https://littlecarping.com/mybb/ Sun, 31 May 2026 03:24:05 +0000 MyBB https://littlecarping.com/mybb/showthread.php?tid=62 Mon, 27 Jan 2020 19:20:07 +0000 https://littlecarping.com/mybb/showthread.php?tid=62 Wanderlust contest held in 2018.  This was my third submission to that contest. This is what I said about it at the time:

"A Ski Chalet in Waldigrenze Valley...
So, the first time I ever went skiing about a million years ago in Italy as a teenager, I didn't know it then, but I stayed in a classic Alpen chalet. I discovered a number of other things on that trip including cappucinos, that U-shaped and hanging valleys were, in fact, a thing despite what I thought about them in Geography classes and that proper Italian pasta, cooked by Italians tastes divine just dressed with olive oil and salt and pepper. So, in memory of that trip and in tribute to all things European (because I'm apparently not going to be one much longer), I present das Goldenrosen Landhaus, my version of an Alpine ski chalet (this one based in Austria by the name). These buildings are usually made of stone and wood and have interiors which feature warm wood tones, fur rugs and roaring fires - which is what I was going for."


  Front.jpg (Size: 381.78 KB / Downloads: 1047)

  max_GoldenrosenLandhaus.zip (Size: 1.76 MB / Downloads: 861) (more pictures below - scroll right down to bottom.  CC is in rar here on Sims File Share - explanation below of all included (or not))

This is a hotel lot. There are six rentable colour-coded bedrooms with attached bathrooms, a lounge with a bar, a dining room and a sauna. The rooms are a mix of single, double and family. It makes an ideal base for a mountain getaway (with skiing - how I wish sims could ski (I know about Chris Hatch's mod - just wish EAxis had done it, a winter sports EP would've been great)). The lot was made in AGS in an empty neighbourhood, has been cleaned of any sim references and then treated with Chris Hatch's lot cleaner. The Sims2Pack file was saved without any CC - you will have to download the needed CC (see below). You can load the lot without the CC but you will get a very stripped down version (decorate it yourself!) and a very pretty birch tree garden - not what was intended but nice anyway. Despite what the pictures show, the lot has never been played - those pictures are from a test version (so it has been play-tested).


  ReceptionandStairs2.jpg (Size: 332.59 KB / Downloads: 1041)

Note
I used the Mountain Fireplace in this lot. This is a BV fireplace which comes without a base (why EAxis?). To get round this problem, I built a piece of foundation underneath the bottom of the fireplace outside the lot (using the Lot Adjuster to do so). However, you might want to investigate this fix by Huge Lunatic at MTS and delete-and-replace the fireplace (deleting the foundation tile first) to get a base to generate. I didn't include this in the CC because it's a default/recolourable replacement mod.


  PhoneBooth.jpg (Size: 234.96 KB / Downloads: 993)
BTW, the phone was moved but might reset when you place the lot.  This is where it's meant to be.

Custom Content
There is quite a bit of CC used in the lot and a complete list follows. I packed the lot up without its CC but there is a link at the bottom of the page with a bundled rar file with all CC included to save you chasing round for it. All CC is included in the bundle except two items - Reyn's Open Underneath Deck Stairs and an OMSP (see below for links). If you don't have those items already, I'd advise you to go and get them since they are both a great enhancement to the game.

Content made by me
I made some CC for the lot as follows.  These are included in the bundle but are also available here on this site (with some extras not used on this particular lot)

• Chalet walls and floors - there are two wooden interior chalet walls made using a texture from High Resolution Textures. These are found in Paneling and cost $8.
  
• and a lovely wooden chalet floor with a texture from The Foundary, found in wooden floors and costing $7.
  
• There are three lodge walls - a wide-logged one called Log Cabin Siding used on the upper floors on the outside of the chalet and two narrower-logged walls, called Clapboard Siding, used on the sauna and the roof level, one horizontally laid, the other vertical. These textures were made by me (quite a long time ago now too). These are in Siding and cost $8.
  
• There is a simple brown recolour of the in-game Goth Aged Wood floor (see comparison picture) which was used for the ceilings. This is also in wooden floors and costs $8 (that was a mistake - it should be $6).
  
• Recolours of EAxis's Modern Tile GO! walls used in the bathrooms in yellow, purple and brown (there is also an orange version in the walls section of this site - it's not used here but I wanted that colour for the set). These were made so I could colour match the bedrooms and bathrooms. They are in Tiles and cost $1 just like the originals.
  
• Recolours of the IKEA SVEJE Rug used in the bathrooms in purple and brown (again an extra orange recolour elsewhere on this site and done for the same reason). I've always liked using these rugs in bathrooms. The rug is in Decorative>Rugs and costs $19.
  

Custom Content from elsewhere
Not included and not in bundle

Reyn's open underneath wooden deck stairs here and you also need Numenor's recolourable stairs too so that these work. The stairs used though aren't recoloured - they're just the base colour.
One of Silent Lucidity's OMSPs (small one, no. 3) from here.

