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  • geminiagregeminiagre Posts: 6,918 Member
    edited June 2012
    thank you :D
  • sim3_cf_luva594sim3_cf_luva594 Posts: 200 New Member
    edited June 2012
    May someone please tell me where I can find ge precious stones (rocks, metals, and gems) in this town? My sims needs extra money. lol Wonderful town btw.
  • geminiagregeminiagre Posts: 6,918 Member
    edited June 2012
    May someone please tell me where I can find ge precious stones (rocks, metals, and gems) in this town? My sims needs extra money. lol Wonderful town btw.

    They are all over the place. You can find lots of them near the mine right under the wedding chapel hill
  • countrykris1playcountrykris1play Posts: 155 Member
    edited June 2012
    I love your world. But there is this big area were I would love to place a 64 x 64 lot and I can't. It says its unroutable terrain. I moved in close and saw some decoration fence and deleted them but it still dos not let me place a loot there. I even tried with smaller lots but nothing. Can you pleas help me.

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  • geminiagregeminiagre Posts: 6,918 Member
    edited June 2012
    This is weird :S I don't remember painting that area unroutable. But there are spawners there so there is a chance that , that is blocking the lot from being placed..
  • sim3_cf_luva594sim3_cf_luva594 Posts: 200 New Member
    edited June 2012
    geminiagre wrote:
    May someone please tell me where I can find ge precious stones (rocks, metals, and gems) in this town? My sims needs extra money. lol Wonderful town btw.

    They are all over the place. You can find lots of them near the mine right under the wedding chapel hill

    Oh, okay. Thank you. I have another question. Where did the Dr. Pepper stadium come from?
  • geminiagregeminiagre Posts: 6,918 Member
    edited June 2012
    DrPepper stadium came from buying DrPepper drinks that had an EA code, you could use to download exclusive content
  • InvisibleLyndzInvisibleLyndz Posts: 3,861 Member
    edited June 2012
    I noticed going through this thread a lot of members keep writing out their pc specs - does this world require a certain pc spec to use?

    ETA: Nevermind, read the 1st page :roll: :lol:
    Lets see if it works on my pc!
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  • InvisibleLyndzInvisibleLyndz Posts: 3,861 Member
    edited June 2012
    Beautiful! Just played 1 sim day - I noticed there are some lots that have numbers for names - I'm sure I can change that myself (although I haven't tried) but I'll get back to you on which ones if you want me to?

    Also, I ran across two problems (for me, anyway, might be different for others!)

    There seemed to be some random fog here, if it's supposed to be there do forgive me, it just seemed a bit oddly placed :?

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    and this lot won't appear for me, can I ask what it was supposed to be? (If you can tell)

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    And just some fun pictures I took as it was just so pretty!

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    Stopped at the bar :lol:

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    And went fishing at the mystery lake, so so so SO beautiful1!

    she fell over the first time, she doesn't even have the clumsy trait!

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    better

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    I really enjoyed exploring it and you should be really proud of yourself. Totally amazing and so much attention to detail! I can see myself playing this for a long time, so thank you.
  • Writin_RegWritin_Reg Posts: 28,907 Member
    edited June 2012
    I can answer your questions as Gem travels a lot and may not be home right now -

    The specs you saw simmers giving are the specs the people who tested this world have on their machines, as Gem likes to get an idea of what kind of specs her worlds work best with and that way simmers can see if they have less than the least set of specs they will probably not be able to run it.

    That empty lot is the stadium - Gem used the Dr. Pepper stadium in this world - and you apparently do not have that one, so just place one that you do have that will fit in that space while in Edit town and you will be all set.

    Yes that particular fog is I believe the pigeon spawn fog. The game does that the first time the world is opened, you just get fog, when next you go to play there the park and down town pigeons should be running around there and the fog will be gone. You may also see areas like that of random fog in parks or other places pigeons are placed and a simular fog near rivers and ponds and other reedy areas where fireflies and lightning bugs might be the first time you open a world - but once that fog has spawned - the creatures from there on out you will just see what it has spawned. They are mainly decorative and makes for a bit more realism.

