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Thanks, Joan. I just updated the link with the new location on InSiminator.net.

The Dark Project is beyond awesome. Thanks for reminding me.

Ooooh thanks Devin! Linked and downloaded! If this keeps up I should just put a link to zoej's profile page up there... she makes so much gorgeous medieval stuff.

Hmm, there is something about them that says upper-class but not royal. I can see myself putting them on someone like some of the younger wives of knights, like Lady Angharat, Lady Affrais, Lady Anna, or the new Lady Edeltrude.

Part of the reasons why styles have changed so much is because I have so much more custom content now. But I have always said that if I had had the dress then, all of the women would be dressed like Princess Irene, since that is more like how women dressed then. With head covered and all. Since I didn't start that way, though, I might as well have fun with my incorrect clothes!

If Sela had ever come to live at the castle, she probably would have changed her clothes. However, that's because she would have already changed a lot in her head before she would agree to go there. I think it would be more likely to happen if Egelric had gradually pressured her to go live there, which he might have done as the years passed. But he was very happy in their little cabin.

It's funny about Hetty... no matter how I dress her and Eadie, Hetty always looks so much more elegant and queenly than Eadie does. Especially the last time we saw Hetty with her hair up.

And Maud always looked like a queen somehow. *sigh*

Added. I think I did download them but I don't think I've used them yet. That mesh is pretty when their arms are down, but if they try to do anything like hugging people or holding babies, it is quite weird-looking because the sleeves are stiff and appear to cut through things and people. Also it doesn't have a pregnant belly. I try not to use that mesh much nowadays.

Ah, I forget that you can't search comments on this blog as I can. Here is the comment, and I also added the links into the "Must have mods (and objects!) for storytelling". Because they are seriously must-haves. I remember in the early days how I was always stuck using stupid camera angles to hide the blue sky indoors, especially in big rooms such as Sigefrith's hall. That and the plumb bob! Ugh!

Thank you! I just downloaded everything... I love little architectural elements like that and I always wish there were more. I can't wait to see how it looks in-game. I am sure I will find a use for it... even if I have to start doing chapters in Norway, or even Kievan Rus.

No I did not! I just download practically everything on the last 2 pages. I love the "Green Gown Jewel", I will just have to decide who will be prettiest in it. And no, not Aia.

Hetty is such a funny, frosty color it's hard to say. I thought she looked wonderfully regal in red last time, but maybe she has some bad memories with that dress. Not to mention the red/Matilda connection. Maybe she would like green now after all.

I think Sela and Aia both look so sweet in brown. We shall see!

Thanks! That has me thinking of ideas... Too bad it doesn't apply to babies, though, so I can't do a story where someone has a baby with a cleft lip. Hrrmmm... I have a new character coming that I might use it on. I would need to make some teeth makeup too to have a missing tooth or two where the cleft is, hmm hmm... Thanks for the link, as you can see you got me thinking

Wow wow wow! Those are spectacular! I need about ten different colors of the Maiden gown. I have a formal party coming up and I was just beginning to fret about what the ladies would wear. They can't keep wearing the same gowns.

Hula has moved again! These people are breaking the Internets!

Currently you seem to be able to download it at the Sims 2 Graveyard... let's hope it stays, because I don't know where it can go after the graveyard.

And, Devin, I found those gowns already. Those are some of the gowns I mentioned, that hopefully we would be able to see soon.

Karen I just put a long and handsomely illustrated answer to your question up on the forum.

Whoa! So incredible! I only have one other glassless window I can use so this is so awesome. I downloaded the stone textures and the red patterned textures to see how they looked. I am afraid the patterns will seem more Mediterranean than anything I can use in an English castle (though the stone should be perfect), but maybe that will encourage me to do something in Leila's country.

Yes! The one that was three blocks deep had me excited already. I like a door or window frame that has a real depth to it, which helps with the cardboard walls. I really liked the idea of a 2-square-wide glassless window, too, I can't wait to try that out. I think some of these windows and arches could even work in a cloister.

Yes!!!! that is it! I am glad you found it because I obviously never would have. Somebody must have linked me to it the first time!

Hmm, I would have to see how the meshes look in-game but I rather like the shape too. I think the one with all the embroidery would even look good on a Queen Eadgith for a less-formal dress. The blue one would be nice with her eyes. Having embroidery on the butt is a bit weird, but it will give Sigefrith an excuse to put his hand on it.

All of those might work for a Lady Eadgith too since they are kind of soft and matronly looking. But since they are not too fancy they would also work nicely for "middle class" women like Mouse.

I can't get over the stitching and lacing details on those dresses! Thanks! My iamliz13 folder alone is surely already causing a large amount of my game's lag.

They're from the Olde English Fireplace Set by CycloneSue at TSR. They are so, so awesome.

Excellent! That's so old I never even saw it. (It's here.) Apparently it is a mod, so you would have to remove it if you wanted to have a diaper, but that's OK I guess. As long as I know ahead of time whether I'm taking pictures of diapered or undiapered babies. That will be useful when Brit's and Eithne's babies are born, as you said.

Or wait-- wait-- Synne's IDENTICAL TWINS!!!

Thanks! I saw that yesterday, and I was like "Should I download? Or shouldn't I?" I was kind of hoping I could wait until someone like iamliz13 did some retextures of it. Because otherwise I will have to.

The nice thing about those dresses, from my understanding, is that you can steal the textures from the equivalent adult mesh and use them directly on the teen version. I have done that already with the teen pregnant mesh. (I wonder if this mesh has a pregnant bump?? Doh! now I will have to download to try it out.)

But the thought of firing up Bodyshop makes me shudder right now. How many times have I told myself I was just going to tweak one small texture, and I'm still there at midnight, five hours later, going WHEEEEE!!! with the hue/saturation/brightness slider in Photoshop?

Good ones! I already used a wall from the last set in Alred's study!

I don't think I tried them out on Connie's skin yet. I tried them out on a couple people -- maybe lighter skinned -- and I found it looked more like dirt than dimples. The problem with her dimples is that they need to disappear when she's not smiling, but that won't work with face makeup unfortunately. I'll try them out on Connie this weekend, but I'll probably go on pretending.

The Captain would be tempted to lick his thumb and wipe it off, just like Mammie used to do.

I don't think Connie needs makeup to make her look like she has dimples though. Smiles like this just scream dimples. And, I don't know, but somehow I always see dimples on Verity's Cindra too.

Ooh you think she resembles Maud? I think she resembles an adorable little three-year-old. Maud was never so pinchable! But Cindra certainly is a jokester.

The kisór don't have the elaborate hairstyles as part of their culture at all. Like many kinds of restrictive or elaborate manners of dress in many societies, it's meant to be a sign of status -- a proof that you have wealth, and lots of leisure time, and no occasion to engage in strenuous activities. The kisór don't have any of that. They're grubbing around in the forest trying to survive.

Also the males are much more "manly" in their society. They wouldn't sit around braiding ladies hair while reciting poetry to them or whatever.

Heheh do you remember where? Because I sure don't.

OK, for the first one YES!! I already downloaded it and I plan to make some recolors.

For the fingernails, I am not convinced. It seems like they are a little too realistic for the ends of a Sim's funky fingers. Also some of my skins have pale blobs where the fingernails should be, which has satisfied me so far. I think what I am afraid of is the fingernails becoming the focal point of pictures, just because they are so startling.

Books... free time only.

Beard... got it already.

Whoa! ALERT! indeed! It's a damn shame it doesn't work on teens because I could see the Old Man growing out into this. Of course he would still have some growing to do. That is so wonderfully sexy and medieval. Now who could I use it on?

Woah woah woah are you Team EadRAD! too? I don't think Tiana is too crazy about his current hair anyway so maybe she will request this one. Maybe that will help her get over the MASSIVE DISAPPOINTMENT when Connie runs off with Carebear.

(one 2-hour download spree later... )

Alred's beard is actually a combination of a stubble that looks just like a beard, and an ordinary beard. I use the biker stubble from SixStringSlim as a lower layer, and put an ordinary beard over that. The biker stubble looks like it has some gray hair in it, so poor Alred is using it. (Malcolm too, for what it's worth.)

The beard I use for Alred, Sir Sigefrith, and quite a few other guys is a goatee with an extension added that curves all the way around the jawline back to the ears. I have a version with and without mustache for that (Sigefrith has the no-mustache version), but I could not find either for download anywhere in my old haunts. Does anyone else know where it might be found? I do like that beard.

*dies*

I must have missed that posting by a few hours... I usually check mts2 every Saturday morning while I'm waiting for my game to load, but I am known to be an early riser.

