pensblr replied to your photoset “More paneling because I wanted some with narrower individual boards. I...”

Thank you! Love the high-res textures. Lately, I have been on a swap-out as many low-res textures as possible kick.

Ohhhhhh, then you are either going to love me or want to murder me in my sleep. Possibly both. :)

But yeah, I decided I wanted all the things high-res for this new Strangetown project. Mostly because I’m going to be photo-editing all the pictures and I want things as nice-looking as possible to start with and not have to worry about pixellation in the background if I’m taking close-ups and stuff. So, that means I have to make a lot of crap since I’m pretty much building a downloads folder from the ground up for it. Build mode first, since I’ll be building lots for the place soon... 

bunsblr replied to your photoset “More paneling because I wanted some with narrower individual boards. I...”

One can never have enough paneling!

That’s my feeling! It’s versatile! You can use it inside as paneling or outside as vertical siding. Both were big mid-century, which is pretty much what I’ll be building so...yeah. One sets of walls, multiple purposes.

shaonharryandpannisim replied to your photoset “More paneling because I wanted some with narrower individual boards. I...”

I had resisted the pull of those sofas. But I can NOT, for the love of Maxis, resist THESE.

Resistance is futile. You will be assimilated. Your biological and technological distinctiveness will be added to our own.

newlibertysims replied to your photo “Napoleon, not being an asshole. For once. He actually got along quite...”

That street needs a Cat Licking sign.

Orrrrr the cat needs to stay out of the road. Then again, cats like roads. Nice and waaaaaaaaarm.... :)

fuzzyspork replied to your photo “Napoleon, not being an asshole. For once. He actually got along quite...”

It's a good thing random cars don't drive past the lots in TS2. XD

They do when you have that fire hydrant that makes car pool vehicles drive by occasionally! I’m not using that in this neighborhood, though. Not yet, anyway. I don’t reckon it has much vehicle traffic, what with there being only three households and all. :)

littleblondesim replied to your photoset “Meanwhile, over at the pool hall, schmoozing with Review Guy has its...”

http://www.wordlab.com/name-generators/ :)

See, I knew someone would point me at one! :) *is lazyass* Thank you!

kayleigh-83 replied to your post “Your game is so ugly. Maybe it's about time to step it up to 2017.”

In which my eyes roll so hard they fall out of my head and across the floor...... lmao honestly anon, get a life.

They have a life! IT IS FULL OF CHEAP WHISKEY! ;)

kayleigh-83 replied to your photo “I can’t be the only one who thinks the poses that Sim-kids strike...”

So agree! I kind of wish Sims retained some of it as they age, like maybe more active Sims stayed more "active" sleepers? Would have been extra cute!

It would have been! I mean, some people never grow out of being restless, flailing, bed-hogging sleepers. *side-eyes husband*

kayleigh-83 replied to your photo “Heh. Took a break from hurling invective at the game’s lighting to...”

That's such a creative idea to make Sim paintings out of it! I love hanging art or photography in my Sims homes that are of their own world, it adds a kind of realism I appreciate! Just like we would hang photos or paintings of our own world.

I have always kinda wanted to do the “take in-game pics and turn them into family pictures” thing...but I’ve never actually done it. One, because I just don’t have the patience to do posing. Two, because even if I had the patience I’m utterly bewildered by poseboxes. Like, how on Earth do you keep track of which box has what poses? Especially because most of them “helpfully” give the poses names like “Pose 1.” I’m just all WTF when it comes to them. 

But I can do scenery pics as paintings/photos, yeah! 

fuzzyspork replied to your photo “Heh. Took a break from hurling invective at the game’s lighting to...”

NICE! Also, if you ever want to hate something that used to be fun for you, just do it as your job for a while. XD

Exactly! That’s why I really didn’t want to be a musician when I grew up! I wanted to be an architect! Unfortunately, math and I have that whole hate/hate relationship going on, so no architecture degree for me! And, as it turns out, music is the only bankable talent I have, given that I have no interest in having a “real job” with bosses and stuff because I’d just get my ass fired if I tried to have one. So, here we are! Thankfully, it didn’t kill my lurve. Probably because it’s such a wide-ranging field, so if you hammer on one aspect of it as your job, there are all sorts of other things you can do for fun.

penig replied to your photoset “OK, game-graphics nerds! I haz question! (Yes, @celebkiriedhel, I’m...”

I had to look intensely to see what you were talking about. I do notice that in my game and I think of it as realism. Because you can see the lines between panels and breadths of wallpaper IRL.

