Progress Ramble
April 5th, 2006
No teaser this week. I didn't have time. But I did want to keep you updated on my progress.
Things are still chugging along, although I'm having a little trouble picking a neighborhood map. I'm leaning toward the Starling Springs map by Gethane as it perfectly fits my story; however, it's a bit bigger than I really need. My second choice is the Autumn Bay 'hood by the same artist. So, I've been designing both…trying to pick out which one I like the best—they are both being designed as downtown (Nightlife) neighborhoods. Of course, making two neighborhoods slows my progress down. I really just need to pick one neighborhood and concentrate on it.
I use Gunmod's camera mod which makes it possible to use the whole map to place lots. But I have to be careful about how far I zoom out. If I zoom out too far (when all my lots are placed down) my computer slows to a crawl as it tries to process all the information on the screen. The hard drive practically seizes up and I have to restart the game to clear its memory. Poor computer. My husband says getting another gig of memory will help. I hope so.
I also redecorated my 511 Kincaid house to use in the story. I actually had to download it from The Sims 2 official site as I didn't have it on my own computer any more. I had another house up there too at one point, but it looks like it was deleted. Too bad, I was planning on using it as well (as if I don't have enough houses already!).
2 Responses to “Progress Ramble”
April 6th, 2006 at 9:24 am
Good Luck Kara! I hope you get everything working really soon!
May 13th, 2006 at 10:41 am
Hope you get your computer working properly soon.