I have a question, how do you spawn townies in the main hood (mentioned earlier in this post: /post/101066595201/that-awkward-moment-when-you-forget-to-spawn) . I started a new empty neighborhood and I’m slowly filing it and building community lots, but there aren’t much townies passing by/visiting my freshly built lots and I’m kind of bummed by it. Nobody likes playing with and empty town.

Hey anon! I get asked about townie creation a lot, so today I spent some time doing a bit of a write-up on how to generate custom townies in the neighborhood. I see you’ve already got your empty templates installed, so feel free to skip ahead to the part about townie creation. 

Basically, if you don’t care about creating each individual townie yourself (down to the last detail), you can force your game to batch-create townies (assuming you have the notownieregen mod installed and your game hasn’t already spawned some) by following option B outlined in my small “tutorial.” Of course, you’re free to spawn even more townies if you want some more, but keep in mind this will create many additional character files in your game. 

Unfortunately, I’m unaware of anything that will force them to pass by or visit community lots more frequently. : (I don’t think it matters how many townies are actually in the hood.) But hopefully this helps you create townies if that’s what you’re looking for. 🙂 

Theme updates

Nothing major, but I’m trying to update/organize my links (such as tags, WCIFs, etc.). I’ve added an FAQ page (it’s probably still difficult to find, since at the moment I can’t get my links bar to cooperate with me and the only way I could get it to show up is to keep it under the “Miscellaneous” tab, but it’s there). I also spent the evening doing a write-up on custom neighborhood/townie creation, since I get a lot of questions on that. So that link is under “Miscellaneous”, too.

Just thought I’d give a heads-up in case I manage to royally screw something up here. 🙂

Replies, part 4!

And now I should be all caught up. 😀

ofgodsandllamas replied to your photoset “A dreaded sunny day So I meet you at the cemetery gates Keats and…”

this is so pretty, I really love it! You did a great job! All the trees around it really give it some kind of great ambiance i think

THANK YOU DEAR 😀 ❤ For some reason I just couldn’t build a cemetery and not use the willow trees. They have that sort of haunted, overgrown beauty? 😀

kayleigh-83 replied to your post “I’m starting the annoying (and seemingly impossible) task of…”

One thing I love about Tumblr compared to when I used LJ is not having to worry about my picture sizes at all, Tumblr just takes care of that for you and it’s sooo handy!! I don’t miss that!

Ah, I missed this comment in my LJ replies post! Oh well. 😛 But yes, you’re absolutely right! As much as I complain about tumblr, I didn’t realize how easy we had it, with the photo resizing and the themes and being able to edit only certain parts of the CSS if need be. Definitely a lot more customization- and photo-friendly!

mikexx2 replied to your post “Replies, part 1!”

I meant to comment on your original post but yes, DEATH TO PERIWINKLE!!!

holesoulsims replied to your post “I was so excited to play my game tonight, then I thought it’d be a…”

When I’m adding new stuff I always run it through now. Got a good routine. Sort stuff into folders, rename the files using Renamer, then compressorize, then transfer to Downloads folder into correct sub folders. Wheee

Ahhhh this is such a good idea! I’m terribly lazy and unorganized and just stick everything straight into my downloads folder (it’s a miracle my game hasn’t exploded yet), but I want to try to be more meticulous about it. “Try” being the operative word. 😛 

ofgodsandllamas replied to your post “I was so excited to play my game tonight, then I thought it’d be a…”

omg Dustin had an Arrow binge when he returned from Korea, except it was only what’s on Netflix and he was already in s3 by the time i was paying attention, so now i have the most random knowledge of things but nothing from pres3 and not even really who is who it’s awful i need a proper watch myself lmaoooo (I’m so behind on the Flash tho GAH)

Ahh you should definitely watch it! Seasons 1 and 2 were definitely the best so far, 3 was pretty good, I haven’t finished 4 yet but it’s mehhhh. I’m behind on Flash and Legends and Supergirl too. x_x I have so much free time and yet never enough LMAO.

backerbse replied to your photoset “A dreaded sunny day So I meet you at the cemetery gates Keats and…”

And now that song is stuck in my head 😀 Also, a very beautiful lot!

jellybeanery replied to your photoset “A dreaded sunny day So I meet you at the cemetery gates Keats and…”

Love The Smiths. Now this song is going to be in my head.

crystaldollhouse replied to your photoset “A dreaded sunny day So I meet you at the cemetery gates Keats and…”

You’ve killed me with this beautiful graveyard! Can I live there

Hahaha, always much obliged to get a Smiths song stuck in somebody’s head. ;D Thank you all for your sweet comments! ❤

twofee replied to your post “You’d think I’d have no problem building a cemetery since my…”

omg, your tags!

hahaha it’s true! My bf and I walked down to the cemetery to see Houdini’s grave once – the gate was already locked for the evening, but you can clearly see it from outside! Apparently people gather there on Halloween awaiting the day he finally returns :O

analovesk replied to your post “I was so excited to play my game tonight, then I thought it’d be a…”

Whats the compressorize?

