My sims have become alcoholics

Okay, Late Night is pretty fun. I get the feeling sometimes that the developers are actually paying attention to the community and listening to what they want in the game and then trying to implement them but in a way that's different from what came before. I don't really have anything too specific, but I just get that feeling.

Anyway, onto Bridgeport!


Confession here, Mom just upgraded her graphic card in her computer and gave me her old one that was like SUPER powered. (I didn't even know she really knew she could do that.) Man, it's a huge difference between this one and the 8800GT! So Gayl, if you read this, I'll be sending your card back soon.

First up, of course I had to play around with the sliders. I was bemoaning the fact that the men all had the same torso no matter the muscle mass, so I was glad to see the change! (It works on the women as well, but women already have so many custom sliders that their body variety is huge compared to the poor men.)

So first up, regular Brandon with my default skin. I've always liked this skin for the face and the way the abs on the body are just shadowed. Never have been a fan of painted on abs, but these work for me for the most part.



Here is Brandon with the new slider maxed out.


I wanted to see if the default skin really gets in the way. I'd say no, but this skin doesn't look great on larger sims, so I think I do need to edit this one or something to get rid of those abs.

Also, Ick. I'm not a fan of large muscly men like this.


What I settled on. Something in between. Brandon is supposed to have more mass than his brother and be shorter. Jimmy will probably have a bit more muscle since he uses his body much more often than Brandon .




So for this EP, I decided to use Brandon and Kyrene. Who better to explore downtown Bridgeport?

New things I love- one fancy drinks actually do something. I actually like that sims will gain the party animal trait or the insane trait after drinking. I sent Kyrene out, and we almost had a bar brawl.

I also love that sims can form groups again. They can go to bars and order drinks for the group or a round for the bar. The bartender/mixologist will put the drinks on the bar counter, then the sim can actually deliver drinks to people personally.


Here's Kyrene picking up a tray of drinks for her and the guy she's with.



Sims can now stand around while drinking and talk! They'd sort of do it before, but now I can direct them to. I can have them flirt and do other things as they drink.


Also, they can eat at the bar. This is also just a gratuitous shot of Brandon who met up with Kyrene after his work was over.

Brandon has managed to become a minor celeb. See, he was working as a fireman, and he met another minor celebrity there. He managed to impress her, and so he gained a star. So far it got him a slight discount on one drink, he got into one club without having to bribe the bouncer, and he managed to get recognized which gave him a little moodlet.

But Kyrene is the one in the movie start career! I really need to get her on that.


My one complain is the proliferation of stupid elevators. I guess it makes sense. I mean, if you live on the 18th floor, you're not going to run up that many stairs. Still, it seemed silly when there was a house fire in a high rise for Brandon to do this:


Especially considering how difficult it can be to get out of an elevator.



Smooth. Good thing he's cute.


The other funny thing is that both Brandon and Kyrene can think of nothing other than drinking. "Have a drink" is a persistent want that keeps rolling up for Brandon. Sometimes even having a drink at two different places. But then anyone reading Ruin probably won't be surprised to hear that about Brandon or Kyrene, lol. Next up will be some creative woohoo.



So my hacks page has been updated. And if anyone uses the invisible furniture I whipped up using Buzzler's script, I did fix them for Late Night. They're over here.

Lots of dirty pictures!

Because I'm a perv and proud of it!


All right, so the most recent chapter I think deserves some behind the scenes info. Mostly, how it was done. These were just some shots I took because I was curious. I had an idea and wanted to see if it could be done.

Basically, I wondered if using the OMSPs, I could make it look like one sim was sitting on the lap of the other sim. Well, then somehow that moved into "what if they're naked?" And there was probably some snickering.

Anyway, enough of me, some actual pictures.




First, I pulled out the picnic basket, my go to prop. Then I had them both sit down. I moved the sims off the blanket, and Kyrene is actually sitting on a couple of low fancy OMSPs. In order to get Kyrene's hands moved though, I had to get her to chat with Alex first before I put her on the OMSPs because once they're on the OMSPs, things get a little weird.



I loved this shot. She's just talking, but she looks a little sad-- yes I'm going with sad. This is not the first time I've caught an oddly sad look on her face (which is super odd since she's not posed, she's just talking).

The shot of Alex tipping her over is actually them on the couch.

Full shot:


Actual shot:


Kyrene is once again on a fancy OMSP. Using the Chaos Mod Painting, I had Kyrene do the "bored to death" animation, so she would fall flat, and I told Alex to take a nap, and then it was just a matter of timing.






I'm really just trying to push Photobucket now. I'm almost daring them, lol.


