It's baby time!



( 70 images under the cut )

I decided to start a real sims 3 legacy following actual rules! I present:



( Checkitout )

Bad Kathleen! Bad bad!

Yesterday I found out about the Indie Stone story progression mod for the sims 3. I want it very very badly. I read that it was incompatible without the 1.27 patch, which I had been having trouble updating to (so I'd been ignoring it, as the only way around it when it refused to update is to reinstall and that's just too much work for me). I finally decided it was worth my trouble, so I reinstalled, updated my patch successfully (along with two more I didn't know existed), and downloaded the mod. THEN I found out that the mod is only compatible with the 1.27 patch and NOT the later patches. Uhhh.

I tried very hard to get around it. I did everything that anyone suggested. Nothing worked. My game still runs fine, but sadly, since reading about this mod, playing it is not the same. I just keep thinking of what it would be like with the mod. That is why I'm scolding myself.

So now, after the agony of restarting my game about ten times, each time doing something different that ended up not affecting my gameplay one way or the other, I am reinstalling again, which is poo. My plan now is to only update to the 1.27 patch, which has complications in itself, as the link to that particular patch on MTS is broken. I've found a different one, but I am a little worried about its reliability. I want this mod, damnit! *breathes heavily*

My re-reinstall has just finished. Now to see if this single-patching thing will work out. If it does, great! If it works and the mod STILL doesn't work, I may have to take drastic action. I'm not sure what that might be, but I hope it doesn't mean some sort of slaughter. You'd think I'd be able to get along with just the regular game and no game-altering mods (I've been staying away from the Awesome Mod and I think I'll continue to do so, especially if the Indie Stone mod works), but of course, I read an entire forum about people being sad because the Indie Stone mod is no longer going to be updated for further patches until someone else takes over the work, which could be a long time. People saying stuff like "This mod changed my life. My game will never be the same without it. :( :( :(". Yeah, that makes me feel like I don't need it. D:

If there is no entry following this one, then chances are that my experiment worked. It's either that, or I'm angry and throwing things and am too busy to get on LJ and complain. :D

EDIT: 5:29 PM, Monday, August 24

Well, it only took a whole day of whining and moping for me to find a way to find the right patch! It turns out there was an issue with every other patch in the history of the world on the internet was the worldwide version and not the US/English version, which is the version I needed. Finally, I found the one I wanted and it managed to install correctly! For future reference in the event that I ever need it again (or for anyone who stumbles upon this entry in the deepest despair that I once knew), I found it here. Now I only have to start up my refurbished game and see that my new mod works! By all means, it really should. If it doesn't, I probably will actually cry. For real. I want this so badly.

EDIT: 5:39 PM

Wait what the hell?! I swear I downloaded and installed the patch for version 1.27! Not anything higher! So WHY would my game launcher suddenly be telling me that my game updates are up to date and WHY would my version number suddenly be 1.4.6.00001? That is not what I just did! Why hasn't anyone else complained about downloading the proper patch on a fresh install of this game and having it transformed into a full update?! NOWHERE did I see anything like that, so why did it happen to me?

I'm still going to try this out just for the hell of it. I'm pretty much doomed, though. I know it won't work. Fffffuck.

EDIT: 6:32 PM

I'm reinstalling again because I have this crazy notion that I might have screwed over the patch update by backing up not only my Sims 3 folder in My Documents but also my Sims 3 folder in Program Files. Once I started putting that one back where it belonged, I realized I probably didn't have to do such a thing because it took for fricking ever and I didn't remember doing it after the first reinstall. I'm hoping that somewhere in the slew of files I moved back in, there was an automatic update sort of thing. I really am hoping that. When I installed the patch, I even got taken to the Sims 3 website page for patch 1.2.7, so it really did think I got the right patch! I must have! God, please, let this be my fault. I can fix it now if it's my fault. D:

EDIT: 12:50 AM, Tuesday, August 25

I did it! Turns out that aside from installing the right patch (the part where it updated to 1.4 was my fault after all, thank goodness), I had to reinstall the Install Helper Monkey so that it would make my mods folder actually work. Dummmb. I'm tired now and it's bedtime, so goodnight.

