Yes to all of your questions, although I'm not sure about the tents because I don't have WA. Is there ever a cost to use the tent? Do they fill energy more slowly than the beds?

I'm attempting to rework the Poverty Challenge for TS3.

Preliminary rules for the Homeless Challenge:

• Your sim is a bum! Sims may only earn income from opportunities, trash rummaging, and mooching off other sims.
• Kleptomaniac sims may nick things for their own use but may not sell them. Too hot!
• Sims may NOT earn income from paintings, collectibles, or selling vegetables.
• Move along, vagrants! Your sims may not use showers, tubs, beds, or refrigerators and stoves on community lots. Realistically this is normally a difficult thing for a homeless person to do, and makes the challenge more difficult.

Instructions:
First build a lot with a fence and nothing else (so the game will allow placement of the sim on an otherwise empty lot). A gate is okay. Then move in your sim(s), and use Pescado's familyfunds cheat to set the bank to 0 simoleons. Play. The challenge ends when the firstborn child ages naturally to YA.

ETA: tents are okay, community lot tubs are not

I've been able to place the city hall on a lot that is smaller than that using moveObjects, and had it go past the lot boundary a bit. I'm not sure the sims can use the object, though.

Thank you! That's exactly the look I am trying to achieve with this island.

Here are a couple of extra screenshots I took while playing:

This should be the final version of my new world, Crescent Cove. It's a small barrier island neighborhood backed by huge sand dunes, complete with houses and rabbitholes. I've done what I could to give the dunes a very natural feel with the succession of the ecology, and I hope you'll agree the effect is very pretty. Special lots by me include the lighthouse keeper's home, the Church of the Golden Gnome, Crescent Cove Historical Society (based on the one I did for  Hatchet Falls), Motel Sleezopolis, Whalemart, and Crescent Cove Community Day (a library for children/toddlers).




Credits:
House Creators From MTS:

Brighten11

Calisims

ung999

plasticbox

L-na

athenashavoc

Sims3Addicted


Please note that this world requires RIVERVIEW, or else City Hall will not show up since I used the smaller Riverview object.Some lots (I think 2) also use these textures:

Paint on Paint by guatla
http://www.modthesims.info/download.php?t=353357

I also use all the stuff from the store in my game, so I recommend that you install the sets from the store stuff thread to avoid things like a few missing doors/windows/bookshelves.


Get it HERE.






ETA: Someone uploaded the Riverview objects separately in Peasantry, you can get them here if you don't have Riverview but want the Riverview objects and rabbitholes, like the City Hall: http://uploadmirrors.com/download/19QEKVHW/Riverview_objects_only.zip

ETA 5/4/10: Updated the file for the hood to fix some static errors and a disconnected road. Redownload.

Just thought I'd pipe in here to say Ms_Tamany is not the only one interested in a fix for this, although I'm not sure what would happen if a sim started a fire on a community lot.

Has anyone else been having trouble with uninstalling old test neighborhoods from the game? I used the launcher to do this, which predictably failed to work. Is there another method for burninating/uninstalling a world for those of us who want to replace them after fixing old errors?

ETA: I managed to fix the problem I was having, but the question still stands because the launcher is stupid and sucks.

Is the launcher still working properly for lots? I thought it was only broken for installing CC.

I'm a fan of smaller neighborhoods, and I like this layout very much-- the only thing I would personally add is more trees in the hills, and maybe some farm decorations for the rural look of a small town surrounded by forest.

Seeing that this has been a problem in some of the other lots uploaded here, has anyone had an issue with the stealth stairs used in this lot, or was this, too, potentially broken with the patch/WA? If so I can upload a version with a regular hella-long staircase to replace it, but it takes a long time for the sims to reach the bottom.

Huzzah! Thank you!

ingeli, I eagerly await your updated version. I hope you'll let us know when it is ready and you've resolved the problem with the lakes.

If the game allows the sims to befriend the grim reaper and get it to move in, it ought to treat it like a normal NPC. :p

This glitch does lead to some amusing screenshots, though.



In my game the only hacks I have are awesomemod, and I am only having a problem with this one sim, which I think was borked somehow while in CAS. Hopefully a solution to the other problems will help me here as well.

Odd, I'm not even a pay member. I just signed up with my throwaway email for the downloads. Is it the pirate avatar?

I've been having the same issue, and it isn't related to overheating. Could any of this possibly be a bug linked to an event like pausing/unpausing the game? For me this happens during regular gameplay, not while in CAS.

Bizarre. I have no idea why it won't allow you to replace the school. The neighborhood is just a saved game, not a world file. Did you do something to the world files?

Remember, these lots need Riverview to work.

You could always just take the school out and have the kids actually skill during the day instead of being useless. You won't get to choose their trait when they age, but you can always cheat to change that.

Not a clue. A replacement school should work just fine.

