Thanks everyone. I really appreciate your input. I'm in building mode with all of the new tools and options in NL. I haven't been inspired in a while, so I'm actually having fun building. I never upload terrains because I know they cause problems. I usually upload unfurnished lots because that seems to be the preference but really have a hard time doing it because I love decorating and think that even if all of my decor is deleted they may use the same layout or get the general idea of what I was going for, but another benefit to unfurnished is that they are very small files.
Small and medium lots do not seem like the most popular downloads but I like building on them because as cool as the huge lots can be I hate having a huge beautiful lot that's not any fun to play because it lags my PC.
Trey I tend to stick to ranch style homes for playing as well as I hate sending them up and down stairs and flipping between the levels when I am trying to see what my silly Sims are up too. I love a good ranch style home with a great floor plan. But I usually build two story homes for uploads. (They just tend to be not so blah.)
I am a horrible landscaper. My yards tend to be pretty average. Every now and then I get a cool idea, but the gardeners get on my nerves and I always forget to water the flowers and end up with dead dirt. So I stick to trees, potted plants, ponds and pools for outdoor decoration.
Blue, question about custom terrains. I didn't know about the terrains causing crashes when deleted like most simmers until after I had used a few. If I manually go house to house and cover the custom terrains with Maxi's terrains, will that make it so that I can delete the custom stuff without making my lots unplayable?
Anywho, thanks again everyone. Sorry to get so wordy, it's late, I have a huge headache and I think I'm getting delirious. So without further ado. I'm going to ditch for the night before I end up nominated in RL.
Good night.