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Title: The Sims (all incarnations)
Post by: deora on July 14, 2014, 03:08:06 PM
I was wondering why there isn`t already a Thread for "The Sims" Games and because there are already pics of Sims 3 projects are floating around in the SC4 newest projects thread,i thought:Hey why give Sims not it`s very own thread.
So if there are any Sims Players out there,join us and post some pictures of your buildings.No matter if Sims 1, 2, 3 oder soon Sims 4.

I guess i will start.In Sims you usually build a house,move in a family and play with them.
As for me,i`m more the House-building guy.I prefer a more urban and/or grungy style and i love the classic NYC styled Rowhouses.

The first house is a classic second empire mansion with that iconic mansard roof and lots of historic details
The second lot was planned as an old tenement with 4 apartments and some commercial space on the ground level:

(https://31.media.tumblr.com/a0fe041751a84befae070ef5f966bf0c/tumblr_n83vh3pFur1sdqu58o1_1280.jpg)

(https://33.media.tumblr.com/edb9c31fe8f31cc2ab3721ecbaa4e015/tumblr_n83vh3pFur1sdqu58o2_1280.jpg)

(https://38.media.tumblr.com/b2c6478d90bb9975460733b53f2fb866/tumblr_n83vh3pFur1sdqu58o3_1280.jpg)

(https://38.media.tumblr.com/dd7a2ec79b7c718d278607267a3c3c56/tumblr_n83vh3pFur1sdqu58o4_1280.jpg)

(https://31.media.tumblr.com/01f705345c08cf4fde7522f532143488/tumblr_n83vh3pFur1sdqu58o5_1280.jpg)


(https://31.media.tumblr.com/e2b124a116ec2d03d7ca6e738b3123f8/tumblr_inline_n83vrv3adQ1s6pz5v.jpg)

(https://31.media.tumblr.com/2c31ff134a7cfe73f2d00177853dc06d/tumblr_inline_n83vs70NLp1s6pz5v.jpg)

(https://31.media.tumblr.com/4e23b0b4f5dd7de623990bfc0fe9b2e7/tumblr_inline_n83vsdwD7b1s6pz5v.jpg)

(https://31.media.tumblr.com/65c31ae0ab3a3dc3fa67678730eb4afc/tumblr_inline_n83vshA8Da1s6pz5v.jpg)

(https://31.media.tumblr.com/c52eacceadb0af37e2f30579d59bee07/tumblr_inline_n83vslHiyn1s6pz5v.jpg)

(https://31.media.tumblr.com/e9938ccdec4d80d5665cea611ccc71b7/tumblr_inline_n83vsqghNe1s6pz5v.jpg)

(https://31.media.tumblr.com/af2a80ed21c0a81b8c8d7721d883de1a/tumblr_inline_n83vstzk1W1s6pz5v.jpg)

(https://31.media.tumblr.com/3297e871f07f793f02d8bbcdff87cc67/tumblr_inline_n83vsxsYnv1s6pz5v.jpg)

(https://31.media.tumblr.com/ac56a8e1a3409f0b9ad75207c74f4377/tumblr_inline_n83vt1efHJ1s6pz5v.jpg)

(https://31.media.tumblr.com/8371c67ecbc5db71d13ebbddebfca701/tumblr_inline_n83vt7usSd1s6pz5v.jpg)

(https://31.media.tumblr.com/4ca6adca53109845eed70c7f9e1f54d7/tumblr_inline_n83vtmjShY1s6pz5v.jpg)

(https://31.media.tumblr.com/778651d4efbcf781c46e9d58d3eb4bd5/tumblr_inline_n83vtrFT2d1s6pz5v.jpg)

(https://31.media.tumblr.com/46a303c283ebd3c86512ba09913776ec/tumblr_inline_n83vtvFa0e1s6pz5v.jpg)

(https://31.media.tumblr.com/dfdfc4aa604d49233987345091b22410/tumblr_inline_n83vu16TNh1s6pz5v.jpg)

I miserably failed at photoshopping :D

(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffoto.arcor-online.net%2Fpalb%2Falben%2F39%2F95539%2F3339373435316163.jpg&hash=2111018cea64deeb6db4bbb15224618f4e4ce7e5)

