Free Will Show - Episode 10

Here's day 10 of the Free Will Show! And this day sure was a depressed one!

First time with the new "social vote", and in this episode I put more efforts into the dialogues than I normally do. Can't believe they are already on day 10! Voting is open for 7 full days from release. Please see video description for details on how to vote. There is one normal vote on what action the Sim in Focus will perform, and for the social vote you can decide who shall argue with their worst relation in-house. Starting an argue might be interesting as this will often trigger a long series of reactions, probably depending on traits and mood.

Touring House of Saxor - 1 Torendi Tower Penthouse

Duke of Meadows used to reside in their Meadows Palace in San Myshuno. Following the big fire they decided to move into Torendi Tower in Fashion District. Not as much outdoor space, but still a generous dwelling. Being a Duke these days doesn't require six horses and some farmland, anyway!

I rebuilt the penthouse trying to combine modernity with a feel of high noble residence. I'm happy with 1st floor, and not so much with 2nd floor, but I decided to leave any failures to the family living here. The place still lacks a few paintings, decor, carpets and so on, but they will be glad to add those details according to personal taste and historical heirlooms. So, here is a quick tour of the rebuilt penthouse!

Rab-Saxor, Lord von Lykke

So, I'm still enjoying my massive nobility project where local history is being written. I started with a King and his Royal Chamber in Year 1, then introducing the many peerages until the great revolution that took place in Y120. As the result of political insight and quick maneuvers, the last bunch of low noble titles were introduced in a hurry in Y121 in a last attempt to secure future power to the high nobles now that the King was thrown.

Say hello to Mr Rabaan Rab-Saxor, who was introduced to the title Lord Lykke back in Y121. He was given the Lykke title because Duke Hendrian von Windenburg, who had been head of the Royal Chamber since 4 years, had no relative who could benefit from the new title. Although noble titles were not allowed direct connection to specific land, Lord Lykke was indeed meant to serve the Harbor and Isle hoods of Windenburg.

At this time trades were blooming and the harbor was very busy. Rabaan's coat of arms is described as fourths with primary color green and secondary color cream, and a golden sail ship centered. The green color is also known as the primary color of the house of Saxor.

Region 12 NEWS - Year 222

Year 222 is complete, and here's the annual NEWS edition!

The clip is just 3 minutes, and contains standard rubrics like News, Finance, Showbiz, Job listings, and of course various Family notes. The Y222 edition features Duchess de Cavalier, Don Lothario, Diego Lobo, Penny Pizzazz and many more!

Hosts to tie it all together are Paulo Caliente and Antoinette Morck.



You might find a few how I play tips, and most news have more details in the community section/residents registry linked from top of this blog. There is also some info in my As Sims Go By video series.

Duchess Claudine de Cavalier honored with "Order of the Sprout"

[As Days Go By, Y222: House de Cavalier] Looks like my As Days Go By picture posts series skipped a few years! Perhaps my many projects simply got too much for me to handle. All those videos taking most of my time, and always being behind schedule. But I always capture tons of screenshots while playing, intending to share stuff from houses that are not featured in the As Sims Go By series.

Anyways, I figured it's time to move on with the ADGB posts, but to make the task easier (and perhaps less confusing), I'll rather focus on one of my 60(?) households in each post. Then I can post it while I'm on the ball, instead of forgetting all about it one month later. So, to kick it off, here's an update from the highest nobility house in my game, the house of Duke de Cavalier. And, if you got curious to see one of those older picture posts, here's As Days Go By Year 218.

Recently Duchess Claudine Beatrix de Cavalier was awarded the exclusive "Order of the Sprout" for her great work on the Duchess' Botanical Tables, a project she gladly spent 10 years to (almost) complete. The ceremony took place at the Council House and she was very proud for this achievement, because the order, initiated by King Baltazar II 221 years ago, allows for only 10 members at any time - nation wide!

Free download: Old Framed Documents

July 2022: Downloading from this blogger post no longer works, so please head over to a new page listing all my TS4  custom content. All free. DOWNLOADS

I missed some wall hangings for my upper class sims' studies, so I created these 3 framed old documents with a touch of noble genealogy. It's technically 1 object with 3 swatches. There is some "human" text, but it's so tiny that it might just as well be Simlish :)

I figure these might work well both in a finer study and in a Library, maybe even in a Historical Museum. So I decided to share them, as others might find good use of them.

