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Elmawa

2-16-11
Got featured today! Woot! First feature ever

http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=3631995
That my friends is the link! Hallelujah!

1-22-11
Uploaded a home for the cliffside lot that is across the bridge from the movie theater. There are pictures in my archive thread, or will be soon as I will be working on that after I submit this update The link to the house is at the bottom of the "Suggested Additional Content" section, scroll way down to find it, it's called Endurance. Don't forget to Rec!

1-15-11
The launcher is not cooperating, or something is wrong. Not sure which, but I'm getting a system error when I try to upload. The green bar fills to the end, then gives me the red failure circle and says "system error occurred"...I'll get it up as soon as I can, I'm very impatient to share this world that I've been working on for MONTHS and had quite the ordeal with when I was cleaning out the CC, I want to share this now! :x

OMG....as I was typing this my most recent attempt w/ the launcher was finishing up, and I got the success icon instead of that maddening red circle. Running off to see if its really true!

1-14-11
In the process of uploading the final version. Look for it tonight (or today...depending on location :P) on the exchange (i hope), or mediafire (if the latter doesn't work out). I'll post the link as soon as I can.
Pasted some new links to the "Suggested content" section (scroll down...way down)
12-31-10
Pre-populated version available here in the following thread link, this will also be the official BETA test thread. This version included each of the listed sims found below. Also new pictures on pg 2
http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/0/321749.page#4334483
12-29-10
Prepopulated the world and am trying it out in my own game, will upload a BETA V2 soon for anyone who would be willing to try out the prepopulated version. This version also has a few fixes and additional homes added to fill up some of the hoods more until more donations are made, if ever :)Got a good report so far on the last BETA from AHENRICHS, thanks for your help!
12-27-10
BETA available, click the link below. The world file and all the dl content were scanned with dashboard and pack cleaner, all files should be safe. There are no sims in the world at this time. I am in the process of learning how to pre-populate the world however, so in the near future there will likely be a BETA v2 to test this out and make sure that the sims transfer. Thanks for everyones help so far, I am still taking submissions, if you would like to donate your lot or sims to the world please say so. If you do so after I have uploaded the final version or if I am no longer adding lots or sims to the world to be uploaded with it (Which I still am at this point), I will provide links in this OP under a heading of "additional content" should anyone be interested.
http://www.mediafire.com/?4fbo37yqnwb5rvr
12-23-10
Think that I have ironed out most of the major kinks in the world, now I'm looking for an outsider to give it a shot. Anyone?

12-18-10: Finally got time and motivation to download the most recent version of CAW and continue working. In the process of playing the world for a while to see how everything works and looks, found some things to tweak, but the world is basically ready, could use a few more houses, but all the important stuff is there. Once I tweak it a bit to fix somethings that are bothering me and easy fixes I will upload it for a BETA test. Also, new pix on page two, and updated the content list....Turns out I didn't have much to change..:( aw well

10-21-10: This used to be in the title, but I didn't hear back from any of the below...I'm going to take that as a yes! (12-18-10)(attn: Razbrry9875, and histbear) I downloaded content from each of you to use in the world, it would be uploaded with the world when it's done.

From Razbrry I got your Halliwell mansion
From Histbear, I got your Addams family mansion


Please let me know if you object to me using your content.


10/21/10 Update: added the new additions to the list of downloads and linked them. Going to go work on a few more community lots today. Done with several more community lots! Added pics to page two. All I have left now are a few parks, 2 hangouts, and some fishing spots. Whew! Gimme another day like today and I could have this puppy up and rolling! haha.
9/18/10 Update: Pictures added! The campus and horror district graveyard are complete.
9/14/10 Update: Pictures on Page 2, added Home alone house to list of links and will add to the world.
7/24/10 Update: Last night I downloaded the house of The Texas Chainsaw Murder, and put it in the world, on that note I thought it would be really interesting to put all the horror themed homes and people in a hood of their own. It will be just down the lane from sunny beaches and bright green normalcy as a blighted land with withered and scorched trees and not a blade of grass to be seen. This is where our resident serial killers, vampires, witches/warlocks etc will call home, they will be the proverbial "wrong side of the tracks". I'll try and upload pictures this afternoon after I work on it some more.

Pictures on page 2 of this thread


Edit: 7/13/10: Build Me Hollywood Baby!
The world is going to be called "Lost Hollywood", the Island is themed from TV just like all the houses, and hopefully community locations. And maybe it IS that island, that will be one of the mysteries simmers can explore if they want to. I did see another post about someone making that Island from Lost, thought that was kinda funny, but thinking about it, I bet there are several copies of that Island made into a Sim world by now .

