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#1
11th Sep 2024 at 5:26 PM
Last edited by HarVee : Today at 3:38 PM.
11th Sep 2024 at 5:26 PM
Last edited by HarVee : Today at 3:38 PM.
Plot of Land - BETA 2 out now! (Testers still wanted)
WELCOME TO PLOT OF LAND!
Founded in 2013 by the Babybat family, Plot of Land is a small rural census-designated place south of Strangetown in a region known as "SimValley". The town is now opening to tourism and as such it has attracted the eyes of some rather interesting Sims.STORYLINE PREMISE:
When the Babybat family sold all their land to local SimNation real estate mogul and current president, Malcolm Landgraab, it was only a matter of time before issues would start to arise. Having spent most of their money trying to build the town originally, the current living head of the Babybat family, Lucien II, knew that it was time to 'let go' of the town so that it can prosper and so that his family, particularly his son, Lucien III, would have a better future. But with the new influx of immigrants with radical ideals, will the town be able to prosper in peace or will these ideals tear the town apart?
SUMMARY OF CONCEPT:
The idea of Plot of Land takes inspiration from real world politics and from the very town I live in IRL, of course, names have been changed and a lot of creative liberties taken so it's not a carbon copy of anything in particular but rather has molded into a unique town of its own. Plot of Land makes parodies on several things that currently are hot topics. Immigration, Global Warming, Real Estate, Presidential Elections, etc. but it does so in a way that's fun, quirky, and fits in with the drama of The Sims 2.
Many families and townies in this neighborhood are a continuation of the storyline told in the PlayStation 2 version of "The Sims Bustin' Out". I've always liked the story concepts introduced in that game and wanted to expand on them further. You don't need to have played Bustin' out to enjoy this neighborhood, however.
PRE-REQUISITES:
These are things I couldn't include in the Custom Content Collection (found below) because these things include files that go into your actual install files and not your downloads folder. So, to make it easier and reduce headache for everyone downloading Plot of Land, I've decided to just link to them instead of including them in the collection. These may not be required entirely to play, but they're ideal to have for the neighborhood to function as intended.
Color Enabler Package (CEP)
Stuff Pack Objects Fix Collection for AL by Lord Darcy
More Decorative Slots for Maxis Furniture by Lord Darcy
Rugs - zMOG!! Off Grid!! by HugeLunatic
Neighborhood Lighting Remedy by Criquette
CUSTOM CONTENT:
THIS IS REQUIRED FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO FUNCTION AND LOOK CORRECLTY. DON'T REPORT ISSUES IF YOU DON'T DOWNLOAD THIS!
Plot of Land uses about 1.60GB of carefully selected Custom Content made by several unique and amazing creators, as well as some recolors, walls, floors, and a terrain paint made by me exclusively for Plot of Land. This download has been compressed into a .7z archive and weighs in at around 470MB. As it is such a large requirement, it is ideal to be ran independently from your existing Custom Content. You can do this by backing up your existing downloads into a folder outside of your main The Sims 2 documents, and then placing this collection into your downloads folder. I would not reccomend adding this to an existing downloads folder as this collection includes hacks and merged files.
This collection of Custom Content includes everything from walls, floors, objects, default replacers, and even useful gameplay hacks and fixes.
Plot of Land Custom Content Collection
EXTRAS:
This is entirely optional and isn't needed to run the neighborhood at all, but they're nice little things to have. It includes 8 custom music theme songs made by me exclusively for Plot of land and its story, a hider for most Maxis walls and floors not used in the neighborhood, and even a collection file for Build mode Custom Content and a small icon file. You can pick and choose exactly what extra(s) you want. Use them all, use half of them, use none of them. It's up to you.
Plot of Land Optional Extras
DOWNLOAD:
Lastly and finally the meat and potatoes of this whole thing, the latest build of the neighborhood itself. Make sure you download the required CC collection and the prerequisites before commenting about any issues.
Plot of Land Neighborhood (BETA 2 'hotfix')
When the Babybat family sold all their land to local SimNation real estate mogul and current president, Malcolm Landgraab, it was only a matter of time before issues would start to arise. Having spent most of their money trying to build the town originally, the current living head of the Babybat family, Lucien II, knew that it was time to 'let go' of the town so that it can prosper and so that his family, particularly his son, Lucien III, would have a better future. But with the new influx of immigrants with radical ideals, will the town be able to prosper in peace or will these ideals tear the town apart?
