ZHOU-PAOLI BOUTIQUE - COMPLETE

Well I've finished. I think I just have to face facts that I'm pretty shit at doing exteriors. Ahh well!

I've tweaked a couple of things here and there since I posted pictures, most of it was just interior design crap.

These are the stairs that lead down to the tattoo parlour downstairs.

Bathroom. It wouldn't be a classy boutique without one.

The tattoo parlour downstairs in the basement.

I did a bit of play testing on this lot but my game wasn't coopreating. For some reason when I spoke to the tattooist the action kept dropping out. I sent Vincent downstairs to check the place was accessible and it was but then the tattooist went and buggered off so I couldn't try it again.

I think the problem was the chair; I'd used Moveobjects to place it further against the wall so I could fit in the drawers diagonally but I've sinced moved it. The chair is pretty much in the same place but on its proper grid and the drawers are no longer positioned diagonally. I hope that fixed the problem.

Yeah... I forgot to take a new picture.

Vincent's right at home ^_^

Right; I couldn't begin to list the location of the CC in here. Some of this CC I picked up from downloading somebody else's house. I've grabbed as much of it as I can identify from my mods folder and dropped it into the zip file.

**Note: Not all of the file names were particularly clear. Blame the CC creators since I never re-name any CC I get. I hope this is OK ^_^; I've probably put in more CC than what I have actually used; this is due to a few dodgy file names and my tendency to add a crapload of CC all at once so I never know what name spawned what object. I'm SO sorry if I missed anything.

Straight away I know that the graffiti on the wall behind Vincent will NOT be in the rar file. I couldn't find it, sorry ^_^;

I have also included CC called 'Darkslayer's Paintings'. These were my first and only venture into the TSR workshop. NONE of the artwork is mine and I haven't had permission which is why I've never officially shared it. I've used these paintings in my game a lot and I haven't had issues but if you happen to have issues with it please let me know.**

Phew! I think that's everything.

Download Link: http://www.mediafire.com/?ah2st2o37pok2o4

On another note how do make it so that you can have like a 'read more' link on here so people aren't forced to wait for their internet to load all my long posts?

Edit: Whoops! I forgot to mention that I've included the fully furnished lot and the shell. I'm sure there are a lot of people who'll do a better job at it than me, I'm not really a builder ^_^;

TATTOO PARLOUR - PICCIES

Since the tattoo parlour was only small it didn't take me long to decorate and furnish it.

The waiting area. I know that tattoo parlours have to be hygenic and all but I've yet to seen a clinical tattoo parlour with white walls and stainless steel fittings XD

The chair of doom! :D

Random shot of some sinks ^_^

BOUTIQUE/TATTOO PARLOR - WIP

So my gym was a flop. I'm not quite sure what went wrong with it but when I play tested it my sims threw an absolute fit so it's gone now.

In it's space I've decided to start on a small project I've had in mind for some time; a boutique/tattoo parlour.

I've gotten the basic structure of the boutique down. It's currently unfurnished apart from a small fireplace but I'm liking the space so far.

I'll probably start on the tattoo parlour which is located down in the basement tomorrow.

The exterior; the terrain paints come from TSR but as that site is the devil incarnate you can also get them from APMBD. I think Cyclonesue made them (of course APMBD may also be a devil incarnate - I'll leave it to you guys to choose your poison :D)

Just a quick snapshot of some of the space. I got the wood texture from TSR. I forget who from though but it was a freebie. That stupid plant is still poking through the wall. I've moved it around about 4 times already ¬¬

The lone part I can call furnished. No CC used here. I'm planning to transfer these lots to my new computer when I get it so aside from flooring and the like I'm trying not to use too much CC because it's likely I won't be able to find it again.

FITNESS FRE@KS - UPDATE

I hated how bland the exterior looked on my gym and those godawful windows so I changed things up a bit. Things are pretty much the same but I scaled back the wall on the second floor and added a half-fence instead. I'll probably put a hottub on that space once I get LN.

