Hillside Retreat
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Created by draconicus
Uploaded: 2nd Feb 2010 at 4:09 PM
Updated: 2nd Feb 2010 at 9:31 PM
Updated: 2nd Feb 2010 at 9:31 PM
So, one night I was up late and laying in bed... and suddenly I thought up this monstrosity here. It uses a lot of exploitation and manipulation of the game's limited engine to create complex structures and varying floor levels.
This is sort of a private Villa, built into a hillside with its own private road/driveway (fully functional), several garden areas, swimming pool, large open deck, and many more fun features.
It features two or three bedrooms, a den, an open kitchen/dining area that shares a large space with the living room, a single bathroom, and a few extra rooms that can serve whatever function you see fit.
There is only one entrance, leading from the driveway reception area to an elevator which takes you up to the usable floors.
Two bridge-like structures hold up two of the larger rooms. These might serve well as places to set up hobby objects, sports equipment, or things of that nature.
Many of the areas in this lot are aesthetic in function above all else. While there is more than enough space for the usual stuff, this lot's primary purpose is to look pretty. That being said, it works very well as a normal home.
In order to make the structure of this lot possible, the second floor was basically skipped, and the first floor only contains the driveway and reception area. Essentially, the third floor acts like the first, being the primary floor on which you'll do most of your simmish things (not counting the outside stuff). The tower occupies the game's fourth floor, but again, the conventional mechanics of the game are not adhered to in this design.
Included furniture is minimal. Only necessities and a few hard-to-position items are included with this lot. Kitchen area, bath, and the den are furnished. There's an odd bench here or there, and I included a grill for the hell of it.
A large portion of this lot is built diagonally. As you know, furniture is not mapped to the diagonal grid. 'boolprop allow45degreeAngleOfRotation true' will probably be enough for most of your furniture arrangement in these areas, but occasionally you may want to also 'boolprop snapObjectsToGrid false' to get things just right. Just don't forget to turn those cheats off afterwards.
Due to limitations of the game, it's very likely that the lot placement will eat the overwritten default tiles (road/sidewalk). This means that you'll need to repaint the road and sidewalk yourself, via the locktiles cheat. These road tiles are in the Misc. section of the floor menus.
Important:
Reyn's Open Stairs will not work without Numenor's Scriptorium. Make sure you go through the installation procedure for the Scriptorium before you install this lot!
More Images:
You can view many more screenshots over here.
Lot Size: 5x6
Lot Price: 220,140
Custom Content Included:
- Open Wooden Stairs by Reyn
- Who needs lawns... by Holy Simoly
- Maxis road tiles by Holy Simoly
- Maxis road tiles by AresInferno
- Leaves of the Fall by maximum_spider
Additional Credits:
You may also need...
Invisible Driveway Recolor by roddyaleixo
This is sort of a private Villa, built into a hillside with its own private road/driveway (fully functional), several garden areas, swimming pool, large open deck, and many more fun features.
It features two or three bedrooms, a den, an open kitchen/dining area that shares a large space with the living room, a single bathroom, and a few extra rooms that can serve whatever function you see fit.
There is only one entrance, leading from the driveway reception area to an elevator which takes you up to the usable floors.
Two bridge-like structures hold up two of the larger rooms. These might serve well as places to set up hobby objects, sports equipment, or things of that nature.
Many of the areas in this lot are aesthetic in function above all else. While there is more than enough space for the usual stuff, this lot's primary purpose is to look pretty. That being said, it works very well as a normal home.
In order to make the structure of this lot possible, the second floor was basically skipped, and the first floor only contains the driveway and reception area. Essentially, the third floor acts like the first, being the primary floor on which you'll do most of your simmish things (not counting the outside stuff). The tower occupies the game's fourth floor, but again, the conventional mechanics of the game are not adhered to in this design.
Included furniture is minimal. Only necessities and a few hard-to-position items are included with this lot. Kitchen area, bath, and the den are furnished. There's an odd bench here or there, and I included a grill for the hell of it.
