Tabby Walls
For those of you who don't know or who have never been to the coastal areas of the southeast region of the US, tabby is a poured, cement-like building material used in the 17th and 18th centuries. It consists of lime, sand, water, and seashells.
Usually oyster shells were used. However, most modern homes and businesses with tabby I've seen in my travels to the area seem to have a more general mixture of shell bits. (In fact, I had a lot of trouble finding my thumbnail image of modern-ish tabby since most of the image search results showed me the crumbling ruins of forts and such with the oyster shells. While good for a thumbnail, the image was too small to make a good tile.)
The base texture layer and the shells are made from source pictures, Photoshop textures, and then playing with blending and saturation levels. I then made them tile seamlessly vertically and horizontally.
Each "Grade" and "Base Type" spans across 3 walls to complete the seamless transition and each wall costs 10. They can be found in the Poured section. The difference between some of the versions may be subtle, but the difference is there.
Grade A: The standard shells and the standard base (base type 1)
Grade B: Saturated shells and saturated base (base type 2)
Grade C: Desaturated shells and saturated base (again base type 2)
Update
I've update this post with the .psd template with the layers for those who are interested in making recolors, halved versions, object recolors or whatever. Just don't claim the textures as your own or profit from them.
If you do make something with them, please let me know so I can download it.
Terms: You may include these walls with lots.
Additional Credits:
JavierMC20, motheranne, Guysim1993, lewjen, lucy kemnitzer, Nalia, and Vampire_of_Death for their feedback, help and responses in the Creator Feedback forum.
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tabby_template.zip
| .psd template for walls
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Uploaded: 22nd Oct 2010, 8.08 MB.
296 downloads.
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Tabby_Walls_Collection.zip
| The collection file for all Grades and Bases
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Uploaded: 19th Oct 2010, 4.6 KB.
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Tabby_Type2Base.zip
| The "summer" base mixture, named for its warmer hue
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Uploaded: 19th Oct 2010, 207.7 KB.
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Tabby_Type1Base.zip
| The standard base mixture
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Uploaded: 19th Oct 2010, 198.9 KB.
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Tabby_GradeC.zip
| Bleached shells poured into the "summer" mix
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Uploaded: 19th Oct 2010, 204.0 KB.
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Tabby_GradeB.zip
| Vibrant shells poured into the "summer" mix
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Uploaded: 19th Oct 2010, 213.9 KB.
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Tabby_GradeA.zip
| Standard shells poured into the standard mix
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Uploaded: 19th Oct 2010, 207.8 KB.
219 downloads.
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Tabby_ALL.zip
| All three types + both base types
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Uploaded: 19th Oct 2010, 1.01 MB.
1,500 downloads.
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Install Instructions
1. Download: Click the download link to save the .rar or .zip file(s) to your computer.
2. Extract the zip, rar, or 7z file.
3. Place in Downloads Folder: Cut and paste the .package file(s) into your Downloads folder:
- Origin (Ultimate Collection): Users\(Current User Account)\Documents\EA Games\The Sims™ 2 Ultimate Collection\Downloads\
- Non-Origin, Windows Vista/7/8/10: Users\(Current User Account)\Documents\EA Games\The Sims 2\Downloads\
- Non-Origin, Windows XP: Documents and Settings\(Current User Account)\My Documents\EA Games\The Sims 2\Downloads\
- Mac: Users\(Current User Account)\Documents\EA Games\The Sims 2\Downloads
- Mac x64: /Library/Containers/com.aspyr.sims2.appstore/Data/Library/Application Support/Aspyr/The Sims 2/Downloads
- For a full, complete guide to downloading complete with pictures and more information, see: Game Help: Downloading for Fracking Idiots.
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Tabby Walls
