions I followed - are they correct?

Enter cheat box.
 IndividualRoofSlopeAngle 50 and press Enter.
 Now hold down Ctrl and Alt keys and click on the roof section you wish to change.
 The roof you clicked on should jump to the angle of 50.
 If you want you can "lock" the roofs you have in placea now, although this doesn't affect the height change.
 Now for the second slope. Enter cheat box and type in IndividualRoofSlopeAngle 25 and Enter.
 The roof you clicked on should jump to the angle of 25.
 Save.

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?

Wow Theria I love that house! The only I would suggest is adding more color. I love beige, but usually adding a tad touch of bright colors helps the room stick out more....

as for the rugs I was wondering why they do that? It doesn't do it on my custom rugs, just the maxis ones  ???

And as promised! In game pictures of the undies! I took them in CAS because I don't like little children running in my neighborhood (yes I play with aging off, and only tots) *I'll just post links since there's quite a few of them.....

http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j61/miss_sabrina/sims2/ScreenShot001.jpg
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j61/miss_sabrina/sims2/ScreenShot002.jpg
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j61/miss_sabrina/sims2/ScreenShot003.jpg
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j61/miss_sabrina/sims2/ScreenShot004.jpg
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j61/miss_sabrina/sims2/ScreenShot005.jpg
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j61/miss_sabrina/sims2/ScreenShot006.jpg
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j61/miss_sabrina/sims2/ScreenShot007.jpg
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j61/miss_sabrina/sims2/ScreenShot008.jpg
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j61/miss_sabrina/sims2/ScreenShot009.jpg
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j61/miss_sabrina/sims2/ScreenShot010.jpg
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j61/miss_sabrina/sims2/ScreenShot011.jpg
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j61/miss_sabrina/sims2/ScreenShot012.jpg
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j61/miss_sabrina/sims2/ScreenShot013.jpg
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j61/miss_sabrina/sims2/ScreenShot014.jpg
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j61/miss_sabrina/sims2/ScreenShot015.jpg

YAY now that that's over with....

(http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j61/miss_sabrina/sims2/ScreenShot017.jpg)

that is of  you know chaz's horrid Christian Bale....

(http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j61/miss_sabrina/sims2/ScreenShot016.jpg)

And this one is mine. He looks a bit off. Yes I did use Chaz's skintone just because christian's nose is hard as hell to replicate in the sims world..... if someone could/would/know of a better one to use I would love them *bats eyelashes*

edit: here's an in game picture of him:

(http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j61/miss_sabrina/sims2/ScreenShot019.jpg)

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.

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.

Heh. Got it. Thanks folks  ;D

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  :o Should be fun  :D

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

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.

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

(http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j61/miss_sabrina/sims2/ScreenShot001-1.jpg)

any better?

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

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

(http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e17/kxmerune/snapshot_f5bf4c9b_75bf4caa.jpg)
The front
(http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e17/kxmerune/snapshot_f5bf4c9b_f5bf4cfc.jpg)
The back
http://www.mediafire.com/?w5mmzoylda5 (http://www.mediafire.com/?w5mmzoylda5)

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.

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

Here's my latest house:

(http://usera.imagecave.com/thecookiejar/RiverRoad/107RiverRoad-Front.jpg)
(http://usera.imagecave.com/thecookiejar/RiverRoad/107RiverRoad.jpg)

More pictures are here (http://usera.imagecave.com/thecookiejar/RiverRoad/).

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 (http://www.mediafire.com/?jqwtn0lduiz).

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 :P

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  :'(

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 (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!

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....

(http://i308.photobucket.com/albums/kk330/Miss_Ria/snapshot_00000001_15bebbd9.jpg)
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  ;)

Theria I honestly don't mind downloading houses with custom content as long as:

1. Meshes come with the objects. I don't like hunting for blue glow objects.
2. If it's a small list that fine. I mostly prefer unfurnished houses because I already have about 4 gigs of downloads and don't need anymore!

As for Tapthatbooty... I forget the website, but theres a window you download and it's separate windows you place along the wall next to stairs and it cuts away the wall.... either that or Theria is using some other method that I haven't learned of :P

Oi, those fucking stairs. I followed a tutorial to use fencing as a stair rail, since the railing for those stairs looks like hot shit on a stick. It turned out more complicated than I had hoped, but essentially:

The whole house is built on a foundation. Once I figured out where the stairs were going to land, I took out the foundation beside them. I built the wall next to them (on the level of the flooring, NOT the ground, yay for floaty walls!...what is it, four clicks difference?), fencing ontop, and lowered terrain (CFE cheat, of course) on them until the wall matched up with the stairs. Replace foundation, and I put a wall on the back of the stairs, to match the rest of the house. It took me about three hours on that fucking rail, with much cursing and poker-smoking cigarettes until I was satisfied. I ended up with the split-level stairs only because, once again, hot shit on a stick without it. Unfortunately, you can't have your bastardized railing/wall go to the bottom square of the stairs. Normally, I just throw a flat bit of fencing there, but I didn't like the look. It did, unfortunately, give me a slightly bigger opening on the second floor, but I just fenced it off and told myself that Sims like hanging over the edge and waving at people as they ascend the stairs. Though the download suggested would probably be less of a headache than my routine. I, also, can't recall what it looks like with walls-down view. That might be an issue.

