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    The Ten Builder's Commandments AMENDED: The ELEVEN Builder's Commandments

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    ZooProfessor3ZooProfessor3 Posts: 9,847 Member
    edited March 8 in Nominated Threads
    Disclaimer: This is intended just for fun and is in no way meant to be sacrilegious. Please, do not take offence!

    The Eleven Builder’s Commandments

    1. Thou Shall Avoid the Big Honkin’ Box
    2. Thou Shall Know That Auto-Roof is Evil
    3. Thou Shall Turn Off Thy MOO
    4. Thou Shall Save Before Thee CFEs
    5. Thou Shall Know That the Order of Operations Matters
    6. Thou Shall Play-Test
    7. Thou Shall Not Upload Hidden CC
    8. Thou Shall Know That Tutorials Are Thy Friend
    9. Thou Shall Save Early and Save Often
    10. Thou Shall Know That Help May Be Given to Whoever Shall Seek it Among the Friends in Creative Corner Forum
    11. Thou Shall Do Thy OWN Work; Thee Shall Not Steal the Work of Thy Neighbor, Paint the Barn, and Call it Thy Own

    P.S.
    Does anyone need an explanation of a commandment? Just ask! :mrgreen:

    oow785m
    Post edited by EA_Solaire on

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    • mvandemvande Posts: 8,587 Member
      edited November 2011
      Why no MOO????? :-(
    • ZooProfessor3ZooProfessor3 Posts: 9,847 Member
      edited November 2011
      mvande wrote:
      Why no MOO????? :-(

      No, no, mvande, MOO is GREAT! But if you don't turn it off after you use it, you can end up with routing errors in your lot.

      So, build with MOO and then PLAY without it!
      oow785m
    • mvandemvande Posts: 8,587 Member
      edited November 2011
      ZooProfessor3 wrote:
      mvande wrote:
      Why no MOO????? :-(

      No, no, mvande, MOO is GREAT! But if you don't turn it off after you use it, you can end up with routing errors in your lot.

      So, build with MOO and then PLAY without it!

      Oh, I thought you just meant no MOO at all and I was like :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: I understand now so. :mrgreen::mrgreen:
    • ZooProfessor3ZooProfessor3 Posts: 9,847 Member
      edited November 2011
      Heck, no! I couldn't live without my MOO!
      oow785m
    • CmnshtrCmnshtr Posts: 1,221 Member
      edited November 2011
      I learned the hard way about saving and CFE... Oops... And I myself love MOO as well... it's a life saver sometimes, but didn't know you couldn't play with it on.
      lol. Shows you how much I actually play!

      As for the hidden CC...how do I go about removing that kind of stuff from my items? because I know I have some in there from people who have built me things...
      h2xmsbl
    • WibbleLikeAJellyWibbleLikeAJelly Posts: 2,410 Member
      edited November 2011
      ZooProfessor3 wrote:
      Heck, no! I couldn't live without my MOO!

      ^^ Love this :)
    • ZooProfessor3ZooProfessor3 Posts: 9,847 Member
      edited November 2011
      Cmnshtr wrote:
      I learned the hard way about saving and CFE... Oops... And I myself love MOO as well... it's a life saver sometimes, but didn't know you couldn't play with it on.
      lol. Shows you how much I actually play!

      As for the hidden CC...how do I go about removing that kind of stuff from my items? because I know I have some in there from people who have built me things...

      Dark knows about all thinks CC, so would perhaps be a better person to ask (since we are all Teammates!), but here is what I did.

      I knew that I was going to uploading pretty much everything that I built and I didn't want to pass on any CC, so I went into my launcher and clicked "installed content" and looked at each thing one at a time and uninstalled ever single thing that could end up in a build, even patterns. I only left some CC hair (I didn't worry about that as I generally do not make Sims for upload and on the rare occasion that I do, I'll avoid non-EA hair).

      Now, the consequence of my uninstalling that stuff will be that the lots I downloaded won't have those things available (the game will go through and replace where possible, like with patterns, and omit where not possible).

      My lot won't then look exactly like it did when I downloaded it, but to me that was a small price to pay. I can redecorate if the game picks a pattern or something that I don't like the looks of.
      oow785m
    • ZooProfessor3ZooProfessor3 Posts: 9,847 Member
      edited November 2011
      WibbleLikeAJelly wrote:
      ZooProfessor3 wrote:
      Heck, no! I couldn't live without my MOO!