As per the program page here: it’s a program that “will allow you to compress package files in your downloads folder to smaller, more manageable sizes, freeing up space. (Thus making room for even MORE downloads for you download junkies!) On some computers, it also speeds up load time.” 🙂

yandereplumsim replied to your post “You’d think I’d have no problem building a cemetery since my…”

*highfive*

afc-sims replied to your post “I was so excited to play my game tonight, then I thought it’d be a…”

come in here and help me

no you ate my pastina

Replies, part 3!

Regarding LJ woes. 😀

thedimplesimmer
replied to your post “I’m starting the annoying (and seemingly impossible) task of…”

Ohh can’t wait to see your posts on LJ Fi ! 😀

dirk-dreamer
replied to your post “I’m starting the annoying (and seemingly impossible) task of…”

lmao i have had the same lj theme for years bc it was the only one i liked and now most of the links are dead. also, uploading is the worst i feel ur pain

yakumtsaki
replied to your post “I’m starting the annoying (and seemingly impossible) task of…”

literally give up re:lj themes, its extremely not worth it i remember being in tears at some point??? THE WORST

alienpod
replied to your post “I’m starting the annoying (and seemingly impossible) task of…”

Aww ye gimme!!

I honestly devoted way more time than I’d ever like to admit on that fajookin theme and it’s still not what I want? Anyway, my livejournal is ~ here ~ although it’s literally nothing at the moment lmfao. I didn’t mean for my theme to be so dark, but those were the default colors (I only changed some of the text/link colors around). GOTHIC LJ

Replies, part 2!

Regarding random gameplay/decorating pics. 😀

dramallamadingdang replied to your photoset “That’s it, I’m only using these trees from now on.

♥️__♥️”

I’m with ya! Changing out all the trees in my lush neighborhoods isn’t gonna be fun, but those trees are soooooo niiiiiiiiice! 🙂

Fortunately, most of the trees in my neighborhood are the coniferous ones, so I don’t have too many to replace. 🙂 (I should also take this moment to confess that I downloaded the pre-decorated terrain from @voleste​, as I have no patience to plonk all those trees down myself. :D) But I think I’m going to make a habit of placing Criquette’s trees more liberally – they’re so beautiful! High-res! SEASONAL! 😀

dramallamadingdang replied to your photoset “He looks so proud of himself. :P”

“Yay, lookit the mess I made! :D” Yeah, I remember those days with RL toddlers…

Hah, I can only imagine! At least when Sim toddlers do it, we’re like “awwww, how cute” and don’t have to deal with the clean-up. 😉

dramallamadingdang
replied to your photoset

Aw, I love the framed pic of them in the entryway! I really need to start doing family pics and stuff…

It’s definitely worth the tediousness of mucking around in Photoshop/SimPE. It just makes the living space so much more personal. 🙂 I have more updated photos that I’ve been meaning to make packages for, but I keep forgetting!

criquette-was-here replied to your photoset “That’s it, I’m only using these trees from now on.

♥️__♥️”

Awwwww ❤ ❤ ❤

THANK YOOOUUU for everything! 😀

wanderer-sims
replied to your photoset

You make want to open ts2 so badly ;a; your game looks like a lot of fun ;w;

Dooooooo it~! It’s the best! It’s so much fun! And our community is full of insanely talented and sweet and funny people! JOIN US!

buttersweetsims replied to your photoset“Saguaro State Student Union: movie screening room,…”

Can I live in your game pls???

Of course! There are some houses for sale – they’re on the nice side of town so they’re a bit pricey, mind you, but they have a ton of space! ;D

crystaldollhouse
replied to your photoset

Pretty room!

Thank you! 😀 ❤

lemonjellysims replied to your photoset “And Luna aged up at the same time as her dad, so I missed the…”

Good grief, that face! So stunning!

Ack, I know! She got such an amazing combination of her parents’ genetics. ;~; ❤ I can’t wait to see how she looks as an adult and how her kids look! (Am I getting a bit ahead of myself? Probably. :D)

ofgodsandllamas replied to your post “Replies! <3”

def gonna wait for you to do that graveyard cos i’ll need one eventually and could always use some inspiration (i’ve been downloading mausoleums tho to throw in there lmao even tho Arcadia for sure won’t need one LMAO but THE AMBIENCE IS IMPORTANT!) landscaping tho ;_________; my greatest weakness D:

Graveyard = DONE! The landscaping wasn’t as bad as I thought it was going to be. Partially because I remembered that Maxis terrain paint with the flowers exists, and I liberally applied it everywhere to make everything look more lush LOL. 

