Author Topic: Sims 3 - The Official Building/Remodeling Showboat Thread (Read 1301523 times)

Joria · « **Reply #2820 on:** August 31, 2012, 03:33:35 AM »

Thank you Sim Penguin. When you say things "falling out", you mean just not showing up in game?
I have pretty much everything the store has to offer so it won't affect me at all and my remodel is going to be anything except patterns is ok. Patterns do not show up at all. However, if you have 3rd party cc in it I'll admire it from a distance. It really is a great job.

Didn't realize it took up so much of the lot. It doesn't really show in the pics. I'd not worry about much landscaping then. The simple appeal of it is already great.

@Tom, I like your new salon! Does it have just the one station? I'm in the process of building one myself next to the spa which I "borrowed" from Sunlit Tides. It's in that building thingie you can access when you do build/buy on commercial lots. I put the spa and bistro, (also Sunlit Tides), on the same huge lot along with a good sized rest room area and stairs leading down to the basement where the science facility is. I have one portion which is just domino tables and lots of space left to work with so spa seems appropriate. I actually may just do a sauna/steam/mud bath place but not sure. I have Agneza's cute spa already in place so don't really need one.

@ Judewright, I've got your lovely house on a lot by the sea. It looks so nice there! I did do some landscaping, added a pond, a few trees and shrubs. Hopefully I'll post some pics tomorrow.

samoht04 · « **Reply #2821 on:** August 31, 2012, 04:55:12 AM »

Thank you Frey, Ladybug, YZJay and Joria!

Yes Joria there is only one station, it's too small for two, I was considering just making the whole thing open air but I don't know. Coocoo Girl - the palm trees I used did come with Sunlit Tides.

Joria · « **Reply #2822 on:** August 31, 2012, 02:39:31 PM »

Hey, Tom, if you're still in build mode I really do need a firestation and that tiki kind of style, or island style with some fantasy trees would be perfect if you're up to it. 25x30 lot is open for that, or smaller.

samoht04 · « **Reply #2823 on:** August 31, 2012, 05:15:20 PM »

Quote from: Joria on August 31, 2012, 02:39:31 PM

Hey, Tom, if you're still in build mode I really do need a firestation and that tiki kind of style, or island style with some fantasy trees would be perfect if you're up to it. 25x30 lot is open for that, or smaller.

I'm not in Sims at the moment - waiting for the thing to update. I did make the shell of a firehouse but I got stuck on the interior. I can upload the shell if you want me to, when I get back into the game.

SimPenguin · « **Reply #2824 on:** August 31, 2012, 09:21:37 PM »

samoht04, that is just exactly the sort of cabin I was looking around for when I moved my Sim into Sunlit Tides the other day! Awesome!

Ok, I finished the landscaping on the sports bar - thanks everyone for the advice - and I think I'll try sharing it. You are on your own as far as redecorating any store or texture content that you do not have, it is NOT bundled with the lot. The lot is 30x20 and dl is here: http://www.mediafire.com/?b34q9i4pf75ymmb Final pics:

http://www.carls-sims-3-guide.com/forum/gallery/albums/userpics/10210/The_Sims28tm29_3_Showtime010.jpg
http://www.carls-sims-3-guide.com/forum/gallery/albums/userpics/10210/The_Sims28tm29_3_Showtime011.jpg
http://www.carls-sims-3-guide.com/forum/gallery/albums/userpics/10210/The_Sims28tm29_3_Showtime014.jpg
http://www.carls-sims-3-guide.com/forum/gallery/albums/userpics/10210/The_Sims28tm29_3_Showtime017.jpg

I figured out the tv thing - silly me, your Sim has to actually be *watching* to allow channel flipping. I'm far more used to radios which behave differently. :::headdesk:::

And now, a new lot I started last night - a Showtime venue at The Cliff (still in early phase, only the stage is done). I have found the table and bench audience squares in buydebug, but where are the picnic ones?

Chuckles_82 · « **Reply #2825 on:** August 31, 2012, 09:32:24 PM »

To get the picnic ones you will need to convert a community lot that has them to a residential lot, move a sim in, pic them up, then convert your new community lot to a residential lot, move your sim there, and then place them.

Joria · « **Reply #2826 on:** August 31, 2012, 10:41:52 PM »

Wait, there are picnic things for the floor for visitors to sit at? Or do you just need picnic tables for commercial lots? If just tables, they are in that little house shaped type thing to the right of the screen when in build mode. You go to the second section and you can find all kinds of goodies there. Contrariwise, just go into buy mode to the section that has tables and cabinets and such. They are in the very last slot.

Did you put the stage floor down on your stage? The one you get in buydebug? Without it your performer won't perform.

Chuckles_82 · « **Reply #2827 on:** August 31, 2012, 10:59:08 PM »

Yes, the picnic blankets that appear and disappear in some community lots, ie, the main park in sunset valley are little designators that you can see with buydebug turned on. But, like the food truck, and numerous other items, they are not availabe to buy at all. You can probably have your own picnic anywhere you like, but if you want other sims to autonomously set up a picnic, you either need the community tables (not the ones in normal buymode, but the ones in the community stuff) or those picnic mats, which you have to use a sim to get.

Chuckles_82 · « **Reply #2828 on:** September 01, 2012, 03:31:57 AM »

Ok, I think I have finished the painting and sculpting. This is what I've got. I'm fairly impressed with it - as my previous painting attempts on my other worlds was not nearly as nice as this. Any criticism, (constructive or not) is welcome - I really want this to look good.

Frey · « **Reply #2829 on:** September 01, 2012, 05:11:21 AM »

I love it Chuckles!

Audren · « **Reply #2830 on:** September 01, 2012, 07:41:08 AM »

I really like the layout there! It looks very compact and efficient.

Schipperke · « **Reply #2831 on:** September 01, 2012, 01:09:31 PM »

Love the mountains, Chuckles! What a beautiful place for a Sim to live and play! The only thing I might suggest would be if you could use some different terrain paints to make the mountainsides less green in places, as there are often quite dry areas or areas of dirt with little if any vegetation on the mountains I've seen. Of course, mountains in Canada, where I live, tend to have snow-capped peaks, but I don't know if snow-capped peaks would suit your world or not.

fortheloveofcake · « **Reply #2832 on:** September 01, 2012, 05:47:35 PM »

Today I decided to tear down the Kahale house in Sunlit Tides and rebuild a more modern, beachy-feeling house. Here are a few photos of the pool and sauna area at the back of the lot. This is as far as I've gotten. I'm trying to make it look simple, clean, but still luxurious, bringing the outside in with lots of plants, landscaping, stone and wood.

Comments and critiques are most definitely welcome! I think I am a decent builder and decorator, but I usually do not spend much time on terrain paints or landscaping. When I do, it tends to look cluttered. I'm hoping that doesn't happen with this lot. More pictures to come later.

EDIT to add more pictures rather than double-posting...

The exterior is done! I'm extremely pleased with how it looks, but comments/critiques/suggestions are still of course welcome.
I have not yet added any furniture to the patio or balconies. That is coming.