Sims 2: Illusion Bay (OFB SSN FT)
 

Round One
The Long Family

Round Two
The Long Family

Round Three
The Long Family
Manor Farm
The Gonzaga Family

Round Four
The Long Family
Manor Farm
The Gonzaga Family
Loquat's New Beginning

R1 <> Floral

R2 <> Floral

R3 <> Floral <> Pebbles

R4 <> Floral <> Pebbles

My LJ where other random pictures of Illusion Bay will most likely be posted.

CC

The Mitchell Family - Round 1

The Mitchell Family - Round 2

The Mitchell Family - Round 3 - INCOMPLETE: SPOILER ALERT!

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The Rhys Family - Round 1

The Rhys Family - Round 2

The Rhys Family - Round 3

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The Other Rhys Family - Round 3 :-)

Cool!!!!

LOL maybe I should check the water supply. I do hope nothing's gone wrong with the fusion reactor...

For the Mitchells it's a cheesecake thing :-D Mmmmm cheesecake. I'm so glad that eating cheesecake when pregnant doesn't make you have twins in real life, I'd really miss it if I ever get pregnant.....

Hey, I'm just wondering. Are we ever going to move it up to eight households if households start getting too big?

I think we should also keep a sort of census of everyone, here, so that people who don't have the nhood can see who is in the neighborhood.

I am going by the neighborhood pictures in MY version of Illusion Bay (ROUND 4 FTW!).

ELDERS
Alan Floral (Kaila)
Marsha Floral (Kaila)
Fleur Pebbles (Kaila)
Alexander Pebbles (Kaila)

ADULTS
Melissa Gonzaga (Jim)
Chloe Gonzaga (Jim)
Paige Long (Jim)
Loquat Long (Jim)
Brittany Long (Jim)
Avani Pebbles (Kaila)
Simon Long (Kaila)
Marcy Floral (Kaila)
Lily Pebbles (Kaila)
Pierce Pebbles (Kaila)
Jayson Mitchell (Laura)
Sofia Mitchell (Laura)
Mathias Rhys (Laura)
Alice Rhys (Laura)
Lilly Rhys (Laura)
Lysette Rhys (Laura)

TEENS
Stratos Gonzaga (Jim)
Nebula Gonzaga (Jim)
Ashleigh Elizabeth Pebbles (Kaila)
Sheldon Rhys (Laura)
Michael Rhys (Laura)

CHILDREN
Hannah Rhys (Laura)
Leon Rhys (Laura)
Jamie Rhys (Laura)

TODDLERS
Lara Long (Jim)
Tara Long (Jim)
Danielle ??? (Laura)

OTHER (ageless only)
B1 (Jim)
B2 (Jim)

7 pairs of twins??? WTF??? GEMINI BAY ROFL.
I put the Plantsims under the regular categories since they have ages.
I'm not putting Bill Gates and Steve Jobs and all those people in since they're not playable.

My Delilah and Jayson aged up to teens at the end of my last play round :-) Good idea to have a census though, makes things easier to keep track of! :-)

**EDIT** Oh, and Jemma is a Long now since she and Benjamin got married :-) But the kids are still Mitchells.....

Feel free to build more houses and move Sims out. I was thinking if out Sims start intermarrying (say if Alan Floral married Lysette Mitchell), then Laura and Kaila would have to sort out who was going to have control of that household. Also, if you want to, you can create more starting houeholds with marriageable playables. I just don't want this thing to get too restrictive, that's all.

I'm almost finished, it's taking longer because I now have three separate households to manage. I've edited my first post to show the chronicling of the first two; the third will be ready soon.

EDIT: Part three is ready and I'm packing up the neighbourhood now. I have been power-simming for 18+ hours and GODS I need to go to bed. Good night Simmers zzzzzzzzzzzzz

Haha you must be exhausted Jim! Glad to hear it's been passed on, now chop chop Kaila, I can't wait for my go!

And the best part? By the time it's passed on to me I will have finished and submitted my assignment! Yay! :-)

Oh, and was that Lysette I saw in the background at Melissa and Chloe's wedding?? I can't believe you're up to three households now - scary! I plan on never exceeding two, and if jay_envy rejoins later on I shall be happy enough to get back to one!

