Behind the Scenes - Chapter 4.7
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I take a TON of pictures. For every picture that ends up in an update of mine, there are probably ten to twenty that don't. I save all of them and keep them around, though most of them never seen the light of day. While I don't have much in the way of real Behind the Scenes explanations on 4.7 like I did for 4.6, I still want to show off some of the pictures I couldn't use.
I have so many pictures of Micah just smiling and being himself. I'm really going to miss his two-tone hair. I wish I could find an elder version of the swoosh that has the swoosh colored. I am glad that I can use the swoosh for him as an elder at least, though.
Even though I got lots of sympathy in comments about having to let these guys turn into elders, but it really was time. They've all been in my game for close to eighteen months. Heck, they're as old as my friends one kid.
And ah, my outgoing Legacinas. I really hope the finger-gun gene never leaves the family. I adore shy sims, but it just wouldn't feel right if I didn't have someone finger gunning as they walked through the room and announcing, "Vaddi Bobo!"
If you look on the left hand side, you can see Miranda poking her head out. Miranda was actually at all of the events that took place in this update. The only one she could be spotted in was Ian's wedding. It's probably a good thing considering how many questions I've got about that.
In this pic, you can also see that Nate and Meadow are both wearing different clothes. When I installed Freetime, I mucked up my Saved Sims folder which happens to be where the recolors of their outfits were saved. I really need to learn how to make .pkg files of recolors so I don't accidentally delete them out of the saved sims folder. Luckily, I had back-ups (and Nate was kind enough to wear his color anyway).
I dressed Matthew and Persephone in matching outfits. I think they look very cute together. I was also really happy to change Persephone's hair style. I thought about switching her a couple of times, but by the time I was considering seriously it, she was so close to turning into an elder, I figured I'd wait.
This was one of the pictures I had to cut early on. I have a ton of pictures of Star as a toddler and this is one of the most adorable, but I just couldn't think of a way to fit it in and I didn't want to do a random "Toddler Spam!" pic.
This was another one I had to go without. Jacob and Kirby really are best buddies. The dog adores the kid and the kid adores the dog.
Nate continues to make the BEST faces. I think he has to win, hands down, the 'Best Faces of Gen Four'. Ophelia probably comes in second, but he just wins.
As I said, Meadow really did give birth in the smallest room in the house. I think the bathroom is 2x3, just enough room for a toilet and a shower.
Caleb's birth meant that I had a toddler and a baby at the same time in the house. Some creative rearranging and the floor dividers helped with that situation.
It's funny, I decorated the Thayer nursery in yellow and pink, and there hasn't been one girl yet.
Here's an shot of the Turner house, where Micah and Genesis live. I've thought about doing LJ tours of my various houses just to show them off. This one will never be exported because it's built into the side of a hill, but there's still stuff I'd love to show off about it.
So what do you say? Would you want to see tours of the various houses in my neighborhood?
Speaking of stuff I want to show off, I did the recolor of Kiley's wedding 'tux'. It wasn't too hard really. I took one of the GLS recolors from Mermaid Cove (I think) and took out all the color. I then played with levels and contrast to make it look more black than gray. The final touch was adding the red band on the camisole, so she matched Julie's dress.
Playing that house, I also discovered that this outfit/mesh by Nouk has a pregnancy mesh with it. I love when I can keep a sim in their regular outfit through a pregnancy. It's odd, but I like them having a look that's specifically theirs, so I don't like changing outfits after a look has been established.
This is Mercedes turning into a toddler. She is probably the most appropriately dressed toddler I've ever had. Before she grew up, I was thinking I might have her be a little spoiled. Only child, two fortune sim parents, doting grandparents that are all hers the majority of the time. Little Princess complex. And this is what she grew up in.
Best. Grandfather. Ever.
This is my future dumpster diver, Louise. See all the little flies buzzing around her? I didn't know that happened with really sloppy sims, but it does.
I actually went through a couple of different looks for her. This was the outfit she transitioned into, but probably the second or third hairstyle I tried until I settled on the one that's in the update. I like this style, but it didn't say 'Louise' to me.
See, Miranda was at this party too. She and her niece do get along, even if they're never going to discuss cleaning projects together. Louise will give Miranda a heart-attack the first time she leaps into a garbage can to pull somethig out.
Buttercup and Dagmar do this EVERY day. It'll probably get old eventually, but it's pretty darn funny right now.
