Taking A Break

This will be very disappointing for some, but for the next year I am taking a break from creating. The end of this month marks the beginning of my final year in university and I need to focus on that.

Of course, this will be horrible, terrible news for the people still waiting on the remainder of my Manor House Collection sets and those recolors of the MH Kitchen I promised. My decision is based on the fact that school will always come first for me. With this being my last year, I cannot afford distractions.

Now, what will happen after I have my diploma in hand? I have no earthly clue.
It depends on how much I miss creating. Also, I'm sure that the pool of Sims 2 players will shrink considerably in the time I'm gone, probably due to the 2 or 3 TS3 EPs that will have been released during that time. So, my decision will also hinge upon what level of interest there is in Sims 2 objects.

I'm not retiring, though. At least not now. But, I can't say I'm definitely coming back, either. What I am sayin is, just don't expect anything from me in the coming months (I say expect because I might post some things here and there during holidays, but that isn't a promise).

Two new sets!

Two new sets will be available for download tomorrow. Part 2 of the MH Kitchen as well as a small pack of countertop recolors. I'm currently working hard on the next full set release in the MH Collection. I'd like to get at least two full sets done this summer. In the mean time, I will also be releasing full kitchen recolors over the course of the summer. I already have three completed and I plan on doing a Dirty Pretty Things recolor of the kitchen like I did for the MH washroom set (but that one I have yet to start on).

Stay tuned for more updates and set releases!

The Great Disappearing Phoenix Phaerie!

I vanished off the face of the planet for a while there. As usual, the reason for my extended absence was school. Usually the moment mid-term hits, my free time shrinks. This semester was no exception.

Also, I am entering my final year of school. As a consequence, I am less and less concerned with maintaining an online presence. That doesn't mean that I'm going to stop my simmy activities! It just means that I've stopped fighting my need to put school first. If I have to go into total hibernation to get my schoolwork done, then that's what happens.

But now that school is over, I am so looking forward to doing fun things instead of hours and hours of soul-crushing schoolwork. I'm off to do some uploading!

News, news, news.

The mods at TSR were good enough to restore editing capabilities for me, so I have uploaded the fixed version of the MH Kitchen Island. You can download it here on TSR.

 

Manor House Kitchen Appliances Pack

I will be uploading an appliances pack add-on for the MH Kitchen. It should be available for download either Thursday or Friday. The appliances pack is a set of 11 different recolors of the MH Kitchen stove, stove hood, dishwasher and trash compactor. It also includes Freetime and Seasons ready versions of the fridge, dishwasher and trash compactor.

Click here to see preview images of the appliance pack recolors.

PLEASE READ!!

There's a problem with the MH Kitchen island. I accidentally uploaded an older version of the file that has a GUID conflict with the Maxis Luxuriaire Dining Table. Unfortunately one of the wonderful changes to TSR involved doing away with the edit feature, so I can't upload the fixed file.

Apparently, they're working to add the edit feature back, but who knows when that will be. Instead, I've decided to upload the fixed version of the island to MediaFire.

 

Please download the new version of the island at this link: MH Kitchen Island

Updates coming!

I am still incredibly busy with school. Luckily my spring vacation starts in a little more than a week. YAY! I'll be uploading my new sets then.

Manor House Update

It looks like whatever changes the TSR staff were going to make to the new layout are now done. I still don't like it, but I'm one person and I don't presume to think that my opinion counts for much on this issue.

I'm going to have to learn to deal with it, even though I cringe every time I look at the layout.

Now, on to happier things: the Manor House Kitchen. I hope that those who were really anxious to get it were able to find it elsewhere in the Sims community. I released it more than 3 weeks ago (not on TSR), so if you haven't found it by now, never fear, it'll be here on TSR shortly.

I hope to upload Part I of the Kitchen, as well as an appliance pack to TSR sometime next week. I cannot make any promise, seeing as I'm already swamped with work despite the semester being only 2 weeks old ¬_¬

 

 

V7 Issues

Judging by the way things are moving on the TSR site, it doesn't look like the v7 redesign is going to come out of its beta stage for a while. There are a LOT of bugs and it's going to take the mods/staff here a while to sort it all out.

I'm not happy. I really enjoy posting my creations here on TSR and the great feedback I get from all the members, so I won't say much about the new design other than to say I do not like it. At all.

My hope is that I'm not alone and that the TSR staff will take in the criticism and feedback to refine the design so that it is able to serve the needs of all members.

As far as the MH Kitchen goes, I'm still continuing with my plan to release it either this weekend or early next week--but not on TSR. I just don't see how they can possibly work out ALL the bugs and ALL the issues in that short a time.

Uploading to TSR has always been a bit of a fussy process (which I can understand--keeping hundreds of thousands of downloads organized is NOT easy), but the site issues would make uploading a set a headache I have no desire to deal with.

Some of you know that my creations are also available elsewhere in the Sims community, so keep your eyes open for the MH Kitchen.

I look forward to being able to upload it to TSR, but as of now I can't say when that will be.

Back from vacation

I'm back from my family vacation. It was.....interesting. I'll just leave it at that because TSR is a family site.

Speaking of the TSR site, I have no idea what's going on with the layout redesign. Everything seems to be really wonky still. I From my end, a lot of the new features are either incomprehensible or aren't working.

 

I planned to upload the MH Kitchen this weekend, but there are still so many weird things going on with v7 that I don't know if I should wait until some of the bugs have been worked out before doing that.

Hopefully they can get things up and running so I can move forward with the MH release.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Skool iz harrd

Sorry for the complete and total lack of updates. This semester has been the most intense I've ever experienced. I've had almost zero time for anything other than work and school since mid-October.
I had hoped to upload the MH Kitchen set before the end of the year, but between my exams and the 3 week vacation I'm being dragged on with my family, there's no way the MH set will be uploaded this month.

In fact, I will be leaving for my vacation this weekend, right after the end of my exams -_-

I will be returning in early January, so depending on whether or not I have murdered my entire family after being forced to endure 21 uninterrupted days in their company, the MH Kitchen will be uploaded around then.