Neither of these things is absolutely essential. If you don't have them already, both are really useful additions to the game but if you don't install, the game will just default to the regular deck stairs and give you a couple of free-floating wall shelves. You will need to replace the stairs in that case. I didn't include them in the bundle since they are such common CC and many, many people already have them.

Not included in lot file but bundled - you can use the links to find all the files or use my all-in-one bundle file, linked below.
4ESF Bushes here
4ESF Outdoor6 Olive bush
4ESF Outdoor6 Shrub and dark recolour

Faux Parisian Wall Clock by Adele
http://modthesims.info/d/282038

Aspire set by ulmille here
Aspire Ceiling Lamp med
Aspire Placemats made by ulmille plus recolour 2
Aspire Vase
Aspire Fireplace Wood

Around the Sims
ATS Magazines plus englishdeco recolour from the Beauty Salon set: here
From the Irish Pub Set: here
ATS Irish Pub - Bottle of beer 001
ATS Irish Pub - Decorative bottles 001 plus 'more' recolour
ATS Irish Pub - Decorative bottles 002
ATS Irish Pub - Glass of beer 001 plus 'more' recolour
ATS irish Pub - Hanging bottles 001 plus 'more' recolour
Skis From the Sports set: here
Skis plus yellow recolour

Beddings - taken from several places as follows. Some are rather old and, in a couple of cases, I have edited the textures to remove fuzzy areas and other small blemishes.

MJS Bedding by JupiterStar - Sugar and Spice 2_01
http://modthesims.info/d/483667

pjbedding Quilt 03 - I cannot find this one anywhere. I thought it was a fairly recently released file. If anyone knows who made it, please let me know. It's the yellow squared quilted bedspread

Red Sonja's Country Star 3 Quilt
http://www.modthesims.info/download.php?t=588783

S2D Red Crazy Quilt (edited) - by Sims 2 Day. It's a very old file (where I have tidied up the texture a little). Wayback Machine shows the site but no pictures - seems to be on p.35 of the bedding archive. Sims2Day is on the Graveyard as far as I know but the Graveyard is currently down so I can't check.

Simcastic Green Velvet Bedspread (edited)
Site long gone: The bedspread was one of four which can be seen on page four on the site's image on the Wayback Machine the files are also available at the Graveyard though that is currently down.

sunni Merlotte Bedding
http://www.sunni.us/merlottes.htm

Contempo Good Livin' chair by Bedwyr
Recolours in chestnut, custard, damson, herbgarden, maple and ocean here

Belle Maison Basic and Flower Circle Carpets by SweetAmberkins in Espresso, Forest, Midnight, Rouge, Royale, Tuscan
http://modthesims.info/d/583633

Pine trees and Snowdrops by Bienchen at http://sim2me.de. You can't give the direct download page link to this site but all are under Downloads>Objects>Plants and then 'Seasons Plants'
Pinie, gross
Pinie, klein plus blau, dunkler and gruener recolours
Pinie, lang plus dunkler and gruener recolours
Schneegloeckchen

BV and AL Recolours by Michelle
BV Bar seat Cushion Green Leather
http://modthesims.info/download.php?t=584192
BV Double Bed in Blackwood, Mahogany, White
BV Dresser (Foreign Flavour Dresser) in Blackwood, Mahogany, Whitewood
BV End Table (End Table by Splendid Scenes) in Blackwood, Mahogany, Whitewood
BV Single Bed in Blackwood, Mahogany, Whitewood
http://modthesims.info/download.php?t=581307
BV Customer's First Dining Table in Blackwood, Mahogany, Whitewood
BV TV Unit (Stationary Concierge by Splendid Scene) in Blackwood, Mahogany, Whitewood
http://modthesims.info/download.php?t=583215
Mission Coffee Table in AL Medwood
http://modthesims.info/download.php?t=587485
Easy Swing Door AL Med Wood
Solidity Door AL Medwood
http://modthesims.info/download.php?t=470796
Value Wood Lumbers Justa Door in AL Medwood
http://modthesims.info/download.php?t=518357

Macarossi Fancifully Fuzzy Fern
http://modthesims.info/d/190397

Original EA Sims Content
Decorative Plate "Mountain World" This object has been exclusively created for "Das offizielle die Sims 2 Magazin". www.Sims2Magazin.de - this was a downloadable freebie with BV

Gwenke plants at sims2artists.com
Rowan tree
https://sims2artists.com/index.php?topic=3294.0
Live large shrubby shrub (midbiscus) plus dark and olive recolours
https://sims2artists.com/index.php?topic=3402.0
Wild anemones
https://sims2artists.com/index.php?topic=3361.0

Dining Set by Hek
http://modthesims.info/d/280691
Polsterstuhl plus dunkel braun streifen (cushions) and buche dunkel (wooden frame) recolours
Massiver Holztisch (one tile) plus buche dunkel recolour
Massiver Holztisch (two tile)