Oh, and Kaila, Paige and Melissa need deleting from the "Children" category on your census :-)

Bad news: there's been a slight delay since Kaila and I both found I had inadvertently done something that may potentially cause the neighbourhood to implode. :eek: It was something of a minor miracle that I was able to fix it and thus help prevent a BFBVFS. I'm reuploading it right now. Good thing Kaila had only played a little bit, otherwise she'd have to start her turn over. ;_; All fixed now though.

Laura: Oh derr

Jim: Redownloading right now. :D


Well, I'm going to kill her off soon anyways. She's so frustrating to play. Hopefully the next cashier in the family will be a bit better.

Who gets Floral Flowers after Cel and Goopy die?

I'm not going to ruin it for you... Just wait for my next LJ entry... But I did choose one of them and right now they are working on their flower arranging skillz while the other one talks on the phone to their spouse-to-be.

*goes off to do something else to keep from squirming in anticipation*

This is strange. One of Celandine's wishes were to get Wealth and now money bags are falling on her left and right! I wonder if this is a weird bug... I hope not, it's hilarious and it's giving her a ton of money-related wants.

You mean from the genie? Melissa had the same thing. You're only supposed to get one money bag a day according to the Sims Wiki, so it could be a glitch. A harmless one, but a glitch regardless.


Also, you know you can reconfigure your AGS, right? I read about your screen woes. Once you pass the 'hood on, just delete the AnyGame and replace it with a bigger screen size. (Personally, I play fullscreen.)

I don't care too much about the moneybags (it seems to have stopped, anyways.). Just gives me another reason to kill her. In fact...

Oh snap, I just realized this is my 1001th post. Oh well.

Glad it's all sorted now! :-D What happened??

Last time I wished for wealth from the genie I got money bags totalling 20,000 simoleans in one day, I think. That was in an almost brand new neighbourhood for my BACC too, so hopefully it isn't a harmful glitch!

How're you getting on Kaila??

What's all sorted? Hmm?

Maybe the SimWiki is wrong then? I don't know. Never wished on the genie before, FT is relatively new for me.

It's 3 days till winter in both households. Will not say anymore... Although there are some pictures in the picture threads of what's been going on, hint hint...

I'm looking forward to my 1024th post, haha. 1 kilopost.

Jim said a while back that something had gone wrong and you'd had to redownload the neighbourhood after it'd been fixed, was just wondering what happened....

Eeeh, it's exciting. I can't wait to see what your lot are up to, Kaila :-)

Oh yes that It's fine so far. I'm afraid it will be hard to part with the neighborhood, this is my most interesting round yet, I think.

EDIT: I'm using the Batbox to wipe the town's corrupted memories. I'm doing this because I noticed Alan had some corrupted memories when I was clearing memory trash.
James, Jemma, Benjamin, and Lysette also all had corrupted memories. God, now I'm really glad I noticed!
I will remove the Batbox before passing the neighborhood on.

I suppose that's the benefit of passing the neighbourhood around! Experienced players can tweak stuff and make sure it stays in top condition for as long as possible, whereas most single players wouldn't notice anything until it's too late and their precious neighbourhood implodes without warning.


I was just telling a friend on MSN about all this and showing her this thread and she thinks we all have way too much time on our hands. I told her "more like we're all Sims addicts who are really getting into this multiplayer idea".

Yup, I'd agree with your assessment of the situation. Me, have time? oh no. If I had half an ounce of sense I'd quit playing The Sims 2 altogether. But leave Velden Hills and my spaceship challenge and of course Illusion Bay and Coppervale? No chance! :-D

Yeah, I think I fit into the Sims addicts category too. I suppose getting up at 4 in the morning to finish playing doesn't count as "having too much time." (Don't worry, I didn't actually do that, but now that I'm up...)
Three days till summer in both households! How the heck can anyone finish three households in practically no time? :P

LOL! It'll be a cold day in hell before any of us do that.


Kaila: Are you referring to me? It helps that I'm disabled and find it virtually impossible to get a job.

Oh god, I'm sorry, I didn't know that I was referring to you but I didn't mean that in a bad way... I hope you didn't take it like that

I take no offense. As I said earlier, I was power-simming for over 18 hours, which helped me finish in a reasonable timeframe.