    Hope that helps.

    "Games Are Not The Place To Tell Stories, Games Are Meant To Let People Tell Their Own Stories"...Will Wright.

    In dreams - I LIVE!
    In REALITY, I simply exist.....

  • InvisibleLyndzInvisibleLyndz Posts: 3,861 Member
    edited June 2012
    Great, thank you for your answers! Should I just replace that lot with a normal stadium then or does it already contain the normal stadium (i haven't looked around in too much detail, but I shall open it up again and see)

    thanks again
  • Writin_RegWritin_Reg Posts: 28,907 Member
    edited June 2012
    Yes, replace it with one in your game.

    "Games Are Not The Place To Tell Stories, Games Are Meant To Let People Tell Their Own Stories"...Will Wright.

    In dreams - I LIVE!
    In REALITY, I simply exist.....

  • LendyyenLendyyen Posts: 119 New Member
    edited June 2012
    Nice job Gem. I was looking for a world that has enough lots to place all of the EP lot types without needing to shuffle existing ones. You have created a a world that is large enough to be added to in the future if necessary and it is very well done as well as aesthetically pleasing.

    I do have one question however. The HS spa was automatically replaced so I had no trouble finding it and making sure it was using the rabbithole I wanted, but the gumball machine is proving difficult to find. I am sure it has either been replaced or deleted since I don't own that item, but I would like to check the lot to make sure there are no complications. Can you tell me which lot it is on so that I can do so?

    Thankx,
    Lendyyen =)
  • Writin_RegWritin_Reg Posts: 28,907 Member
    edited June 2012
    Lendyen I can guarantee you the gumball machine will not be there, as EA has an iron clad filter system on store stuff and if you don't own it, you absolutely will not see it in any world. The filters wipe it right out.

    "Games Are Not The Place To Tell Stories, Games Are Meant To Let People Tell Their Own Stories"...Will Wright.

    In dreams - I LIVE!
    In REALITY, I simply exist.....

  • LendyyenLendyyen Posts: 119 New Member
    edited June 2012
    I already knew it wouldn't be there. My question was, "Where was it and if replaced, what was it replaced with?" I would like to check the location to get this information but opening up every lot in edit town would take a considerable amount of time and if it was replaced, I may not know which item is replacing it. If it wasn't replaced and just deleted, I may want to substitute another item. In fact, if it was replaced, I may want to change what it was replaced with as I did with the HS spa.

    In short, my question is, "Where WAS the gumball machine?"
  • geminiagregeminiagre Posts: 6,918 Member
    edited July 2012
    WR thank you so much for your help with answering questions. It is true that i miss a lot of posts with travelling. For some reason the site won't send me notifications for new posts.

    As i recall correctly I have placed three gumball machines. One is in the crystal plaza (the huge lot ) right infront of the "toy store"
    The other one is in the shopping plaza (where the small spa, book store and grocery store are) it's placed next to the grocery store, and the third one is placed in the lot where the consignment store is and the second grocery store ( the TL one) next to the gym
    I'm not sure if I did place that 3rd one though.
    I agree with WR that i don't think those items will show up at all. They will not be replaced , they will just won't show up.
  • Writin_RegWritin_Reg Posts: 28,907 Member
    edited July 2012
    No problem Gem. I try to catch questions when I know a creator friend is unavailiable - I am sorry I missed coming back to Lendyens last one as I did write down the one by the grocery and the toy store one. As I saw those two. I did not see the third, but the night I came with the answers, I couldn't get on the site as that was the night my satellite got zapped by a thunder storm, and I totally got wrapped up in getting back on line for more than a few minutes at a time. I just totally forgot. So, sorry about that Lendyen, and glad Gem came to rescue.

    But no problem Gem, if I see your world thread come up top, I always check, as I know you are often unable to be there, and if I can help, I do try. hehehe

    "Games Are Not The Place To Tell Stories, Games Are Meant To Let People Tell Their Own Stories"...Will Wright.