Wooden Columns and Beams Redux by HugeLunatic
http://www.modthesims.info/download.php?t=427686
Horizontal Half Round Column 4 Tile
Horizontal Half Round Column 3 Tile
Vertical Round Column

kativip
Mushrooms AA
https://kativip.ucoz.ru/load/kativip/set...d/5-1-0-18
Grass SH: Homecoming Cemetery
https://kativip.ucoz.ru/load/kativip/set...y/5-1-0-32

Birch Tree Shrubby Larger by Khakidoo
http://modthesims.info/download.php?t=221689

Clump of grass mesh by Lethe_s
http://modthesims.info/d/202811

My Colonial Bathtub Curtain striped recolours in blue, candy apple red, green, lemon and lilac
https://littlecarping.com/mybb/showthread.php?tid=42

Miasmata conversions by Ohbehave (ohbehave007.blogspot.com). Download here
Items used:
Miasmata - Cabbage
Miasmata - Fern1 (MASTER)
Miasmata - Fern2 (SLAVE)
Miasmata - Fern3 (MASTER)
Miasmata - Fern5 (SLAVE)
Miasmata - Ground Clovers
Miasmata - Mushroom1
Miasmata - PineNeedles
Miasmata - Twigs1 (MASTER)
Miasmata - Twigs4 (MASTER)
Miasmata - Twigs5 (SLAVE)

Numenor - Lost and Found EAxis trees made usable
Scotch Pine http://modthesims.info/d/152290

Poppet Veil of Dream recolours in Red, Yellow, Brown, Darker Green, Darker Blue, Darker Purple
http://poppet-sims.tumblr.com/post/44023630505

Sleds by rosiedogsim http://modthesims.info/download.php?t=48331
A Sled to Hang on the Wall
Old Fashioned Wooden Sled

Link to bundle
I have packed all the CC up into a rar-file bundle which you can download in one for convenience. You can find it here on Sims File Share.  This is not all the CC bundled together in one package file (sometimes understood as the meaning of 'bundled') but simply a rar file containing all the CC files used separately (so you can delete those you don't want).

Thanks should go to Gayars for creating and hosting the contest, plus the judges and other contestants - that was a lot of fun! Also to Numenor for AGS and Chris Hatch for the lot cleaner tool.

Lot Size: 3x3
Lot Price (furnished): 166,832

  BalconyBreakfast.jpg (Size: 381.76 KB / Downloads: 931)

  BlueRoom2.jpg (Size: 262.86 KB / Downloads: 879)

  BrownRoom.jpg (Size: 296.19 KB / Downloads: 941)

  DiningfromGarden.jpg (Size: 373.66 KB / Downloads: 951)

  DiningRoom.jpg (Size: 464.35 KB / Downloads: 924)

  Entrance2.jpg (Size: 452.18 KB / Downloads: 930)

  FloorplansLowerFloor.jpg (Size: 273.19 KB / Downloads: 963)

  FloorplansMiddleFloor.jpg (Size: 464.84 KB / Downloads: 913)

  FloorplansUpperFloor.jpg (Size: 357.49 KB / Downloads: 865)

  Garden2.jpg (Size: 207.04 KB / Downloads: 873)

  GreenRoom.jpg (Size: 302.21 KB / Downloads: 938)

  Lounge.jpg (Size: 305.69 KB / Downloads: 929)

  LoungeTowardsReception2.jpg (Size: 395.87 KB / Downloads: 861)

  PurpleRoom.jpg (Size: 273.54 KB / Downloads: 925)

  YellowRoom.jpg (Size: 282.03 KB / Downloads: 896) ]]> Wanderlust contest held in 2018.  This was my third submission to that contest. This is what I said about it at the time:

"A Ski Chalet in Waldigrenze Valley...
So, the first time I ever went skiing about a million years ago in Italy as a teenager, I didn't know it then, but I stayed in a classic Alpen chalet. I discovered a number of other things on that trip including cappucinos, that U-shaped and hanging valleys were, in fact, a thing despite what I thought about them in Geography classes and that proper Italian pasta, cooked by Italians tastes divine just dressed with olive oil and salt and pepper. So, in memory of that trip and in tribute to all things European (because I'm apparently not going to be one much longer), I present das Goldenrosen Landhaus, my version of an Alpine ski chalet (this one based in Austria by the name). These buildings are usually made of stone and wood and have interiors which feature warm wood tones, fur rugs and roaring fires - which is what I was going for."


