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Yay or Nay?
emorrill
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Hey fellow Sims 3 Simmers! 
I'm reliving my Sims 2 days by having my sims run a McDonald's restaurant.
Naturally the only thing close to Sims 2 OFB in the Sims 3 is the "Business as Usual Bistro" and "The Savvy Seller" store sets. (Yes I have the stuff from NRaas to improve on them 
). In this case I will be making this McDonald's into a "Bistro." 
Anyway, since I'm terrible at building I found someone who already built a McD's restaurant online and uploaded it to share with the world. I took advantage of that.
*So all credit towards the basic build of this lot goes to TBHOW on YouTube. (They did a speed build of it and included the download in the description. It does come with a bit of CC - which I didn't add all of it in because I had other stuff that would suffice - just FYI. 
)
Here's how it looks:
So taking this very well built McD's, I went and added my own, personal touch and design style to it. Because...isn't that what we all do?
I felt the exterior needed improvement. And I realize the builder was trying to make it look like a modern, big city, McD's which is cool, but I wanted to add some of the small town McD's looks to it, because...I like them. So I looked up pictures of basic McDonald's exteriors to get an idea of how I could improve on it my way. I settled on this photo (even though it's a little dark...):
^I want you to pay particular attention to the yellow arch thingy right above the McDonald's lighted letters on the roof. Got it?
I tried to recreate that the best way I could onto this building and...part of me thinks it looks good...but the other part of me is like, "Meh."
So that's where your opinions come in to help me decide whether I should keep it or not.
Yay or nay to that yellow arch thing on the roof?
Yay:
Nay:
Bonus pic:
***See the finished product of this McDonald's lot in the "What Happened In Your Sims 3 Game Today?" thread, which will be coming soon!
***
I'm reliving my Sims 2 days by having my sims run a McDonald's restaurant.
Naturally the only thing close to Sims 2 OFB in the Sims 3 is the "Business as Usual Bistro" and "The Savvy Seller" store sets. (Yes I have the stuff from NRaas to improve on them ). In this case I will be making this McDonald's into a "Bistro." Anyway, since I'm terrible at building I found someone who already built a McD's restaurant online and uploaded it to share with the world. I took advantage of that.
*So all credit towards the basic build of this lot goes to TBHOW on YouTube. (They did a speed build of it and included the download in the description. It does come with a bit of CC - which I didn't add all of it in because I had other stuff that would suffice - just FYI. )Here's how it looks:
So taking this very well built McD's, I went and added my own, personal touch and design style to it.
Because...isn't that what we all do? I felt the exterior needed improvement. And I realize the builder was trying to make it look like a modern, big city, McD's which is cool, but I wanted to add some of the small town McD's looks to it, because...I like them.
So I looked up pictures of basic McDonald's exteriors to get an idea of how I could improve on it my way. I settled on this photo (even though it's a little dark...):^I want you to pay particular attention to the yellow arch thingy right above the McDonald's lighted letters on the roof. Got it?
I tried to recreate that the best way I could onto this building and...part of me thinks it looks good...but the other part of me is like, "Meh."
So that's where your opinions come in to help me decide whether I should keep it or not.
Yay or nay to that yellow arch thing on the roof?
Yay:
Nay:
Bonus pic:
Here's how it looks all lit up at night, WITH the yellow arch thingy:
Hmm...
Should've done at night without the yellow arch thingy, but I didn't...sorry. I was just anxious to get this poll out.
Hmm...
Should've done at night without the yellow arch thingy, but I didn't...sorry. I was just anxious to get this poll out.
***See the finished product of this McDonald's lot in the "What Happened In Your Sims 3 Game Today?" thread, which will be coming soon!
***
Yay or Nay? 45 votes
Yay
66%
30 votes
Nay
33%
15 votes
2
Comments
For next time perhaps, there is a third alternative in TS3 for food service to consider that I use a lot. That would be the bakery store set displays with the NRaas Cupcake mod so that the displays carry whatever kinds of food/recipes you want to make available to your customers. It's won't be exactly a fast food joint as you won't see the workers preparing the food or working/cleaning a fry station, but it does do a pretty good job of emulating counter service. I find that the bakery cash registers still make a mess of Role Sim assignment even with NRaas Register in play, so instead I station one or more custom Role Sims by way of Arsil's mod from MTS behind the counter so it looks like they are actually working back there. Others' experiences may vary, but we all still have "billions and billions served" or whatever.
NRaas has moved!
Our new site is at http://nraas.net
^I totally believed that for a second!
I too worked at McD's way back when, when I was 16. Worst job ever.......
I was good at my job, but my managers were awful!
Anyway! Carry on my friends.
The Cowboy and the Mermaid
Done!
^
@bekkasan Thank you sweet lady.
I'm surprised at all the Yays! I thought for sure that Nay would win this one.
But seeing how much all of you like it, I think I'm starting to like it more too.
1). Because the roof looks kind-of empty with nothing up there and,
2). It's in the SimVerse and doesn't have to be exactly as the ones in our world are.
^I'm with you on that.
I must admit I do miss the old style McDonald's with those plastic red chairs. In my area they all went 'Bistro looking' in 2012.
Would be awesome if you could find a Ronald to fit on the top though!
But it does show McDonald's places are unique...
It just doesn't seem like an arch to me.
Hoping to complete the Brunch at the Old Mill set for CYS. 16 items left.
My Sims 3 Store Wishlist: https://store.thesims3.com/myWishlist.html?persona=DollyGizzy
My TS3 Blog: https://rubysasimslife.blogspot.com
McDonald's Restaurant:
https://aroundthesims3.com/objects/room_downtown_68.shtml
(sighs) Ever wish you could erase around 15 years of your life from your memory completely?
Just kidding of course, Sandy's stuff is always brilliant.
NRaas has moved!
Our new site is at http://nraas.net
@igazor
@coco You're ok sweetie.
In bold: There's an idea...... I might have to look into that.
In italics: Thank you.
Scroll down a bit on this page to see the pictures!
Thank you all so much for your input. Looks like I'll be keeping the roof "arch."
I found these other McDonald's deco items from Ladesire and they're spiffin!
https://ladesire-thesims3.blogspot.com/2015/03/ts3-mcsims-junk-food-set-by-ladesire.html
Perchance. Is the drivethru open 24hrs?
Always "River McIrish" ...and maybe some Bebe Hart. ~innocent expression~
@AbellaKellaher Hmm. 🤔
I hadn't thought of that...and thank you for testing it out in your game and showing me.
Those look good, I just need the arches to be shorter and wider...I SO wish I could find something in game that will work besides seeking out CC, but even then I can't find anything that comes remotely close. I get too literal sometimes.
@Nikkei_Simmer Thank you buddy.
Sorry for causing you to crave the sinful food.
Our Drive-Thru here is open until...midnight I wanna say and then it reopens at 5 or something. Actually I just looked it up and ours is open 24 hours!!!