Attention all Hoopy Froods ... launch of Betelgeuse imminent ...

... so pack your Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy ... get your towel ready ... put your Babel Fish in your ear and remember ...

DON'T PANIC!!!!! :o :D

I have decided to start a new thread as the last post for the old one was Oct 2016 ... goodness me ... that long ago :o ??? ....
Here's the link https://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/842834/betelgeuse-a-sim-colony-in-the-sea-of-obscurity-new-pictures#latest
if anyone fancies a look.

The great super computer Deep Thought tried for seven and a half million years to solve the question of 'Life, the Universe and Everything' so I presume a few years waiting for Betelgeuse to be uploaded to the Exchange may not have made any difference to anyone.

Betelgeuse uses most EPs and SPs but definitely requires Lunar Lakes for the fantasy vegetation and the rabbit holes, Into the Future for tube elevators, furnishings etc, Lucky Palms and the casino for plants, windows and gambling items, Late night for subways, Supernatural for the Llamas and having the Futureshock store stuff would also be an advantage.
Everything else that you don't have will be replaced by generic EA stuff and should not make any difference to the game play.
If you see a fish on the wall, a cowplant sculpture... or even a toilet somewhere where it doesn't make sense you know that I have originally placed a very pretty or useful object there that you obviously should have put on your wish list eons ago ;) :p

If you decide to download and try out this world could you please let me know if there are any major problems you may have encountered ... I've tried really hard to eliminate most routing errors but I'm fairly certain there will be things that I have missed.

Hope you'll enjoy looking at the following pictures ... at least they are all without the photobucket logo until Imgur decides to go the same route ;)

https://i.imgur.com/XhxBNNk.png

https://i.imgur.com/fhazbsc.png

https://i.imgur.com/2dspDx1.png

https://i.imgur.com/J8xJyDZ.png

https://i.imgur.com/eItuYgu.png

And now without further ado here is finally what you have all been patiently waiting for .... the link to download.
https://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=9401085

I wish you fun and Happy Simming ... even if you end up obliterating Betelgeuse by calling in a Vogon favour and turning this world into another hyperspace bypass :# ;)

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LiliBones
5 years ago
Wow what a wonderful world we feel the huge inspiration of Lunar Lakes.
thesims1depot
New Novice
5 years ago
Wow, that looks amazing! The level of detail is out of this world (no pun intended)! <3 And is it my imagination, or do you have a lot shaped like the Enterprise, hehe? :p
Hidehi2
New Traveler
5 years ago

Thank you so much @ts1depot :D ... your eyes were definitely not deceiving you! ;) ... and guess what: Betelgeuse has a Borg Cube too :o :p

https://i.imgur.com/8YbRhVI.jpg?1
thesims1depot
New Novice
5 years ago
"Hidehi;c-17566285" wrote:

Thank you so much @ts1depot :D ... your eyes were definitely not deceiving you! ;) ... and guess what: Betelgeuse has a Borg Cube too :o :p

https://i.imgur.com/8YbRhVI.jpg?1

Cool! :D
LMC6254
New Spectator
5 years ago
@Hidehi , I posted some screenshots in your other forum.. For some reason yesterday I couldn't get this link to work.. This afternoon I spent several hours exploring Betelgeuse and I took these screenshots.. Just in case you didn't see them in the other forum here they are.. Here is my Sim, Theresa Anderson enjoying her home Nexus Dreams that looks fantastic in your new world and she is also exploring the town..

Spoiler
http://lvlt.thesims3.com/sims3_asset/sims3_asset/media/shard000//shard000/371/583/019/00/screenshot_original.jpg
http://lvlt.thesims3.com/sims3_asset/sims3_asset/media/shard000//shard000/372/583/019/00/screenshot_original.jpg
http://lvlt.thesims3.com/sims3_asset/sims3_asset/media/shard000//shard000/374/583/019/00/screenshot_original.jpg
http://lvlt.thesims3.com/sims3_asset/sims3_asset/media/shard000//shard000/375/583/019/00/screenshot_original.jpg
http://lvlt.thesims3.com/sims3_asset/sims3_asset/media/shard000//shard000/377/583/019/00/screenshot_original.jpg
http://lvlt.thesims3.com/sims3_asset/sims3_asset/media/shard000//shard000/379/583/019/00/screenshot_original.jpg
http://lvlt.thesims3.com/sims3_asset/sims3_asset/media/shard000//shard000/381/583/019/00/screenshot_original.jpg
http://lvlt.thesims3.com/sims3_asset/sims3_asset/media/shard000//shard000/382/583/019/00/screenshot_original.jpg
http://lvlt.thesims3.com/sims3_asset/sims3_asset/media/shard000//shard000/389/583/019/00/screenshot_original.jpg
http://lvlt.thesims3.com/sims3_asset/sims3_asset/media/shard000//shard000/385/583/019/00/screenshot_original.jpg

I had a wonderful time exploring your new world! Betelgeuse was definitely worth waiting for!! Even though I don't have SN I didn't see any stray toilets or cowplants..
Hidehi2
New Traveler
5 years ago

@LMC6255 thank you so much for posting all these fabulous screenshots of your gorgeous sim Theresa exploring Betelgeuse. I've sent you a PM but just wanted to say here as well that without all your encouragement this world would have probably never made it to the Exchange :D x
ILoveMyOreo
5 years ago
it looks great. Ten thousand times better than Lunar lakes.
suzses
Seasoned Newcomer
5 years ago
@Hidehi I love what you've done and your references to Star Trek and the Borg. I'm going to have to download for a closer look.
suzses
Seasoned Newcomer
5 years ago
"Hidehi;c-17569722" wrote:

Hi @suzses :D
thank you so much for popping by!!! .... Even though most things on Betelgeuse are supposed to be related to Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy I have mentioned a few other SciFi movies or TV series too ;)
Have fun if you decide to have a closer look ... take care and stay safe! :) x

I did know it's predominantly Hitchhiker's, but I enjoyed those little added things, and I will have fun looking for more when I download it. :) I'm thinking it likely has some Futureshock, and I saw some Atomic Age, so I think I'm going to be lacking some things that I may pick up. Wish the worlds showed store stuff on the exchange like other downloads do. It would make it easier to figure out.
Hidehi2
New Traveler
5 years ago

Hi @suzses :D , it is definitely a nuisance that the Exchange doesn't show store stuff for an uploaded world ... it doesn't even register EPs or SPs which makes it so much more difficult to decide if it is worth to download a world or not.

I'm afraid Betelgeuse uses a fair amount of items from the Futureshock set and I think a table and chair from Atomic Age ... and I wouldn't have a clue what the game replaces those with ... all I know is if you don't own the basketball court for instance it will be substituted with a pretty flower vase and the toilet appears when a hot tub is missing ;) ... it's sometimes quite funny actually but it doesn't help with the intended aesthetics of the build :#