@Sokisims I'm glad it motivates you, it's such a big job you're doing (I realize it after trying the same and failing miserably x) )

And for the mixed names, I'm bad at this kind of stuff on the sims. Almost all the advanced tutorials are in English and it's not my native language...
Maybe the problem comes from the fact that my game is in French version? But here I understand that you have to change them one by one manually.

Yes, before you had to change them one by one when you added them as a sub-hood, but this tool has come out to make that easier, although I haven't tried it yet.

https://modthesims.info/d/673111/re...ighbohoods.html

It works great ! Thank you so much for saving me this time!!
Now it's time to play!!

After seeing SpringSims' review of Service Area, I had to get it! I'm in love with all the drama in this neighborhood! I'd already started Service Area when I learned you had Jeans Shaker Oasis, but since the stories are connected, I set out to make Jeans Shaker Oasis a subhood.

After following Mootilda's tutorial, I was able to turn your 2023 JSO Test hood into a business district, and so far it's all working great! I turned the residential lots meant to be apartments into apartments and moved the bin sims to the right places (thank you for putting that info in their bio). As far as I can tell, none of the names have changed either, but I need to do some double-checking first. I just wanted to let you know your JSO test hood is not only working, it's working as a Business District subhood too

Also, I just want to say, I'm overwhelmed by your talent and hard work. The detail you've put into these hoods is *amazing*. Every build I go into, I'm so impressed with how great they look with no CC. The environmental storytelling you've done, on top of these intricately-detailed plots - it's beautiful. Thank you!!

@DellaLuna I really appreciate your comment!! Thank you very much for such encouraging words

It is also very useful to know that everything works well as a sub-hood and downtown!!

I really want to continue with JSO 2023-24 and leave Service Area in perfect condition! But I have followed my instinct and I have been working on Aberon Garden for the last month, I would like it to be the last neighborhood and be part of the same story... After that I don't want to build anything else for a while. Although I would like to organize a kind of project where everyone builds a university for the Cassidyverse haha ​​You can send houses, characters with or without history, townies, even the land... I'll just do what's left to do. The person who first says they want to build something will be the one in charge of the lot, the idea is that everything flows very organically, I will be open to everything and I will say yes to everything! Haha

@Sokisims Do you have a SimsFileShare account? I could send you an invite if you like, give you an extra place to store and share your work.

Yes, no problem!
(Anyone can message me to ask for an invite, any time! )

just came across this custom hood and it's the first custom hood i got an itch to play with! keep up the good work :DD excited for the 2024 rerelease ^w^ (but ofc no pressure, always still at ur own pace!! just wanted to send some love !)

Hello! Thank you for your words, I really love that you comment. I actually have all the new jso photos copied to the game, which is a great advance, I just need to make the collage that I use as a description of each family, which requires some time and attention, also reviewing all the relationships and memories and rewrite all the texts.

About Service Area, I have reduced the Fortier house, the military base and reviewed all the houses to try to reduce the lag, maybe I should try to reduce the mysterious mansion a little or make the maze a little smaller.

The reason why I haven't done what's left for more than a week is that I have important matters to attend to in real life and I've had to travel, but I'm trying to make progress little by little with the laptop.

This is awesome !!! Question will the new version be available to download as a sub hood too? Ready to add it to service area once complete! Thank you for the amazing stories you have created !

Yesterday I spent all night rewriting all the sim bios of all the families... You really owe me some hyaluronic acid injections! xD Now I have to write the last 3 families and touch up relationships and memories in addition to making a photo description of each family.

About the sub-hoods, yes, obviously I want to do it, but all these years I have focused more on finishing and retouching everything that was not right, if I had done sub hoods at that time I would have limited myself a lot, I can focus my energy several things, but I can't do everything at once XD. But yes, I really want to raise the sub hood when I finish JSO 2024. Also the Service Area so that people can choose which main hood they prefer.