I HOPE HOPE HOPE they will work with my modified candle lighting. I have a few candles that are currently useless to me due to that. But I will MAKE these work, durnit! Those are the prettiest candles I've seen, after the Uni ones.

I have modified all the game lighting, both outdoor lighting and the lighting that comes from objects like lamps and candles.... modified them with a hack-n-slash, randomly change things and see if they work glee that would get me fired if I applied it to real-life programming. One of these days I will make my lighting mod files available, but only after I have properly debugged everything... just like at work...

My goal is to make candle light look like real candle light, with short range and deep shadows and everything. This was, as the title of the somewhat famous book says, a world lit only by fire. I am getting closer, but lately my pictures have been a little too dim once again, and rather too orange. Still tweaking...

Anyway, THEY WORK! All but one use the colonial wall light as a base (which I find odd for some, especially for the ceiling light!) so as long as I get that working, they all work. Beautifully! I took some pictures to show you, but I ated them. Or maybe pictures get deleted if you take them in lot-building mode when there isn't even a family on the lot, and then don't save the lot. Good to know!

We are going to be seeing these candles everywhere in Lothere now. I think I am going to need to introduce a new silversmith to town to explain the sudden appearance of these pretty candlesticks and sconces in all the fashionable homes.

Once again you had the same thought as I, Penelope.

Topless, in a kilt!

François! My hero!

Penelope, here's what I mean about the limited range of my candle light: same scene, one candle - two candles.

I certainly wouldn't want to play with lighting like that, but it's getting quite fun for picture-taking. The most recent chapters with Dantalion, for example, I thought turned out really nice. ("The devil recalls the deal" and "Araphel adds an ally" I mean.) I thought the party was just too orange though. Still tweaking!

DON'T TEMPT ME! I am already having story ideas...

DON'T TEMPT ME!!!

I had not seen that candle! Thanks Nimi, I will check the booty when I get home. I think I can legitimately introduce that one to my castles without having to invent a new character to do it.

I think there has never been a better reason for you to register.

So pretty... hopefully it will work with "wear anything while pregnant".

HAS!

I was keeping these a secret until I actually unleashed Shirtless K. McSilversmith but I suppose that was a little selfish of me.

Your link doesn't work because the site apparently doesn't allow hotlinking (*removed insane Web lady rant here*)

This ought to work however.

Web yuckiness aside I actually do like that site and have found a few very nifty things there. Utilikilts, another mesh that I used for Lar's latest threads, and some objects that work medievally. Their stuff is all very high quality from what I've seen so it's worth clicking around.

In related news, Black Wifebeater Utilikilt McSimmersons reminds me of a guy who lives on my street who wears an outfit just like that... except it's not a utilikilt but an honest-to-God plaid... and he weighs about 400 pounds. Yes, Virginia, it is possible for a man to look unappetizing in a kilt.

On behalf of everyone else, thank you! I did discover these a few days ago, quite randomly, but I was waiting till I had put them in my database before giving a heads-up.

I LOVE Enayla's skins. Now that I have wearable body hair, I will surely be using the Louis skins less and less... it was often a trade-off between attractive facial features vs. body hair.

*confetti*

I'm at work and I can't seeeeee! It is hair phwoary enough for Magog? The suspense is killing me!

Ahhhh....

I like Magog with his super-long hair, but there are others I could use it on. It would be a very nice version of Osh's hair once it gets long, for instance.

And I wonder how it would look on Dunstan...? He has Matilda's hair so it seems about right. Blend his angsty teen look with his clean-cut married man look. Oh, might I finally find him seductive?

Or I know, maybe Shirtless K!

*ponders*

Just saved this from the spam queue. YAY!!! I can't wait to try this out. I am so tired of naked babies in the middle of winter! How medieval is that? I want to make a gray recolor for Liadan! Yay!

Posting links in a comment seems to do it. Sorry about that. If it happens again, you could try following up with a short comment without a link so I will notice it and rescue the linkage from the spam bin in a shorter time frame. I'll be moving this story to a different blog software soon so hopefully that problem should go away. (We'll have tons of new and exciting problems in its place, however, since I'm writing it myself.)

SimPE is not a mod per se, it's a stand-alone program. You can download it here. It's for Windows only.

It is pretty overwhelming to get started using it, I find. I only know how to do a small subset of the many things people use it for, and I don't even really know where the best place to find documentation for it is. (Other than its own site.)

However, I did write a few tutorials for using it to change skin and eyes and to alter Sims' DNA for the benefit of their offspring.

Yes indeedy! I downloaded the wizard robes this morning. I think I may use the red one for when King Sigefrith wants to play dress-up.

Sofie, according to the tool-tip, Matilda's eyelashes are "celebrity lashes black" by Helaene, but they're so old they are no longer on her site. I couldn't find them in the graveyard either. If you have Clean Installer you can get them out of one of the prepackaged Sims on mts2 that has them, like this one for example. Or, let me know and I will try to find the file among my downloads.

Update: I put Matilda's eyelashes up for download.

Penelope you have just earned yourself a SACKFUL OF SILVER KARMA POINTS.

And a face-glomp!

I was wishing I had one of these things just this morning... to the point that I was starting to plan my backup strategy if I were to install OFB. Eirik's behind was levitating about ten inches above his chair when I tried to make him do one of the modeling animbox sitting poses, since he is so tall.

Lo, there will be much uncustomary-surface-sitting in Lothere!

So you too think "Nouk" every time you see big hair.

I am almost certain that the long beard mesh is from the first Holiday Stuff Pack, but I've had that for so long that to me it almost feels like it's part of the base game. I think it is supposed to be for the Santa Claus suit. The black, brown, and red recolors may be downloads?

If anyone knows more please let us know. Every Sim neighborhood deserves a Bearded One.

Thanks Carmen!

Devin, I don't think I'll get that set, the Moroccan stuff looks pretty cartoonish compared to some of the lovely Middle Eastern downloads I already have. As Carmen said, why pay money when there is so much awesome free stuff?

Me too Devin!! I would love to do a story set in that period. *if only!*

The new hair I am slapping on everybody is an overlay mod that I downloaded at Sexy Sims 2. It requires Seasons though, I think, since it uses the skin overlay option that was added to allow sunburns.

Otherwise I also have some wearable body hair "clothing" (hairy only in the groin region) that I got from InSIMAdult.

Update on the Myrddin beard: according to this post on mts2, you can get the beard without the Holiday Stuff Pack if you download all the right parts and say all the right incantations. I haven't tried it, but you can.

Hard to say now, since that Sim never existed outside of CAS. I know it is one of Enayla's, probably Rich Gold or Deep Golden. The latter seems the most likely since that is what his son has.

Oh, Tiffany, are you doing some pre-Christmas downloading?

If you want to use multiple sets, you basically have 2 options. If you like some faces in one set and some faces in another set, you can always just pick and choose your favorites from each set and make your own set. If the files are numbered or named in a consistent fashion, anyway.

The other way is to download several sets, and put each set in a separate folder on your computer (not in the Downloads directory), and then copy *one* of the folders into your Downloads directory. Make a few Sims, and then exit the game, move that folder out of Downloads, and copy another one in.

Like anything "default replacement" you can only have one replacement at a time for that particular thing. If you have more than one template for the same face, then the game will just arbitrarily pick one. That's why it's very important not to lose track of default replacements when you put them in your Downloads folder. Put them in a separate subfolder or something. Because if you later want to use a different one, and you can't find the first one, you may be out of luck.

But anyway, with face templates, they are only "active" for as long as they're in your Downloads folder. Any Sims (or Townies, etc.) you create while they are there will use those templates, but if you remove them, the Sims you already made won't change their appearance. (Likewise adding different face templates won't change the appearance of existing SIms.) So you can put them in just long enough to make one Sim, if you want.

Templates are totally irrelevant to kids. Templates are used to create random Townies, maids, and other NPC's (assuming you have already replaced the default templates from the get-go), and Sims you create in CAS using the randomize button. Once you have a Sim created in CAS, you can tweak his features all you want until he doesn't even look like the template any more. And if you make Sims have kids, their faces are purely a combination of the actual faces their parents have -- regardless of whether they were created from special templates, or even whether the templates exist any more in the game at all.

However, I can't promise you the kids won't look wonky. The most gorgeous looking Sims *cough*Ethelywn*cough* can have wonky-looking kids. But that's just the cruelly ironic genetics system of the game.

I don't know! I looked in all my usual places -- mts2, Rose, XM, Raon, Peggy free stuff, even Nouk, but I couldn't find it. My first thought on looking at it was that it is a Helga hair, but her site is down. Anyone?

