Rebuilding Worlds Vol. 2

@Mionax hmmm that's really interesting! I downloaded them again last night just to double check. Do you have university installed? That's the only other thing I can think of. Fortunately it's not that big a deal for you and you have beautiful kids!! Look how pretty Scarlet is. Poor thing though...I am not a fan of the vegetarian trait!!

@Mionax - Nope, I only have one version of the Greene family up, you will need to have the University EP in order to see the Degree. Iris has a Biology Degree and Aiyden has a Physics Degree.

I'm always happy to have lots to comment on :smiley: I've been busy for the past few days, but I might have enough to post an update later today. Fingers crossed anyway. For now, comments!

@Mionax - I could not believe that after I posted about my Aiyden being eaten by the Cowplant your Aiyden got eaten too!!! Your cowplant wasn't much of a playground "protector" after all :lol: Or maybe Aiyden is just an exceptionally delicious sim? Either way that's crazy! And right after Scarlet was born too :disappointed: She's really cute though :heart: I've always had a hard time with the vegetarian trait too. You'll get use to it though.

@OJenn - I'm so sorry to hear your little one is sick :heart: I hope she feels better soon, and you take care of yourself too! Oh and no :bawling: Aiyden didn't complete his aspiration before his untimely death. He was half a fabrication point away...

@Rhythrin - I'll get Fawn and Silas uploaded for you today :smile: I like having everyone else's challenge kids to be my sims friends too. It motivates me to actually make friends for them :lol: Yeaaaah I wasn't sure how to style Silas, but since he rolled the Active trait I decided to be cliche and give him a bit of a jock vibe lol. I'm glad you liked Aiyden's memorial picture too :lol: I only had one pic of him smiling and it had a gnome in the corner. So the angry pic was just meant to be lol. Oooooh those are solar panels, duh! I should've known though. Well whatever they are, they look great lol.

@IllusoryThrall - Welcome to the challenge! :smirk: Your Iris and Aiyden look great! Thank you for the outfit tour :wink: AKA my new fav part of the challenge lol I'm also really feeling Aiyden with all the piercings. Reading your 100 gen plan gave me a bit of second hand anxiety lol but if you can pull it off (and it seems like you've planned it out really well) it's gonna be epic. Also it's pretty cool you've already built one of the floorplan houses.

@debjameswhite - Heath and Lia are so cute together :heart: You can never go wrong with shower woo-hoo :wink: I feel like Jay offering Lia a writing job is super skectchy?? Like let's keep their convos strictly about Hailey because he's starting to weird me out :lol: Oh your sims stand and eat in front of their sink/refrigerator too?! It's been driving me crazy! A new version of MCC came out yesterday so I'm gonna see if updating fixes that issue. Anyway, Lia looked so cute at her Spooky house warming party. She makes an adorable witch. Their 2nd house warming looked like it went really well. Aw Heath! What a beautiful proposal! :love:

@JordanNicoleJJ - Thank your BF for me for being down and out enough to let you sim all day :lol: I'm glad you like my little park :heart: I like the little camper lookin' foodstalls too :blush: Aiyden's memorial pic is just too perfect lol I'm glad you got a laugh out of it too. Your Aiyden definitely gave me a false sense of security though :joy: Do you know what will happen if Iris drinks "Aiyden's LIFE essence"?? I'm wondering if it'll age her back down... Anyway, you could not be more right about TS4 genetics not doling out to the kids correctly. A perfect example is Silas with his Mom's lips, but yet they're somehow 2 sizes too small on him :angry:

