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Somnium Latin: a dream, fantasy, day dream or foolishness, nonsense.

This blog contains pictures and stories from my adventures with The Sims 2 as well as my current progress on the many challenges issued by The Sims 2 community.

The Gables Redux

Wow, who ever thought I'd get around to this? I finally worked out what was going wrong and can share my legacy house! I'm a little nervous about it actually, because it's really not all that great. I've built much better houses than this, though not on this scale of course. Keep in mind, this was built a very long time ago and has remained pretty much unchanged, this started as a Base and Uni legacy and still remains pretty much a Base and Uni house. I have made small concessions to the new EPs in playing style and such but in furnishings and use of new EP stuff, not so much.

Some things to keep in mind about The Gables. One, this is a no Free Will house, with bare bone furnishings. Everything in it is on a need to own basis. No TVs or gaming systems, no decorations of any kind, just what is required. I took the time to strip out all of the custom content and replace it with default equivalents. The house looks a bit different because of that. Also everything is furnished to my particular play style. A quick overview for those not familiar with my legacy.

- Child's study room. Once a kid gets an A+ in school they do not need to do that day's homework. You can use that homework book to reserve a space for them. Sell one of the daisy vases and set their homework there. The next day use camera angle 5 to watch them do homework and when their bar starts to spin down hit pause and cancel the interaction. They will leave the assignment underneath untouched and bring future assignments there so you can keep track of them.

- Mausoleum. Keep the beds of the dead in the basement I provided underneath the mausoleum. Buy stairs on a need to use basis or else the ghosts will get out. The ghosts will get out anyway on their first night of haunting when they go to mourn their death. All future nights they will spend in the mausoleum.

-Portrait studio. Every Saturday Sim time I hit camera angle 9 and have everyone gather in the Portrait Studio for their weekly picture. I use a combination of moveobjects, snapobjects to grid and the camera career reward to arrange things. I have a lighting fixture exported from the game that is used in CAS to light up their faces. Some other bright light would do though, it's a bit dark without it. Going into tab mode and hitting 4 should give you a well framed picture, if not you can adjust it from there with little effort.

This lot features pre-set camera angles. Just hit numbers 4-9 to have good vantage points for playing all of the main areas of the lot.

4 - Back View, First Floor (Standard Angle)
5 - Back View, Zoom Right Side, First Floor (Homework Angle)
6 - Back View, Zoom Right Side, Second Floor (Nursery Angle)
7 - Back View, Zoom Left, Second Floor (Children's Room Angle)
8 - Back View, Zoom Left, First Floor (Skills Room Angle)
9 - Zoom Portrait Studio (Portrait Arranging Angle)

Tab-4 - Close Zoom Porait Studio (Portrait Taking Angle)

Exterior
- Cow Plant Garden (Four Cow Plants, Seating)
- Stargazing Porch (6 Telescopes)
- Front (Lightening Rod, Mini-Van, Sports Car)
- Back (Pool, Military Career Reward)

Mausoleum
- Interior (Tables for Urns)
- Upstairs Balcony (Exact Space for 30 Bottles of Elixer)

The First Floor
- Entrance Hall (Phone, Stereo, Security Alarm, Dressers, Coat Rack, CoolShades Stand, Fire Place)
- Billiards Room (2 Pool Tables)
- Study Room (Table & Chairs for 6)
- Living Room (2 Bubble Blowers, Seating, Table w/ Computer, Phone)
- Painters Studio (8 Easels)
- Kitchen (2 Refrigerator, 2 Stoves, 2 Dish Washers, Trash Compactor, Smoke Alarm, Counters, Microwave, 2 Food Processors)
- Dining Room (Table & Chairs for 8, buffet table)
- Bathroom (3 Toilet Stalls, 3 Shower Stalls)
- Skills Room (Seating, Education Career Reward, Chess Table, Tables for 5 Thinking Caps, Athletic Career Reward, Medical Career Reward, Criminal Career Reward, Political Career Reward, Culinary Career Reward, Showcase Career Reward, Side Porch contains Business Career Reward)
- Energizer Room (2 Energizers, 1 Bone Phone)

The Second Floor
- Master Bedroom (Double Bed)
- Other Master Bedroom (Double Bed)
- Nursery Bathroom (Toilet, Sink, Bathtub)
- Nursery Sleep Room (3 Cribs, Changing Table)
- Nursery Play Room (4 Toddler Toys, Seating, Bookcase, Refrigerator, Smart Milk, Trash Compactor, Counters for 3 Thinking Caps, 2 High Chairs, 2 Trainer Pottys)
- Children's Bedroom (6 Beds)
- Vampire Bedroom (2 Coffins, Dresser)
- Portrait Studio (Seating, Artist Career Reward)
- Bathroom (4 Toilet Stalls)
- Bathroom (4 Shower Stalls)

Please let me know if there are any problems with this lot.

Recommended Mods
These are merely recommendations, I know what the lot contains and what bugs might bite you with the current contents, most of these hacks are to either fix the bugs or prevent annoyances. Please read the manuals and only download the ones you think would work best for your game.

- Aspiration Charge Tweak (asprecharge.zip))
- Bed-Side Fix (bedsidefix.zip)
- Warmth Fixes (warmthfixes.zip)
- Winter Flower Fix (winterflowerfix.zip)

Name: Windling Gables
Requires:

Size: Large (5 x 5)
Status: Furnished, Decorated, Landscaped
Bedrooms: Five +Nursery
Bathrooms: Eight
Price: §324,909

The lot was repackaged so there are no hacks and no custom content.

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