SUMMARY OF CONCEPT:
The idea of Plot of Land takes inspiration from real world politics and from the very town I live in IRL, of course, names have been changed and a lot of creative liberties taken so it's not a carbon copy of anything in particular but rather has molded into a unique town of its own. Plot of Land makes parodies on several things that currently are hot topics. Immigration, Global Warming, Real Estate, Presidential Elections, etc. but it does so in a way that's fun, quirky, and fits in with the drama of The Sims 2.
Many families and townies in this neighborhood are a continuation of the storyline told in the PlayStation 2 version of "The Sims Bustin' Out". I've always liked the story concepts introduced in that game and wanted to expand on them further. You don't need to have played Bustin' out to enjoy this neighborhood, however.
PRE-REQUISITES:
These are things I couldn't include in the Custom Content Collection (found below) because these things include files that go into your actual install files and not your downloads folder. So, to make it easier and reduce headache for everyone downloading Plot of Land, I've decided to just link to them instead of including them in the collection. These may not be required entirely to play, but they're ideal to have for the neighborhood to function as intended.
Color Enabler Package (CEP)
Stuff Pack Objects Fix Collection for AL by Lord Darcy
More Decorative Slots for Maxis Furniture by Lord Darcy
Rugs - zMOG!! Off Grid!! by HugeLunatic
Neighborhood Lighting Remedy by Criquette
CUSTOM CONTENT:
THIS IS REQUIRED FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO FUNCTION AND LOOK CORRECLTY. DON'T REPORT ISSUES IF YOU DON'T DOWNLOAD THIS!Plot of Land uses about 1.60GB of carefully selected Custom Content made by several unique and amazing creators, as well as some recolors, walls, floors, and a terrain paint made by me exclusively for Plot of Land. This download has been compressed into a .7z archive and weighs in at around 470MB. As it is such a large requirement, it is ideal to be ran independently from your existing Custom Content. You can do this by backing up your existing downloads into a folder outside of your main The Sims 2 documents, and then placing this collection into your downloads folder. I would not reccomend adding this to an existing downloads folder as this collection includes hacks and merged files.
This collection of Custom Content includes everything from walls, floors, objects, default replacers, and even useful gameplay hacks and fixes.
Plot of Land Custom Content Collection
EXTRAS:
This is entirely optional and isn't needed to run the neighborhood at all, but they're nice little things to have. It includes 8 custom music theme songs made by me exclusively for Plot of land and its story, a hider for most Maxis walls and floors not used in the neighborhood, and even a collection file for Build mode Custom Content and a small icon file. You can pick and choose exactly what extra(s) you want. Use them all, use half of them, use none of them. It's up to you.
Plot of Land Optional Extras
DOWNLOAD:
Lastly and finally the meat and potatoes of this whole thing, the latest build of the neighborhood itself. Make sure you download the required CC collection and the prerequisites before commenting about any issues.
Plot of Land Neighborhood (BETA 2 'hotfix')
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#2
14th Sep 2024 at 3:31 PM
14th Sep 2024 at 3:31 PM
Hey @HarVee I managed to test this a bit and take some sims to community lots, and I have to say I really love it! Very cool aesthetic and really imaginative lots. 
I made a few notes about things I noticed, would you like me to post them here or should I PM you? All just little things which you probably have already noticed or changed, as I know you are still working hard on it!
I made a few notes about things I noticed, would you like me to post them here or should I PM you? All just little things which you probably have already noticed or changed, as I know you are still working hard on it!
#3
14th Sep 2024 at 10:34 PM
14th Sep 2024 at 10:34 PM
Okay then!
That's all I noticed for now, as I mentioned before I absolutely love this!
I also bumped into Sim Sample and Haywud! 
I turned hood view off and all worked okay.That's all I noticed for now, as I mentioned before I absolutely love this!
I also bumped into Sim Sample and Haywud!
#4
15th Sep 2024 at 10:08 PM
Last edited by Sokisims : 16th Sep 2024 at 1:10 AM.
15th Sep 2024 at 10:08 PM
Last edited by Sokisims : 16th Sep 2024 at 1:10 AM.