Anyways, about the lots I need, the choice is pretty much up to you, the builder, I've included some ideas to get your creativity flowing below, but they are by no means definitive. If you want to make a different house, I'm all for it. I'm going to have a lot of lots to fill!

Some Guidelines for the Lots:
-Must be a house that is featured in a TV series or Movie, can be from the past or present.
-Exterior should look as much like the real thing as possible given the games limitations.
-Interior is more open to creativity since not all the houses will have available floor plans. If you want to, and can find a floorplan then try to stick to it, that would make the house more authentic. If you cannot or it would just be too big of a bother to look for and follow a floor plan, then design it how you wish, trust me, I'm not going to research all the houses to find out If you do use a floor plan though, tell me and I'll include that in the details about the lot when I upload the world.
-Content can include anything from Base, WA, HELS, and AM. I have all of those as well as a number of store items. Don't worry too much about what I do and don't have from the store, if something is "off" when I check out your house in my game because I don't have something, I'll just replace the missing item with something I have. NO THIRD PARTY CONTENT, I do not download much from third parties, and I will not most likely. Patterns should be okay since I think most patterns transfer with downloads.
-Homes should have at least a double bed and a crib as well as all the other necessities so that townies can use them.
-Also need community lots for everything from base to ambitions.
-Please be sure you don't have the doll or other corrupted content with your lot.
-Type a lot description, incl what show its from, who lived/visited there in the show or movie, other details about what happened in that house or lot such as it's haunted, many people have died, the couple raised 7 kids, it was swallowed into a hellmouth...

Guidelines for the sims:
-No third party CC, custom patterns are okay, store and EP/SP content is okay.
-Should be someone from a TV series or Movie past or present, dead or alive, doesn't matter.
-Type a bios for your sim on this thread, I will include it with your sim when I put them in the world, I'm somewhat certain that Bios don't transfer with downloads.

Even better if you want to make the house and the sim that goes with it , but it's not required

Any help is greatly appreciated, the links below will be helpful for you builders who need a visual reference, there are many houses featured on them, take your pick. If I get more than one entry for the same house/lot I will post links to each even if I don't use all but one. Credit will be given where it's earned, in the world that I upload, if I use your lot (and I'll try to let you know if I do) I will put your username in the houses description

Links:
http://www.seeing-stars.com/Locations/index.shtml
http://dir.yahoo.com/Entertainment/Movies_and_Film/Trivia/Filming_Locations/?o=a


Suggestions to get you started:

These should all be on the above websites
-The Brady House
-Marty's House (Back the future series)
-Star Trek Fleet HQ
-ET's House (or rather, the adoptive families house)
-The "Charmed" house
-The "7th Heaven" House (underway)
-The "Beverly 90210 Walsh and/or Beach House"
-The "Poltergeist" House
-The "Psycho" House
-The "Halloween" House
-The "Amityville Horror" House (This one may not be on the seeing-stars website, but I just thought of it off the top of my head, its a famous house, so shouldn't be too hard to find pictures of it)
-The Cullen house from Twilight
-Bella's House from Twilight (completed!)

Community Lots Ideas:
-That coffee shop from Friends
-Law and Orders courthouse
-CSI, NYPD blue...police station
-Norman Bates Hotel (could be a hangout?)
-Cemetery from Buffy the Vampire Slayer
...That's all I can think of right now.


Download Links For Content Going On the Island
-I'll post more links to content as it's added, I did Buffy's house for another simmer so, that's how this all got started.

Lots
-Buffy's House by Me
Unfurnished: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=2685873
Furnished: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=2685867
(I couldn't help myself, the furnished version has quite a bit store content, mainly for Willow's room, there is also stuff from WA, AM, and probably HELS)
-Texas Chainsaw Massacre House by strelitzia19
http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=2455808
Bella and Charlie Swan and House (home and sims packaged as household)By Ecofriend2
http://www.mediafire.com/?tnp4cozm10u6tat
AHENRICHS, the Home Alone House
http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=3045482
Faerieflower: The Bates Motel and house
http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=3187919#
Addict1220: Mr. Rogers House-Unoccupied
http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=555455
Aussiedonna: The Brady Bunch House-unoccupied
http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=3236669
Razbrry9876-Halliwell Manor-Unoccupied
http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=606994
Histbear-Addams Family Home
http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=966496



