Hey anon! Thank you so much! ❤ 😀
If you haven’t already noticed, I started posting some of my favorite lamps. I’m not sure how many of them are considered “comfy”, but I tried to include a wide variety so at least some might be of use to you!
I’ve only done table lamps and floor lamps so far – I’ll update this to post to link to the others once I finish!
Hi there! Not a weird question at all. 🙂 I’m mostly following this method here, with the exception of running a duplicate file scanner because I was too lazy to download one and figure out how to use it. D: (I’m sure it’s not difficult but I’m always cleaning my CC in the wee hours of the morning and can’t be arsed to look into it…) But I’ve basically been plopping down objects with multiple recolors on an empty lot, saving the lot, packaging it from neighborhood view, and deleting the meshes and recolors via Clean Installer as explained in the post I linked to. It’s a bit tedious, but it helps ensure you delete the mesh and all the associated recolors (which may be scattered in different folders but Clean Installer will list them all for you).
For Maxis recolors or objects that don’t have any additional recolors, I’ve just been deleting them in-game.
Hope this helps! Feel free to message again if you have any follow up questions. 🙂
Here you go! Have fun~ 🙂
Thank you, friend! ❤ I was going to wait until I had finished furnishing it before posting the floor plans, but who knows how much longer that’s going to take. And since I already promised the floor plans to at least two other people, I figured I may as well post what I have for now. 🙂
That beautifully unfurnished attic. 🙂
Hi anon! I use GunMod’s camera mod version A. 🙂
Hi friend! It makes me so happy to hear you like the Goth mansion. 😀 I’ve been working on it for what seems like forever and it’s still not finished. D: Unfortunately, I won’t be putting it up for download – it’s massive, packed to the brim with CC, and lags a bit even on my speedy PC. However, as soon as it’s finished, I’ll post the floor plans if you wish to copy! Also, feel free to WCIF anything you see in the pictures. I’ll do my best to link you to the items!
Hi there! I use Fraps to take all of my screenshots – I use the full version to save my screenshots in .png format, but you can also download a free version which saves your screenshots as .bmp and then you can edit them after that.
Don’t use the in-game camera if you want high-quality screenshots! Even the highest settings give you blurry and low-res pictures.
Hi anon! My game is actually no more or less bright than anyone else’s – I just brighten my screenshots in Photoshop before posting them. 🙂 I’ve talked a little bit about my photo editing here and here (I also posted a before & after so you can see my unedited game).
I also use a lighting mod, which may make my game look different but it doesn’t necessarily make it brighter, just changes the atmosphere a bit. 🙂
Awww, anon! You flatter me too much. 😛 But I must admit, I don’t decorate with any real rhyme or reason! I just spend a lot of time flipping through the catalogue and trying this piece of furniture with this bit of deco with these walls, etc. I change my mind hundreds of times. 😛 (I’ve contemplated doing a livestream, but I literally spend so much time just dicking around in the catalogue that it would be incredibly boring.) I’m sure people who have actually studied interior design can point out tons of “flaws” in my designs or color schemes and whatnot. But it’s a game, after all, so I decorate the way I like! 🙂 I tend to take one or two really unique pieces of furniture and design the room around those “statement” pieces. I rarely use all the elements of a single furniture set; I prefer to mix-and-match. Also, if you’ve accumulated as much custom content as I have, chances are that there’s a lot of crap you haven’t used. So sometimes I challenge myself to use content I’ve never decorated with before. And just as statement pieces are effective, statement colors (or accent colors) can also help tie a room together. (I used red as an accent color against the cool, muted blues in this bathroom.)
Basic decorating aside, I also try to keep in mind the family I’m decorating for. For example, when I think of the Goth mansion, I don’t necessarily think “creepy haunted house.” I think of it as an old estate, possibly something that’s been in the family for generations. There are signs of age, wear and tear, but it still shows that the owners are well-off and take pride in the care and upkeep of the property. Well, that’s the kind of look I’m going for, anyway. 😛 I used a lot of old-fashioned, worn-looking furniture, antique paintings, ornate candelabras, etc. However, the Goths are still living in the age of electricity, so although I gave them electronics and appliances, I tried to steer clear of anything too modern that would clash with the look of the rest of the house.
I realize I got terribly long-winded here, anon, and probably didn’t give you much useful information at all. 😛 My point is, though, that I don’t have any real formula I follow. It starts with a theme – “I’m decorating this house for a garden-loving Sim!” – or a color – “hmm, I want the bathroom to be blue” – or an object – “I have all of these gorgeous Tibetan trunks from ATS and I’m FINALLY GOING TO USE ONE, DAMN IT” – and then the room just kind of snowballs from there. The one thing I always know for sure about my decorating is that it’s never quick. 😛
Anyway, I hope that helps you somewhat, anon! Or at the very least, I hope it inspires you to get in-game and mess around with colors and styles and furniture until you create a look you love. 😀 Feel free to send any follow-up questions if you have them? I guess? Not sure how helpful I am, haha. 🙂
Here, look at the silly monkey:
Hi anon. 🙂 I’ve uploaded my geneticized skin setup HERE. I take no credit for any part of the skins except for tweaking their genetic values in SimPE. 🙂
Setup includes:
My defaults are not included in the download – I recommend you get them as my genetic scale is based on those four tones. I’ve included a text file with my values so you can see where each skintone is on the scale.
Feel free to delete whichever ones you don’t want before using them. As vimpse put in her post here, should you use this geneticized set-up, you will not be able to easily remove them. It will involve a lot of messing around to fix and may potentially bork the genetics of all future Sims born in the hood. So while I don’t mind sharing my geneticized skin setup, I just want you to be sure this is the setup you want, too, because it can’t be readily changed later.
Now is as good a time as any to recommend making back-ups of your hoods before trying something new!
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