EVERYTHING GOING SIMMINGLY

uh oh, spaghetti o!

boolpropbea — Tue, 01 Mar 2016 02:32:57 GMT

hi guys.

i know, i'm alive!

this is gonna be kind of a short update- the lovely katu who has been hosting my sims pictures & downloads for the last few years has had to clean out her hosting. i was freeloading on her space for so long, she was amazing to let me host stuff there for as long as she did!

unfortunately this means that some (read: almost ALL) of my images will be disappearing / showing up as broken links in the next few days / weeks.

i have copies of everything downloaded onto my machine, but i'm not sure whether or not i'll find the time (or energy) to reupload everything and then fix all of my posts here.

i will reupload all of my downloads, etc, and share them on my tumblr + dreamwidth (links to come), but it is likely that all of my images will not be updated at livejournal, at least.

sorry for any inconvenience! watch this space for any further updates re: images.

Farraway Legacy 1.5

boolpropbea — Mon, 20 Apr 2015 00:33:54 GMT

I played through this pretty quick, mostly because I had a lot already going on and it was just plowing through to the next set of birthdays. I'm starting to realize that maybe I take ages on playing generations, probably because I take pictures of everything, so I'll try and be better about that! I'm excited since we're getting near heir time; I'll put up a poll then.

Commence freaking out about not being able to move from a spot he got himself into. Alfred doesn't seem worried, though.

Free at last!

The best reaction to getting fit: stuffing your face with food.

Reminder: Opal and Alfred are still ridiculously cute.

Opal: He's gonna love this bust!!!
Wrong kind, but right idea.

/promptly sells, feels no guilt

I used the money from her gift to fix up the house!

Alfred is still perpetually pissed at everything.

Jeeves is still adorable.

qrl what is ur issue

Ericka: THE COUCH IS IN MY WAY.
Alfred: Mom, you're harshing my 'om'.
(And, for the record, the couch is across the room.)

I gave annoying cop a makeover since she's pretty much a staple of this legacy at this point.

Ericka: Ahh, the winter air.
Jeeves: /barfs

Lucy: Um, why am I here again..??

Lucy: OH RIGHT, it's my birthday!

Annoying!Cop: OMG WHAT I'M JUST HERE FOR FOOD
Elderhood has arrived!

Foood.

The mail delivery person was the other person invited to the party that I threw for Lucy.
Which ended up sucking because I forgot that if you don't wait the full amount of time out, the party fails.

NOOO.
I checked her memories and that is the FOURTH time I've gotten her fired/demoted.

She doesn't seem to mind.

Um.

NO. I AM NOT OK WITH THIS.
Ericka is a romance sim, but I DO NOT APPROVE.

One last birthday, for Jeeves!

He's cute! He has a lot more of Lucy's nose than Alfred does.

Next update will be the rest of teenhood + an heir poll!

Farraway Legacy 1.4

boolpropbea — Sat, 18 Apr 2015 03:01:22 GMT

So, confession time: I've actually had this update ready for ages, so you probably saw some ~~or most~~ of it on my tumblr.. But in the interest of actually having it collected somewhere, I'm going to post it now. (And also because I'm about to boot up my game and I feel guilty playing further than what I've posted.) Since I played this update so long ago, I can't really remember people's names. :( My bad!

Look at my feeble attempt at decorating on a budget. Look at it.

Everyone in the house does this all the time, and it's too cute for me to get a mod to get rid of it.

Someone!! Cleaning!! I am dead of shock!!
(aka further proof that Alfred is perfect)

This is what happens when you try and expand the legacy shack and don't have enough money to complete it until someone comes home from work.

Family of winners

Go Jeeves, go!

If everyone could just stop breaking the tv.. please.

Ericka: OMG, that is so great!!!

Lucy: I don't know why you think I care about your life.

Something else everyone does constantly that is too cute to get rid of.

Um. Ouch.

Ericka got a promotion! Now stop bringing home the fail!cop!

SHE STEALS YOUR MONEY, SHE IS THE WORST.

Awh. Young love.

~~i will come back for you~~

Alfred is a little awkward but he's trying his best!

See, she has a name! I conveniently took this picture to remind myself of it!

That couch is getting some serious homework on.

Ericka: What do you mean, I have to feed my children?!

She got over it quick.

Picture of the updated legacy shack! I'm still working on the downstairs, hence why it is ~off center~.

Queue me having a heart attack...

But she was only getting fit!

I stg, asking anyone in this house to clean is like pulling teeth.

Alfred: How dare you make me clean, I thought I was the star of this show--
Jeeves: Who are you talking to?

I called his girlfriend over to cheer him up.

... Unless he's just gonna take his bad mood out on her.

Very appropriate. Right in front of the window where everyone can see you.