    In dreams - I LIVE!
    In REALITY, I simply exist.....

  • geminiagregeminiagre Posts: 6,918 Member
    edited July 2012
    I really appreciate the help WR..

    Don't worry for the third gumball machine , i'm not sure if i did place it in the first place. And don't worry about not answering "on time". You don't have to do it at all anyway , so any help , even the tiniest bit of it is extremely appreciated . Thank you so much again :)
  • EbakEbak Posts: 7 New Member
    edited July 2012
    Hey there.

    I'm someone who likes to have everything in a world that enables me to have the full sims 3 experience. Saying that are there many different kinds of clubs, venues and such for Late Night and Showtime, pet locations for pets and Ambitions locales?
  • NofravellNofravell Posts: 975 Member
    edited July 2012
    I like your town. It's well done and the buildings are beautiful. I've even used some of them in other towns too (After a slight adustment), they fit in perfectly. Thank you for such a good job! :D
  • ashcrash19ashcrash19 Posts: 4,429 Member
    edited August 2012
    Hello there, I must say, what a lovely world you have made! I actually am a bit envious yet relieved as this is pretty much everything I've ever wanted in a world and I've been searching for some time (based on the pictures/info).

    I will be installing this but I had 2 quick questions for you.

    I see that there is the ST World Final File, which I will download.

    Now, the ST save file that is with it, does that mean I can install that with the final version and all will be smooth sailing? I saw a post a while back about a save file possibly conflicting with an ST file, so I wanted to clear that up.

    I pretty much read/looked though 42 pages, so excuse me for not knowing the exact page :oops:


    My second question is this: assuming the save file is okay to download, do you have any pictures of the Sims in your save file so I have an idea what I would be getting into? About how many are there?

    Some of the colored buildings next to each other remind me of "Rainbow Row" in Charleston, South Carolina, a town I used to visit frequently when I lived in SC :mrgreen:
    "Not All Who Wander Are Lost"-Tolkien
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  • Scamander14Scamander14 Posts: 94 New Member
    edited August 2012
    Is there any chance you could release the CAW files for this AMAZING world?
  • geminiagregeminiagre Posts: 6,918 Member
    edited August 2012
    Nofravell- thank you :)

    Ebak - yes the world has diff kinds of nightclubs, one of each showtime venue and it includes all necessities from all EPs until showtime. It also has some "double lots" meaning there are two grocery stores three spa's etch. And yes it still have all Pets lots included as well. There are also a few "empty" community lots (they are filled with trees to blend in , you will need to remove the trees in build mode before placing something there) so you can add later expansion pack lots in the future.


    ashcrash19- thank you :)
    if you want the ST version of the world you 'll download it from my studio. The ST save file is the one that works with it. The older one form the pets version might cause conflicts. I do not have pics of the sims included in the save file, but there are 10 families in total all connected with each other with one way or another through out a basic story. There is an additional family included that consists of the sims the game spawned while i was creating the save file.
    Unfortunately there is an issue with mediafire and the save file for ST version is currently unavailable. I'm still trying to fix this issue, or I'll upload the save file elsewhere. The save file is not required to play the world, and the only diff is that the word will be empty of sims the first time you will load it. But EA's Story progression will fill it up quite fast.

    Scamander14 - thank you :)
    Unfortunately i'm not planning on releasing the CAW files. I'm not feeling too comfortable sharing the basic files of my work.
  • Mir_lopMir_lop Posts: 1,093 Member
    edited August 2012
    :mrgreen: Thank you for making such a beautiful world! I have been searching up and down for a world that had everything in it, as well as room to grow. When I saw your world I knew it would look beautiful once the seasons expansion comes out :D
  • Scamander14Scamander14 Posts: 94 New Member
    edited August 2012
    Another quick question haha will this world be updated for Supernatural and Seasons? In least in respect to the lots, not so much the Sims in the Save file.
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