Honestly, it was a happy accident. I'm gonna load up the game first thing tomorrow morning and see if I can reverse-engineer that step building process, because something isn't sitting right with me about those instructions. I'm not sure yet if that buggers actually playing it, but that's my experiment for tomorrow.

Missbonbon, my list literally took up half of a standard index card when it came to the CC. Essentially, the fireplace, the chimney recolor, the shrubs, the front door, and the wall colors. I found suitable replacements for the wall colors, though I admit that they don't look as nice as the painted plaster CC ones, the door was easily changed to the same as the interior doors, and the shrubs to Maxis ones. The fireplace is the only thing I haven't replaced in the non-CC house, as I'm partial to the one in there. I think I also have  Lord Darcy's multi-deco slot in my game, which might be the only needed thing (then again, clutter is easily deleted. I just like the homier little touches).

falln_angel, cheers! It'll be nice not to have a red line under all the words with extra u's.

Fake edit: Mwah! I see where I cheated. Rather than just leave that extra wall on the back of the stairs, I built a bathroom there. It seems that the fencing isn't visible when first floor walls are up, only second floor walls, but it still looks decent, just dangerous.

I did some recolours of this mesh because I love it! All are colour named so you can delete any you don't like. Mesh not included, please download from feathered's original post.

(http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll294/Emma_M_71/Misc_Stuff/6_Feathered_Dress_N_Boots_Wiggly_Re.png)

Download Wiggly Patterned Recolours (http://www.4shared.com/file/60514866/c470f7ad/Emma_6_Wiggly_DressBoots.html)

(http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll294/Emma_M_71/Misc_Stuff/8_Feathered_Dress_N_Boots_Stony_Rec.png)

Download Stony Dress Recolours (http://www.4shared.com/file/60514940/1ee75a2d/Emma_8_Stony_DressBoots.html)

I'd love this mesh to be converted for teens too....? ;D

Question..Do you use the Sims2Pack Clean Installer?

It's Inge Jones at Simlogical. Unless there's others I don't know about.

Here is another house I made.
Front
(http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e17/kxmerune/2.jpg)
Back
(http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e17/kxmerune/3.jpg)
First Floor
(http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e17/kxmerune/4.jpg)
http://www.mediafire.com/?rwpddb4iz0y (http://www.mediafire.com/?rwpddb4iz0y)

Do you have some sort of default replacement texture for your terrain? That is some green, green grass.

Yep. Everytime all the time. Clean Installer is like the condom for my sims 2 games  :P

But I have read that when you package a house you have to go through and manually get rid of recolors or certain objects because they will accidentally get packaged in with it.

Yup missbonbon. That was the problem I had when uploading the community lot. I had to get rid of a lot of recolours, and the bitch is, it's not always clear what they are  ::) I had to remove a couple, install the lot into a clean game, repackage, and so on. It was a nightmare, and I'm sure I didn't get all of them! Some didn't have names even - just a series of numbers.

Wow! Some amazing, but big houses. lol I don't think my computer could handle some of those.  This is the largest I usually go, never more thatn 3x3 lot.

(http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h113/hugelunatic/The%20Puritan/HL-PuritanFront.jpg)

(http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h113/hugelunatic/The%20Puritan/HL-Puritan3.jpg)

(http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h113/hugelunatic/The%20Puritan/HL-Puritan2.jpg)

Yeah, I build big, but those two are rare.

Damn that house is cute, HugeLunatic! Makes me wish I had BV.

Just so I'm sure I understand this: for instance, the wall color I used is from a rather large set of them. It's better to package the house, remove download folder, install the house with ONLY the files that I used in my "clean" download folder and then repackage? Or would the wall color not matter and only the stuff like the fireplace and (possibly) the door?

Sorry, complete noob to this. I just rediscovered the package lot button. I did always wonder where it had gone.

House downloaded and installed HugeLunatic. Great job 8)

Thanks falln_angel and FilthyPriest,    And you can just call me HL or Lunie.

If you have FT would this work?  Are they backwards compatible at all?

Yeah, you can get it from mzcynnamon (http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=171302) at MTS2.

For a little less sweet and a little more spice:

(http://usera.imagecave.com/thecookiejar/103_Riverside/103Riverside-Front.jpg)
(http://usera.imagecave.com/thecookiejar/103_Riverside/103Riverside-Side.jpg)
(http://usera.imagecave.com/thecookiejar/103_Riverside/103Riverside-Floor.jpg)

More pictures can be found here (http://usera.imagecave.com/thecookiejar/103_Riverside/).  It's a 2x2 Lot, with 1 bedroom and bathroom, kitchen, living/dining room, front entrance, and a terrace.  Does use the roofslopeangle code set at 25. Oh yeah, CC as well.

Download 103 Riverside (http://www.mediafire.com/?1jthwzzglbw)

Well Lunie the first house no,with FT only. Second..not sure Bon voyage I think.

Got my fingers crossed that this works.

I've completed 11 Chinook Drive and I think it's ready for consumption. The Testaverti family (Alpha, the father; Beta, the mother; Release Version, their teenaged daughter; Doggie, a giant mutt; Kitteh, the cat from hell) fully enjoyed their stay in the house and helped to point out a few pathing issues for me. The divider has been removed from around the fireplace, the couch and television have been moved in the media/family room, and the toilet in the downstairs bath can officially be used. Toilets all flushed, tubs and showers were used, mac'n'cheese was successfully made in the kitchen and consumed in the dining room, and the animals even had fun tearing down the furniture (though their heads kinda sink into the 45 degree chairs).

