Good Morning everyone. I hope the weekend ahead is looking great for you. I decided to upload the train cars I have finished so that I start the new train car projects fresh and without worry of losing the old ones.
I know you want to keep the integrity of the train and are not allowing alterations of the end of the train except to put in a triple window on the end cars. I am working on the observation deck of the Royal Scotsman, which is the end car. Is this too much of a deviation, considering it is suppose to have a deck on the end?
@ciane I think your end car observation deck looks great. Nice job.
@everyone - I decided to redo my parlour cars in the appropriate base car thinking that, while I could redo the wallpaper easily enough, I wasn't so sure about placing the signage and thinking it would be better to use the other little improvements. (By the way, I'm just amazed at how wonderful the signage looks on all of them!) Anyway, while working on them, I sent in a sim and discovered he couldn't go up *any* of stairs to the entry doors. I had to turn the bike racks around again, and then they were fine. They weren't causing me any problems before (except one thing I tried and then changed), so that's no big deal for me. Just thought I'd let you all know before you get too far with things.
Edited to add: Has anyone tried a 3-wide window on a front car that they liked? I can't remember if that came up. Cygnus is a front car, and I've put the kitchen at the front on my second try at it (never mind why it didn't work out that way the first time lol). I have the bistro oven on that wall, and the only thing I found I liked above it is the BauHas Intrinsic Window: https://store.thesims3.com/productDetail.html?productId=OFB-SIM3:19623&scategoryId=11573 . Problem is, from the outside it looks like a horse trailer to me.
@Jessabeans Your state car looks very nice. I hadn't seen (noticed/remembered) the floor plans, so my dining car isn't laid out much like that although there are elements that resemble some pictures I saw.
You probably saw my comment above about the bike racks interfering with the stairs. (I think we were typing at the same time.)
Lovely green dining car @suzses. I love that you included wine racks and enclosed the kitchen! Re: your front window selection: I figured they'd only see the back of the engine from that first car, so I didn't plan any windows there. Maybe just two small windows with a wall in the middle?
I love your layout, the paneling, and the way you used those big pillows @Jessabeans.
Now I'm worried about my train cars. I didn't retest after turning around the bike racks on the VSOE cars. (I'll have to go do that.)
@Jessabeans Your state car looks very nice. I hadn't seen (noticed/remembered) the floor plans, so my dining car isn't laid out much like that although there are elements that resemble some pictures I saw.
You probably saw my comment above about the bike racks interfering with the stairs. (I think we were typing at the same time.)
Yeah I read that after I had posted. I tried rotating them and sliding them over a little. I wonder if the track being too high was interfering with the stairs instead. I'm going to move the lot over to a different lot and make sure it's even the bike rack causing the routing tantrum.
@suzses Your dining car is really pretty. The wineracks and the pastry/tea shelf is a great idea. I didn't care for that plaid carpet in the reference pictures but it actually looks really nice the way you've done it in your version. The bakery windows in the divider looks great too.
@Jessabeans is a sample of the world with the residential lots ready by chance? I can get started but if I do on a world I have I might not get the shoreline correct.
@Jessabeans is a sample of the world with the residential lots ready by chance? I can get started but if I do on a world I have I might not get the shoreline correct.
Hey Hollow, I've nearly gotten the retaining walls in place for Venice. I wanted to make sure I wasn't going to do anymore sculpting in the area before drawing out the house lots. I tested it last night and still found two spots in the grand canal where the walls are too close together. I had planned to finish it this morning but it didn't work out. I should have it ready for you in the next day or so, maybe tonight. Are you back at your pc now?
@Jessabeans is a sample of the world with the residential lots ready by chance? I can get started but if I do on a world I have I might not get the shoreline correct.
Hey Hollow, I've nearly gotten the retaining walls in place for Venice. I wanted to make sure I wasn't going to do anymore sculpting in the area before drawing out the house lots. I tested it last night and still found two spots in the grand canal where the walls are too close together. I had planned to finish it this morning but it didn't work out. I should have it ready for you in the next day or so, maybe tonight. Are you back at your pc now?
I have been with my pc- the plans of me going didn't happen. But I had a stressful appointment this week and now it's over I finally am simming ready
Just email me when you are ready but don't rush- I am gonna do some sandboxing on 30x30 lots to get some ideas on how I'll make these builds in the meantime
@Jessabeans is a sample of the world with the residential lots ready by chance? I can get started but if I do on a world I have I might not get the shoreline correct.
Hey Hollow, I've nearly gotten the retaining walls in place for Venice. I wanted to make sure I wasn't going to do anymore sculpting in the area before drawing out the house lots. I tested it last night and still found two spots in the grand canal where the walls are too close together. I had planned to finish it this morning but it didn't work out. I should have it ready for you in the next day or so, maybe tonight. Are you back at your pc now?