      ^^ Love this :)

      LOL! That's right, Wibble: MOO, it does a body good!

      *for all of you not in the US, you may not have seen the famous slogan "Milk, it does a body good!" which has played for years on US television. I think the Milk Council (likely NOT what they call themselves, but something like that) paid for that ad campaign*
      oow785m
    • SarademoorSarademoor Posts: 2,851 Member
      edited November 2011
      Truer words were never spoken! :D
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      http://sarademoorgames.blogspot.be/
    • friendsfan36friendsfan36 Posts: 6,715 New Member
      edited November 2011
      i agree with the roof comandment.
    • ZooProfessor3ZooProfessor3 Posts: 9,847 Member
      edited November 2011
      friendsfan36 wrote:
      i agree with the roof comandment.

      I actually "borrowed" that one from my friend Dark (DarkAmaranth1966). The actual quote didn't have the thous or the shalls, but the gist was the same. :mrgreen:
      oow785m
    • mwjessica723mwjessica723 Posts: 3,769 Member
      edited November 2011
      These are great, Zoo! :mrgreen:
    • ZooProfessor3ZooProfessor3 Posts: 9,847 Member
      edited November 2011
      mwjessica723 wrote:
      These are great, Zoo! :mrgreen:

      Thanks, Jessica! Although I'm starting to think I should have made one of the commandments be:

      Thou Shall Do Thy OWN Work; Thee Shall Not Steal the Work of Thy Neighbor, Paint the Barn, and Call it Thy Own

      Sheesh! These PEOPLE!

      EDIT:

      Yeah, I really like that, we're going to call that the Eleventh Commandment!
      oow785m
    • mwjessica723mwjessica723 Posts: 3,769 Member
      edited November 2011
      LOL, do it! :D
    • ZooProfessor3ZooProfessor3 Posts: 9,847 Member
      edited November 2011
      mwjessica723 wrote:
      LOL, do it! :D

      DONE! :mrgreen:
      oow785m
    • SarademoorSarademoor Posts: 2,851 Member
      edited November 2011
      Thou Shall Do Thy OWN Work; Thee Shall Not Steal the Work of Thy Neighbor, Paint the Barn, and Call it Thy Own

      That there. Hahahahaha! :D Thou speakest the truth! I had to hold in my laughter as not to wake my little son! :D
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      http://sarademoorgames.blogspot.be/
    • ZooProfessor3ZooProfessor3 Posts: 9,847 Member
      edited November 2011
      LOL! Thanks, Sara!
      oow785m
    • originalsimoriginalsim Posts: 1,696 Member
      edited November 2011
      :wink:
    • ZooProfessor3ZooProfessor3 Posts: 9,847 Member
      edited November 2011
      originalsim wrote:
      :wink:

      I like your avatar background! I guess we're wearing the same dress. :D
      oow785m
    • OilbasedoleanderOilbasedoleander Posts: 2,967 Member
      edited November 2011
      Avoid the big box. Lol, my first creations were just a giant box. I was so proud back then!
      Here, Here Zoo!!
    • ZooProfessor3ZooProfessor3 Posts: 9,847 Member
      edited November 2011
      Oilbasedoleander wrote:
      Avoid the big box. Lol, my first creations were just a giant box. I was so proud back then!
      Here, Here Zoo!!

      Hi, Oil!

      LOL! EVERYBODY does the big honkin' box at first, I know I sure did! It's not easy to stop doing that, either.

      oow785m
    • yanti68yanti68 Posts: 19,017 Member
      edited November 2011
      AMEN to that! :lol: I agree. Absolutely! :D:D
    • Rainywill5Rainywill5 Posts: 663 Member
      edited November 2011
      brilliant that list of commandments made me chuckle, but what are these abreviations such as moo and WIP etc?
    • BelliliBellili Posts: 1,737 New Member
      edited November 2011
      They're great Zoo! :lol: I agree with the auto roof!
    • Sierra24Sierra24 Posts: 721 Member
      edited November 2011
      11. Thou Shall Do Thy OWN Work; Thee Shall Not Steal the Work of Thy Neighbor, Paint the Barn, and Call it Thy Own


      Amen to all, especially #11.
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