  Front.jpg (Size: 381.78 KB / Downloads: 1047)

  max_GoldenrosenLandhaus.zip (Size: 1.76 MB / Downloads: 861) (more pictures below - scroll right down to bottom.  CC is in rar here on Sims File Share - explanation below of all included (or not))

This is a hotel lot. There are six rentable colour-coded bedrooms with attached bathrooms, a lounge with a bar, a dining room and a sauna. The rooms are a mix of single, double and family. It makes an ideal base for a mountain getaway (with skiing - how I wish sims could ski (I know about Chris Hatch's mod - just wish EAxis had done it, a winter sports EP would've been great)). The lot was made in AGS in an empty neighbourhood, has been cleaned of any sim references and then treated with Chris Hatch's lot cleaner. The Sims2Pack file was saved without any CC - you will have to download the needed CC (see below). You can load the lot without the CC but you will get a very stripped down version (decorate it yourself!) and a very pretty birch tree garden - not what was intended but nice anyway. Despite what the pictures show, the lot has never been played - those pictures are from a test version (so it has been play-tested).


  ReceptionandStairs2.jpg (Size: 332.59 KB / Downloads: 1041)

Note
I used the Mountain Fireplace in this lot. This is a BV fireplace which comes without a base (why EAxis?). To get round this problem, I built a piece of foundation underneath the bottom of the fireplace outside the lot (using the Lot Adjuster to do so). However, you might want to investigate this fix by Huge Lunatic at MTS and delete-and-replace the fireplace (deleting the foundation tile first) to get a base to generate. I didn't include this in the CC because it's a default/recolourable replacement mod.


  PhoneBooth.jpg (Size: 234.96 KB / Downloads: 993)
BTW, the phone was moved but might reset when you place the lot.  This is where it's meant to be.

Custom Content
There is quite a bit of CC used in the lot and a complete list follows. I packed the lot up without its CC but there is a link at the bottom of the page with a bundled rar file with all CC included to save you chasing round for it. All CC is included in the bundle except two items - Reyn's Open Underneath Deck Stairs and an OMSP (see below for links). If you don't have those items already, I'd advise you to go and get them since they are both a great enhancement to the game.

Content made by me
I made some CC for the lot as follows.  These are included in the bundle but are also available here on this site (with some extras not used on this particular lot)

• Chalet walls and floors - there are two wooden interior chalet walls made using a texture from High Resolution Textures. These are found in Paneling and cost $8.
  
• and a lovely wooden chalet floor with a texture from The Foundary, found in wooden floors and costing $7.
  
• There are three lodge walls - a wide-logged one called Log Cabin Siding used on the upper floors on the outside of the chalet and two narrower-logged walls, called Clapboard Siding, used on the sauna and the roof level, one horizontally laid, the other vertical. These textures were made by me (quite a long time ago now too). These are in Siding and cost $8.
  
• There is a simple brown recolour of the in-game Goth Aged Wood floor (see comparison picture) which was used for the ceilings. This is also in wooden floors and costs $8 (that was a mistake - it should be $6).
  
• Recolours of EAxis's Modern Tile GO! walls used in the bathrooms in yellow, purple and brown (there is also an orange version in the walls section of this site - it's not used here but I wanted that colour for the set). These were made so I could colour match the bedrooms and bathrooms. They are in Tiles and cost $1 just like the originals.
  
• Recolours of the IKEA SVEJE Rug used in the bathrooms in purple and brown (again an extra orange recolour elsewhere on this site and done for the same reason). I've always liked using these rugs in bathrooms. The rug is in Decorative>Rugs and costs $19.
  

Custom Content from elsewhere
Not included and not in bundle

Reyn's open underneath wooden deck stairs here and you also need Numenor's recolourable stairs too so that these work. The stairs used though aren't recoloured - they're just the base colour.
One of Silent Lucidity's OMSPs (small one, no. 3) from here.

Neither of these things is absolutely essential. If you don't have them already, both are really useful additions to the game but if you don't install, the game will just default to the regular deck stairs and give you a couple of free-floating wall shelves. You will need to replace the stairs in that case. I didn't include them in the bundle since they are such common CC and many, many people already have them.

Not included in lot file but bundled - you can use the links to find all the files or use my all-in-one bundle file, linked below.
4ESF Bushes here
4ESF Outdoor6 Olive bush
4ESF Outdoor6 Shrub and dark recolour

Faux Parisian Wall Clock by Adele
http://modthesims.info/d/282038

Aspire set by ulmille here
Aspire Ceiling Lamp med
Aspire Placemats made by ulmille plus recolour 2
Aspire Vase
Aspire Fireplace Wood

Around the Sims
ATS Magazines plus englishdeco recolour from the Beauty Salon set: here
From the Irish Pub Set: here
ATS Irish Pub - Bottle of beer 001
ATS Irish Pub - Decorative bottles 001 plus 'more' recolour
ATS Irish Pub - Decorative bottles 002
ATS Irish Pub - Glass of beer 001 plus 'more' recolour
ATS irish Pub - Hanging bottles 001 plus 'more' recolour
Skis From the Sports set: here
Skis plus yellow recolour

Beddings - taken from several places as follows. Some are rather old and, in a couple of cases, I have edited the textures to remove fuzzy areas and other small blemishes.