Your update was so good! :blush: :heart: That picture of Eden on the swings was perfect. As were the scenery shots. And look at you out there making friends for your sims lol Eden's such a little ray of sunshine even the monster under the bed loves her. I liked the shot of Aiyden carving candles. I really like the new candles too. I just realized that both Haven and Silas have the Squeamish trait... but look at Haven :love: He's such a cute teen omg I love how he's aged up. His 1st, 2nd, and formal outfits are my favs. I love that outfits tours have caught on :mrgreen: Ugh he's even cuter in game then in his CAS shots. I'm so jealous :bawling: Silas has been repairing things around the house too, but he doesn't look nearly as cute doing it. I love his little drone. omg why I have I never heard of "plospy" before?! :lol: That's pretty cute. Eden looks so proud of herself for getting all her friends together. I love her. Your Harvestfest pics are perfect :love: The table looks so festive, and the focus juices really give it a nice rustic feel. Eden's knitted socks are so cute :smiley: I really like how she's aged up too. I think she's a better mix genetically then her brother, and yet she has her own look going on too. Her outfits are perfect for her personality too. Teen outfits are really hard for me to style, so great job on those. omg that selfie pic with her brother is the best :heart: He's so handsome, I can't!

@Kiwicantdie - Yesssss update time! We're totally new to this whole outfit tour thing, and I know I haven't perfected cropping and combining my shots at all lol @JordanNicoleJJ and you are making it look effortless though. Seriously your outfits are all sized and cropped perfectly and mine are such a hot mess :lol: Here's hoping I improve over time lol Anyway, I'm loving Aiyden's outfits. Especially since he and my Aiyden share outfit #3. His flamingo shirt is another keeper for sure. Iris' outfits are all perfect too. I knew you'd nail her style. You had a sim awhile back with a similar style and you put her in the cutest outfits... omg why can't I remember her name?! She was married to Pablo... but yes I love Iris 1st outfit and her 4th one with the big skirt the most :heart: her glasses are adorable too. I understand your rage about the roofs. It's one of the reasons I didn't build the floorplan A house, despite the fact that I like it's look much more, and it fits the lot 10x's better then my huge block of house... But you totally nailed it, and I couldn't tell you had trouble with the roof at all. I also couldn't tell you didn't use money cheats with the way you decorated. It looks complete already. Using the door with the slates from Island Living in the laundry room was brilliant. That laundry and garage area are perfect already. I had an issue with the smog too :neutral: Before my Greene's even voted on their first NAP my smog was gone. I don't know why, and it never came back. At least you can know you're not the only with this issue. I was upset about it too though. I was irrationally excited to see your Aiyden being mean to Iris! :joy: Iris knows how to handle her man though :wink: omg your pics look so good. The quality is top notch, and your sims are so cute :love: I haven't seen a single sim burn a trash pile... weird. Aiyden and Iris' argument was very entertaining lol I love them, and as always you capture the best facial expressions. Aiyden sleeping on the couch seemed appropriate. I hope you get time to update again soon!

@Rhythrin I uploaded My Greene's (minus Aiyden)

Also I forgot I wanted to share this life changing mod with you guys. It has successfully eliminated the spawning of all the horrid townies. :mrgreen: As I said, life changing lol!

Thanks for the welcome, everyone! Just wanted to post a quick-ish update. My decades challenge went wild on me during scheduled play last night, and took up pretty much my entire attention making the story explain all the crazy stuff that happened. Why does my game like to throw me in at the deep end!? Anyway, 4k words later (yikes!) this morning and the chapter was published and my brain was MUSH... so I spent the rest of the afternoon building for this challenge. (Which I came up with a name for my attempt at - "The Diversity Experiment") I got the outside shell and indoor floorplan of "Plan B" house built. Since I'd already built "Plan A" on my own previously, I decided to go for something new. I have no idea what to do with all the space inside, and I had to make them take out a "loan" that I'll pay back as I play just to finish the shell.. furniture will be sparse indeed to start with. Only thing that's inside so far is the kitchen and all the drywall and doors, so I still have work to do.. but it's time to get back in game for tomorrow's scheduled decades update. Anyway, here's the outside of the house:
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Also, a "sneak peek" at the first community lot - part 1 of 4 for the community space (this is the junkyard version):
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It still needs it's other three parts, and I need to build a restaurant, but I'm getting closer to "set up" enough to play.