A large portion of this lot is built diagonally. As you know, furniture is not mapped to the diagonal grid. 'boolprop allow45degreeAngleOfRotation true' will probably be enough for most of your furniture arrangement in these areas, but occasionally you may want to also 'boolprop snapObjectsToGrid false' to get things just right. Just don't forget to turn those cheats off afterwards.
Due to limitations of the game, it's very likely that the lot placement will eat the overwritten default tiles (road/sidewalk). This means that you'll need to repaint the road and sidewalk yourself, via the locktiles cheat. These road tiles are in the Misc. section of the floor menus.
Important:
Reyn's Open Stairs will not work without Numenor's Scriptorium. Make sure you go through the installation procedure for the Scriptorium before you install this lot!
More Images:
You can view many more screenshots over here.
Lot Size: 5x6
Lot Price: 220,140
Custom Content Included:
- Open Wooden Stairs by Reyn
- Who needs lawns... by Holy Simoly
- Maxis road tiles by Holy Simoly
- Maxis road tiles by AresInferno
- Leaves of the Fall by maximum_spider
Additional Credits:
You may also need...
Invisible Driveway Recolor by roddyaleixo
Filename | Size | Downloads | Date | |||||
Draccy's Hillside Retreat.zip
Size: 2.08 MB · Downloads: 1,487 · 2nd Feb 2010 |
2.08 MB | 1,487 | 2nd Feb 2010 | |||||
For a detailed look at individual files, see the Information tab. |
Key:
- - File was updated after upload was posted
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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.
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Other Information
Number of bedrooms:
– 3 Bedrooms
Custom Content Included:
– Build content only
: only Walls, floors, terrain paint, fences, stairs, windows, doors, etc.
Furnishings:
– Fixtures Only
: Lot is furnished how one would expect a real life unfurnished house or apartment to be
– Starter Furnishings
: Lot is furnished similar to how one would expect a real life furnished house or apartment to be
Special Flags:
– Not Applicable
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Packs Needed
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Sims 2 |
Expansion Pack | |
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University | |
Nightlife | |
Open for Business | |
Pets | |
Seasons | |
Bon Voyage | |
Free Time | |
Apartment Life |
Stuff Pack | |
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Ikea Home | |
Mansion and Garden |
Draccy's Lair
Hi there.
You can call me Draccy for short.
I specialize in making non-human skintones and accessory recolors, particularly scaly ones. You'll find that most of my work is geared towards what is most unavailable in the Sims 2 modding community.
I'm experimenting with accessory meshing, though SimPE does not make it a simple task to implement newly created mesh data when it comes to working with accessories, so my progress is slow.
Requests
I'm happy to take requests from those who would like to see their ideal parts created for them. My primary focus in this field involves skintones and recolors, and I don't do humans. I only accept requests for the unusual and exotic.
I'm no huge fan of meshing and if what you want is not in high demand then I probably won't be willing to do it. Regardless, all of my work is free.
If you're a fur or if you otherwise have some sort of character you would like created, don't hesitate to send me a note. I do personal skintones and recolors where applicable. All I ask in return is appreciation for my efforts, but don't expect items like these to be uploaded unless they're a fairly general design that many people could appreciate.
You can call me Draccy for short.
I specialize in making non-human skintones and accessory recolors, particularly scaly ones. You'll find that most of my work is geared towards what is most unavailable in the Sims 2 modding community.
I'm experimenting with accessory meshing, though SimPE does not make it a simple task to implement newly created mesh data when it comes to working with accessories, so my progress is slow.
Requests
Quote:
I've recently moved on to playing TS3, and may or may not discontinue my work with TS2 altogether. Until I can do what I could with TS2, I won't really be interested in doing much for TS3. |
I'm no huge fan of meshing and if what you want is not in high demand then I probably won't be willing to do it. Regardless, all of my work is free.
If you're a fur or if you otherwise have some sort of character you would like created, don't hesitate to send me a note. I do personal skintones and recolors where applicable. All I ask in return is appreciation for my efforts, but don't expect items like these to be uploaded unless they're a fairly general design that many people could appreciate.
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