03-06. Moving Day for the Last Place Tournament Knights

I finally made progress in my game and have lots of pictures that I'll spread out over a few posts. It took me awhile to get my SP settings and caste set up, following directions on NRaas for rotational play. I hope I did it correctly. We'll see. If not, at least I only have 2 households to fix on Mysterious Island!

Before sending anyone off to live on their own, I took each man into CAS and gave them simple career outfits because EA usually comes up with some weird clothes for careers. I basically gave them all this outfit with different shirt colors based on their favorite colors--and slight changes to the vest and pants colors.


On their last day together, they visited the library and worked on a few activities. While Jeremy was playing with the stray dog, Daryl spent time at the chemistry lab and Steven painted.


After making Bradley put away his megaphone, I sent him to play pool with Chris and Guy. Be nice to your Nerdy friends, Brad!


Later Guy and Steven shot some hoops together.


Aaron, Bradley, and Daryl even did some reading at the library.


Trevor had a wish to improve his inventing skill, so he worked on that.


Then it was time for the move. Steven, Bradley, and Daryl became the Inn Haven household. I placed their girlfriends' graves in the backyard of the new home: Eileen, Lotta, and Clara. Steven visited Eileen's grave first thing. He was happy about her flowers.


Bradley made a salad, so didn't try their new stove.


Here's their new microwave in the basement--because I'm sure everyone wants to see my sims' small household appliances! HA!


Still spying on the new household, I discovered leftovers out and dirty dishes unwashed. Really? I thought I taught you guys better than this! And now you're already behaving like townies.


Yep, just like townies. Two nice double beds upstairs, and the three of them go down here to sleep in bunk beds. Thank goodness for my mod that provides sims with good rest in all beds.


One of the girlfriends visited the new house: Lotta, Bradley's lady.


As most burned ghosts do, she bathed right away.


The guys woke up, but instead of Bradley greeting Lotta, he gave his buddy Daryl a deep tissue massage for sore muscles. Sigh.


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The next day, the Castle men visited the Inn Haven men. I had Trevor listening to a Cooking tab cast. He was just about to master the cooking skill.


Back at the castle, Trevor finally reached level 10 Cooking while making salad!


This was the tricky part. I didn't have a bookstore on the Island anymore. Instead, I decided to give Dromio the Office Worker chip and made him the Book Merchant at the library. With a merchant mod I have installed, he works 12 hrs a day, not 24. I assigned him the job using NRaas Register. The work keeps him busy and brings in $50/hr for the family's funds.


Trevor bought the Ambrosia book and learned the recipe! We were good to go. Time to resurrect some deserving ghost ladies!

03-05. Exploration, A Stray, and Rebel Trouble

Last night I added the finishing touches to the Innkeeper's Haven home. The only thing left to do is convert it to a true residence and add the stove and microwave.

I also gave all the gentlemen NRaas careers: self-employed (under the unemployed heading). They kept getting wishes for jobs. Each of them earns a daily stipend of $100. And everyone had enough lifetime reward points for the Long Distance Friend reward, so they have that now.

The next step is to check SP settings and set up a caste group for the new household.

I made the last changes to the new home. First, I added a small play area to the yard.


Then I decided to make the bedrooms 1 square smaller in width so the rec room could be larger. That way, I was able to add a small dance floor in front of the music stage (the plaid area). I also replaced the love seat in front of the TV with a 3-seat sofa.

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I had Aaron explore the wardrobe last night and he found a few things, nothing super though. First trip. But he certainly had a lot of adventures: Lion, Witch, and the Wardrobe style.



But he happily made it back in one piece.


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I love the meal mod. I tried it out on a community lot and it works great there too. Trevor, working to reach level 10 in Cooking, made breakfast calzones and served them to everyone even though the tables were all spread apart.


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A stray dog has shown up on Mysterious Island. I found him at the library playing with the chew toy.


He's a little dog, but chunky--or fluffy maybe.


Jeremy is a Dog Lover, so I had him spend some time getting to know the stray.


He rolled a wish to befriend the little dog. I checked the stray's stats with NRaas. He doesn't have any traits at all.


The stray is an elder, but seems quite active. I am so tempted to add him to the household when some of the guys move out.


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Rebel Bradley Battles the Nerds!
All his own doing, not mine.

