vroobi

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I came back to The Sims 3.

And uhm... Hello?

I guess I'm having guests.

Conference room with a back room for shenanigans.

The last attempt at the elevator entrance was not boring enough, so I had another try.

Town Library & Archive

Another Build - Polish Apartments [CC]

Last day of Easter holidays was very productive. I thought that I need some Polish touch in my BACC. I sat down and built my new flats.

It's not the building in pastel colors like the one where I'm currently living as a human, not Sim version of myself but I think it gives ✨Polish vibes✨

On the background there is a small playground. In Poland they are mostly in front of the building but I didn't plan it too well so...

I didn't furnish the apartments because I thought that furnishing 24 units would kill my soul so it's up to you how the interior will look like. I only left lightning in halls and some garbage chutes.

On every floor in every block there are two apartments with two bedrooms and big living room and one apartment with one bedroom.

The floorplan:

I didn't know what to do with the back of the building so it just looks like that:

And how the whole hood look like:

My BACC looks better and better.

Anyway, grab the new download.

Download: SFS

New build - The Basil Restaurant [CC]

My sims from BACC missed a place where they can go on date, eat delicious food and just spend time eating. I thought that maybe I should build them some restaurant.

I present you "The Basil". It's industrial restaurant but I think inside cold, brick walls your sims can find warm, cozy atmosphere.

On the entrance you have few tables and in the nook you can find a bar and coffee bar.

On the left there is a kitchen from which you can go into bar area.

And in the corner you have a bathroom with little nursery. I'm not sure if in TS2 you can take a toddler to restaurant but I think it's a nice sign that it's a family friendly restaurant.

On the first floor there is a mezzanine with tables.

The floorplan:

Enjoy!

Download: SFS

Custom College Project

I've started working on a new custom college hood for TS2, and I've just finished the first dorm :)

I've had the idea for a while but I've only just started working on it (after many attempts to make a terrain in sim city 4), but im gonna start posting updates to it as it develops ! I'm starting this project because, as much as I love the 3 default colleges, I really want to create an urban & artsy/party college campus that is nestled in the middle of a city. Academie le Tour is usually where I send my 'artsy' sims, but it feels very prestigious to me, so I'd love an alternative ! Right now, the working title is Urbania Polytechnic, based off of the uni in Urbz (DS version). In the future (the long ... long ... distant future), I'd love to make the playables / townies within this hood reflect the sims from the Urbz games

I've been playing TS2 for a long time, but I've never really ventured into mods or CC until recently. Honeywell's build set is an absolute godsend though, the windows and curtains are just sooooo chef's kiss and have made building a much more enjoyable experience :) ePSYlord's NY building set is also a perfect match for the vibe I'm going for, and I've been using it to decorate the neighbourhood and create that city feel. when making the terrain in SC4, I tried to make the grids in such a way that would compliment the size of the building props! I'm also planning to create a suburban side to the neighbourhood, where the frats, sororitys, and college houses will be, as well as some rural amenities. In the city, i'm going to have nightclubs, restaurants, etc - the usual nightlife amenities !

so yeah! This will be a fun project and i hope i can stick to it !! everything is a work in progress and things will most definitley change as time goes by, but I can't wait to work on this hood so I can start sending my sims to an urban university :)

The first building in my magic town, Twinkle Hills, is the house of a good witch.

Interior pictures: here, here, here and here. 

73 Road to Nowhere: exterior.

The Green apartments - the pride of the contemporary architects of Crystal Castle. This apartment building embodies nature and beauty even though it is located just around the corner from city centre. There is 4 apartments in 5 floors - the highest one being a two-story delicacy with two balconies - and a common yoga room and a small backyard for residents to enjoy.

It is so hard to screenshot these tall buildings.. but I tried! I had the game crash couple of times while bulding and furnishing, so decided to left the aprtments empty. But luckily I haven't had any problems while actually playing on the lot!

built a house in the sims 2 inspired by leave the world behind today!

The Old Country Church | CC-Free Sims 2 Community Lot Download

The old, 1800's style country church has weathered the test of time and, despite it's age, is still is as solid as the messages that have been shared from the pulpit. It's built on a 5x5 community lot.

It's over-all simplicity stands in stark contrast to more ornate architecture, but it is this humble structure, reminiscent of a purer time of faith, that stands as a testament to scriptural truths.

Let's take a tour of the place!

Joy. Laughter. Tears. Weddings, funerals, picnics on the lawn, and baptisms in the lake--all the memories that have meant so much--have happened here in this peaceful country setting. It's a place for friends to gather, caring words to be spoken, and a base for larger community outreach.

This landmark is surrounded by trees, and old nature trails that meander through the woods. It's the perfect place to hear the birds sing, sit by the water reading the Good Book, and to remember where the true meaning of life comes from.

Right now the old church is dressed up for a wedding, but you can remove the arch and flower decorations for a more authentic feel.

This lot is CC-free which is why the podium is one of the career reward objects. You can find a buyable version without the cringy teleprompter screens in this set over on Mod the Sims because being a minster should never be about the money or charismatic personalities.

