Furniture slung all over the lot?

Attention: If you install a lot and furniture is slung all over the place when you install it--make sure to Rig Fix your game in case some still-borked content managed to slip beneath the radar! ;) Then re-download/install the lot and see what happens. I just Rig Fixed my game this morning for the first time in maybe a month or 2, and had 11 objects from some old FA sets I downloaded that were still Borked and needed Fixing, that I had used on my recent lots--aiy yai yai! :mad: Stoopid Pets Patch of Doom.

Collection Files -- UPDATED!

Here is a link to a collection file I made for my Object creations (my wall art, sets, etc), just to make it easier for people to find things in the royal mess that has become of the Decor/Miscellaneous Tab. I've been using it for my own convenience for a little while now, and figured if it helped me it might help someone else out there, too. Cuz scrolling up and down through literally hundreds and even thousands of CC is just...not for me, lol! Enjoy! http://www.mediafire.com/?3z1rlasryf8lk0z Update log: 6/04/12: Replaced the mediafire file with another one (please re-download!) and added a new collection file, with several things from the old file now rearranged, and more of my creations added that I didn't realize were missing from the last batch! Now includes the Dolmens set items, Captain Nemo Cabin Chart Wall Map, EA Double Pipes, Bi-colored column, Spooky Wall Lamp, EA Servo Sculpture, Y is for Yurei, and Build Mode wall sets Alphonse Mucha, Moulin Rouge, Medieval Blind Arches, and Resident Evil Basement Walls.

I'm BAAAACK -- As a Select Artist again! ^-^

No one be alarmed--I have smelling salts available for the faint and overcome (pfft!)! I am very happy where I am now as an SA again! Now, if you keep crying, I'm going to have to insist that you lay down for a moment or two to compose yourself. :P

I'm BAAAAACK!!!

(For now--lol!) Anyways, if any of y'all have been wondering Where the HECK has Murfeel been lately!?, well, it's a very long and rather boring tale, with absolutely no fire breathing dragons, valiant knights, faery princesses or evil witches involved (yawn). Suffice it to say I was having computer problems, but I just wanted you all to know that I haven't deserted TSR at ALL, and that in very short order hopefully I'll have some nice new lots up! I learned some new tricks while I was away, and hopefully those aggravating days of losing progress due to corrupt saves and crashes are now firmly in the past where they belong. ^-^ I missed everybody! WOW, I've got some catching up to do! I'm off to download everyone's gorgeous work now! Ta! :D Murfee Lee

I've Got Troubles -- Accounts Hacked

Urgh, this has been a TERRIBLE start to the New Year for me! :( On New Years morning my computer got a registry error crash and I lost all my data (that was my fault though--I did something stupid, pfft!). Then my swollen hands and feet returned (it's going down a little now, so I walk with little pain -- don't ask how old I am to have such problems; you'll be just as baffled as I am!). And THEN, on the 17th, I woke up at around 6 to get the brat ready for school, checked my emails, and learned at at 3 or 4 that morning my Sims 3 account was HACKED!! Yes: HACKED! O.O Some complete @#$%^&*! went and somehow found my password, and used it to not only get into my EA/Origin account (and spend all my simpoints Gifting people), but then used it to get into my Google account and delete it. As such, all my related accounts like Youtube & Mediafire were deleted, and and my Photobucket account was hacked, my pictures either deleted or replaced with porn. *SIGH* I flagged the photos and reported them to Photobucket. We'll see if they can remove my old account, so I can start afresh under a new one. Yeah. Good times. EA contacted me straightaway when they saw a change in my account, which saved my tooshie--thanks EA/Origin! They managed to get my Sims 3 accounts back in order, change my password, and reimbursed me for my simpoints, so I am fortunate that that was far as the hacker got. And I learned a valuable lesson: strengthen your frikkin password, especially Google, since they like to automatically Connect you to every daggone thing!! I had that Youtube account before I even joined TS3 OR Gmail!! That was my baby! *sobbing* Just letting y'all in on the woe that is me! ^-^

A Brief Absense, folks

Sorry I haven't been around much lately, everybody. On New Years Eve my computer somehow got a *crazy* registry error, and after a few blue screens of death in a row I decided (rather irrationally) to delete my entire user account and start afresh. Unfortunately, the last time I backed up my pc was on Halloween. :P So, I have been running around like mad trying to backtrack everything I've done over the past 2+ months, and try to recover as much of my game (and the multiple creations I was in the middle of completing--GRRRR!!! >_< ) as I possibly can. So far so good--I am currently reinstalling a LOT of CC, and hopefully I can be up and running again and back to finishing more creations some time next week, with uploads ready for you all by early February. My save files are all corrupted, so hopefully the backup versions will work, or it might take me even longer, as I'll have to start multiple projects all over again--*SIGH*. :(