@Heckstress17 Loved the update! Sorry Iris was so sad! I hate seeing my simmies so sad, but it's adorable Silas was trying so hard to cheer her up. I have to admit, I kinda like Silas better than Fawn. :smile: I just think he's a much more interesting sim. Great photos!

@Heckstress17 Tragedy strikes again. That is really sad. I think Fawn looks great in the CAS pics. Too bad Silas' potential mate got married to someone else. She was cute.

@IllusoryThrall Your house looks incredible. :smile:

"OJenn;c-17606958" wrote:
@Mionax - Nope, I only have one version of the Greene family up, you will need to have the University EP in order to see the Degree. Iris has a Biology Degree and Aiyden has a Physics Degree.

I have the University pack. This is strange. Thanks for letting me know.

@Mionax Scarlet is so pretty! I think she might be my fav of all the kids so far! Ooo the vegetarian trait is a hard one -- I always forget about it and let them eat meat accidentally :grimace:

@IllusoryThrall It's awesome that you've already built one of the houses! Definitely helps narrow down your options lol. The house is coming along nicely! And I can't wait to see how your community lot turns out -- it looks so fun and colorful already!

@Kiwicantdie I'm sorry to hear your sim-binge was rage-inducing :grimace: I have those days too, when nothing seems to go right. Don't feel like you have to rush! I'm 'rushing' my own game, because I'm about to be really busy again and may not get to play for a week or two. Ya'll will catch up naturally in no time. Honestly "pick the kid with the strongest jawline" is the best advice -- strong chins too! Random townies and even some gallery sims have the WORST (aka nonexistent) chins & jawlines :expressionless: You said I wouldn't be jealous of your Aiyden & Iris, but I totally am, they are SO CUTE!! Aiyden's got the perfect 'chill, crafty' style, and Iris is just perfect - the buns+bangs hairstyle is too cute on her. Lol you think YOU struggled with the roof...my roof is just a couple of slapped on, not-even-the-same-color roof pieces :lol: Seriously though, your house is perfect -- waaay better than my attempt! Making the 'garage' look like a shipping container was GENIUS. And I adore the "moving/unpacking" decor. Who doesn't love a fixer upper? :wink: I can't believe Iris is already over Evergreen Harbor...at least Aiyden's there to talk some sense into her :lol: Actually nevermind, I can believe it -- she's right, Evergreen Harbor is NOT the world for collectibles :lol: Man their first day/night did not go so well at all lol. I don't know whether to blame Iris' complaining or Aiyden's hot-headedness lol.

OK, rant time. They messed up big time with eco footprints. There are countless blog posts and youtube videos out there that talk about and show how difficult (if not impossible) it is to change the eco footprint. There's just an obvious bias in the coding toward "neutral." People have set up lots literally FULL of bonfires and power generators (the two most "industrial" objects in the game), and the eco footprint is still neutral after several days of the lots burning non-stop. I feel like Eco Lifestyle is supposed to be like Seasons in the sense that it SHOULD majorly affect the game & all of the worlds -- it's main "selling feature" is environmental/scenery changes, like seasons. But they made it so hard to change the footprint (for good or bad), that environmental affects are only relevant for 1-2 days IF you start in the industrial or green neighborhood, after which those become neutral as well. I hate it, and I really hope they fix or, or that a modder does :expressionless:

@Heckstress17 So the trick with cowplants is that sims only die if they get eaten while they have the 'drained' moodlet from already being eaten. It lasts a long time, so it's easy to get an accidental death during the 2-ish days that the moodlet lasts. Sims who don't have the drained moodlet always get spat out. Life essence is essentially a potion of youth (resets sim to the first day of the current life stage). Omg I'm totally downloading that mod you shared. I'm so over these random townies! I want to make a bunch of normal-looking townies for my game, but I haven't because the game keeps generating gross townies that show up everywhere anyway! Maybe this mod will fix that :smiley: Yessss an update!! Awww I feel so bad for Iris :frowning: I'm glad the kids cheered up in time for Winterfest but poor Iris... I'm so glad Knox was there for her though :heart: Oh no!!! That pic of Iris clutching her umbrella legit makes me want to cry :bawling: I don't know what you're talking about -- I think Fawn is gorgeous!! And her traits are great too! I loooooove that she got Iris' clumsy trait. It's one of my fav traits lol. I love all of her outfits, but I know what you mean about 'teens' looking like adults no matter how you style them. She's literally gorgeous omg what do you mean she doesn't look "as good" in game??? :lol: Man MCCC always steps in and ruins someone's love life, sorry Silas :tongue: :joy: NOOOOOO not Knox too!! Ok I know Iris is mourning but I just have to say she does look awful cute in that dress from tiny living stuff & her grey hair :blush: At least she still has her kiddos to keep her company :heart:

