In Round 33's summary, I said that round took forever but this one really took forever! I enjoyed it (crashing issues and pink flashing aside) but I am glad to say goodbye to it as well. Here's a rundown of what went on.
Births: 4 (Alex Moretti, Cole Hamilton, Wren Novak and Oscar and Stella Lachance)
Deaths: 1 (Hanna Novak)
Engagements: 3 (Jack and Audrey Benton, Amar Hamilton and Adrienne Novak, Edward Lachance and Lucy Gray)
Marriages: 2 (Malcolm and Hope Novak, Jack and Audrey Benton)
Break-ups: 0
Graduations: 4 Anthony and Veronica Moretti, Noah Gottlieb, Adelaide Sitko
New residents: 0
Total population: 146 (72 males and 74 females)
Babies: 4
Toddlers: 7
Children: 24
Teens: 13
Adults: 76
Elders: 22
I've put new residents as zero but that can't be right. The population count was 139 last round but I've gone up by 7, with only 4 babies and 1 death. So apparently, 4 people entered the hood, somehow? I have no idea who they were, so I haven't listed them. Just noting that I am aware of the discrepancy!
Tuesday, 31 December 2013
Friday, 27 December 2013
Thursday, 19 December 2013
Friday, 13 December 2013
Saturday, 7 December 2013
Lot tour: Steve and Olivia's house
I haven't been doing a lot tour for all of my new houses but seeing I actually built this one, I thought it was definitely warranted!
The next family in the play schedule is the Nihill household, so obviously, they needed a house. I had them living in a lovely downloaded one with all the bedrooms on the basement level. When I moved them in, I thought that wouldn't annoy me but it only took about 30 seconds trying to decorate it for me to realise that it was going to drive me insane! Then I actually went insane and decided to build a house, which I very rarely do.
So here it is.
The next family in the play schedule is the Nihill household, so obviously, they needed a house. I had them living in a lovely downloaded one with all the bedrooms on the basement level. When I moved them in, I thought that wouldn't annoy me but it only took about 30 seconds trying to decorate it for me to realise that it was going to drive me insane! Then I actually went insane and decided to build a house, which I very rarely do.
So here it is.
Saturday, 30 November 2013
Friday, 22 November 2013
Saturday, 16 November 2013
Expanded genetics
In the notes for my last update, I talked about the new genetic system I'm using and said I would chase up the link to the thread, if anyone was interested. Tanja was and on the chance she wasn't the only one, I'm adding it here too.
So...Simmerville at The Sims Daily started this fantastic thread quite a while ago, talking about his/her (most simmers seem to be female but Simmerville has always used male avatars, so I think they might be a guy?) genetic system in TS3, used to decide whether a sim will have freckles, glasses and their level of hairiness. It's an interesting read.
If you're a member of N99, you can also read this thread, where I talk a bit about how I'm planning to adapt it to my own game. I'd never really thought about an actual system for this kind of thing before but I was immediately excited when I read Simmerville's thread!
It's almost a year later now (wow!) and I've been thinking about this a bit and deciding how I will implement it into my own game. I'm going to write this as if you've read Simmerville's original post in the thread I linked to, so go read that!
So...Simmerville at The Sims Daily started this fantastic thread quite a while ago, talking about his/her (most simmers seem to be female but Simmerville has always used male avatars, so I think they might be a guy?) genetic system in TS3, used to decide whether a sim will have freckles, glasses and their level of hairiness. It's an interesting read.
If you're a member of N99, you can also read this thread, where I talk a bit about how I'm planning to adapt it to my own game. I'd never really thought about an actual system for this kind of thing before but I was immediately excited when I read Simmerville's thread!
It's almost a year later now (wow!) and I've been thinking about this a bit and deciding how I will implement it into my own game. I'm going to write this as if you've read Simmerville's original post in the thread I linked to, so go read that!
Friday, 15 November 2013
Dog paddle
Sunday, 10 November 2013
Monday, 4 November 2013
Sunday, 27 October 2013
Wednesday, 16 October 2013
Friday, 11 October 2013
The only one I know
Round 34: August 2040 (Winter)
Anthony Moretti is 23 and Noah Gottlieb is 22.
Narrated by Noah Gottlieb
Anthony wasn’t too thrilled with my levels of cleanliness when I moved in but thankfully, he’s given up on nagging me now and has hired a maid.
Sunday, 6 October 2013
Lot tour: Anthony and Noah's place
I'm ready to play (as soon as I get the time!) but I thought I'd put up this lot tour anyway, seeing you guys seem to like them. :) This is Anthony and Noah's place. To refresh your memories, Anthony and Noah are best friends and first cousins. Anthony won quite a bit of money as a teenager, which his parents held in trust for him. Right after college, he bought a house and Noah moved in as a roomie. I lost that first house when I rebuilt my hood but this is one of the cases where I actually don't care at all. This one is much more suited to Anthony than the other one (which I don't think you guys ever saw).
Anyway! The house is from MTS and is mostly untouched on the outside, apart from changing the fence. I don't like low fences all the way around a lot, personally.
Friday, 27 September 2013
Wednesday, 11 September 2013
Lot tour: Rob and Patience's place
I hope to have a story update for you soon but I thought I'd throw up a lot tour of Rob and Patience's new house in the meantime.


