@CravenLestat Freaky... I remember you showing me this. My Emiko was so cute as a teen! I guess Lina isn't a bad looker either @bekkasan Thank you I was crying along with Clarissa, all that money wasted
@coco Since you like Lina ...remember she is in Lucky Palms grab her or become her friend in your game.How people think townies are pudding I will never know
@king_of_simcity7 While looking for my Lina pics found a really old one of Rebecca from UNI
@TinySpaceFox Found a old Bexley again,remember this is her EA default she is awesome
I've been updating my Cake Island mermaid residence.
Working on the pool area. This was prompted by my need to add a computer to allow me to change the time. It is now running at 0.5 times its usual rate. I needed to do this because I sent a pair of mermaids out to the dive lot to get some pictures during daylight so it wouldn't be so dark all the time. It was 11 am and they went straight to it and it wasn't that far away and it was dark by the time they arrived. So I kept them there all night and got the shots I wanted - except it got dark again before I was finished. I'm used to playing with the time slowed down like this so it's slowed down again. We now have more time each day in which to get things done.
When you do a Sims "music" video, you're telling a story and I realized this today when I was working on "River & Haruo: A Life Well-Lived" It's a life-story video that I wanted to create when I finished up Generation One of "The Chikamori Selfacy"- which will happen with Haruo and River passing away.
As a wildlife/landscape/sports photographer, I never really got into the wedding side of the business. I'm just not really a sociable person in the sense that crowds and stressful situations tend to freak out my anxiety. Which is why I went for the wildlife/landscape side of the photography genre. And even though I had to deal with people during hockey games while I was shooting minor hockey, they left me alone to do my thing after the puck dropped at center ice to start the first period. So frankly...being a photographer at a wedding would not be my cup of tea and having no clue about videography either at a wedding...it would be absolutely a nightmare. But when I get to play around with PS Premiere Elements, it gives me a chance to experiment and learn by myself in a self-paced situation and it allows me to craft what I want instead of doing the tasks that an instructor tells me to do and best of all, I get to do it MY WAY. But today I got hit with a realization in that not only are you trying to develop a story with visually, you are using music to tug at the heartstrings of a life-story video along with carefully selected video or screencaps. You utilize the scene or screencap changes to go along with the beat of the music to create a visual piece that will strike a chord with the viewer. There is also a tempo to the visual changes of a "life-story" and subtle nuances in the background of the video, sound, visual, transitions: all woven together. When you look back at your childhood, you remember how time used to drag on...that you couldn't wait to get to the next exciting moment of your existence. Thus in a life-story video...I find that to really tug at the heartstrings I want to space out the screencap changes in the Sim's childhood/teenage stage of their life-span, then as they age, the screencap changes grow faster and faster in conjunction with the notes of the piece that I have selected as the soundtrack of the visual tableau that I have created. It is a way of saying: Your life goes by in an instant.... All of this story-telling goes into the crafting of a "music-video". With even the video blends in the video, you can tweak the opacity levels and stretch out timings to create a visual effect that you want with the video. In this video, I opted to lower the opacity on the ring-exchange to focus on the kiss section of the video and then gradually bring back the opacity on the ring exchange to finish off that segment. There's a visual and a heart-tug there at that moment. This is what I love about video-creation. Like playing the piano, there are so many ways in which to bring out the nuances of the story that you are trying to tell. I don't have all the screencaps yet that I want to use to tell this story, mainly because Haruo and River haven't gotten to half-their-life yet, but at least I know the framework of what I want to accomplish.
Always "River McIrish" ...and maybe some Bebe Hart. ~innocent expression~
@Nikkei_Simmer I like your video shots. I'm learning the same program as you're using and am constantly finding new ways to do things. It's a lot of fun and an interesting learning experience.
But - today I ought to be doing a video and instead I started to work on more décor for the inside of the Cake Island mermaid house. It's a bit silly doing all of this as I don't plan to actually play this house. Eventually, when my McFluff story moves to Cake Island the mermaids will just be townies we see around town occasionally.
However, here are some pics of where it's up to today. Actually this all started when I had issues with the rate time was passing in the game. Mermaids would leave home in the morning and arrive at the dive lot after dark. So I needed to get into relativity and fix the time. That required a computer so I had to add a desk, a chair, a computer, décor and by then well there was a whole big swimming pool to adjust so I thought I'd do something to the lights then it just went on from there. Here's where it's up to for now. Some of it will change some of it will stay as is.
The computer that started it all.
