Sim Acres (WIP)--Pics of Sim Acres Beach, Maxine's Dive Bar, Kam Fong's

Wheee! So last night, after some major redeveloping and the addition of two venues, I playtested Sim Acres again. It's a good thing, too, because I'm discovering a minor routing issue from the Downtown Library, but it's nothing that can't be fixed:

Park with stage. I think I'm going to rename it Kaminsky Park.

Sim Acres (WIP)--Bar Hopping, Part Deux, Plus Shorelines

I tested the venues in Sim Acres again last week to make sure everything looked the way I wanted. I was pleased with what I saw, but some of the venues still need a bit of tweaking:

The Pink Palace, the Exclusive Lounge. This is turning out to be one of my favorite
venues in Sim Acre next to Riki's Tiki Tavi and the Aqua Velva Poolside Club. 

Sim Acres (WIP)-- Botanical Garden and Festival Grounds Complex

About two weeks ago, I started working on the Botanical Garden and Festival Grounds complex, which is made up of two lots. I think I'm pretty much finished. I just need to add some finishing touches.

Festival grounds in the foreground, with botanical gardens in the background

Festival fairgrounds (Summer)

Botanical Gardens at night

The screenshots don't look like much, but these two lots look really nice in-game, especially because of the bamboo and cherry trees.

Sim Acres (WIP) --Suburban Shopping District

I've spent so much time building up Downtown and the Art Deco district that I've been neglecting the suburban area. Because of that, this past week I decided to finally spend some time there.

Main Street of the suburban shopping district. 

The suburban shopping district, looking west.

Hogan's Deep Fried Diner

Create a World Tips and Tricks: Viewing Your World During Different Times of the Day

Hi! This tutorial has moved to its own site, located at The Sims Depot, located here:  

http://www.thesimsdepot.com/sims-3/sims-3-help-center/create-a-world-master-class/create-a-world-tips-and-tricks-viewing-your-world-during-different-times-of-the-day/

If you found that helpful and would like more, feel free to view the rest of The Sim Depot's "Create a World, Master Class" collection of tutorials. 

Sim Acres (WIP)-- Venue and Bar Hopping

Well, having built all these venues, I couldn't resist play testing Sim Acres to see how they looked in game, and I have to say that I'm pretty pleased with what I'm seeing so far. Unfortunately, poor Betty Jackson was put through the ringer, as I had her bar hopping like crazy for several sim hours. Needless to say, she wasn't only exhausted but pretty darned slosh when I was through with her!

And away we go!

Sim Acres (WIP)--Military Area

I was getting stuck for the longest time trying to figure out how to fill out this area of Sim Acres. Then I got the idea to build an army-themed neighborhood, which I've never built before. In my other worlds, I would just plop the military base in one spot, drop a few trees, and that was it. But this isn't really what a military base would look like in real life. There would be barracks, houses, and other structures, so that's what I built.

Overview of military neighborhood. It's about 60% done.

Sim Acres (WIP)--Underground Scene (Club) and Other Pics

This week, I built a club called the Underground Scene in Sim Acres that is several basement levels deep. It was my first time experimenting with more than one basement level in The Sims 3. I wish I had experimented with basements sooner, because it was fun playing around with them.

What I like about this club is that it looks completely different from what you would expect on the ground level. I think when people take their sims here, they will be pleasantly surprised by what they find.

The Underground Scene Club