Here is the exterior. I downloaded the house from MTS. It was intended for another family (can't even remember who now!) at first but when I checked it out in game, it seemed a bit fancy for them. I thought of Rob and Patience right away though, so I moved them in.
Sunday, 1 September 2013
Monday, 12 August 2013
Friday, 26 July 2013
Sunday, 14 July 2013
Lot tour: Anna and Emil's house
Anna and Emil are the family up in my game, so like everyone else, they needed a new house. I did this one for them this week. You can download the original version from MTS. I've changed the layout slightly, because I just can't with front doors opening into the kitchen! Just one of my little things.


So here it is! There is also a pretty awesome pool off to the side, which you can't see. You can probably see it better at MTS. I've barely touched the outside at all. Please don't mind the windows! I meant to change them all to the ones on the right but apparently, I got distracted. ;)
Sunday, 7 July 2013
Sunday, 23 June 2013
Lot Tour: Veronaville Villa Makeover
For the N99 Project in May, the challenge was to make over the Veronaville Villa, a house in the EA hood of Veronaville and turn it into a community lot. I didn't get started on it until June, because I had absolutely no clue what I was going to do with it! You've already seen this lot in the last update but I thought some of you might want to take a closer look at it as well.

Welcome to Exeter's as-yet-unnamed day spa, selectively photographed here so you can't see that there is bamboo poking through the roof at several points. ;)
Sunday, 16 June 2013
Saturday, 1 June 2013
Thursday, 16 May 2013
We'll inherit the earth
Round 34: April 2040 (Autumn)
last update/next update
(Jonas is 62, Nick is 37, Sarah is 35, Mitchell is 21, Declan, Justin, Xavier and Lauren are 19, Thomas is 9, Ryan is 8 and Catherine is 6)
Narrated by Austin Carmody
Once Lauren went off to college, Mum and Dad started to look around for a new house. Seeing I’m still living at home for the time being, I moved with them. Most people downsize when their kids leave home but this place is actually bigger.
Tuesday, 30 April 2013
The Benton-Lachance wedding
Round 34: April 2040 (Autumn)
Jack Benton and Audrey Lachance are 28.
When we first got engaged, Jack and I were hoping to hold the wedding at home but we didn’t get very far into planning before we realised it was going to be much more work than we’d counted on!
Wednesday, 17 April 2013
She bangs the drums
Wednesday, 3 April 2013
Where are you?
Round 34: March 2040 (Autumn)
last update/Mitchell's next update/next update
Mitchell Carmody is 21 and Tim Lane and Eddie Gentry are 20.