@JAL I'm open to trying anything once. I'll take some time and look into that. I was going to redecorate a lot for my main save, but maybe this is a way I can create one from scratch.
I know what you mean about the mismatched items. When I redecorated that lot on Tartosa I had a stair railing in mind that I thought flowed well with the whole lot but I couldn't use it. The paint on the wall around the terrace and the railing, both Maxis items, would not match up. And it was a glaring difference. Use a common palette guys. Ugh! I get differences in textures and patterns but monochrome paint in primary colors not matching?๐
Hey guys, I have a followup question. How do you get a screenshot of your maps? I've tried hitting 'C' but nothing happens. I'm not quite to the point of posting a screenshot yet, but while I'm working on a few things I thought I'd get this question out of the way.
Hey guys, I have a followup question. How do you get a screenshot of your maps? I've tried hitting 'C' but nothing happens. I'm not quite to the point of posting a screenshot yet, but while I'm working on a few things I thought I'd get this question out of the way.
There are two ways, one of which I only found out about from @Stormkeep in the Show me your Oasis Springs thread a few days ago! (I love these threads, they are giving me so much useful info as well as inspiration!)
Method 1: Press prt sc on your keyboard (instead of C), then use paint, a blog or another imaging tool for copying and editing the image (control+v to access it).
Method 2:
Press the windows key + R (at the same time) to bring up the run command and then typing "Snippingtool.exe" (without the quotes) and then hitting the "okay" button. (this is only needed once)
Whenever you want to take a screenshot you press windows key+shift+S at the same time, choose which part of the screen you want to capture, then control+v into any imaging program or site.
The second method is a bit harder but gives in my mind gives you better results.
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Hey guys, I have a followup question. How do you get a screenshot of your maps? I've tried hitting 'C' but nothing happens. I'm not quite to the point of posting a screenshot yet, but while I'm working on a few things I thought I'd get this question out of the way.
There are two ways, one of which I only found out about from @Stormkeep in the Show me your Oasis Springs thread a few days ago! (I love these threads, they are giving me so much useful info as well as inspiration!)
Method 1: Press prt sc on your keyboard (instead of C), then use paint, a blog or another imaging tool for copying and editing the image (control+v to access it).
Method 2:
Press the windows key + R (at the same time) to bring up the run command and then typing "Snippingtool.exe" (without the quotes) and then hitting the "okay" button. (this is only needed once)
Whenever you want to take a screenshot you press windows key+shift+S at the same time, choose which part of the screen you want to capture, then control+v into any imaging program or site.
The second method is a bit harder but gives in my mind gives you better results.
Thanks @JAL. I will try @Stormkeep's option first. The second would take some research to convert those commands to their Apple equivalent. I'm sure there's a way I would just need to look it up.
@DAniRose2143, the 2nd method only works on a Windows computer, because the Snipping Tool is a baked in Windows app.
Edit: I just realized, you might have windows installed on your apple computer. in which case. duh me. In that case, the command key = the windows key. So (Windows key)+R would be Command+R.
@Stormkeep Unless it snuck in somehow when my back was turned, I don't have it installed. I cut ties with windows completely when I got my first Mac back in 2012.๐ But thanks just the same.
@JAL@Stormkeep Success! At lest with getting the shot. Now I have to figure out why it saved as an html document and not a JPG or PNG. I'm sure I just missed a setting where I can choose want I want to save it as, but that can wait.
I've mentioned it before, but just in case, in my canon, Willow Creek is a version of NOLA. So I found some NOLA inspired lots on MTS, but I want to redo Garden Essence since I still need the lot for a bit in my Tartosan Sun story. I've been clicking around in Google maps through the Treme and Marigny neighborhoods getting some ideas for a fairly comprehensive redo. With the way I think of Willow Creek and having been to NOLA I've never really been all that fond of how they tried to do shotgun homes in Foundry Cove. So I thought I'd try to capture something more in keeping with that theme.