In the interest of fairness, and because I wanna call myself Baskin Robbins, just with a lot less flavours, there's four versions of the house: a fully CC version ($84,968), an unfurnished CC version ($30,119), a no-CC ($91,918)  and fully furnished version, and a no-CC unfurnished version ($32,439).

Note: I have all expansions and stuff packs installed, save for Apartment Life *glares at slow torrent*

Slideshow link, once more, of the CC and furnished version of the house: 11 Chinook Drive (http://s308.photobucket.com/albums/kk330/Miss_Ria/?action=view&current=d638895f.pbw)

11 Chinook Drive - No CC - Unfurnished.rar (http://www.4shared.com/file/60602368/b1023189/11_Chinook_Drive_-_No_CC_-_Unfurnished.html)
11 Chinook Drive - CC.rar (http://www.4shared.com/file/60602405/9ca6fc37/11_Chinook_Drive_-_CC.html)
11 Chinook Drive - CC - Unfurnished.rar (http://www.4shared.com/file/60602466/53f50a0b/11_Chinook_Drive_-_CC_-_Unfurnished.html)
11 Chinook Drive - No CC.rar (http://www.4shared.com/file/60602510/f41553ce/11_Chinook_Drive_-_No_CC.html)

Shopping list of CC items are as follows (just in case it's needed or anyone wants just the particular items):
Chimney Recolors: Simply Siding set (http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=284562) by Kimsie (http://www.modthesims2.com/member.php?u=295810)
Independent Expressions / Single Door (http://hideki.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=246861) by MaryLou (http://hideki.modthesims2.com/member.php?u=53719)
Homey Touches: The Walls and Floor Set / Painted Plaster (http://hideki.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=292707) by sweetswami77 (http://hideki.modthesims2.com/member.php?u=781775)
Recolor of CTNutmegger's Colonial Style Fireplace (http://hideki.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=213630) by PWidow (http://hideki.modthesims2.com/member.php?u=360560) - Original mesh here (http://hideki.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=157936)
Shrubby Shrubs (http://hideki.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=249847) by HystericalParoxysm (http://hideki.modthesims2.com/member.php?u=31337)
Liberated Plastic Flowers (http://hideki.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=248921) by HystericalParoxysm (http://hideki.modthesims2.com/member.php?u=31337)
Unlocked IKEA Lights (http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/smf/index.php/topic,12304.0.html) by Havelock, reposted by Surelyfunke

So far as I know, no warning flags went up about the items included in the CC lots (i.e., able to share), but if I'm wrong and someone is offended/wishes not to have it included/sees something in the notes that I don't, please tell me and I'd be more than happy to remove it and try to find an alternative. If any of the links don't work (I tested them, but you never know), lemme know.

Thanks for the encouragement, guys. Now I'm off to start my collection of Stawamus townhouses set.

Aww that house is so cute Lunie :)

And theria I love the colors!

Another house :D I not going to bother uploading this on, its to big.
(http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e17/kxmerune/THeHouse.jpg)
And random female sim  I created.
(http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e17/kxmerune/snapshot_13ad2953_d3ad2f53.jpg)

I love taking screenshots. I don't know why  :D


(http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q186/jilly4/Snapshot-1.jpg)

Filthy Priest, delete the hair plz. It's a scary image from the past. Brrrrrr :P

You are the ebil Noukie - that is a cool hair.  I like it. And I think his sim is mucho pretty - including the hair. Nur.

I will..but only if you pay the ransom ARR!

Thank you Theria I was hoping you'd upload, the house is adorable!

lulz someone blackmailing me over hair while I have 3 of Atwa's love children :P

Well I tried and failed with that mesh with Banksy's art.

I went to check in game on the art I'd done with pixelhate's mesh, and it was all blocky, whereas with Aikea's it was "normal?"
I really liked Aikea's mesh, the only prblem with it is that it's only one tile. I wonder if she does requests :D
Anyway, I deleted them from in game so I didnt take screenies to show, so I shall just continue using Aikea's mesh, but whoever downloads the art (when I eventually finish them) will have to set it out in the right way.

I don't have FT either, actually. I don't have anything post-SecuRom on the computer. I'll probably arrr them at some point, once my boyfriend gets a new computer. (At the moment he's stuck using mine.) He's got stronger morals than me, apparently, and it doesn't seem fair to force him to either play a pirated version of the game or not play at all.

Cookiepirate, I like it. It has a very refurbished churchy feel to it.

Just in case some of you don't check MATY much, we've had a challenge of sorts going on the past few months involving redoing crappy EAxis houses called "EAxis House of Fail". Lots of interesting results come from it, and the house changes every month. I grudgingly load up the test account and go CCless for the cause.

