Rebuilding Worlds Vol. 2

@debjameswhite You and @OJenn did a beautiful job with the genepool and with the house plans too. Thanks for all the work you've done. I'm glad you got to play. Hailey turned out gorgeous and what a great big sister she turned out to be! The boys are adorable. Even the stinky boy. lol The fox looks great. Lucky is a good name. I like your update very much.

Sorry for the brief comments everyone I am on mobile caring for mini-me

@Mionax - Ashton is adorable and got my favorite child aspiration! And it looks like you got two sets of identical twins, wow!

@Kiwicantdie - Tina is one of the townies I really like, and there is another family that I like there too but I can't remember their names. Oh boy here is hoping that Knox doesn't cause a rift in an already difficult marriage. Oh wow you got your smog back, yay!! Welcome to the Greene twin club, lol.

@JordanNicoleJJ - omg that "family" pic of everyone putting out the fire save for Eden is hilarious! I think its really sweet that Haven is sticking around a bit before heading off to college. (you will have to tell me how you like the University pack) Congrats to Iris and Aiyden on reaching the top of their careers. I am also very much looking forward to the wedding since Suri said yes. What do you think? Before Uni or after?

@Francisca464 - Iris is so cute in your game, I love her outfit ♥

@WentCrazy - Hmm I don't think there is a maximum number of pictures per post, you'll notice we have long updates in the thread sometimes. (Which I love)

@Ryhthrin - Haha I love the dumpster diving in this pack, is that weird? :lol: Luana and Manu are such a good looking couple and I still really love the mermaid spot you made for her. Congrats on the nooboo which will probably be just as good looking as mom and dad :)

@debjameswhite - I am so glad Hailey has Heath in her life, who needs Jay! Aww the boys are cute, they seem to have a different eye shape and they aren't quite identical. The ping-pong table seems to be a big hit at Lia's place. That fox is super cute and now you've reminded me my household needs a pet.

@Rhythrin WOOO an update!! You have no idea how much I love seeing Manu and Luana :heart: Those first few dark smoggy pics are so ominous :flushed: I think diving is the perfect career for Luana! Meepsy is the cutest lil bug ever. AHHH a nooboo already?! I'm so excited!! Sorry but I'm with Manu on this one, I wanna see those cute babies :wink:

@Mionax Your restaurant reminds me of the Sydney Opera House because of the fancy roof! I almost built a restaurant on that lot too, but I opted for a cafe instead and put some restaurants in other worlds.

@debjameswhite Thanks for all the hard work you're putting into this challenge! I'm happy to put together the Brindleton Bay gene pool if you wanna tackle Sulani :smile: I actually enjoy making gene pools lol.

So many amazing sims in your game! I just downloaded NPCC and MCCC and deleted all of the atrocious randomly generated townies, so tomorrow I'm going to download a bunch of Sims off the gallery :naughty: Okay, Sawyer's already my fav sim in your game cause I've always loved the name Sawyer and said if I ever had a kid I'd name it Sawyer lol. Hailey's pretty, but Jay is just too much. We can just enjoy Hailey and completely forget about Jay :lol: I love Hailey's party outfit! I'm totally stealing it at some point. Man the twins are super cute though, I adore their little animal hats they wore at harvestfest :love: Hailey's already such a good mom and she's not even a mom yet! Lol I know foxes are considered 'dogs' in the sims but I thought it was hilarious that Lia "always wanted a dog" but was petting a fox :lol: Foxes & raccoons are such fun pets though!

@OJenn I'm thinking they'll have a big destination wedding + honeymoon after Haven graduates from college. Haven can finally visit the ocean that he loves so much...for the first time :lol:

@Wentcrazy I take so many pics too, like I'll take 5 screenshots of the exact same thing--I haven't moved the screen or unpaused it or anything--just to make sure I actually get the shot. Then I'll move the screen a little bit to see if I can get a better angle and take 5 more shots at each angle :lol: I have to sort through 300+ pics to get 30-50 good ones for an update lol. My pro tips for screenshots is 1) play in full screen mode, because windowed mode doesn't actually capture the screenshots half the time (plus graphics are way better in full screen mode), 2) check your camera settings in game -- I use the sims 3 camera because i can get better angles with it, my capture size/quality is large/high, and I have "capture UI" turned off (I think that gets rid of the skill bars and stuff), and 3) use 'tab mode' (pause your game & hit the 'tab' key and it'll get rid of the UI and let you move the 'camera' around with your mouse to get better angles and zoom and stuff). Tab mode is literally my saving grace, there's no way I could get decent screenshots without it lol.

"JordanNicoleJJ;c-17611711" wrote:

@Wentcrazy I take so many pics too, like I'll take 5 screenshots of the exact same thing--I haven't moved the screen or unpaused it or anything--just to make sure I actually get the shot. Then I'll move the screen a little bit to see if I can get a better angle and take 5 more shots at each angle :lol: I have to sort through 300+ pics to get 30-50 good ones for an update lol. My pro tips for screenshots is 1) play in full screen mode, because windowed mode doesn't actually capture the screenshots half the time (plus graphics are way better in full screen mode), 2) check your camera settings in game -- I use the sims 3 camera because i can get better angles with it, my capture size/quality is large/high, and I have "capture UI" turned off (I think that gets rid of the skill bars and stuff), and 3) use 'tab mode' (pause your game & hit the 'tab' key and it'll get rid of the UI and let you move the 'camera' around with your mouse to get better angles and zoom and stuff). Tab mode is literally my saving grace, there's no way I could get decent screenshots without it lol.

