Neighborhood Landscape Pictures (v3)

[linuslover30]

In this thread, we try and improve our landscape picture taking techniques using the neighborhood camera. Show off your latest here!!

Neighborhood Landscapes (v1) (http://forums.sims-community.com/showthread.php?t=47863)
Neighborhood Landscapes (v2) (http://forums.sims-community.com/showthread.php?t=58568)

[babolat85]

Heh, first post.

Moar pics from Shimizu
http://i409.photobucket.com/albums/pp178/TheBabolat/Shimizu/Sushi%20Restaurant/snapshot_0000000f_16c32699.jpg

http://i409.photobucket.com/albums/pp178/TheBabolat/Shimizu/snapshot_0000001d_b6c08f8b.jpg

http://i409.photobucket.com/albums/pp178/TheBabolat/Shimizu/snapshot_0000001d_d6c08e5c.jpg

[beeps]

Suburban View into Downtown Summerset

http://i381.photobucket.com/albums/oo254/simbeeps/TS2/Summerset/CityView3.jpg
~*~

Babolat85... WOW! That second shot of Shimizu's freeway is just awesome. And I think the haphazard farmlands are so unique! Great work!

[Jargon]

Posting in this thread for the first time.

I've been playing with building my own terrains for a while. I just finished this one and I have never been more pleased. I tend to favor very small buildable areas and I had to have a couple beach lots.

This was the result:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v734/Keijra/Sims%20shots/snapshot_00000008_d6c15c4b.jpg

The beachfront area is totally flat and allows for flat beach lots. The upper area is raised a bit and also flat to allow for an airport.

As soon as Photobucket stops maintaining itself I will post the decorated neighborhood.

I need a name for this little hamlet too.

[dallasindc]

nice job you guys!

[amora_selvagen]

I am starting to rebuild Pleasentview!!!

[~ParkerSims~]

Jargon, that terrain is really nice. :-)

[Jargon]

So this is my little neighborhood decorated so far.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v734/Keijra/Sims shots/Screenshot.jpg

I am drawing a complete blank on a name though. I can't keep calling this place Testing.

[CinnePin]

Wow, Jargon... I love your little hood!! And you did an amazing job decorating it! The center looks a little like a flower... (hint for name)

[Dozo_SC]

Babolat85, I love the shot of the train coming around the corner. Your neighborhood looks like a great place.

beeps, Great shot over the balcony, love the towers.

Jargon That neighborhood is wonderful, I always get stuck on names. Sometimes I try to name it with something to do what's in the neighborhood map. Very well thought out neighborhood!

[Jargon]

Thanks! I'm really proud of it. I tend to stick with small lots (nothing over 3x3) because my computer is on the slow side and gets laggy with anything larger.

[rubberduck3y6_SC]

Nice 'hoods all!

Babolat: Great as always and a nice idea to put the motorway on top of the railway bridges.

Jagon: Nice, compact looking neighbourhood, I can never think of names either! If you want to go with the flower idea suggested by CinnePin, I thinks Florasville sounds nice.

Elwood (last post of v2 thread): That looks like it's coming along nicely, a good start!

[melrosegirl]

@ amora_selvagen - Awesome rebuilding of Pleasantview! You've given me a few ideas (and inspiration!) from what you've done using Criquette's neighborhood deco. :D

[amora_selvagen]

@ amora_selvagen - Awesome rebuilding of Pleasantview! You've given me a few ideas (and inspiration!) from what you've done using Criquette's neighborhood deco. :D


I decide to play all new again...Criquette made Pleasentview less boring to me!! :D!!!!!

[Paradise]

Babolat - Amazing as always! I love the second shot and the way you used the hightway pieces. They just won't fit in my hood.
Boolpropped - very cute! I just have to admire the crisp clear photos you make *green with envy*
Jargon - Very nice hood! I guess you don't have to worry about gamelag or wait for it to load. I try so hard to keep my hoods small, but when I'm playtesting them I think they could be much smaller. Good job!
Amora_s - I love seeing pictures like this, they are such a great inspiration!

[maeve.2.0]

Great work everyone!

Jargon - Your neighborhood looks so adorable yet realistic. It just goes to show how decoration can make a huge difference to a hood. I can't think of any names though, I'm awful at that. I've been mulling over a name for my own hood for ages. Maybe you could use a town name generator?
Babolat85 - Beautiful neighborhood, so realistic. I love the freeway thingy stretching on for miles in the second pic, and I love how it looks more like a piece of land than a little isolated hood. Most hoods look like a bundle of houses in a large empty field of sort, whereas your hood looks like one part of a much bigger world. That sounds weird, I can't explain it well, either way I love it!
boolPropped - I like that shot; it looks really calm and serene. I've never been able to set my neighborhoods up in such a way that urban/suburban fit seamlessly together. Can you show us more of Summerset (that's the name, right)?
amora selvagen - You've really made Pleasantview look really different, very nice! I'm rebuilding Pleasantview myself, and I like that instead of moving the houses around and such (like I've done) you've focused on the neighborhood decorations (which I've been shamefully neglecting) instead.

[gonebynow_SC]

Babolat85, I love the highway and how you've placed the farmland! You always make awesome 'hoods. <3
boolPropped, I love your graphics, and the city looks amazing. :D
Jargon, that terrain is so cute, you've decorated it perfectly. I suck at names too, but it looks like it'd suit a floral name, as someone above me said. Good work on it. :lovestruc
amora_selvagen, that looks so awesome! If only Pleasantview always looked like that. I love how you've used things by Criquette. :D

Here's Milly, but I renamed it Riverbrook.. so here's Riverbrook. :P
It's still empty, but I'm slowly getting it filled up.
http://i41.tinypic.com/2qx3rc5.jpg

http://i43.tinypic.com/3519xua.jpg

[beeps]

Summerset (Overview)
For you, maeve!

As you can see, Summerset is sparsely populated at the moment. I've set it up so that residential lots are located west of the river, and the city area (including community lots and apartments) are located east of the river.

http://i381.photobucket.com/albums/oo254/simbeeps/TS2/Summerset/Summerset_overview1.jpg

http://i381.photobucket.com/albums/oo254/simbeeps/TS2/Summerset/Summerset4.jpg
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maeve... You're right with the name; it's called Summerset :D

gonebynow... Thanks! Riverbrook is an adorable town. I love the farmland areas!

[CinnePin]

boolPropped Wow, Summerset looks amazing! Is that were the Luckabees live?
gonebynow Love Riverbrook! Amazing job at decorating it!

[toesrnotbubbles]

Babolat: Geez. You never fail to amaze me. Love the highway shot, :)
BP: Summerset is adorable, <3
Jargon: Its so tiny!! Very cute.
Amora: Love how you redid Pleasentview, very creative.
Gonebynow: In one word, gorgeous, :D

Amazingly awesome neighborhoods everyone.

[Avaluna]

bP: That looks so great. Especially with that rainbow. ^_^ Which terrain do you use?

[amora_selvagen]

Oh Guys I love to hear all those compliments....I am so in love with pleasentview at the moment too!!! :D
Thank you!!!
The principal entrance from pleasentview is the river...And the Missing Bella park ;)(I am looking for a new name)

[Anyerfillag]

gonebynow and boolpropped - God those hoods are gorgeous :lovestruc

[amora_selvagen]

Gonebynow- Wow...amazing job!!!!

[simstate]

Wow - I'd love to move into any of these hoods posted here! Amazing!

[Criquette_SC]

Wow, third thread allready and some great shots too, neat! :D
Pity i can't find the question i've read few days ago in the previous thread, bus somebody was asking about appartment lots from my last pics.. I must say that yes - these buildings are from Old Fokshire 'hood and it's actually a residential lots since i have created it about a year ago when appartment life wasn't released yet :)
And Wildchild was also asking about a bus station from my last couple of pics.
Yes, yes it is - a bus station :) from my last set that is allready under moderation at MTS2 :) I even have another picture of it combined with a railway station :)

http://i39.tinypic.com/b4dqmg.jpg

Hope they will not moderate it too long, lol :D

[beeps]

boolPropped Wow, Summerset looks amazing! Is that were the Luckabees live?
Thanks! Actually, the Luckabee's do not live in Summerset (I wish they did!), but I might just have to move some of them over after I get through 10 generations ;)

bP: That looks so great. Especially with that rainbow. ^_^ Which terrain do you use?
It's called Tadstoke by Hazy13:
http://www.thesimsresource.com/downloads/details/category/sims2-hoods/title/Tadstoke/id/522767/

[Blake_SC]

Venison

It's somewhat of a Gilded Age Chicago meatpacking district locale, with the communist commune at the top right and the rest of the gritty buildings just below it.

Close to it are the nice homes (Monty and Baudelaire) and Briny Beach Restaurant.

http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i312/poplers/venison.jpg

[Avaluna]

Criquette: That looks great! I can't wait to download it.
bP: Thanks you! That's a really nice terrain. Too bad I can't make it my main hood, because I don't know how to move Sims... :)
Blake: Love it! It looks nice and cosy. I love small neighbourhoods. :)

[babolat85]

Criquette - Can't wait to try that out, I think the green busses (buses? Busii???) are my favourite.
Blake - I like Venison a lot. Nice little town.
amora - Wow, it looks great!

Still a work in progress
http://i409.photobucket.com/albums/pp178/TheBabolat/Shimizu/Satoshi%20Hakami/snapshot_0000000f_36c993f5.jpg

http://i409.photobucket.com/albums/pp178/TheBabolat/Shimizu/Satoshi%20Hakami/snapshot_0000000f_56c994b1.jpg

http://i409.photobucket.com/albums/pp178/TheBabolat/Shimizu/Satoshi%20Hakami/snapshot_0000000f_b6c9955e.jpg

http://i409.photobucket.com/albums/pp178/TheBabolat/Shimizu/Satoshi%20Hakami/snapshot_0000000f_f6c99522.jpg

[Blake_SC]

Thanks Avaluna and Babolat85! I really appreciate it. :)

and Babolat85, I love your neighborhood, it looks so cosmopolitan and hip - awesome. :D

[declandabest_SC]

blake i love the series of unfortunate events names ! any chance of a V.F.D. HQ ?

[linnulvklo]

Babolat: Really nice pics!