I'll post some pics here of the exterior or maybe in the screenshot spammers thread. I think you're going to like it, if I can pull it off.๐ค๐ In this case the exterior will be the easier task redoing the interior will be trickier.
aaand another world I've been mostly just bulldozing
Sage Estates I just have this
think I might bulldoze though cause its just... off somehow
In Pendula View I've bulldozed everything after moving Goths to Forgotten Hollow
but I didn't know where to put dons ts2 house that I'm playing atm so its just awkwardly there for time being
really just as close to ts2 one as I found possible at time
then in foundry I have this childrens home...
Run by Tragic Clown
Dreamers from ts2
I kinda wanna flip their house to like ts4 pretty version instead of recreation but idk yet cause I'm bad at suburban houses
for next house
I saw house made by someone on twitter feed so I tried to recreate it only like without bunch of things the original creator put there
and i removed some rooms
added this park space there in case I think of something to put there like maybe some pet park thingies or something
insides yet again still empty
aaand then I have new theme in Pancakes neighborhood after they divorced and left
this bigger house I plan to have mad scientist in... idk why... it just feels like it
hence the ufo antenna
then there is black house next to it
kinda basic
but i felt like this little fella that stays glitched there since elizas paranormal adventures would like it
then theres rindle rose, actually i built that first cause it was a vibe
its still mess inside but I made sure theres room for attic in these houses
then theres this small park/playground
it's first park I ever built in the game
cause I usually ignore them cause I felt like there was nothing to do
but I added some things to do in this one
aand then theres the big building we are not gonna talk about cause idk what to do with it its kinda in the way which i kinda like but also not maybe I'll need to redo it
for community lots I've just been bulldozing to build new jazz club one day and maybe recreate the existing ones idk yet
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Crawdad Quarter, L-R: Family Bowling (cafe), highly edited Movers & Shakers gym, Blue Riser Bar, Riverview Chapel.
Magnolia Blossom Park, which I based off TS3 Central Park:
This is Sage Estates, and I just realised I have a young version of Mrs Crumplebottom living there, due to her sister being in the Goth house, also the Spencer-Kim-Lewis family:
Pendula View, which houses the Bachelors (with child-aged Bella), the Goths (with child-aged Mortimer) and the Keye family:
Courtyard Lane, which has my rl house there at the front left, then the other houses have the Pancake, Dunn and McGinnis families:
Foundry Cove (starters) which houses the BFF's, Taylor and Evans families:
@DaniRose2143 The idea of NOLA sounds interesting, I can't wait to see it.
@Simmingal The two brownstones are beautiful, and I really like how the house at Sage Estates gives me vibes of an old converted fire station with that tower.
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These are preliminary shots for my take on Garden Essence. Window and door placements aren't set yet since the interior is completely gutted, not a single interior wall. And I'm trying out a more typical NOLA placement. Corner lots often have the house right up against the sidewalk on one long side and the porch very close to the sidewalk. So in these that's what I tried to replicate as much as the game will let me. And it is a annoyance that you have to leave one tile outside of the fences. We should be able to place them right at the edge, but anyway. I'm not entirely married to leaving the house where it is, I might put it back. I'm also not sure about the balcony on the long street side. Three balconies is borderline one too many. I just wish there was more colorful maxis siding options. I would have loved to use a purple, or canary yellow, or something more flamboyant. But that color is a good compromise.
@DaniRose2143 I like your work in progress. I am an absolutely terrible, clueless builder, so I enjoy seeing what those of you who are talented in that area come up with.
And it is a annoyance that you have to leave one tile outside of the fences. We should be able to place them right at the edge, but anyway.
It's beautiful, and I completely agree with you on the edges. Either it's a part of the lot or it isn't! I would go further and have two lots right side by side, and let them share fences, walls and hedges. That way we could build real terraced houses.
Moreover, I advise that the cart button must be destroyed!
