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#1
25th May 2015 at 5:41 PM
Last edited by Hood Building Group : 9th Jun 2016 at 4:53 PM.
25th May 2015 at 5:41 PM
Last edited by Hood Building Group : 9th Jun 2016 at 4:53 PM.
City Life/Urban Neighborhood Project - Emerald Heights - TS2 Base Game Only
See the results, we've got. http://www.poll-maker.com/results28...554b4b-11#tab-2
So, we started with this project. It's currently called Emerald Heights
Since this is a urban neighborhood, we're planning to include about 15-20 families or more.
You can change the lot zoning if you want. We have too many residential lots so you can convert a residential lot into a community lot.
You can join us with our project if you want but please take note of the following "rules":
- The houses must be base game compatible; the houses must be created in a TS2 only AnyGame with no Maxis content.
- You may not use any CC. The house or the family must remain CC-free.
- You may build DIY EP lots, meaning you may build restaurants without restaurant stoves, podium but it must remain base game compatible.
- You can still create a family if you can't use the AnyGameStarter. Just create the sims as you would normally do. When you're done, upload the neighborhood where the family resides and we'll extract it and add it to our neighborhood.
- Unfortunately, this can't be done with the lots. Any lots that are created in an EP game can't be imported into a TS2 base game only game.
- You have to use the pacifier button if you want to create a child of two sims. If you want to create elders with an adult child, then you can create the elders as adults, generate a child and then age them up to elders and the child to an adult.
- You must not alter the offspring's genetics. You may roll the pacifier until you get the best looking sim but you must not change his/her facial structure, eye color or hair color. You can dye their hairs if you want but this needs to be done in the game.
- Make sure that the sims look unique, meaning no unaltered template faces.
- The families must not be played. You have to pause the game after move in.
Anyway, if you want to contribute this project, choose a lot number that is not striked out and we'll add you to the list.
Update 4th June 2016:
The empty (lots only) version of Emerald Heights is finished and is ready to be playtested. The inhabited version is in the works!
Valid, unclaimed numbers
No numbers left for build.
Lot Claim List:
No numbers left for build.
Done!:
Attached files:
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EH01 v36.7z (26.47 MB, 265 downloads) - View custom content | |
| Description: Emerald Heights V36 (Empty Lots Only) | ||
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#2
25th May 2015 at 5:56 PM
25th May 2015 at 5:56 PM
#3
25th May 2015 at 6:34 PM
25th May 2015 at 6:34 PM
So far so good! 
You might want to mention that we will first build up the neighborhood without any sims, so we have an occupied version as well as an empty version.
Also, to those who would like to participate, make sure you have these necessary hacks and fixes in your Downloads folder, here: http://modthesims.info/showthread.php?t=552685
BTW:
By Maxis content I'm assuming you mean Official Store and Exchange content? Not what we already have in the game itself? :S :P
Anyways, I'll take a look at the neighborhood now.
You might want to mention that we will first build up the neighborhood without any sims, so we have an occupied version as well as an empty version.
Also, to those who would like to participate, make sure you have these necessary hacks and fixes in your Downloads folder, here: http://modthesims.info/showthread.php?t=552685
BTW:
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| - The houses must be base game compatible; the houses must be created in an TS2 only AnyGame with no Maxis content. |
By Maxis content I'm assuming you mean Official Store and Exchange content? Not what we already have in the game itself? :S :P
Anyways, I'll take a look at the neighborhood now.
#4
25th May 2015 at 6:46 PM
25th May 2015 at 6:46 PM
#5
25th May 2015 at 8:13 PM
25th May 2015 at 8:13 PM
Quote: Originally posted by Redtwoface
| May I help with a lot and a family for this? |
Oh, yeah sure. Feel free to pitch in!
Okay, so I managed to build the museum:
So, what do you guys think?
Also, a new updated version of the neighborhood has been uploaded.
Attached files:
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EH01 V6.zip (7.22 MB, 47 downloads) - View custom content | |
#6
25th May 2015 at 9:00 PM
Last edited by M.M.A.A. : 25th May 2015 at 9:13 PM.
25th May 2015 at 9:00 PM
Last edited by M.M.A.A. : 25th May 2015 at 9:13 PM.