Oh good. I'm planning on powersimming to finish up this round. I feel guilty making you guys wait! I want to put some spoilers in the picture threads but I can't bring myself to do that...

Jim: Don't know about a cold day in hell, but it's bloody cold here... Can't believe it's only September, feels like proper winter already. Sitting indoors playing sims if fun when the weather's like this. A migraine ate my entire day yesterday (boo hiss!) but I still haven't found any potential clients for my new business, so I have time at the moment.

I've been playing my BACC neighbourhood obsessively, look forward to getting Illusion Bay to play obsessively when you're done Kaila! :-) Will be a nice change..... :-D

How's it going, Kaila?

I made a post in my LJ with a few neighborhood pictures and an update. Just 2 days till the end (4 days in all!) Hopefully I'll finish today. Celandine's ghost is scaring me. :P

LOL oh noes! Just when Celandine was starting to grow on me.

Eeee, so excited! :-) Can't wait to get the neighbourhood.... :-D Sounds like lots has been happening!

Wow, I'm done! I'm uploading it now, but Mediafire is slooow and I don't know how long it'll take.
Oh and by the way, I want to reserve 109 City Center Street. I built it halfway through the round and I think the Pebbles household will move there next round... Their house has only two bathrooms and two bedrooms, and a two six-tile rooms that I squeezed beds into. Plus, there's a huge pool taking up most of the space on the first floor. That's why I want them to move.
Also, I was stupid for killing Celandine so early in the round. She's no better as a ghost, I hate her even more now. She's been making quite a few house calls, and everyone on the lot has seen her ghost. She'd grow on me too, if I didn't have to play her.

Yay! Okidoki, shall be sure not to use that lot, though neither of my families will be moving into new houses anyway! I'm trying to download it now, but having issues with Mediafire and my internet connection. Will let you know when I've managed to download it.....

Fleur STILL looks hot. I think Goopy's nose just makes her features look more elegant.

Rest in peace, Goopy and Celandine. PLEASE. :P

Wonder if Fleur will still be hot when she's an Elder? Oh well... I read a post once about someone who had their sim WooHoo with a "platinum blonde" only to realize it was really an Elder... maybe Fleur will be able to pull that look off. xD

It's just Celandine so far... She's come to the house three times, opening, closing doors, haunting bathtubs and desks... It's not like I can just lock the doors. I almost want to move them on to the roof when Celandine comes. Actually... yeah, I will do that next time it comes around to me. I just hope there won't be any thunderstorms, haha.

I managed to download it, finally.... Am loading up the game now :-) Eeee, I can't wait! :-D

**EDIT** Just started playing, and realised that jay_envy didn't play his last round, I'd forgotten about that, so I'll be playing the Rhys household for 20 days, then the Mitchells and the Rhys' for 5/5/5/5/5/5/5/5 until they're both up to date. So it may take me a little while to finish my round - 60 sim days won't go quickly, I expect.....

Was wondering about that (playing the Rhys' 2nd round and 3rd round too)... Good that you got it downloaded anyways

60 days!? Perhaps you should just leave it running overnight or something... xD Oh, wait, no antiannoying hacks, maybe you shouldn't, they'd all be dead :/

Also, my laptop has a tendency to crash so I doubt it'd stay on overnight anyway! I'm about halfway through the Rhys' Round 2, sorry it's taking so long but it's kind of weird playing characters that aren't mine! In Round 3 there will be move ins and marriages between the Rhys' and the Mitchells so then both households will feel like mine and I'm sure I'll play faster! :-) The Rhys family is currently the father and three teens.... dull dull dull. Playing teens for so long gets boring, I want them to age up so they can marry/have kids with the Mitchell lot! :-D But I'm determined not to cheat and age them up as I want to keep the ages consistent throughout the 'hood.

I know! Teenhood seems way too long in this, especially without ACR and stuff to give teens more options. Actually, the aging process itself... One time I started a Legacy. It was actually an Uglacy to make it more interesting. Ended up using InSim to make them all grow up and get pregnant the instant they were born. I have absolutely no patience sometimes Although I really just wanted to see what they'd look like and whether they would carry on the Ugliness.
When I first started the Pebbles, I hated them, their house was awkward (still is) and I was desperate for them to start interacting with the Florals, who I love.