P.S. The mod is cooool! This happened, which is neato beans. :)

Hm. I just learned about Firstborn Syndrome. (It's a sims thing, so if you're not interested in reading about sims stuff, don't bother. I say this because I realize that it sounds like it could be something in real life.)

This is a good thing that I have just learned, because now I want to play Sims 2 and not have super identical childrens! I think I avoided this happening a fair bit anyway, just from playing for such long sessions, but now that I know this trick, I'm pretty stoked. Yay. :)

I finally updated my Halliday legacy! I started the update in April and kept it private until today when I added the captions, but it (and all the other updates) can be found here.

I've got a Sims 3 legacy post on the make as well, so if you care in the least, keep your eyes open for that in a while. I promise I won't take 3+ months to complete it.

( Click to see pictures of sims based on real people! )

I have decided! I will do requests to better my sim-making skills! Give me pictures and I'll do my best with them.

The Sims 3 is so fun.

I have pictures of my adventures over the last two days, but right now I'm actually going to do some work. (Yesterday I spent all day playing the sims, so today I'm making up for it by cleaning the house and doing homework even though for most of today I've been feeling really ill.)

...And then I might have to play just a little bit more.

I will say this, though: I am apparently very lucky. Everyone else seems to be having issues running the game, but my experiences have been flawless. I have awesome graphics and the gameplay isn't even choppy! It's lovely. I'm so glad I bought this new computer.

Just a note:

It is officially Sims 3 day. That means I will not be available for at least the next 24 hours, although that could stretch to as long as a week. I will take time out (other than later today) to do my homeworks, but socializing is being bumped down until I get my excitement pooled out of me into my new game. Please, do have a nice day/week/life (jk, I'll be back soon, not that I'm a staple of moral support or anything).

So yesterday some events transpired, and now we have a blu-ray player. It is very neat. Also neat is that Eric, who had gone away for most of the day to Salmon Arm to go hiking up Mt. Ida with Jordan and Sarah, brought them home with him and we watched Fight Club last night. They are currently sleeping in the basement. I was pretty surprised when they showed up (Brendan and I were in the middle of sitting on the couch in the dark; Brendan was playing pokemon and I had just woken up from a nap and was about to turn on a light), but their arrival really lit a fire under me and I finally tidied up the whole place. A few days ago, I cleaned the kitchen and the bathroom, but the kitchen never stays clean, so Brendan and I cleaned it up again and then I went on to wash down the coffee table and sweep the heck out of the place while they were at the superstore buying assorted fruit at Jordan's request. I'm not sure how I feel about unexpected visitors, but I think last night that they were a good idea.

Um... I had a dream last night that:
- At a music store that I went to, they had certain CDs open at a station where you could use them to create your own mix tape for free, so of course I had to because they had some great selection (although I'm pretty sure all the albums there don't actually exist)
- I lent said mix tape to some guy we were hanging around (possibly for a ride) because this girl he was trying to impress on Thursday would think it was really good
- The guy we were hanging around with (who may have been that guy Russ from that videogame making class thing I was in like four years ago) kind of hit a kid playing on the road after pretending to run him down, so he felt really bad (it was the kid's fault entirely) and the kid was okay, but we went and apologized to his family a lot
- Maris was a regular in the last season of Frasier, but had undergone so much plastic surgery that she looked like some other character that everyone supposedly knew, even though she hadn't appeared in the show
- I was in a hospital or somewhere and there were several bathrooms, all of them occupied by janitors
- I ended up going to work with Brendan when Zellers was opening one morning and taking a pee in the middle of an aisle because I forgot there were bathrooms and I thought that's just what you were supposed to do.

