"Goulsquash;c-17309058" wrote:
I love it! Instantly recognized the strangetown lots. Never played the stories games, but the lots look lovely :) I'd love to see pictures of the sims you're making as well, if you'd be open to sharing them!
Sure, although Sims 3 sims look VERY different, a lot of people needed large liberties. Ive had a lot of trouble reproducing facial quirks too, like certain noses and chins and so forth. But lets take a look at a certain well-loved family from Strangetown thats coming along quite well and is near 'export' level.
https://i.imgur.com/xDcNAQy.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/DpozE2r.jpg
Everyone's favourite alien who thinks hes blending in with humankind, Pollination Tech#9 Smith! As an actual alien from Seasons. I took a couple of liberties with his skills, he has maxed out Advanced Technology, and his Creativity point is assigned to the Laser Rhythmicon. I have his ENTIRE family tree made with futuristic graves on the lot, players can hide the graves or bury them in the mausoleum, they exist so his family tree appears in full. Technically these graves would be back on his homeworld, not haging around in his pocket or in his attic, but theres no other way to have family trees intact :p
https://i.imgur.com/znO7Pj9.jpg
Jenny Smith is currently the only Curious sibling to be made, Lazlo, Pascal, Vidcund and Tycho will be made at a later date after I finish up editing the Hoggleg ancestors. I gave her the Eco-Friendly tait...just so she can talk to people about going green >.>
https://i.imgur.com/vG56o0B.jpg
Johnny Smith is a regular sim with his father's skintone (and 19.9% alien DNA, the exact cutoff point to have no alien powers and regular eyes, 20% DNA and higher and you have full on alien powers, black eyes and an echoey voice. EA really should have made it so powers gradually fall off as the DNA dilutes..) on his final day of teenhood, His shirt was pretty impossible to reproduce, but hes recognisable right?
https://i.imgur.com/O7Nx8Mk.jpg
Jill Smith, like her brother, has 19.9% alien DNA, instead of the 50% she technically should have. Kids have so few options in CAS, so reproducing her was more difficult than it needed to be. I did however sculpt her face as an adult using Sims 2's Adult Jill, so she SHOULD look somewhat accurate once aged up to teen and older. She also has the Pyromaniac trait, since Sims 2 PSP revealed she has pyrokinesis due to her alien heritage.
https://i.imgur.com/IohEBnS.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/cCXvEem.jpg
PT9 having full alien powers does change the gameplay up quite a bit. But hes also up for housework and gardening almost 24/7 as a result!
https://i.imgur.com/GoTNUaH.jpg
Since Johnny is literally on the verge of young adulthood (for those that have aging on :p) he comes with his Driving skill maxed out and a certificate for players to place. It was neat seeing this.
https://i.imgur.com/zLHMg8q.jpg
Ophelia Nigmos came over to see her boyfriend on prom night, surprised me. Note that her clothing and hair isn't quite right, but that's no fault of mine, gotta work with the assets I have :p
https://i.imgur.com/W41em9r.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/xi91qCe.jpg
And finally the actual home itself. Several changes have been made inside; the staircases in Sims 3 cannot have the tiles above covered unlike Sims 2, so the bathroom had to be made smaller and Johnny's access to it has been removed, as two tiles of bathroom were above the stairwell. Secondly, the chess table had to be moved to the spare room, as they cannot be placed in an enclosed three tile room anymore. Not even with moveobjects. Thirdly, the empty little room next to the master bedroom is now a laundry. I love my laundry systems okay? Expect all the old families to have a laundry in their house now. I also place recycling bins when I remember, and move the trash bin an mailbox somewhere 'smart'
EDIT: Oops, seems I forgot to change the swingset to the Sims 2 colours, and also left the temporary parking space I placed to give Johnny a colour-customised car. Gonna have to fix that. I swear I forget something everytime I think im 'done'
I'm currently working on the Goth manor from Pleasantview, expanded the graveyard to include Bella's ancestors and the additional Goth family members from all across Sims 3 will be present on the family tree, even Samuel and Olivia from Moonlight Falls. Just hide the graves of Frida, Olivia and Samuel and assume they are still in Moonlight Falls. Something interesting about Frida is that according to Sims 2, she didnt STAY dead in Sims 3, and eventually revived herself and died again as an elder later. Hecuba and Menelaus, Cornelia's cats from Sims 1 are also in the graveyard. I will have to kill off Bella, as theres no way to keep her alive on the family tree but totally unplayable. I intend to keep her as a 'hologram' ghost thats kinda like a living memorial to her, while her REAL self will be alive and well in Strangetown (I intend to put a copy of her in a remake of Espiritu Estate from Sims 2 PSP)
