I'm definitely interested in building a cabin. Some of my fondest memories, growing up, was spending time at my grandparents cabin "up north". Not sure I can compete with the awesome builders here, though.
Everyone - I've amended the criteria for the build portion, making the MUST HAVES more heavily weighted than the WANTS and the bonus/wow factor is now an actual bonus, so will help should other areas lose points.
I hope that makes sense and I will update the first page once I am back to my computer.
I'm certainly interested, maybe even intrigued by this contest haha. I never built on a budget before. Well, starters, but they are very sober when I build them. If I have a source of inspiration and time I'll certainly enter! But I can't make any promisses, sadly.
As soon as you use place some items, the price depreciates. When building, I'll save my game and reenter the lot to find that the lot is cheaper even though no time has passed. Wallpapers and floors and walls themselves depreciate in price as well as stuff.
Moving a sim in to upgrade appliances will give you greater depreciation the longer the sim takes to fix things. I think max depreciation is one week; but you will get significant depreciation after 3 days.
Depending on the budget, you can sometimes spend up to 10,000 more. After playing the lot for a few days, you can pick what to keep and what to get rid of to make the budget. I tend to buy everything I might want and then see how much I'm over budget once I've played the house for a week. (Adding things later means you'll have to play longer for the new stuff to depreciate.)
I'm definitely interested in building a cabin. Some of my fondest memories, growing up, was spending time at my grandparents cabin "up north". Not sure I can compete with the awesome builders here, though.
Aww, memories - I'm glad this gave you some nostalgia @Odonata68! I've added you to the interested list and I can't wait to see what you do
I'm certainly interested, maybe even intrigued by this contest haha. I never built on a budget before. Well, starters, but they are very sober when I build them. If I have a source of inspiration and time I'll certainly enter! But I can't make any promisses, sadly.
I've added you to the interested list m'dear @SjappielovePaul! There's plenty of time and I hope that inspiration strikes!
As soon as you use place some items, the price depreciates. When building, I'll save my game and reenter the lot to find that the lot is cheaper even though no time has passed. Wallpapers and floors and walls themselves depreciate in price as well as stuff.
Moving a sim in to upgrade appliances will give you greater depreciation the longer the sim takes to fix things. I think max depreciation is one week; but you will get significant depreciation after 3 days.
Depending on the budget, you can sometimes spend up to 10,000 more. After playing the lot for a few days, you can pick what to keep and what to get rid of to make the budget. I tend to buy everything I might want and then see how much I'm over budget once I've played the house for a week. (Adding things later means you'll have to play longer for the new stuff to depreciate.)
@aricarai I am most definitely a lurky loo I have not a single creative bone in my body which is totally cool with me cause I get to appreciate everyone elses talents instead
@aricarai I am most definitely a lurky loo I have not a single creative bone in my body which is totally cool with me cause I get to appreciate everyone elses talents instead
Well if you made your avi and that's anything to go by, I'd say you do have a creative bone somewhere! But lurk away, m'dear
I'm glad the deadline is nice and far away, I just ordered a brand new computer today! Plenty of RAM to run Sims without crashing! Will be here in about 2 weeks
I'm glad the deadline is nice and far away, I just ordered a brand new computer today! Plenty of RAM to run Sims without crashing! Will be here in about 2 weeks
If they are just over 40k, you should be able to get the price down by playing the house for a week @Odonata68, but, I'm sorry @creativemetaphor, there is no way it'll depreciate that much! And, remember that art will appreciate, not depreciate, so add that last.
And, plants will sometimes bump up the price too. So harvest before uploading. ;P
Spent most of the day rebuilding and very happy with the result. Working on depreciation now, though still might be a bit high. Also, I ended up making two sims and can't seem to decide between them, so both are working to upgrade the lot
I just need to thank you once again @aricarai for this contest! Not only does it challenge my creativity and keep me in a budget, it forces me to actually play the game!. I stay so focused on the building otherwise that there are things my sims have still never done, and today two of those things were crossed off the list when my sim found and befriended a wild bird and got abducted by aliens!
Got room for one more? I haven't simmed in quite awhile. I have a week off in December. Hopefully, I can remember how to navigate CAS. Anyhow, it was good to pop by. I hope that you all are doing well. Happy simming.
Got room for one more? I haven't simmed in quite awhile. I have a week off in December. Hopefully, I can remember how to navigate CAS. Anyhow, it was good to pop by. I hope that you all are doing well. Happy simming.
OOOOhhhhh, so happy to see you and know that you get some time off and can have fun simming soon. Big hugs and lots of happy thoughts your way!
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I hope that makes sense and I will update the first page once I am back to my computer.
I'm certainly interested, maybe even intrigued by this contest haha. I never built on a budget before. Well, starters, but they are very sober when I build them. If I have a source of inspiration and time I'll certainly enter! But I can't make any promisses, sadly.
Some links that helped me a lot:
Missing Store Stencils / Free Kiddy Stuff / Daily Deals / Daily Deals Spreadsheets / The Gifting Directory
As soon as you use place some items, the price depreciates. When building, I'll save my game and reenter the lot to find that the lot is cheaper even though no time has passed. Wallpapers and floors and walls themselves depreciate in price as well as stuff.
Moving a sim in to upgrade appliances will give you greater depreciation the longer the sim takes to fix things. I think max depreciation is one week; but you will get significant depreciation after 3 days.
Depending on the budget, you can sometimes spend up to 10,000 more. After playing the lot for a few days, you can pick what to keep and what to get rid of to make the budget. I tend to buy everything I might want and then see how much I'm over budget once I've played the house for a week. (Adding things later means you'll have to play longer for the new stuff to depreciate.)
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Aww, memories - I'm glad this gave you some nostalgia @Odonata68! I've added you to the interested list and I can't wait to see what you do
I've added you to the interested list m'dear @SjappielovePaul! There's plenty of time and I hope that inspiration strikes!
Thank you so much for answering this @ciane!
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Thank you so much for stopping by @Chands - would you like to be added to the interested list or will you be a lurky loo - which is totally fine!
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Well if you made your avi and that's anything to go by, I'd say you do have a creative bone somewhere! But lurk away, m'dear
Some links that helped me a lot:
Missing Store Stencils / Free Kiddy Stuff / Daily Deals / Daily Deals Spreadsheets / The Gifting Directory
Oooh congratulations @creativemetaphor! What kind did you get?
http://2sim3.wordpress.com/about/gma-getaway/
I hope you enjoy the story.
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I'm going to have to start over, my first pass was already up to about 70,000, and even with depreciation I just don't think I can salvage that cost!
I've started on two cabins to see which one I like better. Problem is they're both over $40,000. I'm hoping the depreciation trick works.
And, plants will sometimes bump up the price too. So harvest before uploading. ;P
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OOOOhhhhh, so happy to see you and know that you get some time off and can have fun simming soon. Big hugs and lots of happy thoughts your way!
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