A thought as you’re sculpting Venice @Jessabeans .... The actual train station in Venice fronts the water and folks can take water taxi from there. I was thinking it would be cool if you could make an inlet so the station can have a dock for the boats to arrive which means the lot would partially sit over water. Could have the road arriving at the side of the lot. But just a thought for potential consideration ok 😉
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On that note @HollownessDevour , did you decide which of the train stations you wanted to do, if any? I’ll take one of them... doesn’t matter which one 😊
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On that note @HollownessDevour , did you decide which of the train stations you wanted to do, if any? I’ll take one of them... doesn’t matter which one 😊
I am not sure how much I can commit to a station yet- I thought I made that clear in one of my posts. But if I was to- it was to pick up what was left over to help out.
Ok, the intent was not to add any pressure on you but as a courtesy. We appreciate whatever assistance you can provide. I’m doing my best to keep track of everyone’s input so forgive me senior moments 😉
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@Ciane, The deck on your observation car looks good!
@suzses, your Scotsman dining car looks beautiful. The green really works with that plaid carpet.
I used the 3 tile wide window from LN in my front dining car (which is where my kitchen is located). It's not the best, but it will work.
Thanks for the reminder to check "all" the entry stairs, as I would not have thought to do that because my tester sim was going in and out of the train just fine. However, my sim would not use one of the doors/stairs that was right next to a wall that had a sink on it, but she was able to use the sink ok. I ended up modifying that section anyways and it worked better to remove that door (as Paula said we could remove up to 2 doors if we needed to.) So I checked my dining car and my sim could access every set of stairs on that one. So mine might have been due to the sink? Who knows!
@Jessabeans, your Scotsman statement car looks great! The color scheme is nice and I like how you were able to incorporate those pillows!
Interesting thing -- after deleting an existing train lot in the world and then placing my already decorated train lot, the train tracks disappeared. I just went to take pictures, and the tracks have come back! LOL Is the world haunted? hehe
@BreeMiles , are you making a gym for this world? If yes, I don’t think we’ve assigned a spot for this as yet and I don’t have you down but can easily add your name. Please correct me if I’m having another seniors moment 😉
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@soocoolsim, I was just playing with my sim in the world that I added interior to the train car, but, if you need a GYM for the world I could make one, let me know the size it would need to be!
@Ciane, The deck on your observation car looks good!
@suzses, your Scotsman dining car looks beautiful. The green really works with that plaid carpet.
I used the 3 tile wide window from LN in my front dining car (which is where my kitchen is located). It's not the best, but it will work.
Thanks for the reminder to check "all" the entry stairs, as I would not have thought to do that because my tester sim was going in and out of the train just fine. However, my sim would not use one of the doors/stairs that was right next to a wall that had a sink on it, but she was able to use the sink ok. I ended up modifying that section anyways and it worked better to remove that door (as Paula said we could remove up to 2 doors if we needed to.) So I checked my dining car and my sim could access every set of stairs on that one. So mine might have been due to the sink? Who knows!
@Jessabeans, your Scotsman statement car looks great! The color scheme is nice and I like how you were able to incorporate those pillows!
Interesting thing -- after deleting an existing train lot in the world and then placing my already decorated train lot, the train tracks disappeared. I just went to take pictures, and the tracks have come back! LOL Is the world haunted? hehe
Will post pictures of my VSOE sleeping car soon.
Thank you
So I fixed the tracks again, and I exported a copy of the world for Hollow a little while ago. When I tried to put my train car from the lot bin onto the empty train car lot the tracks disappeared too. Has anyone had success changing the lot without the track disappearing or does the track only stay in place when the lot is placed in CAW? Has anyone had the track disappear under other circumstances?
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The sleeping car is here:
https://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=9357362
The dining car is here:
https://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=9357363
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It looks lovely @ciane . Yes that car is indeed different from the others and I added at the end so you’re all good
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@everyone - I decided to redo my parlour cars in the appropriate base car thinking that, while I could redo the wallpaper easily enough, I wasn't so sure about placing the signage and thinking it would be better to use the other little improvements. (By the way, I'm just amazed at how wonderful the signage looks on all of them!) Anyway, while working on them, I sent in a sim and discovered he couldn't go up *any* of stairs to the entry doors. I had to turn the bike racks around again, and then they were fine. They weren't causing me any problems before (except one thing I tried and then changed), so that's no big deal for me. Just thought I'd let you all know before you get too far with things.