Quote: Originally posted by applesauce58
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I would love to participate in this and make a family and a lot if you don't mind :3. Only problem is that in my game i use defaults for some things and that bothers me if i need to take screenshots unless you guys do it because it will be purely maxis for you guys. Sorry if that's a nuisance to you guys. I said guy too many times there...sorry bout it |
Again, we appreciate all the help we can get!I'm not quite sure how different default replacements are from other types of CC, so you'll have to wait for the rest of the group members, maybe they know more about it. The reason why we try to make our neighborhoods CC free is for the sake of ease of installation and compatibility. If you can somehow manage to avoid having the default replacements in AnyGameStarter, that would be great.
Quote: Originally posted by applesauce58
Little added note: The museum looks awesomesauce 
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Thank you, applesauce! :P
#7
25th May 2015 at 9:17 PM
25th May 2015 at 9:17 PM
#8
25th May 2015 at 9:29 PM
25th May 2015 at 9:29 PM
Quote: Originally posted by lauratje86
| I would love to create a family, but I can't use AnyGame Starter (it used to work fine, now it won't run at all on my laptop....), so I'd need to create them and upload the neighbourhood that they're in so that you guys can extract them. Is that OK? |
Oh! Right! I forgot about this method! Yes, this could work.
applesauce58, as laura said, you could create your family in an empty neighborhood and we'll extract them and add them to this one. (Jawusa's a pro in the field of extracting sims.
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#9
25th May 2015 at 9:33 PM
Last edited by Jawusa : 25th May 2015 at 9:43 PM.
25th May 2015 at 9:33 PM
Last edited by Jawusa : 25th May 2015 at 9:43 PM.
#10
25th May 2015 at 9:39 PM
25th May 2015 at 9:39 PM
Quote: Originally posted by Jawusa
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I forgot to mention that. But they can still create the families. I can extract them and save them somewhere safe. I hope they won't create the lot and pack it together with the family. This would corrupt the neighborhood. We have to mention that. And, the link you've linked is in our secret social group. They can't see it. I'm not sure if they can see single posts as well. http://modthesims.info/showpost.php...244&postcount=2 |
Oh! Shoot! Forgot about the group's visibility restrictions! I guess we can place the list here:
Quote: Originally posted by Jawusa
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Anyway, I installed these mods. antiredundancy (to prevent extra NPCs) argon_alienarch (to fix the broken face templates) argon_archfix (to fix the broken face templates) creaturefixes (to fix the alien eyes) debugabductfix (to fix the "Debug - Get Abducted" command and abduction memories) ffsdebugger (to clear gossip) InSIMenator (UV) v2.9 DEST Edition (to change the time, add pregnancies, etc.) marriage-postmortum (to keep deceased spouses connected in the family tree) nocorruptdeath (to bypass a corruption causing bug) notownieregen (to prevent extra Townies) nounlinkondelete (to bypass a corruption causing bug) TeleporterShrubPlus (to make custom Townies, or move in sims, creating a household with more than 8 sims, etc.) |
Quote: Originally posted by Jawusa
| With no Maxis content, no Pleasantview townies/NPCs, no stealth hood sims, etc. In other words, an empty game. |
Ah! Ok! Thanks for clearing that up!
Quote: Originally posted by Jawusa
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Anyway, your museum looks stunning. Great job! |
Ah! Why, thank you!
#11
25th May 2015 at 9:42 PM
25th May 2015 at 9:42 PM
#12
25th May 2015 at 9:46 PM
25th May 2015 at 9:46 PM
#13
25th May 2015 at 9:53 PM
25th May 2015 at 9:53 PM
Quote: Originally posted by Jawusa
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Yes, you can create a family for that lot but we want to create two versions. An empty version and an inhabited version. So, you can create a family but don't move them in there. Create a new neighborhood with that family instead. I will take notes of their aspirations, descriptions, skills, and other details and recreate all of your sims once all of the lots are complete. Your lot looks nice, btw. |
Thanks!
Even though I have played this for a year after it came out I am not good at making lots from scratch so that means a lot to me!
#14
25th May 2015 at 10:15 PM
Last edited by marka93 : 25th May 2015 at 10:53 PM.
25th May 2015 at 10:15 PM
Last edited by marka93 : 25th May 2015 at 10:53 PM.
I took lot 56 and how do you want the house uploaded, in the hood or pack it up.
Screen shots to come.
V7 with my lot on Lot # 56 and the lot it self if needed.
Screen shots to come.
V7 with my lot on Lot # 56 and the lot it self if needed.
Attached files:
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EH01 V7.7z (4.56 MB, 40 downloads) - View custom content | |
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4 Harbor Drive lot 56.7z (575.7 KB, 37 downloads) - View custom content | |
#15
25th May 2015 at 10:57 PM
Last edited by Redtwoface : 26th May 2015 at 1:04 AM.
