Hi hi friend! Normally I wouldn’t mind, but beach lots can be so finicky sometimes with their placement and all. I’ve had to use HoodReplace several times in the making of this lot because I kept destroying the shoreline every time I tried to make a spot to place it. D: I’m sorry!

However, I will happily share some tips and overview pictures under the cut if you’d like to remake it (or create your own!):

As you can see, the lot is only comprised of the boardwalk and the pier. The ferris wheel, narrower piers, rocks, and some of the trees are all strategically placed hood deco! I use this mod to enable hood deco to be placed within lots.

I used the Maxis deck foundation to make the boardwalk slightly elevated, and then I was able to use Mustluvcatz’s tutorial to extend it into a usable pier. 🙂 

Some must-have objects can be found in this set and this set! And I’m fairly sure I answered quite a few WCIFs for this lot if you’d like to look through my tag. 

If you have any other questions or WCIFs, feel free to send them my way! Hope this helps!

Thank you for the kind words! ❤ 🙂

Well, in my experience, all lots (aside from the active lot) and most of the Maxis hood deco trees tend to look pixelated from lot view, there’s really nothing to do about that no matter how high the graphics settings are. : 

(adding a cut because pictures)

You can see the difference between the house on the left (the active lot I was on) and the one in the background, which is an identical lot but not active. The trees look funky, too. : Some trees translate better in lot view than others – I like using the pine/evergreen trees as opposed to the deciduous ones for that reason.

As for other neighborhood deco, it’s really just trial and error – I’ve downloaded deco buildings from various creators, and some of them have crisper textures in lot view than others (as you can see above). I play around a bit in order to get the best views from various lots. 😉 Also (as you may know if you’ve been following my blog for awhile) I am obsessed with these trees because they look FANTASTIC from lot view. 😀

I’m not sure what the issue with the water could be. It’s been awhile since I’ve played a lot that was near water without being a beach lot. Unless you’re talking about beach lots? 

*fires up test hood*

Ah. Eek. Well, there it is – that’s what water looks like from lot view on a non-beach lot in my game. XD Not very pretty, and I also have all the settings on high and a good graphics card. Does yours resemble this?

So unless there’s something we’re both missing, I’m pretty sure those are just the limitations of the game. I hope this helps, I was really just taking a shot in the dark here without reference pictures of the problem to go on. :3 For me, it’s just all about strategic placement of hood deco and playing around with camera angles to get a good shot! 😉

Hi there! I’m really sorry, but I’m not sure why your game would have stopped working. 😦 For me, deleting the cache files usually works in instances where the game just won’t start. Have you tried taking out all your CC and trying to start it? Or looked through this FAQ? I’ve found that following those steps fixes most of my problems.

I’m afraid I have Windows 7 on my computer and have little-to-no experience with Windows 8. 😦 I had to fiddle around a bit to get TS2 to work properly on my sister’s laptop (which has Windows 8) – I tried so many things but finally got it to work after following the instructions in this post. But this was more an issue with getting the game to recognize the dedicated graphics card, it still ran after installing. I’m not sure what the problem is if you used to be able to run it and then it suddenly stopped working. : I guess anything is worth a try though? I’m sorry I couldn’t be of more help! 😦