MJS Bedding by JupiterStar - Sugar and Spice 2_01
http://modthesims.info/d/483667

pjbedding Quilt 03 - I cannot find this one anywhere. I thought it was a fairly recently released file. If anyone knows who made it, please let me know. It's the yellow squared quilted bedspread

Red Sonja's Country Star 3 Quilt
http://www.modthesims.info/download.php?t=588783

S2D Red Crazy Quilt (edited) - by Sims 2 Day. It's a very old file (where I have tidied up the texture a little). Wayback Machine shows the site but no pictures - seems to be on p.35 of the bedding archive. Sims2Day is on the Graveyard as far as I know but the Graveyard is currently down so I can't check.

Simcastic Green Velvet Bedspread (edited)
Site long gone: The bedspread was one of four which can be seen on page four on the site's image on the Wayback Machine the files are also available at the Graveyard though that is currently down.

sunni Merlotte Bedding
http://www.sunni.us/merlottes.htm

Contempo Good Livin' chair by Bedwyr
Recolours in chestnut, custard, damson, herbgarden, maple and ocean here

Belle Maison Basic and Flower Circle Carpets by SweetAmberkins in Espresso, Forest, Midnight, Rouge, Royale, Tuscan
http://modthesims.info/d/583633

Pine trees and Snowdrops by Bienchen at http://sim2me.de. You can't give the direct download page link to this site but all are under Downloads>Objects>Plants and then 'Seasons Plants'
Pinie, gross
Pinie, klein plus blau, dunkler and gruener recolours
Pinie, lang plus dunkler and gruener recolours
Schneegloeckchen

BV and AL Recolours by Michelle
BV Bar seat Cushion Green Leather
http://modthesims.info/download.php?t=584192
BV Double Bed in Blackwood, Mahogany, White
BV Dresser (Foreign Flavour Dresser) in Blackwood, Mahogany, Whitewood
BV End Table (End Table by Splendid Scenes) in Blackwood, Mahogany, Whitewood
BV Single Bed in Blackwood, Mahogany, Whitewood
http://modthesims.info/download.php?t=581307
BV Customer's First Dining Table in Blackwood, Mahogany, Whitewood
BV TV Unit (Stationary Concierge by Splendid Scene) in Blackwood, Mahogany, Whitewood
http://modthesims.info/download.php?t=583215
Mission Coffee Table in AL Medwood
http://modthesims.info/download.php?t=587485
Easy Swing Door AL Med Wood
Solidity Door AL Medwood
http://modthesims.info/download.php?t=470796
Value Wood Lumbers Justa Door in AL Medwood
http://modthesims.info/download.php?t=518357

Macarossi Fancifully Fuzzy Fern
http://modthesims.info/d/190397

Original EA Sims Content
Decorative Plate "Mountain World" This object has been exclusively created for "Das offizielle die Sims 2 Magazin". www.Sims2Magazin.de - this was a downloadable freebie with BV

Gwenke plants at sims2artists.com
Rowan tree
https://sims2artists.com/index.php?topic=3294.0
Live large shrubby shrub (midbiscus) plus dark and olive recolours
https://sims2artists.com/index.php?topic=3402.0
Wild anemones
https://sims2artists.com/index.php?topic=3361.0

Dining Set by Hek
http://modthesims.info/d/280691
Polsterstuhl plus dunkel braun streifen (cushions) and buche dunkel (wooden frame) recolours
Massiver Holztisch (one tile) plus buche dunkel recolour
Massiver Holztisch (two tile)

Wooden Columns and Beams Redux by HugeLunatic
http://www.modthesims.info/download.php?t=427686
Horizontal Half Round Column 4 Tile
Horizontal Half Round Column 3 Tile
Vertical Round Column

kativip
Mushrooms AA
https://kativip.ucoz.ru/load/kativip/set...d/5-1-0-18
Grass SH: Homecoming Cemetery
https://kativip.ucoz.ru/load/kativip/set...y/5-1-0-32

Birch Tree Shrubby Larger by Khakidoo
http://modthesims.info/download.php?t=221689

Clump of grass mesh by Lethe_s
http://modthesims.info/d/202811

My Colonial Bathtub Curtain striped recolours in blue, candy apple red, green, lemon and lilac
https://littlecarping.com/mybb/showthread.php?tid=42

Miasmata conversions by Ohbehave (ohbehave007.blogspot.com). Download here
Items used:
Miasmata - Cabbage
Miasmata - Fern1 (MASTER)
Miasmata - Fern2 (SLAVE)
Miasmata - Fern3 (MASTER)
Miasmata - Fern5 (SLAVE)
Miasmata - Ground Clovers
Miasmata - Mushroom1
Miasmata - PineNeedles
Miasmata - Twigs1 (MASTER)
Miasmata - Twigs4 (MASTER)
Miasmata - Twigs5 (SLAVE)

Numenor - Lost and Found EAxis trees made usable
Scotch Pine http://modthesims.info/d/152290

Poppet Veil of Dream recolours in Red, Yellow, Brown, Darker Green, Darker Blue, Darker Purple
http://poppet-sims.tumblr.com/post/44023630505

Sleds by rosiedogsim http://modthesims.info/download.php?t=48331
A Sled to Hang on the Wall
Old Fashioned Wooden Sled

Link to bundle
I have packed all the CC up into a rar-file bundle which you can download in one for convenience. You can find it here on Sims File Share.  This is not all the CC bundled together in one package file (sometimes understood as the meaning of 'bundled') but simply a rar file containing all the CC files used separately (so you can delete those you don't want).

