Cottage Living: Prep and Plans

"elanorbreton;c-17927863" wrote:

"GalacticGal;c-17927763" wrote:

"SilentKitty;c-17927241" wrote:
I have really liked reading about different plans and ideas. I haven’t decided what I want to do yet. Start a new save or incorporate parts of it for one of my existing stories.

First thing to do is to make sure that my main mods are ok, otherwise I will just wait. Then I will check my favorite CC. After that I usually put a clean Tray folder in and just download everything I like that suits the new world from the Gallery. I have individual tray folders for every world in sims 4 so that I have lots that suits the vibe I am going for. After getting a good haul for the new world I will go offline and probably stay that way for a few months. Will see what I feel like playing at that point.

Generally, the mods need to be compatible with the pre-patch, which we have already had. So, if they're working fine in your game now, and have been updated, I think all should be good-to-go, as it were. ;)

Isn't it the next patch that will make a difference? The one with the pond tool and group cooking etc?

Exactly. We will need a patch to add ponds, group cooking and lot challenges (off the grid is base game) for this EP to function properly. I think the laundry list, which is usually published around two weeks in advance, published this week will be adressed as well in the July patch.

"elanorbreton;c-17927863" wrote:

"GalacticGal;c-17927763" wrote:

"SilentKitty;c-17927241" wrote:
I have really liked reading about different plans and ideas. I haven’t decided what I want to do yet. Start a new save or incorporate parts of it for one of my existing stories.

First thing to do is to make sure that my main mods are ok, otherwise I will just wait. Then I will check my favorite CC. After that I usually put a clean Tray folder in and just download everything I like that suits the new world from the Gallery. I have individual tray folders for every world in sims 4 so that I have lots that suits the vibe I am going for. After getting a good haul for the new world I will go offline and probably stay that way for a few months. Will see what I feel like playing at that point.

Generally, the mods need to be compatible with the pre-patch, which we have already had. So, if they're working fine in your game now, and have been updated, I think all should be good-to-go, as it were. ;)

Isn't it the next patch that will make a difference? The one with the pond tool and group cooking etc?

I have to admit I truly forgot there was YET ANOTHER DERN PATCH on its way. I'm glad, now, that I will be primarily focusing on the ancestral game save once this EP is released and not my poor, oft-restarted MAIN save I'm feverishly trying to get it back to where it was before the March patch hit. So very frustrating. Guess I pushed that reality out of my head, for the time. Thanks for the reminder. I'll try not to burst into tears.

"PlanetSixam;c-17928587" wrote:
https://i.imgur.com/2oxiegD.jpg

I'm probably going to move that rental lot over to the empty 50x40 lot. I have no use for rentals in my game, so I'll just turn it into a normal residential lot, and the bonus is that I'll be able to expand the garden. I'll replace the 30x20 lot with a library that I built.

I'll check out all the starter homes before I move any sims in, but I'll likely create my own family.

Thank you for sharing this map. I can use both of the 50 X 40 lots. I can make them work. Whether or not I use the premade cottage, is another thing, but the sizes are generous and that gives me cause for joy. :)

I would like to bring my current Sims into the English countryside. What would be most ideal is if we could get a working inn or bed and breakfast where my city Sims could go on holiday. They could take part in the farm chores and bring home produce and knitted goods when their holiday is over. Christmas would be a great time for a visit when the village and homes are all decorated. This will add a whole new dimension to their lives, I guess to my life too, lol.

And now I have the idea to make that other large Old New Henford lot a Community Space. Would probably have to find some sort of barn-ish shell and probably manually adjust the Garden/Maker/Marketplace myself, as I would be picky enough to personalize those.

You might think I would lean towards Community Garden but I'm kinda more angling for marketspace to sell all of those farm-fresh products! (And there is a sort of garden already out in the world)

"GalacticGal;c-17926665" wrote:
I did an Internet search and found images of homes built in Virginia in the 18th century. Mind you, all I had to go on was the outside, but I managed to create a floor plan for each. The first one is what's called a shot-gun format, IE room behind room behind room, as it were. Both are built on a 40 X 30 lot, since someone was kind enough to read off the list of possible lot sizes.

Spoiler

https://i.imgur.com/vqYno4l.jpg
First floor:
https://i.imgur.com/tWj9z88.jpg
Second Floor:
https://i.imgur.com/pqlKBaB.jpg
Third Floor:
https://i.imgur.com/6TPJuwu.jpg

The other image I found was something I'd call a forerunner to the rambling ranch style"
https://i.imgur.com/d1qSUPI.jpg
A Cutaway of the first floor:
https://i.imgur.com/aXL9PPp.jpg
The Second Floor:
https://i.imgur.com/ltJsquD.jpg

I have yet to give either one a play-test, so I'm anxious to try them out.

A few years ago I researched shotgun houses because I wanted to know why they were called that. The reason they're named that is because you can shoot a bullet into the front door and it'll exit through the back door.

I've been prepping a brand new game over the last few weeks and am now almost ready.

I have set up all the worlds with my favourite community Lots, I've added houses into any empty spaces and I have added all of my playable and background households.

I just have two playable families left to edit slightly when the pack comes out, then those two will be moved into HOB as part of my rotation of 14 households.

"elanorbreton;c-17929012" wrote:
I've been prepping a brand new game over the last few weeks and am now almost ready.

I have set up all the worlds with my favourite community Lots, I've added houses into any empty spaces and I have added all of my playable and background households.

I just have two playable families left to edit slightly when the pack comes out, then those two will be moved into HOB as part of my rotation of 14 households.

I try to keep to 15 households to rotate but I always go over. ???‍♂️ ?.
Some files are named ‘general all’ to take the extra households but tonight I added a third.

I've decided that my family of 5 will move into the home on the 64x64 lot. It's the perfect size.

https://i.imgur.com/8HDLUc9.png

https://i.imgur.com/qkf5xa8.png

https://i.imgur.com/1otG5Kn.png

https://i.imgur.com/61VHArQ.png


I'll probably remove that wall between the kitchen and dining room to make it more open. Add a few more gardening plots to the gardening space out back. Devon mentioned in his video that he had included more of the gardening plots but was asked to remove some of them for player optimization. Same for some of the objects he used in his initial build. I guess that's why we have 12 lots and plenty of open space in the world.

I can't wait to play this pack. After watching world overview videos I have a better idea of what I want to do. I actually love most of the build.

The Bramblewood: I'm on the fence if I should keep the national park or not. I like the idea of a Forrest wedding spot. For sure going to change the rental lot into a residential lot. Going to give Moody and Malcolm a daughter or Niece that lives with them.


Finchwick: Going to turn one of the residential lots (probably 20x15) into a cafe. Going to add a club that meets there using the sims I add into the world. I'm going to tweak the pub slightly to add some pub games and maybe take out the kitchen.

Old New Henford: I want to add a community space lot, thinking about having it in the empty lot in this world. Not sure yet.

Also adding 3 households to the other residential lots.

Not sure where I want to live. I keep going back and forth. I think eventually I want to end up at the Watson home. I really like that build.