you might like some of the starter houses I've built

heres a link to two of them
http://www.nectere.net/smf/index.php?topic=1037.0

another
http://www.nectere.net/smf/index.php?topic=1035.0

and another
http://www.nectere.net/smf/index.php?topic=1043.0

I have another one there but it isn't a starter house.





*laughs* nope, nothing new. I've been too busy working on and moving sims into Sleepyhaven, playing and working on my story. which if your reading it, I got two chapters up today and will have another up tomorrow.


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I have no clue about the broken beach lots, other then it being mentioned the last time I looked at the bv bug list wiki site thingy. I have sent beach lots I made to a friend of mine and she hasn't reported any problems with them.

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I hate basements in sims houses *shrugs* sorry, can't help.

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low terrain and ponds on pre-built lots don't mix. I've found they will punch holes in the terrain - removing the offending lot and entering a different hood and then returning, seems to fix those holes. 

Ponds 'dug' after the lot is placed are fine, as long as you don't try to move the lot to a different spot afterwards. That includes moving it to the lot bin and back, it will punch a hole, package it instead, if you want to save it.

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On some beach terrains, when wanting to start a new hood, I've found it's best to go around placing beach lots first, getting the terrain set for them. Then if I screw up, I can start over and try not to make the same mistakes    Once thats done, they can all be bulldozed. boring but worth it.

your very welcome Ziggy 

love the picture    The beach lots have really got me into decorating my hoods even more. It's so nice to look out over the water and see the lighthouse or other stuff, like the sunken ship (which looks great even when it isn't under water)

BV makes the game more visually appealing IMO 







Your welcome and Thank you    everyone needs a little spoiling in their life 

I've been enjoying making them, specially now that I'm getting better at it *laughs* 

no worries    I might download your beach lot myself *laughs* usually I just make my own lots.


your beach hut lot will fit on any of my terrains.

I'm really glad your enjoying this terrain. I find it much more fun to play when I really like the terrain.

and heres the 'lush' .png

I wanted a terrain that didn't feel quite so huge but would still have plenty of room if needed. So I played around in SC4 and came up with this one. I made one section on slightly higher ground (road on the farthest right).

shown using mostly the largest beach lots.




more beach lots could fit, if you want them too





the little sandbars are for those of us that like to decorate our hoods





lot view of the decorated sandbar





following post contains the 'lush' .png

the slope they were built on matters, thats why some won't place. I read about it over at mts2 in a terrain thread - Diamondbar Delta by Caupi

ahhh, yes, I can't stand 'wasted space' *laughs*  I think that is part of the reason I have trouble making smaller terrains     

I'm using my third terrain for my new hood (Sleepyhaven) and it seems huge now that I've been placing houses and community lots and can really see just how big it is. I decided to stick to one section of it and then branch out as the hood grows. With aging off and ACR, I may just need all that space *laughs*   When I make my next terrain, I will probably keep that 'too big' feeling in mind and try to divide the hood up into sections in some way to help diminish that feeling. 

 



with downloaded beach lots, the slope they were built on matters, thats why some won't place.

your welcome

I normally only have one hood at a time too ...but now I plan to have a second one...maybe even a third...


I plan on making some more terrains soon. I have one in my head bugging me 

numaari, I hope they are small enough for you. It's a bit hard to judge the size for TS2 when I'm in SC4.

Sleepysandbar2 - Shown using the largest beach lots. This time I managed to make a smaller one...

smaller ones were requested...


Sleepysandbar1 - Shown using mostly the largest beach lots. Many more can fit, i just got tired of placing them... I should have named it beach lot heaven, it's not really much smaller...





next post for Sleepysandbar2 

I do plan to make some smaller ones soon. I may work on atleast one tomorrow night.

but it isn't pausing and sending her back to the neighborhood like it is supposed too. I know someone else has had this problem before.

it's the same size as all TS2 terrains *laughs*  The edges could be because of me putting small mountains/hills along them. I dislike seeing the 'wild blue nothing' 

your both welcome 



ya, right, you just keep thinking that    800K would be a much better limit.

My zip with the sc4 file & .png was more then 640K but less then 700K 

here is the .png

Ok first I want to say that the original terrain is named Harmony it was made by Juliejaz1  at mts2
http://forums.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=251979

She truly did a wonderful job, the beach lots are totally flat


ok so I played yet again... pictures tell it all... they are all flat. Shown using mostly the largest beach lot.

Note: If like me you prefer the smallest beach lots - some spots will require a large beach lot to be placed first, then you can bulldoze it and place the small beach lots in those spots.





and many more could fit if you really want




enjoy

again, the zip with the .png will be attached in the next post since JM is so stingy with the allowed attachment size 

I never even noticed it almost looks like a ? *laughs* 

heres the .png

Ok first I want to say that the original terrain is named Harmony it was made by Juliejaz1  at mts2
http://forums.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=251979

She truly did a wonderful job, the beach lots are totally flat



ok so I played in SC4 again...

 

I didn't count the beach lots this time but I more then doubled the amount of small beach lots you can fit... all the ones I checked are flat too 



shown mostly with the largest beach lots 





a closer look at the little island




attached without the .png since it makes the file size too big for here

ok, thanks    I'll make sure I change the load order.

jsalemi, I will be uploading another terrain in a few minutes, it's a little smaller but fits more beach lots *laughs*


skandelouslala, your welcome 

*laughs* everyone is welcome. I may play around with it some more and make another version that will (hopefully) fit even more beach lots. 




I recently made a ragged, worn out, stained mini dress for a poor trailer trash sim *laughs*  It came out much better then I thought it would, hopefully it looks as good/nasty in-game.

Blackwiddow, thanks again for updating this hack 


I need to ask about a conflict though

*** POSSIBLE CONFLICT DETECTED ***
File Type: BHAV
Procedure Name: Interaction - Sunbathe
Group ID: 0x7F999502
Instance ID: 0x00001002
Packages Containing This Procedure:
\downloads\zz hacks\10 JM Pescado\sandcastlefix.package
\downloads\zz hacks\8 crammyboy\CBOY_nudist.package
 

Is this ok?  or should one load before the other? 

I recall getting a couple errors with sims when they tried to sunbathe but those may have been from another hack I was testing at the time (if I hit reset they would then sunbathe like they had planned to do, none sunbathed naked) or it may have been because I hadn't set the naked options yet. Anyway, I started my new hood all over again but soon I'll actually have sims to play again. I'll see if I get that error again.