My current favourite neighborhood, still in progress: Coastal Edge

http://i44.tinypic.com/2n0rp5k.jpg

http://i42.tinypic.com/2n8dj4h.jpg

http://i40.tinypic.com/24lud5x.jpg

[amora_selvagen]

Thanks Babolat....You are one of my inspiration :)!!!!!
linnulvklo- Love your small hood!!!! :)

[Tenielle]

I love everyone's 'hoods. One day i will get around to posting my own.

boolpropped- I have used that terrain before- it is really great for background shots on the other side of the river.
Babolat- are you still using your Denali River terrain, or have you changed?
linnulvklo- I love your little 'hood. It is so quaint. What terrain are you using?

[babolat85]

Tenielle - Nah, I got slightly bored with Denali River/Rutherford/whatever else I called it, so I put that on the backburner and decided to start anew.
linnulvklo - Your town looks great! Looks like nearly every house has a view of the water. The church looks cute, too.

[linnulvklo]

Thanks amora, Tenielle and Babolat!

Tenielle: I'm using the Teardrop Island terrain, from MTS2 :)

[Soneen]

Thanks amora, Tenielle and Babolat!

Tenielle: I'm using the Teardrop Island terrain, from MTS2 :)

Hey linnulvklo, do you know who created the terrain, for I can not find it! :einstein

[Criquette_SC]

Babolat, that looks really cool! :D
Linnulvklo, ohh, autumn makes this tiny hood even more cute :)

...Here's a picture with some bridges from my current project:
http://i41.tinypic.com/r2rexw.jpg

Autumn comes too :)

[HRPuffNStuffAddict]

Babolat, that looks really cool! :D
Linnulvklo, ohh, autumn makes this tiny hood even more cute :)

...Here's a picture with some bridges from my current project:
http://i41.tinypic.com/r2rexw.jpg

Autumn comes too :)


Criquette, seeing your CC makes me proud to be a Sims 2 player lol! I wish I could marry you so I wouldn't have to wait for MTS2 to post your content for download! I've been stealing some of your hood designs for my own hood. Hope you don't mind! :cool:

[bopashu2]

Honestly Criquette you continue to freaking amaze me with such AWESOMENESS!

[Elwood]

There are so many cool projects now! Jawdropping stuff too. :)

[Criquette_SC]

HRPuffNStuffAddict, lol, you're the second who tells me about marriage because of my items :D But, i have a girlfriend allready so.. huh, sorry, lol :D
And thank you very mutch :)

Bopashu2, thanks! :D

Elwood, that's right! Last pics are great!

So i just want to show off another try to create a hood that i would play.. i meen, every time i start making a new neighborhood, i come up with another ideas that noes not fit the terrain i've created allready so most of the time i just start over again. This time i've decided to create a new terrain for bridges testing, but later i've realised that it could be great to make it real playable hood. So i've named it Dullfielde.
And here it is:

http://i41.tinypic.com/4jawlw.jpg

http://i43.tinypic.com/2rzopzp.jpg

http://i41.tinypic.com/73dmio.jpg

You may have noticed allready that it is the same terrain as in my previous pic. Worst thing about TS2 neighborhood terrain for me is a shore sand texture that does not fit in some layouts. Long time ago i was trying to replace the sand texture with something more like a grass or dark soil but i've failed. Now i think that in neighborhood mode, there is a shader (not texture) that gives a shore this bright sand look - i should try to figure it out later but any way - i've found the way to get rid of it.
As you know - there are 3 overlay grass textures in hood decos menu. They mask this ugly sand perfectly but they spoil the shore line by overlaying the water color. I've noticed that if you place any object below the water level and over this grass texture, the object hides it and water color looks okay again. So i've made a huge (100x100 tiles) brownish square and placed a couple of it a bit lower than water level to have these unwanted grass texture issues off but keeping all these water reflections on.
In the end, i have a good looking grassy shore line and the water looks like it's kinda dark and dull even close to the shore line (you can notice that at the pics above) - just exactly what i needed :) Didn't tested it in the lot and beach lot mode, but i will :)

[lmfjaxxon]

OMG! Criquette, I truly :lovestruc you :rofl:....That is so Awesome! You never cease to amaze me *Runs off and giggling like a school girl*.

[Paradise]

Criquette - Dullfielde looks amazing (not dull at all ;) ) The shorelines are outstanding, I've never seen anything look so real and natural in any neighborhoods before! You truly push limits when it comes to neighborhood building and your pictures are a big inspiration.

Linnulvklo - Coastal Edge looks great. I like how all the buildings have the almost the same colors. :)

Babolat85 - You are a building master! Love the modern city!

[Anyerfillag]

Criquette: There are no words to describe how fricken awesome that is - I am jealous of your skills!

[gonebynow_SC]

Wow, Criquette, that 'hood and those bridges look awesome! I've never liked the sandy beach shores either, but it sounds too confusing to change it. :P
You're amazing at creating neighbourhoods. :lovestruc

[Zepe]

Criquette, that is awesome! Any chance for you uploading the SC4 terrain?

[Criquette_SC]

lmfjaxxon, Oh, thank you! :D

Paradise, thanks! I really exited with these shores too finnaly! :) And the Dullfielde it's just kinda ironic name, just because it doesn't looks like a warm and shiny blue crystal clear water heaven, but still has it's charm allready ;)

Anyerfillag, thank you! Concerning skills, i must say tha as a former SC4 geek, i use my experience from SC4 while making a neighborhood :) Placing hood decos on a SC2 terrain is kinda placing props in the SC4 lot editor :)
For example, to have your flora look more natural while placing down the same tree or shrub i hold 'rotate' key to have it rotated every time i plop it at the new place. It gives a little bit more good looking variety to the flora and trees doesn't look like a cloned ones :)

Gonebynow, thanks! Huh, yes, i thought it would be easy to modd it (just like terrain textures), but i've failed, lol. Thanks again :)

Zepe, thank you! Umm, not sure about this. The map itself is totally boring since all the canals (and some other terraforming) was added using FT EP terraforming feature :)

Here's another couple of pictures of Dullfielde. No big deal, just want to show how it looks with walkways and pedestrian crossings removed from the Maxis's temperate road texture :)

http://i39.tinypic.com/ztskr8.jpg

http://i41.tinypic.com/2bsa6t.jpg

Now it looks more modest and rural without walkways and pedestrian crossings :) (i want to add some walkways using walkway pieces on some main streets) I've also made T and X intersection road corners rounded so for me it looks just right :)
You may also see this orange background behind the hood border - this is what i've talk about - a huge square that hides everything below the water level and gives the water this kind of look :)

[babolat85]

Criquette - And are you planning on sharing said T and X road corners? ;) Dullfielde looks great, with the mangrovey areas and the canals, it kinda reminds me of some non-descript town in South East Asia.

[Elwood]

While the topic is on sharing, if you were to upload that underwater texture it would be very nice.. ;) That beachline problem is very familiar to me as well and I've never been a fan of the watercolor in Sims2. :)

[Criquette_SC]

Babolat, i don't think so :) It's another road mod, these corners are not decorations, but... here (http://www.grape-frogg.com/no_walkways_on_temperate_roads.zip), you can try it out :)

Elwood, oh, sure! Here (http://www.grape-frogg.com/crqtt_dull_water_001.zip) you go :)

[Elwood]

Cool! Thanks!

Though I'm not sure if I would bathe in this river...: :D
http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/3112/polluted.jpg

Some other in progress pics (loads of houses missing..):

http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/3511/pic1pnm.jpg

http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/4427/pic2txe.jpg
Before anyone comments it, yes, I was inspired by Babolats highway bridges. ;)

[Midwintertears]

http://i371.photobucket.com/albums/oo160/Ronnie_Cat/neighbourhoodview1.jpg

A sub-hood to my mega-hood (because it's the only neighbourhood I play) which I started working on before getting AL.
I'm in love with the grass texture, although it doesn't work at all when on lots...

[Dozo_SC]

These neighborhood's are beautiful.

bab, your city seems like a really busy place. Trains, tall buildings and apartments. I love the whole feel about it. Great work.

linnulvklo, that little island is a beautiful place to have a small town like that.

Criquette, I've always loved your creations and neighborhoods. You've inspired me to build a new one.:)

Elwood, I don't think I'd swim in there either :lol:

Misty, that is such a cute rustic little place. The rain completely suits it. I love it.

[Criquette_SC]

Elwood, yes, water looks kinda dirty with this thing lol :D
Great pics any way! I quess you've reserved some space for brand new road bridges? ;)

Midwintertears, wow.. this place is amazing. It's allways hard to have a good balance between a clean and detailed look, but your pic is truly an example of a good balance! What did you use as the railway fence by the way? :)
Oh and witch subhood is this? I meen, downtown, university camp, or shoping centre? :)

Dozo, thank you!


And here some progress on a Dullfielde. This weekend i wasn't feel like i want to continue with bridges, so i was just messing around with my new neighborhood :)
The old part of Dullfielde is almost finished:

http://i41.tinypic.com/317axs0.jpg

http://i42.tinypic.com/5b1o9f.jpg

http://i43.tinypic.com/dy0iq.jpg

I've made some wired telegraph poles as a hood decos so i'll include 'em into the next set after bridges ;)

Edit:
Oh, and here's just an 'old photograph' styled piture made of Dullfielde lot mode snapshot:

http://i39.tinypic.com/2zefs7s.jpg

just for fun :)

[CinnePin]

WOW! Speechless! That doesn't even look like the sims 2. Really amazing!! I can't stop staring at the pictures!

[babolat85]

Criquette - D'oh, I downloaded the road thingy the other day and forgot to thank you, sorry! Dullefielde looks great! It looks like a real town :)
Midwinter - That picture is funky, the train without any carriages, and the lone house is oddly appealing :)
Elwood - FEEF! Just kidding.. Looks like it's going to be a very busy looking place.
Dozo - Thanks!

[jenba]

Stunning work, everyone. Wow.