Well, yeah, I can see that with wallpaper. It does have seams IRL, at least. But for flat painted walls, where the “gradient thing” is the most noticeable because there’s otherwise no pattern to distract your eye? Yeah, that doesn’t work as well. :) *still busily hurling invective at Maxis and their stupid lighting calculations and going why, why, WHYYYYYYYYY?!*

damask-wallpaper replied to your photoset “Technicolor was a series of processes used in filmmaking mostly...”

What a fun idea! Who doesn't love the technicolor look?

I love, love, love old movies, with a special fondness for B-movies from the 50s/60s done on the cheap with bad Technicolor when Technicolor was no longer cool. So, yeah, I love the look, myself, whether it’s done well or badly. I think it’ll be fun to photoedit pics for retro-Strangetown.

I kinda wonder if it might be possible to get ReShade to make the game itself look like it’s in Technicolor, but I’ve never managed to get ReShade to work with my TS2 install, so I can’t experiment with that. :(

acquiresimoleons replied to your photoset “Since his mama had decided to visit, Steven made a special dinner....”

Yaaay werewolf! (I'm pretty sure that's what's happening anyway lmao)

Yup, he’s a werewolf! :) I’ve always liked the transformation sequence in TS2. It’s so drama-ful. :)

sim-pudding-faces replied to your photo “And then it was time for Baby Aaron to grow up… Ermagerd, he’s cute!...”

Aww.. lil guy is trying to be stud at an early age, eh?

It’s all about the laydeez! Or maybe about the bois! Or maybe both! Dunno what he’ll like yet. But yes, a stud from infancy, he is. ;)

digitalangels replied to your post “Your game is so ugly. Maybe it's about time to step it up to 2017.”

I'd love to see how anon's game looks to see what is "stepping it up" in their books but I bet they're too much coward to give their name for us to see. And anyway, isn't half of the point in Sims games customizing it to look how *you* want *your* game to look like or have I been doing it wrong all these years?

Yeah, it’s kind of funny how such people who leave such messages don’t give you any points of reference. “Stepping it up” is meaningless without such things. I mean, how else are we to know if we’re “stepping it up” properly? 

No, really, I think some people are just really offended by non-Maxis-match and/or using older CC and/or shinier hair/skin textures these days. But, I’m uninterested in Maxis-match (for my own game; I like looking at other Maxis-matchers’ pics, though!), and I like a bit of shine because we do not live in a matte/cartoony world, so such folks and me will just never see eye-to-eye when it comes to game aesthetics. And that’s OK by me, but apparently not by them. Or something. I’m still going with “bottle of whiskey + nothing better to do on a Friday night so let’s *hurr hurr* try to make people angry” theory. To each their own!

newlibertysims replied to your photo “GilsCarburg, in moody Technicolor. ;) OK gotta stop fiddling with this...”

Reminds me of lazy, hazy, crazy days of...fall. XD

Fall! Fall is good! I can’t wait to get this whole summer business over with! I need to live in a place where it’s fall year-round. Which pretty much means another planet, but hey! I’m game for that!

newlibertysims replied to your post “Your game is so ugly. Maybe it's about time to step it up to 2017.”

Nothing wrong with being 2008 hot. Just ask Jenna Marbles!

*had to look up Jenna Marbles because I’m totally un-hip to the whole “youtube personality” thing* But yeah! Totally! Other than finding my soulmate in 2013, I think this decade totally bites, personally. Actually, now that I think about it, so far this century ain’t so great, IMO. Tonight, we’re gonna party like it’s 1999. ;)

penig replied to your post “Your game is so ugly. Maybe it's about time to step it up to 2017.”

I think, from the voice of certain anons you've responded to lately that you've picked up my stalker. She doesn't like taking responsibility for what she says by putting a face on. And she is persistent as heck.

O RLY?! Oh, the fun we will have, then! Bring it on, anon, bring it on!

fuzzyspork replied to your link “Tips For Manipulating The Sourness Of Your Sourdough”

Ah! I needed this too! I always hated the sourdough we used to make because it was way too tangy (hubby loved it though). He works for a German company and one of the managers offered him some of her 100+ year old starter. I'll have to give it a shot.

Oh, yeah, totally. I’d definitely take her up on her offer. Even if it’s not to your taste to start, you can futz with it. You could even split it and develop a tangier starter and a not-so-tangy one, to suit both your tastes. ‘Course, then you’ve got double the upkeep, but it might be worth it...

fuzzyspork replied to your post “Your game is so ugly. Maybe it's about time to step it up to 2017.”

TS2 is 13 years old. I have no idea what "step it up to 2017" even means.