I think I've got too much light in the pool now. I will need to remove a bit - or else play with custom dimming it a bit more.
I don't like the pattern I've used for the sectional sofa - and the sofa itslef will probably change. It's a nice pattern but doesn't fit the room very well.
I managed to light the wall in the floor above and use Tab and the Q key to go down to get the pictures and avoid the big black void that we usually get when on the lower level of a multi level space.
Another thing that I did, was that when I plopped down the video for the wedding vow and ring exchange video blend, I put it in the section where the two counterpoint harmonies blend together in the second "phrasing" of the melody...and I had an AHA moment. That's the perfect part of the piece to place that video because...what is a wedding?:
Two people coming together as one...to live their life in harmony.
As I thought...Perfect part of the piece of music in which to place the wedding video segment.
Lots of AHA moments in learning how to craft a life-story video.
Always "River McIrish" ...and maybe some Bebe Hart. ~innocent expression~
@Nikkei_simmer Yes - it helps whey you really know your music too. I am not quite that far into the music although my son, who is a music teacher, often says things that start with ' you've just got to....' and that is followed by a whole lot of music talk that goes right over my head.
I've asked him to write and perform a bit of relaxing acoustic guitar music for some of my diving videos. He said yes - but he often says yes and nothing else happens so I'll wait and see.
@imdragonit You have been watching too much Wild Wild West with Will Smith that was a great steampunk movie.Have not built her a house honestly but do have ideas.Now if you could make yours fly I could use it to kidnap townies and raise my baby army and attack from the sky to rule Sunset Valley..............
@Mikezumi I just adore your little red headed guy he's sooo cute @CravenLestat not only did I watch Will Smith, watched TV show every week Run Ladies of Sunset Valley Craven's on the loose!
Beathan got Euan up and ready for the day
The family had waffles and I hoped that Elspet would roll a wish to make some but she didn't. She did, however, roll a wish to learn the recipe for crepes the previous day. Yeah, like I am going to lock in a 400 point wish until she reaches level 8!
Sam woke with a wish to water the plants. I let him water one to get his wish because I wanted Elspet to water the plants in the hope of rolling a wish to level up.
She did roll a wish to level up so I let her finish the gardening and she got her wish
Jordan rolled a wish to paint. I know he would rather be breaking space rocks but who am I to deny him anything?
Beathan woke with a wish to harvest a wild plant. I took advantage of his wish and sent him to the community garden to harvest cheese, eggs, steak and burger patties
Because Sam's relationship level with Euan is lower than Beathan's, I had him teach him how to talk.
His family oriented trait made the task faster which was an added bonus
Fife didn't have a waking wish but I sent him fishing so he could work towards his wish to catch 5 different fish.
Euan learned how to talk in time for Beathan to take him for a stroll on his return from the community garden
Elspet rolled a wish to learn the guitar skill. I bought her a guitar and had her jam. When she rolled a wish to jam with another sim, I had Sam join her
Beathan taught Euan how to walk when they returned from their stroll.
I got the following popup: "Martin Lothario is simply not welcome in this home any longer." remarked Daniella Lothario. "I have put up with his nonsense for long enough, now it's time for him to leave!" I went into map view to track down Martin's parents. They were living alone in a big house which they could only afford because I took pity on them and gave them a second chance at young adulthood because they were single and childless. Their teen children, Martin and Brenda, were living on their own in small houses with no cash. I was livid! I moved Don and Daniella into a small house and took some of the profit they made from the sale of their large house and split it between the kids. I had Elspet invite Martin over so he could have a good meal with a loving family! Jordan got to Martin before Elspet could
Poor Elspet was itching to kiss her boyfriend but Jordan wasn't finished with him yet
Once Jordan wandered off, Elspet and Martin got down to some serious flirting. I like it when I have a couple that requires no help from me
Euan's social bar was getting low so I had Jordan play with him
Picking Euan up triggered a wish to put him on the spring rider
Oh dear! Like I said earlier, I like it when sims look after their own needs
I sent Elspet out to feed her brother. Martin was not far behind
There were three very happy sims at the table! Beathan, Elspet and Martin love egg rolls
Silly Sam! I have never seen him do or say anything to upset Beathan before so I was surprised to find him complaining about art
Beathan didn't stay mad for long
Elspet and Martin also watched the stars
Although I knew it was the boys' birthday, I decided to do it without any fuss. They had each other and that is all that counts
At least it isn't pigtails!
All better!
No pigtails again! Maybe the curse has broken!