This thread is incredibly inspiring, as always! I can see everyone's having fun with Criquette's deco! I am, too. I added a railway (and tiny train) to my 'hood-in-progress:

http://jenba.net/pics/gn0016.jpg

I forgot to add an engine to the train cars -- you can tell I don't ride trains very often. :-p

[babolat85]

jenba - Awesome neighbourhood. Looks very rural.

http://i409.photobucket.com/albums/pp178/TheBabolat/Shimizu/Satoshi%20Hakami/Newish/snapshot_0000000f_36d98644.jpg

http://i409.photobucket.com/albums/pp178/TheBabolat/Shimizu/Satoshi%20Hakami/Newish/snapshot_0000000f_56d9824a.jpg

http://i409.photobucket.com/albums/pp178/TheBabolat/Shimizu/Satoshi%20Hakami/Newish/snapshot_0000000f_b6d9826c.jpg

http://i409.photobucket.com/albums/pp178/TheBabolat/Shimizu/Satoshi%20Hakami/Newish/snapshot_0000000f_f6d98609.jpg

[Dozo_SC]

Criquette, that neighborhood is amazing. The colour scheme is very nice, and that must have taken forever to build all the houses.

jenba, love the map and pine trees. Well done so far :thumb:

babolat, it's a very pretty and colourful little city. I love it.

My work in progress neighborhood, Cadbury.
http://i613.photobucket.com/albums/tt211/dozosims/cadbury1.jpg

[Elwood]

Criquette Yeah, it needs some new bridges, the town council has been gathering funds for a new one as the old stone bridge is falling apart. ;)
Nice pics of Dullfielde too, loving the autumn colors. :) Did you make those concrete road barriers too?
Babolat It's not supposed to look busy really.. :D It's a transport hub for the area, but it's going to be a quiet town. :)
I like that neighborhood of yours, it's so unusual to see such high buildings in sims2. Especially the last two pictures are very cool. :)
Jenba That's a great picture! And the train looks good too, we have a lot of two piece train sets where I live. ;)
Dozo Cadbury certainly has a nice park area! :)

[amora_selvagen]

New pictures from Pleasentview(Belavista in portuguese)

[Blake_SC]

Venison!
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i312/poplers/clp35.jpg
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i312/poplers/clp33.jpg
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i312/poplers/clp29-1.jpg
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i312/poplers/clp34.jpg
And a nice little natural picture :3 (http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i312/poplers/clp32.jpg)

[LouBarratt88_SC]

Criquette- Wow :wow ! I wish I had the patience (and space on my hard drive!) to do something like this! Very good job :D .

[amora_selvagen]

I could someone tell me a good camera mod to take nice pics I cant get that close with the one i have! :(
Thank you !!!!

[blackdaisies]

I love what you guys have done to your neighbourhoods. I really want to be able to make a neighbourhood like that for my Sims but I'm too lazy to actually move them all to a better terrain (and to be honest, I'm a little scared of that mod! I don't want my Sims to get borked!)

[chowgilly]

I never fail to be amazed by this thread, i wish i had the patience to do my own.

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d107/chowgilly/snapshot_0000001c_16e55e12.jpg

I love the colour of the water here

[HRPuffNStuffAddict]

I never fail to be amazed by this thread, i wish i had the patience to do my own.

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d107/chowgilly/snapshot_0000001c_16e55e12.jpg

I love the colour of the water here


I think it looks exactly how water is in RL. It almost looks like the lagoon we have next to our town

[babolat85]

Chowgilly - Is that the Twiikii (or whatever the name is) terrain?

I got kinda bored with my Asian city for now, so I decided to go back and start a not-so-specialised neighbourhood. And as my old neighbourhood is safely stowed away, I came up with this.
So far I've only done some of the Decorations, once I've done that, I'll copy it to a new neighbourhood and start populating it.

Key....whatever
http://i409.photobucket.com/albums/pp178/TheBabolat/Keywhatever/snapshot_0000001d_b6e94d19.jpg

http://i409.photobucket.com/albums/pp178/TheBabolat/Keywhatever/snapshot_0000001d_36e94f01.jpg

http://i409.photobucket.com/albums/pp178/TheBabolat/Keywhatever/snapshot_0000001d_36e94da8.jpg

http://i409.photobucket.com/albums/pp178/TheBabolat/Keywhatever/snapshot_0000001d_f6e94d64.jpg

More 'ere (http://s409.photobucket.com/albums/pp178/TheBabolat/Keywhatever/).

[GoldenSimmer_SC]

Babolat! That is beautiful! *claps*

[vicarious70]

Babolat: wow!!! Now this is how EAXis should have created the n-hoods from the get go.

[Night Racer]

BAB
thats an amzing neighborhood...probobly your best yet. if it whould be possible to uplaod decorated hoods id love to have it .... but i hear its a pain and always has massive file sizes so ill have to live without it :(

your sims are very lucky to have you as there creator.

[treejen]

Midwintertears: Lovely shot, I love those trees (urgh, I still need to get BV).
Criquette: You must have a lot of patience, your work is amazing.
jenba: Beautiful, I like the pop of the bright trees all over :)
Babolat85: Those islands look like a great vacation spot, nice work.
Dozo: I like the square and the viewing platform, very cool.
Blake: It's packed to the brim! :D
chowgilly: Well, that's a beautiful photo :)

My humble little town, Salem:

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i144/treejen/sims/simssalem1.jpg

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i144/treejen/sims/simssalem3.jpg

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i144/treejen/sims/simssalem4.jpg

[toesrnotbubbles]

Oooh, such gorgeous hoods everyone!!
<3
As soon as my game decides to start working again, I'll post some picks of my new hood.

[Avaluna]

Criquette: Awesome. Your awesomeness is just so awesome!!!
treejen: I love Salem!! I really like that there are houses on those mountains. And lol at that car going up/down... :p

[hale_SC]

I'm so inspired by looking at this thread! You all have done a fantastic job on your neighborhoods!
treejen: I love love love the houses on the mountains.

[babolat85]

treejen - The town on the different levels is a really nifty idea.

MOAR of the The Keys. Yes, I suck at names.

http://i409.photobucket.com/albums/pp178/TheBabolat/The%20Keys/snapshot_00000005_b6eea4e2.jpg
http://i409.photobucket.com/albums/pp178/TheBabolat/The%20Keys/snapshot_00000005_d6eea612.jpg
http://i409.photobucket.com/albums/pp178/TheBabolat/The%20Keys/snapshot_00000005_d6eea55e.jpg
http://i409.photobucket.com/albums/pp178/TheBabolat/The%20Keys/snapshot_00000005_b6eea468.jpg

[Paradise]

Babolat - great work!! I really like the last two shots!! Your sims will have a wonderful view :)

[beatdoc16]

Oooh I don't think I've ever posted in this thread before, I am AMAZED at everyone's neighbourhoods!
... just my current hood project, Lyric Falls.

Lyric Falls Bay

http://i402.photobucket.com/albums/pp101/beatdoc16/Lyric-Falls-Bay.jpg

Babolat - Wow, I love that! The boat harbor area looks fantastic!!
treejen - Those different levels in Salem are awesome! Love the little rural area.
chowgilly - That water colour is brilliant! How did you get it?
Blake - Venison looks wonderful! I really like the compact, urban vibe.
Dozo - Mmmmm I just want to eat Cadbury all up :D
jenba - Jaw drop on floor. Wow. Your hood looks so realistic!
Criquette - Simply awesome. Your hoods and deco inspire me so much. Really fantastic work!

[Gypsy_Kate]

That's absolutely stunning, beatdoc16!

Babolat, the 3rd and 4th pictures look so real!

[dallasindc]

hey babolat, how about Key Ridge or Keystone?

...on second thought, they sound lame...

[blackdaisies]

Babolat and Beatdoc... amazing hoods. I wish my hood had oceanside properties now. :)

[ar2593]

(Sorry for the picture quality, i was in a rush)

My 'custom' made neighbourhood: (Its just downloaded lots updated and placed together lol)

http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/7614/portmontaeuf.jpg

I havent got a good name for it yet.

I think i need to get a better picture though.

[kayleigh83]

Welcome to Bridgemont, my first fully-planned built up subhood (shopping district!) :) Work in progress but so far I love it!

http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r96/kayleigh83/Sims2ep92009-04-1619-14-51-08.jpg
http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r96/kayleigh83/Sims2ep92009-04-1619-15-27-20.jpg
http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r96/kayleigh83/Sims2ep92009-04-1619-15-43-81.jpg

[babolat85]

kayleigh - What a nice looking neighbourhood :)
ar2593 - Like I said in the House thread, nice 'hood.
beatdoc - Dang, that's beautiful! Everything looks so incorported :)

More of The Keys
http://i409.photobucket.com/albums/pp178/TheBabolat/Daily%20Lives%20of%20Keys/snapshot_00000005_96f65a98.jpg
http://i409.photobucket.com/albums/pp178/TheBabolat/Daily%20Lives%20of%20Keys/snapshot_00000005_96f65a7f.jpg
http://i409.photobucket.com/albums/pp178/TheBabolat/Daily%20Lives%20of%20Keys/snapshot_00000005_96f65ab6.jpg

[Ixi_the_Great]

Babolat, the keys are awesome!!

Random little shots of a little neighborhood.

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b173/Ixi_the_Great/Sims/snapshot_00000001_96f76f14.jpg

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b173/Ixi_the_Great/Sims/snapshot_00000001_b6f76e6b.jpg

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b173/Ixi_the_Great/Sims/snapshot_00000001_36f76ee5.jpg

[kayleigh83]

Cute neighborhood Ixi, looks very woodsy and secluded!

[Tenielle]

Hamilton Bay

http://i451.photobucket.com/albums/qq239/tenielle84/Miscellaneous/Sims2ep92009-04-2421-18-30-25.jpg

I have been working on this neighborhood for the past couple of days, and love how it has turned out. It is still not finished- needs some more decorating on the outer parts, but I'm very happy with how it's progressing.

Everyone has great neighborhoods- this is one of my favourite threads!

[vicarious70]

Wow Tenielle, Hamilton Bay looks awesome.

[kayleigh83]

Hamilton bay looks great! Well planned out I can see :).

[paula_add2]

Wow guys!! I wish I had the pacience to stay and do all that... I still play PleasantView or BelladonaCove LOL.

[RILEYYYYY]

Tenielle: That looks beautiful! Where did you download that terrain?

[amora_selvagen]

This is my new Hood wheremyself sim is thinking to live in ;) just start to decorate!!!!

[Tenielle]

Thanks for the compliments, guys.

Tenielle: That looks beautiful! Where did you download that terrain?