Ok, I already have absolutely all the texts of JSO. Now I need to make the collages, the relationships and the banner.

The Dimarcheio family was one of the most difficult for me, since it was previously misunderstood that Jessica cloned Cassidy after her death, when actually Jessica started cloning her much earlier and she really was always a villain! I also gave Philian too much prominence and the double meaning that he is actually a puppet was not understood very well, so I think that in this version everything will be understood better.

I still need to finish the neighborhood album and edit the relationships and memories, as well as the banner. However, I'm leaving this here in case you spot any errors in the texts! Warning: spoilers!!!


SJSO 2024 Test9 SPOILERALERT Alltexts Allphotos NoFixedNames NofixedRelations NofixedMemories


edit: I forgot to tell you that Pink's text was cut because it was too long... XDD So I'll have to edit it.

Today I'm going to try to get to grips with the things I'm missing from JSO. Let's see if I can make some progress with the hood album photos or relationships.

But while I leave you some photos of the Fortier house now that I have edited it. I don't like doing it because afterwards the photos look different, but the Service Area needs a little redux, so I have been removing squares from some lots. xD

I'm trying to remodel the orphanage a little while maintaining the design but making it more harmonious, which is costing me a lot! xD

When I get it I will check the mysterious mansion. Regarding the Huan house, I can't reduce it any further, although I have removed a few squares from the greenhouse. xDD

Many changes will be imperceptible to some, but removing a little here and there can reduce a lot of lag!

What do you think about changing the surname Fortier to Frontier? I like it more. I would also like to change Tanor Adebisi's last name, to another one that does not start with "A", because in JSO there are many with A. Although first I would have to look for a tutorial to learn how to change the family last name, I imagine it exists xD

the orphanage no longer looks like a potato xD I still need to add some decorations, but I finally have it.

I hope the most purists don't hate me, but I have reduxed the Bricks house XD. Now it is more harmonious and the lag has completely disappeared.

I would like to try to review the Poverty house, but the design is horrible and I don't know if I can do something that isn't super different from the photos... xD Let's see if I get inspired and achieve it, if not it will stay as it is.

For the rest, I want to reduce the Automotive house a little more, remove some squares from a couple of lots, and maybe try to reformulate the design of the Bravo house... Also try to make a small redux to the mysterious mansion and make one of the rooms with the heart bed be something else, although I don't know exactly what... Can you think of something creepy or something that makes sense?

mor reduxes!

This must be the third time I'm doing a redux on Service Area, because I messed up last time and had to go back to the disproportionate version that everyone knows. xD Reducing more than 30 lots is exhausting, but I'm almost done.

I love how this area finally looks:

I finally have the redux of the mysterious mansion! I have almost reduced all the lots, and the lag in the neighborhood has been greatly reduced. Everything also looks more harmonious ^^

I had to sacrifice a bathroom, also Blue's office table will now no longer be placed as in the photos, xD but it was worth it. I still have to add some windows and change one of the heart rooms for something else. I have thought about making a room with electroshock and machines to change aspirations, I think it makes sense with the game and the story. I saw it in Sammy's video and I remembered that I had thought about using that resource but with so many backtracking I forgot. XDD

Soon I will finally be able to focus my mind on the relationships and memories of both neighborhoods and update!!

Hello Sokisims,
I have a small problem with the Service Area image, unfortunately it is not displayed in the main menu and I cannot find a solution. What could that be about? Do you have any idea?

Thanks

@papuschica I have never seen anything like this xD Does the image appear correctly in the folder? At least it's not a bug that prevents you from playing. XD Maybe the next version looks good?

@Sokisims,
the image appears correctly in the folder and it doesn't prevent me from playing. It just bothers me

Thanks for the quick reply

@papuschica I can't think of what it could be. You could try editing the photo yourself with a photo editing program, see if it updates. xD

@Sokisims,
Unfortunately this tip doesn't work either. I didn't have this problem with the first version of Service Area.

Thanks for your answer