Hi everyone!I have a new Sims project : rebuilding San Myshuno. I'll be making new community lots, redecorating apartments and creating new sims (as well as playing them a little so they'll have a history, relationships, skills and careers). It's a new challenge for me as well as a means of creating a different world, using many different packs, to set my next legacy in. This will take a while, but hopefully I'll keep at it, especially now that I'm sharing it. I'll be adding all lots and sims to the gallery as I go. I'm not sure if I'll ever share the save at any point (I don't even know how to), but maybe I will, if I figure it out and people say they are interested. Here, I'll be adding pictures of the lots and sims, explaining my vision for them a little and keeping you all up to date on the progress. Feel free to discuss my creations, and if you do use them, tell me how! I'm always curious to find out what happens to lots and sims I add to the gallery. Considering how many things will be in this thread, here is a quick rundown of what you will find in the following pages : Page 1 : San Myshuno Arts CenterPage 2 : Rooftop italian restaurant for the Arts Quarter and a few apartments for the same area (the two Hakim House ones) and one apartment for the Spice Market.Page 3 : A Botanical Garden to replace Myshuno Meadows, all remaining Arts Quarter apartments (Medina studios), and one apartment for the Culpepper building in the Spice Market.Page 4 : A warehouse converted to a recreation center on the docks of the Spice Market.

I actually gave myself this project a long time ago, but I started with what was probably the most ambitious build of them all, and the scope of the project, a lighting glitch I had to learn to live with (and cover-up slightly) and a very busy schedule in 2021 meant it took... almost a year to complete it? Anyways, here is the first new build for my version of San Myshuno : the San Myshuno Arts Center. I wanted the ground floor to feel like a proper theater with backstage area, making use of Get Famous. Upstairs includes areas for people to learn new skills, and some things to keep children and toddlers entertained. There's a dance studio, recording room (sorta), rooms for music classes and an area for painting. I intend to create a few clubs so that sims will use the different objects at their disposal when visiting. Anyway, here are some pictures. If you want to see more, you can check Imgur : https://imgur.com/a/BhrAc7V Here is the link to the gallery as well : Gallery linkhttps://i.imgur.com/kAz6zdu.pnghttps://i.imgur.com/tuE66me.pnghttps://i.imgur.com/nyBIdJy.pnghttps://i.imgur.com/rbVr2wt.png

It is great that you are rebuilding San Myshuno! :) The San Myshuno Arts Center is a lovely build! :) The exterior design is very great! Very nice nice roofing and balcony windows. The platforming of the front patio area is very great! The interior furnishing and layout is lovely! Very nice design of each area! The theatre area with a backstage room is very nice. The art gallery, easel painting, music and dance areas are lovely! It is nice that there a fenced kids play area for them to have fun whilst their family are doing other activities at the venueIt is a very nice venue to visit :)

@rosemow Thank you for the kind comments! :) It was fun to build.

@SerraNolwen Ideas are meant to be shared! Feel free to use it. ;) I love the stage idea and the music and dance studio for the Art Center. <3 I never thought about doing that. Personally, I use this image below to feel the vibe of a world. So, this is why, for me, San Myshuno is more a night life/party place, hence why I want places like nightclub, karaoke, restaurant, café, etc. to go. I thought about doing a clothing store+studio photo in the penthouse of the fashion district, but currently the game bug, because of the mannequins. Edit: Maybe, I will build a nightclub like in the tv show Lucifer on top of it? Still not sure about that :D .Spoiler (Highlight to read)https://i.redd.it/sapq0wt3o1b71.pnghttps://i.redd.it/sapq0wt3o1b71.png

@SerraNolwen I found it there : https://i.redd.it/sapq0wt3o1b71.pngBut I found a updated version of it (although it still miss Henford-on-Bagley): https://i.redd.it/jnm59zq450z51.jpg@bbdarling08s Do you know what you want for each lot before you start? or do you just start building and trust your gut?For me, I always build with an idea in mind before, otherwise I just stare at a blank space for too much time. :D It can be a floor plan I found and want to use it somewhere (mainly for residential lots), a gameplay idea (complete every collections in game and want to showcase it in a dedicaced museum (natural history/space & technologies/maritime & town history/hall of fame), collect every paintings a sim can make with the skill and place it in a art museum/art center), a specific lot in game with a particuliar surrounding (the magic HQ in the spellcaster world, the university world in Britchester), an architecture detail I saw IRL or in photos and I want to incorpore it in a build. But usually, I don't have a complete idea of what I want before I build. I always adjust as I go, because of the various limitations of the game. Also, I always have with me a notebook to write and draw my ideas (it's really messy in it ;) ).