@MoonlightGraham I'm still learning too. And this isn't as challenging as it looks. I'm working with the basic footprint of the Maxis original, just lopped off the extension in the kitchen and the bedroom on the left side. Add a second floor that mirrors the lower, a nip. here, a tuck there, and viola.
I was a little on the fence about the overall size but it gives me the opportunity to make larger rooms, do a lot more decorating and not have it all get really cramped and cluttered. I love lots of decoration but it's so easy to make it impossible for sims to move.
@JAL Thank you! It isn't just the fences, that balcony required me to push the house back. IRL that would just as likely overhang the sidewalk. I am liking the placement more and more. I'm taking a break to rest my eyes. I've been in front of the computer so long today they are getting a bit blurry. Then it's time to dive into the interior, and find something to put under the balcony to make look like it's braced, not just hanging up by sheer luck.๐
@MoonlightGraham I'm still learning too. And this isn't as challenging as it looks. I'm working with the basic footprint of the Maxis original, just lopped off the extension in the kitchen and the bedroom on the left side. Add a second floor that mirrors the lower, a ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฌ. here, a tuck there, and viola.
I was a little on the fence about the overall size but it gives me the opportunity to make larger rooms, do a lot more decorating and not have it all get really cramped and cluttered. I love lots of decoration but it's so easy to make it impossible for sims to move.
I might use this thread as an inspiration to try to improve my skills. You do make it sound like it's not an insurmountable task, if I start out with something easy.
@JAL Thank you! It isn't just the fences, that balcony required me to push the house back. IRL that would just as likely overhang the sidewalk. I am liking the placement more and more. I'm taking a break to rest my eyes. I've been in front of the computer so long today they are getting a bit blurry. Then it's time to dive into the interior, and find something to put under the balcony to make look like it's braced, not just hanging up by sheer luck.๐
I don't know if you use CC or not, but I found some cc-floors that looks just like the sidewalk in Windenburg, and used around my terraced house there so that it blends seamlessly into the sidewalk. It makes it look like the sidewalk is just wider. If you found something like that for this, it would look like the house sits at the edge of the road.
Moreover, I advise that the cart button must be destroyed!
@MoonlightGraham I'm still learning too. And this isn't as challenging as it looks. I'm working with the basic footprint of the Maxis original, just lopped off the extension in the kitchen and the bedroom on the left side. Add a second floor that mirrors the lower, a ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฌ. here, a tuck there, and viola.
I was a little on the fence about the overall size but it gives me the opportunity to make larger rooms, do a lot more decorating and not have it all get really cramped and cluttered. I love lots of decoration but it's so easy to make it impossible for sims to move.
I might use this thread as an inspiration to try to improve my skills. You do make it sound like it's not an insurmountable task, if I start out with something easy.
Shotgun houses are the simplest ones to do starting out. They''re just rectangles, with the short side facing the street. The floorpans inside vary, but most are set up so that you open the front door or in some cases, doors, and the doors between the rooms so that the breeze comes in and goes straight out the back. You'll see some shotguns have a front door on both sides of the front facade. It's not a duplex it's just an extra door to open to allow more air flow. That was because they didn't have AC when they were built and that's how you beat the bayou heat.
If you can't tell I took a walking tour when I was there on vacation and a bunch of stuff the guide said stuck.๐
@JAL Thank you! It isn't just the fences, that balcony required me to push the house back. IRL that would just as likely overhang the sidewalk. I am liking the placement more and more. I'm taking a break to rest my eyes. I've been in front of the computer so long today they are getting a bit blurry. Then it's time to dive into the interior, and find something to put under the balcony to make look like it's braced, not just hanging up by sheer luck.๐
I don't know if you use CC or not, but I found some cc-floors that looks just like the sidewalk in Windenburg, and used around my terraced house there so that it blends seamlessly into the sidewalk. It makes it look like the sidewalk is just wider. If you found something like that for this, it would look like the house sits at the edge of the road.