Sigh. But how can you say no to these faces?

Nanny: Don't look at me, I'm just here so ~~I don't get fined~~ I get paid.

Alfred: HOW DARE YOU WANT ME TO KISS MY GIRLFRIEND. :(

Ouch.

FINALLY.

DON'T GOSSIP ABOUT YOUR WIFE TO THIS WOMAN.

/leaves flowers, is generally too good for this world

And that pretty much rounds it out, for now!

Farraway Legacy 1.3

boolpropbea — Sun, 08 Feb 2015 05:17:33 GMT

I should have posted here as well as on my tumblr that I'm going to be sparse for a bit; I'm back at uni for my final semester. However, I am visiting home for the weekend so if I don't get any simming done, at the very least I can post this update! It's been a while since I played it, so some of my commentary may be a bit off.. but better late than never!

The house is a mess, the toddlers are unhappy.. I just can't win!

However, I'm working on that whole 'skilling' thing. ;)

Proof Ericka is still around.

Gaming is still taken very seriously in this household.

Alfred is probably the most successful member of the household at this point.

Shh, shh, it's not cheating. They came by those points honestly!

The family that skills/plays together..?

:( Poor Jeeves is having a hard toddlerhood, despite all the attention.

On the other hand, Alfred's life is peachy.

Ericka - the sim voted most likely to perpetually stalk her wife.

This picture is a reminder for myself to snag up this townie teen and get her in here somehow! I want redheaded kids!

Used some extra money to pimp out the crib a little bit - Jeeves gets his own room, the living room gets an upgrade.

RUDE. First you fail to stop a burglar, then you keep coming home with Ericka trying to wreck her marriage, now you actually stoop to stealing their money! What next?

Birthday time! And everyone breathed a collective sigh of relief...

On reviewing these pictures, Jeeves looks a lot like Alfred! I think he might be a better mix of Lucy and Ericka though.

He's a cutie-patootie, too.

The family that stuffs their face together..?

Another person to get into the legacy!

Oh, no. :(

I AM SO SORRY. :(

Luckily there is a distraction - Alfred's turn to grow up!

And isn't he a looker!

To be honest, I have no guarantee when I'll be able to play again .. but I will try and certainly keep everyone updated. :) I hope everyone is well!

Farraway Legacy 1.2

boolpropbea — Thu, 01 Jan 2015 15:05:24 GMT

Happy holidays and a happy new year to everyone! I hope 2015 is just as amazing (or better) than 2014 was. 2015 is going to be an exciting year for me.. I'm graduating from college in May (if all goes well) and I'll be taking a year off before applying for graduate school. It's strange to think that when I first got into this community, I was still in middle school and had no idea that I would even go to college. I hope to still be in the community for years to come!

I've been sitting on this update for a little while so some of these pictures might be old for those who follow me on tumblr. :)

Synchronised scolding of your baby when he wets himself keeps the family together, don'tcha know?

The house is a mess. You should see the diapers.

Ericka: Oh look, it's my lovely wife.

Ericka: how dare she talk to someone other than me kda;nvieasnd;k

There was a lot of 'calling in sick' this update.

(The experts, of course!)

Boo yaaaaah!

Meanwhile, they have bug problems at home. :( People kept running out to stomp on the roaches and then cry.

NOOO. STAY AWAY FROM THE ROACHES.

I had to call in professional help.

Ericka, I know you love your baby but stay away from him when you're sick.

Oh. Well that's ok then.

Alfred Farraway
2/8/9/6/1
He's a sloppy & mean sim like his mom(s)!
LOOK AT HIS FACE.

No elf ears but LOOK HOW CUTE.

At this point, I had to headdesk a little. They were getting by on NO simoleons (because I had to keep calling them both out sick), there was a toddler in the house (which I am notoriously bad at), and no one was really in the green in terms of mood.

Pizza, ftw!

Pop!

Lucy's pregnancy this time was even worse. I kept almost letting her die from hunger, and the bed I had for them was not good enough for her to recoop her losses when she was exhausted. She basically shuffled from the bed to fridge for most of it, with me frantically hoping she wouldn't die. :( Sorry, babe.

STOP BEING NICE TO HER. SHE LET THE BURGLAR GET AWAY WITH YOUR TV.

Pop 2! (In Alfred's room, which I was able to afford with Ericka's promotion.)

NOOOO. I knew this would happen eventually. :(

Ericka: WHY IS OUR HOUSE SO DIRTY :( :( :(
I dunno, you're the one with no neatness points.

Oh, thank god.

YOU CANNOT LOOK AT THIS BEEBIN AND NOT LOVE HIM.

Uh oh, baby time!

/sigh of relief

It's another boy! I named him Jeeves (naming theme is roughly butler themed, if you can't tell).
As far as I can tell, he's Ericka's skin tone with black hair and green (!!!!!) eyes.