Thanks should go to Gayars for creating and hosting the contest, plus the judges and other contestants - that was a lot of fun! Also to Numenor for AGS and Chris Hatch for the lot cleaner tool.

Lot Size: 3x3
Lot Price (furnished): 166,832

  BalconyBreakfast.jpg (Size: 381.76 KB / Downloads: 931)

  BlueRoom2.jpg (Size: 262.86 KB / Downloads: 879)

  BrownRoom.jpg (Size: 296.19 KB / Downloads: 941)

  DiningfromGarden.jpg (Size: 373.66 KB / Downloads: 951)

  DiningRoom.jpg (Size: 464.35 KB / Downloads: 924)

  Entrance2.jpg (Size: 452.18 KB / Downloads: 930)

  FloorplansLowerFloor.jpg (Size: 273.19 KB / Downloads: 963)

  FloorplansMiddleFloor.jpg (Size: 464.84 KB / Downloads: 913)

  FloorplansUpperFloor.jpg (Size: 357.49 KB / Downloads: 865)

  Garden2.jpg (Size: 207.04 KB / Downloads: 873)

  GreenRoom.jpg (Size: 302.21 KB / Downloads: 938)

  Lounge.jpg (Size: 305.69 KB / Downloads: 929)

  LoungeTowardsReception2.jpg (Size: 395.87 KB / Downloads: 861)

  PurpleRoom.jpg (Size: 273.54 KB / Downloads: 925)

  YellowRoom.jpg (Size: 282.03 KB / Downloads: 896) ]]> https://littlecarping.com/mybb/showthread.php?tid=55 Sat, 28 Sep 2019 16:50:50 +0000 https://littlecarping.com/mybb/showthread.php?tid=55
This was my submission for the July 2015 Monthly Around the World theme at MTS: a custom made Pagoda in the Shadows lot which is intended to be for use in a custom eastern vacation neighbourhood. It’s meant to be a prettier alternative to the standard EAxis Pagoda in the Shadows.  In addition to the regular installation of this lot, there are a couple of steps to make to turn it into a proper vacation secret destination - please see the instructions given below.


  MainPicPagoda.jpg (Size: 309.81 KB / Downloads: 1380)

The legendary Pagoda in the Shadows is said to be found far from the town of Takemizu on the edge of the mountains and forests, but is hidden in the mists. If your sims can find it, they will come into a small clearing amongst the lush vegetation where there is a tea house is set beside a beautiful pond. Your sims can perform a tea ceremony there and perhaps a mysterious Wise Old Man will join them as they sip their fragrant jasmine tea. Who knows, maybe he will reveal the secret of the Dragon Legend.

The lot is mostly CC free except for the lovely Japanese fences, columns and bench by TheJim07 (links below) and thanks must go to him for his liberal sharing policy and, not least, his lovely stuff!


  max_PagodaInTheShadows_VacationSecretLot.zip (Size: 1.13 MB / Downloads: 763)

More information and pictures below:
Installation and Warning
The lot is currently just a regular community lot and can be installed in the usual way. I left it like this because I thought downloaders might like to edit the lot before it takes its final form in your game. There are a couple of extra steps to make this into a secret vacation lot which you need to follow (given below). Also a warning – please take heed. The lot was made in an otherwise empty AGS slot and is clean and healthy. You will require both BV (obviously) and OFB for the lot to appear as intended. OFB because the custom CC by TheJim07 was cloned from OFB originals so won’t appear unless you have OFB.

WARNING
This is intended to become a custom secret vacation lot – the Pagoda in the Shadows for the Eastern BV holiday destination. However, downloaders should remember that there can be only ONE secret vacation lot in each vacation destination. Thus, there is No Point trying to install this lot as a secret destination lot in the default Maxis Takemizu eastern vacation destination as Maxis destinations come preloaded with the original versions of the lots. So:

THIS LOT CAN ONLY BE USED IN A CUSTOM VACATION DESTINATION

Luckily, the game will not allow you to install it if you already have a Pagoda in the Shadows in your Eastern vacation location since you cannot have two lots with the same name. Thus, when you try to place the lot, the game will suggest a modified name to you (e.g. Pagoda in the Shadows 001).

INSTALLATION
To install this lot, follow these steps:

1. Install the lot normally:


  Placement.jpg (Size: 32.41 KB / Downloads: 1270)

Go to your custom Eastern Vacation neighbourhood (it doesn’t have to be called Takemizu village by the way) and find a place where you want to put the lot. Choose carefully and make sure you will remember where it is because the lot will become invisible at the end of the installation process. The lot looks better, btw, if surrounded by trees so you might want to place some neighbourhood trees (the ones that don’t disappear when you play) around the lot which will help you mark the spot where the lot is located. Most of the pictures here are without surrounding trees so you can see clearly what the lot is like.

