Soggy Bottom Island Lighting Default Replacement

Soggy Bottom Island lighting, as standalone default replacements.  Pick one at a time.
Both versions use the same code and color ramps, but they are balanced slightly differently, so different skies show up more or less often.
Soggy Algal Bloom - more hazy weather and more likely to get delightfully creepy red water
Soggy Radioactive Spire - brighter light more often

Soggy Bottom Island

Soggy Bottom Island
Once, it was connected to the mainland by bridge, and it was home to a fashionable B&B.  And then, well…things went wrong.
Now there’s privacy, and fresh water.  Or, at least, there is a lot of water without salt in it.  How bad could it really be for you?
What it is:

• a small map
• 1 residential lot
• 1 small park

Tell me more:
Soggy Bottom Island has custom lighting, a very swampy feel, and many spawners.
The lighting is a combination of Monte Vista, Twinbrook, Roaring Heights, buhudain’s, and a lot of hand painting and tweaking.
I tried to provide a lot of seeds for beginner gardeners, but they keep turning into lizards.   Even so, shipwrecked sims should be able to stay alive, with few problems.
Known issues:
Snow looks weird.  I couldn’t wrestle CAW into obedience so the edge of the world shows under the water.   When I test played lakes didn’t freeze, but it may not have gotten cold enough.
What you need:
Built with the latest patch.  I have all EPs except IP, so there are no dive lots.
I know I used many plants from Ambitions, World Adventures, and Supernatural.  I may have used plants from other EPs. I used rocks from Pets. There are a few items from Seasons. Without those 5 EPs this world will look dramatically different.
I used a lighthouse and llama sign from Monte Vista, some rubble from Dragon Valley, and some gravestones from Midnight Hollow.  Without these towns the items should just be missing, and it won’t affect the look of the island too much.  Even a missing lighthouse didn’t look too bad, though I’m partial to the island with it.
Many thanks:
First of all, many thanks to everyone for their patience!  I was so excited to be tackling all these challenges, and I know I posted many, many, many pictures.  Plus, your feedback kept me going when I thought CAW would make my head explode right off.
Thank you to tosimornottosim who helped test the island and helped me spot things.
Thank you to everyone who helped with the lighting, including simsample, buhudain, SimsExpressie, Zerbu, and everyone else who has posted tutorials and dds files.  Soggy Bottom uses simsample’s and buhudain’s code, and a modified version of buhudain’s aurora.

Ok, Ok, the goods:
Soggy Bottom Island

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My Simblreen Gift to You

Simblreen was a big success this year!  It's so awesome to be a part of something that made so many people so happy!  I'm really proud <3

Happy Simblreen!

Here is the public release of my treat for you.

I made for you a set of wet looking half-gradient walls inspired by watercolors.  They are heavily textured with watercolor paper texture, as well as splatters of paint.

I hope it helps set the mood in your haunted everythings. :)

3 Channels, 2 wall panels in the set (use both panels together).  Found in misc. walls.
Download

Some files for you

I posted some things at my Tumblr.  You should Tumbl.   Yes.  Especially since Simblreen is soon.  :)

Tone files for creators.  :)

These are not skin tone sliders, just the dds and png files required for adding tones in Skininator.
If you want skin tones I have an older set here.***

What the heck is going on here:
After my wrist surgery I decided to do some graduated/graded washes. They’re a little messy, but that’s ok.  Then I took 5-20 pixel wide samples of each and squished them in 64 x 64 blocks.
Now I’m sharing the files with you, so you can play around with them.  You can edit, merge, fuss around with, attach to your skins, or anything you like.

Download (Mediafire)

Edit: Yes, you can to use these for environment files, though I don’t think they take 64x64 dds files(?!?!). I don’t know anything about custom lighting and water, so please don’t ask me for help;  I can’t help with that.

***link to an alternate download for the Scatter Genes skin tones

Download: Tickytacky Elixir Shoppe

Welcome to the tourist trap Lucky Palms Elixir Consignment - Tickytacky Elixir Shoppe

I've been chipping away at revamping Lucky Palms for my spoiled sims, and finally I've finished decorating the Elixir Consignment.   I used it in my story a month ago, but only the outside was finished.

