Petite Alsace collaboration - Open for participation!
Happy New Year and welcome to another Sims 3 community collaboration hosted by Hidehi2 , Sandraelle and soocoolsim ! Introducing Petite Alsace inspired by picturesque Strasbourg, Colmar and Ribeauville with a dual French and German blend of charming, flower-laden villages and half-timbered homes. We anticipate the completed world will be a lovely addition to your game. Experienced creators (Intermediate+) are invited to join us in creating builds to add to the base world. If you love decorating but building isn’t your forte, let us know and we'll try to build a shell for you. Everyone can experience Petite Alsace taking shape by downloading the base world and installing builds as they become available. Please keep an eye on the "News and Updates" post for milestones and links to new creations as they become available. Constructive comments throughout this event are also welcome, so don't be shy. Without further ado, onto the details below and come join in the fun! LOT LISTINGS Map A: Colmar (Medieval, half-timbered houses with flower-filled balconies) Map B: Ribeauville (Pastel, half-timbered 15th - 18th century houses) Map C: Ribeauville Outskirts (Farming area) Map D: Strasbourg (City area, mix of old and new buildings) Map E: Avenue du Rhin (Wine region) Map F: Route de Alsace (Rural area) CLAIMING OVERVIEW Download the empty Petite Alsace base world created by the talented Hidehi2. Take a look at the available lots using the Map posts as reference (see links above). Indicate you're on board and sign up for your first claim by replying on this thread with your chosen map lot reference # (eg A8). I will update the lists with claims and add download / media links when builds are completed. Every two weeks (around the 1st and 15th of the month) a new claiming period starting with a 'Claiming Day' post will begin. During this period, if you join the collaboration or have a build in progress on Claiming Day, you can claim 1 lot. For ongoing participants, if all previously claimed builds are completed and (no cc) download link(s) submitted by Claiming Day, you may claim up to 2 lots. BUILDING GUIDELINES Please stay within the theme of each map area and overall Alsace inspiration. You have creative freedom otherwise. Inspiration links at the top of this post may be helpful. All / any EA Expansion Packs, Stuff Packs and official Store Items can be used. Free EA Store Items are OK for use. Note: Some are no longer available for download so use at your discretion. NO third-party Custom Content is allowed. Please Custard Check your exported file before uploading to double check. We highly recommend play-testing your build before uploading to ensure no routing concerns and users can enjoy as intended. Do test placement of your final build. This helps identify any potential issues (e.g. windows / floor tiles out of place). To do this... export your build, save your game, delete the existing build, then replace with the exported version from your library. Take a careful look around and fix as needed. It will be useful for players if the Petite Alsace lot address is included in your build description on the Exchange, albeit optional. Do take the time to put your best foot forward to make your build(s) shine inside and out. Just be cautious about using a ton of clutter since that can add to lag when playing. Each build will be showcased with credit in video walkthroughs on YouTube once the world is completed. Once your build is available on the Sims 3 Exchange, please post a reply on this thread including: name of build / map reference and/or address / download link / cover picture / custard screenshot confirming no 3rd party custom content included. Optional! Link to additional picture site / thread. SIMS / HOUSEHOLDS This collaboration focuses on builds since the final world save file will be unpopulated, however we are happy to link to Sims / Households created for Petite Alsace. Petite Alsace builders can submit Sims / Households for their completed claims as well as Townie use. All / any EA Expansion Packs, Stuff Packs and official Store Items can be used. Free EA Store Items are OK for use. Note: Some are no longer available for download so use at your discretion. NO third-party Custom Content is allowed. Please Custard Check your exported file before uploading to double check. Once your Sim / Household is available on the Exchange, please post a reply on this thread including: name / map reference or address (or identify as Townie) / download link / 1 cover picture / custard screenshot confirming no 3rd party custom content included. Optional! Link to additional picture site / showcase thread. Looking forward to participation by the Sims 3 community! 😀 STORIES Players may wish to enjoy this world as it evolves and we welcome links to any Petite Alsace story threads / blogs. Just post a reply advising us. Click this link for submissions. NEWS & UPDATES Click this link for the list of completed builds and other updates as released. Build links are also included within their related map post (see above). CREATORS ON BOARD (sign-ups open) Chojrak75321 , Hidehi2 , JudiAlbert (cheeseweasel), Kcity74 ,Merrieann , puzzlezaddict , Sandraelle , soocoolsim , whatsociallife , ZeeGee1 (ZeeGee966) PREVIOUS WORLD COLLABORATIONS Bayou Bijou / YouTube showcase video playlist Cape Albacore Coastal World / YouTube showcase video playlist Disney's Magic Kingdom / YouTube showcase video playlist The Orient Express (London, Paris, Venice, Alps) / YouTube showcase video playlist Ackney-Upon-Sherne English Village (hosted by suzses) TIP! When first viewing this thread, you might want to sort replies by "Oldest" to view all the related posts in order and get up-to-date to a certain point. However, for future visits you may wish to sort replies by "Newest" to reduce the amount of scrolling. But of course, it's your choice on what works best for you.
