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@fleshjenn! Are you surprised that I'm your secret gifter? I was really happy to see your name. I love creating fun and colorful ๐ธ๐ธ๐ธ๐ธ wagons! I'm not as great at creating Sims and I found trying to create the colorful ๐ธ๐ธ๐ธ๐ธ clothing too much of a challenge. I do "subtle" so much better!
When I make Sims, I randomize three times. I pick the parts I like best and allow myself to change three things. I follow the same method with names and traits. Randomize three times and pick what you like best (or at least part of it). BUT... IF something comes up twice, I have to keep it. That's my rules for myself. (Roll the huge nose twice? It must be kept, but it can be tweaked.)
So, Dominic rolled both adventurous and daredevil twice out of the three rolls. Those traits I had to keep, but the other three could be my favorites of all the other traits that were rolled randomly. Does that make sense? Maybe not, but it's my way. So, this led to my choosing the international super spy as his lifetime wish. I think it's something an adventurous daredevil would enjoy.
Patrice isn't a name I would have thought up on my own, so the random name option keeps me from overusing favorite names. With only three choices, and some of them really off the wall, I do allow myself to use variations. So, I could have chosen Patty or Tricia or even Ricci. You see? Yet, I liked Patrice for her, and since she wanted to be a scientist, it fit!
Using the random rolling method keeps me from making "perfect" stale Sims. But, I still get to shape them into a vision I have, or one that may develop as I create them. For instance, you love gardening Sims; so, one of the Sims should have a green thumb (Patrice) or love the outdoors (Dominic), but not one has all the beneficial traits you might like together because they didn't appear as choices during the three rolls. Your choice of favorite traits influenced which of the random traits I decided to keep and helped shaped the Sims as well.
You love anything ๐ธ๐ธ๐ธ๐ธ related, so I wanted a fortune teller Sim living in a ๐ธ๐ธ๐ธ๐ธ camp. BUT... Patrice wanted a job in science (because of her gardening trait) and Dominic wouldn't find that job adventurous enough. I could, however, have the caretaker of the grandmother's home live at a ๐ธ๐ธ๐ธ๐ธ camp. And I could have the fortune telling wagon parked there. Thus, my story took a twist from the very beginning.
Sims can't technically live on commercial lots though they can eat and sleep and hang out there all the time. So, after moving in Patrice and Roxanne, I "merged" in Dominic. This added money to upgrade the starter and gave Dominic a residential lot, even though he does not "live" there. (When saving lots and families, I evicted Dominic to save just Patrice and Roxanne as a family. They, of course, kept his money. When "merging" Dominic back in from the bin, they ended up with his starting money added once again. So, you have some spending money after all my upgrades.)
That's the technical background. Now, for the story...
https://iamciane.wordpress.com/stories/a-gypsys-tale/
And your first upload:
http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=9009738
This is the way the starter might have looked like when they originally moved in (I say, might have, because I tweaked it):
If you want it as a starter, upload it here:
http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=9009864
And...
This is the way the family first looked in my game before I limited the SPs and EPs. So, maybe someone wants them that way.
http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=9009874
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There are two versions. One for those with all-in-one bathrooms:
http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=9009940
And, one for those without it:
http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=9009939
I really love playing my sims full-time on community lots. Having Dom merged with the Duffy family, but "living" here was great for me. I hope you enjoy the lot.
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https://iamciane.wordpress.com/stories/a-gypsys-tale/twice-as-nice-sugar-and-spice/
It's always interesting to see how twins differ from each other. In this case, Mariah loves gardening while Kaitlin would rather be on the computer, though she does love the outdoors too. Mariah's athletic skill and ambition lead to a desire to be a super star athlete. Kaitlin's athletic skill helps her out in a far different, lower profile profession where her ability to schmooze helps her win friends and earn promotions. I hope you enjoy playing with the twins I've dubbed Sugar and Spice.
http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=9009941
Their home was designed with twins in mind. This is the family home where they grew up:
http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=9009942
Well, not exactly... They actually grew up in this house titled Twice as Nice:
http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=9009943
But it received a make-over to remove anything from EPs and SPs that you didn't have installed. More pics are here.
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The only kind of garden I can grow is a virtual one.
Dragons - must haz dragons!
3 sims + house + story = a wonderful place to start when playing this gift!!!
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I like this one when I'm trying for ethnically correct names, but I'll use the in-game one too.
http://www.behindthename.com/random/
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I like your strategy for creating Sims. I do that too, sometimes I cheat. If my sim keeps getting the evil trait and I really really really don't want that for example .
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I saw some nice little decorating ideas in the Hydrangea House, I love the vase with the bamboo idea! Your sims came out great and the story is fun to read.
Much rec from here!
the house looks cute.
just heading over now to check out your story. I am really excited to read it!
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I especially love the ๐ธ๐ธ๐ธ๐ธ wagon. It's so cute and cozy, and the fact that your Sim can live in it without owning it, what a neat idea! That way your Sim doesn't have to pay taxes, either. The only problem with it that I can see would be neighbors barging in on you at all hours, and using the things you think of as "yours".
But... how did you get the wheel effect? I've TRIED to do something like that, but couldn't find anything that works. What did you use, and did you have to MOO it or Alt it?
The only kind of garden I can grow is a virtual one.
Dragons - must haz dragons!
The twins look interesting; some fun traits and personality And I love their home! Very nice family house
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Gotta more choices with the twins... live in house 1? Live in house 2, which is mostly similar to house 1? Own both and spend time in each? Have the twins live separately, but next to one another AND try one's hand at rotational play? Decisions, decisions.
All of your gifts are wonderful and offer many variations to play! @fleshjenn (and others!) will have many happy hours of playing ahead. Thanks
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I have the lot set to "no visitors allowed" which works unless you have pesky paparazzi. That is the reason that the stereo is only in the garden and that there is no television. Dom was woken up one night in playtesting and then I editted the lot.
I used a pattern on the foundation that I hope looks somewhat effective for anyone who doesn't have that wagon wheel bench. I love that bench with the wheel back. I don't remember what it came with. I'll look later in game. I don't remember if I MOO'd or Alt'd the bench a bit closer. I may have. I usually tweak things to get the look I want.
And, the Sim would still have to pay taxes on their residential lot, but merging him with another family and playing both gives the illusion of no taxes for him.
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@ADWilson - I didn't think about having on sim live in one house while the other sim lives in the other. You know, an apartment of two brownstones together on one lot would be a great idea. I'll have to try that next!
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Yes you should try! I bet you'd be great at it!
I love the bright bold colors on the gyspy camp. I think the design was spot on as to how I imagine wagon living.
And I can see we both like twins! lol I made a male set as one of my gifts. maybe they should all hang out together huh?
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