I have a lot of cc, and I could have done the bright exterior I wanted but I wanted to stick as much to Maxis stuff as possible. At least outside, inside I may roll out a bit of cc, but I still want to work with Maxis items as much as I can. I want to challenge myself to find new ways to create instead of the same old same old. CC is still important to me, a big part of how I create, but let's be different for once.
I could swap out that Maxis siding long enough to get some shots with a CC siding in some crazy bright colors....
And it is a annoyance that you have to leave one tile outside of the fences. We should be able to place them right at the edge, but anyway.
It's beautiful, and I completely agree with you on the edges. Either it's a part of the lot or it isn't! I would go further and have two lots right side by side, and let them share fences, walls and hedges. That way we could build real terraced houses.
Yeah the edge thing annoys me a lot so I often use debug fences or bushes unless i absolutely need to block sims from walking through (since they absolutely will walk through debug fences )
its also kinda annoying that there is so many debug fences that don't exist as actual fences to use
and that some of them are sized so you'll absolutely end up with clipping with all lots in game
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I love the top (purple) one, @DaniRose2143. I totally agree that it pops. The green looks nice too, but it sorta just blends in with the environment. and yah...I also am meh about the gold. It doesn't look bad, it just doesn't speak to me.
The design as a whole reminds me of some homes near where I lived in New Orleans for a time.
I love the top (purple) one, @DaniRose2143. I totally agree that it pops. The green looks nice too, but it sorta just blends in with the environment. and yah...I also am meh about the gold. It doesn't look bad, it just doesn't speak to me.
The design as a whole reminds me of some homes near where I lived in New Orleans for a time.
I spent about an hour earlier in Google street view just going up and down through Treme and Marigny, making mental notes. And going back through my memory from my trip in 2019.
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Thank you very much for the links!
There are two ways, one of which I only found out about from @Stormkeep in the Show me your Oasis Springs thread a few days ago! (I love these threads, they are giving me so much useful info as well as inspiration!)
Method 1: Press prt sc on your keyboard (instead of C), then use paint, a blog or another imaging tool for copying and editing the image (control+v to access it).
Method 2:
The second method is a bit harder but gives in my mind gives you better results.
Thanks @JAL. I will try @Stormkeep's option first. The second would take some research to convert those commands to their Apple equivalent. I'm sure there's a way I would just need to look it up.
Edit: I just realized, you might have windows installed on your apple computer. in which case. duh me.
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I've mentioned it before, but just in case, in my canon, Willow Creek is a version of NOLA. So I found some NOLA inspired lots on MTS, but I want to redo Garden Essence since I still need the lot for a bit in my Tartosan Sun story. I've been clicking around in Google maps through the Treme and Marigny neighborhoods getting some ideas for a fairly comprehensive redo. With the way I think of Willow Creek and having been to NOLA I've never really been all that fond of how they tried to do shotgun homes in Foundry Cove. So I thought I'd try to capture something more in keeping with that theme.
I'll post some pics here of the exterior or maybe in the screenshot spammers thread. I think you're going to like it, if I can pull it off.๐ค๐ In this case the exterior will be the easier task redoing the interior will be trickier.
think I might bulldoze though cause its just... off somehow
In Pendula View I've bulldozed everything after moving Goths to Forgotten Hollow
but I didn't know where to put dons ts2 house that I'm playing atm so its just awkwardly there for time being
really just as close to ts2 one as I found possible at time
then in foundry I have this childrens home...
