Sugah's Sim Antics

Hi, Sandy! Thanks so much for asking!

A couple of weeks ago, Jeremy pulled (what seemed like) every single component & cable/wiring out of my desktop. He examined each one thoroughly, then placed it back into the computer. It still wouldn't fire up properly.  
He told me it has a few shorts in the motherboard and another elsewhere.
Soooo...
Next time he and I can manage to synchronize our schedules, he'll be replacing the motherboard and exchanging everything into another cd tower/case.
The problem is, our calendars don't always jive, so it may be awhile before that happens. At least there's still hope and I won't be losing any data!  

Still, we're getting closer and thank heavens I have this laptop!  

Sugah wrote:

thank heavens I have this laptop!

I'm glad you do too!

That's great that he figured out the problem and can fix it! Hope its soon!  

 and  

I only have a moment, as I hear my grandbaby in her room starting to stir.

I wanted to share what's been going on in my game lately.
With our new Vis-à-Vis Bazaar: Eclectic Creations section now open, I've been having a blast working on interesting, otherworldly creatures to offer there.
I've always had a love for sci-fi/supernatural/paranormal novels & movies, so our new section is right up my alley!!!

Here are my first four offerings in The Bazaar.


If you haven't already taken a look at our new eclectic offerings, please DO!

More to come!!!

Fantabulous!!    

Why, thank you, Sandy!
I always appreciate you stopping by my thread and your wonderful comments!

 

I figured I'd better post something to keep this thread active, as we have a rule here that states if a person's game thread is dormant for over 5 months, we lock it up. Yikes! I'd better get with the program!  

As most of you know, last summer my desktop went kaput.
Since then, I haven't been able to connect with my puter guru buddy (who had the puter built for me a few birthdays ago).
He believes it may be needing a new motherboard and tower.
Not sure what else...

Anyhoo, I haven't been playing much on my laptop, because I don't have all EPs/SPs installed AND not much downloaded for various reasons.
I've been missing my desktop MUCHO, as I was having so much fun with Feliciana Pellegrino my happy Italian wanderer.
If anyone is interested, check out my intro of her, dated May 27, 2013 on my pg 17 in this thread. I was really getting into Feliciana while exploring the many things Bon Voyage EP brought to the game.
I was also enjoying creating tiny houses on wheels, which you will see thereafter. AND ... I even learned how to change the comfort/energy & environment level of CC seating right before my puter died.
I was particularly excited about that, because the mini houses only have enough room for my Sims to crash on the couch each night.
No bedrooms, in other words.
So, they have to get their energy and comfort up BIG TIME while sleeping on reasonably priced sofas and not all are created equal comfort/energy-wise.

All that being said...

I hope to connect with my friend, Jeremy, soon to see if he can get my desktop up and running again.

In the meantime, I have been thinking of a few new hoods I may want to create, amongst other things:

1. My own version of Strangetown (yet to be named), featuring some of our Otherworldly and Creature Feature Sims AND starring Mulder and Scully of the X-Files (a show I love and miss).
You can bet I'll be using Aaron's Monster Mash Pose Box to get some great, fun images of some of my otherworldly neighbors!   

2. Terra Bella Villagio
This will be the hood I have been wanting to recreate from my Sims 1 days for many, many years. It will feature all of my favorite Sims from the original game, including my most beloved Rigatoni family: Vinnie, Sophie, Joey, Nicky, Paulie, Rosie and Dommie ... Featuring Sophie's parents Nana Josie and Papa Dom Vermicelli ... Sophie's twin sister Loretta and her hubby Frankie Manicotti and their twins, Josie and Frankie, Jr. ...
And so many others who I fell in love with back over a dozen years ago.
I need to refer back to my old Photobucket account and old Sugah Sims World Blog to recall some of the others.
Perhaps I shall post pics of them all some day!!!

3. I want to do some of Elle's fantastic exclusive, original challenges over again, namely her Spouse Swap Challenge (which I failed at the first time around).