Congregational singing with instruments was just starting to become popular in the 1800's. Many old churches did not have a piano or organ, but I've added the piano and violin to this lot to give some more interest to the front platform.

The balcony is a lovely place to sit and listen to the beautiful acoustics, and appreciate the rustic beams that make up the upper part of the roof.

The bell tower is empty since there is not anything comparable in the game. You can find a very simple bell at the end of this thread on Mod the Sims if you'd like to put one in.

I built this lot based on historical pictures of churches from the 1800's. This version is a bit larger than most of that era. A lot of the churches at the time did not have anything more than a main sanctuary area, but I've included bathrooms for convenience's sake.

1st Floor: On this level there are bathrooms, and the main sanctuary.

2nd Floor: There's a balcony near the bottom of the image, the rest of the level is open to the sanctuary below.

The Old Country Church MF | SFS

This lot is CC-Free, but All EPs and SPs are required.

I’ve run this lot through the Lot Compressor so any random references to sims that aren’t there should be removed. I have also run it through the Lot Cleaner to remove any bits of buggy code. This lot comes with a shiny custom thumbnail so it has even more curb appeal in your Lots and Houses bin! 😄

Default Replacements Shown: Purple Lupin shrub from @peppermint-ginger If you don’t have these in your game your Lupin will be blue.

I ALWAYS recommend using the Sims 2 Pack Clean installer to install lot files.

Recenty I've started my brand new BACC called Misty Hills. The neighbourhood is still decorated because I'm not good at it.

For now I have 7 families and all of the founders married townies.

Here's the moment of Grzegorz Kolec (Greg Spike in English) proposing to Kaylynn Spitzig.

They got married in the garden with the beautiful view.

I love how Greg looked at Neil Cameron with disgust.

They already have three children: Janina, Cezary and Łukasz. I'll post photos of them later.

I must say I have so much fun with building my own city and looking forward to stories that will happen.

Also I forgot to show you my old build from the first BACC. Would you be interested to see the floorplan and download it?

theres no way the sims fandom is having discourse about people not interpreting characters deep enough.. hello... this is the game where you play with dolls... the pre existing characters are there to fill a town up.... hello...... theyre made to be surface level.. this is like getting mad at someone for not playing with their toys the way YOU like😭😭😭

So...I built more 'apartments'...

I built these yesterday, but I don't like them for this corner of the town and I wanted them to blend in more with the style of the Resident lot. My favorite part of that lot is the community feel between the units, especially as I play it as a residential lot. Some of those characters will be moving out soon, and these are very similar in design but with more space that they need.

So these are 8x double bedroom units and have a bit more space than the other lot, and still has the garden design that I like. Albeit the driveway only has 3 parking spaces but better than nothing.

Downstairs

Upstairs

and they fit in so much better! 😍 😍 😍

Since I'm seeing the original Steve Buscemi sun post going around again, and this has been sitting in my drafts for over a year, it seems like a good time to actually post it. This project started (in 2021, apparently) because SimNostalgia's sun inspired me to make a Paul Reubens moon, then made my own Steve sun to match. This was originally intended for personal use, and was almost shared last year but got left in drafts and later shared with some Discord friends, but I think the time has come to release these handsome celestial gentlemen into the wild.

Credits:

@simnostalgia for the idea, 100%! ♥

@lowedeus for the default package files I edited to create these.

Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! (S01E03) for the Paul Reubens moon (I literally just cropped and resized a screenshot from the show).

Unfortunately it seems I didn't save the source for the sun image I used, and when I reverse search it now I get mostly various fandom wiki links in lower res, but I'm pretty certain I originally saved it from some "download free pngs" type of site. I put the original unedited image on Imgur, if anyone wants it for anything.

Steve Buscemi and Paul Reubens for their striking visages. ♥

Download @ SFS

I tried to fix it once again and finally I have apartments! It had to be modular stairs to the garden or second driveway. I'm not sure but after a lot of pain I finished this building.

My inspiration were modern row houses in Poland now. I truly hate real estate developers but it's my tribute to their idiotic house building in the middle of nowhere like here, for example:

So I present to you my White Posh Houses, only 4120 simoleons in rent.

I had some problems with roofs so I just left it like that. I'm sure developers wouldn't mind.

The back is empty so you can place whatever you want here. At least I created some space you can enjoy. Not like here:

The floorplan looks like that:

So in the basement there is a bedroom (maybe) and two rooms that look like bathrooms but I thought than one could be a laundry room. There is a corridor so your sims can go outside and cherish their garden.

The entrance leads to big kitchen and dining room and on the back you can havbe living room and some office space. You have also small bathroom and doors to garage for one car.

On the highest floor is master bedroom and a huge bathroom. I think I was really crazy with those measurements but I don't mind if you add some walls in your game.

Download: SFS

I hope all CC is included.

Enjoy!

Another apartment lot!