Rebuilding San Myshuno - Recreation Center (SanMyshuno Youth Center) on page 4

SerraNolwen
New Rookie
3 years ago
Has it really been over a month? Looks like it. Well, after a lot of time not playing the sims and some more time fidgeting with the restaurant trying to make it look right and work, here it is, Giovanni's restaurant, which can be downloaded on the gallery here : Gallery link

I'll post a few of my favorite pictures here, and you can find some more on Imgur

https://i.imgur.com/DSzsk8C.png

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

https://i.imgur.com/ehfyAp8.png

https://i.imgur.com/q9bHb7G.png
SerraNolwen
New Rookie
3 years ago
Thanks @rosemow I'm glad you like it! Yeah, that outdoors area is my favorite.
SerraNolwen
New Rookie
3 years ago
Okay, a fairly simple build, this time, as I have renovated an apartment in the Spice District, at 18 Culpepper house.

In my save file, something terrible happened in this apartment and I had the previous resident leave. Rumour has it that it is haunted, now. There is, in fact, a terrible surprise for anyone who decides to knock down the fireplace (not sure it will be there on the gallery). I've set it up with the historical (that one is locked in), chef's kitchen and Peace and quiet lot traits, plus the Spooky lot challenge. The current resident of the lot has an interest for the paranormal, so there are a couple trinkets here and there, but other than that and the chimney, it's a pretty standard apartment.

Here is the gallery link : Gallery

More pictures on imgur.

https://i.imgur.com/h8jXInD.png

https://i.imgur.com/Y1XCCk5.png

https://i.imgur.com/fcs6yNt.png
SerraNolwen
New Rookie
3 years ago
Thank you @rosemow! I had to fiddle around a little to fit everything I wanted (without causing routing issues or making it look cramped) when I added that fireplace, but I'm pretty happy with the result.
mightyspritesims
Seasoned Hotshot
3 years ago
Very pretty Culpepper renovation! I like the colors in the living room.
When you couldn't save, did you get a "Save Code Error: 0" message? That is this bug here https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/NEEDS-SAVES-Save-Code-Error-0/td-p/11317078
EA is asking for saves so they can track down the problem
(Also there are a couple of workarounds posted early in that thread)
SerraNolwen
New Rookie
3 years ago
@Lissykin It's good to know I'm not the only one who thinks the kitchen layout worked out. Thank you for the kind comments!

Thank you @mightysprite for pointing this out. I'll see if I can give them useful data to fix that bug, since it can be a pretty big deal, especially when you don't know about it. And thank you for taking the time to look at the build! I'm glad you like it.
SerraNolwen
New Rookie
3 years ago
I'm done with another apartment reno! This one is for 122 Hakim House, in the Arts Quarter. I'll be showing you the people living here soon, but for now, here is the place. Two sims live here, and one of them is an artist whose father was a very strict politician. She kept a lot of her father's fancy vintage furniture, but turned the place into something colorful, eclectic and welcoming so that she could host lots of parties. The Decor to the Max kit came out as I was trying to decide how to decorate the place and I just love it. I used the wallpapers a lot as well as some of the furniture.

You can download the apartment here : Gallery

And look at more pictures on here : Imgur

Here are the floor plan and some of my favorite pics :
https://i.imgur.com/IPfMQPq.png

https://i.imgur.com/32ytrih.png

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

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

https://i.imgur.com/SybVYGh.png
SerraNolwen
New Rookie
3 years ago
Thank you @rosemow for your comments! I'm glad you like the patterns (there are a lot! I'm not used to maximalism, but I like it in game).

@LuxAtomica92 I hope you enjoy playing with this lot! I strongly recommend creating a few clubs that hang out there so that the lot is more lively and everything that isn't from City Living or base game still gets used by townies.
SerraNolwen
New Rookie
3 years ago
I've just added a household to the gallery : the two sims who live in my 122 Hakim House reno! Gallery link

Carmen is a 3-star celebrity pianist (level 9 of the entertainer career) with high skills with instruments. She is best friends with Jack, who is a writer and on the way to becoming a journalist.

https://i.imgur.com/MuXiby4.png

https://i.imgur.com/bvIk56z.png

They don't have a romantic relationship, but in my story, they got pretend-married early on so that people would stop pestering Carmen to get married and become a mom (which in her time would have required she also leave her career behind) and Jack wouldn't get so many questions about the people he hangs out with when he discreetly met his boyfriend. They keep each other's secrets and live harmoniously.

Also, in my save, Jack is in a relationship with Patrick, the sim I shared previously, who is an independent author writing horror stories from his haunted apartment. Here is an extra picture of the three of them hanging out at the restaurant :

https://i.imgur.com/mxiwUal.png
SerraNolwen
New Rookie
3 years ago
Today, I have completed the Hakim House apartment building! 121 Hakim House (gallery link) is fully redecorated, while keeping the original floor plan, and I have also shared the sims living there, two young girls trying to become actresses, one in kids' shows, the other in dramas and musicals : Household gallery link.

Here are a few pictures, and you can find more on Imgur as usual : Imgur link

https://i.imgur.com/ts4hunJ.png

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

Vanessa mostly takes gigs in kids shows and voidcritter content :
https://i.imgur.com/RFOyBn9.png

This one is Choon-Hee's room :
https://i.imgur.com/YR7gRdK.png

https://i.imgur.com/780VnKN.png

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