Plot of Land - BETA 2 out now! (Testers still wanted)

WELCOME TO PLOT OF LAND!

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 2.1 'hotfix')

Screenshots

Screenshots

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. ^^

Plot of Land BETA 2 out now!
The OP has been thoroughly updated so make sure you take 5 minutes of time to read it. Anyway, without further ado welcome to Beta 2!

Is there any mod that is essential? I say this because I probably download it without cc, I don't mind having to color walls or change the look of the sims, it's just that I like to download it that way and currently it's easier for me since I don't want to make backup copies on my computer, I'm trying to avoid confusion with my folders xD.

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.

Will Better Nightlife ^ work without the Lighting Remedy fix? I don't want to change my install for a hood.

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.

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?

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.^^

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

Hmm, they likely need their text strings properly copied to all languages (as I did with the Sims themselves) It won't take too long to do actually and could probably have a hotfix for that within the next hour or so. @Sokisims if I copy the lot text strings to languages now, would I have to do it again in the future as I would with the Sims?

I don't know, I don't know how to copy the lot/sims text strings, I had seen it before, but I don't know how to do it. I do it one by one.