Sloppy sims.

This is where I got really desperate for cash and started having Ericka dig for treasure.

Bills they can't pay. :(

/promptly sells to pay bills.
Sorry guys.

Character bias? What's that?

WHOEVER IN THE HOOD KEEPS DOING THIS, I WILL SMITE YOU.

AGHHH.

Playing catch is srs business in this family.

Alfred continues to dominate.

I love this interaction. :)

Proof that Jeeves is still alive.

... Oh. How interesting.

I did give Jeeves a makeover and he looks very much improved! I think he'll grow into his features a lot, but I don't actually know since I haven't had a chance to play since I took the caps for this update. Still, I'm excited.
Also, I'm not sure why this is, but I feel like in new / clean hoods, the first 8-10 babies born are always boys (see my maxisbea hood for another example). Any ideas anyone? Or is it just a fluke?

Farraway Legacy 1.1

boolpropbea — Sat, 20 Dec 2014 23:02:40 GMT

Another update super soon because I was having so much fun playing.. I didn't want to stop! This one is also pretty short, but I like them that way. I'm gonna try and wean away from explaining all of the images, as well.

On a related note: I have remade the photoshop action I used to use for the sims and applied it to this update. Critique / criticism welcome! I am by no means a photoshop master and I am looking for feedback on this. Does it look oversaturated? Are my images oversharpened? Please, let me know!

That's better. At least you're not ignoring each other.

Updated shots of the legacy shack after Ericka's moolah joins the family.

Ericka Wynn
2/8/2/6/7
LTW: To become a Rock God (same as Lucy's!)
Another sloppy / lazy sim. :( I'm going to die in a pile of their filth.

See? It's a match made in heaven.

Burglar: Shit.

Burglar: Oh well, might as well steal something for my jail cell! #YOLO
NOOO, not the TV. :(

Ericka, most people look upset during burglaries + fights.

WHAT.
YOU BETTER BE UPSET. >:(

Dear diary. Last night our house was robbed. I think it was that old guy I met once. I hate that guy.

Lucy finally got a job in the same field as her LTW!

(Also, adventures in chance cards. I normally skip them but I've decided that for this legacy I'm going to try and push myself out of my comfortable simming 'box'!)
I chose duck tape because that is always the answer.

BOO YAH.

Without the TV, we had to get creative on ways to keep their 'fun' up.

Boom. Keep it comin' ladies. :)

Pop! Sproglets on the way!

Lucy Farraway & her first pregnancy: the definition of same shit, different day.

Pop 2, as she swoons over her girlfriend.

Speaking of 'girlfriend'...

The quickest engagement + wedding, in the history of my sim game.

Cube to cube, of course!

YESSS, 2 for 2!

Some things never change (like the disgusting counter top).

Baby time!

/sigh of relief
Just one.

It's a boy! I named him Alfred.
He has Ericka's skin (S2 I think) and eyes (gray)!

The life of a legacy child, condemned to a crib in the living room.

That's all for now, folks. I'm going to keep venturing forward. Since Alfred is (so far) a clone of Ericka, I'm really hoping he'll get elf ears as he grows up!

Farraway Legacy 1.0

boolpropbea — Sat, 20 Dec 2014 05:40:22 GMT

Now that I've reinstalled my sims game (at long last) and started recollecting CC, I began reading over old legacies that I used to follow. Unfortunately most of the people I know have since retired or left the sims community, leaving me with a gap in what to read! Still, I was enticed by the idea of doing my own legacy. I've made numerous attempts but never truly started from the very beginning (legacy shack and all). This is my first real attempt at a legacy. So.. here we go!

That up there is Lucy Farraway.
Her traits are:
1/10/3/6/5
And her LTW is to be top of the Music Career.
She's a popularity sim, as well!

A little closer up so you can see her features.
She has red hair and green eyes, as well as elf ears (yes, I'm really trying to stack the genetic odds this early, haha).

Have a tour of legacy shack.
Note that some of this is subject to change since Mr. Humble came by shortly after and dropped off a computer (+$1000 simoleons!) which I promptly sold and used to pimp her place out even more.

Greeting the welcome wagon. The guy she's talking to now is actually super rude. Somehow they're friends.

The life of a legacy sim: doomed to skill forever.

As a popularity sim, she's constantly rolling wants to talk on the phone to various people. She probably spends more time on the phone than she does doing anything else.
(And why, yes, those are her teeth coming out the bottom of her jaw. Eep!)

Noooo, we can't afford to keep him!

YO. GIRL. WHAT IS YOUR PROBLEM? It's not like Lucy went to college either!
~~You don't even have a uni attached to your hood yet!~~

Upon closer inspection, I noticed she was pretty cute so I had Lucy hang up on whoever she was speaking to and run outside and greet her.

