Is building one of your favorite things to do in The Sims 3?
There's been a lot of debate in the Sims 4 community over build mode v live mode, so I wanted to see how Sims 3 players feel and how opinions differ over here! So the question is; is building one o...
I've said it before and I'll say it again, I like building more than I like actually playing my sims. I love researching different architectural styles, and figuring out how to replicate them in the game. My favorite thing to do is hunt for antique house plans - or just interesting historic houses - and re-create them in-game.
Most of my saves are blank slate worlds I decided to build up with a particular feel before I squirrel!ed halfway through. I should probably rip what I've completed out of them all sometime, and start a big heckin' showcase thread in the Creative Corner. I have so much stuff I've squinted over for hours, and no other soul has ever seen them, but it always tickles me pink to share.
My own families' homes are as unique as they are. Here's what I've currently got:
For a sim I created to live in bleak, empty desert world (one of my build-a-blank worlds, which is coming up Old West flavored), I created a home meant to look like someone took an abandoned ghost town mine building and filled it with a scavenged collection of worn and weathered furniture:
Master bedroom. (Needs more clutter I think): https://i.imgur.com/BQ4hbJ7.jpg
For my other current sim, created to be a world (and time) adventurer, I took her vast mounds of Tiberium and lottery ticket money, and this antique Spanish style house plan and created a ridiculously bougie mansion, with which my game occasionally has to stop and take a break while loading all the textures:
https://i.imgur.com/ovSFvAY.jpg
Way too many pictures of the grounds and interior spaces behind the spoiler.
My girl needs a special garden just to practice Sim Fu in: https://i.imgur.com/ibLspu3.jpg
Reception Hall. Neither she nor her butler-bot can play that piano. https://i.imgur.com/D6OvyD8.jpg
A private study https://i.imgur.com/Zkag98J.jpg
Which leads to the gallery, in which she shows off the treasures she's looted collected around the world. https://i.imgur.com/VNVFx29.jpg
An art deco dining room https://i.imgur.com/evq0YdU.jpg
And an old world kitchen https://i.imgur.com/Jdo2bqy.jpg
Leading to a nectar cellar ready for all her experiments in fancy fruit juice https://i.imgur.com/UpRuk59.jpg
Okay, soused and sleepy from all your travels? Have a nap in the master bedroom. https://i.imgur.com/EpW9DW0.jpg
Or the guest room. https://i.imgur.com/ENL258g.jpg
The house has servant's quarters, but she's got a plumbot doing all her cooking, cleaning, and gardening, so this space is purely to show she could have more servants if she wanted. https://i.imgur.com/1XJvFMY.jpg
After your nap, freshen up a bit... https://i.imgur.com/gMNxQgJ.jpg https://i.imgur.com/CchPRGl.jpg https://i.imgur.com/mRiC1ux.jpg
Okay, we're rested and ready to go! What about fun and games?
Well, upstairs there's a billiard room https://i.imgur.com/LUYwXhB.jpg
And in the basement, a private theater https://i.imgur.com/8XqzrEA.jpg
And once she's concluded her career of looting foreign lands, she'll retire to a life of hobbies. Until then, this space simply houses her chest of treasures and a clean room for future-tech experiments. https://i.imgur.com/XR1ZiWe.jpg
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