Just FYI!!! ^-^

PMs All Gone, folks

Aw crap! :( They got rid of the old Private Messages in my inbox; so my PM page is totally empty--I was saving certain messages from almost a whole year ago--NOOOO!! *weeping* If you've sent me a PM recently and I haven't responded yet, please send it to me again. Sorry. :(

My gratitude knows no bounds

I really feel that I should make a proper statement, that words really don't do much credit for, but I'll try to be as eloquently sincere as I possibly can: I LOVE YOU TSRAA!!!! :D lol

 

All silliness aside, I really owe the entire collection of TSRAA creators at TSR a debt of eternal gratitude. Without all of you, I would NEVER have been able to even START creating the way I do, let alone be promoted to Select Artist and then Featured artist a few months later! I get such inspiration from even looking at your creations and imaging how I would like them used in a room, and that's what makes my Lots come alive to such an extent that I get so many compliments, when really--TSRAA deserves ALL the compliments, utterly and truly. *Bows down before all of you with love*

 

I also want to give a direct BIG thank you to some of my largest fonts of support and inspiration: TSRAA artists Ziggy28 and Jomsims, who were my two very first Bookmarked artists that I chose when I came to TSR and totally fell in LOVE with at first sight. I love you, your works, and your continued contributions, with all my heart.

 

Also, to all of the other artists I am continually Bookmarking, I am such a HUGE fan--forgive all of my often senseless gushing on your creations download pages! ^-^ I just get very excited when I see something new that I really like! My Downloads folder is busting at the seams because of all of you!

 

And a final very appreciative Thank You to the very few of you who have Gifted me at my Murfeel page at the Store! I really can't describe how touched I am that you would actually GIVE me such a valuable present--you know who you are, and I am always just stunned when I get a new Gift; pleasure mixed with pain that I am so broke that can't get anything at the Store myself, and for you to help me to such an extent, just so that I can keep creating happily, REALLY means a lot to me--you guys really redefine the saying Putting Your Money Where Your Mouth Is!, and the only way I know how to repay you is to just keep creating!

 

I hope in my new position as a Featured Artist I can give you all above and beyond what you expected from me as a Select Artist! I am told that I deserve it, so I really hope I don't let anyone down! Murfee Lee

Leave Requests Here

As most of you should know--I am always open to Requests. My favorite types of Requests are for making Sims and Patterns for people, but I don't mind doing Lot/Object/etc Requests either, though they tend to take (a lot) longer to complete, as I have my own Creations Schedule to keep (I'll never post what wickedness I'm up to--it's a surprise! :D LoL). I have decided to let people leave Requests in these blog messages. It will be easier for me to keep track of projects people want done this way, as I need to flush out my PMs folder PRONTO, before it fills up. DOs: So, leave your requests in a post below! I like getting links to pictures online so that I have some idea as to what you all want from me, so try to include that in the Request. Even though I mostly stick to Historical/Fantasy creations, I don't mind doing Celebrity Sims at ALL, so those are 100% fine. Themes I am fine with: -Cultural -Historical (anything from prehistoric times all the way up to the Vintage era (no later than the 1940s)) -Scientific (Steampunk through Futuristic) -Fantasy and Horror DON'Ts: The one thing I don't do, however, are 'Contemporary' lots--bleh. If you just want some regular modern home with the works that just looks nice, or a plain Starter Home or whatever, I am NOT the one to ask, lol! Same goes with asking for Model sims--Celebrities are fine, but I won't just make 'A pretty sim man or woman, please!?' NO. Also, don't Request anything that will force me to have to use something from an EP or SP--I don't have any, pfft! *weeping internally* Don't expect your Request, if I accept/consider it, to be finished right away, sadly. As I said, I have my own Schedule I keep, and though I tinker with it on occassion it takes time to create things, so waiting is not an option. And remember: keep your Requests PG-13 (so we don't get banned)!

Quick Tip if the Launcher Won't Install Files

In addition to the other advice I gave in my last post, sometimes it's not anything wrong with anything at all. Sometimes TSR, especially if you download something as a sims3pack, botches up the download, and you'll end up with a dud file. :( When you put it into the Launcher, instead of seeing a proper thumbnail, all you'll see is a brown box--you'll know it when you see it: TRUST. ;) 9 times out of 10, if you try to install anything showing up as a brown box in the Launcher, the installation will FAIL. But don't despair! Just go back and try again--this time, try to dl the desired item as a ZIP file, NOT a sims3pack. Extract the ZIP file wherever you need it, and reinstall the sims3pack(s) within. This time, the installation SHOULD work. ;) This happens to me when I download things at LEAST twice a day, and dl-ing the file as ZIPs instead has ALWAYS worked for me. ;)

Happy Simming! :)