New Uberhoodia: Downtown Community Lots Makeovers 5: Entertainment

[meetme2theriver]

Okay, here's the last batch of the downtown community lots. This is everything that didn't fit into the other categories. Bowling alleys, Internet café, spa, card shacks, etc.

Oh, and the silly looking art museum, which I didn't really change very much.

Comments

[sphynxed]

Wow. Even just adding lights and windows really makes a big difference

Any idea of what neighborhood you'll go to next?

[meetme2theriver]

Yeah, I almost feel like I'm cheating a bit, with the lights. The ones placed by Maxis don't light up, for some reason.

I've already played ahead... well, quite far. I've done Veronaville, Strangetown, La Fiesta Tech, Riverblossom Hills and now I've started on Bluewater Village. So Veronaville is next in the posting order. But before that, I have some downtown houses and families to post. :)

[sphynxed]

Oh dear, I'm excited to see what's in store. Are you doing any certain order of the neighborhoods? It seems rather random.

[meetme2theriver]

Nah, I'm doing what I feel like, pretty much. Everything else I do is so rigid (only two days per family, all lots must be made over, no lots should be bulldozed, etc), I'm allowing myself that little bit of freedom. :P

[katee412]

If I was a sim, I would so be on my way to the madeover spa right now ;)

[meetme2theriver]

Hah! I could use a trip there myself, I think.

[remisims]

Agreeing with sphynxed, the lighting makes a world of difference, and for the better.

WTF hill.. Maybe the tree's just want a better view? :P

[meetme2theriver]

It really does. I don't think the before pictures would look half as bad if the lights EAxis put in actually lit up. They do have a strange aversion to windows, though.

Yeah, I think the trees performed some kind of magic there.

[galialady]

Modern Art Museum is another strange maxis lot, imo...I don't know if I will touch it because of the serious risk I'll put it all down :P

[meetme2theriver]

Hah. I just added some lights and more/different paintings and sculptures, fixed a couple of places where EAxis forgot to add wallpaper, stuff like that.

Aw, I kinda like the bathrooms. :) Lucky Shack is one of my favourite downtown lots, the poker tables is a good way for sims to meet, and the smallness of the lot makes things run smoothly and prevents my sims from having to trek across a huge lot and up a story or two to greet another sim.

It was hard working with those buildings at Maple Springs, particularly the roundish one. It still feels a bit cramped out back where the pools are.

I took off most of the second floors that didn't do anything (or I put stuff in them, in some cases). Sugar Cube Bowling was the second lot I made over and I decided to keep the second story. Not sure if I like it or not, but it looks kinda neat from inside with the camera angled up.

I don't mind long comments! As long as you don't mind long replies. :) Thank you for all your kind words. <3

[strange_tomato]

Call me crazy, but I love the art museum. It's so odd. Also, I feel like I'm in on the joke with that one.

Nice makeovers, as always! It's amazing what a little extra lighting can do for a place. Do you use that "always on" lighting mod for community lights? I find that helps.

[meetme2theriver]

Oh, I like the museum too, that's a big reason I didn't change much in it. Especially the flaming toilet. Hee.

Hm, I don't... think I have that mod. I didn't realise there was such a mod. Then again, I have so many hacks and mods in I don't even know anymore. :)