Riley- The terrain is Autumn Bay (http://gethanesims.prismbaby.com/index.php?pg=./neighborhoods/autumnbay) at Gethane Sims (http://gethanesims.prismbaby.com/). It's one of my favourites.

Edit- I did use the terraform option in-game to flatten out the areas where I built, as I wanted it all level :)

[treejen]

beatdoc16: Gorgeous, all of the docks and the pier.
ar2593: That's a big neighborhood! You're filling it up well.
Ixi_the_Great: Out in the boonies, very nice.
Tenielle: Hamilton Bay is amazing, it's filled up so well and looks lively.
kayleigh83: Looks really pretty, I like the mix of trees.
amora_selvagen: The water looks sooo pretty!

Salem got a mini-makeover:

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i144/treejen/sims/simssalemview1.jpg

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i144/treejen/sims/simssalemview2.jpg

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i144/treejen/sims/simssalemview3.jpg

[Shrewsbury333_SC]

http://i39.tinypic.com/og582.jpg

http://i42.tinypic.com/2hqwj1i.jpg

http://i40.tinypic.com/audxcp.jpg

[vicarious70]

Your hood looks wonderful, shrewsbury. Do you have a name for it?

[Nimi]

Wow... I never fail to be amazed when I browse this thread. You all have such wonderful worlds!

Criquette, you are the master. Enough said. :) One photo looks just like Amsterdam! I have a few questions for you though but I will come to that in a minute.
Babolat, you work very quick and your new projects look like they've existed all the time. I like the pier of rocks with the lighthouse at the tip in your marina. Also, it's very beachy, not fairytale beachy with lots of white sand and palms, but realistic beachy with a lot of piers. I can almost smell the salt and the roasted shrimps. And the bridges make me chuckle. They look like massive, man-made waves.
Beatdoc, I had no idea you were working on such a cuuute bay. It is lush, small, and has everything you'd want. The Sims that live there must have a lovely view!
Tenielle, Hamilton Bay looks massive! Did you achieve that in a couple days? I take my hat off for you. It looks really lush and I like how there seem to be different areas.
Treejen, Salem looks like a nice town. The different levels are a fun approach and I like how the shopping street is lined with banners, am I right?

And everyone else who showed their work, I really enjoyed the glimpse in your games! My collection of pretty and inspiring pictures has grown considerably in the past few minutes :D

My work in progress
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v308/SterrenLicht/snapshot_00000022_76e403a2.jpg
I found out about this really nice terrain through the previous version of this thread, I believe. When I put it in my game and started looking around, I just couldn't stop decorating :D


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v308/SterrenLicht/snapshot_00000022_16e40392.jpg



And here's my question. Like you can see on this picture, Criquettes deco doesn't match the texture of my roads. It also floats above the ground.
Is this normal? Do others experience this too? Do you, Criquette, use some sort of road mod that matches the colour of your deco? (The one you posted a page back, perhaps?)
I would really love to use the deco as it really enhances (will enhance) the hood, but it's hard to incorporate if the buses float :hmm: :laugh:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v308/SterrenLicht/snapshot_00000022_d6e3fa01.jpg

[toesrnotbubbles]

Woahz, look at all of these amazing hoods!! :O
I'll just comment on the hoods on this page, cuz it would take me FOREVER to dish out all of the compliments for the entire thread (did that make sense? sorry if it didn't. i'm sick and the medicine is sorta making me feel funny. luckily i don't have swine flu though. ANYWAY)
babolat: I'm so jealous, :P Your so talented at making hoods and houses! The Keys are amazing, so pretty and relaxing!
beatdoc: Lyric Falls Bay is tiny, and cute!! Gorgeous.
ar2593: Its beautiful, I love it.
kayleigh: Amazing, the placement and mix of trees is awesome.
amora: Its so tropical! The water is GORGEOUS.
treejen: OHMYGOSH. Its awesome! The multiple levels are so cool, and the use of banners is cool.
shrewsberry: o.O I love it!! Did you build the buildings yourself, or are they downloaded? I love the placement of them!
nimi: I love the way the terrain is decorated! And I seem to have that problem with Criquettes deco as well, its kind of frustrating since they're just so amazing!
tenielle: Hamilton Bay is huge, and gorgeous!!

Mkay, since this is a picture thread... Heres some snaps of my For Sims By Sims hood, West Forks. Its the Incy Isle (http://forums.modthesims2.com/download.php?t=116853) terrain, with a few modifications. I based it slightly off JadeEliotts terrain for Island of Thyme.


Lighthouse Rocks
http://i565.photobucket.com/albums/ss98/toesrnotbubbles/WestForksLighthouseandRocks-1.jpg

Hule Waterfall and the Wind Turbines
http://i565.photobucket.com/albums/ss98/toesrnotbubbles/WestForksWaterfall-1.jpg

Overview
http://i565.photobucket.com/albums/ss98/toesrnotbubbles/WestForksOverview-1.jpg

Front of the Island
http://i565.photobucket.com/albums/ss98/toesrnotbubbles/WestForksFrontView-1.jpg

Sorry the images are so low quality, I'll upload some better quality ones in a bit and replace them.

[Nimi]

toesrnotbubbles, good to know it's not just me! And thank you. Your West Forks is looking lovely. It really seems to have different areas with each a different feel. It kind of reminded me of Jade's Thyme, and then I saw your note, hehe. I can see the inspiration, but you incorporated it slightly differently in your own way. Nice! And I like the way you've used the embankments with the stairs and the piers. :)

[kayleigh83]

Update on Bridgemont!! Thanks to a tip-off from the lovely Beatdoc, I downloaded a mod to replace all the default Maxis grass with a much brighter, deeper green! I looove the way it looks, so lush and gorgeous! Here's some shots of it with that. :)

http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r96/kayleigh83/Sims2ep92009-04-3007-36-30-31.jpg

http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r96/kayleigh83/Sims2ep92009-04-3007-36-17-62.jpg

[Penguindude]

Well, i've been a lurker in this thread for the past 2, so i mights as well contribute. This is mount edmund.(im not good with naming lol) IM still working on jamesville, the town on the south side of the mountain.
http://img197.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=74203_mounted1_122_923lo.jpg

[Model_Material]

oh baby! bridgemont is booming kayleigh :D
loving the new grass too.

[kitkat3195]

kayleigh:Bridgemont is looking fantastic! Where did you get that lovely grass mod?

[kayleigh83]

Right here (http://modthesims2.com/download.php?t=171302)! It's a looovely thing to have!

[kitkat3195]

Thankyou soooo much!

[toesrnotbubbles]

Oooo, loving the new grass, so lush and refreshing kayleigh83. And thanks,:)
penguindude, Mount Edmund is very lovely. Very rural.

[Tenielle]

kayleigh- Bridgemont looks fantastic. I can't wait to see it when you're finished.

[blackdaisies]

I've been going through these threads more than any of the threads in the picture forums because I'm fascinated and amazed by what people do here. All these pics are so inspiring.

I can't be bothered with Sim City so I grabbed the "sample" template and finally used Hoodreplace to alter the landscape.

This is what it looked like before (http://sims.blackdaisies.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/snapshot_00000004_969fbc1d.jpg). All my mostly played buildings were tucked into one block in a corner.

Here is SimTopi now, and I'm pleased. This layout makes more sense for my city.

http://sims.blackdaisies.com/stuff/simtopi_01.jpg

I now have a "bad end" of town.
http://sims.blackdaisies.com/stuff/simtopi_02.jpg

http://sims.blackdaisies.com/stuff/simtopi_03.jpg

I included this shot as more of a tribute to Criquette and all the awesome work he does. It's just the "modest" embankment, but for some reason having it in my hood makes me really happy. :D
http://sims.blackdaisies.com/stuff/simtopi_04.jpg

It's a work in progress. I have more room for more lots now. Wheee!

[Elwood]

Embankments for teh win! :D

Great pictures everyone! (Still haven't got much to contribute with myself) :)

[prettydeep]

All these amazing hoods!

I'm still yet to use those embankments but they make the hood look so realistic!

I love that grass replacement too. I wasn't even aware that such a thing existed but thank you for the link, Kayleigh83.

[kayleigh83]

Oooh gorgeous hood blackdaisies! I love it!! I can see you like playing apartments! :D

[blackdaisies]

hehe, thanks. Yes, I love playing apartments. Except I'm really weird that I build or download places and just plop one playable family in it. I've yet to fill an apartment with playables.

[pennysims]

Your neighbourhood looks absolutely amazing, blackdaisies!

[Anebrd]

blackdaisies, I agree with all the others that neighborhood is so pretty.
kayleigh83 I like your town. Looks very peaceful.
Penguindude I like the wild forest.

Here is downtown Hansburg. Hansburg is just a quiet little town.
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y245/Modya/sims%202/DOWNTOWN.jpg

[Dozo]

Warrow in it's early stages of rebuilding.

http://i720.photobucket.com/albums/ww206/dozosims2/selfsim2.jpg

http://i720.photobucket.com/albums/ww206/dozosims2/Selfsim1.jpg

[Blaise Parker]

Absolutely beautiful, Wozo.

[kristelparv]

Dozo- Warrow is just amazing! I love the roads. May I ask where did you get them?:)

[Shrewsbury333]

This is another neigh im doing building by building :D

Is not finnished yet

http://i41.tinypic.com/2ekt65z.jpg


By the way... THIS NEW FORUM SKIN IS HORRIBLE! :S

[vicarious70]

shrewsbury, it looks amazing so far, can't wait till it's completed. ;)

[Criquette]

Hello, guys :)
Great pics every one! I'm still around here. I even played TS2 last night, and have some pics to show :)
http://i40.tinypic.com/20krthg.jpg

http://i40.tinypic.com/120mq1u.jpg

http://i42.tinypic.com/1zlanw9.jpg

http://i44.tinypic.com/15md1yu.jpg

Oh, if someone still intrested in these telegraph poles, here (http://grape-frogg.com/crqtt_telegraph_poles.zip) they are ;)

[Aled]

Criquette, that's a really realistic neighborhood :)
May I ask how you get the water turn gray-ish in color?

[Criquette]

Criquette, that's really a realistic neighborhood :)
May I ask how you get the water turn gray-ish in color?