These are old adult-to-toddler/child conversions from mts2. Iylaine's hair. The same creator did a ton of other toddler/child conversions so if you click on her user name you can see others, such as the long hair mesh for toddlers and boys as well.

There is also a conversion of the vampire hair (Matilda's hair) from Nightlife here but I think you do need to have NL to use it. Stein's little sister Astrid is using this hair I believe.

The meshes aren't perfect, since they weren't made to fit such small heads. When little Iylaine looked up, the back of her hair sometimes bent rather strangely and even seemed to "break". But given the tiny amount of CC I had then, it was worth it for her to have longish hair.

I found Lar's hair. It's by Seomi and can be downloaded (for free) at TSR.

I am still looking for Osh's, but it doesn't seem to be one of Peggy's donation hairs.

Also while I was looking around I found links to young Sigefrith's and Leofric's beards, which I was lamenting I could not find a few months ago.

Update: Osh's ponytail is a free Peggy hair. (Only Peggy hair can suck so hard and yet still be awesome enough to use anyway.) I am not sure how well links to stuff on Peggy's site work/will last but here's the mesh and here's the start of the hair colors. They start around page 9 if you look for Free + Male hairs.

I hadn't even thought of the texture (though it's certainly not the best). It's the mesh that drives me batty. The way it joins (or doesn't join) at the back of the head, and the weird lumpiness around the ears. And those black hairs growing out of the cheek, ugh!

Would Lar be less hot without it? I don't think I want to know...

I don't know of a cheat to make all roads (outside of the lot) disappear. That would be AWESOME. There are mods to make the roads look like they are made of other substances, however, and I have downloaded one that makes them look like dirt roads. Not too shabby-looking, whether viewed from in lot view or neighborhood view. It's like a default replacement mod for roads. I am not sure whether it requires any EPs to work... it doesn't say so.

For actually within the lot, you can either delete the road squares entirely, or use a terrain or flooring that matches the neighborhood roads linked above. In order to delete road squares you have to use the cheat boolprop locktiles false. (This may be a base game cheat?) In later EPs I believe that the moveobjects on cheat also makes the street squares editable. You can delete the road like ordinary flooring once the cheat is enabled.

If you want to delete the road squares in a lot and you actually PLAY (I do everything with InSim) you should probably test this in a test lot first, to make sure that carpools etc. still show up correctly. As long as you don't modify the terrain in the road (raise it, lower it, build on it), I *believe* it's OK to change or delete the road "carpet". But it's been so long since I played, and I don't want to be responsible for borking anyone's game...

FWIW, even if you never intend to play on a lot, I don't recommend doing much building on the road squares thinking you're going to squeeze out a little more space for your castles. Some of the road squares are simply un-modifiable, and some of the build tools like roofs don't work at all on formerly-road squares.

That is just gorgeous! I can't wait to try it out on... well, it will probably be Liadan, the most over-exposed baby in Lotherian history. A little basket like that will fit perfectly into Osh's rather small home.

Now I just wish someone made blankets for baby cribs. It drives me nuts that babies are always lying around nearly naked through all seasons. I guess I could try out that swaddling blanket mod and see how that looks...

That cradle really is beautiful in-game. The swaddling clothes are also pretty cute even if they do make Liadan look like a little bitty silkworm larva.

Let's see...

http://www.sironasims.com/ophelia.html Pretty dress

http://www.modthesims2.com/download.php?t=312473 not so sure about this one

And in case you haven't been there recently... http://www.mirkwood-sims.de/

http://www.digitalperversion.net/gardenofshadows/index.php?topic=8620.0

Someone in Lothere should definitely have that first hair.

http://www.modthesims2.com/download.php?t=313045

Anybody need some toddler dresses?

Oh wait! Tiffany already posted that dress!

My link is to the recolors though.

Burqas(sp?) for Irene or any other Muslim women.

You could recolor them I guess...

http://linna.modthesims2.com/download.php?t=91642

http://www.insimenator.org/showthread.php?t=62786

http://www.insimenator.org/index.php/topic,62672.0.html

Boots! Ornaments only, though.

http://www.insimenator.org/index.php/topic,34381.0.html

Ceilings.

http://www.arte-della-vita.de/index.php?section=decken&page=2

Do you know where can I find monk robes ? I'd like to find something similar as the one you use in your story...

Viking hats: http://catrin.nygardh.net/ancientsims/viking_male_headwear.html

And also period viking jewelry: http://catrin.nygardh.net/ancientsims/viking_female_accesories.html

Because evidently there can never be too many of those, a male ponytail:

http://esperesa.livejournal.com/67784.html

New Posebox alert:

http://www.xmsims.com/sims2/ehtm/simerobj/simermisc07.htm#

Two new ones, actually. The one at the top of the page doesn't seem to be particularly useful but the one at the bottom looks like it might have a few interesting applications.

Are you kidding? I needed Pose Box 1 YESTERDAY for the sword poses. This always happens to me.

Also HOLY CRAP I missed a whole lot of comments in here...

You know that kind of groggy hung-over feeling you get after a downloading spree? ....zzzzzz....

Lili-braids, my dear?

peggy sims.

Ooo I'm glad that this is on the comments sidebar now.

It's still not in the "More comments" / "Search comments" section, but it's a start. I missed a bunch of stuff in here because I wasn't checking this page for new comments!

I now have comments potentially coming from the story chapters, pages like this, Verso, and the forum, so clearly there is a need for some consolidation around here...

That's where I thought they were from, but I can't seem to find them on the site.

Anyone know what number they are, approximately?

Go to the begining Cassie start from 1.

Here it is. http://www.peggyzone.com/html/EN/Item20101__0014.html Go to the next page it has more hair colors.

Thank you, Devin!

If I had the authority to give karma, I would. *Gives karma for something-or-other*

Devin totally gets some authentic Lotherian karma for that, since he just saved me clicking through page after page of the insanity that is Peggy's site. Even the thought of looking for something over there makes my clicking finger twitch with dread.

I know. Ugh. I really didn't feel like clicking through hundreds of pages to find them.

*Feels ill at the thought*

Your welcome ladies. I hope I can use my karma points to save a special someone....

Speaking of karma points...

Aeeennnngggguuussss!

*throws karma at Aengus's head*

Are you an Aengus fan? I swear you pick your favorites based on what will make me go O RLY???

As for me, I would be hard-pressed to pick who I would want to survive a Cearball/Aengus Deathmatch.

For me if its Aengus vs. Cearball then I want Aengus to live. But right now Lena is my prime concern.

I like Cearball but I like Aengus a lot better. I don't know what it is about him. He's the kind of guy that I would love to have a few beers with.

I'd definitely pick Cearball. I like Aengus - maybe even like him better - and I certainly don't want him to leave his girls and Penedict fatherless (especially given that none of them might have a mother come morning) but I really feel like Cearball has a lot more to contribute to the story.

/slightly more on topic: Don't you just love Parsimonious? Some of the stuff there is kind of tacky but all of it is just unbelievably fun. I downloaded a bunch of crazy shit there (since you just get into the downloading mood) and soon realized I couldn't actually dress any of my sims in like half the stuff because they'd look ridiculous. Apparently I need cooler sims. *Shrug*

A yuletide elder kilt anyone?

http://www.parsimonious.org/fashion2/casual/male_31.shtml

That's almost as good at the Hanukkah sarong I found a while ago.

/Getting back off topic... we should really take this to the forum... I agree with Cassie. I think I would like Aengus better as a person and generally just a guy to have a beer with... I doubt Cearball and I would get along so well. And I agree that it would be a bit cruel to deprive those kids of their father whereas Cearball doesn't have any real family at all...

But especially seeing how he has turned into a foil for Malcolm -- and how Malcolm is about to go through some tough times -- I think there is a lot more potential for him to be an important character in an indirect way. (And the Malcolm - Cearball - Fergus team would be SO awesome if I could work out the logistics of that.)

Cearball has already turned into something of a pivot point for a number of storylines, whereas Aengus has mostly just puttered around at home all these years...

/Back on topic I LOVE Parsimonious! It's one of those sites I forget all about and then go download a ton of stuff in one go. Fortunately I think I am not due to remember it for a few more weeks... I spent enough time downloading yesterday!

A Hanukkah sarong you said?

Damn! I forgot about the whole Malcolm-Fergus-Cearball thing. I LOVE them together. *teardrop*

haha Don't ask me to find that sarong again because it was on some bizarre, esoteric site that (if memory serves me correctly) also housed some of the worst hair meshes I've ever seen.