Score! 1 bolt! Her name is Ericka.

I don't know why she's making that face while she's heartfarting about how attractive her new friend is.

At least they hit it off before I have to send Ericka home before Lucy passes out.

Ayy, girl, who you primpin' for?

Oh.

Because Lucy has 1 neat point, the place is always a mess.

And no wonder because this is the face she gives me when I make her clean.

(Yikes, hard to read. The gist is: promotion! Though not in her chosen field.)

She doesn't mind though. Secretly I think she likes the outfits.

There is a joke in here, I just can't think of it right now.

Aaaand, there is where I leave you for now. Lucy invited Ericka to spend the night and she did .. literally. She sat there all night, got stinky, showered and then skedaddled around 5:00 am. Scary.

I have to get some hacks in order before I play again, but I expect to play soon. Hope you enjoyed the first (short) update!

random spam - pleasant & broke family

boolpropbea — Wed, 25 Dec 2013 18:43:54 GMT

for those of you not on tumblr, here is what i've been up to since my game crashed and i reinstalled! a lot of these pictures are VERY crunchy because i didn't have photoshop reinstalled (i do now), and i think you'll note a serious difference once i have it back. the sharpen algorithm on gimp just isn't that great, in my opinion. anyway! enjoy!

toddler!beau is the cutest thing ever, though.

he's pretty cute as a kid though, too. :)

(oops, i forgot about that particular gap in that mesh.)

i've never had a teen get acne before! i got really excited when i saw this. :)

aaaand, this is where i get photoshop back.

ryan grew up! (oh, did i mention his name is ryan?)

like mother, like daughter.

thanks for reading!

happy christmas!

boolpropbea — Wed, 25 Dec 2013 17:09:01 GMT

hey everyone! remember me?

after losing my game and all of my downloads + being at college, i was just too discouraged to really reinstall and build up my folder again. it was very upsetting and i just put the game aside for a bit. but, as some of you who follow my simblr may have seen, i got inspired a few days ago and reinstalled and i've been working on my downloads ever since!

i no longer have any of my stuff packs & eps beyond NL, Seasons and Uni, and i'll have to find a way to get them.. but in the meantime, at least i can play. i'm almost certain i have the disks for Pets somewhere, but the real question is .. where!

expect to see some spam from me soon. :) well, for a little bit anyway. i'm going to be studying abroad in england for six months and won't be able to sim when i'm there -- but i should be around in the community nonetheless. i leave in early january (i know that isn't too long!) and i should be back sometime in july.

happy christmas, all you wonderful people.

sad news & technobabble

boolpropbea — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 21:54:44 GMT

Hey everyone.

I promise there has been a reason for the radio silence on my part for the last month or so. I've been having serious problems with my gaming computer (oh, will the humanity ever end) and it ended up with a clean install of a new operating system. Unfortunately, this means that I lost everything. I lost the entirety of the hood, all of Mars Valley (my quasi-BACC), my main hoods, and my downloads. I wasn't able to save anything. Understandably, I'm devastated, but determined to make the most of it; I definitely plan to reinstall my games and keep playing, and rebuild my downloads folder!

It may take me a while, but I'm still here and I'll definitely be around. If you don't follow me already, I recommend following me on tumblr for the time being, so you can see what I'm reblogging & downloading. Also, please give me a friend at dreamwidth. I'll still be crossposting everything here and checking LJ regularly, so no need to move - I just also use DW regularly for RP, so I'm very familiar with it!

I adore you all and I hope everyone is well.

Bea

(For those who are techy, what was wrong with my computer was I corrupted - somehow - my master boot record (mbr) and was unable to fix it because I didn't have my windows XP install disc. I attempted to use several other OS install discs and methods to repair or renew my MBR but it was impossible; the computer wouldn't even boot. This arose probably from having 2 partitions, one linux and one windows and then attempting to delete one ... oops!)

The Bodyshop Game!

boolpropbea — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 00:54:02 GMT

I wasn't sure if this had made it over here from tumblr yet, but I wanted to personally make sure that it did! The Bodyshop Game is a meme type thing originally come up with by Spyro (thanks!) that's been going around like quickfire and that I personally find really fun .. and is a really, really good way to make sims really quickly - can anyone say lots and lots of townies?! In case you don't want to click the link, the rules are as follows (rewritten generously by me for clarification):

1. Open Bodyshop and create / clone a new sim. Hit the randomizer button (the dice) five times -- or more, but be sure to decide on the number of times before you begin rolling! This is to keep you from deciding you don't like the outcome and just rolling the dice again!

2. Work with your result, manually! No tweaking with sliders, no messing around with genetics or changing skins! Whatever you rolled is your base, now apply your CC and see what you end up with!