I have absolutely nothing against the Rhys', mind, they're just not "mine". And even in families that were mine from the start teens tend to bore me! In a couple of sim days the Rhys' will be one elder, three teens - that's like my worst nightmare!! Am trying to just keep going though, some of the stuff is still fun but there's a lot of get up-go to school-come home-go to work-come home-relax for a bit-go to bed-get up-go to school..... It feels too much like real life!! And I so miss not having Inteen and ACR - that definitely gives teens something to do! :-D

Yeah, me too. I don't even like downloading Sims, it's just strange to play them when I didn't make them myself.

@lauratje86 -- Hahaha, I'm surprised you didn't kill Lilly off! I was actually planning on setting her on fire, before I had to drop out. How are Mathias and Lysette?

Jay_envy: So cruel to poor simmies Did you notice our Lily's look kind of alike? That was on purpose haha, I was thinking they could have interwined fates or something. Didn't realize you wanted to kill her Laura, hopefully you won't kill Lilly Rhys off, otherwise my idea goes falling off a cliff. xD

LOL Kaila, you should see the stuff I've done to my Sims *evil grin*

I was thinking of having Melissa and Chloe adopt Lilly or Sophia, unless someone else wants to.

I'm working on getting Mathias up to being an adult so he can move in with the Mitchells :-) So far all is well, they're still going steady and have been hanging out together at Mathias' younger siblings' birthday parties......

Don't worry Kaila, Lilly Rhys will survive, I have plans involving her and Delilah Mitchell :-D

By the end of Round 3 all the Mitchells and Rhys' will be adults and I'll be starting on the next generation - yay! :-D

I find it hilarious how often the sims have birthday parties. Every day is someone's birthday if I'm playing a house with a lot of kids.

Well, Lilly was "accidentally" adopted. And by accident I mean, she was adopted with the intent for my simself to love her as his own, but when she stepped out of the van it just sort of turned into pure hate. Especially when compared against my lovely Sofia.



Awe, if Lilly ends up marrying Delilah, I'll have to take all the hate I have for her back. Same-sex couples in the sims are always so cute.

I know! :-D Birthdays are slowing now that Jared is an elder and the rest are teens, the number of parties was getting ridiculous!

Hehe, not sure they'll ever be married as such..... that's much too conventional for Delilah! :-D But they may end up living together at some point, in a slightly inept destructive kind of way.... Incidentally, though, your simself now loves Lilly very much :-) And the whole family gets on ok, though Sofia and Lilly still aren't the best of friends.....

Almost finished the Rhys family's Round 2, will post pictures soon :-)

**EDIT** Oh, Jim, I saw that you and Kaila were talking about having a small amount of CC for your all EP's mulitplayer neighbourhood, any thoughts on doing the same for this neighbourhood? Maybe max one or two MBs per player or something? It'd be nice to have some bug fixes and a few favourite items or outfits etc. We could each post a list of the stuff we want, and then agree between ourselves what's ok and what isn't. Up to you (and Kaila), obviously! :-D

Bug fixes? If you think we need them, then we should use Pescado's critical fixes. Wait, do you guys have patched games? Does that even affect AnyGames?
Otherwise, I don't care. Outfits, not really anything important. Skins and eyes would be pointless to add at this point. I'm even adjusting to playing without Macrotastics. Mainly I'd just like some decent hair, if we did decide to add CC.

Personally, the main things I'd like are an invisible recolour for the wedding arch and the name changer painting by ChristianLove (spelling?). And maybe a couple of poseboxes. So, a total of maybe 0.5MB max? Other than that I'm not that fussed, but it seems a shame that I can't take pictures that (I think) look good when I'm actually documenting households for a change! And I keep getting issues with names for some sims and I can't figure out how to change them using a cheat so I used the name changer painting instead (which I will remove before I pass the neighbourhood on).

I have a fully patched game (took bloody ages downloading all those patches with my oh-so-slow internet connection!), no idea if that effects anygames or not though.

