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Created: 03.03.2005 Updated: 03.03.2005
Hi fellows, I'm Danny Digger, proud owner of this peace of land... Let's build this lake together, I love to swim in natural water without chemicals :-) Impossible in Sims2? No, not at all! I'll show you how to make it, please follow me! ----->
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Created: 03.03.2005 Updated: 03.03.2005
Looks boring, I can't wait to get started!
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Created: 03.03.2005 Updated: 03.03.2005
First of all, even out your land if it's not even already, using the tool shown in the picture!
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Created: 03.03.2005 Updated: 03.03.2005
Then you should mark the borders of your lake, in order not to lose track...
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Created: 03.03.2005 Updated: 03.03.2005
Now you can either highten the terrain around your lake or dig out the lake itself; I prefer a combination of both, first I start digging by 4 clicks...
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Created: 03.03.2005 Updated: 03.03.2005
4 corners digged down...
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Created: 03.03.2005 Updated: 03.03.2005
Then I start in that hole and drag the new hight to the rest of the land inside my borders.
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Created: 03.03.2005 Updated: 03.03.2005
done...
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Created: 03.03.2005 Updated: 03.03.2005
Now we'll make nice gangplanks. Chose the foundation shown in the next picture. It's very important to start at the "land"-side of the lake - otherwise the foundation would be same hight with the land!
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Created: 03.03.2005 Updated: 03.03.2005
That's it for now...
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Created: 03.03.2005 Updated: 03.03.2005
You should know the trick: Sims start swimming as soon as they jump from the dive or climb down a pool-ladder! They would swim everywhere and never stop, even inside the house and on all floors. They only jump up if they shall do something, like cooking or sitting down. So you have to give them a limit by hight-differences between the land and lake of 5 clicks difference minimum! We already digged down 4 clicks and now I start to highten the borders. You can do it any way to your liking, but 1 more click minimum.
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Created: 03.03.2005 Updated: 03.03.2005
around all the lake...
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Created: 03.03.2005 Updated: 03.03.2005
done... now - to make it more realistic - I highten some areas inside by only 1 click (but not in front of the gang, and not more than 1 click!)
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Created: 03.03.2005 Updated: 03.03.2005
tataaaaa, here comes the water! It's texture...
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Created: 03.03.2005 Updated: 03.03.2005
Chose 2 or more terrain-paints water to make it look like a real lake; I chose a darker texture in the middle, where the water in nature is deeper...
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Created: 03.03.2005 Updated: 03.03.2005
I'd recommend to use the cheat "move_objects on" for decorating, this way you can place plants nicely wherever you want. Also use "boolprop snapobjectstogrid false", so that you can ignore the grid. That gives you better possibilities to plant where you like to... Remember to shut down the latter cheat again after you're finished, by typing "boolprop snapobjectstogrid true"!
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Created: 03.03.2005 Updated: 03.03.2005
Nice, isn't it? I used a stone-texture for the borders, that makes it look natural. But you can also build a seaside-look by using sand... it's up to your phantasy :-)
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Created: 03.03.2005 Updated: 03.03.2005
Now add stairs...
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Created: 03.03.2005 Updated: 03.03.2005
and railings if you like...
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Created: 03.03.2005 Updated: 03.03.2005
We still have the "move_objects on" cheat on, right? This cheat enables you to place the dive and pool-ladder on your gangway! Shall I try it?
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Created: 03.03.2005 Updated: 03.03.2005
Ready, steady, go!
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Created: 03.03.2005 Updated: 03.03.2005
Awwww what a nice swim!
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Created: 03.03.2005 Updated: 03.03.2005
Very important: To test if your sims won't swim forever and you didn't make any mistake in hight-differences between land and water, make them do something outside the lake (let them go to any point outside e.g.). As soon as your test-sim uses the ladder to climb out of the "water", you won!
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Created: 03.03.2005 Updated: 03.03.2005
Now I'm starving! Thanks for reading and good luck with your own swimmable lakes / ponds / seaside lodges! PS.: You can download my first uploaded lot with swimmable lake at my simpage, it's called "The S(w)imside Cottage"; it features 3 BR, 2 baths, singletile-stealthstairs, everything for your sim's comfort. Including a sandbox in the garden with toys and little boats in the lake for your sim-kid's fun :-)
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