Okay, I've gone on enough!
All this talk about my dreams for future Simming is making me want to load up my game and get rockin' and rollin' on one of the above RIGHT NOW!

All input and suggestions are welcome, as always!  

I sure hope you get your computer up and running quickly, and can enjoy some time playing Feliciana. I'm dying to see more of her adventures!

You all are so creative here with your recolors and sims. There are also some beautiful rooms in your thread, Sugah.

Reading these game threads is bad for me, though. I was happy playing along in Pirripirri Beach - Vezz Island, wanting to see how many generations I could create before it was filled up. Now I have ten or twelve other things I want to do in my game, as well.  

Thank you so much for reading and commenting in my little game thread, Cher!
I truly appreciate you taking the time to do so.   

Thank you, also, for your compliments on what our creative team shares here.
I am blessed to have such talented ladies still offering their wonderful TS2 creations at SP.
With so many folks moving on to Sims 3, and soon, Sims 4, I remain ever grateful to have the Ladies of Sugah's Place after all these years interested in creating for Sims 2!  

Cher wrote:

Now I have ten or twelve other things I want to do in my game, as well.

Don't even get me started on that subject!   
I am the same way ... ever inspired by how others play their game and the innovative ideas they come up with!
I don't think there will ever be enough time to explore all the possibilities, which makes this beloved game of ours even MORE fun ... like an ongoing adventure!

I look forward to you sharing your TS2 game antics here with us.
If you have any questions or need any help, please feel free to PM me.

  

Sugah, can't wait til you get your pc fixed!!!   

 

I'm baaaaaaaaaaaaack!
Can you believe it? No fainting now!   

I am taking a break from the very tedious, boring task of sorting through several stuffed, disorganized old downloads folders (from my old puter's game).
It will be an ongoing process as I sift through tons of downloads (many of which I am clueless about   ).
Anyhoo...
On with the show!   

This time around, I decided to install PETS, which I haven't played with in ages.
I am rather glad I did, so far.   

The first Sim I had in my mind to create was a crazy cat lady & her feline family.
So, without further adieu, I introduce to you...


Family Info:

All 5 of the cats have careers and help to keep the household in cat food ($).
Maddie is a stay-at-home "mom" & artist who sells her paintings to help make ends meet.
She spends most of her days tending to her kitties, training them and working on corrective behavior, when not at her easel.
For the most part, they are all very well behaved and no trouble at all...
Well, except for the occasional cat fights that break out.
But Maddie is working on some of her fur babies' hostility towards one another.  

I thought it would be a LOT harder to manage a Sim fam with 5 felines, after not playing with Pets (or even playing much at all these past few years), but it's really not that difficult (so far).
I think having Sim kiddos in the house is definitely more of a challenge than having pets.   

That's all for now. I should have some time to load up my game this morning before my l'il Peanut arrives this afternoon.  

Fun idea, Sugah! Your household reminds me of the families Chase makes when he plays. He likes to create lots of pets too, especially cats! That's a fun idea to have the pets out making the money while their caretaker stays home.

I agree, sim pets are much easier than sim children.   

Glad to see you're playing again.

Sugah Love it! I like the cat beds all lined up- in the summer, that's perfect, but in the winter when the heater doesn't quite do    might I suggest one huge cuddling pile up on the bed.

Love the "Downtime" pic.    Ahhhh... to get them to sleep... On a good morning, I get to sleep until 5:45 before I have to get up and feed Mr. Morris!   

In 1998 I met such a "cat lady". She only had 3 (Tony,Audrey, and Alex) but I hated cats! She had pictures on the wall, potholders, spoon rests, the whole 9 yards!   

Oooooooo!   What's a guy to do? Well, in the end I married that cat lady and she and I and felines Stella   and Morris   are living happily ever after!  

Em and M & M, thank you so much for checking out my game antics thread!
I'm always so thrilled to find comments in here and it means so much that you took the time to do so.   

How cool that Chase likes to create cats, Em! Baylee does, too.
She couldn't believe I didn't have Pets installed in my old puter game and kept insisting I SHOULD!   

