Moi's Amazing Grave (Update 11 Oct, 2005)

Lot Name: Amazing Grave

Description:


A. Brief Intro:

Amazing Grave is a grave lot for everyone. You can name it for glorifying and memorising your pass-away beloveds. You can name it with all those you hate (probably including me) and curse them. You can name it whatever for funs like I've done here! You can customise the interior design to suit your creature sims or dead sims or haunting sims. A set of characters is already included in "Moi_AmazingGrave_Tiles_char.zip" @ the above links for message customisation. And if the character set is still not enough, make your own customised tiles with "Moi_AmazingGrave_MakeyourOwnCharTiles.rar" (a bmp template 4 tiles). By the way, the front pic is just for fun, on't take it too seriously. No offense!

Note:
1. Now 2 versions:
a. EP00TS2-01UNI (No EP with jgwhiteus's 2005-Feb 21 coloured lights, >=EP2 incompatible when these lights are installed);
b. EP2NL (the use of jgwhiteus's EP2 coloured lights);
2. no more wall mod needed for this lot
3. a new look


B. Copyright Issues:
B1. Feel free to decorate/re-decorate it... (Feel free to remodify and if share, you can only claim credits for what you've done on it.
B2. This lot is banned to be for any direct or indirect commercial usage.)
B3. No permission is necessary for redistribution of this lot with proper instruction like this page unless stated.


C. System specifications (when the lot was made):
C1. hack-free (except RGiles' transparent tiles, and Numenor's transparent windows)
C2. some customised contents (check with the Clean Installer; for authors, credits, and links for infos & downloads, please read part H.)
C3. made without any EP (So, EP what and/or what not required)
C4. Running smooth @ build mode & @ play mode in a system (OS = MS-winxp-sp2; P4 3.0GHz; 1Gb DDR RAM; video card = 8x 128Mb) If any problem, welcome to report your system settings for providing info to other readers.


D. Lot Specifications:
D1. Lot Size: 3 x 5
D2. Lot type: Residence
D3. Price: ~138k


E. Building Specifications:
E1. Major Theme: grave-themed.
E2. Major Colourational Style: greyish coloration
E3. Major Structural Characteristics: 1 big grave!
E4. Building Motivation: aesthetic usage > efficiently functional usage


F. File Decompression & Install Tips:
F0. Whether the furnished or the unfurnished version, only 7-zip (.7z) has been used unless specified.
F1. unzip the zip downloaded file with zip-supported compressor or above or else by right-clicking and "extract...(whichever way)"
F2. you'll find a file with an extension ".7z" or called 7-zip. just decompress/extract it as if it's "rar" or "zip" when WinRAR >=3.41, 7-zip-manager >=3, IZArc >=3.5, power archiver >=9, ZipGenius >=6 or else... by right-clicking and "extract...(whichever way)"
F3. double click on the sims2pack to open it. To install it with Clean Installer is recommended coz you can choose what to install to avoid unwanted or redundant contents installed into your game system.
F4. Installation of a lot without ensuring the presence of the corresponding terrain paints can be destructive to the lot files.
F5. [No restart of the game] is needed to [install a lot in sims2pack file] and [access the installed lot @ "house bin"]. The trick is by any means to have your neighbourhood screen reload. Say, entering a lot and go back to the neighbourhood screen, or switching to another neighbourhood. After a neighbourhood screen has reloaded, the installed lot will appear in the house bin without the game restart. This is true when the Clean Installer is used.
F6. Floor tiles, wallpapers, terrain paints have to be installed earlier than or at the same time as the lot is installed for them to show up in a lot.


G. Play-tips:
G1. Whenever geting a new house, you can scan and choose for things in the package with Clean Installer before installation
G2. You can ALWAYS check the playability of the lots to your system @ lot-building mode in the neighbourhood screen before playing them.
G3. Should you need, you can play-test it with the cheat "BoolProp TestingCheatsEnabled (True/false)".


H. Credits, links and authors:

000-artists

Fat D (NOT included)
EP Ready - Updated 07-19: Creative/special recolors for Numenor's wall-window set
http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=73393

jgwhiteus
Colored Lightbulbs with Colored Light (EP0-1 users) (version Feb21, the used included)
http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=46317
Colored Ceiling Bulbs With Colored Light - Nightlife Only (NOT included) (EP2 users, read thoroughly before use)
http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?p=763816

jtiger333
Grand piano for non-EP folks (included)
not available any more @ MTS2

klarsicht42
KS InWallLight-System (NOT included)
http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=61539
KS Simple Round Lamp (NOT included)
http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=66709

Numenor
"WallWindow" glass set V.2 (NOT included)
http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=70222

Oberkorn (NOT included)
Fire Krystals (reUPLOADED 21/2: EP ready )
http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=39620

RGiles
Testers Wanted: Transparent Floor Tile Set (the used included)
http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=34012
For the doubly-sided version,
http://www.modthesims2.com/showpost...3&postcount=126
Semi-transparent shower curtain (Updated 6 March)(NOT included)
http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=36342

thefuzmixman_nd (NOT included)
Testers Wanted: *As requested* Bathroom Accessories Set *update 4/25/05*
http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=54363

Xanathons
Wall-mounted lightpanel (NOT included)
http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=63906


As for those floor tiles, wallpapers, and terrain paints with "Moi_" prefix, they were made/"sim"-ulated by this lot author. Thus, they're provided with the lot "as if" any other free things. Credits are not to be claimed on but these floor tiles, wallpapers, and terrain paints are regarded as the world public's things. So, feel free to use them however and redistribute them wherever with no permission needed, except that file renaming or any direct and/or indirect commercial usage is prohibited. (included)