I found Elspet tutoring Fife. I must remember to retune that out!
Beathan rolled a wish to give Martin a friendly introduction over dinner.
After the introduction, I had him ask Martin to leave as it was getting late. Jordan made it through another day
Something very heart-pounding suspenseful is occurring in my game. I made Sora from Kingdom Hearts, and he spent some time with a Mer-Prince but he soon has to return home.
@palmarrow So you can't bake anything on community lots? It would a lot easier if it worked the same way like in TS2. I look forward to seeing more! It's exciting discovering a new aspect to the game
@coco , the bakery oven can be used on a community lot, but once your sim makes the food on a community lot, the only interaction they can have with it is eat it - you can't pick up the food and drag it into the display, where it needs to be in order to be sold. I think they haven't really thought through the way this set should be used!
If your sim bakes at home you can just put the food into their inventory, then zoom in on the bakery lot and drag the food from the sim's inventory into the display case. The sim doesn't actually have to go to the bakery lot for that, but I still think it would be ideal for the home and bakery to be neighbouring lots.
@palmarrow So you can't bake anything on community lots? It would a lot easier if it worked the same way like in TS2. I look forward to seeing more! It's exciting discovering a new aspect to the game
@coco , the bakery oven can be used on a community lot, but once your sim makes the food on a community lot, the only interaction they can have with it is eat it - you can't pick up the food and drag it into the display, where it needs to be in order to be sold. I think they haven't really thought through the way this set should be used!
If your sim bakes at home you can just put the food into their inventory, then zoom in on the bakery lot and drag the food from the sim's inventory into the display case. The sim doesn't actually have to go to the bakery lot for that, but I still think it would be ideal for the home and bakery to be neighbouring lots.
You have to go into buy mode to move things into the bakery cases. We discussed this with the people who made the set and they said that's the way it was designed to work.
Also, having a genie is the easiest way to use the bakery as they can summon every type of food you have installed in your game.
The food disappears at 3 am. If you have NRAAS Cupcake mod installed it restocks the bakery for you every night. I think at 5 am.
@king_of_simcity7 , Nice scenery!
**wonderful Uni shots, poor gnome though..
**glad your Sims did so well at Uni!
@lanlyn , Would love to see your Skyrim character Simmified!
@plushtrap_107 , Got thrown a blonde...strange! She is cute though..
@bekkasan , At least Marshall is still alive, hoping the werewolf genes help! Maggie is a great sister talking to Marshall, trying to help him get better. Victor and Gardenia seem to think he will be fine, glad they showed up to help out and get him healed. Victor's mind probing comes in very handy, glad he knows what the jerks who jumped marshall look like. Sounds like dear old uncle Edmond is part of this! adam needed to hear he is better than his father, Alice's parents are wonderful to the boy! Great update!! I need to know about this uncle Edmond guy...
**I've always liked Christopher never play with him much, last time was over a year ago when he and my SS adopted a toddler boy together, played for about two days..got bored. I needed much more room in the house, 5 Sims in there so far and who knows what could happen babywise in the future (storywise)..
**wonderful to use black and white for flashbacks!
**geeze uncle Edmond is not pleasant!!
**poor Cora! Thank goodness she is in safe keeping while her older siblings are at Uni.
**hurry up and wake up Marshall!
@polrbear , We used to put our hamster in the ball and our dog Charlotte would be like "what the??"
**BIG family tree!!
@Mikezumi , Fife makes a cute little confused boy (the dreaded pigtails!!) he appears to like his boy look better!
**Pinch cheeks is always adorable!
**Beathan really has the stare down pat!
**John passed with some class, I hate it when they beg!
**Poor Jordan!!
**Sad family pictures without John.
**Donnovan is a nice looking Sim, did very little tweakage on him.
@Silverofdreams30 , loving Riley!
**Lots of readers you have there..
@TinySpaceFox , martin is wayyyyyyy cuter than Liam!
@PalmArrow , Ohhhhh!, I love the spider on Constance! I'm gonna buy that pack soon, it looks like a fun one.
**That husband is a bit of a poo! Oh okay...sleepy, he's forgiven.
@aricarai , I always laugh when you young uns say "welp" all I can think of is a dog having puppies..
**Second place is nothing to sneeze at! Congratulations!!
@lanlyn , Sorry Sims 3 is giving you a hard time! I too have a mighty spensive gaming laptop and still crash every now and again, though not very often thank goodness. That is yet another reason I don't want mods, if NRaas ever goes out of business...then what?