Inspired by pictures of derelict and partly abandoned streets in Detroit and Baltimore

(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg833.imageshack.us%2Fimg833%2F3635%2Fog2s.jpg&hash=6a504c1db9ec3829e4b8ac3898347d6787ee12ec)

This large building was inspired by one of Aaron Grahams gorgeous Bats.I think it was NYBT 655 E. 228 Street

(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffoto.arcor-online.net%2Fpalb%2Falben%2F39%2F95539%2F6435396538396665.jpg&hash=842cf7a06c6188bfe3f9f8690129e2ccdfc38a0b)

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The Entrance Hall.I`m really not sure if it looks like the original ones from that era.

(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffoto.arcor-online.net%2Fpalb%2Falben%2F39%2F95539%2F3961333266343931.jpg&hash=365d8b881ef79ec54ec424437ea97c82950637a2)
Title: Re: The Sims (all incarnations)
Post by: catty on July 15, 2014, 04:12:16 AM

very nice pictures apart from those red rooms I looked at a house for sale that the owners had painted in that colour and it really makes a room feel that its closing in on you, but other than that

&apls
Title: Re: The Sims (all incarnations)
Post by: deora on September 07, 2014, 04:34:10 AM
Thanks catty.
A few days ago, i started a new lot.This house is based on a real life house which used to stand on a corner in Brooklyn.It has a very interesting story with several suicides and a baby climbing on the window sill and falling out of the window right in the arms of a nearby fireman.Then it was a childrens hospital and a sports club before it turned back into a residential house.


This is how the house looks today:

(https://31.media.tumblr.com/daeff53e3ebec796d4339c501711ff07/tumblr_inline_nba8ogjfv51s6pz5v.jpg)

Oh right,i forgot to tell that a week or so ago this house was reduced to debris and junk by a wrecking ball to make way for only god knows what hideous monstrosity will take it's place.

Okay,back to the time where this house still existed:

(https://31.media.tumblr.com/566c09d7f0899fa5bc183471ff80069b/tumblr_inline_nba8rz91aP1s6pz5v.jpg)

(https://31.media.tumblr.com/4f18a80b755d60d50d7e5f8636a976ce/tumblr_inline_nba8u2PDgt1s6pz5v.jpg)

As you can see,the house changed a bit after a renovation somewhere in the 80s.
Because i wanted my version to have that slightly "used" look but also the bigger windows from the earlier days,i combined both looks and created this:

(https://31.media.tumblr.com/9af505509990a2b01139b104e7e2346e/tumblr_inline_nba8ycOfGu1s6pz5v.jpg)

(https://31.media.tumblr.com/efd84ec0e3cdcc5d31fa94b84d967a16/tumblr_inline_nba8yib82O1s6pz5v.jpg)

(https://31.media.tumblr.com/33540123c9c32a0b8144fc23b697f2bd/tumblr_inline_nba8yoUE3y1s6pz5v.jpg)

(https://31.media.tumblr.com/d8f376d1be88b34bc5a3984596941c04/tumblr_inline_nba8ytevsf1s6pz5v.jpg)

(https://31.media.tumblr.com/2b6e075dff32c42cdc7293d09bfb4b67/tumblr_inline_nbc4g0YyAk1s6pz5v.jpg)

(https://31.media.tumblr.com/4cb9513ebddc28aef45370c89bb9a7d9/tumblr_inline_nbc4gf0DWw1s6pz5v.jpg)

(https://31.media.tumblr.com/36b0c743efcc15d5d0833e4103231bb4/tumblr_inline_nbc4glRnlr1s6pz5v.jpg)


I will divide it into two Apartments (and maybe also make a version as a single family home).
The outside decoration is more or less done,now i will focus on the inside.

Any suggestions, complaints or questions?
Title: Re: The Sims (all incarnations)
Post by: catty on September 07, 2014, 09:02:04 AM
QuoteAny suggestions, complaints or questions?