Right? I mean, TS2 is almost from the last century and all. Why must we force it into crappy 2017? I think it would make it cry. ;) 

...Unless we’re talking 2017BCE. That would be cool...

celebkiriedhel replied to your photo “Steven does the annoyed potty-training faces, too. Yes, it’s an...”

But what a manly hairy chest!!

Yeah, the GilsCarbo men are hairballs. ;) Well, the three of them so far, anyway. ;)

celebkiriedhel replied to your post “acquiresimoleons replied to your post: ...”

I used to keep mine on top of the fridge - the top of the fridge was warm from the motor. :)

That’s a good spot, too! The fridges in our places are built-ins, though, so you can’t put stuff on top of them. Which actually sort of sucks, but on the other hand the aesthetics of built-ins please me, so....Rock, hard place. ;)

celebkiriedhel replied to your link “Tips For Manipulating The Sourness Of Your Sourdough”

Thanks for this! I used to make my own bread when I was younger, and I miss having a sourdough starter living in my house.

It is rather fun when the oldest thing in your house is a living being. :)

celebkiriedhel replied to your post “Your game is so ugly. Maybe it's about time to step it up to 2017.”

LOL. Lets play 'How old the anon is'! My guess is early teens, with an entitlement phase of a toddler.

Yeah, if the “whiskey + lack of social life” theory isn’t correct, then I’m going with Age ~15. (No offense to sane 15-year-olds out there, but some of y’all...)  Of course, being 15 and the “whiskey + lack of social life” theory aren’t necessarily mutually-exclusive, so...

unoriginalkirsten replied to your photo “And then it was time for Baby Aaron to grow up… Ermagerd, he’s cute!...”

That is spectacular baby balancing right there!

Like those folks who can balance spinning basketballs on their fingertips! Of course, balancing a spinning baby is far more impressive...

alicephant replied to your post “Your game is so ugly. Maybe it's about time to step it up to 2017.”

Lol how dare you have a game that you find aesthetically pleasing �� anon is a poo head.

Is it just me, or is “poo head” just a way better insult than “shithead?” I mean, the former, when done right, is just so much more condescending. (And not in the Regency-era sense of the word, either. ;) ) But yeah, I agree. :)

landgraab replied to your post “Your game is so ugly. Maybe it's about time to step it up to 2017.”

"I don't like *your* game, so change it!!!"

heavensims replied to your photoset “Bedrooms in this house. The top row is the master and includes a...”

Love the bedspread in the first and last!

Ahhhh, yes, Jonesi bed blanket slaves, all of ‘em. I swear, I cannot decorate without JBB slaves and a billion recolors of the Holy Simoly curtains. Which, you know, is lame, but...Well, that’s me. :)

didilysims replied to your photoset “I took a break from “building” a river to finish this lot. It’s...”

I like it! I was thinking not so long ago about how so many neighbourhoods are filled with trees, and it looks great (I'm such a fan of trees), but there are a lot of real life places more open less "tree-y" and there's a different kind of lonely beauty in that expansiveness too.

Well, aren’t you poetic? :) No, seriously, I’m a desert girl. I like lush landscapes as much as the next person...for a time. Like for a vacation. But when it comes to day-to-day living...Yeah, I like desert. Or at least arid, since where I usually live is not really desert but is only a notch or two above it in terms of rainfall. It’s got the desert soil, dry and clay-y and colorful, but it has more plant life, albeit mostly in the form of scrub and trees that can tolerate less water, like junipers and aspens and scrub oak and some species of pine. Ponderosas, mainly. Also, it has permanent rivers/streams thanks mostly to snowmelt, as opposed to riverbeds that only have water in them for a short time after there’s been a storm. Methinks I’ll be building a river in this neighborhood, too. Just not sure where, since with the way I’m doing it, it can’t overlap actual playable lots but CAN wind between them, with careful Lot Adjusting...

Anyway, yeah, since I’m currently in San Francisco, which is the opposite of desert, and probably will be for a while, I’m homesick. So, we attempt to build something home-like in my game... I’m really thankful for @ousmeo‘s scrub oak neighborhood deco. It’s making the place look much more authentic. :)

thewynd replied to your photoset “Some interiors and the floor plans for this house. Sorry that the...”

that master bath is awesome!!!!

Thanks! I do like to build elaborate master baths. :) They’re probably my favorite rooms to make, actually, likely because they’re my favorite rooms to live in IRL, too. (Mmmmm, Jacuzzi tubs and rain showers and....) It’s usually hard to take pictures of them because they end up so compartmentalized. though. That one had a little more room to move the camera around in. 

celebkiriedhel replied to your photoset “Some interiors and the floor plans for this house. Sorry that the...”

