Happy Holidays!

Just a quick hello.  I've been very busy, so busy that I've been unable to even crack the game open since the week of Seasons release, which is a bummer.  Lots of stuff going on in my life, 2 busy kids, and the holiday season.

I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving, that you have a very merry and safe Christmas, Hannukah, Yule, whatever you believe in.  No matter what you choose to celebrate, I hope that you're able to spend these days with friends and family.

Happy simming!

New Sunset vI Empty

*Just for clarity, this is Version 1.  I intend to keep working on this world and making corrections as they're needed, but I wasn't as clear as could be when I originally posted this.  This is Version 1, I have been play-testing with no obvious issues in my own game for some time, but this is still a world in testing and development and there may be some fixes and changes made in future versions.  I don't say this to discourage you from downloading, but if you choose to download, I just want you to know that there will be things that I will probably be correcting as I find them.*

This is the empty world for my Sunset Valley CAW edits that I did for myself.  It's called New Sunset. I realize this isn't terribly exciting, lots of people have Sunset Valley rehashes, but SOMEONE might find it useful.  It has a handful more lots, some of the weird sized lots have been replaced with more standard sizes.  I got rid of the palm trees.  Essentially, I just tried to make it more useful for myself, particularly with Seasons coming.

Mostly, it's updated with this:

Up where the military base used to be, there are now 2 64x64 lots, 3 40x40, 2 50x50, 1 40x60, and 3 30x40 lots.

Since I use a modified version of the Showtime Art Gallery in mine, I've used the billboard heading up there that features the picture of the same.

I moved a lot of stuff around, I tried to leave the general feel of the world intact, but I did change out some stuff.

One of the 60x60 lots, the one that is empty in base SV, I made that a 64x64 lot.

 

This lot near the waterfall is now a 30x40 and actually touches the road.  I wanted to go 40x40 or 40x50 but it cut into that steep hill and made the lot less usable anyways, so I left it a 30x40 that's flat to be at least pretty versatile.

Between the flowers and cypress, where the dome used to be, there is now a 50x50 lot next to where the Science Center lot is in base SV.  I plan on using this space for some gardens or a park adjacent to whatever I choose to put there, it may still be the Science Center.

The palm trees are gone, as is the concrete wave fence, I added some bushes and firs into the landscape to complement the other rocky hillside which is covered in firs.

 

I did add a few other billboards around town, just because I wanted to.  ;o)

 

I also changed some of the lots out downtown.  The one where the school was placed is still there, but the matching sized lot that was Mirabella Plaza is now 3 20x30 lots, and the museum and gym lots and their partner-lots in their plot divisions have been turned into 4 30x40 lots.

I've also moved some other lots around, squeezed a few more in here and there, the grand total isn't MUCH more than it originally was, I think originally SV has 98 lots and mine has ballpark 115 now, but my town was bursting at the seams trying to rein in all of the lots added with each expansion. 

As I said, this is mostly for my own uses.  I won't be taking requests or anything, and I'd really rather not hear about disliking my choices of lot substitutions and things.  This isn't meant to sound mean or sensitive, but CAW isn't my forte and I genuinely am offering this because someone might like it or find it to be useful.  I've been playing in it and slowly building it for a while now, on a different version, but the only thing I changed between that version and this was I deleted the lots as I'm not ready to release anything with any lots added at this time.

If you find errors or issues with it, however, while it may take me some time to update, I am willing to fix problems that are found.  Hopefully there aren't many of those, as it IS an EA world and I didn't do THAT much to it, but if you find problems, do let me know about that.

There may be a released version with my lots of choice added, I'm a slow builder so most of the lots will probably just be redecoration of  houses from various expansions and worlds.  However, here's the empty version and if you like it, that's wonderful.  I hope you do.

DOWNLOAD New Sunset vI Empty HERE

In my game: The Odds

I have a house full of Supernatural sims, I named the Household The Odds because they're all strange and they're kind of a bunch of odds and ends.

 Minnie Shae is a witch.  She's proper and shy, clumsy, a gatherer, and family-oriented.

Ashk Helenia is (rather obviously) a fairy and is nurturing, brave, loves animals, loves the outdoors and she is also disciplined.

Callie Rufus is a werewolf.  Callie's a flirt and afraid of commitment, she's outdoorsy and friendly and a bit of a party animal. Emphasis on the animal.

Vivian Corbie is mean spirited, dramatic, and has no sense of humor. She is a genius and virtuoso, though.