25th May 2015 at 10:57 PM
Last edited by Redtwoface : 26th May 2015 at 1:04 AM.
#16
26th May 2015 at 2:06 AM
26th May 2015 at 2:06 AM
#17
26th May 2015 at 6:08 AM
26th May 2015 at 6:08 AM
#18
26th May 2015 at 6:20 AM
26th May 2015 at 6:20 AM
I just wanted to add that we need high rise buildings for this urban neighborhood, even if that means only reaching the game's original limit of floor levels.
These high rise buildings could be anything like apartment buildings (not an actual AL-functioning apartment building, but a BG apartment building), skyscrapers (housing "offices"), towers, etc...
So feel free to build those as well.
These high rise buildings could be anything like apartment buildings (not an actual AL-functioning apartment building, but a BG apartment building), skyscrapers (housing "offices"), towers, etc...
So feel free to build those as well.
#19
26th May 2015 at 11:03 AM
26th May 2015 at 11:03 AM
I have an idea for number 37, a grand, old-ish house to sit opposite the museum, and an idea for a family, if that's okay? I have a working AnyGameStarter.
I think it might be an idea to set out which lots you want high rise buildings to occupy the space of, because to some extent while they don't have to be uniform, it would help create a cohesive "look" for the neighbourhood if they are close together, and some blocks are starting to be filled. I think that the right hand side blocks (19-24, 39-44, 54-59) would fit well so that the neighbourhood "rises to the right" and leads up to that radio tower, but I don't know. What do you think? Or are you after a more mixed-up look?
I would not mind creating a high rise or two, either. Either as convertible-to-apartments or as hood deco perhaps with a community lot on the base floor.
BTW, re: default replacements, if you create an empty AGS environment, defaults won't be present in that, only in your normal game. So it's not a problem to build/create sims with that in place, because they wouldn't be in place in the building environment
If you can't use AGS the other way to do it is rename your normal The Sims 2 folder to The Sims 2.main . The game will create a blank one when you load the game. Build in this. To revert to your normal game, rename the new The Sims 2 folder to The Sims 2.build and delete the .main suffix from your normal game.
I think it might be an idea to set out which lots you want high rise buildings to occupy the space of, because to some extent while they don't have to be uniform, it would help create a cohesive "look" for the neighbourhood if they are close together, and some blocks are starting to be filled. I think that the right hand side blocks (19-24, 39-44, 54-59) would fit well so that the neighbourhood "rises to the right" and leads up to that radio tower, but I don't know. What do you think? Or are you after a more mixed-up look?
I would not mind creating a high rise or two, either. Either as convertible-to-apartments or as hood deco perhaps with a community lot on the base floor.
BTW, re: default replacements, if you create an empty AGS environment, defaults won't be present in that, only in your normal game. So it's not a problem to build/create sims with that in place, because they wouldn't be in place in the building environment
If you can't use AGS the other way to do it is rename your normal The Sims 2 folder to The Sims 2.main . The game will create a blank one when you load the game. Build in this. To revert to your normal game, rename the new The Sims 2 folder to The Sims 2.build and delete the .main suffix from your normal game.
#20
26th May 2015 at 11:22 AM
26th May 2015 at 11:22 AM
#21
26th May 2015 at 1:07 PM
26th May 2015 at 1:07 PM
#22
26th May 2015 at 2:35 PM
26th May 2015 at 2:35 PM
Oh no, I would be terrible at making a creepy mansion, I fear! I'll leave 37, then, if it's a community lot. But I do like this project Perhaps it's best if I wait and see some of the other architectural styles first. I have a few ideas for families so far, but houses I'm less clear on.
Perhaps it's best if I wait and see some of the other architectural styles first. I have a few ideas for families so far, but houses I'm less clear on.
#23
26th May 2015 at 5:51 PM
26th May 2015 at 5:51 PM
#24
26th May 2015 at 5:58 PM
26th May 2015 at 5:58 PM
Oki doke I'm loading up to build now. However - I see a post that says I must have certain hacks installed, and the link takes me to a page I have no permission to view. Is a base game environment OK enough, or do I need to have these hacks, and what are they?
I'm loading up to build now. However - I see a post that says I must have certain hacks installed, and the link takes me to a page I have no permission to view. Is a base game environment OK enough, or do I need to have these hacks, and what are they?
#25
26th May 2015 at 6:11 PM
26th May 2015 at 6:11 PM
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