More Awesome Than You!

There's a table that came in the stuffeths from Life Stories that I like for the size and the design, but it has this great big honkin huge vase with flowers in the center. While it looks nice, it's a pain in the tuckus for taking pictures of dinner time conversations. Does anyone know if there's been any edits of the mesh done to remove the big arse flowers?

This is the table I mean:

(http://ang.mux.net/simpics/table.jpg)

What's the table called? I don't think I have it.

I'm staring at this table and... it does not look familiar. Are you sure it's from LS?

It's rather nice, except for the fact that the top looks about as substantial as a bit of clingfilm.

I do wonder what kind of moron glued the vase to the top. That's just tasteless and  inconsiderate when we have vases and deco items in the game that can be placed on top of tables.

And I'm still not sure what that racoon tail-like thing is on the left side....

I dunno, it seems like a reasonable move to me. I mean, if it weren't bolted to the table, someone might steal it. That's why *I* bolt everything to the table, including the paper plates and plastic sporks.

I don't have that file, but I could remove the vase and raccoon tail.

I'm thinking now it's not Life Stories stuff. I thought it was. Huh. I'll have to figure out where it's from.

I can send you the file if you want, LilBrudder. When I figure out where it's from and where it is in my downloads folder. :)

Celebrations?

I have all the jerked-over LS stuff and I don't have that table.

Yeah.. I'm not sure why I thought it was from Life Stories. Ever since I put it in that house (which is the first place I've used it), I've assumed it was from LS. I'm guessing now it's cc from somewhere. I'll have to poke around and see if I can figure out where it's from. It's a good table (I like 8 seaters), but that flower arrangement is just annoying.

I have Celebration Stuff and I don't have that table or the chairs. In fact I have all of the stuff packs and I don't have that dining set in any of them. I think the table & chairs set must be CC. Except for the unmoveable vase centerpiece it is lovely.

The "raccoon tail" is really the pull cord for the ceiling light.  ;)

So the ceiling light is also glued to the table?  :o

It's majick!  Flee!

Orikes, you could probably just upload it here.  I'm sure there are others (all the posters in this thread, for example) who would love to have it.

Do you want me to replace the table, or just make a new flowerless copy?

A flower-less copy would be wonderful. I don't hate the flower, it's just in the way sometimes. I'll find the file and upload it tonight when I get home from work.

As for the racoon tail... yeah. Stupid light pull danglies. I wish I could get rid of those too. I like those Tiffany style hanging lights, but they get in the way of so many pictures in camera mode.

Inge's ceiling light hider might help for photos.

AH-HA! I found it. I must have downloaded it at the same time I got all the life stories stuff, since that's what I associated it with. I'm very glad I started keeping pictures with all my folders to show me what the heck I've got.

It's the Arcadia Dining Room Table by Sim2Luxe. I'm not sure if it's free or I snagged it from PMBD. Either way, I've attached it here.

As for the ceiling lights... I've been considering that, Witch. There are some times when I like the hanging lights in the pictures, but more often than not, it's getting annoying. What I really wish I had is a ceiling. I found something on MTS2 that simulates having a ceiling, but I'm a little leery of giving it a try, since it seems a bit big and wonky. I like the idea of ceilings for pictures, but not for general play. Ah  well.

Orikes, you can do a search at MTS2 for something called a "Bottomfull Floor." These are floor tiles that can be seen from the floor below when you use them on the second floor (or right under the roof). You can edit the files to replace the textures with ones you like, or you can look up the tutorial for making these types of floors. The only issue is that they do make the graphics card work harder since it has to render both sides of the floor at once, so slow computers might not do too well with this.

The real ceiling tiles by jgwhiteus work really well, but it's a pain to add them to a large area because you have to do one tile at a time. Other than that they are great. I've had them since they came out.

The reason I would try the bottomful floors rather than the real ceiling tiles is that the floors can be quickly and easily added or removed, while the ceiling tiles have to be done one square at a time.

Sara I tried searching on mts2 for  Bottomfull Floor and didn't get nuffin.  :( :( :( :(

The Real Ceiling Tiles were the ones I was looking at. Do you know if these eat up too much of performance? I have a pretty decent machine, but on larger lots with numerous sims, I can experience some performance issues. I don't want to make it so I can't have visitors. :) It makes me feel better knowing you say they work well, though, Sara.

Cuz I'm a moron and added an extra "L" where there shouldn't be one.

You can start with these two. There are more on MTS2 and I think TSR too.

http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=211418
http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=215202


I think the real ceiling tiles don't affect performance too much.

Or at least supposedly they're better than the double-sided floors. There's an explanation somewhere in the double-sided floor tutorial for why they can affect performance. Personally, I haven't noticed any slowdowns from using them.

I use the ceiling tiles by jgwhiteus, and I think they're awesome - they can be flipped up and down, so they are visible from below but not from above. Very handy indeed. I have not seen any effects on performance (with my 1.2gb RAM).

They can be found here: http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=42789 (http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=42789)

ETA: I don't know if these were the ones you were talking about, but they need to be place one at a time, too. It's a pain, but it's worth it.

I'm going to give them a try. I'm assuming there's no conflict with Seasons, since no one has said anything.

Orikes, if you want, post the lamp too.

Then I can kill two birds with one stone.

It's actually the ceiling lamp that's in the base game, Lil'Brudder. I wouldn't have the first clue how to extract it and post it for modification. It's the one that comes in greens and golds. It has a matching wall lamp too. I can try and find a picture of it later.

By the way, Sara and everyone, I downloaded the ceiling tiles by jgwhiteus and I'm absolutely in love with them. It's a pain to have to put them in one at a time, but they're absolutely lovely in game. This will make my pictures so much better. no more ugly sky if I want to do an up angled shot.

I use those lamps all the time, and I've never seen a 'tail' hanging off of them. Are you sure it's not a custom lamp?

Very sure. You only see the pull string if you go into camera mode. There's a bunch of the hanging lamps that have danglies. Here's another one:

(http://ang.mux.net/simpics/pullstring.jpg)

See the thing that looks like a paint brush in the upper right? They only show up if you go into camera mode. If you're not in camera mode, when you get close enough to the lamp to see that type of thing, it disappears.

There's a problem.  I won't be able to fix the table because Blender won't recognize the file's .obj type.

Here is the reworked Table. Vase removed, recolorable Parts are now Glass and Base.

Awesome! Thank you, Havelock. And thanks for trying, Lil'Brudder.