Additionally:

3. You may change the hairstyle of the sim (since frequently they generate with CC hairstyles), but not the color (ie: the genetics). I'll even go so far as to say this goes for the eyes & skins, as well, for those of you who play with custom eye & skin sets!

4. Optional: Think up of a personality. Why did you choose this CC for this sim? Was it because of some of their features? Full lips, big eyes, etc? This is a good way to get you thinking about what that sim might be like in game, for all of you story tellers!

5. Post pictures, townify, do whatever you want, rinse & repeat!

And because what kind of post would this be if I didn't share an example.. these are the two sims that I came up with when I did the challenge really quickly yesterday! One of them (the male who I named Sandor Anderson) is going to be incorporated into my maxisbea neighborhood. The female, I believe, is going to be townified. But look at the ears and the pouty eyes!

summer in my soul: a set of eight wallpapers!

boolpropbea — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 05:04:51 GMT

Originally these were going to be made for an 150 followers gift on tumblr, but 150 followers has come and gone and I ought to have shared these ages ago! I wanted to add a few more papers to this set, but I quickly realized that with being back in school now, I should share them before I get bogged down with more work and forget about them completely! So, here we go, a gift for you all at the very end of the summer. :) I hope you all like and enjoy them.

As mentioned, there are eight files in the downloads. The one previewed above is called "Cake Walk". All are appropriately named so you can remove the ones you don't like.
These fall under "wallpaper" and cost 5 simoleons.

Strawberry Mania.

Falling Leaves.

Amsterdam Flowers 3.

Amsterdam Flowers 2.

Amsterdam Flowers 1.

Amsterdam Flowers 5.

Amsterdam Flowers 4.

Cake Walk.

DOWNLOAD

All patterns are credit to their creators on colourlovers.com, and their individual colourists (also from colourlovers). I only took these and slapped them on a wallpaper template that I put together from a kaputt_geliebt psd I snagged out of my CC folder.

Feel free to upload these with your lots, redistribute to your friends, however please credit back to me (a link is not necessary, however). Do not claim these as your own (either wallpapers or patterns), do not upload these to paysites, or my policy may become less lenient. Thanks!

Help!

boolpropbea — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 18:09:43 GMT

I ... think I broke something! I booted up my sims 2 game to take some preview pictures (and work-in-progress pictures), and to decorate an apartment and move a sim in for maxisbea. Right when I'd finished the latter and unpaused the game, I noticed something odd.

That is Leo Flores, playable sim, repeated 4 times and interacting with himself, on the community lot! I think I broke something but I've never seen this before and I have entirely NO idea how to fix it or how it even happened. I haven't spawned any new townies (as far as I'm aware of). I did switch out my default face replacements recently, but this hasn't happened in any of my other hoods. I played the Flores family yesterday and everything seemed fine, no weirdness, no glitches .. I haven't installed any new hacks.

Any ideas? D:

mars valley: extras & an update shot of the neighborhood!

boolpropbea — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 17:38:32 GMT

I had a few fun extra pictures lying around in my folders of my Mars Valley neighborhood and I wanted to share! It's a super short picspam that I uploaded to tumblr, but it's also relevant. Since the hood also has all the families and looks a bit different (I added houses I downloaded to it), I wanted to post an updated hood shot as well! In case you were wondering, the sim with purple hair was a gift to me and while she lives in the hood, she won't be included in the Prosperity challenge or count towards (or against) in any way -- she's just there for me and fun! :)

I think the hood looks a lot more fleshed out now! It's fun, seeing it grow this way! :)

In case you were wondering, yes, that's all Clint and Natasha do.
Cliff is good at making friends, though! He's the most personable of the bunch.

The other redhead is actually the townie garden lady who snuck into these pictures when I wasn't looking!

And that's all, folks!

mars valley: pell family, round one!

boolpropbea — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 04:37:04 GMT

I'm not entirely sure what has taken me so long to get these pictures up! I've had them edited and all played out for weeks, but I just haven't uploaded them! I guess I'm lazy! :) Hopefully I'll remember all the details of this update and I can move forward with this project. The neighborhood looks a lot more fleshed out now that there are actual families moved in and I'm having a lot of fun thinking about backstories and playing, so far!

Anyway, it's time to meet the Pell family, the third family in Mars Valley!

Samuel (the child) and Arthur are the two oldest, their father Cliff's progeny from his previous alien abductions. While they don't always get along, they try to since moving is hard enough already.

Samuel (Sam).

Arthur.

The youngest and newest member of the family, Emma. :)
(needlecream's Dido, aged down.)

Finally, father and breadwinner, Cliff Pell!

