This looks lots of fun and NO budget .. what a treat! It says existing walls are to remain, but can we add new walls inside the house?
Not certain, but I think this is okay? I assume you mean like a feature wall, or a wall so that you can place an arch or something? I think the spirit of the rules is that you don't change the existing rooms, by like, splitting them and adding ensuites (etc.) But again. Don't quote me. Really if you're unsure about something, best just to move onto another part of the build until you get a certain answer.
Okay, so I have placed the shell for the new challenge and there is a roof wall on the 2nd floor, that doesn't even line up with any of the rooves. May we remove this odd wall? it is obviously not meant to be there. Also if we could get clarification on the number of bedrooms, it would be helpful.
Also there is no door to the room on the left on the second floor. Are we permitted to add interior doors or archways?
Again, not sure about this, but when I asked about altering the roof on one of the last designer challenges for aesthetic reasons (I wanted to change the pitch slightly, and add flooring to fix a few cracks and issues with lighting,) the judges were fine with it. I was also wondering about the bedrooms, but presumably there would be at least one? The door thing, sounds like it probably should be fixed. I haven't even had a chance to look at the build yet, I really should finish my grocery shopping first. :P
Anywhen, pretty excited about this. Really looking forward to doing this after more than a month away from BnS challenges!
Gees, I have questions, too. Can you change the color/pattern of the item you choose?
And in the instructions you :
Your inspirational object must be included in your final lot.
* You can only have ONE inspirational object.
Can you use multiples of the same item--for example, if I choose the mirror, can I use it in more than one room or put two or three of the same mirror in a room?
Got a couple of questions regarding this challenge...
1. Can I change the fireplace as long as it's the same size grid?
2. How many bedrooms is this house meant to have?
3. The upstairs layout is confusing, is there supposed to be an extra doorway into one of the rooms? Also, there's a piece of roof wall in this room, can this be removed?
4. Can half walls be added?
5. Can full walls be added?
6. when the stairs can be changed, they cannot be changed to spiral can they?
Wow - so many questions!! I'll answer them in order
DessiAnowar - The third item is the video game goggles, the items are included in the shell.
ArikaB - Bedrooms, let's just go with two shall we?
masajo - no, no additional walls can be added, the structure has to remain the same.
gmcrozier - the square room with the diagonal wall to which you refer is unusable space ;)And yes, you may add a one tile door to the room on the left on the second floor, please place it 6 tiles along from the other door.
iampes - yes, you can use your inspirational piece as many times as you wish. But no, you may not change the colour or pattern...
RachelShennan - Yes, you can change the fire place for another of the same size.
Two bedrooms, see answer to gmcrozier above in reference to the door way into that left room. And no, you cannot remove that piece of roof wall. No walls may be added, not even half walls. And no, the style of the stairs cannot be spiral!
Phew, I hope that clarifies a few things, I'll update the main post with the extras.
LOT SIZE, ADDRESS & FINAL COST: 40x40, 2400 Pinchole point, $1o9,328
LOT DESCRIPTION & DETAILS: Based off of the coffee machine i made a modern looking home using warm colors and blue creating a comfortable and nice looking home.
CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM: yes, i spent about 3-4 hours to create a comfortable modern home and would appreciate constructive feedback
LOT SIZE, ADDRESS & FINAL COST: 40x40 lot on 415 Sky borough blvd Sunset Valley $208 710
LOT DESCRIPTION & DETAILS: I had a little trouble uploading the house there should be a "Ring Around the Posie" in the middle of the nature carpet. I also based my design off of the flowers.
LOT SIZE, ADDRESS & FINAL COST: 40x40, 2400 Pinchole point, $1o9,328
LOT DESCRIPTION & DETAILS: Based off of the coffee machine i made a modern looking home using warm colors and blue creating a comfortable and nice looking home.
CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM: yes, i spent about 3-4 hours to create a comfortable modern home and would appreciate constructive feedback
Your photobucket link says private, so no one can view your lovely home! Also, just to give you time to fix it if it is missing, I did not see any landscaping when I recommended. You might want to add some if you have not before the judging deadline
LOT SIZE, ADDRESS & FINAL COST: 40x40 lot on 415 Sky borough blvd Sunset Valley $208 710
LOT DESCRIPTION & DETAILS: I had a little trouble uploading the house there should be a "Ring Around the Posie" in the middle of the nature carpet. I also based my design off of the flowers.
CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM: yes
Your media link is only a link to your lot in your studio. In order to judge your home, they are looking for pictures of the inside and outside of the home--posted to photobucket or another similar website. (This allows them to see and enlarge the photos for details, as needed.) Let us know when you update it because I would love to see the inside of the house!
Apologies for not getting back to you guys quicker, hectic, hectic day today.