Lucky Palms seems like it should be full of places designed to separate tourists from their money, so I tried to build something that is flashy, but still blends in somewhat with the rest of the buildings.  Haha, I'm not sure how well I did - but at any rate this is a fun place for Alchemists to hang out with dates or friends.   It has a gem cutter, bees (honey from community lots is always nice quality), a stereo and chess table and several other goodies.

Tickytacky Elixir Shoppe

a Lucky Palms themed Elixir Consignment Store

Lot size: 29x13

Placement: On one of the "houseboat" pier lots

Requires:

Base game + Supernatural EP

Store items (all pay items are outside, so if they are missing and replaced it shouldn't interfere with routing too badly, I hope):

Lucky Palms***you really need Lucky Palms for this***
Keep Me Clean Outdoor Shower

Lord Vladmir's Magic Cauldron

Crystal Pumpkin (free)

Specter Sweets (free)

Reflecting Ghost (free)

Heliosolaris (free)

Custom Content:

Bare Concrete wall gradient by Simpulse
Fall Out 3 mushrooms by Aikea and Gelydh

DOWNLOAD

this is a .package file and it goes in your Library folder

More pictures under the cut:

Gravity Won Warehouse

UPDATE:  There is a problem with the junk spawners, apparently EA broke them in an update?  That is the word on the street, anyway.   If you have this in your game you will need to edit it, go into buy debug, and delete junk spawners 2,3, and 4.   They are spawning brand new furniture instead of junk, causing the junkyard to fill up! Then next time I open the game I will do the same and update the file.

UPDATE UPDATE: Now available in three flavors - all salvage spawners, spawners 1 and 2 (they seem to be working normally), and no spawners.

Gravity Won Warehouse
Lucky Palms Junkyard

Lot: 40 x 40 (103 Lakeside Dr.)

This lot is the re-purposed criminal warehouse.  It was nice of EA to provide most of the fence and some of the junk already.
Sometimes, I think the EA employees are doing their best to provide us with expansion pack lots, but upper management has decided store worlds aren’t allowed to have them show up, even though expansion pack worlds auto-load lots all the time.  So they have to sneak them in there and hope that someone finishes the job.
Requires:

• Ambitions
• Lucky Palms
• Hidden Springs
• Pets
• Riverview
• Prius stuff
• 1 or 2 things from Fast Lane Stuff
• Lucky Palms terrain set 1
• Lucky Palms terrain set 2

DOWNLOAD - all salvage spawners
This is a .package file, put it in your Library folder.

(newer downloads have some spare furniture left in because it fit and was funny)
DOWNLOAD - spawners 1 and 2 (seem to work as advertised)

DOWNLOAD - NO salvageable furniture spawners

Innocent Abandoned House

Innocent Abandoned House
 an alternative Criminal Hangout for Lucky Palms

I didn’t really like the criminal hangout for Lucky Palms.  It is the perfect town for a Wild West type hideout, but instead we were given a warehouse (that looked like it should be a junkyard).

Lot size: 30x20

I placed a new lot on Lakeside Dr., across from the military base.  The location is indicated in red on the map image.

Requires:

• Pets
• World Adventures
• Supernatural
• Hardcore Fence (from the store?)
• Lucky Palms
• terrain paints 1

DOWNLOAD
This is in package format, put it in your Library folder.

And yes, I did convert the original rabbit hole lot into a junkyard - that file will come tomorrow.

Lucky Lush Nectary

The Lucky Lush
Lucky Palms Nectary
30x30 Lot

requires:
Base Game
Lucky Palms (basic)
World Adventures
Late Night (1 plant only)
Supernatural (beehive only)
Prius set
And that is it :)

Original Placement: next to the large Art museum across from the town hall (originally the police station)

DOWNLOAD
This download is a package file - place in your Library folder.

Happy early Channukah! Pet marking and calico

 So ... hello there.

I made this for Santasims,  and now that it's posted I can share it here. :)


First up I have a new custom pet marking.   EA’s heart is cute, but too cartoon-y for most pets.  So I made a new heart that looks a little more natural.

And then of course I had to make a calico!  Meet Winter Stockings, a noisy, friendly, hunter cat.