EAxis House of Fail June (http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/smf/index.php/topic,12151.0.html)
EAxis House of Fail July (http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/smf/index.php/topic,12353.0.html)
EAxis House of Fail August (http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/smf/index.php/topic,12619.0.html)

arrgh, thanks! I just had to figure out where to do it. The sad thing is, I like building so much that I have a few more on the go. I'm waiting (impatiently) for AL to finish so that I can finally make my condo development. Boy, if there was a mod or something to simulate road work, it would be just like my hometown! The town I live in is smack dab between the two hosting cities for the 2010 Olympics. Fucking Olympics.

cookiepirate, where in the world did you find those house numbers that you used on your lot? I've been searching for some, and only found ones that came on a plaque. I obviously need to take landscaping courses from you and FilthyPriest. Those lots are both gorgeous (as is the sim!).

Try the 2-tile wall art mesh on page 3 of objects at Club Crimsyn?


I believe those are by wildstar24 at TSR (free).

Here's the actual download (http://www.thesimsresource.com/downloads/sims2/sets/objects/345870/) page.

Thank you Thera :-*

I have a 3 tile wall stencil here (http://calalily.sublimesims.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=104:3-tile-wall-stencil&catid=34:mesh-sets&Itemid=134) if that'll help.  ;D

Work in progress. I'm quite pleased with the way this is turning out!


(http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m135/Rhianwen_2006/snapshot_00000026_75c35031.jpg)
(http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m135/Rhianwen_2006/snapshot_00000026_b5c35072.jpg)
(http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m135/Rhianwen_2006/snapshot_00000026_35c34ff4.jpg)

Yum! Millie, your house is fantastic! Can we see the inside, or is it not done yet? Oh, I want it so bad!

That lot is beautiful and I have used it a couple times despite hardly ever using comm lots. The way you placed the plants was very natural.
Fankoo Millie!  ;)

WANT! Where can I find it? It's perfect for a particular Sim of mine. It's much better than this, Nouk:  :D
(http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll123/mount_tazneen/Showcase/snapshot_158a64b8_958a7c20.jpg)

Wow! I wants. :)

You'll have to wait a while longer  :D. I'm still working on the design inside, and I'm not sure whether or not to furnish it. I might upload a furnished and an unfurnished version.

I'm really chuffed that you like it. Usually my houses are on perfectly flat lots, just rectangles with rooms inside, but I've really enjoyed doing this. It's been a challenge  8) And, a lot of new stuff learned.

That's a really cute house, Millie. I want it too.  :D

Millie youv'e inspired me.That is a wonderful house. I hope you post ti when your'e dun.

*shakes fist at her Mac* I'm such a creative person and would have a ball doing sims creations if only I had the proper equipment. Alas, I needed a Mac for my schoolwork (heavy on graphic design). I wish I had some way to contribute to the community. :(

I don't think you need to contribute by creating - thanking people for their stuff, giving feedback when asked, testing files for people and making requests are all valid forms of participation and contribution.

It can even be as simple as showing some cc in a screenshots just in the normal gameplay thingie (I read a creator recently who squeed over the fact that someone loved her stuff so much they used it in a screenshot).

What Calalily said.

You're also doing service to others, by doing this kind of thing. I don't have time to trawl sites looking for a piece of scrummy CC. I don't know many free sites at all, but if I see something I like in a screenshot, I always ask the creator where they got it from.
It advertises for those who make really nice stuff, you know  :)

Edited to add, the house (lite version) has been uploaded here

http://www.simscave.com/ferris/index.php?topic=4426.msg50119#msg50119


I will be doing a furnished/decorated/further landscaped lot, but this is for those of you who don't especially want a ton of custom content.

Thanks Millie - I love that house!

You're quite welcome  :)

The furnished version might be a while coming. I know what I want......but can I heckers find it  :D

Yay! Thank you, Millie!
I gets to do the blue house shuffle now!
De Blue House Shuffle.... Woooo!  De Blue House Shuffle.... Woooo!
And don't forget the hips.... Woooo!
  :D

(http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b306/bethbrit2001/banksypreview.gif)

Coming Soon.....
(When, I don;t have a clue, work load is ridiculous atm)

Another craptastic sim I made. :D
(http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e17/kxmerune/Proje7.jpg)

I hate my computer!  >:( Luckily I back up my families, I however didn't backup my downloads folder... soo ALL of my curtains have been nommed away by my recovery disks. Thanks to this giant computer hiccup.

Probably within time, I'll go back to working on them. :/

I've been throwing around AL lots because I'm pissed off at the world. Ongoing thread. (http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/smf/index.php?topic=12883.0)

So far I have...
(http://i461.photobucket.com/albums/qq331/ZazazuPhotos/snapshot_0000001d_95c47963.jpg)
(http://i461.photobucket.com/albums/qq331/ZazazuPhotos/Snapshot.jpg)
(http://i461.photobucket.com/albums/qq331/ZazazuPhotos/snapshot_0000001d_d5c5d93e.jpg)

Aww, I was looking forward to those, too. At least you know there's an enthusiastic audience if and when you feel like messing with them again.

Does anyone know if there's another apartment door for AL- either in the game and I'm blind and can't see it or one that someone's made? I need one that opens the opposite way...if it was a regular door, I could just turn it around. Since it's not a regular door, turning it around just won't work. If there's not another one...would anyone be interested in making one?

If there's a regular request thread for this, please move it and accept my apologies for putting it in the wrong place.