**EDIT** BTW, the sudden emphasis on photo stuff and wedding stuff is because Lysette and Mathias will be getting married in about 10 sim days, and Sofia and Jayson a few days after that :-D

Aww... I sure hope you get some good pictures!
Let's see what Jim says about CC - he's the one running this neighborhood anyways, not me.

It struck me that, if I only need stuff for picture taking purposes, I can put it in my Downloads folder and then remove it and relock the folder before passing it on, as it wouldn't need to be in the game for you two to play it. That should work, right? Or have I overlooked something incredibly obvious (as per usual!)? :-D

No, actually, you haven't overlooked anything. Theoretically, that would work with hairs and objects too, but then it would be a pain to have to replace them every round.

But if you did it with hairs what would the sims look like when other people played the neighbourhood? Wouldn't they have weird random hair? I have made a small folder to keep things in that I want to have in the game, I will remove it before I pass the neighbourhood back to Jim. Nice wedding photos here we come! :-D

Yeah, but it would still be removable - you would replace it with a similar Maxis hair after you finish your round.
Before you put it in, make sure none of them are mods that create new options when one Sim clicks on another Sim... because that could introduce the Debug: Super-Duper Hug when you remove them.

I've discovered that you can actually create a separate Downloads folder for each AGS config. That means you could restore your folder for the main game and not have any interference with your AnyGames. I already tried this with the all EP game and found I could put stuff like Monique's hacked computer in and it would function only within that AnyGame, not within other AnyGames or the main game. Have whatever you want, just go easy on the volume of CC. I wouldn't advise game patches though, for safety's sake. You can even leave the CC in there for other players to enjoy, because that's what I intend to do.

I'm pretty sure game patches affect the core game files, not the specific AnyGames. I also have a patched game. But if you don't, it's obviously not a problem.
Oh goody! I'll be putting in some new Maxis-match hairs next time :D

Cool cool, I shall pop a few things in and leave them then :-) Maybe we should each post a list of what we've put in or something, because there's no point having stuff in there twice.....

**EDIT** I finished the Rhys family's Round 2, am just posting the story (and a short Round 1 story) on Livejournal now, then I'll start on Round 3 :-)

Only thing I put in Round 3 was the Batbox, but I took that out anyways.

If I could have one hair... Seriously, though, those Maxis meshes are boring. But I at least want it to match everything else, otherwise it would look out of place.
http://www.modthesims.info/download.php?t=308662
Who cares about critical fixes when you can have HAIR? :D
But it's 10.7 MB.
But that's because it's hair.
It's only five files...
(I feel like I'm deciding whether to buy something and it's $10.70! Haha. In my normal game I'd put it in without pausing to think.)

If you have it in mind for a particular sim, maybe you could just put in the colour you need? That'd make it smaller. Or you could put the lot in :-D I do like that hair - I have it in my main game, and I have Nouk's non-Maxis match version too :-) Weird isn't it, I'm so used to just putting whatever I want in my downloads folder, it's kind of weird having to be sensible!

I put the downloads I wanted in, they come to 2.21MB total. That includes Monique's laptop from Insimenator (updated for Freetime), three poseboxes (Jaydee's Loading screen poses, MayPink's Lovers posebox, MayPink's *sexy* girls posebox), an invisible recolour of the BG wedding arch and ChristianLove's name changer painting. I may put a couple of plants in too, and maybe a terrain paint - again, it's all stuff I want for when I take wedding photos! :-D Oooh, maybe a wedding dress or two too..... (one for Lysette, one for Sofia). Depends on how many MBs it's going to be though. I may take the wedding dresses out before I pass it on, my sims won't need them once the weddings are over! :-)

Oooh, I posted Round 1 for the Rhys family (it's just a basic summary, as I didn't actually play their Round 1!) and I'm working on posting Round 2 now.....

Yeah, I always throw whatever the heck I want into the folder. It's not a folder anymore, actually... more like a... what do you call it? Bottomless pit?

If you want the hair too, you could use a different color. I'm thinking Marcy should have it, she has braids right now, but I hate that Maxis hairstyle, I prefer one braid.

You can't take clothes out, because you can't sell them or get rid of them. Sorry. But I'm fine if you leave them in It's a pain not having Celebration Stuff (I have Double Deluxe.) I don't know if you can take terrain paints out though... I guess if you completely erase them it'll be fine.