Updated to fix weird static error with a minor tweak, so the false garden sunflowers are above ground again and there is no blank spot without floor tiles below. Not super important, but better now. Yay is life.
http://ellatorture.moreawesomethanyou.com:8080/other/HatchetFalls/Agricultural%20Research%20Center%7B2%7D.rar

Updated the Whale Mart to include the spa as well. Download here:

http://ellatorture.moreawesomethanyou.com:8080/other/HatchetFalls/Whale%20Mart%7B1%7D.rar

These lots have not been updated or changed, but they are being made available separately here for those of yoou that want them:

Abandoned quarry:


http://ellatorture.moreawesomethanyou.com:8080/other/HatchetFalls/Abandoned%20Quarry.rar

Wanda's Yard Wonderland:


http://ellatorture.moreawesomethanyou.com:8080/other/HatchetFalls/Wanda%27s%20Yard%20Wonderland.rar

Hatchet Falls Historical Society (Tiny art gallery):


http://ellatorture.moreawesomethanyou.com:8080/other/HatchetFalls/Hatchet%20Falls%20Historical%20Soc..rar

Beggar's Park:
This is a simple woodland park with a "tent" and a terlet at the back end of the lot for your homeless sims.


Tiny Tony's Gym:
A tiny, nothing fancy gym for your nothing fancy sims.


http://ellatorture.moreawesomethanyou.com:8080/other/HatchetFalls/Tiny%20Tony%27s%20Gym.rar

The Swing Shack:


http://ellatorture.moreawesomethanyou.com:8080/other/HatchetFalls/The%20Swing%20Shack.rar

Truelong Public School (partly buried to appear smaller):


http://ellatorture.moreawesomethanyou.com:8080/other/HatchetFalls/Truelong%20Public%20School.rar

Hatchet Falls Stadium (partly buried to appear smaller):
http://ellatorture.moreawesomethanyou.com:8080/other/HatchetFalls/Hatchet%20Falls%20Gymnasium.rar

Blight Hill Springs:
Not every park is pretty!


http://ellatorture.moreawesomethanyou.com:8080/other/HatchetFalls/Blight%20Hill%20Springs.rar

I thought I would upload the lots for Hatchet Falls separately for anyone who wants them but isn't interested in the entire neighborhood. A number of these lots have been tweaked and updated with fixes and changes, so if you have Hatchet Falls I would recommend you download these as well. My apologies for the large image size; my game runs in a large resolution and I can't be bothered to futz around with the pictures for an hour after spending so much time on the actual neighborhood.

THESE LOTS NEED RIVERVIEW TO WORK -- Please see the hatchet falls thread for download requirements


The Church of the Golden Gnome:
Updated to function as a library so that there's a point to the lot. If you don't want your sims learning things in a church or going there to study, just delete the bookcases. The lot also has a picnic/buffet and a fishing spot with angelfish and deathfish.


http://ellatorture.moreawesomethanyou.com:8080/other/HatchetFalls/Church%20of%20the%20Golden%20Gnome.rar

Whalemart:
Contains the grocery store, the bookstore, and the spa all in one monster lot to rule them all. Updated to include the spa for the job opportunities and because the sims still roll wants for it. Minor tweaks made to the parking lot; if you don't already have the version with the spa you should download this one. I will update it in its own already existing thread.

Hatchet Bay Beach:
My take on the local beach. Less California, more East Coast, more pampas grass. Includes a telescope added to the playground, multiple chess sets, coffee/juice bar, and an easel for your artistic sims so that there is something to actually do at the beach other than plan a wedding. Various objects have been "upgraded" by the local mad scientist; I don't know if this will be included in the package, but in my game there is a bonus mood effect from using some of the grills, chairs and benches.

http://ellatorture.moreawesomethanyou.com:8080/other/HatchetFalls/Hatchet%20Bay%20Beach.rar

Science Center: this will be updated in its own thread, but I made some minor tweaks to fix a weird bug with the false garden above ground.

Central Park: This park has been rebuilt to look wilder and more rural; I've updated it so the game will recognize it as a large park lot type rather than a small park and draw more sims.

http://ellatorture.moreawesomethanyou.com:8080/other/HatchetFalls/Hatchet%20Falls%20Central%20Park.rar

Motel Sleezopolis: For your romantic one night stand. Includes super classy wedding suite! In the game this lot counts as a community pool. Note the single tasteful room for those who can't stand the eye bleed.



http://ellatorture.moreawesomethanyou.com:8080/other/HatchetFalls/Hotel%20Sleezopolis.rar

1. This is normal. I've been having the same thing happen in my game. They seem to alternate being harvestable every other day, so you could try that (IIRC). It's annoying, but right now there is no fix for it. It's also possible that another sim got there first.

2. Update Awesomemod, and enable the option that prevents unplayed households from aging faster with the aweconfig tool.

3. Yes. Beggars can't be choosers.

Beer makes everything better. SUPPORT THE ELLATRUE BEER FUND. Because freedom is not free, and neither are drunk related lulz.