Zazu! You are a million different flavours of awesome! I really love those lots, especially the one in the middle. Way to go!
I know where I'll be getting my Apartment complexes from :P thanks!!! so much  :-*

Aww I love the apartments! I haven't had the chance to play with toddler toys yet....FP I wouldn't say that simmie is craptastic. But I do recommend using different eyes. For some reason those eyes just look blurry to me.

Yeah, I use Bruno's instead.

I need to take some pictures of my apartment lots - they were a challenge - for example, can't have an elevator that just links the floors of one apartment >.>

The Bansky collection I did is up at MTS for anyone who wanted it :]

There are some of the weirdest restrictions on building apartments. The floor edging borkination is probably the most annoying, but restrictions regarding attached yards on lots with foundations as well as private garages are bad as well. I figured out attached private garages/carport this weekend and am working on a duplex that uses them...just having a mental block regarding window choice.

Yeah, the restrictions made me want to pull my hair out, but I got the yard thing working.  I'm hoping someone will come up with a clever way to fix these issues - I'd even consider giving it a try, but every time I look at bhav I get my brain all confused.

Pretty soon, you'll be seeing some apartment/community hybrids from me pretty soon. Hopefully the areas like restaurants are functional in apartments, where townies would walk in and grab a bite to eat, because you can't enable home businesses. Bleh.

Let me know how it works?  I used to make arcology type things for my uni sims - dorms with restuarants and the like down stairs.

I'll make note of it, since I see townies walking by more hopefully it'll work out.



So, the NPCs for the cash registers/bars aren't activated, unfortunately.  I also hate the fact that everything is non-autonomous in the common areas, or so it appears. They don't seem to want to use the gym equipment, but love using the ballet bar. They don't even use that microphone as well as not eating at the restaurant downstairs either, which i am also pissed about, because I thought they would at least use those objects.

Well, that sucks.

Well, maybe someone clever with bhav can make it where those things can be used properly on an apartment lot - on dorm lots it did work well, at least a few EPs ago.

You people interested in some swimwear?

(http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h163/mohko/th_swimwear.jpg) (http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h163/mohko/swimwear.jpg)

The Capri collection - I'm still in the process of making more.

Damn, I'm deleting everything else.

One question, you don't want a website of your own?

Oooh, that is such an awesome swimwear collection, Herman Toothrot! I should not download anything more, but how could I resist? Oh, and don't you have that cool ancient ability, because what you touch turns into gold?! [/worship]

Those swimsuits are absolutely yummy, as is everything else you make.   ;D

Swimsuits? WANT!

Hmmm, do I want that swimsuit collection or not?? HELL YEAH, I want it!

*gasp*  Amazing swimsuits!  Would love to have them.

And if you want your own site, I will help!

You're back to tease us again, Bruno. :'(

I don't want those swimsuits, I need those swimsuits!

Bruno, you big tease you. You know they are absolutely gorgeous and I too need them for my game. NEED not want, that's how damn good they are.  :-*

biggest tease EVAR bruno!

OMG. Swimsuit collection. DO WANT!

Want?  Nahhh.

Need?  Nope.

Must Have?  OMFG YES!!

Nom nom nom swimsuit collection nom nom nom! 

Want!

I love Bruno's picture posting methods.... post them all tiny and then when you click on them it's like an orgasim..... Okay not really, but it gets the point across that I am amazed everytime!

*giggles at inadvertant pun* Me, easily amused? Noo, never.

Hell yeah, I want! Those suits are awesome!

Need. Swimsuits.

I trashed my downloads folder and started again. I already have everything else by you, and the swimsuits will finish things off nicely  ;)

Here's my latest attempt at (non-CC) building.
(http://i36.tinypic.com/2dme4ac.jpg)

http://i37.tinypic.com/29olmag.jpg (http://i37.tinypic.com/29olmag.jpg) - ground floor: kitchen, dining room, living room, one bathroom
http://i38.tinypic.com/9ulslt.jpg (http://i38.tinypic.com/9ulslt.jpg) - second floor: bedroom, one bathroom, 2 undecorated rooms
http://i37.tinypic.com/x0wocl.jpg (http://i37.tinypic.com/x0wocl.jpg) - outdoor view from the back
http://i34.tinypic.com/2u61xyr.jpg (http://i34.tinypic.com/2u61xyr.jpg) - dining room
http://i36.tinypic.com/s1nt5u.jpg (http://i36.tinypic.com/s1nt5u.jpg) - living room

The garden is fail. I don't know what to do about it, though. Other than that, I think it turned out OK. I can haz constructive criticism?

me likes. alot. i'm no good at building houses so my sims usually live in maxis ones :P
i forget about downloaded lots, i must have rummage.

garden... would look nice with a pond maybe, with lots of bushes and plants around it to make it look natural/wild.

This has been driving me nuts throughout all the threads. Is it that hard to use the shift key? I'm not Grammar Policing. I'm just asking for basic sentence structure.

It would be nice, yes. Using capital letters is much appreciated and helps define where you end one sentence or begin another. Confused kitteh is confused.

Exactly, Paden. IMO, not using basic sentence structure makes the poster look like a 6.

It also shows how lazy people can be (says me, hypocrite, who only until recently used to write people's name with no capital letters!)

*Blush*

And Bruno, I reckon you should get your own site! You know it's gonna be popular, is there any reason not to?

Maxis makeover of Don Lothario's bachelor pad.  Does require BV now.  See more pics here (http://forum.sims2artists.com/index.php?topic=323.0) and download.