Sims

Megan Fox By MacyQueen-will be Mikaela Banes from Transformers in game.
http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=2774968#
Bella and Charlie Swan and House By Ecofriend2
http://www.mediafire.com/?tnp4cozm10u6tat
Addict1220: Mr. Rogers
http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=555457
Aussiedonna: The Brady Bunch Family
http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=3236676
Aussiedonna: Alice, the Brady Bunch's maid
http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=3236677
Snowmoon: Dexter Morgan
http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=464657#
Ultimatemetalbane: The "Scooby Gang" (aka, Buffy and friends)
http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=3140699
serenablondie: Buffy and Angel-Want them, but they won't show up in my game
http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=3358506#
Snowmoon: Addams Family
http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=3554988
razbrry9876: Paige, Piper, and Phoebe Halliwell, Victor Bennet, and Sam Wilder
-inlcuded with the Halliwell Manor listed above

Projects I'm told are underwayThe Titanic
The Cast of the show Bones
and the house from Money Pit?
7th Heaven House and cast sans Sam and David
The Christmas Story House

Suggested Additional Content-The reason it's here is because it has CC that if removed would significantly diminish the idea of the content...make it less "true" or convincing...whatever...it just wouldn't look right without it OR it was found after the release of the final version of the world and I thought it would be a good addition to it. Check it out and DL at your own risk NONE OF THE FOLLOWING WILL BE INCLUDED WITH THE FINAL COPY OF THE WORLD. Right now the beta has the killers family, but they have a lot of necessary CC, so I'm going to remove them before uploading.

southparkgoth666: Killers from movies-Leatherface, Chucky and his bride, Jason, Carrie, Freddy, Samara, Michael
http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=1902261
-Found some really great looking simified celebs on MTS, if it's the actor just think if a character name you like from one of their movies and name them that. Since all the current residents are named for their characters...not themselves. I have not downloaded these sims myself to see if they work out of the box, or if there is some preparation you must do (for some, there probably is). I just thought they were really good looking! So, again, DL at your own risk.
Totally Awesome Lucy Liu sim
http://www.modthesims.info/download.php?t=417570
Edward Cullen
http://www.modthesims.info/download.php?t=429883
Natalie Portman
http://www.modthesims.info/download.php?t=430028
The Corpse Bride-really interesting in a good way sim.
http://www.modthesims.info/download.php?t=423185
Carlisle Cullen-I was stunned by the likeness...wow.
http://www.modthesims.info/download.php?t=422227
Endurace: A home built for the cliffside lot in LHI
http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=3665718

You know what, just check out the MTS sims section...there are tons of celeb sims there, and many of them look really awesome! So long as you're not too afraid of CC



Have fun!

Elmawa

http://www.seeing-stars.com/ImagePages/BuffysHousePhoto.shtml

There's the link to the house I intend to begin tonight.

ricmckinney

Great idea!

I don't download from the exchange because of the risk of bad files and I prefer to have only my own custom made content in my game, then the town I make can truly be called my own. But I do like to share my work....

I'm the same way. :XD:

KittKat7147

Cute idea! I know there were some really nice attempts at the Halliwell (Charmed) mansion a while ago and some other familiar houses as well. Hmmm... I'll have to think about a tv/movie house that I'd like to build Maybe a list of suggestions and links to pics would be a good way to start things off? I'd be interested in that website you were talking about.

Elmawa

@KittKat, The site where I found my pictures of Buffy's house is
www.seeing-stars.com

And I added some suggestions.

Elmawa

Here is the Summers Residence from Buffy the Vampire Slayer.


This a pic of the real life house they used for external shots, there is a better looking one on the seeing-stars.com site, but I couldn't save and resize that one.


This is the front view.


This is the backyard. I don't know what it looks like in the show, I can't remember.


This is the basement, the bed is Spike's place where he was tied up for a while.

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This is the main floor, it has a foyer, coat closet, stairways, living room/study, sitting area, kitchen, and formal dining area. Again, I don't remember what it looked like on the show, so I picked my own decor.


And finally the upper floor. It has 3 bedrooms, clockwise from the right is Willows, Dawn's, and Buffy's. Then there is the bathroom and also a balcony.

There is an unfurnished version in my studio if you would like that, that version doesn't have ANYTHING except walls inside, no furniture, decor, wall paper, floor covering..except carpet upstairs so I could see what I was doing better. :P

Anyways, enjoy, and please Rec if you download or even just like.

Jeepers Creepers...forgot to post the link to the download :roll:
Furnished
http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=2685867
Unfurnished
http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=2685873

Elmawa

Anyone else have a house in mind? Thought last night it might be cool to make a world with all these. A place where you can live across the street from Norman Bates, and borrow sugar from Phoebe, Piper, and Paige Halliwell. :P

Elmawa

There's gotta be someone looking for something to do.....No?

Elmawa

This is going to take me a really long time to do on my own if no one wants to help. Please?