Run by Tragic Clown
Dreamers from ts2
I kinda wanna flip their house to like ts4 pretty version instead of recreation but idk yet cause I'm bad at suburban houses
for next house
I saw house made by someone on twitter feed so I tried to recreate it only like without bunch of things the original creator put there
and i removed some rooms
added this park space there in case I think of something to put there like maybe some pet park thingies or something
insides yet again still empty
aaand then I have new theme in Pancakes neighborhood after they divorced and left
this bigger house I plan to have mad scientist in... idk why... it just feels like it
hence the ufo antenna
then there is black house next to it
kinda basic
but i felt like this little fella that stays glitched there since elizas paranormal adventures would like it
then theres rindle rose, actually i built that first cause it was a vibe
its still mess inside but I made sure theres room for attic in these houses
then theres this small park/playground
it's first park I ever built in the game
cause I usually ignore them cause I felt like there was nothing to do
but I added some things to do in this one
aand then theres the big building we are not gonna talk about cause idk what to do with it
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Magnolia Blossom Park, which I based off TS3 Central Park:
This is Sage Estates, and I just realised I have a young version of Mrs Crumplebottom living there, due to her sister being in the Goth house, also the Spencer-Kim-Lewis family:
Pendula View, which houses the Bachelors (with child-aged Bella), the Goths (with child-aged Mortimer) and the Keye family:
Courtyard Lane, which has my rl house there at the front left, then the other houses have the Pancake, Dunn and McGinnis families:
Foundry Cove (starters) which houses the BFF's, Taylor and Evans families:
The whole downtown has a a great look, imo. Reminds me of places I grew up. I'd visit there.
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@Simmingal The two brownstones are beautiful, and I really like how the house at Sage Estates gives me vibes of an old converted fire station with that tower.
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It's beautiful, and I completely agree with you on the edges. Either it's a part of the lot or it isn't! I would go further and have two lots right side by side, and let them share fences, walls and hedges. That way we could build real terraced houses.
I was a little on the fence about the overall size but it gives me the opportunity to make larger rooms, do a lot more decorating and not have it all get really cramped and cluttered. I love lots of decoration but it's so easy to make it impossible for sims to move.
I might use this thread as an inspiration to try to improve my skills. You do make it sound like it's not an insurmountable task, if I start out with something easy.
Exie hay, cavero, mabza meeah vendarzo.
Yevsas mairzeemo!
I don't know if you use CC or not, but I found some cc-floors that looks just like the sidewalk in Windenburg, and used around my terraced house there so that it blends seamlessly into the sidewalk. It makes it look like the sidewalk is just wider. If you found something like that for this, it would look like the house sits at the edge of the road.
Shotgun houses are the simplest ones to do starting out. They''re just rectangles, with the short side facing the street. The floorpans inside vary, but most are set up so that you open the front door or in some cases, doors, and the doors between the rooms so that the breeze comes in and goes straight out the back. You'll see some shotguns have a front door on both sides of the front facade. It's not a duplex it's just an extra door to open to allow more air flow. That was because they didn't have AC when they were built and that's how you beat the bayou heat.
If you can't tell I took a walking tour when I was there on vacation and a bunch of stuff the guide said stuck.๐
I have a lot of cc, and I could have done the bright exterior I wanted but I wanted to stick as much to Maxis stuff as possible. At least outside, inside I may roll out a bit of cc, but I still want to work with Maxis items as much as I can. I want to challenge myself to find new ways to create instead of the same old same old. CC is still important to me, a big part of how I create, but let's be different for once.
I could swap out that Maxis siding long enough to get some shots with a CC siding in some crazy bright colors....
Yeah the edge thing annoys me a lot so I often use debug fences or bushes unless i absolutely need to block sims from walking through (since they absolutely will walk through debug fences
its also kinda annoying that there is so many debug fences that don't exist as actual fences to use
and that some of them are sized so you'll absolutely end up with clipping with all lots in game
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Purple...
Green...
Gold
I have to say that purple pops. And the green isn't too shabby either. The gold I'm kind of, meh, about.
The design as a whole reminds me of some homes near where I lived in New Orleans for a time.
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I spent about an hour earlier in Google street view just going up and down through Treme and Marigny, making mental notes. And going back through my memory from my trip in 2019.