I'm downloading to see, but I can't test anything because I'm busy fixing mine xD But know that I support you!! 
Edit: I didn't see Cass, didn't I send it to you? XDD The houses look very nice, and the story of the sale of the land seems very interesting to me. ^^
Edit: I didn't see Cass, didn't I send it to you? XDD The houses look very nice, and the story of the sale of the land seems very interesting to me. ^^
#5
16th Sep 2024 at 4:52 AM
Last edited by HarVee : Yesterday at 2:11 AM.
16th Sep 2024 at 4:52 AM
Last edited by HarVee : Yesterday at 2:11 AM.
Quote: Originally posted by Sokisims
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I'm downloading to see, but I can't test anything because I'm busy fixing mine xD But know that I support you!! Edit: I didn't see Cass, didn't I send it to you? XDD The houses look very nice, and the story of the sale of the land seems very interesting to me. ^^ |
You did... I think... idk I have gone through many revisions and backups of this 'hood over the last few years, sometimes I forget to add things or things get lost in the matrix.
#6
Yesterday at 2:13 AM
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Yesterday at 6:59 PM
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#8
Yesterday at 8:03 PM
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#9
Yesterday at 9:26 PM
Last edited by Sokisims : Yesterday at 10:47 PM.
Yesterday at 9:26 PM
Last edited by Sokisims : Yesterday at 10:47 PM.
Well everyone uses nounlinkondelete.package and I think I also use BetterNightlife_win_v1.package So it won't be any problem. I understand that you prefer the cc you have prepared to be used, but I won't play seriously until I finish my projects, so currently I only download hoods to test the gameplay and stories.
Also congratulations for having the hood almost complete, when I play a little I will comment on the stories!!
Edit: When you upload the neighborhood remember to use SimPE to make the names appear correctly in all languages. Otherwise, people who have the game in another language will get random names.
Edit2: I really like the design of the Babybatt house!! I wasn't expecting Cass to be playable, but I loved it! And yes, the cc is necessary because otherwise the roads do not appear correctly. Hopefully in the future you will make a version without cc!! Although I will download it anyway when I play seriously.^^
Also congratulations for having the hood almost complete, when I play a little I will comment on the stories!!
Edit: When you upload the neighborhood remember to use SimPE to make the names appear correctly in all languages. Otherwise, people who have the game in another language will get random names.
Edit2: I really like the design of the Babybatt house!! I wasn't expecting Cass to be playable, but I loved it! And yes, the cc is necessary because otherwise the roads do not appear correctly. Hopefully in the future you will make a version without cc!! Although I will download it anyway when I play seriously.^^
#10
Yesterday at 10:04 PM
Yesterday at 10:04 PM
#11
Today at 1:05 AM
Today at 1:05 AM
Quote: Originally posted by joandsarah77
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I was coming to try this but I am surprised you included Better Nightlife. I never use it as it causes me (and others I know) pink flashing. So basically It can't be removed or I remove it and delete and replace all street lights? I will have to see how it goes. It's a mod I always wanted to work that never did, probably due to the amount of other CC that I have. If I play this long term there is no way I won't be adding more to it lol. |
I included it as it has never caused me any pink flashing, I figured it was a relatively harmless thing to use. To answer your question, you can delete the package file and remove or replace the streetlights in the neighborhood with Maxis ones. I suggest also removing the two files from the collection's NHOOD folder "crqtt_mm_wood_lightpost.package" and "crqtt_mm_metal_lightpost.package". These two are higher-quality addon streetlights that are, as the name suggests, Maxis-Match. They use Better Nightlife iirc.
Quote: Originally posted by joandsarah77
| Will Better Nightlife ^ work without the Lighting Remedy fix? I don't want to change my install for a hood. |
As far as I know, yes it will! Better Nightlife edits the material shader for the neighborhood, Lighting Remedy Fix doesn't edit the shader, but rather forces the actual lot imposters to use lighting values defined in the lighting.txt. Lighting Remedy Fix only includes one file though that goes into your install, a lighting.txt file. Lighting Remedy Fix can actually be used without that lighting.txt file even installed. I know this because when I reinstalled my game, I had the original Maxis lighting.txt for the longest time.