Elmawa

Bump, is there an echo in here? And, are those crickets I hear?

Elmawa

moved what I had here to the OP

illusie

Good luck with your project! I like the idea.

Smiler3

Hii, if you want I could make Titanic (perhaps) I will start working on it soon if you want.

MacyQueen

my gosh i love Buffy...
sorry just thought i'd add that
i'll make Megan Fox
i made a sim recently that looked slightly like her so it shouldnt be too hard to recreate her

Elmawa

OMG. It's been so long since I checked this thread because no one was responding at all. But if you two want to do those things for me, that would be awesome! Finally, some help! That is if you both check back at any point to see me confirm your offers

Edit: lol, guess it hasn't been as long as I thought, all three recent posts were from yesterday. Thanks so much for your offers, I'll try and get pictures loaded up ASAP, I decided to make the Island into the relative shape of the North Island of New Zealand since someone is already doing a TV/Move themed island using the Lost Island. Thankfully I wasn't all that far along that it was a huge hassle to change the Islands shape.

Elmawa

Smiler3 wrote:

Hii, if you want I could make Titanic (perhaps) I will start working on it soon if you want.

I'd be very interested to see how you accomplish that. Maybe you could make it a community lot? Some kind of hangout/lounge? But if you had other ideas, that would be fine, this is supposed to be a collaboration project with pieces from many people included, so, I don't want to cramp your creativity or ideas.

mangogirl422

Elmawa wrote:

OMG. It's been so long since I checked this thread because no one was responding at all. But if you two want to do those things for me, that would be awesome! Finally, some help! That is if you both check back at any point to see me confirm your offers

Edit: lol, guess it hasn't been as long as I thought, all three recent posts were from yesterday. Thanks so much for your offers, I'll try and get pictures loaded up ASAP, I decided to make the Island into the relative shape of the North Island of New Zealand since someone is already doing a TV/Move themed island using the Lost Island. Thankfully I wasn't all that far along that it was a huge hassle to change the Islands shape.

This is a great idea! can't wait to see rest
i know this off topic but how do u create world?

Elmawa

mangogirl422 wrote:

Elmawa wrote:

OMG. It's been so long since I checked this thread because no one was responding at all. But if you two want to do those things for me, that would be awesome! Finally, some help! That is if you both check back at any point to see me confirm your offers

Edit: lol, guess it hasn't been as long as I thought, all three recent posts were from yesterday. Thanks so much for your offers, I'll try and get pictures loaded up ASAP, I decided to make the Island into the relative shape of the North Island of New Zealand since someone is already doing a TV/Move themed island using the Lost Island. Thankfully I wasn't all that far along that it was a huge hassle to change the Islands shape.

This is a great idea! can't wait to see rest
i know this off topic but how do u create world?

Thanks! You need the CAW tool, then I would suggest looking at the main tutorial to have the tools explained and viewing a few user made tutorials for shortcuts and visual references. Then, just start messing around, maybe load up sunset valley and or riverview to have a looksee and see how the creators arranged things. Then to make your own, just think of an idea, doesn't necessarily need a theme, but having a plan of action ahead of time helps get things rolling faster.

pinks1022

I wouldn't mind doing a house for this project.

Just tell me which house you want, and I'll see if I can do it.

Elmawa

Cool! I really want Norman Bates house, you know, from Psycho? Or even if you want you could make the Bates Motel as a hangout? (could be the teenagers local make-out spots or something with all the beds,lol)

Elmawa

Shoulda reserved a spot for pictures! Well this will be the official post for my picture updates.

Updated Overview: 7/25/10




A top down view of the Island so far.

This is broad view down the length of the Island.

This is an overhead view of part of the Island, it's pretty big, I couldn't get the other half of the Island in the picture, but you see most of that part below and in the first pic.

This is a view of one of the waterfalls, mountains, and Buffy Summers house down in the corner opposite the beach.

This is a view of the other waterfall with a spot for a house in front of it, the waterfall goes straight down into a pit to sea level and I made the illusion of an underground cave for the water to flow through. I will jazz this area up a bit more later on.

7/30 Update:


This is the art museum


Art museum, theater/diner lot, and two sculptor walks


This is the horror district, the house is the home of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.


An updated overhead view of the "normal" district, for lack of a better description,


Updated overhead view of the Horror District.

9/14 Updated photos


Nighttime view of the bissiness district.


View of the biz district from the otherside of the mountains showing off part of the mountain road.


A Beach rock formation


A beachside hangout by the waterfalls.


Another view of the beach hangout showing the waterfall view.