Em wrote:

That's a fun idea to have the pets out making the money while their caretaker stays home.

Can you believe the bank account was below $200 when the family first got settled in and now it has over $16,000 Simoleons?
This is just from what the 5 cats have earned and a few quality paintings Maddie sold.
She has maxed out Creativity and now earns top dollars for her art work.   

I have a few minutes to post the latest goings on at the McMew cottage before Parker's arrival.

 

I think that the "Play Dead" animation is the funniest creation in the whole game.   This pic

 

of Crystal Sugah teaching Honey is one of my favorites. "Mommy! Are you all right??? Whimper! Whine!"

mac wrote:

Well, in the end I married that cat lady and she and I and felines Stella   and Morris   are living happily ever after!  

   Isn't that a wonderful way for things to work out! When I met Randy, one of the first things he asked me was if I like riding motorcycles. I said I loved it, and did he like dogs. He said he loved them. The perfect match.   

Em, my niece always made lots of pets, too. She never could understand why doing things with the pets didn't increase her sims' fun (or barely did) because SHE found it so much fun both in the game and in real life.

Sugah, so glad you're playing and having fun. I, too, thought I needed to have all my downloads sorted and installed before beginning to play. Problem is, between that and seeking out downloads because I'm kind of bored with some of the old ones, it could take forever. I love the crazy cat lady idea. Ambrosia is particularly gorgeous, IMO.

The Play Dead thing always makes me laugh. I'm easily amused.  

Where did you get those kittycat slacks? I'd love to get a pair, for both the Sim Maikki and for the RL Maikki!

I am not how You manage to keep Your sim going with all those cats to take care of.

As for Ambrosia not eating until she is near starving... My bet would be she is a finicky pet. EA screwed up the code doing with finicky pets. Put simply a finicky pet was suppose to refuse to eat from the bowl if it was the cheapest or was dirty, Unless their hunger was extremely low(near empty). Unfortunately the part that detects if the bowl is the cheapest wasn't made right and so finicky pets refuse to eat from all bowls.

I have been trying to make a fix for that but I have been unable to make one up to this point. I did make a temporary fix, Which does seem to help with the problem. I basically upped the point at which finicky pets will eat from the bowl. Instead of not eating from the bowl until they are near starving, I changed it so they will eat from the bowl if their hunger is at 50% or less. I could upload it if there is any interest in such a mod.

Sugah! I am so happy for you that you have your pc back now!! And look what you've shared! Maddie McMew and Company!! What a cute family and so entertaining! I also love her crazy cat lady tee and those cat slacks she has!! Where did you get her cat pictures and cute bed? I loved the pictures of the training animations and the down for the night of them all sleeping in the same room!! lol!

 

Thank you for ALL the comments, folks!
You have absolutely made my Monday!!!

    

Mac wrote:

I think that the "Play Dead" animation is the funniest creation in the whole game.    This pic
of Crystal Sugah teaching Honey is one of my favorites. "Mommy! Are you all right??? Whimper! Whine!"

Cher wrote:

The Play Dead thing always makes me laugh. I'm easily amused.

  

Cher wrote:

Problem is, between that and seeking out downloads because I'm kind of bored with some of the old ones, it could take forever.

  

Mac wrote:

Where did you get those kittycat slacks?

They are Maddie's PJs actually (Kate @ Parsimonious' wonderful jammies mesh).
I created them just for my Crazy Cat Lady but would be happy to send you the file, if you'd like it for SimMaikki, Mac.
Just a heads up: The sides of the PJ bottoms aren't perfectly seamed.
I will take a pic next time I load up my game so you can see what I mean.
If you still want the jammies for your good bunny's Simself (even with the mismatched bottoms' seams), I will be happy to package the PJs up for you.   

Aaron wrote:

I am not how You manage to keep Your sim going with all those cats to take care of.