Thank you, Aled :) This kind of water is possible by using this experimental decoration (http://www.grape-frogg.com/crqtt_dull_water_001.zip). Just place it a little below the water level. It will give the water dully looking effect :)

[Aled]

TYVM, nice job. :)

[Paradise]

Wee!! Telegraph poles!! Thanks Criquette! And I'm glaring with a microscope hoping to catch whatever you are making next O_o Thats what you get when you make cool stuff I want!

Shrewsbury - looks very cool :D Maybe you could make a diagonal building and add to the city. Probably not very playable, but I think it would make the town less square. Either way - awesome buildings! :D

[Shrewsbury333]

Shrewsbury - looks very cool :D Maybe you could make a diagonal building and add to the city. Probably not very playable, but I think it would make the town less square. Either way - awesome buildings! :D


Yeah, but the streets only can be straights...
Maybe in Sims 3 this thing changes... soon i going to get it :D

[Criquette]

Paradise, thank you! :D I'm sure that there's nothing more that poles in those four pics :)

Shrewsbury, you've done it great even with orthogonal streets! I'm also looking forward to curved ones in TS3, this feature is my favourite in this upcoming game :)

... And i'll continue showing some pics of Dullfielde. Since this is a last TS2 'hood i'm working on (next will be TS3 i hope) i've decided to add some functional subhoods into it. First subhood is a university. Some how i've came up with some kind of a postapocalyptic concept of Dullfielde as a science town. Huge zombie problem is a fictional reality of simworld that Dullfielde is a part of. After big war against zombies, regional goverment decides to prevent zombie attack by controlling them with some kind of giant transmitters. One of these transmitters is situated in Dullfielde.

http://i41.tinypic.com/afca50.jpg

Have no idea how it actually works but it keeps zombies away from the transmitter in 300 km radius :) So it allows normal citizens to live as peacefull as it possible in this reality.

http://i44.tinypic.com/2132is.jpg

The subhood itself is still in progress. In addition to zombies controller, this area will also work as a research center, and some kind of educational institution where sims will be able to get their university graduation. So i'll add a couple of dorms to it :)

http://i41.tinypic.com/vr7gh3.jpg

Freaky story, isn't it? :D

[lewjen]

Oh wow criquette!!! That's a pretty good/freaky story.

[Criquette]

Thanks Lewjen! :)

Oh, and i'm also experimenting with global horizon decoration:

http://i39.tinypic.com/xcrsb7.jpg

http://i39.tinypic.com/2zisy1h.jpg

I was allways annoyed by the hood borders, so i think this is a hint. It does have some limitations though, but most important thing is that it doesn't affect ingame sky. Does anybody would be intrested in the set of few horizons for different kind of terrains and landscapes/skylines? :)

[Paradise]

:bunny: Yes YES I want it!! :bunny:

I love those horizons :lovestruc Much better than the usual bright blue paint color. I'm guessing you can only have one version, right? Like a default replacement?

ok - starting my game now. I got a new hood I really like to show off. Probably look very boring next to yours Criquette :p

[Anyerfillag]

Criquette: I am always amazed by what you do, and enjoy every post you make. My hoods are filled with your creations :lovestruc I love the Zombie Hood, and I would love love to have those horizon decorations :D

[Criquette]

Paradise, thanks :) And.. no! You can use different versions for each hood without needing to restart the game :) It's not a mod that replaces the default it's just a huge deco that goes beyond the hood square :) There will be at least 4 variations of it for different terrain types, may be some snowy versions.. okay, okay, don't want to spoil the thread, i'll give more info in my journal :)
Anyerfillag, thank you! Glad that you find my stuff useful :)

[coltraz]

Criquette, holy shit, that looks great! It sort of reminds me of a Spore planet. Except nicer looking, and less boring. ;)

[Criquette]

Coltraz, thanks a lot! :) Didn't play Spore by the way :D

Okay, okay, last pic

http://i43.tinypic.com/33ypcie.jpg

Somebody, stop me, lol :D

[SofieAmalieN]

http://i588.photobucket.com/albums/ss323/SofieAmalieN2/snapshot_00000017_1720aef9.jpg

Hogsmeade
pre decorations and good community lots.

[Tempscire]

Paradise, thank you! :D I'm sure that there's nothing more that poles in those four pics :)

Not even those angled pale dirt road-looking things? :giggler: (Also, did you ever upload the regular telephone poles visible in the Dullfielde pics that showed off your new bridges? Please please do. :anime:)

So much amazingness... I shall miss your TS2 hoods once S3 is out.

[KSpiffy]

I think Criquette uploaded the telephone poles on the last page, Tempscire? ^_^

Just wanted to say you all have really, really amazing beautiful neighborhoods. I've started messing around with the terrain and decorations in one of my own hoods, and it's not nearly as good. :D It's amazing what you guys can do.

[Tempscire]

I think Criquette uploaded the telephone poles on the last page, Tempscire? ^_^

I thought those were just the telegraph poles. (Wait, why'd I say telephone originally? Electric. Bah.--Or am I just getting confused by semantics?) Unless that's the "telegraph poles electric line" file, in which case I'm horribly silly. :p

I was trying to spot the ones from this post (http://www.modthesims2.com/showpost.php?p=2353409&postcount=56) in the most recent pictures, in any event.

Edit: pft, now I see them. Conclusion: I am horribly silly but don't care. Viva the power lines!

[Alma70]

Criquette
You're truly amazing! Really love everything you do and I sooo wish I had your talent.

[babolat85]

Criquette - The things you come up with never cease to amaze me. The transmitter thingy looks like something Cold War era, and the horizon is just...wow. It makes the neighbourhoods really seem as though they're just a small part of a much larger world.
SofieAmalie - Is that the Pleasantview terrain? The shot looks good with the bridge in the foreground.

More of The Keys
http://i409.photobucket.com/albums/pp178/TheBabolat/The%20Robinsons/New%20Malachi/Town/snapshot_00000005_b729a31b.jpg

http://i409.photobucket.com/albums/pp178/TheBabolat/The%20Robinsons/New%20Malachi/Town/snapshot_00000005_f729a412.jpg

http://i409.photobucket.com/albums/pp178/TheBabolat/The%20Robinsons/New%20Malachi/Town/snapshot_00000005_5729a373.jpg

http://i409.photobucket.com/albums/pp178/TheBabolat/The%20Robinsons/New%20Malachi/Town/snapshot_00000005_1729a362.jpg

[Wildchild453]

Lovely shots, ya'll

[pennysims]

Criquette: I would LOVE to have some global horizon decoration! I've always hated the 'hood borders. Also I love all the pictures of yours, you're very inspiring.

. . .

http://i561.photobucket.com/albums/ss54/pennysimming/Sims%203/A11.jpg

http://i561.photobucket.com/albums/ss54/pennysimming/Sims%203/A18.jpg

http://i561.photobucket.com/albums/ss54/pennysimming/Sims%203/A19.jpg

http://i561.photobucket.com/albums/ss54/pennysimming/Sims%203/A26.jpg

[Alma70]

pennysims

Wow, lovely pictures, I so want to get The Sims 3 now but I need a new PC before I can get it. =(

[pennysims]

Thanks Alma :) I like the scenery in TS3 but otherwise I'm not so impressed. I hope you'll like the game when you get the chance to play it!

A few more pictures:

http://i561.photobucket.com/albums/ss54/pennysimming/Sims%203/A13.jpg

http://i561.photobucket.com/albums/ss54/pennysimming/Sims%203/A12.jpg

http://i561.photobucket.com/albums/ss54/pennysimming/Sims%203/A23.jpg

http://i561.photobucket.com/albums/ss54/pennysimming/Sims%203/A27.jpg

[Azrive]

wow.....im so glad im getting ts3 tomorrow =3
gonna go wild on houses ===333

[omega5ooo]

Amazing stuff, pennysims. Really beautiful shots.
I've kind of put off exploring the environment because of annoying lags. I refuse to turn down the graphic settings though! XD

[Wildchild453]

The scenery looks like the most amazing part of the game. So lush

[mishibob]

I took some pictures from the sims 3,I love the graveyard at night!

graveyard 1 (http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a260/embie/sims/sims%203/Screenshot-17.jpg)

graveyard 2 (http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a260/embie/sims/sims%203/Screenshot-18.jpg)

from the graveyard looking at lighthouse (http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a260/embie/sims/sims%203/Screenshot-19.jpg)

beach (http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a260/embie/sims/sims%203/Screenshot-29.jpg)

close up of lighthouse (http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a260/embie/sims/sims%203/Screenshot-30.jpg)
I wanted to see how close I could get to it,haha.

sunny valley (http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a260/embie/sims/sims%203/Screenshot-31.jpg)

edit: You can zoom if you click on the image.

[coltraz]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/castrostaal/sims%203/landscbirds.jpg

I like this! Hot air balloon, birds, and a plane.

Here's a closeup of the balloon. No Bella in this one. ;) http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/castrostaal/sims%203/habaoon.jpg

And here's a cave I spotted tonight which has a bunch of rocks scattered outside. Check out the blinking eyes - ooo! http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/castrostaal/sims%203/eyesincave.jpg

[mishibob]

Oh my God that is scary. :(

edit: Just so I don't seem off topic,here are a few pictures.

neighborhood at night (http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a260/embie/sims/sims%203/Screenshot.jpg)

graveyard during day (http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a260/embie/sims/sims%203/Screenshot-66.jpg)

hills at dawn (http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a260/embie/sims/sims%203/Screenshot-50.jpg)

hills at dawn 2 (http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a260/embie/sims/sims%203/Screenshot-51.jpg)

[Nissun]

The only Sims 3 thing that has made me envious so far is the neighborhood view :P It also motivated me, as I've been weeks considering building a decent neighborhood for once and all. I also rescued my sims 2 for the PS2 and played for a while, just to enjoy a nice neighborhood view. And I tried to replicate the Rockwell Acres:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v437/Viki/Sims/snapshot_00000003_9737cfe4.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v437/Viki/Sims/snapshot_00000003_9737d3ff.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v437/Viki/Sims/snapshot_00000003_b737d77a.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v437/Viki/Sims/snapshot_00000003_9737d98b.jpg

It looks nothing like the place on the ps2 game. The hills are too high, but they are the closest thing I've been able to create in simcity.

