lace's sims 2 garbage dump

I have been mulling it over a bit, and since I have started creating for TS3 on a more regular basis I've decided to start more clearly defining where I will be posting content for what games.

I've been posting the bulk of my newer content for both games over at Tumblr because to be perfectly honest, I am lazy as sin and Tumblr caters to that because I don't have to re-resize my preview pics to something more forum-friendly and it just instantly formats everything nice. But I digress.

From now on, all TS2 downloads will be at Dreamwidth and everywhere else I regularly post, so really just GoS and PBK sometimes. All TS3 downloads will be on Tumblr because honestly that seems to be where more of the community for it is at. I won't be doing any more crossposting, so no posting updates of TS2 things at Tumblr, and no updating TS3 content over here, aside from updating my download directory. I know my DW has been slow lately with stuff, the last thing I posted here exclusively was in February, and I'm sorry! Hopefully this will let me keep this blog more active.

And before anyone wonders, I'm not retiring from TS2 creating yet! I'm still very much learning the basics and the ropes with TS3 creation, but it's definitely what's been holding my attention for now. At some point I will probably take some sort of extended or semi-permanent hiatus from creating for Sims 2, but I still have a few projects (and promised things, augh, I am so sorry about those!!) I want to get done before I close the book on the game.

What Sims 2 Aspiration Are You?

Popularity You like being liked, simply put! It makes you happy to know that others enjoy your presence. You want to have a group of friends who like you for who you are, and will be there for you when you're down -- and when you're having a good time. However big or small this group is (although it's likely big), they are the ones who keep you going from day to day and it's hard to imagine what life would be like without them. You're probably the life of most parties, and you know how to keep the good times going. In the game, Popularity sims often want to throw parties, be best friends with other sims, and maintain a good reputation. Popularity sims are a bit like Family sims in that they want to keep in touch with those they care about, and maintain strong relationships.

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Interesting. Didn't really expect it.

Anyway, hairs coming soon. I'm hammering away at quite a few older Raon meshes and a new Newsea one, so expect to see those soon.

So I still don't have H&M Stuff and I went on Amazon today to see if I could snag a used copy cheap.

$4 for a copy described as having "minor scratches" and $4 shipping. LOLNO.

I'd ARR it but uh...I've had bad experiences with ARRed Sims games. My sims will go fashionless for now. I'll get a copy eventually when I actually have money har har.

In other news, I have a variety of delicious things cooking for you however you will probably not get to sink your teeth into them until next week or so. I'm currently sloughing away at a costume that is due for a con that is...oh, THIS WEEKEND which means my priorities are a bit skewed towards that at the moment. Also work, tutoring, volunteering at the cat shelter, etc etc...BLERGH.

That said, you will have your things soon. And they will be pretty ace, if I do say so myself.

ps does anyone want to add morphs to the jacket mesh i've been babbling about at GOS???

expect to see various things disappearing from my "shenanigans" list in the stickypost, as i have bit the bullet and put milkshape and simpe on the gaming computer. yes, my laptop decided to stop working again.

is it strange that i missed meshing? i hope not.

Anyone know if it's possible to get Milkshape running in a no-installer setup? I'm still without a computer to *really* call my own so I'd like to avoid installing as many programs as I can.

As of right now I've been really lucky and have been able to find programs that offer no-installer options (i.e. just extract the folder from the archive and run it out of the directory without using an installer wizard) but I would really like to get back to meshing and, well...can't do that without Milkshape, can I?

(in...other news, if i do manage to get milkshape working on this computer, anyone want to hold my hand and help me with converting accessories from ts3 to ts2?)

Hi guys. I know I promised I'd have more stuff for you all soon but...computer issues. As always.
I've been beating on the same old laptop for three years now and honestly I'm surprised it didn't implode earlier. It seems that running all the Sims 2 EPs with 10GB+ of CC on a laptop that has consistently terrible reviews and is called a "craptop" is not the best idea. My laptop also has a tendency to overheat and now with summer coming I can run it for maybe five minutes before it shuts off. This is with a cooling base and a table fan blowing into, mind you. Ugh.

Anyway, I'm essentially living off an external hard drive at the moment and it may be a while before I can resume non-stop simming, since I'm currently unemployed and therefore lack funds to get a new computer or have the power source on my old PC tower replace. I am probably going to stick the TS2 basegame along with SimPE, Milkshape, and GIMP on the computer I'm using at the moment just so I can get some of my unfinished projects, well, finished.

Bluhhhh. Misbehaving computers are no fun.

So, this isn't really sims related at all, but I was wondering if anyone knew of a place I could snag a profile code for Dreamwidth, like the pretty shiny ones that I'm always seeing for LJ. Normally I'd just use an LJ code but DW seems to render profile coding differently because they always explode in a GREAT FIREY BALL OF VISIBLE TAGS, or show up in a way that I Do Not Like. Welp.
Anyway, does anyone know if there are any pages with DW profile codes out there? I would rather not rock my hand-coded Web 1.0 oldskool profile table at the moment, herp derp.

Also, here's a picture of one of my kitties. Because I can.

Oh hey, I'm back. I managed to kick NaNo's butt and win yesterday, although my novel still isn't finished so I'm probably still going to be hacking away at it for the next month or so.

But anyway, the real reason I'm posting this is so I can be all fluttery and silly about GoS's theme for December. KITCHENS AND FICTION YOU GUYS, KITCHENS AND FICTION!! Oh man. Yessss. I love kitchen stuff. I love books and comic books and all that goodness.

I already have a bunch of ideas for this month, in fact I have SimPE churning away in the background as I type this. I'm probably going to recolor Buggybooz's KitchenBasic with curiousb's colors because I don't think I've seen that done yet? I also want to make some cluttery comic books. And probably posters. OH MAN I AM SO PSYCHED FOR THIS MONTH, YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW.

Enough silliness now. Time to recolor. Hopefully my computer won't decide to overheat and shut down on me when I go to shoot previews. :