I really wanted to include this picture, but I just couldn't find a reason. Ian did stalk Lisa, to the point that when she was exercising, he'd find a reason to be in there with her. This time, he decided to wash the windows.
Lisa is actually pretty darn fun to play. She's a tub pirate which is something I love. Of course, this also explains why Marina has had so much trouble with playful kids being born in her apocalypse, since Steia and Lisa are the same dormie.
I have so many pictures of Lisa and Ian arguing. And all of it was staged. I prepared myself to have Ian go balistic as I had him walk in on Lisa and Mitch making out, but he just stood there and gave a happy little outgoing sim wave. GAH. I even had them woohoo on the same lot, and he didn't get upset. I'm not sure if it's the romance mod or if it's ACR, but jealousy was definitely not working as normal. It's made me ponder seeing if I could get a polyamorous relationship to work in game, like Simagroop did with Helena, Calvin and Ripp.
This bartender actually showed up in a very early Pseudo update. He was the one freaking out about Zoey and Christian making out in his campus bar. The guy really is a class act, and I keep that hair in the game just for him.
When I was shooting the scene between Robi and Ophelia, his face got stuck. I'm not sure what happened, but I finally had to force error on him to get his face to unstick.
I got a lot of great shots between the two of them during that scene. I actually built a whole motel for the scene. It's called the Notel Motel. Ophelia owns it, of course. I may try and get an exterior shot of it into the next update.
Here's a close-up of the revamped Kirstial, mostly to show off the Ren Sim eye replacements. It was bugging me that all my sims had a certain looking eye, but the vamps were still the very flat Maxis eyes. I can live with them on the Bigfeet and the Werewolf eyes look different, but the red eye was a bit much. These work wonderfully.
Finally, some simself stuff. Doc, your simself makes great faces. Has anyone bred your simself yet? Your simself is very distinctive looking, so I'd love to see the results.
I about died when Doc went to work in this outfit, though. Sarah mentioned most of the simselves wanting the same career in her hood. In mine, they all wanted to be entertainers.
And last, but certainly not least, Toast getting to lecture all the adult simselves about being a bad example (and hogging the bubble blower).
I take a TON of pictures. For every picture that ends up in an update of mine, there are probably ten to twenty that don't. I save all of them and keep them around, though most of them never seen the light of day. While I don't have much in the way of real Behind the Scenes explanations on 4.7 like I did for 4.6, I still want to show off some of the pictures I couldn't use.
I have so many pictures of Micah just smiling and being himself. I'm really going to miss his two-tone hair. I wish I could find an elder version of the swoosh that has the swoosh colored. I am glad that I can use the swoosh for him as an elder at least, though.
Even though I got lots of sympathy in comments about having to let these guys turn into elders, but it really was time. They've all been in my game for close to eighteen months. Heck, they're as old as my friends one kid.
And ah, my outgoing Legacinas. I really hope the finger-gun gene never leaves the family. I adore shy sims, but it just wouldn't feel right if I didn't have someone finger gunning as they walked through the room and announcing, "Vaddi Bobo!"
If you look on the left hand side, you can see Miranda poking her head out. Miranda was actually at all of the events that took place in this update. The only one she could be spotted in was Ian's wedding. It's probably a good thing considering how many questions I've got about that.
In this pic, you can also see that Nate and Meadow are both wearing different clothes. When I installed Freetime, I mucked up my Saved Sims folder which happens to be where the recolors of their outfits were saved. I really need to learn how to make .pkg files of recolors so I don't accidentally delete them out of the saved sims folder. Luckily, I had back-ups (and Nate was kind enough to wear his color anyway).
I dressed Matthew and Persephone in matching outfits. I think they look very cute together. I was also really happy to change Persephone's hair style. I thought about switching her a couple of times, but by the time I was considering seriously it, she was so close to turning into an elder, I figured I'd wait.
This was one of the pictures I had to cut early on. I have a ton of pictures of Star as a toddler and this is one of the most adorable, but I just couldn't think of a way to fit it in and I didn't want to do a random "Toddler Spam!" pic.
This was another one I had to go without. Jacob and Kirby really are best buddies. The dog adores the kid and the kid adores the dog.
Nate continues to make the BEST faces. I think he has to win, hands down, the 'Best Faces of Gen Four'. Ophelia probably comes in second, but he just wins.