A better short ponytail for Osh?

http://www.modthesims2.com/download.php?t=306109

The mesh is slightly less crappy than the peggy one.

I've downloaded that but I don't think I've put it on anyone but peasants so far. I like that Peggy hair, but I also hate it.

I'll try it on Osh and see what I think. That could be his hair when it grows out enough that he can tie back his bangs or whatever. I think Osh needs something framing his face though.

Ah, yeah I see what you mean. Osh probably does need fringe of some kind. He has an interesting head.

Wowzer, has everyone seen these???

http://www.modthesims2.com/browse.php?f=38&page=4&showType=2&gameOrig=1&gameUni=1&gameNL=1&gameOFB=1&gamePets=1

If you mean the new OMSPs I am experimenting with these as we speak.

Edit: I believe the appropriate usage of "Wowzer" requires the plural in all contexts.

Wowzers? I also considered "wowza" but I wasn't sure how that would come across in a written format.

Man, I wish my boyfriend would doze off so I could swipe his computer and try those OMSPs.

BASE GAME COMPATIBLE?!?!?!?!

I have a few, and I love them, but for some reason the table one doesn't work... plus I like the idea of slants. *downloads*

Hey, do you remember where you got the prison bars you used a few times in the kisor compound? I'm going to need some eventually for one of my blogs. If you don't remember, don't worry about it, I'll find some eventually.

The doors I use for the scenes with Iylaine and Hel in prison are Maxis content. I don't know which EP though. It's not actually a door, it's an Art Nouveau-type fence gate. Check your fences, it may be a base game object. (The "Perfectly Square" Gate)

The prison door I used for the scenes with Eirik and Sigi in prison is from the Blood4Sims torture set. It's pay content, but if you know that blood4sims is a sub-site of wood_4_sims, then you can find it at the usual place, uh, Arrrr!

...I didn't know I needed all of this until I saw it. Now it's like... what do I do without it?

Thanks!

The SimsCave is back online.

www.simscave.com

In their Hidden/Unavailable/Other board (a childboard of the sharing area) there is a wealth of poseboxes under the heading "Asian Sites Stuff". Many of them even have sword poses.

Cropped Curly Hair...Gorgeous.

http://www.modthesims2.com/download.php?t=318995

Unique lip shapes?

http://www.modthesims2.com/download.php?t=318113

Man Scruffies...yum.

http://www.modthesims2.com/download.php?t=314787

Check out the floor strangle on this box (I know, I'm totally obsessed with poseboxes at the moment).

http://raspi.oolim.net/

Click "item" in the sidebar to view the goodness.

Pen have you started planning chapters around pose boxes yet? I have... *strangle strangle*

Tiffany I downloaded the scruffies a few weeks ago and I am quite fond of them. I always assumed Sims COULDN'T have scruff on their necks since none of the beards ever did... I guess no one ever tried!

Ach, no! But I was very glad to see that whisper secret crawl thing in the Berry's Luv-Luv posebox because I will be needing that down the road.

Oh the possibilities...

Daggers?

http://www.feenwald.de/en/deko/skulpt_dolch01.php

Hooray!

Believe it or not... I found pox.

I wasn't looking for it either!

Here is the file:

http://www.mediafire.com/?cdtwkxy0v5g

And here is the photo:

http://photo.sina.com.cn/list/blogpic.php?pid=4af3a7cebfa383dc8fd94&bid=4af3a7ce01000bw2

I don't believe it. But it appears to be true!

I have since learned that smallpox hadn't reached England in the 11th century. We must wait for the Crusaders to bring it home. Perhaps that will be Ceddybear's destiny.

But maybe measles or something? And the bottom poxes look more like chicken pox than small pox... *rubs hands together*

PENELOPE WHAT HAVE YOU DONE??

Something I'll regret, I'm sure!!

Heh, those are rather spiffy actually. I'm sure I'll find a use.

Maybe...

It seems a bit... rustic for Shus's elegant apartment. Maybe his summer house.

Seriously I'm sure I can do something elven with that, even though it's too fancy for the kisór and not fancy enough for the upper crust of the upper crust. Maybe the servant classes and the kitchens and the other working buildings, and so on.

Or maybe the elves really do have rustic little summer houses??

It would seem like the summer would be the best time to remain underground where it's cool.

Especially for an earth-loving guy like Shus the Spelunker.

But airy windows and doors like that couldn't be used on winter houses, could they?

OMG, Lothere! Have you ever seen this before?

http://www.modthesims2.com/download.php?t=75530

Just think of the special effects possibilities! And MTS2 is down for the next couple of days! *twitches*

You must have missed all of my mentions of Invisible George and Invisible Betty. I use them all the time for various things like one half of 2-​sim animations that won’t work if you move_​objects a Sim away in the middle of it, such as consoling; and for making someone relax in bed with the blankets pulled up over them.

I also used them with the Sim special effects mod in “Vash receives the offering” to make the “rocks” glow.

OoooohhhhHHHhhhhhh. Well that explains a lot.

I want one! MTS2 come baaaccckkk!

You're not alone in your suffering, Pen. I want some invisible sims too

I can't believe the creator said it was useless!

Well the download dates to July 2005 so there was no Lothere, Naroni, or Dragging Blue Lake yet. Its time had not yet come!

http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=321390

NOOooOOooooOOOOooooooo!

I hope most of the creators can get their stuff posted again. I was up-to-date with mts2 downloading (it's the one site I visit on a regular schedule) but so much of my CC is already from vanished sites and irreplaceable if I ever lost it...

And some of those creators haven't logged on for YEARS!

Stuff like this makes me wish that I had a better labeled and organized downloads folder.

Did I read it incorrectly? I understood that it was only downloads starting from October of last year. Like, the older stuff was on another server. *at work and can't check*

Ohhh I understood it to be the other way around. Like downloads from October of last year on were ok but the rest were shot?

*runs back to the thread*

EDIT: Yeah, the downloads on the"missing files" list are really old.

Apparently I read that backwards.

it's obvious there was a massive failure of the backup systems here, which only ever comes to light when something actually goes wrong.

BACKUP: UR DOIN IT WRONG. If you aren't doing regular test restores from your backups, just assume you don't have backups, full stop. But I totally feel for those guys because it happens to meeveryone... At least once. Then, hopefully, Iyou learn.

Hopefully there will be a squirrelly user out there who has tons of the original RAR files. In a way it's a shame it was a free site that it happened to, since paysite content is, uh, "mirrored" on lots of other sites, booty and beyond.

Gosh, I didn't even think of it that way.

Man, I downloaded that list and there was so much stuff (stuff being the technical term) on it that the page moved too slowly for it to even be readable for me. And it's very likely that I have at least a few of their missing files.

I'm sure at least the more popular files will be retrievable from users, but even that alone would be an insane project to manage -- getting people to send them in, trying to avoid hundreds of people sending in the same file, checking that the file really is what it is says it is, and so on.

I just keep hoping someone will discover a dusty old backup somewhere, or a forgotten "stuff_archive" folder where they did a just-in-case copy of everything before changing some setting on the server... or something serendipitous. *tosses karma their way*

Downloads are back online.

Van, we can has invisible sims now!

Yaaaaaaaay

I will download the second I finish taking this batch o' pics.

http://www.simscave.com/index.php?board=153.0

*Evil Laughter*

Indeed. *shakes fist*

Be advised there are more poses than shown.

So now I have to TRY THEM ALL???

Now, who can I make straddle whose lap...

http://beosboxboy.blogspot.com/2009/03/fairybulosa.html

vine-covered arches and other medieval build mode whatnot

Whoah, check this out:

http://www.feenwald.de/en/specials/omspcontrol01.php

It's an OMSP controller for making all of the OMSPs on a lot visible or invisible.

This should keep me from losing OMSPs for a while...

Ah now that is going to come in handy!

I found these nice eyes linked from the wiki: http://www.modthesims2.com/download.php?t=265555 They're kind of similar to the enayla eyes, which I really love.

I'm pretty sure I have these! They're a little on the sparkly side so I will probably limit them to elves, but they're so pretty. In fact I think I almost picked Iylaine's new eyes from this set, but I ended up going with Enayla's Heavenly eyes because I always loved those and didn't know when I would get another chance to use them.

And as for the Derbail / Aia braids you linked in the forum... I always forget that site when I am trying to figure out where I found hairs!

Meryt I found these dresses for toddler girls. http://modthesims2.com/download.php?t=313045

Oooooh, these are nice! Thanks

Don't know if you'd like this, but it looks medieval... http://linna.modthesims2.com/download.php?t=327891

AUGGHHH! I am too tired of signing up to random forums just to download one mesh. Oh well. K will just have to huff and puff without the aid of a bellows.

