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fuzzyspork ([personal profile] fuzzyspork) wrote2014-09-13 03:08 am
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The Darling Estate Manor

This is the residential version of a community lot I made for the Sims Community Project on Tumblr: Lot #48, Darling Academy of Fine Arts.




Darling Estate Manor is on a 3x3 lot, and man that sucker pretty much fills it up. It comes furnished and decorated, so it's gonna set your Sim back about 364K. Expect the bills to run about 1700-1800 simoleons.

This lot contains NO CC. It's all Maxis, baby! It was built using the Ultimate Collection (i.e. every EP and SP). Packaged with the Clean Installer so you shouldn't have any problems other than stuff missing from EPs you don't have.

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Rear view. There is an indoor pool and a rooftop green house. Using the move_objects cheat will allow you to put actual garden plants in there as well as fruit trees.

First Floor:



This is the dining room.




This is. um. The parlor, maybe? There's a bar and a piano.





The kitchen has a small "servant's room" that would be suitable for a live-in cook or a Servo, I guess.





The swimming pool area.





Workout room...





There's a home theater, too. It's really cool, but Sims will only sit in the first row of chairs to watch the TV. I guess they can't see it from that raised stage despite it being part of the same room.  e__e  Don't worry, they'll end up Smustling up there at some point so it's not totally wasted space. :P


Second Floor:



The library. In this area there are balconies that overlook the dining room and the parlor.





Game area...


There are also two large bedrooms on this floor with en suite baths (one has a walk-in closet).






(I spent like 10 hours decorating this house, you all.) D:


Third Floor:



The top level has a nursery, a kids' room, and a bathroom.

I play-tested this for a while (because the Goodies came into some unexpected cash while in the Sim Bin), and I didn't encounter any weirdness other than Sims wanting to take the long way out of the kitchen despite a door being right next to them (so basically, normal). It is big, and with the pool, the greenhouse, and multiple mirrors you might encounter lag if your processor or graphics card are not up to spec. Mine are both pretty old and it ran smoothly for me with everything set to high (and shadows at medium).

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[identity profile] inujadesims.livejournal.com 2014-09-13 08:00 am (UTC)(link)
Beautiful! :D I don't normally download lots, but I really like this one.

[identity profile] fuzzy-spork.livejournal.com 2014-09-13 03:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Thanks! I've always loved these over-the-top, classic buildings and finally had an excuse to make one. XD

[identity profile] penguingirl03.livejournal.com 2014-09-13 12:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Nabbed! It's going to be perfect for one of my sims down the road I am sure. Looks gorgeous Fuzzy! (I love the community lot version as well.)

[identity profile] fuzzy-spork.livejournal.com 2014-09-13 03:16 pm (UTC)(link)
When I got the idea for the community lot the first thing that popped into my head was the Royal Academy of Music in London. So this is vaguely inspired by it (since there's a lot we can't do architecturally in the game). Just the outside though, since I have no idea what that place is like on the inside. XD Thanks Pen!

[identity profile] biglenny.livejournal.com 2014-09-13 07:01 pm (UTC)(link)
I love how you adapt the original lot into a home. Looks perfect to me.

[identity profile] fuzzy-spork.livejournal.com 2014-09-13 07:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Thanks. :) The whole project was a fun challenge.

[identity profile] joandsarah.livejournal.com 2014-09-14 12:25 am (UTC)(link)
FUZZY!! Happy Tenth Anniversary Sims 2!

Great lot, I love the indoor swimming pool. The Goodies are such great testers I abuse err use them all the time! I needed a Mayors house for my other hood and my own is a bit too small, this will work great.

Lol, I'm all hyped up coming from Jessa's Let's Play.
Edited 2014-09-14 00:27 (UTC)

[identity profile] fuzzy-spork.livejournal.com 2014-09-14 01:12 am (UTC)(link)
JO!! :D Happy late birthday to you, by the way!

This would make a great mayor's house or town hall. Or private school or high-class dorm.

MISS YOU! Hope you are well! And the family. :)

[identity profile] katee412.livejournal.com 2014-09-14 04:13 am (UTC)(link)
This is absolutely gorgeous :)

[identity profile] katmiesterk8.livejournal.com 2014-09-20 09:08 am (UTC)(link)
Ooh, lovely!

[identity profile] tauruschick12.livejournal.com 2014-11-09 11:17 am (UTC)(link)
Okay, no matter how hard I try I can't get this to appear in my game for some reason???

[identity profile] fuzzy-spork.livejournal.com 2014-11-09 04:35 pm (UTC)(link)
:/ That's weird. Are you using the Sims2pack Clean Installer? Make sure the place it's installing the lot to is your game's teleport folder (it should be the default setting). The path to mine looks like this:
C:\Users\Fuzzy\Documents\EA Games\The Sims™ 2 Ultimate Collection\Teleport\

Also, sometimes the game puts the lot bin in a weird order so check all the way through to make sure it's not hiding in there somewhere.

[identity profile] tauruschick12.livejournal.com 2014-11-09 06:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Yup, I am using clean installer and it went to the teleport! D: I have the maxis ultimate collection, and I checked the lot bin. D:

[identity profile] fuzzy-spork.livejournal.com 2014-11-09 06:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Well dang. :( Maybe the file got corrupt. I repackaged it so try this one:
https://app.box.com/s/ntiicukcsgrthlc6njag