As I said, Meadow really did give birth in the smallest room in the house. I think the bathroom is 2x3, just enough room for a toilet and a shower.
Caleb's birth meant that I had a toddler and a baby at the same time in the house. Some creative rearranging and the floor dividers helped with that situation.
It's funny, I decorated the Thayer nursery in yellow and pink, and there hasn't been one girl yet.
Here's an shot of the Turner house, where Micah and Genesis live. I've thought about doing LJ tours of my various houses just to show them off. This one will never be exported because it's built into the side of a hill, but there's still stuff I'd love to show off about it.
So what do you say? Would you want to see tours of the various houses in my neighborhood?
Speaking of stuff I want to show off, I did the recolor of Kiley's wedding 'tux'. It wasn't too hard really. I took one of the GLS recolors from Mermaid Cove (I think) and took out all the color. I then played with levels and contrast to make it look more black than gray. The final touch was adding the red band on the camisole, so she matched Julie's dress.
Playing that house, I also discovered that this outfit/mesh by Nouk has a pregnancy mesh with it. I love when I can keep a sim in their regular outfit through a pregnancy. It's odd, but I like them having a look that's specifically theirs, so I don't like changing outfits after a look has been established.
This is Mercedes turning into a toddler. She is probably the most appropriately dressed toddler I've ever had. Before she grew up, I was thinking I might have her be a little spoiled. Only child, two fortune sim parents, doting grandparents that are all hers the majority of the time. Little Princess complex. And this is what she grew up in.
Best. Grandfather. Ever.
This is my future dumpster diver, Louise. See all the little flies buzzing around her? I didn't know that happened with really sloppy sims, but it does.
I actually went through a couple of different looks for her. This was the outfit she transitioned into, but probably the second or third hairstyle I tried until I settled on the one that's in the update. I like this style, but it didn't say 'Louise' to me.
See, Miranda was at this party too. She and her niece do get along, even if they're never going to discuss cleaning projects together. Louise will give Miranda a heart-attack the first time she leaps into a garbage can to pull somethig out.
Buttercup and Dagmar do this EVERY day. It'll probably get old eventually, but it's pretty darn funny right now.
I really wanted to include this picture, but I just couldn't find a reason. Ian did stalk Lisa, to the point that when she was exercising, he'd find a reason to be in there with her. This time, he decided to wash the windows.
Lisa is actually pretty darn fun to play. She's a tub pirate which is something I love. Of course, this also explains why Marina has had so much trouble with playful kids being born in her apocalypse, since Steia and Lisa are the same dormie.
I have so many pictures of Lisa and Ian arguing. And all of it was staged. I prepared myself to have Ian go balistic as I had him walk in on Lisa and Mitch making out, but he just stood there and gave a happy little outgoing sim wave. GAH. I even had them woohoo on the same lot, and he didn't get upset. I'm not sure if it's the romance mod or if it's ACR, but jealousy was definitely not working as normal. It's made me ponder seeing if I could get a polyamorous relationship to work in game, like Simagroop did with Helena, Calvin and Ripp.
This bartender actually showed up in a very early Pseudo update. He was the one freaking out about Zoey and Christian making out in his campus bar. The guy really is a class act, and I keep that hair in the game just for him.
When I was shooting the scene between Robi and Ophelia, his face got stuck. I'm not sure what happened, but I finally had to force error on him to get his face to unstick.
I got a lot of great shots between the two of them during that scene. I actually built a whole motel for the scene. It's called the Notel Motel. Ophelia owns it, of course. I may try and get an exterior shot of it into the next update.
Here's a close-up of the revamped Kirstial, mostly to show off the Ren Sim eye replacements. It was bugging me that all my sims had a certain looking eye, but the vamps were still the very flat Maxis eyes. I can live with them on the Bigfeet and the Werewolf eyes look different, but the red eye was a bit much. These work wonderfully.
Finally, some simself stuff. Doc, your simself makes great faces. Has anyone bred your simself yet? Your simself is very distinctive looking, so I'd love to see the results.
I about died when Doc went to work in this outfit, though. Sarah mentioned most of the simselves wanting the same career in her hood. In mine, they all wanted to be entertainers.
And last, but certainly not least, Toast getting to lecture all the adult simselves about being a bad example (and hogging the bubble blower).
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Date: 2008-06-22 05:26 pm (UTC)I think we'll all cross our finger for Louise knowing that her face could go both ways.