Okay, so this was actually my second shot at making dirty pictures. These two were the subject of another photoshoot that was a spur of the moment what if thing, and I don't foresee using them, so I'll present them here.


You have to use your imagination for these. These pics are also highly suggestive, but I think they would be the sort to be heightened with some text.

I imagine that she searches him out, probably finding him with a small group. It doesn't take much to get him alone. Her smile is promise enough. They probably seek out an abandoned room in one of the abandoned buildings. He hikes her up, kissing her, sliding his hand under her skirt as she wraps her legs around him, throwing her arms around her shoulder. And well...












The first three are just them making out with her on OMSPs.

The fourth shot (with him between her legs), Kyrene is actually doing the Party Animal idle, y'know where they throw their hands in the air? And then she's on an OMSP to line her up. Alex is doing one of the amorous animations, the one where he wraps his hands over someone's waist. I sort of liked the line up for that shot, but hated that he wasn't doing anything.

The last two are just amorous hugs, Kyrene also on OMSPs so it looks like he's lifting her up.



So that's pretty much it. Just involves a weird idea, and some play testing. I think that's enough dirty pictures of these two, not that either of these two would mind. You'll just have to imagine the dirty pictures yourself!

I just needed to

Well, this I felt I needed to do. We have company over, so I feel like my normal level of focus (which is bad) is REALLY bad. So I'm reading, but not able to come up with good comments because my brain is lazy.

So I've mentioned that along with my nerdy love of office supplies, I seem to have a love for downloading office furniture for Sims which is silly. No one in Ruin even has an office. But then somewhere along the way, someone (I think Laura or Carla) mentioned Henri would probably have an office.

And then I realized, yes he probably would. And Carla is right, it probably would be dirty and dusty but full of stuff.

I'm no decorator, but here it is. At least what I have so far.





I imagine that he basically would have taken over a room that already had the furniture in it. He hasn't really added much to the place. The type writer was probably where the computer is now, and when he got the computer he just moved it out of the way without caring enough to clear out the space.

Oh the computer? Well, I think, if things go as planned, we'll get to that. It is definitely meant to be an anomaly. I don't think Henri can actually use it very well himself. Probably he can do basic things on it, but he doesn't really use it very often.

If anything, this is a room he uses to hide out in and ponder things. Jimmy and Brandon would know about it and know that if he's in here, they should probably redirect anyone looking for him. Probably only Jimmy would be able to enter the room to talk to Henri, and even then I see him appearing with a small smile and the expectation that Henri would be a little grumpy for being disturbed.


So this made me think about Paula's room too, from before.






I think that side table was something she meant to do herself. She probably bought it herself with money she made from a part time job and with the intent that she'd paint it and make it something of her own. It's supposed to be her desk, but she pretty much just started putting stuff on it, and slowly it started to get covered in a mound of stuff.

But it was her first "big" purchase. (Probably only $20 from a garage sale, and then the offer of a favor for which ever friend brought the truck.)

I actually see her as being very normal and friendly in her old life. A regular student, probably gets mostly A & Bs, except in math, which absolutely stumps her.



I wanted to have a personal touch in her room, of course. Which meant that before I could stage Paula's bedroom picture, I had to stage some other pictures with Paula and a younger version of her mother.

No good reason

Just what the title says. Last night I decided to fire up the game and play dress up with the dollies. And then did some very minor posing.

I love playing around with TS3 for pictures because it's so easy to grab and move them around. That's one thing that they really got right.

Still wish they had something like OMSPs for sims though so I could have Paula sit cross legged on the couch because whenever I see her hanging out on Brandon's couch in my mind I see her sitting there cross legged.







The woman isn't important. She may or may not show up one day in a story, though she's faaaar in the background, even in the back of my head. Still, I have some ideas swirling around her. (The sim isn't really important either, pretty sure she's just a premade sim dressed up in a very sheer dress made by LemonLeaf.)

So how unique are my sims? Can you recognize the guy? If you did, give yourself some chocolate. He was just the closest one to my mouse pointer in this case. Though I'm sure there would be a connection between him and her. At least there is in my head.


I'm thinking about playing around with character bios for fun. Lately I've been in a tell not show kind of mood. (Who knew that happens?) But I'm still playing with the idea. I'd have to be very careful with it, don't want to give away too many secrets. Mostly, I'm thinking I'd do bios for the side characters that are important, but you won't see very often 'cause they're too distracting.



So the pics against the black background is pretty much for those possible bios. I had a lot of fun with WA too. I needed some ferocious looks, so I set them to spar and then moved them around.