You sure take your weddings seriously though, haha! I look forwards to reading Round 1 of the Rhys'.

I too have a bottomless pit of downloads in my main game (which is actually made on AGS, but a different anygame). I have 2.68GB - and counting!! :-D

Ah, I forgot about that :-( I'll just leave them in then, if I can find some that aren't too big MBwise. I think I take weddings so seriously because I recently went to a RL wedding in America and they ended up with some lovely photos of the day! Now I want that for my sims too! :-D I'll leave the terrain paint in, who relandscapes their garden right after a wedding?! And it should be a small file, anyway.

What I was thinking, about downloads, is that if we don't want to have to pass them backwards and forwards with the 'hood (I'm thinking of me here, I have a slow internet connection and it takes long enough to download/upload the 'hood as it is!), if we each post a link of the downloads we put in, with links, each of us could just download all the files ourselves and put them in when we play the 'hood. Also, that solves any potential "filesharing" issues, as some creators don't like their stuff being shared, which we would technically be doing. But if we all download everything directly, we're no longer filesharing :-)

The Rhys' Rounds 1 & 2 are posted :-D

^For your solution above: It seems like it would work, but that would mean replacing hairs, objects, terrain paints, everything for each time you get the neighborhood. And also taking clothes out. Maybe if everyone is limited to 5MB, which is just three of us, four if Jay_Envy joins in soon. 20 MB? That isn't so bad. I mean, I only plan on using the braid for Marcy, who has brown hair. Brown and mesh is 3MB. Then I might have room for another hair. *immediately goes to browse at dustfinger's page*

Edit: Look what I found! http://www.modthesims.info/download.php?t=302539 The black hair and the mesh combined are only 1.5 MB.

I understand what you mean now. So as long as we don't open up the game before we put the stuff in the Download's folder, it would work, wouldn't it?

You edited your post whilst I was typing mine! :-D I think it would, yeah, and that way we can have a bit more CC as we wouldn't have to download it lots of times (through Mediafire when downloading the neighbourhood each time), just once when we downloaded it ourselves from the original sites. And also, it's not filesharing, so added bonus there. As long as people remember to put the folder in before starting the game, it would work fine.

I just finished collecting the stuff I'd like, and it comes to 8MB..... I'll attach a copy of my list to this post.

Yeah, you're right, it wouldn't matter whether we downloaded it after or whatever. So as long as someone took out the downloads folder after th - actually, they wouldn't even need to take it out. As long as everyone downloads all CC before Round 4 and it stays that way then we'd be fine.

Yup, download all the CC in my list before I pass it on, then anything in Jim's list and yours, and then we don't need to upload the Downloads folder to Mediafire with the neighbourhood when we pass that on, so we can have a bit more CC without the file ending up being huuuuuuge.......

And then don't add any more, or at least make sure people know to download anything new if you absolutely have to download something else.

I uploaded my list on my last post :-)

Wow, Laura, lots of content - downloading right now. For the tiny lights one... which file do I download?

Actually, get the base game one. So, basegame_tinyceilinglight_senesi2003.zip not the other one. That one's more likely to work, as the other one was made using all EPs.

The list did turn out kind of long, but it's not THAT much, really. Honest! Seriously, 8MB compared to the 2.something GB I normally have in game? I think I did pretty well cutting it down!

Have you decided which hairs you're going to have yet, Kaila?

**EDIT** I've started playing Round 3 now, and I posted a little "preview" for those of you who want a sneak peek at what's happening with the Mitchells and the Rhys'. The link is in my earlier post which also contains the links to the other rounds. If you don't want to know, don't look - I'll let you all know when I've finished the round and you can look then.....

So far if you have 8MB, I'll have 7.5MB of hair - three meshes, 2 black recolors and one brown.
I love your post I won't say anything here though.

Here's my list



I only just realized I got female hairs, and it's really the male hairs that lack variety. Fine, then all my guys for generations to come will have boring hair! Or perhaps I'll just have girls from now on. They're easier to name anyways.