All of this! I also use the Sims 3 camera as well, I just never made the switch over to the sims 4 when the game launched. If you can max your settings for pictures and definitely tab mode for screenshots always :star:

@Rhythrin Hey! You too :smiley: I'm glad you've found your way back as well. Haha, I definitely used the Greenes. I think it's super neat that we can compare gameplay by using the same sims.

Yay, you posted pictures!I love that you started with Manu and Luana. I was torn because I love their looks but I want to use them for Sulani. They are such a cute couple in your game, very loved up. LOL Meepsy :joy: what an awesome name. I think that creature is hideous but it's also so adorable. Maybe your smog is gone because you already improved the footprint? I had a lot of smog but it was gone within a day after moving the Greenes in. Yaaaay babies!!!

@Wentcrazy Yes! I played even more yesterday :smiley: Like most others I had Iris pick the Botanist career and Aiyden is in civil designing. It just fits their personality I think. Congrats on becoming an official member btw!

@debjameswhite I didn't even noticed the thing with Puush until I looked back in the old thread and saw all my pics of Rebuilding Brindleton Bay have disappeared. I still take the screenshots in Puush because it's really easy to use, but I upload them to Imgur afterwards :smile:

If you need Sims for the genepool, feel free to use some of mine. They are in my Gallery. I think I tagged them with rebuildingworlds. Fawn might be a good sim for Sulani or Brindleton Bay.

Ooo townies, I recognize Vincent Marks, Pablo, a few sims by @Kiwicantdie and @Heckstress17... I love Heath! He's a much better guy than Jay. OMG, Hailey is gorgeous :neutral: :love: You don't want her as your heir because of Jay? That ping pong table is such a success lol Do your sims even use something else? Bath time with toddlers is the cutest :heart: I already loved Hailey but seeing her being so good with her brothers makes me like her even more. Ooo you have a fox?! Where did you get him? He's adorable!

@Heckstress17 Haha Fawn is just a super cute nature-ish name. So I understand you used it! I think you should just go with the sim you like playing the most. That's more important than traits and looks imo. I hope you get Silas into uni! I think your father's death by Cowplant is a good reason to not get into a good school though :joy: Iris looks really young in my game! But it suits her with how she behaves I think, at least for me. She's a bit girlish and dorky. I really like her. I installed the NPC mod by the way, did you download new townies for the roles as well? If yes, where?

@JordanNicoleJJ I did! Thank you for uploading it :smiley: That's ok, it's a good shell. And I like starting out with the bare minimum. They do have a good bathroom now, it's the first thing I upgraded. Next up is their bathroom. My living room isn't exactly a living room though :joy: It's literally just a couch and a tv.

LOL I noticed you telling @Wentcrazy that you get 100s of shots when you want to take a pic of something in game. I do the same! :joy: I sometimes have 4 pictures of 1 scene and I'm like What was I thinking?! when I clean out my folder. Do you play in fullscreen and then just press C for your pictures? I do play in Windowed Fullscreen because I use Puush for pictures, but I didn't know the graphics quality goes down when you use Windowed.

@Mionax Wow your restaurant looks really cool and fitting for Evergreen Harbor :smiley:

@everyone I'm wondering... what do y'all use to edit/improve your screenshots? Or do you use lighting mods? I think mine are a bit dark and I'd like to make them a bit brighter.

I think @JordanNicoleJJ mentioned the cake that I had in my game and I only just remembered that I use a mod that retextures all the food in my game. If you want it, it's here!

@Francisca464 - Oh looks we posted around the same time! Poor Iris and Aiyden look miserable but who can blame them when they live in Smog Town. And yeah I feel like I should have given her a better aspiration for Eco Living but I've found going to different towns helps a lot with that. Those phone calls always make me wonder lol

@Wentcrazy - I'm not sure how it works on laptops but have you tried windowed fullscreen? I actually use that one when I play but I am on a desktop so things might function differently.

@Wentcrazy That's definitely true! It was mostly the degree for me. These careers had the 'boost' because of their degrees. I had Aiyden join the Robot Maker one at first, but it didn't really fit with his Maker aspiration. So I switched. I always want my sims to make friends, but I'm so busy skilling them and having them be good at work (or parenting once children arrive) that they never have a lot of friends. Iris is already doing a lot better but the first days were very harsh for her.

Your poor Aiyden lol. He looked so sad when fighting the machine. I think you're right about the skill just not being high enough. Too bad because he's getting better and I really enjoyed that fight :joy: I never had that call either! It's weird right?!

@OJenn Oh yes! I just noticed your post. No worries. Aiyden and Iris were so miserable the first few days. It was a combination of the smog, bee stings, Aiydens temper and crappy furniture because of the lack of money lol. I'm going to make Iris visit other towns on her next day off! It's doable I think. Case and point by @Heckstress17 :wink: The phone call was so weird. I never had it before and I was like: what?! Aliens?? Who's coming for them! What weird mod do I have installed. I was genuinely shaken :joy:

I put Aiyden in the Robot career too but I agree. It doesn't fit his aspiration. I was thinking on switching and now that I know someone else did that too, I think I will.

I didn't know about unchecking the capture UI. I'll take a look at my settings.

Great update! Seeing Aiyden pulled into the fabricator is funny! Prank calls are crazy.

I'll have Iris visit other towns to collect too. Maybe when she's not chasing around six growing kids/teens 24/7.