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These look awesome!

Awesome pics! :) But how did you get rid of the flashing? It happened to me, too, with a bar I built, and I had to change the lights and tear down a wall before it stopped...

I’ve seen this in some of my bars too. To resolve, I remove the LN strobe lights.

I’m assuming it’s due to manually changing graphics rules (or using “no glow mods” which replace the original graphics rules file). It was some time after changing mine that I first noticed the issue. (I don’t use bars/clubs/lounges in every save and not all of them contained strobe lights, so it took me a bit to make the potential connection between the two. But removing the strobe lights does solve it for me.)

I’m not sure if these rule changes have always affected the strobe lights, or if EA may have changed something at some point.

For those of you who have seen this in game, can you confirm this occurs only in bars containing strobe lights, and do you also use an altered SGR file?

@starguru - This build does have the strobe lights in it. But, I don't use any mods nor did I alter my SGR file.

@starguru - The lights only fire up when I enter the lot. As long as I or my Sims are on the lot, everything works fine. If I leave (move the camera away) from the lot, once I return the lights flash on. It's a very quick flash, then it's business as usual with no abnormal behavior from any of the lights in the build.

@starguru It was effectively the strobe lights I had installed for the dance floor! I never use them in my builds anymore... I didn't wait to see if they fixed themselves, though. Having them flash disturbed me too much :s

@ZeeGee - Yeah, I plan on adding a few of them to the Art Galleries of Bridgeport and/or Lucky Palms'. And, to my artist Sim's personal gallery. The only thing I'm not certain about is which size to make them.

I might have to try that myself :smile:

@king_of_simcity7 - Apparently, there's something with the strobe lights which causes this to happen. I've gotten some totally cool screenshots from this little lighting mishap. Hopefully, you'll get some great shots as well.

@ZeeGee - Just noticed I forgot to say Thank you for liking the screenshot. Thank you :).

@ZeeGee - In order for a community lot to be considered an Art Gallery it must have 16 paintings and/or sculptures.

I custom build all of my lots. If you don't want to custom build your Artist Gallery, choose a lot where you want the gallery to be located. Make certain the lot is set to 'Residential' and move your Artist Sim there. Decorate the place as much or little as you like as long as you have the required amount of artwork (x16). Once you have the Gallery decorated with your Sim's work or custom art, move your Sim out and change the lot type to 'Art Gallery'.

If you are asking how I get screenshots into the game as paintings and other art, there are several methods I use. For Large Poster type images I use Douglasveiga's Poster Set Loader. For other images, I use S3PE and my image software to swap the DDS file of paintings my Sim has already created and replace them with the custom image. Very rarely do I do custom framing.

I like fleshing out my Sim's careers using what the game gives us and filling in the rest with mods.

My Artist's gallery is a functioning studio/gallery. She is self-employed (using the painter skill career) and works from her gallery (there is a studio in the back). She collects two incomes. The first comes from the game by being self-employed, every time she completes and sells her paintings from the easel she is paid. The second income comes from her gallery using the OFB4TS3 mod which charges Sims 'admission' for entering the lot. Outside of the gallery there is a small section where visiting Sims can sit, soak up the art, enjoy the sun (and the free cookies), while browsing through the small Souvenirs shop courtesy of Ani's Savvier Seller mod (not always open).

It is possible to create a studio/gallery where your Sim can also live on the lot, but I haven't done that yet.

Best part, my Sim can still make money while not being actively played by activating the 'store' setting on Ani's mod. And, because she is naturally an artist, she will autonomously want to paint and sell her work as an inactive.

Hope I've answered your question.