MrsFlynn's Tacky Shell Challenge #4

[Lapaige46]

Nice, Cheesy. I don't think I've seen those windows with the stained glass that you have in the front. Where do they come from?

[MrsFlynn]

The windows by the front door are from:

Dragon Valley (Windows)
https://store.thesims3.com/dragonvalley.html?categoryId=12642

The ones above the front door might be from Dragon Valley as well, but don't seem to be showing up on the items list drop down box in the link above.

I've seen them before and have used them, but it's been awhile.

[Lapaige46]

Ah, thanks.

[MrsFlynn]

I was struggling with what to do for the external wall covering, but with a little help from Lapaige I came up with something that I'm fairly pleased with. It's a stucco paint and brick combo.




The outside is done for the most part, except for the landscaping. Now it's time to work on the inside a bit. I've got an idea for the kitchen, but not sure about the rest of the house.

[MrsFlynn]

Today on Notes from My Build Diary..... lol

Apparently the custom content I downloaded for this build (windows, doors and kitchen sets) are conflicting with each other. I decided to take them out rather than risk it, even though all the conflict seems to be is that they're sharing resources. I'm wanting to share the build after I'm finished with it and don't want the house to become unusable or make players game crash because of the iffy cc I added to the house.

The windows aren't causing any problems (at least up to this point), but they show a conflict in Delphy's Dashboard. While the tool isn't 100 percent reliable - my game crashed 3 times last night trying to re-texture the kitchen walls after adding the kitchen sets. I looked over the cc I was using and found it all seems to be conflicting with each other and items in the single sets, so I trust something isn't right with something in my cc folder. -

Here's a screenshot of the beautiful kitchen.



I got the screenshot before trying to re-texture the kitchen walls with base game masonry or stone texture.

[Cheeseweasel]

Yes I'm pretty sure the windows I'm using in my house are from Dragon Valley. I just recently got that world and the windows are new to me too. I love MrsFlynn's house - such a pretty kitchen. I only have a few CC items I build with, and I think I lost them in the Great EA App debacle. I didn't realize how much I used them and came to rely on them. I'll have to download them again sometime. 

[Lapaige46]

You're looking at a CC addict here.   

Here is mine so far. I'm having some health issues at the moment and it's hard to concentrate and focus.

[MrsFlynn]

Thank you for the compliment on the kitchen!!  

I am going to have to fully re-think the kitchen on this build. As I was doing more testing some of the kitchen objects started acting odd in that they'd change color - turn black in color, almost looking burt - like bad cc does.  It's been a long time since I've seen any cc do this:



No game crashing while testing, but the way it's acting made me take quit the game and delete it from my mods folder.

If you need help finding any of the CC you might be missing, ask Lapaige - she's awesome at finding CC!!

I love how your house is coming along, Lapaige!! The stone and siding mix is awesome!! I also love the color too!! lol

[Lapaige46]

Thanks. I can't decide if it's going to be Craftsman or Farmhouse style. Probably a bit of both. Nothing to say you can't have a Craftsman house on the farm, right?

Did you test your kitchen in live mode? I've had that happen with some CC but it was ok in live.

[MrsFlynn]

I didn't test it in live mode no.  Both the kitchen island and counters were giving me too much of a bad feeling all around, so I decided to delete them.

I don't mind if bad or iffy custom content crashes my game, but when I share a house and if I heard/read that it's doing that to those who download a house of mine that would really make me feel bad.