[coltraz]

Nice Riverview pix. I tried to play Riverview and it was SO SLOW. I think it was just doing an initial load and maybe putting back my cache files I had deleted. (Maybe...? :/) but either way, it made me sort of reluctant to start the 'hood since!

[vicarious70]

Beatdoc: Those landscape pics are beautiful, just amazing. I can't wait to get my computer back up and running, looking at everyones pics is making it very hard to be patient. :cry:

[pennysims]

Trying to keep TS2 threads alive ;)

http://i561.photobucket.com/albums/ss54/pennysimming/Sims%202/Build%20a%20City%20Challenge/Secret%20Garden/04secretgarden.jpg

http://i561.photobucket.com/albums/ss54/pennysimming/Sims%202/Build%20a%20City%20Challenge/Secret%20Garden/10secretgarden.jpg

http://i561.photobucket.com/albums/ss54/pennysimming/Sims%202/Build%20a%20City%20Challenge/Secret%20Garden/01secretgarden.jpg

http://i561.photobucket.com/albums/ss54/pennysimming/Sims%202/Build%20a%20City%20Challenge/Secret%20Garden/09secretgarden.jpg

[blackdaisies]

Wow Pennysims that is really amazing. It looks scenery taken with a tilt-shift camera. :D I love it.

[SBE]

The neighborhood thread is my favorite, I love seeing all the cool hoods. Its sad the threads have slowed down so much since TS3 came out. Wish I had some hood building skills so I could add to the thread.

pennysims - thats just crazy pretty.

[WinterMoon]

Oh wow, Penny, that looks like real miniature models, not computer game screens. How did you get it to look like that? Is it one of the lightning hacks, or is it a photoshop trick?

[pennysims]

Thanks blackdaisies, SBE and WinterMoon :)

WinterMoon - I do use a lighting hack but it doesn't affect the neighbourhood view (unfortunately). In the first picture sky is (badly :D) photoshopped, otherwise it pretty much look like that in-game.

[blackdaisies]

I still can't really compete with any of the awesome neighbourhoods in this thread, but this was kinda neat:

http://sims.blackdaisies.com/stuff/simtopi_06.jpg

I just installed Gunmod's camera hacks and was having a happy fit because I was able to take a decent pic of the skyline (also reminds me that I need moar skyscraper deco). Anyhoo, I think while I was doing that some random schmuck just got abducted....

http://sims.blackdaisies.com/stuff/simtopi_05.jpg

I've never been able to screencap that before :D

[mustang34]

Blackdaises your neighborhood looks great! I like it.
Babolat you awe me. Your houses and 'hoods are so detailed and realistic!

Anyway here's my work in progress of the Downtown that came with NL. Thank you Criquette for all the great stuff.

http://i367.photobucket.com/albums/oo118/wooten34/downtown.png

[pennysims]

blackdaisies: It looks fantastic! It's always a pleasure to see your pictures :)

. . .

http://i561.photobucket.com/albums/ss54/pennysimming/Sims%202/Build%20a%20City%20Challenge/Bentzer/12.jpg

http://i561.photobucket.com/albums/ss54/pennysimming/Sims%202/Build%20a%20City%20Challenge/Bentzer/13.jpg

[Tenielle]

blackdaisies and Penny, your neighborhoods are awesome.

I revamped Hamilton Bay after the neighborhood glitched, and I'm very happy with how it turned out.

http://i451.photobucket.com/albums/qq239/tenielle84/The%20City%20of%20Hamilton%20Bay/Sims2EP92009-07-2321-12-52-62.jpg

http://i451.photobucket.com/albums/qq239/tenielle84/The%20City%20of%20Hamilton%20Bay/Sims2EP92009-07-2321-14-02-33.jpg

http://i451.photobucket.com/albums/qq239/tenielle84/The%20City%20of%20Hamilton%20Bay/Sims2EP92009-07-2321-16-45-93.jpg

http://i451.photobucket.com/albums/qq239/tenielle84/The%20City%20of%20Hamilton%20Bay/Sims2EP92009-07-2321-16-55-77.jpg

[Fanaticsimmer]

Tenielle[b], [b]Pennysims and Blackdaisies: your work is fanatastic. Makes it look like Sims 2 scenery > Sims 3 scenery :P

[OVERLORD_CHAOS!]

http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/8538/barrio.jpg

[Sparklycookie]

Gorgeous neighourhoods everyone! I would so live in them if I was a Sim.

Merry Isle
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x25/colaspictures/MerryIsle4809.jpg
This is all I've done so far.

[Nimi]

I'm so sorry to see that this thread has died a little.. Used to love seeing everyone's neighbourhoods.

Penny, Tenielle: Your hoods look lovely, like I've commented before :)
Blackdaisies: Those are really cool shots, the UFO in particular is something I've never seen before!
Sparkle: That is such a cute little neighbourhood! I like the green feeling and the farm fields. I'd like to see what you're going to do with it :)


And now for some pictures to even out this post and to liven this thread up a little:

WIP: Tifford
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v308/SterrenLicht/Sims/snapshot_00000022_b7568bd7.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v308/SterrenLicht/Sims/snapshot_00000022_d7563ff0.jpg

And another WIP, but this time an upgrade project for the medieval village, Tinn:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v308/SterrenLicht/Sims/snapshot_00000005_f764b0e1.jpg

[kayleigh83]

I'm droooooling over the neighborhoods in this thread!! I'm just about to go load up Bridgemont and do some sprucing up now that I've seen it!! Excellent job everyone!

Edit:

So I went ahead and DID some of that sprucing up - I am liking it more and more! I downloaded a camera mod so I was able to get right up close and in at angles I couldn't before to get hood deco in. Still a work in progress but I am liking it a lot so far. :D And I'm loving the angles I can get with free cam now too....

http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r96/kayleigh83/Sims2ep92009-08-0515-06-30-04.jpg

http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r96/kayleigh83/Sims2ep92009-08-0515-06-19-43.jpg

http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r96/kayleigh83/Sims2ep92009-08-0515-06-52-13.jpg

http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r96/kayleigh83/Sims2ep92009-08-0515-07-23-08.jpg

[pennysims]

Nimi & Tenielle: As you already know, I love your 'hoods :)
kayleigh83: I love what you've done with that neighbourhood. The angle of the last shot is amazing.

[Tenielle]

Nimi and kayleigh- I love what you guys have done with your 'hoods. They look great. Looking forward to seeing more!

[888mph]

This is a bad screencap because of the Lots Bin blocking up the bottom, and I was on another computer, but:

http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/2729/23325332.jpg

Welcome to New Angeles City!

[Tenielle]

Snowy Hamilton Bay
http://i451.photobucket.com/albums/qq239/tenielle84/The%20City%20of%20Hamilton%20Bay/Sims2EP92009-08-2219-00-38-60.jpg
http://i451.photobucket.com/albums/qq239/tenielle84/The%20City%20of%20Hamilton%20Bay/Sims2EP92009-08-2218-59-52-80.jpg
http://i451.photobucket.com/albums/qq239/tenielle84/The%20City%20of%20Hamilton%20Bay/Sims2EP92009-08-2219-00-11-30.jpg
http://i451.photobucket.com/albums/qq239/tenielle84/The%20City%20of%20Hamilton%20Bay/Sims2EP92009-08-2219-01-13-74.jpg

[Exxy]

Tenielle: Hamilton Bay is gorgeous! If I had that many lots in my 'hood and snow, it'd probably explode :P

[zaxis]

wow, Hamilton bay looks great! Loving the winter pictures. :)

[Tenielle]

Thanks, Exxy & zaxis! Glad you like them. :)

[Anyerfillag]

Tenielle: That first picture of the bay is just gorgeous :lovestruc

[vicarious70]

Tenielle, Hamilton Bay looks beautiful in winter.

[kustirider2]

My new neighbourhood, Completely inspired by Teinelle!

http://i32.tinypic.com/15qdemu.jpg

http://i32.tinypic.com/2i11u6o.jpg

http://i26.tinypic.com/1zc3eyf.jpg

http://i30.tinypic.com/15hh0s6.jpg

(It's still very much a WIP)

[Tenielle]

Awww, Kusti, it's nice to have inspired someone! Does the neighborhood have a name? I love the first pic- the 'hood will look fabulous when you're done. Make sure you keep us updated :)

[kustirider2]

Awww, Kusti, it's nice to have inspired someone! Does the neighborhood have a name? I love the first pic- the 'hood will look fabulous when you're done. Make sure you keep us updated :)

I think I copied you a little bit :p
I haven't got a name for it yet.. I'm open to suggestions ;)

[amora_selvagen]

Teniellevale...my sugestion :)

[rome_raven]

I so miss seeing everyone's neighbourhood. They're looking wonderful. Here are a couple of shots of a neighbourhood I just started up (post computer crash).

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y287/cassie341/FoundersIsleNeighbourhood02.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y287/cassie341/FoundersIsleNeighbourhood.jpg (Had to link it, I couldn't get it to resize)

[amora_selvagen]

I found a old folder and decide to play again with this hood...ESPERANçA!!!

[Tenielle]

Teniellevale...my sugestion :)

amora_slevagen- I just snorted my tea all over my computer screen!

rome_raven- That is such a lovely picture

[amora_selvagen]

lol-Glad you LIKE it!! :D

[Zepp]

Pleasantview

http://i707.photobucket.com/albums/ww77/Zepe96/asdf.jpg

http://i707.photobucket.com/albums/ww77/Zepe96/asdfgh.jpg

http://i707.photobucket.com/albums/ww77/Zepe96/asdfg.jpg

[Tenielle]

Zepp- Pleasantview is looking good- I love the use of Criquette's deco!

[Zepp]

Thanks, Tenielle! BTW, i really like Hamilton Bay ;)

[Magmarrax]

Here is my neighborhood, Watson Island. I'm not exactly a king of neighborhood design though, so it does look pretty rubbish compared to some of your neighborhoods. Some of yours are amazing! :D

Well, here it is.

[Essa]

Paray-Roches-Noires
Rue du Bord de Mer
http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/6222/randomprn.jpg (http://img17.imageshack.us/i/randomprn.jpg/)

[Tenielle]

What a beautiful shot, Essa.

[w_sims]

Caliview
http://i32.tinypic.com/2w7n2nb.jpg

[1ove]

Caliview
[/IMG]



WOW! It looks like Northern California or Oregon (Caliview)!