But these will function in the same way as the Residents household, in that it's actually a residential lot as I want to 'play' all the characters at the same time, as they interact far better than when on an actual apartment lot.

This is Quay Corner Apartments, made of 2x single bedroom units and 2x double room units.

Complete with 2 parking spaces (garage and driveway), even the single bedroom units hold more space than the Residents lot. I've not furnished them much as that'll happen when the sims actually move in. The lot actually started off as this one, and I reduced its size with Lot Adjuster to fit it in this space (along with making the retirement home lot smaller too!). Then I tweaked it so it was similar in design to its neighboring buildings.

I've built it!

But I can't change it to apartments :(

I tried everything with invisible fences, deleting custom garage doors, nothing works for me.

Is there someone who can help?

I can even share this built so someone can look at it.

1000 Follower Gift Part 2: Penrose Manor CC Free Version

Thank you for 1000 followers! For the the second part of this gift here is a CC free version of the house I shared in part one. So if you would like a CC version then check out part one!

This is a large house with lots of landscaping so still might be more intensive on your game. It's quite interesting to build without CC after such a long time but I'm happy with the result! I hope you will enjoy it too.

To install use Sims2Pack Clean Installer, you can check out what defaults and fixes I use below if you would like it to look like the screenshots. But of course it's optional! Please let me know if there are any issues!

Cost: £119,000~

Size: 3x4

Download

Defaults:

Clear Glass Windows & Doors Default

Lush Terrain Default

3t2 Terrain Paint Default

Hedge Default - I use jodeliejodelie & Plant Fixes version

Plant Fixes Default

Ivy Replacements + Shine Fix

Upwardly Mobile Staircase Fixes

No Bump Maps On Certain Floors

No Sheen On Iron Garden Fence

No Sheen On Iron Stairs

Additional:

Higher Quality Tree Lot Imposters - Not required, it will be more intensive for your game! It just changes how the trees look from neighbourhood view.

The defaults are very much not required, but these are what I use in case you want it to look like the screenshots. I would recommend a version of the hedge default as it reduces the texture size of maxis hedges which can improve lag.

It's this part of the week.

Finally grabbing a beer and thinking: "I should build row houses."

Found the inspiration, started a game, fighted constrain floor elevation aaaaaaaand it's gone.

Just after save my game crashed.

At least I took the screenshot right before saving. So I present to you... House That Never Existed

Trying again tomorrow...

Goth Manor makeover (Part 3) Bottom floor

this unchangeable sims 3 username has haunted me for so long... do you know how embarrassing it was to be 10 years old and lose my password? EA would only deal with password changes for this service over the phone, so i had to sit there with my mother as the guy asked "and what was the account name?"

Splitting the Ottomas family

After David Ottomas' death, Justyna, his eldest daughter from the first marriage, agreed to stay in home with her husband and take care of step-siblings until Marek reaches teen stage.

It was the morning of his birthday. Whole family ate breakfast together and had a little chat about the plans. Justyna already knew she's pregnant so she announced it and told that they will move after party.

Marek invited all his friends and blew the candles. He's a teenager now, family aspiration. He wants to become a super hero so right after party, he found a job in law enforcement. I'm proud of him. He will now have a tough job to take care of his little sister, Waleria.

Justyna and Shea moved to rented house. They can't afford buying now but they need more place for the baby.

They have now the son, Mikołaj Johnston!

After few days Justyna reached the top of the army career so she wanted to be a chef now. She changed the job and maybe she earns less now but at least she has a fun in reaching the goal.

Mikołaj also had birthday.

He lost his mind (head) over it.

THE SIMS 2 - Wine Counters

One day Ottomas descendants will run Pleasantview

Gertruda Gavigan finally had her birthday.

The Ottomas genes are so strong, I can't.

And it turned out that Mirosława is pregnant again.

She really wanted to have a second baby with Kamil. It was so easy to achieve.

She gave birth to twins, Lech & Jarosław, which was a big surprise because no one expected two boys. Unfortunately I don't have the photos of them but trust me, they look like babies.

Not long after the birth of the boys, I see that again.

OMG!

You can't even wait one day, can you?

Anyway, Ottomas genes are strong and trying to run in almost every family now. I think one day Goths and Landgraabs will lose the power in the city.

P.S. It's a boy! Welcome Kazimierz!

I think Samatha would be proud of her kids, creating 12 grandchildren! Mirosława leads the ranking, for sure.

Barbara and Ernest are children now so they could meet in the Picaso's house. She wanted badly to meet also her grandma, Jessica. Behavior of Hiacynta was problematic but Ramaswami family thought it would be cruel to cut the child from the normal side of the family.

It looks like they really like each other!

Meanwhile Paulina and Miłosz decided to have another baby.

"It would be nice to have a girl."

"I just hope it will be healthy."

On the next evening they welcomed a son, Norbert Ottomas!

But the happiness didn't last long. Jessica Picaso unfortunately reached last day of her life, jest right after sitting on the toilet. Life is a great mystery.

At least she died with platinum aspiration.

Family plant store 🌱 

Bonus <3