This is my (winning!) entry for the
Sim Oasis Sim House Extreme Makeover Contest, May 2009. I decided to decorate in a French Colonial style, in particular French Colonial as seen in the Caribbean in around the 1600's give or take a hundred years in either direction. There are also a few Indochine and New Orleans influences from that time period as well, but these styles are all closely related and mix nicely.
You'll notice some of the objects on the Objects List (below) have a highlighted check mark next to them. That simply indicates which objects are paysite items. I leave the decision up to you, if you want to go pay for these few objects I've used in creating this house, I've made it very clear where they came from, and you're welcome to go give those creator's your money if you desire. Or not.
OBJECTS LIST
This lot costs §69,251 and over 300 custom objects/recolors/floors/walls/terrains were used to create it. Some of the work (mainly textures) is mine, some of it is other people's (mainly meshes/textures). I've included a list of all the custom objects I used (see above) and I've included a Creator's List (below), with links to where I got all the custom content. Some of these links are dead because the sites have disappeared over time, but I include them anyway.
I wish to bring attention to my personal file-keeping habits.
Every single file I ever download, I edit. I mark where it came from (website name and URL) and the file name in the description (makes it easy for me to find it if I want to recolor it.) Occasionally I change the actual object. I'll make backs invisible on large mirrors, or give it a new texture if I really didn't care for the original one. If you already have any of these objects in your game, unless you want my notes and edits,
do not let these files overwrite yours!
I have all EP's (up to Apartment Life) and Kitchen & Bath SP. I widely use items from all of these paks, so expect to need all of them to load this lot. I've given you two choices how to download this lot. The first one is the house and every object, wall terrain etc. you need for it. The second option is just the house and the objects/recolors I myself created (because you cant get them anywhere else!)
And now for the usual
Terms and Conditions stuff. Please don't swipe my work and claim it as your own! Do not upload it to paysites or the Exchange (that would be swiping my work!) You may re-use my work (recolors, walls, terrains, floors) and upload it with any lots you care to make and share with others, it must however, remain free of charge. I'd really appreciate it if you did not take this house that I spent a lot of weeks creating, and upload it to another site. I don't mind if you want to share it, just send people back here or to my
WEBSITE to get it! There's a good reason for this - in case of a problem, I can fix it and re-upload the lot. I would have no ability to fix any problems should they arise, if this house were hosted somewhere else. Other than that, I cannot force you to comply to my wishes, I'm just asking nicely!
CREATOR'S LIST37Sims -
http://www.37sims.com/4ESF -
http://www.4eversimfantasy.net/Around The Sims 2 -
http://www.aroundthesims2.com/Avenida Sims -
http://avenidasims.com/Besen's Sims 2 -
http://www.besens-sims2.de/Sims2Me -
http://sim2me.de/Dincer Hepguler -
http://dh-sims-site.com/Blacky's Sims 2 Zoo -
http://blackypanther.de/Club Crimsyn -
http://www.clubcrimsyn.com/Dee's Elegant Decor - Dead Link
Exnem's Sims -
http://www.exnemsims.com/Mod The Sims 2 -
http://modthesims2.com/Simlogical -
http://www.simlogical.com/Sim Wardrobe -
http://www.simwardrobe.com/Gara's Boutique -
http://www.geocities.jp/garapon9/garasim2index.htmlGarden of Shadows -
http://www.digitalperversion.net/gardenofshadows/index.phpHoly Simoly -
http://www.holysimoly.com/Insimenator -
http://www.insimenator.org/Mango-Sims 2 -
http://mangosims2.free.fr/ Neighborhood 99 -
http://n99forumpaks.djssims.com/Parsimonious -
http://www.parsimonious.org/Reflex Sims -
http://www.reflexsims.de/Simfantastic -
http://www.simfantastic2.com/SimGedöhns -
http://www.simgedoehns.de/Simply Styling -
http://simplystyling.de/homesims2.htmlSims2Design -
http://www.forum.sims2design.pl/forum/Sims2Play -
http://sims-2.gameslife.ru/Sims Design Avenue -
http://www.simsdesignavenue.net/ Simsistic -
http://simsistic.modthesims2.com/PC Sims - Dead Link
Studio B43 -
http://www.birgit43.de/Tarox -
http://www.tarox4sims2.de/The Sims Resource -
http://www.thesimsresource.com/Vita Sims 2 -
http://www.vitasims2.com/Wall Sims -
http://www.wallsims.net/Wood For Sims 2 -
http://www.woodforsims.de/XM Sims 2 -
http://www.xmsims.com/'The Cave' -
http://www.simscave.com/'The Booty' -
http://paysites.mustbedestroyed.org/OK! Shut up already Amy, and gimme the lot!
TROUBLESHOOTINGIt happens occasionally, you install the house and it doesn't show up when you load the game! If that happens, I found a pretty handy way of fixing the problem. I didn't write this, and the original was in Polish, then badly translated into English. But I did re-write it a bit to cut down on the superfluous ''contects'' (took me a bit to figure out they meant ''contents'' lol) Anyway, credit given where credit is deserved, I found this on Sims2 Design, and it was originally written by Margierytka.
If you have problems with installation of any lot (''invisible'' in the game's lot catalog) - here is Margierytka's guide, it really works!If after installation, if the lot doesn’t show in the game:
1. If you don’t have CleanInstaller yet, you must download and install it:
http://sims2pack.modthesims2.com/index.php?page=32. Clean Installer needs Microsoft.NET.Framework version 1.1 (or higher) to work correctly, you can get it here:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=262D25E3-F589-4842-8157-034D1E7CF3A3&displaylang=en3. After installation of CleanInstaller and Microsoft.NET.Framework, go to My Documents\EA Games\The Sims 2\Teleport and delete all files you find there.
4. Install the packaged lot with CleanInstaller, do not delete any of the contents with this program! Install everything. Close CleanInstaller.
5. Go back to My Documents\EA Games\The Sims 2\Teleport and delete all files which are there. You have now deleted the "invisible" lot from lot catalog.
6. Re-open the packaged lot with CleanInstaller and click the house icon "Select lot file only" (top, right side.) Be sure to install ONLY THE LOT.
7. Start the game.
8. The lot will be in lot catalog, ta-da!
« EDIT: Just changed some file locations. »