You know, I was worried at first, Aaron.
I thought it would be a lot more difficult than it has been.
The cats are well trained and very rarely cause Maddie any grief (an occasional cat fight and Ambrosia nearly starving herself daily, eg).
Speaking of, thank you for responding to my query.
I think you are right. She IS the finicky one, if I am recalling correctly.
You've provided me with some new info. I was not aware of the flaw in EA's coding (concerning finicky pets eating & the bowls issue).

And YES! I am very interested in the mod you created so finicky pets will eat at 50% hunger, rather than practically starving!!!
Please send me the file, Aaron. Thank you, sir, in advance.  

Sandy wrote:

Sugah! I am so happy for you that you have your pc back now!! And look what you've shared! Maddie McMew and Company!! What a cute family and so entertaining! I also love her crazy cat lady tee and those cat slacks she has!! Where did you get her cat pictures and cute bed? I loved the pictures of the training animations and the down for the night of them all sleeping in the same room!! lol!

I created the Crazy Cat Lady tee and all the cat wall deco as well as the pjs (with the kitty bottoms, mentioned above) just for Ms McMew, Sandy.
If you would like any of the above, I would be happy to send them to you, of course.
I intend on making more cat art and if I can get around to it, kitty bedding for Maddie's bed, too.   

Again, I thank you ALL so much for taking the time to visit my Sim antics thread and for all you've shared.

  

I'm baaaack!
I had quite a bit of time to play the McMew lot yesterday.   
I'm starting to get worried though, as the cats are all seniors.
Maddie can guzzle the Elixer of Life all she wants, but what to do about the kitties?
They haven't many days left as elders and I am NOT ready to let ANY of them go!   

I am assuming if I use the aging_off cheat, NO ONE on the lot will age???   
It's been so long since I've played with Pets EP AND used that cheat, I can not recall.  
(I thought I had purchased the Prima Guide for Pets years ago, but I guess I didn't.  )

Before I share my latest game antics...
As requested by Mac, I have done an adult female version of Maddie's Kitty PJs.



Okay, now back to our regularly scheduled program...

I had a perplexing issue that occurred yesterday.
Mystique ran away!   
I don't understand why though.
Maddie has an excellent relationship (in the 90s always) with all of her kitties.
They are always fed, well rested and taken care of beautifully.
Maddie cleans their bowls and beds often, loves on them and gives them treats ... and they are all very well trained.
Also, they are extremely successful in each of their kitty careers and have all reached the top.
Why would Mystique run away?

She came back, thankfully, but I'm still not sure what went wrong. 
Any thoughts?


I didn't take many snapshots yesterday as I was totally getting caught up in just the fun of being able to play for half the day!
I'm hoping I'll have equal opportunity to do so again this afternoon.

Thank you, in advance, for stopping by my game antics thread, good people!  

Added later @ 12:15pm:

I decided to buy a copy of Sims 2 for Pets Prima Guide (.01 cents, plus S & H   ).
Hopefully, it will be here within a week.  

Sugah wrote:

I'm starting to get worried though, as the cats are all seniors.
Maddie can guzzle the Elixer of Life all she wants, but what to do about the kitties?
They haven't many days left as elders and I am NOT ready to let ANY of them go!   

There is a "Kibble of Life", purchasable with aspiration points that does for pets the same thing that the green stuff does for people. That's how I keep Honey, Crystal Sugah's elder doggie, alive.

Thanks for the PJ's. It'll be some time before I get around to playing M & M, but when I do...   

Great bedspread for a cat lady, too!

Mac wrote:

There is a "Kibble of Life", purchasable with aspiration points that does for pets the same thing that the green stuff does for people.

Oh, I must have missed that when acquiring the Elixer of Life for Maddie, Mac.
I will search through the aspiration rewards again for the Kibble of Life.
And thank you!!!   

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Thanks for the PJ's.

  

Enjoy!  

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Great bedspread for a cat lady, too!

 

Thank you.
Though I must admit, it is certainly NOT my best effort.
I still haven't been able to fix the issue that allows me to run Lucas' Bedding Texture Program for TS2 w/ Windows 7.   
But with Aaron's help, I am hoping to have the problem fixed so I can load up the program SOON!