(http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h113/hugelunatic/Sim%20Houses/LotharioPreview.jpg)

Cool adobe Luna! ;)

HugeLunatic, that's adorable, I will nom nom nom it.

FilthyPriest, don't you mean "cool abode"? 

Nope, it's adobe!http://images.google.com/images?um=1&hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&q=adobe+homes&btnG=Search+Images :D

Hah, that's cool.  :D

rum & cookies for you!

No problem ;D Its a southwestern US and Mexico phenomenon. :)

Very nice!  One question, do you use some sort of garden hack so those bushes don't get all scraggly?

Oh yeah - that's a great hack - I have it in - http://www.simbology.com/mods/index.php?dir=ft/&sort=date&order=desc (http://www.simbology.com/mods/index.php?dir=ft/&sort=date&order=desc)

From Simbology:

I know, but for downloads, I tend to just avoid using much of the maxis landscaping stuff and use Macarossi's because they don't have the needing to be trimmed/watered thing going on :)

Thanks!  Yes I use the perfect plants hack, because in simming I hate yardwork as much as I do in RL.  And I like to stretch the imagination with Maxis stuff.

Cucumber and HugeLunatic, I love your homes, they would add a cozy touch to my new neighborhood I'm building.

Yeah - that's the problem I have, I love doing these ornate and impossible [in the sims ] to take care of gardens - In fact, it was a garden themed CAS screen that got me featured over at MTS2 >.>

I ought to get that again, might next time I'm over at Simbology.

I still here! I wanted to finish him before I started forum posting again.. because I always get caught in an internet vortex whenever I browse forums... and I can never get out for hours!!! (Especially here... oh so much to read and so many meatslab attire to cry at...)

Anyways... he's done. W00t!
But I provided links to downloads, more info, and a bunch of In-Game shots HERE:
Eclipse Sims 2 Version (http://zelas.net/eclipse/sims2/eclipsesims2enter.html)
MTS2 Version (http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=300700)

Here is Count D ver. 2.0 o^_^o

(http://zelas.net/eclipse/sims2/simsfan/psoh/EclipseCountDSim_Banner2.jpg)
This picture is just a screencap that I painted over and prettified. (NOT In-Game!)



In-Game

(http://zelas.net/eclipse/sims2/simsfan/psoh/EclipseCountDSim_Clothing.jpg)


X-Posted at GoS. Because GoS is <3.

Wooow DL, he's purty :D ^_^
Must of taken a long time too :]

Just quickly gonna post this (sorry to steal ya thunder!). I made this tonight quickly. I'm debating whether to upload it by itself, or whether to make a set. I know that EF clothes are in rarity(sp?). It's just finding the inspiration and some good pics to photoskin.

(http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b306/bethbrit2001/sims%202/Creations/elderoutfit.jpg)

I think you should upload that Beth. I love the pattern on the skirt, and like you said - elder clothes is rare. (rarity spelled right :D )

Those both look excellent, good jobs!

Beth love the elder outfit!  Would you be willing to make one without the bow?  The bow is fab!  But I don't do girly things like bows.  ;D  Would ruin my bitchy rep.

Hey beth maybe you can make a hemline (if that's what it's called?) for the sweater...

You could do it somewhat like this:

(http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/2324/hemlinevl4.jpg)

Eek, halp!
Firstly, the skirt is photoskinned on so I wouldn't have a clue how to do it HL, unless I paint over it but it prolly won;t look right
Nouk, thanks for the tip. Maybe when I'm a bit less tired tomorrow morning I can have a proper look at the diagram and then have a go.
My skillz r limited, so I panic when I get requests lol :P

Edit : Nouk, I had a go at feathering. Perhaps I'm doing it wrong?
I'm using Gimp 2 (Courtneyyyy help!!) and when I feather, it looks nothing like your pic! :[

Thank you everyone! <3
Nouk, I love your new hair. It's so wispy! <3 <3

I wanted to let people know that I uploaded my new hair.
I tried to upload on MTS2... but I could not load their uploads section.... so it's only available on my website.
I did 13 colours though. 3 of which are streaked. ^^

(http://zelas.net/eclipse/sims2/hair/darkdesires/EclipseDarkDesiresHair_Banner.jpg)
banner


In-Game
(http://zelas.net/eclipse/sims2/hair/darkdesires/EclipseDarkDesiresHair_Prev02.jpg)

Download is in the hair section:
Eclipse Sims 2 (http://zelas.net/eclipse/sims2/eclipsesims2enter.html)

hmm, I left this note on GoS too.
*runs off to bin earrings*

You make beautiful sims, DL.

DL: The outfits are simply gorgeous.  :-*

Beth: Did I mention I loved your Banksy grafitti? I nabbed it over at MTS2, thanks!  :-*

Was this yesterday, DL?  Because I was having issues trying to access anything for half the day or so.  Very annoying - and very lovely hairs.

And agreed, the Banksy stuff will be so fun once I make a more urban area :)

Nomnomnomnomnom @ DL's stuff!

Dl, I love your sim's faces and their hairs.
Especially when you make the hairs for both genders.