Arika B - fencing is for outdoors :P No, you cannot add fencing inside... (you could of course try making a wall divider with columns, it won't be a half wall but.....)
shortdude121 - nope no adding any more windows, what you have is what you've got
I am sooooo frustrated. I only had the garage and the back yard to finish on this challenge. I went to call it a night and saved my game.... error 12. No big deal just do a save as and rename it.. right? I tried 4 times to do save as and got error 12 every time. Sooo I saved it to my library and quit without saving. Hopefully when I go in tomorrow it will be there for me to place and continue. I think I may be uninstalling all of the CC, if this continues.
Arika B - fencing is for outdoors :P No, you cannot add fencing inside... (you could of course try making a wall divider with columns, it won't be a half wall but.....)
But there is fencing inside - at the top of the stairs. Can we not change that?
I think I may be uninstalling all of the CC, if this continues.
Do it! I love CC but it really does tend to hold you back from getting really creative with the official content. Plus it can mess up your game and you can't upload it to the exchange, so unless you run your own sims site outside of this one, there's not really any incentive, other than it's the easy way to make a lot look pretty.
Arika B - fencing is for outdoors :P No, you cannot add fencing inside... (you could of course try making a wall divider with columns, it won't be a half wall but.....)
But there is fencing inside - at the top of the stairs. Can we not change that?
I wondered the same thing! I hope it's okay, since I already changed mine to match the stairs I put in. I wanted to use the monorail fencing as a border in a few interior places, too, but I took it out.
gmcrozier, I'm sorry about the error. That is SO frustrating. My game crashed several times, so I had to redo the garage, the entry foyer by the garage, and the little room next to it 3 times. So I feel your pain. I hope you get it all done. I've been impressed with your builds.
One of my designs for this house requires several of a certain gem that is apparently hard to find. My testing family has a dog that has been sniffing out collectibles nearly 24/7 to find my gems that I need to cut a certain way. I filed all the metals and other gems in the front yard to clear out the inventories and I thought it was a pretty impressive pile of large metal bars. Poor dog has been working itself to death :roll:
@gmcrozier - My laptop's not the greatest so I try to avoid error 12 at all costs. Whenever I'm building a lot for one of these showcases and I know its gonna strain my computer, I use a small, empty world with only the lot I'm working on. That helps a lot.
LOT SIZE, ADDRESS & FINAL COST: 40x40, 2400 Pinochle, 154,461
LOT DESCRIPTION & DETAILS: Since the flowers were my inspiration I tried to incorporate flowers into my build which can't quite be seen through the pictures.
CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM: This has been my first "public" build/design in awhile so yes I wouldn't mind some constructive criticism.
*Should I have noted that it is CC free? But I did use various EP's?
One of my designs for this house requires several of a certain gem that is apparently hard to find. My testing family has a dog that has been sniffing out collectibles nearly 24/7 to find my gems that I need to cut a certain way. I filed all the metals and other gems in the front yard to clear out the inventories and I thought it was a pretty impressive pile of large metal bars. Poor dog has been working itself to death :roll:
@gmcrozier - My laptop's not the greatest so I try to avoid error 12 at all costs. Whenever I'm building a lot for one of these showcases and I know its gonna strain my computer, I use a small, empty world with only the lot I'm working on. That helps a lot.
Haha Genius! That is an impressive stack of gems/metals!
Comments
Not certain, but I think this is okay? I assume you mean like a feature wall, or a wall so that you can place an arch or something? I think the spirit of the rules is that you don't change the existing rooms, by like, splitting them and adding ensuites (etc.) But again. Don't quote me. Really if you're unsure about something, best just to move onto another part of the build until you get a certain answer.
Again, not sure about this, but when I asked about altering the roof on one of the last designer challenges for aesthetic reasons (I wanted to change the pitch slightly, and add flooring to fix a few cracks and issues with lighting,) the judges were fine with it. I was also wondering about the bedrooms, but presumably there would be at least one?
Anywhen, pretty excited about this. Really looking forward to doing this after more than a month away from BnS challenges!
Yesssssssssssss! Not an Asian theme!!!!!!!!!!!!! lol
And in the instructions you :
Your inspirational object must be included in your final lot.
* You can only have ONE inspirational object.
Can you use multiples of the same item--for example, if I choose the mirror, can I use it in more than one room or put two or three of the same mirror in a room?
1. Can I change the fireplace as long as it's the same size grid?
2. How many bedrooms is this house meant to have?
3. The upstairs layout is confusing, is there supposed to be an extra doorway into one of the rooms? Also, there's a piece of roof wall in this room, can this be removed?
4. Can half walls be added?
5. Can full walls be added?
6. when the stairs can be changed, they cannot be changed to spiral can they?
Thanks!