Aw, what will K do without his bellows?

Hehe, I came by to offer that one but had bellows been invented by 1085?

EDIT: You saw this, yes?

http://linna.modthesims2.com/download.php?t=328098

The ancient Egyptians had bellows of a sort, so I would say yes. Also it appears that the English word was in use before the 12th century... so... yes again. Poor K needs bellows for his annealing, but dangit I'm lazy.

Buyable water take 2. I guess I will try it out. I don't need the animations necessarily, but they look like different textures too. I'm still cranky from my experience with Aengus's moat, but it's still so infinitely much better than the glow-in-the-dark game water.

Maybe K will just have to settle for fanning the flames with his kilt.

I was thinking the same thing about the animations but the textures look like they're worth a gander. And now the question is, will these things fit on the Silent Lucidity OMSP's? Because if so, then they could be dropped below ground level pretty easily.

OK, Aed's long hair is from mts2. You can get the mesh from Insiminator.

Orlaith's dress is a recolor I made of one of sherahbim's lovely dresses from mts2. Literally I just slapped a color on top of a white dress, the lamest "recolor" in the world. But she seems OK with people recoloring using her textures, so if you are interested in having that particular golden color, let me know and I will post it. Or my other colors... it's Estrid's sea-green party dress, too (and boy does she PAR-TAY! in it) and we saw Irene wearing a lavender version under her cloak last time. And I have more.

I am stumped about the thrones. I thought they might have been Sims Design Avenue (formerly Caravane) but it looks like they aren't. Does anyone have any ideas? I will check next time I start my game to see if there is any info in the item description.

Meryt you should recolor that black widow dress if you use it in the story. It would look great in a different color.

Yeah I was planning on doing recolors of some or all of those dresses. The black one will be tough because it's hard to recolor black, but it looks pale enough that I might be able to do a deep red or blue with it.

Meryt have you made any use out of this dress I suggested to you a while back?

http://www.modthesims2.com/download.php?t=268397

I think I have it, I just haven't used it yet. It looks nice from the front but the folds of fabric on the skirt are a little strange. I might use it for an elf someday, it looks rather elfy.

Just because I'm in an annoying mood...

Are you planning on posting your recolors of that teen maternity dress? Or does the maker of that mesh have a problem with that?

Hmm, does anyone remember where I got that mesh in the first place?

It's not so much the mesh creator I'm worried about -- they tend to allow recolors (especially for very flexible stuff like this particular mesh). It's the textures that I recolored and copy-pasted onto the mesh... their creators may not appreciate that. I'm not sure... what do you think?

BonnieLaurel, I looked in my CC and I have a version of that gown I called "mustard" and a version I called "topaz", and I'm not sure which is the one Orlaith is wearing, so I just put them both in the archive. I'm too lazy to boot Windows right now and start up my game and check.

Here's the mesh:

http://www.insimenator.org/showthread.php?t=32903

OK obviously the mesh creator doesn't have a problem with it since she gives a base version you can use for recolors.

Does anyone know where Connie's current party dress is from? I think that's one of the maternity dresses I made. (Remember teen maternity dresses are made from adult textures, not teen textures, so it would have been an adult gown.)

Eithne's "cloak" is also one of the maternity dresses, originally by marie fay.

And I'm pretty sure I did teen maternity versions of Flann's velvet gown too... not sure where I got that one either.

I don't remember which ones I did any more. We need Brit and Eithne to hurry up and get bumps.

Does anyone want any of those? Do you think it would be OK if I posted them?

I would honestly kill for any recolors of that mesh. I'd make some myself, but BodyShop won't open for me

Wish I knew where those dresses are from, but I don't have those ones myself, so I have no idea. Sorry

Here's something for toddler boys: http://linna.modthesims2.com/download.php?t=316949

And here's Flann's dress: http://linna.modthesims2.com/download.php?t=252161

Rustic dining set:

http://www.simscave.com/index.php?topic=8638.0

OK, Van, I added some files up in the "Teen Girls" section. :shifty eyes: No pictures or anything because I am too damned tired today.

The "another fancy dress" is Connie's current party dress and I still don't know who made that texture.

I don't know if you will be able to use these though? Because I have Apartment Life bodyshop. I don't know whether the files it makes are backwards-compatible with the base game.

Yeah, sorry about begging for those

I've downloaded quite a bit of base-game compatible stuff from creators who appear to have all the expansion packs, so I'm sure it will work as long as the mesh does (which it does for me). Plus I downloaded Kraaia's boy clothes a while ago and they work just fine.

Thanks sooooo much

Yep, they work

Thanks again! These should be great for the upper-class (the originals really are only suitable for the middle-class, and the corset still strikes me as a little strange).

Yay! I look forward to seeing them in your story, Van, since it will still likely be a while before we get to see them in mine. *cracks whip over self*

Andale!

Not being a Spanish-speaker, I had to break out my Speedy Gonzales memories to figure that one out, Tiffany. At first I thought: Is Andale a new Sim story I haven't heard of yet? Where is that upside-down exclamation mark when you need it? Ay yi yi!

I loved that little mouse. I learned how to say amarillo.

And I thought I was a friggin genius.

I have no skills with typing Spanish characters. It irks me when I'm trying to be all fancy and the like.

Comprende?

Si! I just got my Linux all set up to let me type all my usual accented characters with the keyboard,and now I have to learn how to do that all over again with my Mac.

All the Spanish I know I learned from Sesame Street and Speedy Gonzales.

Dora the Explorer saved me on my last grammar quiz.

*Psssst* Hey, Lothere- In the upper right hand corner of your screen, there should be a little Canadian flag. Click it and you can change your keyboard settings. I use the French Canadian keyboard.

Sweet! This Mac thing is so easy. *caresses Mac*

Expert Level: Now I just need to figure out how to define my own keyboards. After much configuration, on Linux my CAPSLOCK key is like a fancy shift key that lets me type all the accents I can ever desire. (Since a CAPSLOCK key by itself is SO USELESS UNLESS YOU ARE AN AOL USER AND TYPE IN ALL-CAPS ALL THE TIME.) It would be very cool if I could do that on the Mac. But if I can't have that, an Insert key would also be nice. *pokes Mac*

Certain boyfriends of mine have just informed me that you can get pretty much any french accent mark by using the "option" key.

e + option = accent aigu

~ + option = accent grave

c + option = cédille

u + option = uhhh umlaut

i + option = accent circonflexe

1 + option = upside down exclamation mark thingy!¡!

EDIT: Those are the keystrokes when your keyboard is set to US. I suspect that it is different when your keyboard is set to something else.

Hehe, the Option + 1 gets snagged by Spaces before I can type upside-down exclamation. But I can at least type Olé! And I learned the keyboard shortcuts for Spaces too. Win-win!

("Certain boyfriends"... reminds me of Gwynn and her "certain boys" i.e. "Finn")

Do you by any chance remember where you got this mesh? I probably won't need it for quite some time, so no pressure.

Wow, that was years ago. All I can tell you is that it was originally some kind of Goth-like all-black thing. I just recolored the shirt to a different color. I think I masked out a cross-shaped necklace that was part of the outfit as well. (Maybe that will jog someone's memory... but that describes an awful lot of Sim outfits...)

It might not even be a special mesh. (This was pre-GoS days where I downloaded most everything from mts2.) It's just a skin-tight shirt (hence the ability to have bare arms) with a collar, and ordinary pants and shoses. You can download one of mine to try it out if you like... you might actually have the mesh already or it might be a base game mesh. [Elf Sleeveless Shirt] I'm not sure what color that is... I wasn't so careful about naming recolor files in those days.

Thanks

I'll test it later today.

Aaaaaand it works!

That one is the olive one, in case you were wondering.

I have no idea if you can use this but here are some flight poses:

http://www.modthesims2.com/download.php?t=341122

I'm sure I can use some of those poses... and not necessarily for flying.

Do you remember where you got the robe your priests are wearing? The Midsimmer Night's Dream one is starting to get on my nerves a little. I checked MTS2, but the only one I found was a completely different one, and it required University anyway.

I'm using the Midsimmer one, I just colored it black and erased the painted-on crucifix. I've been meaning to make new ones from some suitably flowing mesh, but haven't gotten around to it yet. I hate that mesh they have now, because (a) it meets the neck in a very broken way, and (b) some of the fingers on one of the hands are completely warped. I will probably do it fairly soon because we'll be seeing a lot of ecclesiastics in the near future.