Not from me   ;D

I think it looks better than the original  and its nice to see the greenery around it.
Title: Re: The Sims (all incarnations)
Post by: Sim.Rico on September 07, 2014, 02:16:45 PM
Just noticed this  blog on the SIMS!  I am a big on sims!
Title: Re: The Sims (all incarnations)
Post by: deora on September 30, 2014, 06:26:56 AM
Thanks everyone.
Well,the funny thing about me is that i always build on several buildings side by side.
A few days ago another cool Building featured on a New York Blog catched my attention.
To be more precisely,it`s a group of three Rowhouses which were made in the same style.

I`m talking about Grand Avenue 368 to 364 in Brooklyn (https://www.google.de/maps/place/368+Grand+Ave,+Brooklyn,+NY+11238,+USA/@40.6855687,-73.962242,3a,75y,285.71h,98.99t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1slvebdB9MYdG68D0gRVh_UQ!2e0!4m2!3m1!1s0x89c25bbc55698683:0x96c59691cf0c01c9)

I used this original Floorplan as a reference (well,i`m sort of a floorplan nerd $%Grinno$%)

(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffoto.arcor-online.net%2Fpalb%2Falben%2F39%2F95539%2F3633633234396533.jpg&hash=2f0ff738778c91960f96aba5d00426dbe1c467bb)

Just add huge Trees in ypur imagination.I removed them so you can see the facades better.

(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffoto.arcor-online.net%2Fpalb%2Falben%2F39%2F95539%2F6661343132373639.jpg&hash=c0ffba1e3d335eac01680555a3a0f407b2f57650)

A sideview with stairs and the famous basement doors.

(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffoto.arcor-online.net%2Fpalb%2Falben%2F39%2F95539%2F3433326663383634.jpg&hash=58bd856cacfd8f02e59da4a3738ab37e9e31220a)

I tried to get as close as possible to get the Roof Detail right...

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The baywindow.

(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffoto.arcor-online.net%2Fpalb%2Falben%2F39%2F95539%2F6330636633633239.jpg&hash=803ba5df84606d17459fdb1b69a37b834959de1a)

Entrance
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffoto.arcor-online.net%2Fpalb%2Falben%2F39%2F95539%2F6661626662646462.jpg&hash=2dfe5e6b3d70754d0e9abc2301767e9f059a20f6)

Kitchen (this setup closely resembles the realty pictures)

(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffoto.arcor-online.net%2Fpalb%2Falben%2F39%2F95539%2F3430366266303334.jpg&hash=299807a02f2e5765fdb7a113604ccbdbfbf6731e)

(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffoto.arcor-online.net%2Fpalb%2Falben%2F39%2F95539%2F3637346139353664.jpg&hash=4ee5daa25ed59ec4b1b66f79731a906b3a922f0c)

Livingroom

(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffoto.arcor-online.net%2Fpalb%2Falben%2F39%2F95539%2F3132653561613362.jpg&hash=51b526d64a94a3f585a5652b0e8a4e9c378a698d)

(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffoto.arcor-online.net%2Fpalb%2Falben%2F39%2F95539%2F6537663563396266.jpg&hash=263769959c1fa1c71b250c4bd0921486d63acb17)

So,what do you think?
Title: Re: The Sims (all incarnations)
Post by: carlfatal on September 30, 2014, 06:35:45 AM
A very good idea, Chris!
Your buildings are some of the best stuff one can find in Sims 2.  &apls

I really hope, that some others here will also show their Sims projects. I mean, both games were very familiar, the same designer, the same way of coding in Sims 2 and SC4.  :thumbsup:

Title: Re: The Sims (all incarnations)
Post by: geminiasp on February 27, 2018, 07:52:38 AM
Wow 2014, I debated on creating a new topic but since this was still here I figured I'd reply here. Anyone take inspiration from SIMS games, or build something in the Sims, that was later created and used in SC4 (or vice versa)?
Title: Re: The Sims (all incarnations)
Post by: AudeMarineK on February 27, 2018, 12:53:36 PM
It's crazy, I just logged in for the first time in years to enquire about a Sims-related project as well!

I'm looking to create a sc4 terrain that would merge several Sims 2 neighborhoods, so that I can use it in my uberhood.
Title: Re: The Sims (all incarnations)
Post by: storm37 on October 05, 2018, 05:32:06 AM
I miss playing that on my PC.