DessiAnowar - The third item is the video game goggles, the items are included in the shell.
ArikaB - Bedrooms, let's just go with two shall we?
masajo - no, no additional walls can be added, the structure has to remain the same.
gmcrozier - the square room with the diagonal wall to which you refer is unusable space ;)And yes, you may add a one tile door to the room on the left on the second floor, please place it 6 tiles along from the other door.
iampes - yes, you can use your inspirational piece as many times as you wish. But no, you may not change the colour or pattern...
RachelShennan - Yes, you can change the fire place for another of the same size.
Two bedrooms, see answer to gmcrozier above in reference to the door way into that left room. And no, you cannot remove that piece of roof wall. No walls may be added, not even half walls. And no, the style of the stairs cannot be spiral!
Phew, I hope that clarifies a few things, I'll update the main post with the extras.
LINK TO LOT: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=8224277
LINK TO MEDIA: http://s1281.photobucket.com/user/daCupcakeQueen/library/?sort=3&page=1
LEVEL: intermediate
LOT SIZE, ADDRESS & FINAL COST: 40x40, 2400 Pinchole point, $1o9,328
LOT DESCRIPTION & DETAILS: Based off of the coffee machine i made a modern looking home using warm colors and blue creating a comfortable and nice looking home.
CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM: yes, i spent about 3-4 hours to create a comfortable modern home and would appreciate constructive feedback
NAME: AMKP878
LINK TO LOT: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=8224322
LINK TO MEDIA: http://www.thesims3.com/myMedia.html?action=default&persona=amkp878
OPTIONAL CHALLENGE: no
LEVEL: beginner
LOT SIZE, ADDRESS & FINAL COST: 40x40 lot on 415 Sky borough blvd Sunset Valley $208 710
LOT DESCRIPTION & DETAILS: I had a little trouble uploading the house there should be a "Ring Around the Posie" in the middle of the nature carpet. I also based my design off of the flowers.
CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM: yes
Your photobucket link says private, so no one can view your lovely home! Also, just to give you time to fix it if it is missing, I did not see any landscaping when I recommended. You might want to add some if you have not before the judging deadline
Your media link is only a link to your lot in your studio. In order to judge your home, they are looking for pictures of the inside and outside of the home--posted to photobucket or another similar website. (This allows them to see and enlarge the photos for details, as needed.) Let us know when you update it because I would love to see the inside of the house!
Cupcake, please change your Photobucket settings so we can see your pictures when it's time for us to judge!
amkp878, your media link is a link to your lot. Try to get a Photobucket or Google+ account to share pictures of your lot with us for judging!
iampes23, I hope you have fun!
Also, if we repeat the inspiration piece, do ALL of them have to remain un-CASt? Or can we CASt all but one?
Can we create partitions out of furniture or would we get dinged for that?
Arika B - fencing is for outdoors :P No, you cannot add fencing inside... (you could of course try making a wall divider with columns, it won't be a half wall but.....)
shortdude121 - nope no adding any more windows, what you have is what you've got
Gallery ID: Annabelli_22
Thanks
Have a good night everyone :-)
I wondered the same thing! I hope it's okay, since I already changed mine to match the stairs I put in. I wanted to use the monorail fencing as a border in a few interior places, too, but I took it out.
gmcrozier, I'm sorry about the error. That is SO frustrating. My game crashed several times, so I had to redo the garage, the entry foyer by the garage, and the little room next to it 3 times. So I feel your pain. I hope you get it all done. I've been impressed with your builds.
One of my designs for this house requires several of a certain gem that is apparently hard to find. My testing family has a dog that has been sniffing out collectibles nearly 24/7 to find my gems that I need to cut a certain way. I filed all the metals and other gems in the front yard to clear out the inventories and I thought it was a pretty impressive pile of large metal bars. Poor dog has been working itself to death :roll:
@gmcrozier - My laptop's not the greatest so I try to avoid error 12 at all costs. Whenever I'm building a lot for one of these showcases and I know its gonna strain my computer, I use a small, empty world with only the lot I'm working on. That helps a lot.
LINK TO LOT: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=8231961
LINK TO MEDIA: http://www.thesims3.com/contentDetail.html?contentId=465914
OPTIONAL CHALLENGE: Didn't do
LEVEL: Intermediate (I think)
LOT SIZE, ADDRESS & FINAL COST: 40x40, 2400 Pinochle, 154,461
LOT DESCRIPTION & DETAILS: Since the flowers were my inspiration I tried to incorporate flowers into my build which can't quite be seen through the pictures.
CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM: This has been my first "public" build/design in awhile so yes I wouldn't mind some constructive criticism.
*Should I have noted that it is CC free? But I did use various EP's?
Haha Genius!
Gallery ID: Annabelli_22