@palmarrow So you can't bake anything on community lots? It would a lot easier if it worked the same way like in TS2. I look forward to seeing more! It's exciting discovering a new aspect to the game
@coco , the bakery oven can be used on a community lot, but once your sim makes the food on a community lot, the only interaction they can have with it is eat it - you can't pick up the food and drag it into the display, where it needs to be in order to be sold. I think they haven't really thought through the way this set should be used!
If your sim bakes at home you can just put the food into their inventory, then zoom in on the bakery lot and drag the food from the sim's inventory into the display case. The sim doesn't actually have to go to the bakery lot for that, but I still think it would be ideal for the home and bakery to be neighbouring lots.
You have to go into buy mode to move things into the bakery cases. We discussed this with the people who made the set and they said that's the way it was designed to work.
Also, having a genie is the easiest way to use the bakery as they can summon every type of food you have installed in your game.
The food disappears at 3 am. If you have NRAAS Cupcake mod installed it restocks the bakery for you every night. I think at 5 am.
@Karritz , thanks for the info! Going into buy mode to stock the shelves seems like an annoyance, though - although baking the cakes at home and bringing them to the bakery is an annoyance as well, at least it's something my sim is doing and not something I, the player am doing, so it keeps me more immersed in the game.
Using a genie has occurred to me, but this is a save I created for the sole purpose of playing with the bakery. A genie or a mod that automatically restocks the shelves would completely defeat this purpose because there would be nothing left to do. I will definitely use NRAAS Cupcake if I want to have bakeries in town that are not owned by my household, though!
My biggest pet peeve with the bakery so far is that townies never buy individual portions, they always buy the group serving. That way everything is sold out too quickly. They never eat the food they've bought, either, - IDK, perhaps it goes to their family inventory? I would like to see them sit down and eat.
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@bekkasan Thank you
@king_of_simcity7 While looking for my Lina pics found a really old one of Rebecca from UNI
@TinySpaceFox Found a old Bexley again,remember this is her EA default she is awesome
Working on the pool area. This was prompted by my need to add a computer to allow me to change the time. It is now running at 0.5 times its usual rate. I needed to do this because I sent a pair of mermaids out to the dive lot to get some pictures during daylight so it wouldn't be so dark all the time. It was 11 am and they went straight to it and it wasn't that far away and it was dark by the time they arrived. So I kept them there all night and got the shots I wanted - except it got dark again before I was finished. I'm used to playing with the time slowed down like this so it's slowed down again. We now have more time each day in which to get things done.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuW44b3uCMtCSaq4gwC8EZg
When you do a Sims "music" video, you're telling a story and I realized this today when I was working on "River & Haruo: A Life Well-Lived" It's a life-story video that I wanted to create when I finished up Generation One of "The Chikamori Selfacy"- which will happen with Haruo and River passing away.
As a wildlife/landscape/sports photographer, I never really got into the wedding side of the business. I'm just not really a sociable person in the sense that crowds and stressful situations tend to freak out my anxiety. Which is why I went for the wildlife/landscape side of the photography genre. And even though I had to deal with people during hockey games while I was shooting minor hockey, they left me alone to do my thing after the puck dropped at center ice to start the first period. So frankly...being a photographer at a wedding would not be my cup of tea and having no clue about videography either at a wedding...it would be absolutely a nightmare. But when I get to play around with PS Premiere Elements, it gives me a chance to experiment and learn by myself in a self-paced situation and it allows me to craft what I want instead of doing the tasks that an instructor tells me to do and best of all, I get to do it MY WAY.
Always "River McIrish" ...and maybe some Bebe Hart. ~innocent expression~
But - today I ought to be doing a video and instead I started to work on more décor for the inside of the Cake Island mermaid house. It's a bit silly doing all of this as I don't plan to actually play this house. Eventually, when my McFluff story moves to Cake Island the mermaids will just be townies we see around town occasionally.
However, here are some pics of where it's up to today. Actually this all started when I had issues with the rate time was passing in the game. Mermaids would leave home in the morning and arrive at the dive lot after dark. So I needed to get into relativity and fix the time. That required a computer so I had to add a desk, a chair, a computer, décor and by then well there was a whole big swimming pool to adjust so I thought I'd do something to the lights then it just went on from there. Here's where it's up to for now. Some of it will change some of it will stay as is.
The computer that started it all.
I think I've got too much light in the pool now. I will need to remove a bit - or else play with custom dimming it a bit more.