Back for your posts <3 I think I have enough to also update later... tho most of my time playing was wasted trying to fix the eco-footprint issue and almost flipping the pc out of the window as a result.

@OJenn I legit don't know how you managed to have a hard time getting rid of the smog... as you can see from my game, it was gone 0,2 seconds after pressing play :bawling: I want it back!

@debjameswhite aaaaaah I was wrong :joy: they looked so similar! Pablo must have thrown me off :joy: ... I don't know what the issue with the smog is, but it's bothering me so much it's not even fun. I've spent most of my time trying to fix it instead of playing. I hope it comes back so that I can actually "fix" the world. The dress with the leaves is from Tiny Living (if I'm not mistaken), such a good stuff pack! I'm glad you appreciated the house. It's been a while since I built in game, so I'll need to get used to it once again. Tbh, I don't even mind the Greenes bickering a little bit instead of being the usual lovey-dovey couple :tongue:

@Mionax Scarlet became such a cutie! <3 I feel sorry for her upset stomach, tho, that's not the best time to get sick.

@Heckstress17 I literally had to watch some tutorial on how to do crop/place images next to each other, 'cause I had no clue :joy: my only editing skills till now have been making the pics brighter :joy: you did such a good job, tho! I thought you were actually a pro at it, so I would have never guessed you also were new to this. I'm glad to know I was not the only one with an issue with the freaking smog. I swear, it's driving me crazy. I could have made miles of progress already in game, but I'm wasting most of the time trying to fix it to get my smog back :bawling: (pro tip: if there's a lit bonfire on a lot and that lot has cleanable trash laying around, some sims might pick it up and throw it in the bonfire instead of the usual trashcan. it's pretty cool!). OMG I had to download NPCC, I want to get rid of the random townies so bad! Thanks for linking it here!
On to your update: aaaaaaw it was actually so sad seeing the family heartbroken during Winterfest. The only problem is that whenever I spot Aiyden's angry pic right above his urn, I can't but start laughing :joy: omg I'm so sorry. it's just- that pic is so funny to me :joy: I'm truly sorry. I didn't expect Knox's death, even tho he was an elder. I didn't expect Iris to become an elder so soon either, but I guess time really did fly in your game! I hope she gets to stay with us a little longer. I'm speechless about Fawn, 'cause she's... well, gorgeous :flushed: I don't even know how you manage to be bummed about the way she turned out, I could only wish I had such gorgeous sims born in game! Anyway, I actually do feel your pain with making outfits for teens. It's such a difficult thing to do. I'm still hoping for a Teen Pack to fix this issue and be able to create teens that feel like teens :cry:

@IllusoryThrall you did so well with the build! I love it! But I think I like the community space even better! :blush: more containers! (I love them! :grimace: )

@JordanNicoleJJ yeah, I totally feel you. The problem is that I would have totally had a good time playing if it wasn't for the eco footprint glitching out. When you want to game in peace but you end up spending hours upon hours of your gaming time trying to fix the game... :expressionless: I closed the game later that evening feeling actually drained and disappointed. And don't even get me started on the roof thing. I hated figuring out how to roof that house. What a nightmare. On a brighter note, I love the bickering between Iris and Aiyden happening in my game, it changes things up a little :smirk:

@Wentcrazy join whenever you want! I would love for you to jump right into the challenge! <3