2. At the moment, it is just a regular community lot (and you can use it like that if you want). If you want to change anything about the lot, this is the moment to do it. Go in, fiddle about as normal, save and then exit the lot. You might want to pack it at this stage so you have a copy for later. You might also want to delete the copy left behind in the lot bin from the installation because of what happens next. Skip this step if you don’t want to change anything

3. Go back into the lot once you are happy, get the cheat box up (press Ctrl-Shift-C together). In the box, type:

changelotzoning secretvacationlot

just like that.

DO NOT SAVE AT THIS POINT - the save option should be greyed out now but even if it isn’t DON’T press it.

4. Exit the lot and return to neighbourhood view

5. Pick up the lot and put it into the lot bin using the lot-binning tool

6. Replace the lot in the spot you have chosen once again – it should disappear once you have placed it (if it doesn’t, you missed something or spelt the cheat wrong). Or if you can’t see what the issue might be you can try the alternative SimPE method (given below)

7. The lot is now ready to use. Once your sims have found the map, they should be able to visit the lot as normal. You should find the Wise Old Man hovering on lot when you arrive (he’s usually over by the tea table). Do the usual things: get a sim to make tea, talk to him, do tai chi with him, fish etc. etc. If he seems a bit reluctant to come out into the open to fish or do tai chi, move your sim over to the open space, click on him and call him over. The one tile bridge can restrict movement a bit (it looks better aesthetically which is why it’s narrow). Once you build up enough relationship points with him, he will tell your sims the Dragon Legend (see pics)

Alternative SimPE method
1. Once the lot is in place in your neighbourhood, exit the game and load up SimPE 

2. Load your neighbourhood and sub-hood – that is (see picture), choose your neighbourhood in the neighbourhood browser but use the drop down box on the dialogue box to get the right sub-hood. I called my test custom BV location for this example New Eastern Place but you can call it whatever you want


  OpenUpNeighbourhood.jpg (Size: 60.88 KB / Downloads: 1225)

3. Once the hood has loaded, go to
- Lot Description (top left hand box – see picture 1*)
- Find your lot and click on it (top right hand box – 2*). You should get the lot details in the bottom box as shown


  EditLotSettings.jpg (Size: 47.98 KB / Downloads: 1250)

4. Find the Lot Type drop down menu – choose VacationHidden – 3*. This makes the lot into a vacation secret lot

5. Find the U01 number and add 0x00000010 to it – 4*. In that case the number would become 0x00002041 (instead of 0x00002031). This hides the lot from view. Commit and save.

6. You’re done, close SimPE 

Lot Size: 2x2

Custom Content Included:
- [/url][url=http://modthesims.info/d/328227/stone-park-bench.html]Stone Bench 
- Asiatic Balustrade 
- Rocks Fence
- Japanese Red Column for decks 
All by TheJim07 at MTS

  FrontView1.jpg (Size: 194.47 KB / Downloads: 1214)

  PagodaActivities.jpg (Size: 278.51 KB / Downloads: 1163)

  PagodaTopDownViews.jpg (Size: 187.45 KB / Downloads: 1111)

  TeaHouse.jpg (Size: 277.25 KB / Downloads: 1121)

  ViewRightSide.jpg (Size: 261.57 KB / Downloads: 1084) ]]>
This was my submission for the July 2015 Monthly Around the World theme at MTS: a custom made Pagoda in the Shadows lot which is intended to be for use in a custom eastern vacation neighbourhood. It’s meant to be a prettier alternative to the standard EAxis Pagoda in the Shadows.  In addition to the regular installation of this lot, there are a couple of steps to make to turn it into a proper vacation secret destination - please see the instructions given below.


  MainPicPagoda.jpg (Size: 309.81 KB / Downloads: 1380)

The legendary Pagoda in the Shadows is said to be found far from the town of Takemizu on the edge of the mountains and forests, but is hidden in the mists. If your sims can find it, they will come into a small clearing amongst the lush vegetation where there is a tea house is set beside a beautiful pond. Your sims can perform a tea ceremony there and perhaps a mysterious Wise Old Man will join them as they sip their fragrant jasmine tea. Who knows, maybe he will reveal the secret of the Dragon Legend.

The lot is mostly CC free except for the lovely Japanese fences, columns and bench by TheJim07 (links below) and thanks must go to him for his liberal sharing policy and, not least, his lovely stuff!


  max_PagodaInTheShadows_VacationSecretLot.zip (Size: 1.13 MB / Downloads: 763)

More information and pictures below:
Installation and Warning
The lot is currently just a regular community lot and can be installed in the usual way. I left it like this because I thought downloaders might like to edit the lot before it takes its final form in your game. There are a couple of extra steps to make this into a secret vacation lot which you need to follow (given below). Also a warning – please take heed. The lot was made in an otherwise empty AGS slot and is clean and healthy. You will require both BV (obviously) and OFB for the lot to appear as intended. OFB because the custom CC by TheJim07 was cloned from OFB originals so won’t appear unless you have OFB.