[Tenielle]

W- Great start! I love the use of the huge rocks. I never use them in my neighborhoods, because I can never get them to look good! Can't wait to see it when there are some houses and inhabitants!

[zaxis]

Tenielle, about the rocks, do you know you can find smaller rocks on MTS? They have a slightly different color, but they are nice. :)

Just a random landscape from me: http://www.modyourpanties.com/hosting/13362_090920101814templandscape.jpg

[Blaise Parker]

Zaxis, that is just beautiful...sigh...

[buffysmg81]

I love that, Zaxis. It's just gorgeous!

[rome_raven]

I'm still working on my neighbourhood but I'm liking the way it's turning out so far. Pics kinda big so I'm leaving a link instead.

http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/2217725/Winchester_Isle_Rd_40_09.png
http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/2217704/Winchester_Isle_Rd_40_02.png

[lewjen]

Here's SmithTon!


http://i865.photobucket.com/albums/ab218/Zmobie_Pikz/SmithTon1.jpg
http://i865.photobucket.com/albums/ab218/Zmobie_Pikz/SmithTon2.jpg
http://i865.photobucket.com/albums/ab218/Zmobie_Pikz/SmithTon3.jpg
http://i865.photobucket.com/albums/ab218/Zmobie_Pikz/SmithTon4.jpg
http://i865.photobucket.com/albums/ab218/Zmobie_Pikz/SmithTon5.jpg
http://i865.photobucket.com/albums/ab218/Zmobie_Pikz/SmithTon6.jpg



QBUILDERZ
Criquette
Rosehill (For the apartment that's somewhere in there)
And some others for small peices like furniture, walls ect.

[sandyn]

great neighborhoods!

[Nimi]

Bumping this! I always used to love this thread. What's up, don't you take pictures of your lovely neighbourhoods anymore? :)

New Ambleside:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v308/SterrenLicht/Sims/070.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v308/SterrenLicht/Sims/085.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v308/SterrenLicht/Sims/102.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v308/SterrenLicht/Sims/087.jpg

[pennysims]

What's up, don't you take pictures of your lovely neighbourhoods anymore? :)
I took some pics yesterday :P I promise I'll post them soon!

New Ambleside looks amazing, Nimi.

[Tenielle]

Bumping this! I always used to love this thread. What's up, don't you take pictures of your lovely neighbourhoods anymore? :)

My neighborhood looks the same as it did the last time I showed pics of it! I'm hoping to get some new vacation destinations built soon, so I'll post pics then.

New Ambleside looks lovely, Nimi, but of course, you already know I think that!

[Astrognash]

Agh! Why does my graphics card suck? My neighborhoods look nowhere near this good.

[Petchy]

Random Veronaville Immagery

http://i49.tinypic.com/w1s75f.jpg

http://i50.tinypic.com/2vvlxk9.jpg

[Tenielle]

Petchy- I love that first shot of Veronaville- so pretty!

[Essa]

Paray-Roches-Noires

http://img684.imageshack.us/img684/2636/parayhiv2013.jpg

[pennysims]

Petchy - I love the river shot!
Essa - Fantastic picture, I love all those plumbbobs :)

. . .

http://209.85.62.24/403/164/0/p270813/22.jpg

http://209.85.62.24/403/164/0/p270817/26.jpg

http://209.85.62.24/403/164/0/p270815/24.jpg

[Essa]

Thank you Penny, my favorite pic of yours is the first one.

http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/7339/sims2ep9201001151632022.jpg

[amora_selvagen]

This is my Sim Salvador :king:
My new "xod´" (means love)...The rich modern and the poor little part is half way done...I am using the great hood simtopia and as I am terrible in building I am just using ..newbie-backdoor-katrina-criquette(still waiting for the horizonts :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :bunny: :bunny: )and many others greats artist from mts2 !!
Thank you so much for all those beautifull creations!!! :lovestruc :lovestruc :lovestruc :lovestruc

[rome_raven]

Welcome to Winchester Isle, my quaint little town.

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y287/cassie341/Lookatme/untitled.jpg

[CinnePin]

oh, love that terrain! Looks wonderful, rome raven!

[Tempscire]

I recently decided to redo the downtown for Pleasantview on a new terrain, trying to encompass various urban tropes.

An overall view
http://i831.photobucket.com/albums/zz239/Tempscire/Sims%20stuff/Sims%202%20Pleasantview/downtown-day-1.jpg

From the more bohemian/historic area facing downtown's center
http://i831.photobucket.com/albums/zz239/Tempscire/Sims%20stuff/Sims%202%20Pleasantview/downtown-day1.jpg

From downtown toward the more "slummy/industrial" area
http://i831.photobucket.com/albums/zz239/Tempscire/Sims%20stuff/Sims%202%20Pleasantview/downtown-day2.jpg

[Blaise Parker]

Tempscire:

Your hood looks amazing! Great work!

[w_sims]

http://i40.tinypic.com/bjbskm.jpg

http://i41.tinypic.com/5l5bfd.jpg

http://i41.tinypic.com/2mzjzvb.jpg

[DigitalSympathies]

Okay, so my graphics suck. How do you get your water like that?! All my settings are on high . . . :cry:

This is downtown from my simmie's backyard in the slums:

http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/9756/snapshot58bd301b38bd304.jpg

I posted this in the random thread but I think that the cityscape is amazing, sooo . . .:
http://img121.imageshack.us/img121/8083/snapshot18bcf7f618bd321.jpg

[Neerie]

I've never been much of a neighborhood decorator... so a month ago I decided to start a new hood, in a desert setting. Gives me an excuse for keeping it rather ... well... deserted :p

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y50/Neerie/The%20Sims/Desert%20Valley/snapshot_00000013_d8b830e7.jpg

[rome_raven]

That really looks deserted Neerie. LOL. I've never been good with deserts for neighbourhood but I'm liking the way it's turning out for you.

[ForeverCamp]

A selection of pics from Pleasantview as it slowly gets rebuilt:

http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff316/ForeverCamp/Pleasantview/Sims2EP92010-03-3022-53-24-50.jpg

http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff316/ForeverCamp/Pleasantview/Sims2EP92010-03-3022-56-25-59.jpg

http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff316/ForeverCamp/Pleasantview/Sims2EP92010-03-3022-55-10-68.jpg

[amora_selvagen]

My new hood...(pleasentviw with more street)!!!! :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
I am mad about this...I am planing to move all resient from my old hood to this one!!! :P :P

[ginlynn03]

Here is my main hood: LaQuest Beach

http://i869.photobucket.com/albums/ab259/jfuller3/Neighborhood/Sims2ep92010-04-0800-47-28-59.jpg

I've also created a sub-hood for all my alien sims: Peragama on the planet of Titusanera

http://i869.photobucket.com/albums/ab259/jfuller3/Neighborhood/Sims2ep92010-05-1812-31-47-54.jpg

[Elvie]

Great pics everyone! I love this thread, it inspires me and gives me a lot of good ideas on decorating my own NH (although I am still not as good at doing it, as many of you are).
ginlynn03 , your 'hoods are very nice, I especially love the 1st one.
Neerie , that's awesome, the desert town promises to be a very interesting hi-tech place, it is cute even now, even as a half-empty area.
Tempscire, what a lovely modern city! I am jealous :)
It looks like in RL.
Essa, I can't stop admiring the great shots, and I love the green grass (Maxis grass sucks)
I've downloaded the mod today, so I hope I'll make some good screenshots of my own, now greener 'hood tomorrow.
The winter shot is beautiful, too.

rome_raven , I love the 'hood and the cute peninsula terrain.
Nimi, your 'hood is AWESOME!

My special thanx to Criquette for his wonderful deco objects.

Here are some pics of Elvenville (a town founded by elves, hence the name. It is cheesy, but, well, I am not good at giving original names to my 'hoods and lots)
The town is in progress, there's much work to do here before the pixel life actually begins.

[Essa]

Thank you so much for your nice words Elvie.

[Nepheris]

Everyone's hoods are so lovely :) Ginlynn, I really love LaQuest and its various districts or whatchamacallits, it really gives the impression of a living town.

I'm currently working (yet again) on completely remodelling Pleasantview. I've given it a new road layout and am working on filling it up.

Blue Skies Industrial Park

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_JcKayWjisEg/TAthYpZWf7I/AAAAAAAAA0A/PptYddcXm6A/s912/Pleasantview_Industrial.jpg

Commercial and Cultural Centre

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_JcKayWjisEg/TAtirsXM1fI/AAAAAAAAA0s/ir7R0TlLmbY/s912/Pleasantview_Commercial.jpg

Residential Area

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_JcKayWjisEg/TAtirsN8D8I/AAAAAAAAA0w/z2T-EWxWsrg/s912/Pleasantview_Residential.jpg

[pennysims]

Such amazing neighbourhoods, everyone! This must be my favourite thread of all time :)

A random picture of a random 'hood:

http://img256.imageshack.us/img256/6314/46443609.jpg

[Tenielle]

New Baskerville
Plasticbox's (http://www.modthesims.info/member.php?u=178282) Baskerville (http://www.modthesims.info/download.php?t=240800) expanded and grunged up!
http://i451.photobucket.com/albums/qq239/tenielle84/Baskerville/Hood%20Pics/Sims2EP92010-06-1921-01-54-92.jpg
http://i451.photobucket.com/albums/qq239/tenielle84/Baskerville/Hood%20Pics/Sims2EP92010-06-1921-02-10-56.jpg
http://i451.photobucket.com/albums/qq239/tenielle84/Baskerville/Hood%20Pics/Sims2EP92010-06-1921-02-45-91.jpg
http://i451.photobucket.com/albums/qq239/tenielle84/Baskerville/Hood%20Pics/Sims2EP92010-06-1921-03-06-08.jpg

[kustirider2]

The City

http://i45.tinypic.com/2bw4fb.jpg

http://i45.tinypic.com/qnlgme.jpg

Tomb Island (Heavily inspired by GoS simmer :D)

http://i46.tinypic.com/2cmt27s.jpg

http://i50.tinypic.com/1441b29.jpg

Tenielle - Baskerville is lookin' awesome!

Penny - Your pictures are always so pretty!