Share your WIPs here!
This thread is for posting pictures of your WIP creations. WIP stands for “Work-In-Progress”. It will be lovely to see the pictures of the creations that you are working on! This is a link to a thread where you can share your finished creations Share Your Newest The Sims 4 Creations Here! | EA Forums - 1306802 Happy simming and creating!
The EP that is basically the Update we have been begging for...
Since there has been no hint of fixing/overhauling Sim traits/personalities/autonomy. Instead has been Band-Aid'ed recently with Custom Venues, and Dynasties and since EPs are the only way for it to be done fine... make an EP dedicated to: Fixing/overhauling Sim traits/personalities/autonomy at the Sim level (not with Clubs, not with Custom Venues nor with Dynasties), as a free update with the EP. Add more traits, lifestyles, etc. cross pack expansion features. Actual family tree editing at the World Management/Editor level, managing and connecting, adding ancestors/descendants, and a non-breaking way to add NPCs such as Grim Reaper to family trees (for Grimborns), etc. World and hidden world/lot editing at the World Management/Editor level. Let us be able to edit without live mode worlds/lots/households before we even start our game. I hate how much I have to go in and out of world management, households, switch households to set up a gameplay. I want access to spawners gosh darn it!!! If you won't insects/butterflies to all worlds I will!!! Create-A-Style, even if you are not going to give full patterns and colour wheel at LEAST let us be able to use the same colour schemes and swatches cross packs! So many similar but not matching enough swatches that class or don't really match make using multiple packs to dress or design a lot is so frustrating. The stupid amount of non-matched medium-dark brown woods, black/dark greys, and golds alone drive me nuts (some times I have a room with like 6+ different gold accents and 3+ wood colours or blacks). Toggle pack features expanded (as a free update). Skill/career Lock feature: Lock Skill/Career Gain Progress Type Feature | EA Forums - 12598218 Adding/fleshing out some CAS simple adding hair styles for missing age groups or genders, adding more facial features, etc. Fix auto generated towny outfits, a lock or block from auto generated Sims from wearing. Just let us decide what they will wear with "default" only Base Game allowed and we can allow/toggle on our own, or by Occult or By World, so world outfits make sense. Add skills/premium items people have been begging for. There is really too much to list but I am sure the EA team knows the top wants. Update/clean up the Simology tab! (as a free update). It is crazily getting out of control with the more packs you get. I won't mind if this EP has no new world as it will give access to hidden lots/worlds, I don't mind if they skip Build/Buy items as Create-A-Style would make up for that. I would pay for this update though more than half of this should have been free/an update.
Cant place anything in build/buy mode
I have a similar problem. I click on something in build/buy, the image appears on the end of my cursor like normal, but when I click on the area I want to place it the object flickers and disappears. Extremely frustrating! Happens with move objects on or off. I have no mods or CC installed.
Cool kitchen color swatches?
Not sure if this is the right place, but I was wondering if there are missing swatch colors for the refrigerator in the cool kitchen stuff pack? I have an orange picked out for the stove with no coordinating color for the fridge. I know this is an unfortunately common issue with many items throughout the game, but can't find a place that shows the current and right color swatches for different items. If someone knows where I can find that information as well I would greatly appreciate it.Cannot place any walls and cannot exit.
I deleted my mods and still, I cannot place or add any wall.s I can only delete ii and tried to add but nothing is working. I cannot even palce any roofs but only add and it is getting frustrating and idk how to even fix it or know what is wrong with my saved file, Even when trying to exit, it is stuck on a white screen i cant do much but to force my laptop to restart as welll. I even tried adding cheats or no cheats in hopes to add or mmove walls but it would not. I can only add enterior furniture but I cannot add a single wall or roof.[RL] Exterior details disappear in Ondarion apartments
Hello its not even been a day and I have found a bug. I am setting up a save file and in my empty build world I was going through all the new builds in Ondarion and bulldozing them. Every time I bulldozed or deleted a wall in the Lakeview apartments in a new or old save (one with mods one without) the exterior friezes would disappear and I couldn't get them back. Edit By crinrict: Added pack tag to title.Cc not showing up in game
Hey guys, I'm having trouble in the game. My cc in build-and-buy are not showing in game and also some of the clothes. I have cc enable in gameplay and also repaired and restarted my laptop but no luck. I double checked to make sure i put it in the right folder and i did. Please help me!!
