Newbie Road 51 [NL] - Starter House
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Created by plasticbox
Uploaded: 7th Mar 2006 at 2:48 AM
Updated: 13th Jan 2015 at 4:25 AM - Dead link rectification
Updated: 13th Jan 2015 at 4:25 AM - Dead link rectification
Title: Newbie Road 51 [NL] - Starter House
Category: Lots & Housing > Residential > Starter Homes
Cost: 19.998
Lot size: 2x2
Nightlife expansion required.
No custom content.
Description:
A beautiful little country house, furnished for 1-2 sims but suitable for a small family (this is bigger than it looks from the outside, due to the custom roof construction that allows for a bigger attic). Some landscaping and decoration, small garden, one driveway included with enough room for a second one.
1 x double bedroom
2 x bathroom
1 x kitchen
1 x living room
2 x spare room (unfurnished)
Basic appliances included: lights, toilet, shower/tub combo, fridge, kitchen sink, phone, burglar alarm, smoke detector, bookshelf. This house also has an easel (not on the screenshots -- forgot to take pictures after I added it); the toilet tucked in under the stairs has been playtested and works 1a (see screenshot).
Expandability: Perhaps a little shed in the garden, but otherwise it's not worth the trouble I think.
Note:
If you get an "expansion pack data required" error upon installation, use Clean Installer instead of the Maxis one. Apparently this is a known issue (not specific to this download), see this thread describing the problem and this post (daysies) explaining the workaround.
Enjoy!
Pictures:
- Street view
- Backside 1
- Backside 2
- Floor plan, ground floor
- Overview, ground floor
- Overview, top floor
- Toilet in action
- Stairs, tabbed view with door open and camera on same floor
About the last picture: Due to the way that most Maxis stairs are constructed (they all have this wooden thing underneath, except for Holy Smoke and the wrought iron ones), there's a -- purely optical -- glitch that you might encounter if you use the tabbed camera view a lot: the wooden thing underneath the stairs will show if the camera is on the same level as the stairs *and* in tabbed mode. Which means you won't be able to see your sims while they're doing business on the toilet (but they will still be able to do it perfectly fine). If this bothers you, there are some beautiful custom stairs here that don't have the "thing underneath" (Balustrade Stairs, by Brasstex; there's probably others as well) -- you might want to install and use those instead.
I never use the tabbed view in-game (only for taking pics), so I don't know how much of an issue this is for others ... for me the opposite was the problem: I didn't like how the stairs magically disappear in normal camera mode, so I thought I'd put something there that would make sense both for the sims *and* the user, and this kind of thing -- toilet or small storeroom underneath stairs -- I've actually seen (and bonked my head on) in RL.
Category: Lots & Housing > Residential > Starter Homes
Cost: 19.998
Lot size: 2x2
Nightlife expansion required.
No custom content.
Description:
A beautiful little country house, furnished for 1-2 sims but suitable for a small family (this is bigger than it looks from the outside, due to the custom roof construction that allows for a bigger attic). Some landscaping and decoration, small garden, one driveway included with enough room for a second one.
1 x double bedroom
2 x bathroom
1 x kitchen
1 x living room
2 x spare room (unfurnished)
Basic appliances included: lights, toilet, shower/tub combo, fridge, kitchen sink, phone, burglar alarm, smoke detector, bookshelf. This house also has an easel (not on the screenshots -- forgot to take pictures after I added it); the toilet tucked in under the stairs has been playtested and works 1a (see screenshot).
Expandability: Perhaps a little shed in the garden, but otherwise it's not worth the trouble I think.
Note:
If you get an "expansion pack data required" error upon installation, use Clean Installer instead of the Maxis one. Apparently this is a known issue (not specific to this download), see this thread describing the problem and this post (daysies) explaining the workaround.
Enjoy!
Pictures:
- Street view
- Backside 1
- Backside 2
- Floor plan, ground floor
- Overview, ground floor
- Overview, top floor
- Toilet in action
- Stairs, tabbed view with door open and camera on same floor
About the last picture: Due to the way that most Maxis stairs are constructed (they all have this wooden thing underneath, except for Holy Smoke and the wrought iron ones), there's a -- purely optical -- glitch that you might encounter if you use the tabbed camera view a lot: the wooden thing underneath the stairs will show if the camera is on the same level as the stairs *and* in tabbed mode. Which means you won't be able to see your sims while they're doing business on the toilet (but they will still be able to do it perfectly fine). If this bothers you, there are some beautiful custom stairs here that don't have the "thing underneath" (Balustrade Stairs, by Brasstex; there's probably others as well) -- you might want to install and use those instead.
I never use the tabbed view in-game (only for taking pics), so I don't know how much of an issue this is for others ... for me the opposite was the problem: I didn't like how the stairs magically disappear in normal camera mode, so I thought I'd put something there that would make sense both for the sims *and* the user, and this kind of thing -- toilet or small storeroom underneath stairs -- I've actually seen (and bonked my head on) in RL.
Filename | Size | Downloads | Date | |||||
NewbieRoad_51.zip
Size: 728.5 KB · Downloads: 6,348 · 7th Mar 2006 |
728.5 KB | 6,348 | 7th Mar 2006 | |||||
For a detailed look at individual files, see the Information tab. |
Key:
- - File was updated after upload was posted
Install Instructions
Basic Download and Install Instructions:
1. Download: Click the download link to save the .rar or .zip file(s) to your computer.
2. Extract the zip, rar, or 7z file.
3. Install: Double-click on the .sims2pack file to install its contents to your game. The files will automatically be installed to the proper location(s).
1. Download: Click the download link to save the .rar or .zip file(s) to your computer.
2. Extract the zip, rar, or 7z file.
3. Install: Double-click on the .sims2pack file to install its contents to your game. The files will automatically be installed to the proper location(s).
- You may want to use the Sims2Pack Clean Installer instead of the game's installer, which will let you install sims and pets which may otherwise give errors about needing expansion packs. It also lets you choose what included content to install. Do NOT use Clean Installer to get around this error with lots and houses as that can cause your game to crash when attempting to use that lot. Get S2PCI here: Clean Installer Official Site.
- For a full, complete guide to downloading complete with pictures and more information, see: Game Help: Downloading for Fracking Idiots.
- Custom content not showing up in the game? See: Game Help: Getting Custom Content to Show Up.
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Packs Needed
For a full list of packs with names, see the Packs Needed popup.
Other Information
Number of bedrooms:
– 3 Bedrooms
Custom Content Included:
– None
: No Custom Content included
Furnishings:
– Starter Furnishings
: Lot is furnished similar to how one would expect a real life furnished house or apartment to be
Packs Needed
Base Game | |
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Sims 2 |
Expansion Pack | |
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Nightlife |
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– Feel free to recycle, you don’t need to ask.
– For the attribution, please link to the upload you’re using wherever possible (instead of my profile). This is particularly important with edits made for/with different games or game versions.
– If you use my stuff in something you make, please upload the result to a free, accessible, noncommercial site with no more restrictions than these. Code must remain open source; meshes and other material must remain re-usable.
Please do not redistribute any unmodified files – link to the upload post instead.
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