Meryt I found Edris' old blue dress. http://www.modthesims.info/download.php?t=330113

Heheh, that's a new version of the same dress. Those LOTR gowns have been done so many times. Same with some of the Star Wars gowns. I approve of the latest incarnations by Fairy-teller, though. Very nice.

http://www.modthesims.info/download.php?t=344428

Oh, purdy!

Edit: Elven stove? http://www.modthesims.info/download.php?t=289932

Hobbit homes? http://www.modthesims.info/download.php?t=329331

Those hobit hole might be good for the kisor villages. That fireplace is great.

http://www.modthesims.info/download.php?t=348910

Herbs and junk.

Lothere, just thought I'd give a shout-out about how gorgeous those maternity clothes you made look in-game. Seriously, nice job choosing textures that look like they were made for that mesh. Much nicer than the original textures.

Sorry, that's the best picture I have

Awwwww! Thanks for the preview! I CANNOT WAIT for Brit to start to show. The adorableness will slay us all.

Ooooh, when's Brit going to start to show? If she's eleven weeks pregnant, then her first trimester is almost over, riiiiiight?

I make them start to show at 4 months, so that's early Feb. for Brit. And Wynna. And Sigi. And Eithne. And Colburga Ashdown. It's going to be a busy summer for babies in 1086.

Ah, okay. I make mine start to show at the end of the third month, beginning of the fourth. Probably a little early, but I'm too impatient to wait much longer than that

And Cecily don't forget about Cecily.

Sigi too? I thought she lost her baby.

Cúcú says you are wrong.

Do you happen to remember where you got Wynflaed's wedding gown? If not, no big deal.

By the way... are you going to be rigging Sigi's pregnancy so that it's the girl Eirik wants?

You'd better be rigging Brit's, because I don't think poor Alred could live with the fact that Matilda lied to him from beyond the grave...

To my great surprise I actually remember... it's from Rose.

I... can't really tell you what I am going to do with either of those babies. That would ruin the story a little, wouldn't it?

But I do plan on leaving the gender of Cat's baby up to chance, if that is some comfort to you. Poor Cat and Paul deserve a little old fashioned happiness and baby love.

Thank you

It doesn't matter what Cat's baby is. Actually, I was only really curious when I asked about Sigi's--doesn't matter too much to me either. The only one whose gender is important is Brit's--it hasta hasta hasta be a girl, because that's what Matilda told Alred it would be.

...please?

I have a feeling that we're going to get a bunch of baby girls including cat and paul.

This is wonderful Maud is going to be a grandma twice in one year.

Tehe.

Tartan kilt for TM. Not sure that it's terribly historically accurate for this time period though:

http://www.blackypanther.de/include.php?path=content/download.php&contentid=11122&PHPKITSID=c99951e8d2b23631f5580033e98f3f34

I'm pretty sure my so-called kilts aren't accurate for the 11th century as it is.

Chapped Lips

http://www.modthesims.info/download.php?t=354332

Pretty Castle Stuff

http://www.modthesims.info/member.php?u=1712949 http://www.all4sims.de/board/thread.php?threadid=9481)

You guys are like my little army of medieval CC finders.

Those chapped lips look nice from the screenshots. I like lips with a bit of texture to them...

I was thinking of poor frostbitten Kraaia when I saw those.

Here are some stuff I found

http://www.modthesims.info/download.php?t=298890

http://www.modthesims.info/download.php?t=350217

http://www.modthesims.info/download.php?t=317781

http://www.modthesims.info/download.php?t=316949

I think I have downloaded all of those already. Just haven't found the chance to use them yet. I usually trawl the latest finds from mts2 while I'm waiting for my game to load on the weekends.

Otherwise... I don't know. I have the feeling that the days of Sims 2 downloading sprees are all but done. *wipes tear*

http://www.modthesims.info/download.php?t=359082

This is just beyond cool, though I doubt you'd find use for it. But I just wanted to share this with you.

http://www.modthesims.info/download.php?t=358710

I like the pretty table.

http://www.modthesims.info/download.php?t=357057

Pretty eyes. Not that you need anymore.

Do you by any chance remember where you got the hair that Eadie had as a teen? If you don't, it's not big deal.

Do you think you could post the recolors you did on that utilikilt for Shirtless K? Would do it myself, but am too tech-stupid....

I am posting these sight-unseen so I hope I got the correct files.

• Set of four bottom-only utilikilt recolors: solid blue, solid red, K's gold plaid, and a red plaid (the first three can be seen on Muirguis, mac Nuada, and Eadred in "Egelric sees his last sign of sanity"). Requires mesh from Garden of Shadows
• K's shirtless kilt: this is a full-body outfit, in spite of its shirtlessness. Requires mesh from Club Crimsyn
• K's shirted outfit from "Cynewulf endures a slight delay". I didn't spend a lot of time on this, and probably won't use it again since there is now a bottom-only mesh, but it's here for completeness's sake. I think this uses a base-game mesh.

Let me know if anything in there is not as advertised!

Dry Hair http://www.modthesims.info/download.php?t=364963 Greasy Hair http://www.modthesims.info/download.php?t=364265

http://nocturnalsims.dreamwidth.org/tag/info%3Bmain

Interesting hairs and things...

Thanks Tiffany. It's been a while since I've had a good downloading spree.

Yay! I didn't know that Nymphy had a dreamwidth!

*downloady, downloady*

I remember you said something about Margaret maybe wearing her key on a necklace someday... I found some key necklaces. Not sure if you can use them, but have a look:

http://www.digitalperversion.net/gardenofshadows/index.php?topic=5650.0

Also: Where did you get all the wonderful clothes for you men? Especially Egelric, Eirik and Sir Sigefrith. I've been searching for them, but without success.

Ooh... now I have those necklaces, thinking I might use one for Leof, but I forgot about Margaret. I will have to see whether they are wearable by teens!

Sadly I can't help you with any of those clothes I think, unless someone knows where Eirik's or Sir Sigefrith's clothes can be found? I looked in the places I expected, but the sites I thought of are closed down.

Egelric's green and white outfit is one I made... but I need to fix it, because now that I have bump mapping enabled I discover that it's all wrong. I hope I still have the textures. It is not wonderful, but if I get it fixed I will post it here.

Yay! Now I too may have half-naked kilted men!

Water wheel?

http://www.sims2collage.de/ermelind/recols/objectsobjekte/outside/millwheelmuehlradmeshbypeacemakersimsfan2.php

Vaulted ceilings?

http://www.modthesims.info/download.php?t=366443

Although, if memory serves me correctly, these would not have been invented yet.

is all I can say.

Awesome! I'll see if I include them in my game, though they seem a bit complicated to use.

I got a suggestion for Dunstan. It's a ponytail much like the one he has now, but non-plasticy.

http://www.digitalperversion.net/gardenofshadows/index.php?topic=13537.0

Yes, that's a good one! I had the original version of that one with all the long locks in the front, but I haven't had the chance to use it yet... didn't look very ordinary-medieval and I haven't introduced any non-ordinary guys lately. (Maybe for Yware, heheh.) But the alpha edits are good (though there is a bit of a seam). The one without bangs or loose locks is very clean-cut and Dunstan-like. I will try it on him next time I fiddle with his poor head.

Lothere, have you seen these?

http://thesorceressandcompany.com/Forum/index.php?PHPSESSID=32289a1c1ed755bc2240ac6ce6253634&topic=371.0

They make a room look like a real round tower!

Ooh thanks! I never would have found that by myself. They even look rounded from the inside! I will have to try my hand at some stone recolors so I can build towers.....

Ooh, I forsee even more beautiful pictures coming to a chapter near you...

I know, it's going to be an architectural revolution around here: suddenly I have round towers, new round roofs, new Viking roofs with horns, and interior arched ceilings.

This deserves another

http://thesorceressandcompany.com/Forum/index.php?PHPSESSID=32289a1c1ed755bc2240ac6ce6253634&topic=555.0

Myrddin!

kilts with bare feet:

http://www.digitalperversion.net/gardenofshadows/index.php?topic=14434.0

*flings karma into the air*

I have been longing for bare-footed kilts: I had to photoshop the bare feet for "Aed makes light of serious matters". No more!

Lo, there will be much nearly-naked kilted romping in Lothere. Can we just move the story to Scotland?

(Actually, I do not think I want to see Sigefrith in a kilt. Just... no.)

Also, hello to you! Have you been silently reading all this time, or did you come back just to surprise me with a barefooted kilt?

With all the hopping around that Sigefrith does, everyone would be sure to get a clear view of the royal treasury.