The neighbors seem eager to welcome the newest settlers to Mars Valley.
(Pictured: Natasha Barton, Bruce Wilson and a blonde who you'll meet in another round. ;) )

Arthur and Bruce hit it off pretty well. :)

Once the visitors had gone home, things kind of got crazy. Taking care of kids, having next to no savings, everyone with low mood..!

(At least Emma is cute, even though I don't like toddlers.)

Cliff spent their first night in Arthur's bed.

Because Sam spent the night in his!

Another neighbor who you'll meet in another round. ;)

Here is where I breathed a definite sigh of relief!

These two get along really well!

... Sometimes.

Skilling up so that he can get a promotion at work!

Arthur is making friends with Adele Wilson after school!

And Sam brought home her brother, Thomas, with him from school. :)

At least homework is getting done, though.

And while Arthur may not like all his siblings, he still helps take care of them.

Sims 3 Round-up Post

boolpropbea — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 20:50:21 GMT

I've been back from the beach for about a weekend now and I'm really happy to be home, though I had a lot of fun at the beach and on vacation! Things have been really busy around my house, too, though - I'm moving back to university on Saturday so I'm busy running around preparing all my things to be moved. Hopefully I won't forget anything and all of that will go smoothly! At night, when I'm too tired from running around all day, I have some time to play Sims (and Minecraft, now that Katu has gotten me addicted). I still have some updates to share with you all, but I wanted to post a round-up post of Sims 3 before I got too far behind.

Short Hiatus

boolpropbea — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 17:36:14 GMT

Hey guys!

I just wanted to let you all know that today I'm leaving for the beach for an amazing week long vacation and stay with friends, so I'll be pretty much out of the picture for the next week! You might see me around commenting and chatting, or reblogging on tumblr, but anything new from me will be nonexistent until next week! I have lots of things to share, but I won't have my gaming computer with me on this trip so no way to share them until I get back. I hope everyone stays safe and sound while I'm gone and that everyone is having a wonderful wind-down to the summer (at least, here in the States).. the beach is one of my favorite places in the entire world, so I'm very, very excited to be able to go and spend time there!

Again, stay safe, take care and enjoy the summer! Love!

Sims 3 Round-up Post

boolpropbea — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 03:58:35 GMT

If you follow my Simblr at all, you'll notice that I've been posting a lot more Sims 3 than usual (read: I've been posting Sims 3). I reinstalled the game on a whim and have been giving it a second chance - I haven't fallen completely in love with it like I am with the Sims 2, but some of the building and decorating functions are fun and it runs fairly well on my computer right now. I wanted to share these Sim 3 pictures with everyone over on Livejournal as well as on tumblr as well, so I thought I might as well share them all at once in a sort of 'round up' post, to share my favorites.

My idea is that I'll do these posts every week (or couple of days, depending), and they'll include my favorite pictures from any sims 3 play sessions. They'll be under a cut and tagged accordingly, that way you guys can skip over them if you've seem them or if you're not interested -- because let's face it, I know not everyone out there cares about Sims 3. Sound like a plan?

Since this is all really informal, there won't be much (any?) commentary, but I'll be happy to answer questions, WCIFs or what have you, if there are any. (:

summer in the city: a set of six wallpapers!

boolpropbea — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 21:18:27 GMT

I've kind of been going back and forth on sharing these for the last few days, but after some input on tumblr, I thought I might as well bite the bullet! Here is my first ever wallpaper set, for the Sims 2, shared with you all. :) I hope you get good use out of it, I know I will. I love making wallpaper - now instead of searching for that perfect set to complete a room, I can just make it myself! I'll keep sharing, as long as I feel there is enough interest for it .. if not and I get a WCIF for something that I haven't shared, I'll toss it up for download.

All the files are appropriately named if you want to remove any color / pattern you don't like - this pattern has two recolors and this blue recolor is named Retroclimbers (1).
These fall under "wallpaper" and cost 5 simoleons.

Purple filgree.

Hootingly cool (2).

Hootingly cool (1). I made the owls a little bigger on this paper but I can vouch for the other version - it looks great in smaller rooms, like bathrooms!

Flamboyent purple.

Retroclimbers (2).

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All patterns are credit to their creators on colourlovers.com (see credits), and their individual colourists (also from colourlovers). I only took these and slapped them on a wallpaper template that I put together from a kaputt_geliebt psd I snagged out of my CC folder.

!!NOTE!! two of wallpapers may have problems when used by players on MAC computers! If anyone who plays on a mac could test these in game and let me know if and how they show up, I would be forever grateful and there would be goodies in it for you!

Feel free to upload these with your lots, redistribute to your friends, however please credit back to me (a link is not necessary, however). Do not claim these as your own (either wallpapers or patterns), do not upload these to paysites, or my policy may become less lenient. Thanks!