Update 9-18-10
Here are some pictures of the campus that I spent the better part of my evening yesterday working on.


This is the upper floor of the library. It has a floor the goes around the perimeter and you can look down in the the lower floor. This is where the majority of the book shelves are.


This is a pic on the lower floor of the library where there is a grand fireplace and seating area near the back. Also included in the library are two sunken computer areas, a kids zone, and many pieces of wall and sculpture art to look at and two koi ponds


This is a pic of the front of the library which was built to fit in with the school that came with Twinbrooke I believe..the blue one with gray/whiteish trim...ah..you'll see it below!.


This is an aerial view of the whole campus, the school with a large platform for a statue out front, the library nearby and a playground across the street.


Another, better view of the art museum interior.


Art museum exterior.


City Hall


Graveyard


Graveyard again! The sim in some of these pictures is Navek's avi sim that I downloaded to use in the baby-momma thread. He hates art so it was interesting bringing him to all these places to check them out, lol.


Puddle Jumper Park. Show's my attempt at an arched bridge, included many things to do besides fishing. Chess, painting, gnubbs, firepit...


Horror district laundromat/gym/pool. Keep scrolling for inside pics.





The Withering Woods: The haunted (well, could be haunted if you moved in some actual ghosts during play..lol) woods that lets your sim explore the local body dumping grounds of local serial killers. In this location you can also experience the change in the environment where the forest goes from lively and bright to dead and dark between the two districts.

The brighter side of the Withering Woods

Another view


The Criminal Headquarters and the junkyard.


Bates Motel: Sorry creator-whose-name-I-can't-think-of-now, had to get rid of the beautiful landscaping...*cringe*..sorry, it didn't fit in with the story of the neighborhood which is that noting alive can grow from the soil there any longer.


The Grocery, Consignment shop, and bookstore.


Tattoo parlor and Spa


Community Garden: I really like how this turned out, it was on a rather steep hill, so I made it tiered, there are 4 areas and it includes all the exotic plants from WA as well as all but the "Special" plants from Base. Sorry about the spawners in the photo though :P they really mess with the view.


Pool from the "Right side of town" Where the pool for the Horror district was worn and crummy looking, this one is bright, sunny, and lush with plant life. It also has an indoor area with boys and girls restrooms, Foosball, gym equipment, and 3 bars...ahhh...it's good to be good! Scroll for more up-close pics







12-18-10: Here are the new uploads, some of them are pictures of sims in the world that I took as I was testing it out yesterday, others are vistas that I may use as the worlds thumbnail. If you like, let me know which you like the best for the worlds thumbnail that you would see in the main menu.


A view I had from my sims house, I think this is my favorite angle of the mountains.

My sim painting at the park

An older couple enjoying a romantic evening at the beach.

My sim enjoying an evening by the waterfalls.

A sim jogging with a great view

A couple resting outside the movie theater and diner

An older couple enjoying the sculpture walk

A sim fishing by the lighthouse fishing spot

A sim fishing by Tunnel Rock, the land here is a bit steeper than I thought, it's one of the things I plan to tweak before releasing the BETA

The Withering Wood, complete with the ghosts of victims past! BYOV (bring your own victims :P)

This and the following are different views of the town, these are the ones I may use as thumbnails, help me pick one!





12-31-10

My test sim working out at "Schweddy's Gym"

Front of the Great Gatzby City Park

Aerial view of the Great Gatzby City Park

My test sim checking out the Art Gallery

A protest at the city hall

View of the school

Another test sim at the community garden

another view of the community garden

Another test sim talking to Bella Swan at the Swan House

Charlie Swan at the consignment shop

Jason, Freddy Kruger, and Leatherface, just a few of the resident serial killers in the Horror District

Carrie, another of the infamous killers.

My sim visiting with Jason

Jason autonomously mourning at one of the backyard graves (no ghost attached, don't worry)

another view of my sim talking to Jason and the chainsaw massacre house in the background.

My sim visiting the Addams family

Buffy and Spike staring something

The great battle between Spike and Buffy

Buffy won :P

Well, that's it for now.

Elmawa

bump

Elmawa

bump

pinks1022

Elmawa wrote:

Cool! I really want Norman Bates house, you know, from Psycho? Or even if you want you could make the Bates Motel as a hangout? (could be the teenagers local make-out spots or something with all the beds,lol)

Sounds Awesome (I know the house pretty well.) I wonder if there is a way to put both on the same lot...

Elmawa

Cool, I anxiously await the results! Ooo that would be cool, but they would probably have to be either both residential or both community, maybe both be community and the house could be thought of as a bed and breakfast along side the motel, or a museum.

Elmawa

bump