*dies*

I wouldn't mind seeing Alred in a kilt though. A kilt might be what it takes for him to get a PHWOAR! out of me. Shirtless Angry Alred in a kilt... hmmmm yes, I think I would forgo high heels and slouch for that.

hehehe

If Alred's barefoot, you might have to go that extra mile and kneel with your knees inside a pair of tennis shoes.

He's not THAT short. But as long as I'm down there...

*dies*

Just when I thought there was an advantage to being 5'4"

It seemed to work out for Matilda!

*falls out of bed*

True that

*erupts in laughter*

My, Lothere, you sure are in a naughty mood

I'm thinking that with all the comments on this page and the loading time required, that we might need a Where can I get...? Part 2?

I know, I know, I was thinking about this myself the other day. I'm still pondering what to do. This page probably needs to be reorganized anyway... I have broken links at the top, and lots of stuff that is linked to in the comments here and in comments elsewhere in the story, and that should go in the "where can I get?" too.

http://portal.charlamov.com/windlebridge/default.aspx

Stone stairs in case you haven't been there yet.

Heh. Kudos for just having a "Where Can I Get...?" page. It seems like the kind of thing lazy people like me would never ever ever bother with, even if they got to the point where they were still simming from the outdated computers in their nursing home suites.

I got lost in the forum mix-up, but I've been silently reading all this time. I've loved the political situation you've created around Ramsaa.

Okay, so I highly, highly doubt that you will ever need these, but I would feel terrible knowing that these are out there and not sharing

Anyway, just in case you ever have a troupe of performers passing through Lothere or something, since we all know that female roles were played by men back in those days:

Mesh

Colors

Black and gray

Seriously, I just can't believe someone made these. I actually think I am now going to go out of my way to use these in one of my medieval stories, even though the mesh is ridiculously on the extreme side.

Forget the acting troupes... we need a storyline like... Sigefrith sends Eadred on a top-secret mission requiring he dress like a woman. And for some reason Ralf is required to go as his handmaiden. YES.

On a somewhat related note, if anyone knows of a teen female medievalish boy-clothes mesh WITHOUT breasts, I would be much obliged. I may be needing some boy clothes for a certain teen female, but she would be binding her breasts to make herself more passable.

You're right, that's much better than the acting troupes. And much more laugh-inducing

Hmmmm... I think the only medieval boy clothes for teen females I've ever seen are the ones you made for Kraaia. I'll keep my eyes open, though.

Now I'm wondering who it is. It seems to me that the it's so obviously either Kraaia, Meggie, or Emma that I should most definitely assume it's Gwynn. Whoever it is, though, it should make for a good storyline

The closest thing that I know of is Gothplague's androgyny skins:

http://www.digitalperversion.net/gardenofshadows/index.php?topic=9868.0

But I don't think that anyone has ever made these meshes medievalified.

Are those for teens though? I've seen a few things for AF but not TF.

It's not urgent anyway... it wouldn't be happening till late in the summer. (Think we'll ever get there? ) But I thought it was worth mentioning just in case. Some of you guys visit sites I've never even heard of!

Yep. I downloaded it and peeked inside. There are a set of outfits for TF.

Heheh. I know how you feel about storytelling eventualities.

How do bodyshapes (e.g. the androgyny bodyshape, the bodybuilder thing, the Warlokk meshes, etc.) work in the game, exactly? I would've thought they were some sort of default replacement sim body, but I've seen pictures with both normal sims and bodybuilder sims, so unless there's some photoshopping involved there, I guess I was wrong there. Are they just like clothing meshes?

Yep. You put them on as clothes and/or as skins.

Thanks, both of you

I'm not sure I'll actually make use of bodyshapes anytime soon--I'm just curious. But it is definitely useful to know. Again, thanks

Countess Emma might dare! And who would say her nay?

Caedwulf, probably. :p

Caedwulf might be dressing up in ladies' gowns by then himself, with golden rosettes in his hair.

I have to wonder what the people of Lothere would think if their king showed up in court one day dressed in such a manner...

If the king does it, it becomes the fashion.

Oh, wouldn't the men look pretty in their wives dresses? Just imagine Alred in Matilda's red gown! With his hairy bosom! Priceless.

This blue dress would be so great on Ogive ! She could wear it in an attempt to seduce Caedwulf, though, it would not be "the thing".

They do have that mod for switching boy and girl outfits!

Lothere, where did you get the recolors of the outfit that a lot of the teen boys are wearing, such as Cedric, and Dunstan when he was younger. I think Caedwulf might have one too. All I can find is the blue one. Did you make the recolors yourself? Also, what about that green outfit (adult) Baldwin wears? Thanks!

Which teen outfit do you mean, Sam? The one in this picture? (from "Cedric turns back")

If so, then yes I did do those recolors. I also did a whole slew of recolors for the outfit Sir Baldwin is wearing.

Would you like me to post those? (Assuming they are the ones you mean.)

I would like that. Very much! My teen boys have so few things to wear...

Edit: YES! My avatar change worked. ^^ Finally! But I still need my own. Me thinks I'm gonna go hunting for Gwynn-pictures. ^^

Mmmmmm, recolors...

Yeah, those are the ones I meant. It would be SO GREAT if you could post them. I tried to do recolors myself, but in the end it was just EPIC FAIL.

Teen tunic - 7 files, 4.4 MB RAR.

"Flemish Knight" outfit (i.e. Sir Baldwin's) - 10 files, 8.7 MB RAR.

Sorry that the filenames don't include the colors, I made these ages ago. You will have to delete any colors after having a peek. (Some of the "Flemish Knight" colors are kinda fruity. )

Excellent!! The days of needing more teen boy and middle-class adult male clothing are now OVER!!

There are some new dresses over at MTS. Just saw it and thought you'd like them. ^^

http://www.modthesims.info/download.php?t=371606

And THANK YOU!! for the lothes! My guys are gonna love them. ^^

AWESOME! Thanks for the clothes!

I don't know that you have any use for these but I find them interesting:

http://www.digitalperversion.net/gardenofshadows/index.php?topic=13871.0

Just snooping around the 'net and found these dresses on a polish site if anyone is interested.

http://www.sims2design.pl/foru/showthread.php?t=1009

http://www.sims2design.pl/forum/showthread.php?t=158

Not sure how they will look ingame.

A new update was listed at Mirkwood Sims in their fantasy clothing section. Here's the link if anyone hasn't seen it yet.

http://www.mirkwood-sims.de/gothicclothes4.html

Greetings! May I ask where the rideable, tacked horse from the first chapter can be found? Thank you!

Oh, I wish it were real! Those pictures are a combination of a naked horse + pose boxes and OMSPs to make the rider + Photoshop to draw in the tack. There are not nearly enough "riding scenes" in this story for that very reason.

Thanks a lot for your reply! I can't believe that you draw the bridle yourself. I know there is a rideable horse at MTS. But it looks .... hmmm.

Yes, I used the rideable horse in "Sigefrith and Darius find death in the snow" and "Eadgith sees how she is loved", and the effect was... hrmmm.

It's also a pain because you have to build an invisible driveway to use it!

im on ur custom content paeg... shamelesly askin 4 ur recolorz...

*ahem* May I please have your recolors of the priest robe, if it's not too much trouble? I finally caved and decided to give my sims winter wear, even though I don't have Seasons. For the most part, I have everyday or formal stuff that can pass as outerwear... except for my adult males, which in almost any given medieval story is the most prominent demographic as far as MAIN characters go. Actually, come to think of it, I'm not sure if I have anything for teen males... oh well, that's much less important at this point.

I found these eyes while hunting around on MTS2 for new content since I recently gave up on my hopelessly glitchy game and reinstalled. I like them, and they're a HUGE set.

http://www.modthesims.info/download.php?t=372022

The same creator also made several other sets of eyes. I especially like the Obscure Life set.

You have some very lovely stuff in your downloads folder. May I ask for the drinking horn/ rhyton you use in some of your pics? Where can we find it?

Oh dear, I hate to disappoint you again! The drinking horn in "Sadb is queen of an empty castle" is yet more photoshoppery.

Lol, you are such an incredible and smart lady! I really adore your work.

Thanks, Ravenfeather. Maybe the third time will be the charm.

Van, sorry it took so long to get those priest robes for you, I had to boot Windows to use Clean Installer and make sure I had the right files. I apologize for the quality and wouldn't ordinarily recommend their use, but since you ASKED...

Priest Robe (2 outfits)

This includes the brown robe that most of my men wore as "outerwear" before I got Seasons, as well as the black robe that Aelfden, Matthew, and others are still wearing as of this writing. Both the textures and the mesh are rather crappy -- in my mesh, at least, the fingers of the right hand are totally warped, and it doesn't join the neck very well. (I think this is the mesh from Midsimmer Night's Dream) BUT YOU ASKED.