Credits
addabarrios, incal, whattafeeling, darkpriestess,
swade98, miss bea heyvin, grail143 @ colourlovers.com!
kaputt_geliebt for the molding used!

Garden of Shadow's July Sim Challenge: 2 Sims!

boolpropbea — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 02:10:48 GMT

As a way to kind of get my "creating sims" mojo back, I decided to participate in Garden of Shadows's July Sim Challenge for Sims 2! I've participated in the past, but it's been almost a year since I've completed one and I've really missed it! I seriously recommend this challenge for anyone, even people who enjoy decorating more than simming!

For this month, I chose the two prompts "Bistre" and "Trickster" and this is what I came up with! I also came up with a little backstory for both .. much of this is copy and pasted from the GoS thread, so sorry for the overlap! I hope you enjoy my contribution!

First, Bistre.

Born in a world of grey brain-eating zombies, Bistre will do anything to stand out from the rest of the mindless horde, even if it means shoving everyone else away. Abrasive, often overly-aggressive, independent, she makes her own way in any situation and shuns the norm. Her attitude often gets her in trouble and can become her greatest flaw - she has trouble seeing good in the traditions around her instead of just the bad.

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NOTE: Bistre uses the default zombie skintone, which I have unlocked in Bodyshop & CAS using Treeag's Creature Skins Unlocked hack from MTS2! Treeag also shows up credited in her CC list, for the skintone. This should not mess up your game or bork anything, but if you don't want the skintone and wish to substitute in your own, PLEASE install her with the Clean Installer and uncheck that piece of CC. Thanks!

Now, Trickster.

To his very core, Trickster is mercurial. One moment, he might be your best friend - the next, he's pushing the knife in your back ever deeper. Never trustworthy, never boring, never ending, to his credit, he at least makes life interesting. The Trickster plays by his own rules and doesn't follow any sort of moral code known to man. This sim was in part inspired / modeled off this painting of Loki & Sigyn of myth.

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I took quite a few pictures of these two, so for outtakes, you should visit my simblr. I'll be posting up those outtakes shortly after this.

As per my policy, direct link back to me is not necessary though credit would be awesome if anyone asks, the CC used on these sims belongs to the lovely and generous creators of our community, please do not upload these sims to paysites. Please do not claim these sims as your own, or my policy might become a little less lenient. :)

And, as always, enjoy!

first wallpaper creations!

boolpropbea — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 04:11:13 GMT

Today, I told myself I was going to teach myself how to do one cool creationy type thing in the sims! So .. I did! I taught myself (with the help of a tutorial sans pictures by HystericalParoxysm @ MTS2) how to make wallpapers. It was actually a lot less difficult than I thought and I had a lot of fun doing it!

I asked this same question on my tumblr, but I wanted to ask it here - would anyone want these, if I made more colors and cleaned them up a bit? They're fairly simple and I've tested them in game - the ones seen above look not so great in large rooms, but good in smaller rooms and awesome in tiny rooms (like bathrooms or small bedrooms). I'll definitely get a lot of use out of them myself, but I wasn't sure if anyone else would want them.

Also, if anyone has any recommendations or tips on making good wallpapers, that would be awesome! I'm working on more now and the hardest part for me seems to be lining up the patterns so that they reconnect on each wall panel. Anything helps!

mouse simblr: a 100 followers gift!

boolpropbea — Sat, 21 Jul 2012 01:44:32 GMT

A gift that I uploaded for everyone celebrating 100 followers over at my simblr that I also wanted to share here, for those who don't have a tumblr! Also, this is the first sim I've made for sharing in ages, so I'd really love some feedback, too!

Mouse Simblr is an adult female sim who will take on your default S1 skin and your default brown eyes. She comes in two varieties: CC-free and CC-full, so pick whichever one is appropriate for your game! In my game, I have her with stats as follows: 6/1/4/7/7, so she’s very shy, but playful and kind once you get to know her. I haven’t checked how she breeds yet, but I didn’t go crazy with the sliders so she should be fine. :)

The CC that I used on her belongs to the wonderful creators! If you have any questions about where I got anything, please, feel free to ask! I play maxis-match, but I know others don’t so if it’s not for you, I recommend downloading the CC-free version.

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decorating a house for katu!

boolpropbea — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 20:30:02 GMT

I haven't really been in a decorating mood the last few months, but when katu_sims asked for volunteers on skype to decorate a house she'd made, I figured I might as well give it my best shot! She's a lovely house-builder (something I stink at) so I knew I was in good hands in terms of architecture! Here is a quick picspam of what I've done so far .. the house is rather large for me and I've only done the master bedroom, the master bathroom (which I didn't take pictures of), the kitchen and eat-in dining area and the living room. Enjoy!

The kitchen.

View of the eat-in dining from the hall-room.

Living room.

Master bedroom.