Bobo was the first pet in the house and he's still king of the place.

Then there's Agnes D and her cloned kitten, Ellie.

Pretty moon over the point. 

And Callie's a mime, working her way through the Acrobat career, too...had I mentioned that?

I don't really write stories, but I may occasionally post some pics and captions, I have a backlog of pics from various saves and I may sometimes share what they might be up to.

Goth Manor Overhaul

Just an updated version of the Goth Manor.
Colors have been toned down, some additional decor was added, it's still the same lot, just a less severe version of itself.

It's still the same 64x64 lot, it costs a bit more now, the fences and stairs have all been replaced with recolorable versions, there's no CC, but it now requires some additional EPs for the objects used, I have all EPs but I didn't actually add much, so I think the objects used were just from Supernatural and Showtime.  You shouldn't NEED them, but objects will be replaced or deleted if you don't have them.

 
DOWNLOAD Goth Manor 3 br, 3 ba

In progress...sort of

Okay, this is not a set-in-stone kind of list.
This is a "these things are in a folder and I may or may not get around to doing them" list.

I'm slow at finishing up projects.
I am also bad about losing lists to projects I'm working on lol.

So here are some (because, as I mentioned, I'm bad about losing my lists...and I lost the last one) of the things I want to work on:

*Accessory shirts--I know, it's been done.  Sadly, however, a lot of the ones I liked I don't have anymore and the links are broken or missing.

*Objects with the "writing" function of the wall plaque from WA like Sticky Notes or something...mostly just for giggles for myself.

*My Sunset Valley overhaul CAW project, close to done without lots.

*Similarly planned Riverview CAW overhaul.  Less done than Sunset Valley one.

*The Sims Daily Advent gift...ideas in place, but nothing concrete/completed yet, this one is a secret lol.

*Hotel as apartment. (Motel as apartment completed, want nicer option next.)

*Recolor and "chest-like" function added to vending machine mesh, maybe Aikea-Guinea's, recolors of drinkable juice box from fridge, make it catalog purchase capable.

*Recolors of body washes, simlish and in-game images for labels.

I'll possibly come back to this post from time to time, I don't know.
It's not super-exciting stuff, but I'm trying to be more organized and task-oriented.

Since I've been gone...

Okay, so I know I've mentioned it before, but I get busy and I don't update often and I always feel a bit badly about that.

There are reasons lol.
I have 2 kids now, I had a second healthy and happy little girl 7 months ago and I would be busy if it was just that but their dad is a grad student and we recently moved 8 hours from where we were living to get him into school.

I haven't given up creating, but I had to step back and take care of my real life first.
I'm contemplating taking a more active role in the blog perhaps, since I still enjoy it, but I haven't quite decided what is going to happen next.

I've been building lots lately, nothing super-insanely fancy, but I've got a few that I'll be transferring here from Simset Boulevard because the mods there have decided to shut things down and I'm a little heartbroken over that.  They've been such an amazing group of people and I've found it much easier to share when it's a conversation instead of just rambling out into space.

Blogging is hard for me, it feels very one-sided.

I've also got a new Sunset Valley map overhaul about ready to go empty, I'm slowly working on lots for a "built" version, but I've got a few bugs to work out of it still, a few things I changed that I'm not entirely sure about, so I'm not quite ready to share, but I've been wanting to get it up and running for Seasons, I am really excited to have something all my own for Seasons.

I have a few CC things I was thinking about, I'm still trying to learn, even if it's been a long, slow process for me.

I don't know.  I'll figure it out.  Anyways, give me a few days, I need to get things uploaded here but I should have a few lots up and ready before long.

A baby. A real one.

So, I don't think I mentioned it, really, but I had a baby in March.  Since around December the baby was already so big I couldn't sit in my desk chair for extended stretches, I couldn't breathe easily because I had kicking feet jabbing into my ribcage.  Now I have a newborn to contend with.  Well, she's 6 weeks old, so not newborn, but you know what I mean.  I do have a little more computer time these days, but I don't have enough to really sit down and make CC and I haven't even opened my game for more than 45 minutes or so in the past few months.  I don't know when or even if I'll return to CC creation.  I enjoyed it, but the real world has been calling me and I've taken up a lot of my crafting and cooking again and when I do have a few minutes of time to spare for a blog or something, I'd rather spend it doing stuff related to those hobbies I don't need to sit at a computer for a sizable stretch to complete.  Thank you for your love and kindness and I do hope I'll be able to get back into gaming some again in the future, but for now I will be letting that go.