I don't like the pattern I've used for the sectional sofa - and the sofa itslef will probably change. It's a nice pattern but doesn't fit the room very well.
I managed to light the wall in the floor above and use Tab and the Q key to go down to get the pictures and avoid the big black void that we usually get when on the lower level of a multi level space.
Now I have other things to do.
Happy Simming.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuW44b3uCMtCSaq4gwC8EZg
@bekkasan thanks, just felt like making an evil nasty
https://mypage.thesims3.com/mypage/imdragonit
@starguru
Build it and they will come
Another thing that I did, was that when I plopped down the video for the wedding vow and ring exchange video blend, I put it in the section where the two counterpoint harmonies blend together in the second "phrasing" of the melody...and I had an AHA moment. That's the perfect part of the piece to place that video because...what is a wedding?:
Two people coming together as one...to live their life in harmony.
As I thought...Perfect part of the piece of music in which to place the wedding video segment.
Lots of AHA moments in learning how to craft a life-story video.
Always "River McIrish" ...and maybe some Bebe Hart. ~innocent expression~
Zumi and the Winchester Brothers
The Watcher's Caretaker - A Limited ISBI
I've asked him to write and perform a bit of relaxing acoustic guitar music for some of my diving videos. He said yes - but he often says yes and nothing else happens so I'll wait and see.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuW44b3uCMtCSaq4gwC8EZg
https://mypage.thesims3.com/mypage/imdragonit
I mean umm cool build
@CravenLestat not only did I watch Will Smith, watched TV show every week
https://mypage.thesims3.com/mypage/imdragonit
(They meant so much to me they made me cry. :'-) )
Anyway,
I'm going to use @TinySpaceFox 's recent phrase here and say, "I've gone and done this!"
Now you all get to see Sam Beckett LIVE in game!
Plus it's good exposure for his story and my blog.
Goodnight my friends.
Here's to a happier day tomorrow!
Got yourself another Youtube subscriber.
Always "River McIrish" ...and maybe some Bebe Hart. ~innocent expression~
The family had waffles and I hoped that Elspet would roll a wish to make some but she didn't. She did, however, roll a wish to learn the recipe for crepes the previous day. Yeah, like I am going to lock in a 400 point wish until she reaches level 8!
Sam woke with a wish to water the plants. I let him water one to get his wish because I wanted Elspet to water the plants in the hope of rolling a wish to level up.
She did roll a wish to level up so I let her finish the gardening and she got her wish
Jordan rolled a wish to paint. I know he would rather be breaking space rocks but who am I to deny him anything?
Beathan woke with a wish to harvest a wild plant. I took advantage of his wish and sent him to the community garden to harvest cheese, eggs, steak and burger patties
Because Sam's relationship level with Euan is lower than Beathan's, I had him teach him how to talk.
His family oriented trait made the task faster which was an added bonus
Fife didn't have a waking wish but I sent him fishing so he could work towards his wish to catch 5 different fish.
Euan learned how to talk in time for Beathan to take him for a stroll on his return from the community garden
Elspet rolled a wish to learn the guitar skill. I bought her a guitar and had her jam. When she rolled a wish to jam with another sim, I had Sam join her
Beathan taught Euan how to walk when they returned from their stroll.
Zumi and the Winchester Brothers
The Watcher's Caretaker - A Limited ISBI
Poor Elspet was itching to kiss her boyfriend but Jordan wasn't finished with him yet
Once Jordan wandered off, Elspet and Martin got down to some serious flirting. I like it when I have a couple that requires no help from me
Euan's social bar was getting low so I had Jordan play with him
Picking Euan up triggered a wish to put him on the spring rider
Oh dear!
I sent Elspet out to feed her brother. Martin was not far behind
There were three very happy sims at the table! Beathan, Elspet and Martin love egg rolls
Zumi and the Winchester Brothers
The Watcher's Caretaker - A Limited ISBI
Beathan didn't stay mad for long
Elspet and Martin also watched the stars
Although I knew it was the boys' birthday, I decided to do it without any fuss. They had each other and that is all that counts
At least it isn't pigtails!
All better!
No pigtails again! Maybe the curse has broken!
I found Elspet tutoring Fife. I must remember to retune that out!
Beathan rolled a wish to give Martin a friendly introduction over dinner.
