Slow Going
March 2nd, 2006
No new update to announce. In fact, it seems as if whenever I make headway in one area that I'm working on, then I have to go back and redo something else. What's the saying? "One step forward and two steps backward." Yeah, that about sums it up. For example, I had a skin all picked out for my main male character. It was all customized and ready to go. But then (due to story requirements) I ended up having to change the skin. So, I have to recustomize the skin. Also, I haven't been able to find the specific default skins I want for my NPCs, so I'm now in the midst of altering some skins and changing them into defaults myself. I'm also having to recolor some of my favorite hairstyles for my main female character as I couldn't find the exact shade I was looking for. As you can see, a lot of customizing is slowing me down. But, I want my Sims to look right since I will be staring at them a lot while doing the story.
However, I did work on my credits page today. (Damn, I've downloaded a ton of sh…stuff!) So, I can say I've accomplished something.
I found an old entry having to do with the Hillocks that is half-written. I haven't decided yet, but I may post it here even though it's not complete and I won't be writing about those characters anymore. But it could have great nostalgic value.
Another Person's Story
February 21st, 2006
Something cool: SofiellCrow is going to use my house (511 Kincaid) in an upcoming story of hers. I'm going to make a point of reading it so I can catch a glimpse of the house.
Ordering the Chaos
February 14th, 2006
Updated: 02.21.06
I'm currently in what you might call the "Pre-Production Phase." I've been busily downloading and installing objects, houses, lots, skins, etc. I'm also slowly outlining the story and figuring out what characters I need. This past weekend, I customized a skin from SimCribbling that will be worn by the main male character. I really like how it turned out.In an effort to impose some organization on the chaos of pre-production, this is what I have left to do:
Finish downloading and installing everything!- This is gonna take a while. Update: Is this ever really done? I always seem to be downloading more.
Modify/customize the theme for this site.- I actually have two templates that I really like so I may end up doing both. It's cool that WordPress allows you to change between themes if you want. I just need to figure out how to do it. Update: Done!
Come up with a title for my story!- I'm having a lot of difficulty with this. The working title is "Urban Myth." Some other titles I've been considering are "Myth Worlde", "Consensual Worlds", "Into the Fantasy". I'm horrible with coming up with titles. I do know that the tagline will be "slip into another reality." Update: I finally came up with a title that isn't too cheesy!
Decide whether or not to rename this site.- Of course this all depends upon me coming up with a title for the story first. Since I'll be focusing exclusively on this story and not other Sim stories, I've tossed around the idea of renaming "Confessions of a Simmer" to whatever the title of my story turns out to be. Update: I figured out a compromise.
- Create neighborhoods and downtown areas.
- So far I'm leaning toward the Veronaville map for my neighborhood. I seems to be exactly what I'm looking for what with the river running right down the center of it and all…I like how that clearly demarcates the sides as this aspect will be important to my story. I need to find some custom downtown maps.
- Write out script for the prologue.
- I already have the basic idea for this in my head. I just need to flesh it out.
- Cast the actors!
- One of the most important parts, I need to create the look of my characters. I anticipate this taking a while as I'm picky and want my Sims to appear as I envision them.
Once all this is done, I'll be able to begin taking the pictures. Wow…so much to do.
Confessions
February 11th, 2006
My interest in the Sims has been renewed and I decided to restart this website as well. Expect to see a lot to change around here in the next month or so. Not only will the design/layout change, but I will be writing an ongoing Sim story instead of chronicling what individual Sim families are doing. I'll try my best to keep these old entries up unless storage space (for the pictures) becomes an issue.
My story is still in the planning phase–I don't even have a title yet–but I have a lot of ideas percolating around in my head. I'm really excited and can't wait to get back into the world of the Sims.
Grrr, Argh!
December 8th, 2004
This past weekend, my harddrive gave up the fight. Luckily, I was able to backup almost everything of importance before it died. Although I hate having to reconfigure my machine after getting a new harddrive or reformatting the drive, I thought no big deal, it'll take some time but I'll just reinstall everything and eventually my computer will be back in working order. Good plan, but of course something had to go wrong, and, suffice it to say, I more than a little pissed off. I spent all *%$#ing day yesterday (I'm not exaggerating at all) trying to install the Sims 2 on my computer. When my husband got home last night, he even tried. But we kept getting transfer errors. We tried everything that the technical page at the official Sims site recommended. Nothing worked. We think there is something wrong with the disks and that I was just got lucky when I got it installed on my machine the first time a couple of months ago. 😡
So, I'm going to have to buy another copy of the game (I think I'll get the DVD edition this time). Who knows when that will be though.