I always get more satisfaction out of making my female sims look nice, for some reason..... I've downloaded the hairs you linked, apparently I was already registered with Raonsims anyway. Me, registered with somewhere where there's free sim custom content?! Oh, what a surprise.... :-P

How do you put one of those Show Spoiler buttons in a post, anyway??

5 MB sounds like a good limit. Keeping track of all the CC in the game is a good idea too, I was thinking the same thing.

The important thing to remember is you don't need to take anything out. The CC can just make the rounds as part of the rar.

I think we've already gone over that limit. We're CC-crazy. If it NEEDS to be 5MB then don't download the XMSims hair.

Laura:
It's just like making things bold or whatever but replace SPOILER where it says B, I, U, etc.

I've already played it with my 8MB and Kaila's 7.5MB in..... Maybe we could make it a limit of 8MB each instead??

Eh... make it 10. Nice round number.

Woo! *goes off to find some more stuff to download*

I think I already know what to add :-) Will repost my list when I'm up to my 10MB. I'll be changing a couple of changeable things from my old list (I got one of the poseboxes wrong, but can remove that with no harm done), and adding a bit more. I'll attach it as a .txt file as it's rather long! :-D

**EDIT** I'm uploading the text file now :-) It comes to 9.94MB! I have edited three items in SimPE (HP's sundress, the light blue, red and white recolours), so I can use them as maternity wear, but the edited versions will be included with the neighbourhood, so shouldn't cause any problems.

Of your Falconry career, we download the Updated file?
And do we actually download HP's sundress? Or do we just wait for the neighborhood to get your edited versions?
I thought you had put a lot of CC down at first... *runs to go get more hair*

Yup, the updated file for my falconry career, that's the one where the icon actually works! :-)

Ummm, for the sundress, you can download the mesh if you like, but I changed the recolours slightly (changed one number in SimPE) so that I can use them as maternity wear with MaryLou and Numenor's Any-Wear Coat Hook (which is also on the list) so best to wait for them to come with the 'hood.

More hair for you then huh? Why am I not surprised!? :-D

My list worked out as lots of things, but most are on the smallish side. Hardly anything is the size of a hair mesh and recolour!!

Mmhmm. I updated my list. 6 hairs, 2 male and 4 female. I regret nothing. :D

So I'm not downloading anything for the sundress. Okay

But, but, you still have 0.7MB! Can't you find something to download for that amount of space?? :-D

**EDIT** Incidentally, is La Verde Cemetary in Illusion Bay useable, or were there problems with it? Or does one need one of the EPs we're not using to move graves onto communal lots?

^I don't think there would be the option to do it if it came from another EP. Wasn't it NL or later? We have later, so I think we're fine. The only problem was that Jim deleted the sim he used to move the graves, which caused the action to be somehow "undone." If you're not completely sure, just back up your game

If I find a piece of CC I want to use then I will add it in. But I want to save the empty space in case I find something special.

I don't have the "Move Graves" option - I think that came with Nightlife. I'm just backing up my game now, then I'll see if I can put them in a sim's inventory and move them like that.....

Ah, I see :-D

**EDIT** Nope, no luck. The sim was able to place the grave in the cemetary, but when I went back there later in build mode the grave wasn't there any more, but it wasn't in the sim's inventory either :-( So no luck there.....

I really don't want to have to keep graves on home lots, I may see if a family can place graves in the cemetary if they actually own the cemetary as a community business.

^Good idea. Then the family themselves will be able to edit it.

Aww, wait a second, where is this grave coming from?? Oh no, a death already! *sobs*

That's how my problems started. I lost the gravestones for the House Of Tomorrow housemates and then deleted them thinking it might help reset it.

Well, I backed up the game like Kaila suggested before I tried to move the grave, so I've restored it to how it was and am going to try the owned cemetary possibility now and see if that works.

**EDIT** Ok, that seems to have worked. I had Delilah Mitchell buy the cemetary (because the household she lives in is the richest of the ones I'm playing, and I didn't want to cheat for money) and she put the grave in the cemetary by taking it there in her inventory and then saving the game after placing it. I went back later with her and it was still there, and still belonged to the right sim. The "Mourn" option was still available.