WARNING
This is intended to become a custom secret vacation lot – the Pagoda in the Shadows for the Eastern BV holiday destination. However, downloaders should remember that there can be only ONE secret vacation lot in each vacation destination. Thus, there is No Point trying to install this lot as a secret destination lot in the default Maxis Takemizu eastern vacation destination as Maxis destinations come preloaded with the original versions of the lots. So:

THIS LOT CAN ONLY BE USED IN A CUSTOM VACATION DESTINATION

Luckily, the game will not allow you to install it if you already have a Pagoda in the Shadows in your Eastern vacation location since you cannot have two lots with the same name. Thus, when you try to place the lot, the game will suggest a modified name to you (e.g. Pagoda in the Shadows 001).

INSTALLATION
To install this lot, follow these steps:

1. Install the lot normally:


  Placement.jpg (Size: 32.41 KB / Downloads: 1270)

Go to your custom Eastern Vacation neighbourhood (it doesn’t have to be called Takemizu village by the way) and find a place where you want to put the lot. Choose carefully and make sure you will remember where it is because the lot will become invisible at the end of the installation process. The lot looks better, btw, if surrounded by trees so you might want to place some neighbourhood trees (the ones that don’t disappear when you play) around the lot which will help you mark the spot where the lot is located. Most of the pictures here are without surrounding trees so you can see clearly what the lot is like.

2. At the moment, it is just a regular community lot (and you can use it like that if you want). If you want to change anything about the lot, this is the moment to do it. Go in, fiddle about as normal, save and then exit the lot. You might want to pack it at this stage so you have a copy for later. You might also want to delete the copy left behind in the lot bin from the installation because of what happens next. Skip this step if you don’t want to change anything

3. Go back into the lot once you are happy, get the cheat box up (press Ctrl-Shift-C together). In the box, type:

changelotzoning secretvacationlot

just like that.

DO NOT SAVE AT THIS POINT - the save option should be greyed out now but even if it isn’t DON’T press it.

4. Exit the lot and return to neighbourhood view

5. Pick up the lot and put it into the lot bin using the lot-binning tool

6. Replace the lot in the spot you have chosen once again – it should disappear once you have placed it (if it doesn’t, you missed something or spelt the cheat wrong). Or if you can’t see what the issue might be you can try the alternative SimPE method (given below)

7. The lot is now ready to use. Once your sims have found the map, they should be able to visit the lot as normal. You should find the Wise Old Man hovering on lot when you arrive (he’s usually over by the tea table). Do the usual things: get a sim to make tea, talk to him, do tai chi with him, fish etc. etc. If he seems a bit reluctant to come out into the open to fish or do tai chi, move your sim over to the open space, click on him and call him over. The one tile bridge can restrict movement a bit (it looks better aesthetically which is why it’s narrow). Once you build up enough relationship points with him, he will tell your sims the Dragon Legend (see pics)

Alternative SimPE method
1. Once the lot is in place in your neighbourhood, exit the game and load up SimPE 

2. Load your neighbourhood and sub-hood – that is (see picture), choose your neighbourhood in the neighbourhood browser but use the drop down box on the dialogue box to get the right sub-hood. I called my test custom BV location for this example New Eastern Place but you can call it whatever you want


  OpenUpNeighbourhood.jpg (Size: 60.88 KB / Downloads: 1225)

3. Once the hood has loaded, go to
- Lot Description (top left hand box – see picture 1*)
- Find your lot and click on it (top right hand box – 2*). You should get the lot details in the bottom box as shown


  EditLotSettings.jpg (Size: 47.98 KB / Downloads: 1250)

4. Find the Lot Type drop down menu – choose VacationHidden – 3*. This makes the lot into a vacation secret lot

5. Find the U01 number and add 0x00000010 to it – 4*. In that case the number would become 0x00002041 (instead of 0x00002031). This hides the lot from view. Commit and save.

6. You’re done, close SimPE 

Lot Size: 2x2

Custom Content Included:
- [/url][url=http://modthesims.info/d/328227/stone-park-bench.html]Stone Bench 
- Asiatic Balustrade 
- Rocks Fence
- Japanese Red Column for decks 
All by TheJim07 at MTS

  FrontView1.jpg (Size: 194.47 KB / Downloads: 1214)

  PagodaActivities.jpg (Size: 278.51 KB / Downloads: 1163)

  PagodaTopDownViews.jpg (Size: 187.45 KB / Downloads: 1111)

  TeaHouse.jpg (Size: 277.25 KB / Downloads: 1121)

  ViewRightSide.jpg (Size: 261.57 KB / Downloads: 1084) ]]>