Nerd Chris and Rebel Brad had a conversation. But they both ended up insulting each other and separating with bad moodlets. 


Bradley's next victim was going to be Nerdy Guy the Genius.
Chris: I have plenty of brains! Bradley doesn't know what he's talking about! Calling me an ignorant sellout!


Bradley: Bwahaha! Didn't know THAT was coming, did you smart guy!


And Genius Nerdy Daryl got the same fate. 

03-04. Renovation Intermission

About the meal mod. I used it for the first time last night. It works great! One of my sims set the table, then went upstairs to the other table to finish setting down the rest of the plates. Everyone went straight to his own plate.





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While I was working on house renovations, I noticed 3 ghost girlfriends were visiting the home lot.

Steven and Eileen.


Chris and Sophia.


Trevor and Grizelda.


Grizelda has the Flirty trait and gets hearts for other guys. I'll have to keep an eye on her--or just let Trevor deal with her! Clara (Daryl's girlfriend) also has the Flirty trait. None of the guys do.


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A few more outtakes.

In this corner, we have the Nerds.
Once again, the geniuses congratulate themselves on being smart.  While the other two Nerds brag about their gaming skills.


Bradley (level 3 Rebel): I'm telling you, Jeremy, we need to increase our Rebel influence here at the castle! Those geeks are taking over!
Jeremy (level 1 Rebel): I don't know, man. I can't think of anything else to rant about. I'm pretty happy right now.
Bradley: You can't sell out! The Cause needs you!
Jeremy: Uh ... what cause?


Amazingly, there are no Jocks among the gentlemen. Trevor is athletic and he likes to challenge the others, especially the Nerds, but even he hasn't earned Bro status yet. Maybe if they keep playing ping pong ... 


After trying out the different activities at the new house, most of the boys were exhausted. I made them take naps. 


Two visitors came to the castle. This is as close as the raccoon has come to the front door. She usually stops at the gate arches.


And we had an alien show up during a hail storm.

03-03. Building and Testing

For the lighthouse effect, I used the special effects globe from buydebug: the fog emitter. But that's kind of a misnomer because it does a lot more than create fog. Fog is the default effect, but you can specify all kinds of effects: birds, lights, water, fire, sounds, etc.

Here's a link to a MTS post that lists most of the codes for use with the fog emitter:
List of Fog Emitter Effects Codes. 

You can also download an updated list that gives All Possible Fog Emitter Codes Available through ITF.

The problem with the lighthouse being on a lot instead of being created in CAW (where you can tie the effects to a land location instead of to a lot) is that you can only see the revolving beam when you get close to the lot. How close depends on what your High Detail Lots setting is in Game Options. But using the fog emitter is a good compromise for placing a working lighthouse in a world that doesn't have one.



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First, I sent Dromio to check the routing for the lighthouse. He complained that he couldn't get up the hill, so I built three flights of stairs.


Night. I still need to finish this lot, with more landscaping and house renovations. But the lighthouse itself works.


Dromio enters the lighthouse while the light beam rotates.


The staircases are accessible and good to go.


Dromio also checks out the widow's walk.


Over at the Innkeeper's Haven house. I finished the basement. First I worked on the rec room and bedrooms.


There wasn't room for a roulette table, so that will be added to the lighthouse lot.


I had the boys check everything out. They had fun!


I have no idea how Jeremy can see the TV from behind the sofa.


My decorating is very "eclectic," which means I grab up what I like or haven't used in a while. 


Party Animal Trevor at the juice bar. I need to add the microwave here and the stove upstairs once the lot is made into a residence instead of designated a community lot.


Advant Garde Bradley went through each room critiquing my decor choices. 


After the guys went back home, I finished the playroom. The wallpaper is Charlottesmom's fish pattern.


The plaid is CravenLestat's pattern.


I decided to add one more item. This is the magic wardrobe from Supernatural. When it's upgraded, it can be explored or used for woohoo. I'll use NRaas DebugEnabler to upgrade it since I don't have any witches in this world. I'm pretty sure I've done that before. The wardrobe is in a small room by itself and is accessible from both bedrooms beside it.


Here is the finished basement. (For now!)


I just need to add a couple of things to the yard and then check NRaas SP settings and sim stats, then 3 of the men will be moved to the Innkeeper's Haven home--with their girlfriends' gravestones.