Quote: Originally posted by joandsarah77
| Also looking at this mod list, I have a lot of other mods. For example Shift Everything and Community Lot Time are must haves for me. I am tempted to just swap out your mod list for my own. |
Only thing to note, is that by changing the mod list (they're in the collection in a folder titled zzHACKS) is that The Sims may reset when you first initially load each lot as reported earlier by simsample.
#12
Today at 1:18 AM
Today at 1:18 AM
I have been testing today @HarVee and will test a bit more tomorrow.
Quick question, the coastline hedges seen in my pink lights pic in post #3 are gone now, is that a deliberate edit or am I missing something?
Quick question, the coastline hedges seen in my pink lights pic in post #3 are gone now, is that a deliberate edit or am I missing something?
#13
Today at 1:23 AM
Today at 1:23 AM
Quote: Originally posted by simsample
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I have been testing today @HarVee and will test a bit more tomorrow. Quick question, the coastline hedges seen in my pink lights pic in post #3 are gone now, is that a deliberate edit or am I missing something? |
This was a deliberate change. I felt they were a bit... excessive and wanted the beach/shoreline to look emptier and cleaner and less like a jungle.
#14
Today at 1:37 AM
Today at 1:37 AM
Oh good, thought I'd messed something up! I like it! Will get back to you when I've tested some more.
Will get back to you when I've tested some more.
#15
Today at 3:57 AM
Last edited by HarVee : Today at 5:29 AM.
Today at 3:57 AM
Last edited by HarVee : Today at 5:29 AM.
Quote: Originally posted by Sokisims
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Also congratulations for having the hood almost complete, when I play a little I will comment on the stories!!
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Thanks
It's people like you that give me inspiration to keep at it.
Quote: Originally posted by Sokisims
| Edit: When you upload the neighborhood remember to use SimPE to make the names appear correctly in all languages. Otherwise, people who have the game in another language will get random names. |
This is fixed in the BETA 2 hotfix. Please redownload the neighborhood. @Sokisims
Quote: Originally posted by Sokisims
| Edit2: I really like the design of the Babybatt house!! I wasn't expecting Cass to be playable, but I loved it! And yes, the cc is necessary because otherwise the roads do not appear correctly. Hopefully in the future you will make a version without cc!! Although I will download it anyway when I play seriously.^^ |
Yeah they use custom floor tiles as an overlay and the neighborhood roads themselves use a custom edited version of the Maxis desert roads, a small edit by me, that essentially got rid of the dashed lines and added dual sidewalks. This was all done so that way the driveways would blend better with the roads.
Anyway, depending on the further feedback I get from this, I might make a no CC version, but if I do that'll be in the far future since it'd require large edits to everything from Sims themselves to lots and yada yada. But it's not impossible to do though.
I made Cass playable because I really her story and concept. Plus, I'm thinking of doing more with her story-wise in the future. Perhaps something that might involve Borris Frenz looking into her past.
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Today at 11:34 AM
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#18
Today at 2:00 PM
Today at 2:00 PM
Quote: Originally posted by Sokisims
| I really liked the Maple family, also the sim that came from a war! I found it quite creative. About the names, it's great that you changed it. I usually leave that step for last, because when you enter a house it is deconfigured and you have to do it again, I say this so you know when you update again. As for Cass, I would like her to be called Cassidy 086 as a first name and Proieto as a last name! Since all clones usually has that last name and is called that. Although if you want, leave it as it is,"Cassidy Clone" also gives it some vibe. xDD |
I changed it to Clone because I figured that if she was trying to escape her past, she might not want to be formally called Cassidy 086 Proieto by the townsfolk, but I did leave 086 in the lot description though.
Also, thanks for the heads up about possibly having to do it again in future updates. Luckily It isn't that difficult of a thing to do!
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Today at 3:35 PM
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#20
Today at 3:57 PM
Today at 3:57 PM
That's awesome to know!
@ed95 please let me know if you find any major issues, especially with the lot and story text strings. I'm still unsure if they'll all show up properly in Spanish. I'm committed to making sure they do though, and with your help that can be possible.
@ed95 please let me know if you find any major issues, especially with the lot and story text strings. I'm still unsure if they'll all show up properly in Spanish. I'm committed to making sure they do though, and with your help that can be possible.
#21
Today at 4:24 PM
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