You mean there aren't enough recolours? LOL (look at MTS on mine)

Yeah, I know. Thing is, I haven’t switched to your repositoried version of the set yet. (At least, I think it was you who repo’d it. :) ) And I’m not sure I want to because I only ever use like three pieces of the set and I don’t want all the other pieces cluttering up my catalog and I don’t want to have to go through and change out the doors/windows I’ve already used on lots. Sooooo, I have to decide if I want to get the repo’d set and prune the slaved pieces I don’t use and replace doors/windows in houses (or change out GUIDs, maybe) OR if I just want to go ahead and recolor those three pieces I use in the non-repo’d original set. Decisions, decisions. :)

bunsblr replied to your photo “It’s starting to feel like home…”

Amazing garden.

Thanks! It is a lot like the “landscaping” (Which is really more like anti-landscaping) at my place at home. Also, it looks a lot better since I made most of the stuff I used visible in the neighborhood view. I guess it wasn’t because it’s mostly all cloned from deco flowers, oddly enough, and not trees/shrubs. Which is nice because no maintenance needed. (I can’t imagine having to “water” all that stuff! LOL) But yeah, no neighborhood view by default. But at least I know how to fix that. :)

thewynd replied to your photo “It’s starting to feel like home…”

that looks so real.

Thank you! That is my goal. :) Wouldn’t help with the homesickness if it didn’t look real. Or at least as real as I can make it with the tools I have at hand, that is.

holleyberry replied to your photoset “Living area interior pics of this house. I’ll have pics of the...”

I love all the plants! The planters on the windows is an awesome idea.

I kinda love plant shelves. I have one halfway up the window wall of my house, so it’s something I do when I build window walls in-game. True, in my house the plants on it are all fake because IRL I have a black thumb and my house is the place where plants go to die, but... :) Of course, the bad thing about fake plants is that you have to dust them. I don’t know which is more of a pain: Maintaining real plants or dusting fake ones...

raptorsims replied to your photo “Screwing around with the Lot Adjuster in order to create an on-lot...”

This is amazing iCad! You're always inspiring my game with all the awesome stuff you do!

Aw, thank you! :D I just get these crazy ideas sometimes and want to see if they’ll work. I originally got the game just to build stuff in it and, to this day, I still enjoy building/decorating neighborhoods a little more than I enjoy actually playing them. I guess it’s why I do BACCs so that I’m forced to build as I play instead of just getting absorbed in building and forgetting all about the playing part.

didilysims replied to your photo “Finally got around to making some neighborhood deco placeable anywhere...”

Oh yes! Alleys! Cranes! Everything!! Thanks so much. :D

Yes, I FINALLY got around to fixing those alleys! I use them all the time in downtowns but I always sorta forget that, as is, you can’t place them on lots. So when I went to use them, I usually ended up screaming and cursing. But...no more! :)

bunsblr replied to your photoset “Riverton’s “river,” to date. So far, it’s 8 lots “long.” I think it’ll...”

That's dedication right there!

More like insanity. :) Still got a couple of lots to do on that project, but I’m taking a break from the repetitiveness of it. I so wish you could use the Lot Adjuster while the game is running! :)

taylors-simblr replied to your photo “Finally got around to making some neighborhood deco placeable anywhere...”

Thank you for this :D I have those cranes and it's always annoyed me how fiddly they are to place

Yeah, me too!  I mean, usually I use them in “blocks” of neighborhood deco when a downtown in “under construction” (and when is a downtown NOT under construction? :) ), so it isn’t so bad...unless there’s a road nearby, since it seems that something can be pretty far away from a road, but the game still insists that it IS on the road. But it’d be nice to use them on buildings that actually ARE under construction, and for that, they need to be able to go on lots, too. Also, they’re nice-looking, especially in lot view. They’re probably, like, insanely high-poly, but..,meh. :)

shegamerxo replied to your post “ethanmcgregor replied to your photo “I think this set wins an award...”

I love your creations. I'm in love with your work and I've filled my neighbourhood for my new series with your lots and cc ����

Aw, thank you very much! It makes me very happy to know that people like/use the stuff I make. :) I’ll probably have some new stuff, soon, as I’m amassing quite a list of stuff to recolor for these desert-y lots I’m building. *sigh*

kayleigh-83 replied to your photo “CycloneSue’s Alpine Windows and Doors, or as I call them the “window...”

Thank you for sharing this, I've been looking for stuff like this for a while and they may work very nicely on a lot I was building that I kind of gave up on a little, because I didn't have the right windows!! Hooray!