I have read that it is bad for the game to give gravestones/urns as gifts, so if you want a grave/graves to be placed there, invite Jayson Mitchell round to your household (I'm going to have Delilah give the deed to him), make him selectable using boolprop testingcheatsenabled true, then put the grave(s) in his inventory. If you want, you can then briefly play his household to place the grave in the cemetary, but if it's not 100% required for the storyline I'd rather you left it/them in his inventory and let me know to place them when it's my round again. Don't give tombstones/urns to him as a gift just in case - apparently that can make the tombstone lose the information and glitch the game.

**ANOTHER EDIT** Sorry it's taking so long, I have a statistics exam tomorrow so I really can't play sims today! Am going away over the weekend but it's only to my grandma's so I'll take my laptop with me for the evenings :-) Should be done soonish, though bear in mind I will've played a total of 80 days this round, because I had to do the Rhys' round 2 as well..... I am enjoying it, though! :-D

Oh that's good. I think I might just move Cel's grave to Floral Flowers - she was the owner after all and they don't stay there after dark.
Yeah it is bad to give graves as gifts, almost as bad as deleting them!
That's okay Savor the neighborhood while you still have it! What a weird experience this is. Not being able to just start up the AnyGame and play a few days of the Florals... Out of everything different about the multiplayer hood, this is the different-est.

Hey, good idea. Now I kind of wish my sims had businesses so that I could bury them on their business lots! :-) Though of course Jayson now owns La Verde Cemetary...... I won't be trying to make a profit out of it, though! :-D

I shall savor it as much as possible, I'm far more into the families now because the Rhys' are a bit more "mine" as I've played them for 25 days now (Round 2 and 1/4 of Round 3).

Ok, back to studying statistics..... :-(

How's it going now?

Nearly done! Should be passing it on today or tomorrow - I've been playing each of my households for 5 days at a time to keep them more in sync memories-wise, and so much has been happening I've been pausing a lot to take photos! The stories should be good though :-D God they're going to be long - I have hundreds of pictures..... I shall have to cut them down a bit, I guess.

**EDIT** 5 days at a time? Those were the days! By the end of my round it was 2 days at a time..... God that got complicated!

*squirms in excitement*

You're just squirming? I'm full out dancing... and it's not even my turn...

Haha, keep up the squirming/dancing guys, just got about 6 sim days to play then I'll be uploading, so hopefully this evening. Had to spend a few hours listening to the radio whilst my favourite football team lost, am playing again now. Nearly done! Gracious, a lot has happened in Illusion Bay...... :-D

Trust me, if this goes on any longer, the Flour Sack Baby will be making an appearance.

And so will Professor Volleyball. :/ I guess "absence makes the heart grow fonder." It's the time away from the neighborhood that makes me love it so much.
I can't wait to see what on earth (simland) has happened! I see you've started another Rhys family, Laura... I thought you weren't having more than two households?

The waiting is almost over - for Jim at least :-D Kaila, I wasn't going to have more than two households...... Absolutely, definitely not. So much for that theory! Just packaging the neighbourhood up now, then I'll be uploading - that'll take a while, and maybe a few tries, though, my internet connection's not the best.....

It's certainly been exciting to play! By the way, one of the cliffhangers in my story is that the reader doesn't know who the father is of one of the children (you'll see which when you read the story, which I shall probably post tomorrow). Obviously, though, if you look at the child's family tree (or any of her family's family trees) you'll find out, so if you don't want to know avoid the Rhys and Mitchell family trees! I'd also recommend you avoid using the Gossip interaction, or at least looking at the speech bubbles, as it does make an appearance in that quite a lot! You are of course welcome to look if you want to know, and it's not a problem (for me at least!) if you find out accidentally either, but please don't post about it anywhere as I'd like it to remain a surprise for anyone else who reads my LJ. If you really want to talk about it, PM me :-D

**EDIT** Mediafire and my internet connection are both being annoying, and I haven't been able to upload it yet. I shall keep trying! Tomorrow I'm going into town, so I'll see if I can find an internet cafe that'll let me upload it, or failing that I'm visiting friends this weekend and I'm sure at least one of them will have a better internet connection than me so I can try it on their computer instead! Sorry about this, it's getting very very frustrating!

Aaaarrrrgggghhhhh!