Replies, part 1!

In which I spend a lot of time rambling about color preferences. 😀

sue-simaddict-tblr-blog answered your question “Anyone else do this?”

Yes there’s a few colours I dispose of imediately I thought it was just Me 😡

Nope, definitely not just you! Looks like we all do it. 🙂

ant0nink0 answered your question “Anyone else do this?”

ah , i love pastels , but i was playing with realistic things before , so i delete them everytime i see them … and this is why my townies are corrupted … i hate NEON . those bright colors ..i hate them

Aw yeah, I’m not too big on neon. I actually like most neon colors, but they have to be used in moderation (like accents or trim or something). I can’t use entire walls or couches in bright neon colors, it hurts my eyes. 😛

illykitty answered your question “Anyone else do this?”

Any neons or super saturated colours like the blue screen mentioned. Anything else is fine. If I could make my own palette, I’d make my colours muted and dusty.

Ooh, I think you should definitely try your hand at making a palette! I love dusty and muted colors, so I’d be interested in seeing it. 😀

allisas answered your question“Anyone else do this?”

Yep, as alienpod named it: the missing-mesh-flashing-blue (or blue-screen-of-death-blue) will never be tolerated in my game. It gives me the creeps. 😛

Yes! I can’t believe I didn’t think of that one. Which is a shame, because I like that color in real life. Seeing it on my screen, however, is a different story. 😛 

eulaliasims answered your question “Anyone else do this?”

Same, I don’t use a lot of bright shades. That pink and purple get tossed, and usually anything yellow or orange goes too (I love a good gold or burnt orange, tho).

Yes! I’m a big fan of orange and yellow, but I’m pretty particular about the shades. I love gold/mustard yellows and burnt oranges, though. 😀 (Those are two of my favorite shades to wear in real life, too!)

sullivanrandomness answered your question “Anyone else do this?”

Yes, there is a shade of purple that I refer to as bright/dark purple. It burns my eyes and I immediately get rid of anything in that colour!

I’m pretty sure I know exactly which shade you’re thinking of, and I toss that one, too! 🙂

ajaysims answered your question “Anyone else do this?”

I hadn’t really thought about it before, but I do tend to delete dark green stuff x.x generally if there’s a whole bunch of colours I restrict myself to one of black, white, brown, red, orange, yellow, light green, turquoise, light blue, purple, pink

Oooh, I love dark green! :3 But I find that it doesn’t always translate well in CC (especially furniture), so I wind up getting rid of it, too. It’s smart to limit yourself to certain colors – if I weren’t so indecisive and forever changing my palette preferences, I’d try to do that, too!

discombobulatedmirrortron answered your question “Anyone else do this?”

i’m the opposite in that i keep all my purple items, aha. i delete too light pastels myself, or dark earth tones

Hahah, that’s what’s so cool about the community! Everyone has such different color preferences. When I see people like @lilithpleasant or @dirk-dreamer use pink, purple, and pastels in their decorating, I always tell myself I should give it another try! But then I get in-game and hate everything I do and fall back into the same color schemes, lmao. 

alienpod answered your question “Anyone else do this?”

periwinkle is the worst, but that missing-mesh-flashing-blue is a close second

YES! ANOTHER PERIWINKLE HATER! I thought it was just me, like honestly I see that color everywhere and I thought I was weird for not liking it. Like, it’s not eye-searingly bright, it even looks like a relaxing color, but I just hate it?! And of course, missing-mesh-flashing-blue! How could I forget?

vampireprincessmaria answered your question “Anyone else do this?”

I hate certain shades of purple and turquoise. Unfortunately I do like light, bright AND dark colours, so there’s far too much stuff in my Downloads folder.

Hahaha, I’m sure there’s too much in mine too! A lot of times it depends on the CC, some clothing/furniture/deco looks better in bright colors, and some looks better in darker colors. For example, I tend to use darker/muted colors for my build mode stuff, like walls and floors. But I don’t mind some bright colors in my bodyshop folder or decorating. 🙂 

soo-bee-well answered your question “Anyone else do this?”

I’m like this too. I always discard pastels, most neons, all oranges, browns and yellow-ish shades of green. >.<

I love orange, brown, and green in real life, but I’m pretty picky about the shades I used in my TS2 game. At least we know we have some semblance of self-control over our downloads folder – we can cull the colors we don’t like! 😛

holleyberry answered your question “Anyone else do this?”

That neon green. It hurts my eyes. Also that bright pink can go. I like pastels, but not bright, or neon colors.

Oh God, yes, that neon green! I don’t know how some people are able to use such bright color palettes in their games. A lot of the colors are pretty, sure, but my eyes! They burn! I sometimes wonder if it’s just my monitor, or I’m just getting old and my eyes can’t handle these things, haha.