Download includes package and .sim file.
Download (Mediafire)

Made with s3oc, s3pe, PS, and ArtRage.   Special thanks to PharaohHound’s tutorial.

I also highly recommend Traelia's eyes, I use Purrrfect.

sim me 1.5

 Someone requested my simself for an asylum challenge, and that makes me guffaw heartily.

Also, skasumi said she looks like Miss Frizzle.  And… that’s cool.  <3 <3 <3

Good Sense of Humor, Natural Cook, Artistic, Nurturing, Childish
LTW: The Cat Herder


Download Pooky Scones:
Mediafire/Dropbox


Sliders and default replacements ||  Dress - Ambitions || Shoes - LN || Jewelry - SN & Pets || skin (olive/umber) || Beauty Marks || Eye freckle blush by Yukey, I guess?? || lipgloss || glasses || hair (store - actually I have no idea what hair this is, I’ve been through the entire store catalog and help)


Feel free to change outfit, hair, facial structure, or traits as needed.  Please don’t let her be mean.

Happy Belated Halloween

I had a lot going on this Halloween.  I know that's a surprise, because I clearly don't like it at all.  :D

One of the things I worked on was Simblreen - a gift giving event on Tumblr.  It was a lot of fun, and for once the fast pace of Tumblr was a benefit.

Here are the gifts I gave out.  I'm still working on posting pictures of as many of the gifts I received as possible.   It's always such a thrill to see something I worked on in someone else's game, I want everyone to get a chance to feel that.

One of my other favorite games is Dear Esther, and when I found the hidden wishing pool it made me want a terrain paint with coins.  If you look closely you can see these are all coins from TS3. :)
This is an edited Ambitions terrain paint. I’m sorry, I didn’t realize it until I loaded my game up. :(   I don’t know if you need the expansion or not.
I decided not to make a whole new background, because this way you can just paint on a dollop of coins where needed and it will blend seamlessly.
Download:
Mediafire || Dropbox

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Arnie Hodge - 24 Hour Party Pixie
DOWNLOAD
Mediafire  ||  Dropbox
Round Glasses | Freckles | Lipstick | Eyeshadow

Blank Slate House (download from Tumblr)

I posted this on Tumblr, but it will be easier to find again if I post it here. :)

outside

attic

attic

first floor

first floor

first floor

first floor

first floor plan

second floor

second floor plan

first floor

Blank Slate House:
In anticipation of Simblreen I built this little house.  It’s partway between an empty shell and a finished house.  This is so it could be usable by townies if you decide to just plunk it in a town, but quickly customizable if you want to use it for your own evil plans.  I admit, I am not much of a builder, but I am really good at being excited about Halloween.

Attic:
Crib and balcony

Second Floor:
Mostly empty, ripe for the plucking ready to be quickly customized.  If you have generations I highly recommend replacing the stairs to the attic with a spiral staircase. You will need to delete the little fence I put around the giant, gaping, scary, hole in the floor.
The roof pokes into the ceiling, and I don’t know how to stop it other then remembering to click the third floor off when taking pictures.

First Floor:
The most decorated and cluttered floor. I have hidden lighting all over the place so sims look good in pictures.  Other then making sims look good, the lighting doesn’t make much sense.

I used different shades of these colors:

The more you know:
Lot size: 15 x 20
Items:

• patch 1.38 required for spiderweb pattern and concrete walls
• base game
• free store items used, mostly from the Halloween and Thanksgiving sets
• That’s it :) No CC, EPs, or SPs used

Windows: Uhmmm…I only put windows on the front.  There are so many store and CC windows that are better then the base game ones! So I did enough windows to make the house look normal from the street.  Now changing over to nicer windows won’t take so long. I hope that makes sense and is not too annoying.
What you can use it for: Whatever (almost)!  Want to finish decorating it and then re-upload it? Ok, just give a nod here.  Want to use to to show off your Simblreen goodies? AWESOME. That is totally what I’m going to use it for! Want to put it on a pay site? No.
House weirdness: When I plunked it into Strangeville it fell into a sinkhole. :( Spooky. I used “setimportedterrainoffset 2.5” to fix it.

DOWNLOADMediafire/Dropbox

And thank you for looking. :)