Building Contest 2013: 8 - Beautiful Bases

[samoht04]

Building Contests 2013: 8 - Beautiful Bases

The Task:
Tired of the normal, overly cheap Base Camps of France, Egypt and China? Now is your chance to spend some money on making some far better ones! No longer will the weary adventurers have to sleep in tacky tents and bad beds. It's time for luxury!


Additional Information:
If you do not own World Adventures you can create a residential lot to suit the task but for one of the EA Worlds, pretending it is a holiday hotel or base camp for that town: for example a beach resort style building for Sunlit Tides.

Entry Specifications:

• Lot Type: Residential or Base Camp
• Lot Size: 20x20 and Above
• Budget: $85,000
• Content Restrictions: There are no additional content restrictions.
• Number of Bed Spaces: Minimum of 10
• Other Specifications:
  • Themed for your World of choice
  • Communal Living
  • Facilities to cater for all needs
• Optional Specifications:
  • Suitable Skill Items
  • Best Furnishings

Contest Start Date: Sunday, 21 April - 12:00am
Contest End Date: Saturday, 4 May - 11:59pm

For instructions on how to enter the Contests follow this link.

Only post in this thread if you are posting an entry or you are asking a question, we would prefer however if questions were PMed to us. If you have any questions please PM the Contest Team: samoht04, Lilygirl and Ausette. Ensure all receive your question to ensure it gets answered as quickly as possible.

[samoht04]

This contest comes from an idea by Vinyl in the suggestions thread, I'm sure it will be great to have some new options to use! 


A question was just asked about whether those without WA could still build an entry for a WA world such as Champ Les Sims but in SV or RV - that is perfectly fine.  If anyone else wishes to do so they may!

[Swirl-Girl]

Mama Maddie's Motel

Lot size: 40x50 (I like putting it on the upper ledge of AP where Varg's Tavern is typically placed)
Lot value: 78,631 (When placed in position described above, it is still under 85,000)
Content: Pets
Bed spaces: 10
Bathrooms: 4 showers, several toilet stalls

"Today's tour will be hosted by Pro-Jockey, Mz. Nadia Sheffield!"
Thank you, Watcher.



I have been making a lot of big decisions lately, and thus decided to spend a relaxing night at the new motel in town.



Look at that! I suppose Nerrissa is all settled in, let's go inside.



I  guess this is where the receptionist sits...
"What's that slacker up to now!"
Now, Now.



What a nice kitchen; it's cozy. I made myself a breakfast of pancakes on their wonderful stove-top. Yum!




After breakfast I played some music and started a fire. I love the atmosphere in here. I can't wait to bring some life to this place!



I washed up in the communal, but no less private and sanitary bathroom. And went to scope out the bedrooms.




I was surprised at how nice the bedrooms were, considering the size. Tonight I think I'll sleep in the first room I visited.

Thank you for joining me today. I hope you'll consider staying at Mama Maddie's on your next visit to Appaloosa Plains!

[Lilygirl]

For those of you wanting to use the Base Camp lot designation here are a few things that have been brought to our attention and I googled them for answers. (Disclaimer: I haven't tried these in game so please PM the contest team if these don't actually work.)

1) In order to edit current Base Camps in the WA worlds you need to activate a couple cheats in Edit Town (according to this thread at the official site)

a) testingcheatsenabled true

b) enablelotlocking true

c) Click on the base camp lot you want to edit

d) There will be a padlock symbol next to the save, share, buy/build, etc. icons. Click it so that the lock appears open (unlocked)

This will change the build/buy icon so you can click on it and edit the lot.

2) Stoves cannot be added to community lots (even building as a residential lot and then changing the lot to a community one doesn't work) so food preparation options are limited to grills.

[Chuckles_82]

Is it ok to build it as a residential lot, then use CAW to change it to a base camp lot, then save it to the library?

[Lilygirl]

From the research that I did, people are saying that doesn't work either with the version of CAW EA has released for our use. I don't have, nor will I be getting CAW, so I can't check. Chuckles, feel free to do a test and I'll chat with Tom and Ausette about it.

EDIT: The information was that even if you use CAW to create a Base Camp designated lot, the stoves still get removed when the lot is placed in another world through Edit Town.

[Chuckles_82]

Oh what a pity. I know they stay and get exported if you leave it where it is. I had hoped that method would work. I used that method for the fire station in Cypress Lakes.

[Vinyl]

I think I just successfully placed a stove in a Base Camp, exported it, downloaded it, placed it back into an adventure world, and then was able to use it!  Note that the stoves only work in a travel world - placing any base camp in a normal world results in non-functional decorative stoves.



Here's how I did it:

-Whichever lot is the base camp building lot, make sure there's a nearby visible lot
-Build on the nearby lot and place a stove
-Switch to the base camp lot
-With testingcheatsenabled true, ctrl+shift+click on the nearby stove and select the 'clone item' option*
-Place the duplicate stove on the base camp lot

That's it!  As long as this method is allowed for building contests it's a simple way to get stoves into base camps.  If anyone feels like triple confirming the stoves stay and transfer with the export/download just let me know.

*I feel compelled to note that ctrl+shift has to be held down in order to clone an item.  It wasn't until this morning I figured out how to clone things successfully.   

[Gulliver the cat!]

The Pharoah's Hotel
Size of Lot: 40 x 30
Lot Value: $83,985
7 bedrooms (10 beds), 2 communal bathrooms
Expansions Used: Pets, Showtime, World Adventures, Ambitions, Late Night, Seasons, University
Store Content: None

This little hotel is perfect for adventurers who like to travel in comfort. With amenities including fire pit and meeting room.

[Andy_555224]

I have a question.

If you are using CFE to make your base camp, as in high rises, are level skip markers OK?

[Lilygirl]

A direct quote from the Building Contest rules: "All Apartment Markers are Banned: Hidden Room Markers and Level Skip Markers etc, unless a contest specifically allows them".

This contest doesn't state that apartment markers are allowed so you may not use any of them, sorry.

[Andy_555224]

Ah. OK, thanks Lilygirl.

[ladybug53]

Pharaoh's Desert Inn
by ladybug53

Lot Size : 40x40
Price Furnished : 84,981
Price Unfurnished : 52,699

Expansions Used : World Adventure - Seasons - University Life .
Stuff Packs Used : None .
Free From the Store : New Years Nectar Here and Explorer's Loot Here

While in Egypt be sure to drop in at the Pharaoh's Desert Inn . The Inn has 4 bedrooms and sleeps 10 , living room , kitchen with computer area , 2 communal bathrooms , a large foyer with sitting areas , a patio with grill plus a stocked pond .

Follow me for a tour of the premises .




Link for Download : Pharaoh's Desert Inn

[Lilygirl]

Vinyl's stove cloning method for adding usable stoves to Base Camp lots as explained above is OK to use.

For those of you that have already submitted an entry, you are allowed to edit your current lot and add a stove (or 2), provided you remain within the budget. If you need to remove a counter to place the stove, you may do so. You may not make any other changes! Please replace your current attached lot with the updated one.

This contest runs until Saturday, May 4th so you guys still have plenty of time.

[Cerelove]

Callesty Beach Hotel & Resort
Size of Lot: 40 x 40
Lot Value: $85,000
Expansions Used:  Seasons
Store Content: None

Link To download my lot: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=7246788