Life in Christophe Harbour

Thank you for the info on Picasa & creating a movie presentation @ their site.
I appreciate all the information & tips.
I definitely need to start an account there.

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Picasa will try to run the pictures at a speed to match the length of the audio.

I like that! Not an easy feat for some of us to accomplish. Good deal!

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So if you have three pix and a three minute song...we're going to be staring at each picture for a whole minute each!

We're wanting to start a new section here that will involve song lyrics told with TS2 screenshots or videos.
This option in Picasa might be the perfect way to do so!

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It's amazing how simmies develop these little personalities. They always have wants to talk/flirt/kiss/tell a joke to...each other. Even though they're now married. It's so sweeeet!

Awwww...
I love it when that happens.

Thank you and you're welcome Sugah!

Just alerting the followers of the Christophe Harbour follies, that I've created a new thread in the Scribes forum where I've post notices when I've updated the Sequel, aptly named "The Habour" You can see I put a lot of thought into that!

The thread is HERE

For the record I have just posted Chapter One on my LJ, but soon, I'll get Sugah to lock this thread because it's ridiculously long, and I'll start a new one to share other things going on in my game, like my building experiments, and funny things my sims do etc.

Hope you enjoyed Book One, and will begin to follow Book Two.

Thank you all so much for your fantastic feedback...and also to the quiet ones who never commented...seeing those page views creeping up (even now!) to over the 9400 mark is incredible! A thousand thank yous to you all!

OOoh I just finished catching up on your LJ and I must say miss, you just have a fabulous way with your storytelling :))

It is so nice to see how Carolyn and Marco's story is playing out.....

AdriannaSimmie wrote:

OOoh I just finished catching up on your LJ and I must say miss, you just have a fabulous way with your storytelling :))

It is so nice to see how Carolyn and Marco's story is playing out.....

Thank you hon! More drama and mayhem ahead. What?!!! It's me! The Drama Queen!

By the way, I have posted a new chapter.

Also just HAD to share this piccie with the Kyle haters...and you know who you are!

I never used it in the story, but this was his reaction when Carolyn, after she realized she loved Marco, told Kyle she didn't want him back. :muahaha:

LOL that picture is hilarious!

Thanks for the update on your new story - I wasn't aware that you were already working on it! I will have to go over there and take a look, but it probably won't happen until after the craziness of Turkey Day is done with.

Yay go Carolyn GO!!


I think he will survive!

Thank you ladies!

Ullwera wrote:

Yay go Carolyn GO!!
I think he will survive!

So you think he's going to walk off into the sunset?

I actually love playing Kyle. He's so layered,

So, I'd been meaning to share this photo with you guys just for laughs. I spent the better part of two weeks some time ago downloading, sorting and testing default replacements for Maxis clothing. I've replaced nearly everything, with some pretty decent clothing. I actually use it on my playable simmies! Wouldn't even need cc clothing if I didn't have so many simmies (they can't all dress in the same outfits, after all!).

Anyway, so there are very, very few Maxis pieces that aren't replaced...but don't ya know the first YA to age up to adult, and Maxis found this choice number for the poor fella! He doesn't look very happy.


I think I did a little better, if I do say so myself!


Oh, he's one of Carolyn's younger brothers with his formerly black hair dyed blonde, cuz he's cool that way!

Omg, wtc is up with that Maxis outfit? Bahaha

Kyle will survive, first he has to play a hurt, weak husband that can´t take care of himself.

But if you turn the page he has atleast three lovely ladies that will comfort him.

"Oh carolyn don´t leave me standig here al alone!"

:muahaha: Carolyn only laughs and leaves, he can hear her high heels klick on the floor.

"Oh I´m so going to do something bad like ....like ... drive my car very fast on the highway!"

Carolyn can´t hear him she is already on her way home to Marco with a big smile on her face.

♪♫♪That´s the way aha aha I like it aha aha!!♪♫♪


Something like that eh!

Ooooh this story is just getting juicy now girl!!

I love you guys!

AdriannaSimmie wrote:

Omg, wtc is up with that Maxis outfit? Bahaha

The indignity of it all! :muahaha: It's one of those FT outfits I think...whichever EP gave us secret lots and stuff. Is that Free Time?

Ullwera wrote:

Kyle will survive, first he has to play a hurt, weak husband that can´t take care of himself.

But if you turn the page he has atleast three lovely ladies that will comfort him.

"Oh carolyn don´t leave me standig here al alone!"

