He Lives In a Pineapple Under the Sea...

[Hecubus]

Okay, make that a bunker under the sea.

Pescado has been living happily in his bunker in my current hood, but on a whim, I moved Pescado's bunker to lower land.



Now I can move him out, put a new bunker back on higher land, and move him back in. I tried just moving the bunker, but the water stayed. (Pescado didn't seem to mind...just kept nettrekking.)

However: I like where he lives now. Is there anything I can do remove the aquarium atmosphere without dumping the bunker altogether?

[J. M. Pescado]

Whether you can get rid of it or not and how depends on whether it's neighborhood water or lot water. Lot water can be gotten rid of simply by fiddling with the terrain tools. Neighborhood water cannot be gotten rid of, but can be banished by moving the lot to higher ground.

[Hecubus]

I was afraid you'd say that...although I was pretty sure that was the answer. Higher ground it is.

Unless you want to hold your breath for the rest of your Sim-life....

[Zazazu]

It would be awfully cool looking if you could somehow get that perpetually-bubbling cleaning bug or the perpetually swimming pool bug going.

[Eleonora]

This nice water 'feature' gave me a reason to actually use one of those godawful mascots suits from OFB. My local neighbourhood weirdo lives in his underwater basement house quite happily with his old school diver outfit on. 

[Lorelei]

It's Hurricanes Katrina, Andrew, David & Hugo flashbacks to me. He must live in New Simorleans.

At least he's happy and adapted to the situation. Lucky Sim.

[Emma]

Hecubus, I like the around-the-wall desk you have in your pic, where did you get it?

[edited 'cos I can't spell]

[Hecubus]

I think of this bunker as the lost city of Atlantis, actually....

I am dismayed by the low water table in this hood I was using (a custom one from Patul at MTS2)...I love lots of beachside property, but there isn't much land high enough to build much. Pescado moved back into the hills, btw.

Regarding the desk..it's not really a wrap-around..it's three of the mad scientist tables carefully placed with cheats. (Mad scientist set by Paleoanth, here. It includes the axes on the wall and other items I have in that bunker.) The mission control area was inspired by a conversation Gwendolyne and I had about how Pescado seems to be everywhere at once...how else would he do it, if not for a set up with multiple computers? I plan to add a higher shelf of monitors as well...really go Truman Show with it...that is, when he has enough money.

[Emma]

Ta for the linkage

[witch]

You could have a wall bank of screens like in The Man who Fell to Earth.

[Lorelei]

@Hecubus: I love the mad scientist stuff, nice tip!

You could have a wall bank of screens like in The Man who Fell to Earth.

witch gets points for an awesome cultural reference.

[witch]

Actually it wasn't the culture, it was Bowie. *sigh*

[Emma]

Hey! Bowie is culture. If you are a seventies child that is

[witch]

That's another movie I should see again, not for about a decade now. I remember everyone was so shocked when the actress wet herself.

[Hecubus]

That's another movie I should see again, not for about a decade now. I remember everyone was so shocked when the actress wet herself.

And now it's just an average day in Awesomeland.

[witch]

That's the thought that flashed through my mind when I was writing that post - a vivid mental image of Brynne Sim.

[Paleo]

@Hecubus: I love the mad scientist stuff, nice tip!

Thanks! I should do a Pescado themed set. 

[Ellatrue]

If you think about it, it makes sense that houses close to the water/ on low-lying land would have problems with flooding, just like real life. So in a sense it actually adds a bit of realism to your game. Rather than give up on those areas altogether, I suggest using houses on stilts, or without basements.

[J. M. Pescado]

If you think about it, it makes sense that houses close to the water/ on low-lying land would have problems with flooding, just like real life. So in a sense it actually adds a bit of realism to your game. Rather than give up on those areas altogether, I suggest using houses on stilts, or without basements.

There's only problems with flooding if you have a hull breach. By that logic, submarines would all flood and sink, which is simply not true. If you're getting flooding in your basement, you should complain to whoever built it, and if they don't fix it, sue them. Like *I* don't have flooding down here, and this is because I have built things PROPERLY, with isolated compartments that can be sealed off in the event of a hull breach.

[Hecubus]

If you think about it, it makes sense that houses close to the water/ on low-lying land would have problems with flooding, just like real life. So in a sense it actually adds a bit of realism to your game. Rather than give up on those areas altogether, I suggest using houses on stilts, or without basements.

It's hard to build an underground bunker on stilts. Kinda counter-intuitive.

[kathy]

Stilts are for pussies!! Drown Pescado!!!!!!!