Backdoor Lane 44 -- Testers wanted: Lot shrinking revisited
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Created by plasticbox
Uploaded: 13th Apr 2008 at 3:49 PM
Updated: 21st Sep 2008 at 1:54 PM
Updated: 21st Sep 2008 at 1:54 PM
Requires NL.
No custom content.
After it's become clear that shrinking lots right up to the edge of a building is not a safe thing to do, Mootilda and others have done a lot more research and came up with a version of the LotExpander -- now available as LotAdjuster 1.0 -- that handles the shrinking differently and will resize a lot down to one tile from the edge but no further than that. I've been using it to make this lot which is kind of a "pilot upload" to find out whether or not the new version is safe to use. Please report any crashes, irregularities etc in this thread (do not PM me).
* EXPERIMENTAL *
This is a test lot. Only download this if you are willing to provide informative feedback in case anything goes wrong. Back up your game before installing it. Do not use this lot for your favourite family in your favourite neighbourhood. It has not been crashing so far -- and we have reason to assume it won't, since the current version of the LotExpander underwent significant code changes related to the shrinking --, but previous shrunk lots did and they've been causing data corruption even when they didn't actually crash. So please be careful -- even though it's not likely, I don't want to be responsible if you blow up your game. Thank you.
Do not redistribute this lot under any circumstances.
Description:
For sims that are sick of living in the suburbs, Backdoor Lane provides an alternative: a couple of small town lots with a more urban look and feel. They fit together like a jigsaw puzzle, creating a maze of backyard gardens and interconnected alleyways when placed in a tightly spaced neigbourhood. Most of them work as corner lots as well as facing the street, creating a very different impression depending on how you place them and what's on the lot next door.
Backdoor Lane 44:
A city starter on a 1x2 mini lot, furnished for up to three sims with room for more. Kitchen/dining, nursery and bathroom on the ground floor, living room, two bedrooms and another bathroom upstairs, empty basement. There is enough room for a driveway in the backyard (place it with moveobjects on; I recommend frillen's Invisible Driveway), as well as a bit of lawn that can be turned into a garden.
1 x double bedroom
1 x single bedroom (empty)
2 x bathroom (1 furnished)
1 x kitchen/dining
1 x living room
1 x nursery
1 x basement (empty)
All basics included, with a stove and a stereo on top. Playtested for a couple days each in Base+NL with no hacks and Base+NL+OfB+Seasons+FTp0 with lots of hacks; 7PM came and went, no crashes or problems found. Playtested by others as well (not sure about their game configuration).
Please note: If you want to make structural changes to this lot, be aware that the last two tiles from the edge are unbuildable in exactly the same way as on all other lots, which includes the outermost tiles of the house in this case. You should be able to modify all inside walls since they're perpendicular to the lot edge, but not the left and right outside walls (parallel to the lot edge), the roof, stairs, half walls, foundations, or floor tiles on level 1 and up.
See also:
More information for those who are curious about the lot shrinking issues:
Discussion: Lot Size, Orientation, Rotation, etc. -- Research thread @ mts2; the first post has lots of relevant pointers
LotExpander download thread -- only post there with issues related to the tool itself!
7PM crash thread @ MATY (historical; zombify at your own risk)
Tutorial: Building to the edge of a lot (EXPERIMENTAL) -- historical, needs an old version of the LE (not available anymore)
Test upload by aelflaed, 2008-04-17
Test upload by niol, 2008-04-18
Thanks:
This is entirely based on the work of Mootilda and others, I only have the honor to introduce it to the public. Thanks to Mootilda and the fearless testers who've spent so many hours crashing their games during previous research: aelflaed, Inge Jones, MaryLou, niol, Mutantbunny, Rascal, Simsample, KariMinger/Zazazu, DocDoofus, behold_the_muse, baratron, dizzy, ladykatsim, JMP, ebonyspiral, MadameMim, ikbod, mildlydisguised, Emma, Quinctia and everyone else. Extra thanks to aelflaed for the 1x2 mini lot I've used for this.
Lot Size: 1x2
Lot Price: 19.997§
No custom content.
After it's become clear that shrinking lots right up to the edge of a building is not a safe thing to do, Mootilda and others have done a lot more research and came up with a version of the LotExpander -- now available as LotAdjuster 1.0 -- that handles the shrinking differently and will resize a lot down to one tile from the edge but no further than that. I've been using it to make this lot which is kind of a "pilot upload" to find out whether or not the new version is safe to use. Please report any crashes, irregularities etc in this thread (do not PM me).
