Moi's Balloon Home (furnished & remodifiable) (17th Dec, 2005 update)(no more Maxis stupid wall replacement)

Lot Name: Balloon Home (furnished & remodifiable)

Description:

A. Brief Intro:
Tired of where you live now? Want to live in somewherelse before the next carpool panic? Now, a new alternative has finally come... Buy this balloon house to travel around before you're harassed by the clock... Go wherever you go! Let's sing, "I'll fly with you".......
Notes: Fuels not included.... No repair service available... No insurance service for this type of house........ (this part is solely 4 funs... :D )

Note:
1. Lol, I wish I knew I could have completely 5 levels or even more at that time when I first made this.
2. Balloon Home_remodifiable_r - a version for user's modifications: you can change the windows, all the tiles but not the their positional patterns, the interior structure with some common basic build-skills.
2a. "shift"-"left-mouse-click" to switch a whole set of tiles. (Some by means of removing a budding/trail fence, replace it after the tile switch.)
2b. "delete or add the fences on plain grids (that's why you see some extended plain tiles outside the balloon home.)
2c. For further questions, post below...
3. The furnished version is deleted, as I play it longer I start to dislike the fence, so I'll make a default wall one...("update")


B. Copyright Issues:
B1. Feel free to decorate/re-decorate it... (Feel free to remodify and if share, you can only claim credits for what you've done on it.
B2. This lot is banned to be for any direct or indirect commercial usage.)
B3. No permission is necessary for redistribution of this lot with proper instruction like this page unless stated.


C. System specifications (when the lot was made):
C1. hack-free (except RGiles' transparent tiles, and Numenor's transparent windows)
C2. some customised contents (check with the Clean Installer; for authors, credits, and links for infos & downloads, please read part H.)
C3. made without any EP (So, EP what and/or what not required)
C4. Running smooth @ build mode & @ play mode in a system (OS = MS-winxp-sp2; P4 3.0GHz; 1Gb DDR RAM; video card = 8x 128Mb) If any problem, welcome to report your system settings for providing info to other readers.


D. Lot Specifications:
D1. Lot Size: 4 x 5
D2. Lot type: Residence
D3. Price: ~110k (Balloon Home_remodifiable_r); ~180k (furnished)


E. Building Specifications:
E1. Major Theme: Flying Balloon House! not stuck to the ground but the air!
E2. Major Colourational Style: Modern, white, cyan, and blue coloration
E3. Major Structural Characteristics: Balloon House
E4. Building Motivation: aesthetic usage >>= efficiently functional usage


F. File Decompression & Install Tips:
F0. Whether the furnished or the unfurnished version, only 7-zip (.7z) has been used unless specified.
F1. unzip the zip downloaded file with zip-supported compressor or above or else by right-clicking and "extract...(whichever way)"
F2. you'll find a file with an extension ".7z" or called 7-zip. just decompress/extract it as if it's "rar" or "zip" when WinRAR >=3.41, 7-zip-manager >=3, IZArc >=3.5, power archiver >=9, ZipGenius >=6 or else... by right-clicking and "extract...(whichever way)"
F3. double click on the sims2pack to open it. To install it with Clean Installer is recommended coz you can choose what to install to avoid unwanted or redundant contents installed into your game system.
F4. Installation of a lot without ensuring the presence of the corresponding terrain paints can be destructive to the lot files.
F5. [No restart of the game] is needed to [install a lot in sims2pack file] and [access the installed lot @ "house bin"]. The trick is by any means to have your neighbourhood screen reload. Say, entering a lot and go back to the neighbourhood screen, or switching to another neighbourhood. After a neighbourhood screen has reloaded, the installed lot will appear in the house bin without the game restart. This is true when the Clean Installer is used.
F6. Floor tiles, wallpapers, terrain paints have to be installed earlier than or at the same time as the lot is installed for them to show up in a lot.


G. Play-tips:
G1. Whenever geting a new house, you can scan and choose for things in the package with Clean Installer before installation
G2. You can ALWAYS check the playability of the lots to your system @ lot-building mode in the neighbourhood screen before playing them.
G3. Should you need, you can play-test it with the cheat "BoolProp TestingCheatsEnabled (True/false)".


H. Credits, links and authors:

000-artists

Mira04
Numenor wall-windows recolours (0ds2numenorwindowrecolor01) (NOT included)
http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=72219

Numenor
"WallWindow" glass set V.2 (NOT included)
http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=70222

RGiles
Testers Wanted: Transparent Floor Tile Set (the used included)
http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=34012
For the doubly-sided version,
http://www.modthesims2.com/showpost...3&postcount=126

As for those floor tiles, wallpapers, and terrain paints with "Moi_" prefix, they were made/"sim"-ulated by this lot author. Thus, they're provided with the lot "as if" any other free things. Credits are not to be claimed on but these floor tiles, wallpapers, and terrain paints are regarded as the world public's things. So, feel free to use them however and redistribute them wherever with no permission needed, except that file renaming or any direct and/or indirect commercial usage is prohibited. (the used included)


(Extra Credit Listings for the fully furnished)

CrammyBoy (NOT included)
Designer Sofa Set
http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=48044

Kimmy81 (I believe)
kimmy_mgs_bookcase.package (the used included)
not available any more @ MTS2

Numenor
Maxis' "Lost & Found" #2: The Stainless Barbecue (NOT included)
http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=32123

RGiles
Semi-transparent shower curtain (Updated 6 March) (NOT included)
http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=36342

The Mod Squad (NOT included)
Welcome To The Weirdo Zone
(Bizaro dining chair, armoires, beds, chairs, tables, clocks are only used in the furnished.)
http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=94076

Filename	Type	Size
BalloonHome_remodifiable.zip	zip
BalloonHome_remodifiable.7z	7z	583770

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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).

• 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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