If you want the green vestments Aelfden wears for Mass, you can download those too:

Green Priest Vestments (1 outfit)

This requires the wizard robe mesh by Besen, available from the Dark Project on mts2.

Excellent!! Thank you!!

I just found these male bracelets. http://www.thesimsresource.com/downloads/browse/category/sims2-body-accessories-misc/page/36/cnt/1717/ And perhaps this axe? http://www.thesimsresource.com/downloads/browse/category/sims2-body-accessories-misc/page/43/cnt/1717/ Maybe you can use them.

Thanks for the links. I already have the bracelets, but I saved them until someone who could make them showed up in Lothere. (Namely Shirtless K.) We shall see whether they become the fashion.

The axe is cool... I just wish there were a third version the Sim could hold in his hand! That way I could have the murdered guy and the murderer.

Court Jester costumes at DLMuslow's Sim Antics. Not sure if anyone has seen this yet! They actually look pretty cool! I can just see Sigefrith's face if Alred showed up in one as a jest!

Here's link.

http://dlmulsowssim-antics.com/viewtopic.php?f=94&t=10497

I just found a Breast-Feeding Hack by Squinge! Did anyone know this even existed? Hurray for everyone playing Medieval neighbourhoods, .... who needs baby bottles anymore. I had to mention it here since I just finished reading "Sigrid is made sure" where the comments keep mentioning Synne's IDENTICAL TWINS!! Just think of the photos ..... Synne and the nursemaid.

http://www.insimenator.org/index.php/topic,8084.0.html

A haybed http://www.thesimsresource.com/collections/sims2-medieval/downloads/details/category/sims2-sets-objects/title/Happy%20in%20the%20hay%20-%20Strawbed/id/722877/

Thank you, Ravenfeather I'm sure I can use it

I found the pirate site link: http://ls.paysites.mustbedestroyed.org/booty/ts2/tsr/solfal/

It's happyinthehay-strawbed.zip

But aaahhhhhh! You have no idea how much trouble this would have saved me if I'd had this last month! *bangs head against wall repeatedly* I reeeeeeally need to get my CC-hunting habits on the right track, get off my ass and start finding stuff for myself when I need it.

Take a look here:

Log in to TheSimsResource (TSR). Downloads>TSRCollections Sims2>Medieval Madness.

I just noticed, I don't have any nice-looking thrones. Where did you get yours from, do you remember?

Or does anyone else know?

Ooooh, good question. Come to think of it, I don't have any nice thrones either. That may be part of the reason my king never gets any airtime anymore. I think the best ones I have look like they came right from the council scene in Fellowship of the Ring.

Hmmm... I'll start looking around after I do my laundry.

If you mean these guys, well, I do not actually know.

I checked Sim-Ages (in the booty since the site is no more) and Sims Design Avenue (formerly Caravane) and did not find them.

Yes, I meant exacly those.

Van, you are right with the FotR. ^^ I have those, but they look so elfy that I can't use them, although they look so great.

The best I found are by cashcraft at TSR, but they aren't so nice at all. Nor do they match with anything I already have.

I found a bonfire! Well, more like a small fire, but still: http://www.modthesims.info/download.php?t=374078

That was the toilet version. This is the throne version.

Interesting, because I don't have the yellow color. I must have downloaded someone else's Lady-and-Unicorn recolor of this mesh, which included the mesh.

http://n99forumpaks.djssims.com/index.php?category=8&subcat=28

I was perusing that site's affiliates and I found this set. WHY did I not know about these sites before?

Love the Gothic thrones from Assimilated Sims! Here's a few more if anyone is interested.

Kings Throne at MTS2 by JohnBrehaut1. There are actually 5 different thrones he made. Egyptian, Bones, Aztec and Satan (could be used by Dantalion & Eithne as dining chairs!?) http://www.modthesims.info/download.php?t=161053

For something exotic .... how about the Jade Throne and Dragon Throne from Sims 2 Heaven.

Jade Throne: http://sims.zifengling.com/contents14/57.htm

Dragon Throne: http://sims.zifengling.com/contents14/57.htm I know these 2 are very Oriental, but possibly something for the Elf Throne Room if needed?

Some more medieval (?) gowns for ya!

http://www.sims-style-by-simple78.de/sims2downloads/fashion/costume/index.php

Thank you, guys! You sent me on one massive download spree, but now my royals finally have thrones! Yay! Now I only wish I had found the recolors you're using, Jenny. *sighs*

Another thing:

The axe is cool... I just wish there were a third version the Sim could hold in his hand! That way I could have the murdered guy and the murderer.

I found this crate of throwing axes: http://games.sharing-info.com/2008/10/27/best-hack-items-download-for-the-sims-2-part-2/

(how do you hide the links? I can't figure it out...)

Does anyone know where the stuff from Elegant Sims is now? It's not in the graveyard or the booty.

I just found this set that matches the medieval items from Uni. Some pretty good items in here.

http://modthesims.info/download.php?t=376522

Hey Sam.

I don't have anything from Elegant Sims .... it's listed as one of the 'missing links' that the Graveyard is hoping someone may have. I put in a request at Sims Cave ..... a site sort of like the Graveyard or PMBD.

Here is a useful posebox, hehehe,

http://giu.magique.free.fr/making-of/lib.html

called "Let it bleed" pack.

Aw yes! A fireplace poker AND an axe! I wish the knife didn't look quite so much like a kitchen knife, but I will make do.

loads of beards:

http://simplelife.chagasi.com/

LOVE those beards. Egelric's and Malcolm's current beards are one of these beards (though I edited the alpha so it goes beneath the chin and added some gray hair.) And Osh's current beard is also one of these. They look like real hair and not goofy Maxis paste-on Halloween beards. The only downside is that they are black only.

Hey Jenny!

I saw your comment above regarding the "kitchen" knife. Ran across this site .... all in French .... , so I thought you might find it interesting. It appears they have a variety of pose boxes, some of which look intriguing. One of the photos is holding a knife. Kinda looks like a kitchen knife too, but .....! For me, the whole site would be a guessing game. Sadly, no French. They needed to start us earlier in school, plus school was eons ago for me. Digressing. Happens in old age! Here's the link. I hope it's what I thought it was. See Hacks Sims 2 and start scrolling down using the mouse wheel.

http://www.foreversims.net/telechargements.html

Hmm as long as we are digressing... Speaking as somebody who makes a living making Web sites that WORK, it makes me cry to be faced with a Website that crams every Sims 2 hack known to man onto a single page stuffed into a tiny window that can only be navigated with the mousewheel... That is so, so wrong, and speaking with a sexy French accent does not make that right.

I did not see a knife, however. Is it possibly the "Let it Bleed" posebox that Ravenfeather linked above?

I am getting VERY selective about my posebox downloads lately. I have too many, and no matter how hard I try, my uses of poseboxes usually make me cringe with their wooden-ness. Also, keeping track of all those poses!! Usually nowadays I don't even bother downloading a posebox until Lachesis has added it to her catalog.

Today I found some beautiful lighting.

http://www.simsconnection.com/joomla3/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1039

Excellent! I hope that they are linked to one of the candle lights from the game so that they will work with my modified lighting files. *crosses fingers*

Ok, so I just did a google image search for "stubble" (don't ask) and when I got to page 12, I almost died. There was a picture of Alred's head.

...I have to see this now *runs off to Google images*

EDIT: Oh my God! *dies*

Some titbits for you.

Goblets http://www.simsconnection.com/joomla3/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1883

Stairs http://holysimoly.com/index.cfm?go=home.objects&C=9B4CFB9B-65BC-8AAB-7A711832DCDA712F My favourite!

Framework Wall (Set 131 + 130) http://www.countycottage.de/jgs_db.php?action=showkat&katid=4&sid=&page=2 Looks awesome in game!

Stocks http://www.modthesims.info/download.php?t=43261

Mega Set http://www.modthesims.info/download.php?t=329610

For the hungry - fish and leg http://www.aroundthesims2.com/objects/single_pets/003/index.html (for free at the booty!)

Thank you, thank you! That is some good stuff. I am especially excited about the goblets. After four years I FINALLY have something appropriately 11th Century for my Sims to drink out of!! (at least the rich ones )

For the poor I use those pottery cups and plates.

http://www.thesimsresource.com/downloads/details/category/sims2-sets-rooms-kitchens/title/Roman%20Kitchen/id/777105/

They look so real in game!