After the introduction, I had him ask Martin to leave as it was getting late. Jordan made it through another day
Zumi and the Winchester Brothers
The Watcher's Caretaker - A Limited ISBI
@coco Thanks for the comment
@bekkasan Thanks for the feedback
@coco , the bakery oven can be used on a community lot, but once your sim makes the food on a community lot, the only interaction they can have with it is eat it - you can't pick up the food and drag it into the display, where it needs to be in order to be sold. I think they haven't really thought through the way this set should be used!
If your sim bakes at home you can just put the food into their inventory, then zoom in on the bakery lot and drag the food from the sim's inventory into the display case. The sim doesn't actually have to go to the bakery lot for that, but I still think it would be ideal for the home and bakery to be neighbouring lots.
You have to go into buy mode to move things into the bakery cases. We discussed this with the people who made the set and they said that's the way it was designed to work.
Also, having a genie is the easiest way to use the bakery as they can summon every type of food you have installed in your game.
The food disappears at 3 am. If you have NRAAS Cupcake mod installed it restocks the bakery for you every night. I think at 5 am.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuW44b3uCMtCSaq4gwC8EZg
**wonderful Uni shots, poor gnome though..
**glad your Sims did so well at Uni!
@lanlyn , Would love to see your Skyrim character Simmified!
@plushtrap_107 , Got thrown a blonde...strange! She is cute though..
@bekkasan , At least Marshall is still alive, hoping the werewolf genes help! Maggie is a great sister talking to Marshall, trying to help him get better. Victor and Gardenia seem to think he will be fine, glad they showed up to help out and get him healed. Victor's mind probing comes in very handy, glad he knows what the jerks who jumped marshall look like. Sounds like dear old uncle Edmond is part of this! adam needed to hear he is better than his father, Alice's parents are wonderful to the boy! Great update!! I need to know about this uncle Edmond guy...
**I've always liked Christopher never play with him much, last time was over a year ago when he and my SS adopted a toddler boy together, played for about two days..got bored. I needed much more room in the house, 5 Sims in there so far and who knows what could happen babywise in the future (storywise)..
**wonderful to use black and white for flashbacks!
**geeze uncle Edmond is not pleasant!!
**poor Cora! Thank goodness she is in safe keeping while her older siblings are at Uni.
**hurry up and wake up Marshall!
@polrbear , We used to put our hamster in the ball and our dog Charlotte would be like "what the??"
**BIG family tree!!
@Mikezumi , Fife makes a cute little confused boy (the dreaded pigtails!!) he appears to like his boy look better!
**Pinch cheeks is always adorable!
**Beathan really has the stare down pat!
**John passed with some class, I hate it when they beg!
**Poor Jordan!!
**Sad family pictures without John.
**Donnovan is a nice looking Sim, did very little tweakage on him.
@Silverofdreams30 , loving Riley!
**Lots of readers you have there..
@TinySpaceFox , martin is wayyyyyyy cuter than Liam!
@PalmArrow , Ohhhhh!, I love the spider on Constance! I'm gonna buy that pack soon, it looks like a fun one.
**That husband is a bit of a poo! Oh okay...sleepy, he's forgiven.
@aricarai , I always laugh when you young uns say "welp" all I can think of is a dog having puppies..
**Second place is nothing to sneeze at! Congratulations!!
@Nikkei_Simmer , Nice Uni shots!! Love the MA shots..
@lanlyn , Sorry Sims 3 is giving you a hard time! I too have a mighty spensive gaming laptop and still crash every now and again, though not very often thank goodness. That is yet another reason I don't want mods, if NRaas ever goes out of business...then what?
@emorrill , Feel better sweetie!!!
@Karritz , Hope it's cooled down for you! Sorry about your temp job...
@MamaSimTee , Here's hoping the storm tomorrow doesn't kill the power!!
**look forward to your Uni pictures.
2400....
*Fairy Jared and Vampire Connor*
@Karritz , thanks for the info! Going into buy mode to stock the shelves seems like an annoyance, though - although baking the cakes at home and bringing them to the bakery is an annoyance as well, at least it's something my sim is doing and not something I, the player am doing, so it keeps me more immersed in the game.
Using a genie has occurred to me, but this is a save I created for the sole purpose of playing with the bakery. A genie or a mod that automatically restocks the shelves would completely defeat this purpose because there would be nothing left to do. I will definitely use NRAAS Cupcake if I want to have bakeries in town that are not owned by my household, though!
My biggest pet peeve with the bakery so far is that townies never buy individual portions, they always buy the group serving. That way everything is sold out too quickly. They never eat the food they've bought, either, - IDK, perhaps it goes to their family inventory? I would like to see them sit down and eat.