:muahaha: Carolyn only laughs and leaves, he can hear her high heels klick on the floor.
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♪♫♪That´s the way aha aha I like it aha aha!!♪♫♪

We've not seen the last of him! Oooops, did I say that out loud?!

AdriannaSimmie wrote:

Ooooh this story is just getting juicy now girl!!

New Chappie posted!

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Kyle will survive, first he has to play a hurt, weak husband that can´t take care of himself.

But if you turn the page he has atleast three lovely ladies that will comfort him.

That sounds like how it goes to me.

Thought you guys might get a kick outta this. It's part of the latest Harbour update:

[Click pic for a larger image]

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Oh, he's one of Carolyn's younger brothers with his formerly black hair dyed blonde, cuz he's cool that way!

Mmmm ... Yummy ... In his OWN garb, not that scary Maxis leotard, mind you.

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It's one of those FT outfits I think...whichever EP gave us secret lots and stuff. Is that Free Time?

Yes, I believe so. It looks like one of the dance ensembles, a job that came with FT.

I love your newest Harbour Reporter update. Great job! Very cool!
You really rock at putting together fabulous front page news, m'lady.

Don Lothario as Mayor ... Need I say, he would NOT get my vote.

Thank you for sharing, as always, Toni.
FUN STUFF!!!

Very cool! Don for mayor, huh? Interesting concept! I like that Nina is opening restaurants and is a lead chef - puts a different spin on what I always thought was a shallowly built maxis character - you really breathed life into her - and she is just so darn pretty in your game.

Thank you dearest Sugah and Ari for your most kind comments!

ari...my Nina has been heavily plastic-surgeried. I was diligent though about keeping her and Dina's faces the same-ish. They are supposed to be twins aren't they? When I was 'operating' on the first one, I noted how many clicks of each facial feature I adjusted, so I could repeat it on the other sister. I think I made one haVE a slightly narrower nose and one a slightly fuller mouth...just for a subtle difference and all.

I tweaked Cassandra a little...and the Pleasant twins just a smidge. Brandi's boys got some work done and Dirk and Darren Dreamer (Denis and Damien Duval in my game), and I totally re-did Mary-Sue Pleasant. I get that she was adopted by the Oldies...but there was no way she could've had daughters who looked like Lilith and Angela. It's like Maxis didn't even try! Rather than change the girls, I changed the mother into what I thought their mother should look like! lol!

Pretty much Don and Daniel remained untouched feature wise, but they did get some nifty slim bodybuilder skins though. I really did a number on the residents of Peasantview to make them fit for consumption, so to speak. Then I evicted them all from their homes and moved them to the shopping district of Christopher Harbour!

Toni wrote:

my Nina has been heavily plastic-surgeried

Yes, she would have to be. Maxis didn't do a very good job on either sister, but yours are lovely.

Don and Daniel are attractive sims, even without work - I always thought so. And it makes a lot of sense for them to have heavier builds.

Toni wrote:

Then I evicted them all from their homes and moved them to the shopping district of Christopher Harbour!

My gosh that's brilliant! Kind of get them out of the way but not completely out of the picture. But then you're free to do what you want to their 'hood.

Astral Faery wrote:

My gosh that's brilliant! Kind of get them out of the way but not completely out of the picture.

Oh believe me, they get played! Don was busily populating Christophe Harbour and beyond, while Cassandra was totally oblivious for the most part! After catching him I think the second time for cheating, they did break up. She eventually ended up with Denis Duval (Darren Dreamer) whose second wife left him for the stage. They're very happy!

Mary Sue kicked out Daniel ages ago. They both married much younger people. He and his second wife broke up (she was a romance too), and he married a THIRD time! Mary-Sue is now an elder with an adult (albeit older adult) hubby...but she looks good! More power to her and all that!

For those who may be interested, I've posted a couple of basic tutorials on my LJ. One is for exporting sims to clone them or package them, and the other is one on how to back up your neighbourhoods (a SimPe and non-SimPe version).

Yay that´s awesome!

Thank you Toni!

Thank you so much sweetie!!

I don't have SimPe (gasp!!!) but have been thinking about installing it ;)

Toni wrote:

...and because Picasa is so cool...I was able to tell the entire story in one biiiig picture! But if you'd like to see the video, just click on the picture. Ari...I used Picasa instead of photobucket. It is displaying in Chrome (and firefox). I hope it works in yours.

Toni, this is really great. Absolutely amazing!