I changed those windows. I had to, they were just too horrible. I think it looks a lot better now.

And yay! Aside from an annoying empty spot on the ground floor that I purposely left out of shot it's fully furnished! :D

FITNESS FRE@KS

I'm still not sure why I'm fiddling around with TS3 right now when I'll be losing everything in another month or so but I've been inspired and so I've decided to create. I figure if I don't use any CC then I can just store them on the exchange before I have to completely re-install the game on my new computer.

I'm in the process of building a gym. I pretty much have the building itself finished (although there's something about those smaller windows that I really don't like). I hate the fact that it doesn't have a roof but I have difficulties making roofs with diagonal parts look good. I'd auto-roof it but that tends to look terrible as well :/



This is the ground floor. I've put in a small lap pool but aside from the two different pieces of gym equipment I have I haven't decided what to fill the rest of this place with. I made the lot a little bit too big I think... at least for my usual furnishing tastes.


Upstairs. Again I haven't quite figured out what I'm going to put in here yet ^_^;

NEW SIMS - BLAINE & BLAIR STARWIND

Busy-busy-busy~. I finally got my computer to remember it has a DVD drive after a whopping 8 reboots ¬¬ poor ol' girl.

Anyway I've been feeling rather creative lately so in light of this I've made two more new sims to live on my motel lot... that I might actually turn into a really cheap, shitty apartment complex instead since I didn't want all the rooms to have the same decor which a motel probably would.

Blair and Blaine are twins who share a room at the motel/apartment. Blair is a hot-headed firecracker wheras Blaine is ice-cold. Both are pretty nasty bruisiers.

Blair:

CC List:

Default Replacement Skintone: 'Asian' MTS
Default Replacement Eyes: Subaxi

Ear Sliders: MTS

Body Sliders: MTS (you'll need to download the mod to add additional sliders to use them all)

Eyebrows: Subaxi
Hair: Peggy/APMBD

Blush: Lemonleaf

Top: Lilli

Pants: EA Store/MATY

Download: http://www.mediafire/?a6d1u2jvc5h4dov

Blaine:

CC List:

Default Replacement Skintone: 'Asian' MTS

Default Replacement Eyes: Subaxi
Ear Sliders: MTS
Eyebrows: Subaxi
Eyeshadow: Ladyfrontbum (can be downloaded at MTS)

Top: Darko

Pants: MTS

Hair: Peggy/APMBD

Download: http://www.mediafire.com/?1te63mhfrfm16er

Bonus piccie of Vincent and Blaine chillaxin'... sort of XD

DEAR COMPUTER...

I appreciate that you are getting on in years. You have been a faithful and loyal, constant companion of mine and sure, you’re noisy as hell and I have to turn up the volume of everything else just to hear things properly but that is something that I’ve always overlooked. Hell it’s your charm I suppose.


Unfortunately it seems that you’re beginning to have problems with your memory… I say beginning when really I mean that it’s becoming a major pain in the ass. I only ask you to run one game; you know that I mostly gave up PC gaming in the form of console gaming but when I sit down to play The Sims I get the same problem time and time again.


You have a very good DVD drive yet for some reason you seem to forget about this completely… rebooting can get annoying the fifth or sixth time that you have to do it but you seem to be unable to re-connect to your DVD drive when I get it to work without a reboot – where you proceed to forget about it again.


It’s gotten worse lately. Is this because you know I am replacing you for a newer, sleeker and quieter model? It’s not you; it’s me. I’m a perfectionist and a graphics whore – you have made me very happy over the years but you’ve reached your limit break and I need something that has a little more oomph to suit my needs.


So please try a little harder to remember that you have a DVD drive, stop forgetting to finish booting up so you don’t end up hanging in the black and white coding bit and stop confusing Windows XP so it tells me that ‘a serious error has occurred’ when you load up my desktop after I boot you up. If you can do this we should continue to have a nice working relationship; I would hate to fall out with you so close to the moment when we seal you in your coffin for the nice long rest that you deserve.

Regards
Dark.