 :-*

(http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h163/mohko/th_swimwear2.jpg) (http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h163/mohko/swimwear2.jpg)

I made some more swimwear this week... I've now got 28, got to reach 30 before I upload! ;D

Thank you for your feedback :-* and generous proposals concerning setting up a website of my own. I actually _have_ been building such a site to act as a backup source for my MTS2 stuff; I have pretty much finished the layout and put down about half of the code. Dunno if I'm ever going to finish the project, never being fully satisfied with my work, plus I'm such a procrastinator. It's such a breeze to upload everything to MTS2, not having to worry about the technical details. I want to do it, but right now I don't have the energy to finish that particular project.

Good job! Bruno! ;D

*cries* I want that swim wear... Your stuff is so gorgeous, dammit!

Note to self, look at Bruno's clothing uploads.

Seriously, I adore your cosmetics, but since I rarely download much clothing, I never really looked.  And I really need to correct this.

The swimsuits are lovely and I hope they are available soon!

Bruno you have the most awesome mix of hot and modest with your clothes!  Love them, can't wait, want now.

beautiful work Bruno, I can't wait until they are available for download.

I'll say it again, everything else I have GOES. lol

Oh, Bruno, those swimsuits are amazing! I can't wait for them to be uploaded!  :)

Good job on those Swimsuits Bruno - you've been one of my absolute favorite clothing creators for some time now. Can't play without your stuff!

Every time I see you post I think..."Hey, you're Not Apsalar!"  :D

Yarr! Guess I be havin' t' try t' hypnotize ye wi' some rum & cookies then. Ya swabbie whut deserves the black spot!  :D



(Man, it's been such a long time since I used the pirate translator, that it took some time before I found it.)

Chocolate chip cookies? That just might work.

OK I'm going to try this again! (First attempt exploded in a ball of fire) Skintone of test sim by Enayla. Deathcoatofdoom by Adele.

The wallpapers I currently have posted at TSR, and am in the process of having removed "to be updated"  ;D

Firstly, just for laughs, the first one I ever made! With images! No shadows! yay!
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y36/pretentiouskate/sims/snapshot_55dd5691_f5dd594f.jpg)

Then we have three that I put a little more work into. My question is - worth saving and possibly uploading to another site, or should they be completely scrapped?
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y36/pretentiouskate/sims/snapshot_55dd5691_d5dd5922.jpg)
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y36/pretentiouskate/sims/snapshot_55dd5691_b5dd58dc.jpg)
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y36/pretentiouskate/sims/snapshot_55dd5691_35dd58b9.jpg)

Don't you mean wallpaperofdoom? ;)just kidding, they are nice.

The top one is puke, on a wall. Art, truely.

The three flowered ones, tho? I admit to being a little scared to submit them to MTS2, as there are only three, and kind of boring.

I actually like the first one the best.

Really? Details, please?

I've been working on my first hair.  :D I only intended to fool around and test out my ability to draw hair textures, but it's come together well enough that I will complete the project.

(http://i460.photobucket.com/albums/qq326/wanna_cracker/hair/failhair/failhair1.jpg)
My first texture, on the mesh.  :o Quite a shock! I swear it looked better in Photoshop. D:

(http://i460.photobucket.com/albums/qq326/wanna_cracker/hair/failhair/failhair2.jpg)
Second go. I squished the texture in half and added shading.

(http://i460.photobucket.com/albums/qq326/wanna_cracker/hair/failhair/failhairdoesntfail.jpg)
Third time's the charm. :D Squished again and made a new alpha channel. I have always hated the EAxis alpha. I need to add the part back in.

The bummer is that I absent mindedly flattened my PSD, and while I have a back-up, it's from before I added the shading (see first pic). :( I need the texture on seperate layers to recolour it properly, so the final version will look different from what you see here, but hopefully it will look better. :(

Any comments, criticisms, or tips you may have are especially welcomed. I need all of the help I can get!  :-*

ETA: After, erm, hours of fidding, I've determined it would be much easier to just draw a new texture. x_o

Oh oh oh!!!! WAAAANT!!!  :D

Yay! :D

Here's the replacement shading. I hope it looks OK. I've been having a lot of trouble with the highlight.

(http://i460.photobucket.com/albums/qq326/wanna_cracker/hair/failhair/newshading.jpg)

(Edited to change URL of image)

You could duplicate the layer, make the top layer lighter or brighter with one of the tools, then put the eraser at about 50% and erase whatever you don't need. That gives highlights as well. What program do you use?

I just like the patterning better, and the addition of the lower area to balance out the flowery top portion.  Its flowery without being overwhelmingly so.

And the others are cute, just not my own cup of tea compared to the top one, which looks neo-victorian.

I've recoloured Mummysim's Harrod's Sideboard (http://hideki.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=214666) on MTS.

Mahogany
(http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b306/bethbrit2001/sims%202/Creations/snapshot_52b1612e_d5e2908c.jpg)

Beech
(http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b306/bethbrit2001/sims%202/Creations/snapshot_52b1612e_d5e2906e.jpg)

Oak
(http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b306/bethbrit2001/sims%202/Creations/snapshot_52b1612e_15e290a6.jpg)

I will of course be taking better in game pics, these were just pics to test them ingame.

Ooo those are nifty! Nice job on the wood, btw, looks real spiffy.

Is that a "Dieting For Dummies" book I spy inside? Tsk, tsk, diets don't work!