[Tenielle]

More Baskerville!
http://i451.photobucket.com/albums/qq239/tenielle84/Baskerville/Hood%20Pics/Sims2EP92010-06-1921-19-18-37.jpg
http://i451.photobucket.com/albums/qq239/tenielle84/Baskerville/Hood%20Pics/Sims2EP92010-06-1921-17-29-44.jpg
http://i451.photobucket.com/albums/qq239/tenielle84/Baskerville/Hood%20Pics/Sims2EP92010-06-1921-17-06-07.jpg
http://i451.photobucket.com/albums/qq239/tenielle84/Baskerville/Hood%20Pics/Sims2EP92010-06-1921-18-57-98.jpg

Kusti- Thanks heaps! Tomb Island looks awesome- the sky effect makes it so eerie. Can't wait to see more!

[mangaroo]

Tenielle, I love your grungified Baskerville. (It also makes me happy to see a 'hood so heavily populated.) Are the new lots your own build or more pb lots that you've made over?

[Tenielle]

Even more Baskerville!
http://i451.photobucket.com/albums/qq239/tenielle84/Baskerville/Hood%20Pics/Sims2EP92010-06-1921-18-09-95.jpg
http://i451.photobucket.com/albums/qq239/tenielle84/Baskerville/Hood%20Pics/Sims2EP92010-06-1921-17-49-65.jpg
http://i451.photobucket.com/albums/qq239/tenielle84/Baskerville/Hood%20Pics/Sims2EP92010-06-1920-57-59-84.jpg
http://i451.photobucket.com/albums/qq239/tenielle84/Baskerville/Hood%20Pics/Sims2EP92010-06-1920-57-44-71.jpg

Thanks Mangaroo! I have used Plasticbox's lots from his Backdoor Lane series to fill up the town. I like the consistency of the houses, and I like small lots, so they're nice and easy to play. I didn't want to build my own lots, and just making over Plasticbox's is taking so much time! I have never had a 'hood so populated before- I have 53 playables (3 Elders, 34 Adults, 4 YA's, 3 teens, 4 children & 5 toddlers) and 9 pets (5 dogs & 4 cats)! I have no idea how I'm ever going to get to play everyone!

[kaylaluvzmusic]

can anyone help me with decorating my 'hood? i'm horrible at decorating and i know it looks bland. :/
of course, i have no idea how to add pictures, so you'll just have to click the photobucket link. >.<
all constructive criticism is welcome!

on the raised land is the community lot section. resturants, a few parks, even a little boutique. on the lower land is my little forest, a castle, and my most played house;
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h14/kaylaluvzmusic/snapshot_00000005_18f7321f.jpg

and here is my residential area. this is where i keep my playable characters;
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h14/kaylaluvzmusic/snapshot_00000005_190b2057.jpg

[appelsapgodin]

Wow, great pictures everyone. I've been hitting the love button like crazy for you all.

This is my Legacy main hood (Yes, I am terrible at names.) It's also an island.. with 3 parts of town. French-colonial mix, Then the richer part filled with AngelF's beautiful modernist houses and a beachy part.

[Tenielle]

Last shots of Baskerville
http://i451.photobucket.com/albums/qq239/tenielle84/Baskerville/Hood%20Pics/Sims2EP92010-06-1920-56-06-61.jpg
http://i451.photobucket.com/albums/qq239/tenielle84/Baskerville/Hood%20Pics/Sims2EP92010-06-1920-56-01-57.jpg
http://i451.photobucket.com/albums/qq239/tenielle84/Baskerville/Hood%20Pics/Sims2EP92010-06-1920-57-16-23.jpg
http://i451.photobucket.com/albums/qq239/tenielle84/Baskerville/Hood%20Pics/Sims2EP92010-06-1920-56-59-53.jpg

applesapgodin- Your 'hood looks great. I love the different areas and the way you've decorated it!

[Maranatah]

Tenielle: I adore your pictures :lovestruc Actually I've been lurking at your LJ for some time and your pic's and sims are fabulous!

Here's pictures from my BACC-hood, Pinewood Valley. There's not much decorations, just forest.
http://i703.photobucket.com/albums/ww35/Maranatah/muut/snapshot_0000000a_18ff7803.jpg
http://i703.photobucket.com/albums/ww35/Maranatah/muut/snapshot_0000000a_f8ff78cb.jpg
http://i703.photobucket.com/albums/ww35/Maranatah/muut/snapshot_0000000a_38ff78b8.jpg
http://i703.photobucket.com/albums/ww35/Maranatah/muut/snapshot_0000000a_b8ff76a3.jpg

[Tenielle]

Maranatah- Thanks so much! I've really enjoyed this neighborhood project. Pinewood Valley looks so serene. I just love the first two pictures!

[Maranatah]

http://i703.photobucket.com/albums/ww35/Maranatah/muut/ScreenShot002.jpg

[Kailacat]

Now I know I have to go decorate a neighborhood.

*runs off*

Wait, where'd you guys get the default terrains?
edit: nvm, I'll go to WCIF.

[ginlynn03]

I had to update my LaQuest Beach hood (downloaded an old replacement mailbox with a lot and it all just went FUBAR!)

LaQuest Beach

http://i869.photobucket.com/albums/ab259/jfuller3/Neighborhood/N001_Neighborhood.jpg

Camden Park - Shopping District

http://i869.photobucket.com/albums/ab259/jfuller3/Neighborhood/Sims2ep92010-07-1718-53-14-06.jpg

Vasadori - My Elven Realm

http://i869.photobucket.com/albums/ab259/jfuller3/Neighborhood/Sims2ep92010-07-1718-44-14-62.jpg

Peragama - Alien Planet

http://i869.photobucket.com/albums/ab259/jfuller3/Neighborhood/Sims2ep92010-07-1718-51-13-44.jpg

[Tenielle]

Random Baskerville shot
http://i451.photobucket.com/albums/qq239/tenielle84/Baskerville/Public%20Bath/Sims2EP92010-07-1919-40-59-43.jpg

[Kailacat]

Wow, I love the sky in that picture, Tenielle and the rocks in the backround, it looks really good!

[VanillaPineapple]

Wow, everyone's 'hoods look amazing. Mine are so bland, and bleh.
After going through this whole thread I now have an urge to go load the game and get my sub-hood looking good.
I don't have SC so no creating custom terrains for me, and I'm to lazy to download some, so maxis made terrains is all I got.

I highly doubt you'll like to see it but I like sharing about my simmies so here's how my sub-hood, Elm Bridge Hills (Formally called Sunset Valley. I know. I know. I'm terrible at names) looks now.
http://i366.photobucket.com/albums/oo107/jbluvr11/Simmies/snapshot_0000001f_394b9c11.jpg
and since I don't remember how to resize for forums you'll have to click the link for this one:
http://i366.photobucket.com/albums/oo107/jbluvr11/Simmies/simscreenelmbridgehills.jpg (Ignore the non-finished house in the corner.) Has you can see its a giant WIP.

[Kailacat]

Viewpoint Edge. I finally finished decorating it and I'm glad how it turned out. Now to move the Sims in!

http://i34.tinypic.com/2m9ogw.jpg
Viewpoint Edge seems detatched from the rest of the Sim world, due to its unusual location. This tiny town can be found on a lone cliff in the chilly Galarna Mountains of SimNation. It was previously a medivial town that eventually died out because of the long, harsh winters that come every year.
http://i35.tinypic.com/2im9cuh.jpg
The only medevial part of Viewpoint Edge that survived the centuries until today is the Olde View Pointe Castle (made by StephSim). Most of the other parts of Viewpoint Edge were torn down because of their unfit state for living and replaced with more modern buildings. The more "city" part of the town is closer to the edge of the cliff and the wonderful view (Backdoor Lane made by Plasticbox). But there are also starter homes (Newbie Road made by Plasticbox) and more expensive homes (Cookie-cutter homes made by me, of course) farther back.

[amora_selvagen]

I am back to TS" again and this is my New Hood
http://i789.photobucket.com/albums/yy175/Paula_Luna/sims/snapshot_00000006_d97ff3ca.jpg

This is Nova Belavista(it is basicly the Pleasentview terrain mod. with sincity)

http://i789.photobucket.com/albums/yy175/Paula_Luna/sims/snapshot_00000006_d97ff3bb.jpg
This is th little quarter on the top of the montain...It is the industrial area...The Big Fabric from Mort. is there!!! :rofl:
http://i789.photobucket.com/albums/yy175/Paula_Luna/sims/snapshot_00000006_59804cce.jpg

http://i789.photobucket.com/albums/yy175/Paula_Luna/sims/snapshot_00000006_59804cfc.jpg

[amora_selvagen]

This is the vacation island from my Pleasentview!!
http://i789.photobucket.com/albums/yy175/Paula_Luna/sims/snapshot_00000001_f9816d89.jpg

http://i789.photobucket.com/albums/yy175/Paula_Luna/sims/snapshot_00000001_b9816979.jpg

http://i789.photobucket.com/albums/yy175/Paula_Luna/sims/snapshot_00000001_d9816dc0.jpg

[Kailacat]

Another shot of Viewpoint Edge.
http://i53.tinypic.com/30k7q0o.jpg
My sim Chelsea is birdwatching (she lives in the yellow house.)

[Mortimer 2]

Holy Crap,i love this thread. :D (thanks you)
all your neighborhoods is awesome,especially for the water reflection. ;)

[Tenielle]

Baskerville
http://i451.photobucket.com/albums/qq239/tenielle84/Baskerville/Hood%20Pics/CopySims2EP92010-09-1217-21-42-31.jpg
http://i451.photobucket.com/albums/qq239/tenielle84/Baskerville/Hood%20Pics/CopySims2EP92010-09-1217-21-36-80.jpg

[EpicFailGuy]

Mis Lake. It's still very much a work in progress, but I am loving the park. I also have a fetish for maxis lots, if you couldn't tell.

http://i54.tinypic.com/2mfirrs.jpg

[Croutonian]

Am currently attempting to build my first apartment lot from scratch, in Strangetown, and as I was 'walking' through the building I noticed that there were some nice views out of the windows, so went out onto the balcony to take a photo:

http://img571.imageshack.us/img571/8976/snapshot0000003d79ac4c5.jpg

[Squirrel]

So many plumbobs Tenielle!
Great pictures.