Toni wrote:

Coming soon to a LiveJournal near you!

I am looking forward to it.

Toni wrote:

I'll be starting Book Two over the next week or so, and will let you know here, whenever I've updated. Hope you'll pay the folks in the Habour a visit. They're very friendly.

I bookmarked your journal, but have not had a chance to visit you there yet. I hope to be able to do so soon.

Toni wrote:

I never used it in the story, but this was his reaction when Carolyn, after she realized she loved Marco, told Kyle she didn't want him back.

Toni wrote:

Anyway, so there are very, very few Maxis pieces that aren't replaced...but don't ya know the first YA to age up to adult, and Maxis found this choice number for the poor fella! He doesn't look very happy.

Toni wrote:

Thought you guys might get a kick outta this. It's part of the latest Harbour update:

I love your newspaper updates. They look so authentic. Really cool!

Toni wrote:

For those who may be interested, I've posted a couple of basic tutorials on my LJ. One is for exporting sims to clone them or package them, and the other is one on how to back up your neighbourhoods (a SimPe and non-SimPe version).

That is so cool! Thanks, Toni!

Thanks for all the information and for continuing the saga. I look forward to catching up with it.

Thank you Elle for taking the time to catch up and reply in such delicious detail!

I do love doing those newspaper items! It's a great way to forward the story, or fill in missing bits.

Haven't had any baby boys in my hood yet to name Cole...I play reeeeeally slowly! lol! Some pending births though, so maybe...

Toni wrote:

Don was busily populating Christophe Harbour and beyond, while Cassandra was totally oblivious for the most part! After catching him I think the second time for cheating, they did break up.

Odd, that's almost exactly what happened in my medieval makeover of Pleasantview - Mortie, Don, Dina, and Cassandra were all living at the Goth mansion - Dina was married to Mortie and Don to Cassie. Don and Dina had chemistry, and it didn't take them long to take advantage of the circumstances (thank you ACR ). Mortie found out right away, but there was a lot of secret flirting and smooching between Don and Dina that I didn't even orchestrate, and Cassie was just always in the wrong place at the wrong time. Hey, it's a big house, right? But what I couldn't believe was that it wasn't until the second time Don and Dina tumbled into bed together that Cassie found out. At the time she was pregnant, so she wasn't working. Usually when a sim cheats, the spouse has this extra sensory perception from clear across the lot and will race in and have a fit. I kept watching her, waiting...she is aloof, isn't she? Either that or she just doesn't want to believe it. She should've known better with Don who said he'd change and then fall into temptation. The second time Cassie finally faced the facts and ended the marriage. Both Don and Dina were kicked to the curb and moved in together.

I kinda lost my steam for that hood when all the ugly babies started being born. I mean, they're not just a little flawed, but Maxis ugly, which is a special kind of ugly that only surgery can fix. If I ever get back around to playing them again, I may take your advice and change the genes at their source - in SimPe before they breed!

Toni wrote:

Haven't had any baby boys in my hood yet to name Cole

If I remember correctly, the heir of the Farmer household in my Royal Kingdom Challenge is named Cole. He's a peasant boy, but the family is doing pretty well - and he's a real cutie, too. I've always liked that name.

Astral Faery wrote:

Odd, that's almost exactly what happened in my medieval makeover of Pleasantview - Mortie, Don, Dina, and Cassandra were all living at the Goth mansion - Dina was married to Mortie and Don to Cassie. Don and Dina had chemistry, and it didn't take them long to take advantage of the circumstances (thank you ACR ). Mortie found out right away, but there was a lot of secret flirting and smooching between Don and Dina that I didn't even orchestrate, and Cassie was just always in the wrong place at the wrong time. Hey, it's a big house, right? But what I couldn't believe was that it wasn't until the second time Don and Dina tumbled into bed together that Cassie found out. At the time she was pregnant, so she wasn't working. Usually when a sim cheats, the spouse has this extra sensory perception from clear across the lot and will race in and have a fit. I kept watching her, waiting...she is aloof, isn't she? Either that or she just doesn't want to believe it. She should've known better with Don who said he'd change and then fall into temptation. The second time Cassie finally faced the facts and ended the marriage. Both Don and Dina were kicked to the curb and moved in together.

Just for fun, I thought you guys who've followed this story, would get a kick out of this...Kyle and the boyz in high school, college and today (well, at the recent launch of one of his new lines of furniture).

I definitely prefer Joey with hair!