On that note, does anyone else dream about intentional urination outside of a bathroom setting? I was talking about it with my mom a few days ago and she said she doesn't, but in my case, it comes up a fair bit. I don't really know what that means. She looked online at dream symbolism and apparently (like almost anything in a dream), it could be from a need to just let go and release tension, which makes some sense. I do feel quite bottled up around Eric (but he's still not as bad as Colin), and I just wish I could make things how I want them to be, but I'm not really sure what to do. And don't go telling me all this stuff I've been told before about just talking to him about it, because I know that. That's the part that's hard for me. The point is, I dream about wetting myself and that's weird, end of story.

Three days until the Sims 3! I've got it preordered, so I should have it pretty much as soon as EB Games opens on Tuesday, which I think is like 10:00. I should be well into it by noon. Yes, my plan for Tuesday is to play the sims All Day. I noticed that for whatever reason, they changed the Sims 3 website yesterday to be what it will be once the game is released. The problem is, nobody has it for real yet, so it doesn't really have a point. You can join the site now, but until you register your game, you can't post in the forums or use the Sims Store or anything, so I don't really get why you'd join (but I did anyway, on the off-chance that someone would want to use my username, which of course nobody will because it's unique to me and I am the only hathakleen on the internet).

Now, I believe it is time to do some homework and eat some cold Kraft Dinner for breakfast, because I have a weakness for that and there is one helping left in the fridge.

Also, I made some frozen yogurt pops (just yogurt in popsicle moulds) and they are a huge success!

That's not nearly as bad as the August release date I was anticipating! If they push it back again, though, I'll have to kill something.

Also, my new computer arrived in Salmon Arm this morning. Only one and a half more weeks until I get to touch it!

Here is an account of my last 24 hours.

12:00 AM Wednesday: I realize that I'm actually really excited for The Sims 3, and I go nuts looking up info and videos and stuff about it. I spend the waking hours of the day plotting a way to obtain a copy on the release date (a feat that would be strangely difficult, as I'll be in Salmon Arm on February 20th and nowhere in Salmon Arm actually carries new PC games), and basically bounce off the walls at the possibilities that will be available to me in less than a month.

12:00 AM Thursday: I find this.

Why couldn't  I have found this out a day ago? I wouldn't be upset if I'd found out before getting excited.
Crap.

Also I don't know what's up with my new computer. It should be here by now but they haven't even shipped it. Brendan's going to call NCIX for me tomorrow to figure out what's the haps. Grar.

I have somehow misplaced my Seasons disk for the sims. I don't know what to do.

No sims on Brendan's computer. I can't play on my computer. If I get a new computer then it's all gone from everything and I can't play my save files at all, even all sluggy on my computer. I can't play at all unless I reinstall without seasons and create whole new everythings. I don't want to do that, at least not forever!

Crap crap crap. Where could it be? I really don't know. I have everything except for seasons. I even have the box for seasons. No disks. What would I have done with them? Did I lend them out? I don't think so. Crap.

I guess now would be an opportune time to play with just the base game, no custom content, just the way things were supposed to go back in 2004 or whenever (holy crap has it only been that long? Wow). Somehow, that idea doesn't appeal to me so much, but I think I'll do it anyway. Crap.

For my entry, I wrote a little something to which the soundtrack would be Drifters by Patrick Watson (watch the music video). I tried to take some pictures with it, but of course it was nearly impossible (I left it until yesterday to do that part and it would have taken me literally all day long), so I decided against it. I made a nice family and everything, but gameplay is so slow for me on my computer that it wasn't worth it.

I've joined another sims contest group and here's my first entry! Notice how it's featuring the lovely and almost-heir of my legacy, David Halliday.
I missed playing him and he is just so good looking that I thought I'd use him as the model. I built him a house right next to the legacy lot and he comes over frequently to play the piano in his first home. He doesn't even get invited, he just shows up and rocks the place with his epic musical talent!

I love the sims, guys.

Here's my entry over at slapdash_sims!