And that's all for now, folks! I really love this house, so I'm going to continue decorating .. I'll probably post more picspams and if folks are interested (and I can track down all the cc), I might post up the finished product. I think katu_sims has plans of posting up the blank floor plan, too, for everyone!

Hint: you'll probably see this exact same picspam on tumblr. ;) Sorry for double-spamming some people!

mars valley: wilson family, round one!

boolpropbea — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 04:03:19 GMT

Hey guys! It's kind of late here, so if I seem a little bit dead, that's why. :) I wanted to share this update tonight, however, since it's been sitting on my computer for a little bit.

I have the second family of Mars Valley all played through and I moved the last 3 in so hopefully in the updates to come you'll see a lot more mingling of all 5 families. This family is a VERY big one, much bigger than the ones I usually play, so you also get to see me struggle with that! I don't think there are any other notes on this update, so away we go to meet the Wilson family!

The Wilson family has 5 (!!) total members. The father and breadwinner, Bruce and his youngest child, toddler Thomas.

Natalie.

Bruce's mother (the children's grandmother), Maria.

And Adele.
Their home is a little cramped and money is always a little bit short, but everyone gets along!

Bruce's wife died right after Thomas was born, so to get away from old memories Bruce moved the family to Mars Valley to make a fresh start and brought his mother with him to help around the house.

The girls seem to be doing well despite their loss, but Thomas doesn't quite understand all the time.

Even though Adele is going through the 'rough teenage years' she still doesn't mind helping out around the house!

(This interaction is too cute!)

Academics are very important in the Wilson household!

It seems like time flies by and look! Thomas is already a kid!

All the money Bruce has earned from his promotions allows the family to add on a spare bedroom & bathroom for Bruce. Thomas and Natalie still have to share, but at least Bruce, Maria and Adele each have their own rooms.

Thomas and Natalie are best friends anyway, so they don't mind sharing a room. :)

It takes a lot of work to remain in fighting shape on the police force!

Maria got a job as a secretary on the side, to try and help out with the bills. She even got a promotion! :)

(Adele's best friend in the neighborhood is Clint Barton!)

Who knows? Maybe one of the Wilson kids will go to college!

And that's all she wrote, for this round. As a note, all of the kids are doing amazingly in school, though I don't think it's in the rules for me to add a university this round. Unfortunately that means that Adele most likely won't go to college and neither will Natalie, though Thomas *may* have a chance.

I'll probably have another update for the rest of you in a few days - either here or at maxisbea! So keep an eye out!

mars valley: barton family, round one!

boolpropbea — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 18:29:42 GMT

I know I told you all yesterday that I would oh, tons of things to post and then proceeded to post nothing! I promise I'm not lazy on purpose, I guess I was just born this way. Anyway, I'm really excited to post today (among other things), the first update of Mars Valley and the very first family to move in! This post may be full of some serious comic / Avengers geeking. Beware?

Also, I've started using my simblr a LOT over the last few days! If you haven't followed me already, give me a follow - I follow back, with my personal tumblr mostly (but don't feel obligated to follow me there)!

If you have no idea what is going on here or what Mars Valley is, see here!

Right up there in the teaser image was Natasha and Clint Barton, the new (and only, right now) settlers of Mars Valley! Driven to this place by complicated pasts and wanting to start a new life together, all they want is a simple life. But things between them are anything but simple.
~~If you get these references, I love you.~~

Their home is tiny! But cozy, I guess? Only 3 rooms - the big kitchen / living / everything, the bathroom and the bedroom.

A close up of Clint.

Natasha hits the town gym while Clint is at work, since her job hasn't come up yet.

Um? Tash? Not appropriate!

.. That's subtle.

One thing about being the only sims in a hood - you can read the paper on your porch in your underwear.

Clint attempting to 'spy' on the neighbors. He ends up with only cactii.

Sure, you two. Gossip about the only townie sim who can actually turn you both into chickens. That's smart.

Knowledge sims - they spend much of their time studying and the rest of it..

Doing this. They're 3 bolters, too, incidentally.

Another great thing about my default skins - six packs for when my sims get fit!
(I love the detail astromeso puts into her work!)

And I thought it was going to all end here.

She lived! Though her pants disappeared and her hair got all wonky -- she lived!

And Clint managed to fix the tv and go to work, before ending their round!

All in all, it was really uneventful. maranatah was kind enough to remind me of the Prosperity challenge in my last post, so I'll be re-reading the rules and adapting them to this challenge if I see fit - I'll probably steal elements. The next family still needs to be rolled, created, moved in and played, but I'm planning on doing that right now (after I post some other updates), so I should have more for y'all in a bit!

I know this update probably seemed disjointed - hopefully it's enough for y'all to know that I had fun playing and that there will be more in the future!