Frames come only in one color version, and the chosen frame is eve rather simple, more like a well hidden treasure that the owner has forgotten all about :) It's more the kind of a diploma documents than valuable art that the owner wants to show off. But you'll of course make up your own story :)

Download here.

(Link might be temporary, so please don't share link, but rather link to this blog post - I'll of course update if file gets moved.

Nobility project: History, Coat of arms, High Orders and Jewelry

Oh my! I'm abroad at the time, far away from my game. But what do you do when you can't access your save? Planning ahead of course!

Or back. This Winter I started creating a detailed background for my community. I already have a couple noble families, mainly Duke de Cavalier and Lady de Sür-Blyth, but I wanted to know their background. Not just one geration, but five! Or ten, even! And my oh my - one thing can certainly lead to another!

The Duchess' Botanical Table

So, you know I have lots of TS4 game related stuff on a web site aside of this blog? It contains the Residents registry and lots of administration info from the 5 Councilor departments, and all is linked from the top, and also from some articles.

This Winter Duchess Claudine de Cavalier made her long going botany project public, and I think I forgot to mention it here. It's available from the Science & Education section of the mentioned web site. Over 10 years she investigated most plants, of course with hired gardeners doing most of the dirty work. Anyway, the result is a table where crops and flowers can be sorted in various ways: By group, by active seasons, and by earnings when growing normal plants and perfect plants.

This is very useful information if you want to grow the plants that will give the highest income, or if you want to be busy in your garden only in a specific season.

Although the main project is completed, there will be added more pictures and info on special plants.

Direct link to the Duchess' Botanical Tables.

It's rumored that the Duchess will be guesting the HIP Prime show in a few weeks, to tell us more from her findings.

As Sims Go By - Episode 3

Here is the 3rd episode of this season! In my ongoing video series As Sims Go By you follow the ups and downs of Region 12's 5 Councilors and their families. Plus in this season the main story deals with (my take on) the Villareal household's backstory! In this episode Wilhelmina gets lost, there is a party at the Chateau Cavalier, the secret vault project gets released, and there is also focus on University in several ways.

This season has only 5 episodes, each lasting about 16 minutes, so next chapter will be up late February.

If you are new to this series, it's recommended to watch season 1 (6 episodes), but you can hopefully enjoy this episode even if you start here.



Enjoy!

Free Will Show - Episode 9

Here's day 9 of the Free Will Show! And it's the most filthy day so far!

I basically think sims are less interesting than I expected, so a few more extras are added to the daily schedule. Starting with this episode, there in an additional Social Vote - we start gentle asking who shall hug their best in-house relation? Post a comment with one name - Charles, Brenda, Sonia or Ramona. They will get no points, but hopefully it might trigger some more social interest.

And there's more: starting in episode 10, Sim in Focus will be allowed to replace one object in the house - in today's episode you will see why this will become useful for them :)

More rule adjustments might occur for the 3rd season, so if you have any input. let's hear it!

For now - enjoy a new day in the Free Will house! And keep in mind that yopu can vote both for Social Vote and the daily Action. More info in the Youtube channel.

More videos coming soon

It feels stupid to blame my video updates delay on the Holidays, because my plans were actually to release more videos end of December. But whatever happened, I now see that there were absolutely no videos at all last month... not quite as planned...

A filty day in the Free Will house! Dump from the upcoming episode...

Good thing is that releases are pretty close:

New year and more projects

Happy new year! I've started 2020 with diving into my game's old history! I love story telling and history, and whenever I create something in my game I also like to know its origin. I want all my sims to have a background spanning many generations, even if those were never played out.

The past week I really dived deep, exploring the past of my Region 12. My year count is currently at Year 222, so I went right back to Year 0 - I imagine this was when the community transferred from TS1 to TS2 and time was no longer static. They started a new and needed to define a top level of society, to control community but also handle politics and wars. There was established an organization called the Royal Chamber, with the power to approve the best man for each peerage. Many families claimed a noble background from TS1, but brought no proofs. Hardly anything could be verified.

The Royal Chamber introduced the King of SimNation, Baltazar II of the De Froux family. This family had a Coat of arms already that could actually be verified, and left no doubt about high nobility (pictured). But for the rest?