* EXPERIMENTAL *
This is a test lot. Only download this if you are willing to provide informative feedback in case anything goes wrong. Back up your game before installing it. Do not use this lot for your favourite family in your favourite neighbourhood. It has not been crashing so far -- and we have reason to assume it won't, since the current version of the LotExpander underwent significant code changes related to the shrinking --, but previous shrunk lots did and they've been causing data corruption even when they didn't actually crash. So please be careful -- even though it's not likely, I don't want to be responsible if you blow up your game. Thank you.
Do not redistribute this lot under any circumstances.
Description:
For sims that are sick of living in the suburbs, Backdoor Lane provides an alternative: a couple of small town lots with a more urban look and feel. They fit together like a jigsaw puzzle, creating a maze of backyard gardens and interconnected alleyways when placed in a tightly spaced neigbourhood. Most of them work as corner lots as well as facing the street, creating a very different impression depending on how you place them and what's on the lot next door.
Backdoor Lane 44:
A city starter on a 1x2 mini lot, furnished for up to three sims with room for more. Kitchen/dining, nursery and bathroom on the ground floor, living room, two bedrooms and another bathroom upstairs, empty basement. There is enough room for a driveway in the backyard (place it with moveobjects on; I recommend frillen's Invisible Driveway), as well as a bit of lawn that can be turned into a garden.
1 x double bedroom
1 x single bedroom (empty)
2 x bathroom (1 furnished)
1 x kitchen/dining
1 x living room
1 x nursery
1 x basement (empty)
All basics included, with a stove and a stereo on top. Playtested for a couple days each in Base+NL with no hacks and Base+NL+OfB+Seasons+FTp0 with lots of hacks; 7PM came and went, no crashes or problems found. Playtested by others as well (not sure about their game configuration).
Please note: If you want to make structural changes to this lot, be aware that the last two tiles from the edge are unbuildable in exactly the same way as on all other lots, which includes the outermost tiles of the house in this case. You should be able to modify all inside walls since they're perpendicular to the lot edge, but not the left and right outside walls (parallel to the lot edge), the roof, stairs, half walls, foundations, or floor tiles on level 1 and up.
See also:
More information for those who are curious about the lot shrinking issues:
Discussion: Lot Size, Orientation, Rotation, etc. -- Research thread @ mts2; the first post has lots of relevant pointers
LotExpander download thread -- only post there with issues related to the tool itself!
7PM crash thread @ MATY (historical; zombify at your own risk)
Tutorial: Building to the edge of a lot (EXPERIMENTAL) -- historical, needs an old version of the LE (not available anymore)
Test upload by aelflaed, 2008-04-17
Test upload by niol, 2008-04-18
Thanks:
This is entirely based on the work of Mootilda and others, I only have the honor to introduce it to the public. Thanks to Mootilda and the fearless testers who've spent so many hours crashing their games during previous research: aelflaed, Inge Jones, MaryLou, niol, Mutantbunny, Rascal, Simsample, KariMinger/Zazazu, DocDoofus, behold_the_muse, baratron, dizzy, ladykatsim, JMP, ebonyspiral, MadameMim, ikbod, mildlydisguised, Emma, Quinctia and everyone else. Extra thanks to aelflaed for the 1x2 mini lot I've used for this.
Lot Size: 1x2
Lot Price: 19.997§
Filename | Size | Downloads | Date | |||||
BackdoorLane_44.zip
Size: 658.8 KB · Downloads: 3,997 · 13th Apr 2008 |
658.8 KB | 3,997 | 13th Apr 2008 | |||||
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Other Information
Number of bedrooms:
– 3 Bedrooms
Custom Content Included:
– None
: No Custom Content included
Furnishings:
– Starter Furnishings
: Lot is furnished similar to how one would expect a real life furnished house or apartment to be
Special Flags:
– Not Applicable
Packs Needed
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– Feel free to recycle, you don’t need to ask.
– For the attribution, please link to the upload you’re using wherever possible (instead of my profile). This is particularly important with edits made for/with different games or game versions.
– If you use my stuff in something you make, please upload the result to a free, accessible, noncommercial site with no more restrictions than these. Code must remain open source; meshes and other material must remain re-usable.
Please do not redistribute any unmodified files – link to the upload post instead.