I just wanted it to make it look like I'd done a lot of work on it.
Recolouring this item was too easy.
I never stick to diets neither,  but saw that and laughed.
That's nothing, the book underneath that one is the last Harry Potter book mwahahaha.

What we should really be waiting for at this point is "Harry Potter's Magical Diets For Dummies". Now that would be a best seller!  :D

Can you imagine all the fans buying it?

"When escaping the dark lord, its good to be in fit phisical condition! Everyday harry does ten push ups and stretches."

I can't do that because the texture is on three layers: flat midtone, shadows and highlight. The highlight on top is composed of two layers of strokes, and then a soft brush over it (all with a low opacity) because I thought it wasn't shiny enough, but increasing the strokes' opacity too much made it look too streaky.

(http://i460.photobucket.com/albums/qq326/wanna_cracker/hair/failhair/nohalo.jpg)
This is what it looks like with the halo, and then without the strokes. There isn't much of a difference, so you can see how low the opacity is. :D I don't know. Am I being too hard on myself? Does it look good like this? Maybe Maxis-like, but not in a (gulp) bad way? (With halo, for comparison (http://i460.photobucket.com/albums/qq326/wanna_cracker/hair/failhair/newshading.jpg))

Photoshop Elemets 4 :)

Bwahaha I love that username ^^^
Do you guys think I should make more colours of the sideboard?
What wood would you like?

Oh, tomato, don;t think you're getting away too easily, your unit is next (the one in the other thread!) :P

If you feel like venturing into requests, I'd love a dark mahogany colour Beth :) And are the objects inside the sideboard part of the mesh? If so, have any plans to recolour/retexture those?

Yep they're part of the mesh :]
I can do that for ya, Gimme till tomorrow.
What would you like on the inside?

(http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h163/mohko/prev3.jpg)

Finally finished the preview pics, the whole lot can now be found here (http://freya.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=302210).

*nabbed*

 :-*

Oh, WOW!  :o Pretty! Thanks Bruno! (or is it Mr. Toothrot? Mrs. Toothrot? Ms.?)

I thought Bruno was a girl?

At first I thought she was a boy, then people said she was a girl, so I think its Miss toothrot.

 :D

In the process of nabbing, now, Bruno, and thank you very much! Between all the stuff I've gotten in the past few days, like Falling Water by Mama Hec, recolours by Emma, bedding by Neriana, the Shaker Set by tomato/Paleoanth, and other stuff, my download folder hates me! I love it! :D

I love Bruno stuff! ;D Just gorgeous.

*sigh* My game load time just got bigger!

Yes, Ms. Toothrot is less confusing, but considering the name Herman, well... I like Mr. Toothrot, myself.  ;D

Nom nom nom! I've been waiting for those swimsuits, Bruno. They're as delicious as expected. Nom nom nom.

I just have to eat your downloads Bruno, it's very healthy. Omnomnomnomnomnom.

Remember that computer crash I had, and had to redo those curtains? Well i got the "Fashion" curtains from H&M redid. I am soon to finish the Window ones. I'm probably going to do a couple of heights, and maybe a couple of requested ones, but that's about it, even though I was going to do all of the maxis window heights.  :-\

*nomnomnoms bruno's new swimsuits*

I love them!

fway, I am eagerly awaiting those curtains.  :P DO WANT. Nom nom nom.

I love those curtains fway! *waits patiently*

Bruno, if you don't mind, can I convert your swimsuits to a maxis mesh? Unfortunately the mesh your swimsuits is on has the fat morph link to the preggers morph. :(

edited again: Ugh I should learn to check things before I assume.

*gasp* I read page 1-40, and then realised I had no time to post so gave up. All this stuff is so damn gorgeous :P
Bruno: I love-love-LOVE your swimsuits.
Fway: I'm looking forward to those curtains! They look awesome. And kudos to you for picking up something that you had to redo after a computer crash. If it happened to me, I would have given up, feeling like I'd probably wouldn't have done it as good as it was in the first place, but yours are fab

Eyes glazed over from all the purty pics on all the pages.... and all the damn WRITING :P

Would anyone be interested in some eye blends? Of HystericalParoxysm's Blasphemy eyes (credits to KSK and Pinstruck ;) ) and KnightSkyKyte's eye set (if she PMs me back with permission)?
Because I made them, and then they came out so well, I made them into super purty defaults. I did also edit them slightly, so they were the right colours for the defaults...

It's a darn shame that the mesh I used didn't have a proper fat morph... :-[ I preferred it over the Maxis nude mesh, me no like the wasp-like waistline. I torched the thread and am now fixing the misaligned strap alphas and textures - thank goodness nothing else needs fixing. In the meanwhile I wish to post these silky, slinky sleepwear slips. :P I went overboard with the recolours.

*RaiNBoW SPeCTRum FLooDFiLL aLeRT*

(http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h163/mohko/th_silly.jpg) (http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h163/mohko/silly.jpg)

Seriously. Bruno and Adele make some of the best hair, clothing, -- everything. I can't even pick a category. (sorry for my fangirlisms).

I even have a mod that makes some of bruno's makeup and genetics into defaults. They make even the ugly sims look decent.

(die, goopy, die!)

Bruno, I loves them!

fway can't wait for them :D

Wonderful as usual, Bruno. Ya know, I almost like your previews as much as the actual downloads.Thanks