Tuesday 31 July 2012

1st things 1st

Round 34: March 2039 (Autumn)
last update/Lauren's last update/next update

Jessica Royce-Nihill, Emma Gottlieb and Louisa Gentry are 19 and Lauren Carmody is 18.
(Eddie is 19 and Justin and Declan are 18)
Narrated by Jessica Royce-Nihill

Louisa was placed on academic probation last year after earning some pretty crappy grades and she’s been trying to get back on track ever since.

Saturday 28 July 2012

Quiet storm king

Round 34: March 2039 (Autumn)
last update/next update

Mitchell Carmody is 20 and Tim Lane and Eddie Gentry are 19.
(Max is 52 and Lauren is 18)
Narrated by Mitchell Carmody

Tim is “out” to everyone now, including his parents, and I think he’s happier for it.

Wednesday 25 July 2012

Electricityscape

Round 34: March 2039 (Autumn)
Declan's last update/Justin and Xavier's last update/next update

Declan Romilly and Justin and Xavier Moretti are 18.
(Mitchell is 20, Jessica, Louisa and Eddie are 19 and Austin is 18)
Narrated by Xavier Moretti

Declan, Justin and I have been here in the dorms for a couple of months now and we’re all loving it.

Sunday 22 July 2012

Rattled by the rush

Round 34: February 2039 (Summer)

last update/next update
James Novak is 64 and Madelyn is 59.
(Maia is 37, Aaron and Calvin are 36, Ethan is 33, Connor is 26, Willow and Amy are 4 and River and Natalie are 2)

Narrated by James Novak

Lately, I’ve cut back the time I spend at NKL to devote more of my energies to Novak Motors.

Wednesday 18 July 2012

Unknown legend

Round 34: February 2039 (Summer)
Narrated by Jack Benton

Receiving so much money with my trust fund a couple of years ago was overwhelming but I think I’ve spent it wisely. After buying the house and moving in, we still have a nice little nest egg of almost $25,000.

Monday 16 July 2012

Lot tour: Carmody-Moretti house

I haven't done a lot tour in a while and I did promise one, so here it is! You saw glimpses of Nick and Sarah's new house in the last update but this will give you a nice close look at just about every nook and cranny. ;)

The house, as I mentioned in the last update, was built by Tanja for the April project at N99. I asked for a six bedroom house for Sarah and Nick and Tanja's was one of the options I was offered.

Saturday 14 July 2012

Don't think twice, it's alright

Round 34: January 2039 (Summer)
last update/next update

Kimberly Carmody is 68, Nick Moretti is 36, Sarah is 34, Thomas is 8, Ryan is 7 and Catherine is 5.
(Maia is 37, Troy is 36, Ethan is 33, Jude is 7 and Willow is 4)
Narrated by Nick Moretti

Once Sarah and I decided to move house, we were lucky enough that the process was fairly quick from there on out.

Wednesday 11 July 2012

Progress (and a possible solution!)

If you read the Notes in my last update, you'll know I was having some fairly frequent crashing problems with Sullivan. I have been pulling things out and testing the game since last Thursday morning. Not exactly how I wanted to spend my break from work!

It's been complicated by the fact that the crashes I was getting seemed a bit random, so instead of just loading a particular house or lot, seeing if it worked and then adding back more of my CC, I had to load several lots. My process was this (I crashed while doing all of these things at least once before I started testing):
1. Load Carmody-Moretti house.
2. Send Kimberly to Town Square and back again. Back out to the hood screen.
3. Load Nott House.
4. Send Lia to the library in her car and back again. Back out to the hood screen.
5. Load Moretti 2 house.
6. Send Aurora to my new teen hangout lot and then to Sullivan Mall and then back home again. Back out to the hood screen.

And that was each and every time I loaded the game. I've probably loaded the game somewhere around 40 times over the last few days. I'm pretty over it!

The folders that I crashed with were my Plate Replacements, Walls and Floors and my Sweet Down Low painting replacements. If I'm correct and I've solved the issue, the problem with the last two folders was that I had duplicates of some of the files in other folders (this is a fantastic, easy-to-use program if you want to check for dupes in your own game). I also redownloaded the Sweet Down low paintings just in case. With the plate replacement, I don't know. I guess it just corrupted on its own? How fun that files can do that for no apparent reason, right?!

Anyway, I'm too cautious to say I've fixed the problem but I did just manage to go through that whole checklist with all my downloads in (minus the plate), without any crashes or glitches. Tomorrow, I'm going to try to play for real. I have a couple of other things I'd like to try if this doesn't work, but they're all quite annoying. So keep your fingers crossed for me!

Saturday 7 July 2012

Refugee

Round 34: January 2039 (Summer)

last update/next update

Evan Moretti is 50, Ione is 43, Aurora and Bianca are 13 and Francesca is 5.
(Olivia and Lia are 42, Justin and Xavier are 18, Matthew is 14, Ramona is 12 and Catherine is 5)

Narrated by Ione Moretti

Monday 2 July 2012

Sunday 1 July 2012

Round 33 Summary

Phew! Round 33 took forever. And I realised I forgot to play Zelda and Tate. They somehow didn't end up on my schedule, which is weird. Oh well...I definitely have them scheduled for next round!

Births: 4 (Peter Nott, River Novak, Phoebe Jacobson, Beau Hamilton)

Deaths: 1 (Liam Weaver)

Engagements: 2 (Malcolm Novak and Hope Collins, Nathan Collins and Rebecca Kirby)

Marriages: 1 (Charlie and Camilla Benton)

Break-ups: 3 (Noah Gottlieb and Jessica Royce-Nihill, Josh Royce-Nihill and Veronica Moretti, Brendan Lachance and Caitlin Romilly)

Graduations: Anthony Moretti, Veronica Moretti

New residents: 3 (Natalie Clarke, Julia Gray, Lucy Gray)

Total population: 139 (68 males, 71 females)

Babies: 1
Toddlers: 9
Children: 22
Teens: 14
Adults: 72
Elders: 21