Edited to add: Has anyone tried a 3-wide window on a front car that they liked? I can't remember if that came up. Cygnus is a front car, and I've put the kitchen at the front on my second try at it (never mind why it didn't work out that way the first time lol). I have the bistro oven on that wall, and the only thing I found I liked above it is the BauHas Intrinsic Window:
https://store.thesims3.com/productDetail.html?productId=OFB-SIM3:19623&scategoryId=11573 . Problem is, from the outside it looks like a horse trailer to me.
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I'm having trouble with my tester using the stairs.
You probably saw my comment above about the bike racks interfering with the stairs. (I think we were typing at the same time.)
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I love your layout, the paneling, and the way you used those big pillows @Jessabeans.
Now I'm worried about my train cars. I didn't retest after turning around the bike racks on the VSOE cars. (I'll have to go do that.)
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Yeah I read that after I had posted. I tried rotating them and sliding them over a little. I wonder if the track being too high was interfering with the stairs instead. I'm going to move the lot over to a different lot and make sure it's even the bike rack causing the routing tantrum.
@suzses Your dining car is really pretty. The wineracks and the pastry/tea shelf is a great idea. I didn't care for that plaid carpet in the reference pictures but it actually looks really nice the way you've done it in your version. The bakery windows in the divider looks great too.
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Hey Hollow, I've nearly gotten the retaining walls in place for Venice. I wanted to make sure I wasn't going to do anymore sculpting in the area before drawing out the house lots. I tested it last night and still found two spots in the grand canal where the walls are too close together. I had planned to finish it this morning but it didn't work out. I should have it ready for you in the next day or so, maybe tonight. Are you back at your pc now?
Ack, I didn't think about the possibility of the train tracks causing issues.
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I have been with my pc- the plans of me going didn't happen. But I had a stressful appointment this week and now it's over I finally am simming ready
Just email me when you are ready but don't rush- I am gonna do some sandboxing on 30x30 lots to get some ideas on how I'll make these builds in the meantime
A Showcasing and Sharing Community.
A thought as you’re sculpting Venice @Jessabeans .... The actual train station in Venice fronts the water and folks can take water taxi from there. I was thinking it would be cool if you could make an inlet so the station can have a dock for the boats to arrive which means the lot would partially sit over water. Could have the road arriving at the side of the lot. But just a thought for potential consideration ok 😉
Let’s keep in touch on Answers HQ until the new EA forums are launched in July!
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On that note @HollownessDevour , did you decide which of the train stations you wanted to do, if any? I’ll take one of them... doesn’t matter which one 😊
Let’s keep in touch on Answers HQ until the new EA forums are launched in July!
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@ciane , thanks for posting your lots. They both are lovely! I’ve added links to page 1. Well done! 🌟
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@Jessabeans and @suzses , I’m loving your WIPs 😃
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I am not sure how much I can commit to a station yet- I thought I made that clear in one of my posts. But if I was to- it was to pick up what was left over to help out.
A Showcasing and Sharing Community.
Let’s keep in touch on Answers HQ until the new EA forums are launched in July!
MY SIMS 3 STUDIO *** MY SIMS 3 SHOWCASE - Residential and Community lots with NO CC
CAPE ALBACORE WORLD COLLABORATION VIDEO TOURS
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@suzses, your Scotsman dining car looks beautiful. The green really works with that plaid carpet.
I used the 3 tile wide window from LN in my front dining car (which is where my kitchen is located). It's not the best, but it will work.
Thanks for the reminder to check "all" the entry stairs, as I would not have thought to do that because my tester sim was going in and out of the train just fine. However, my sim would not use one of the doors/stairs that was right next to a wall that had a sink on it, but she was able to use the sink ok. I ended up modifying that section anyways and it worked better to remove that door (as Paula said we could remove up to 2 doors if we needed to.) So I checked my dining car and my sim could access every set of stairs on that one. So mine might have been due to the sink? Who knows!
@Jessabeans, your Scotsman statement car looks great! The color scheme is nice and I like how you were able to incorporate those pillows!
Interesting thing -- after deleting an existing train lot in the world and then placing my already decorated train lot, the train tracks disappeared. I just went to take pictures, and the tracks have come back! LOL Is the world haunted? hehe
Will post pictures of my VSOE sleeping car soon.
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Let’s keep in touch on Answers HQ until the new EA forums are launched in July!
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Thank you
So I fixed the tracks again, and I exported a copy of the world for Hollow a little while ago. When I tried to put my train car from the lot bin onto the empty train car lot the tracks disappeared too. Has anyone had success changing the lot without the track disappearing or does the track only stay in place when the lot is placed in CAW? Has anyone had the track disappear under other circumstances?
I hope using the track is going to work.
Cool thank you @BreeMiles . I’ll add your name to the gym in prep for further down the line after Jessa has the train lots sorted
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