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He/Him | Gay | 1990 | USA [Sims 3: Medieval-ish Teen Wolf in Hogwarts] [Trans people are valid] [Avatar/Header created with images from: Sims Medieval, Wizarding World, & Merlin]

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Sims 3: Hogwarts Updates - Part 10

Taking inspiration from how it’s shown in Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, the kitchen is now separated into 3 sections: the end closest to the entrance, the middle section, and the end furthest from the entrance.

The end furthest from the entrance is the main kitchen area. The left side is focused on food cleanup with 3 sinks and a trash compactor. The right side is focused on food preparation with 3 stoves and a refrigerator, as well as 3 grilling cauldrons in the central alcove.

The middle section has an alcove on each side for nectar makers.

The end closest to the entrance has shelves and storage cabinets.

Out in the kitchen corridor, the barrel nook was redesigned into more of an alcove and the nectar cellar was reorganized to hold 18 nectar racks.

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Sims 3: Hogwarts Updates - Part 9

Changed the tables in the Great Hall so sims can’t pull the bench out anymore, and added 2 more rows of tables. Might adjust the spacing between the 4 rows as I test more for functionality. Also added the stencil back onto the banners.

Removed the house crests behind the house point hourglasses and recolored each one to feature accents of their respective house colors.

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Sims 3: Hogwarts Updates - Part 8

Added side windows to the section of the Great Hall behind the high table.

Darkened the high table platform, tables, and lower interior wall’s grid pattern.

Changed the lower interior wall covering so the grid pattern would only take about 2/3 of the wall height, and made the door use the same grid pattern. Also raised the wall statues to better “hold” the hanging lights.

Darkened the Entrance Hall’s door and removed the lowest level of statues.

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Sims 3: Hogwarts Updates - Part 7

I wanted to get rid of the weird lighting effect near the peak of the Great Hall’s roof, so had to redesign the roof a little, including lowering its height. I also changed some of the exterior wall coverings to help accentuate the edges.

Played with changing the interior wall coverings to better mimic the films.

Enlarged the door to the Great Hall (above) and changed the door to the Viaduct Courtyard (below). Rearranged the suits of armor.

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Sims 3: Hogwarts Updates - Part 6

Recently I decided to go ahead and redesign the courtyards.

The roof of the Viaduct Courtyard (above) now only slopes inward and looks a bit more film accurate. The windows and arches for both this courtyard and the Paved Courtyard (below) were changed.

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Sims 3: Hogwarts Updates - Part 5

Some of these updates were made relatively soon after the original Hogwarts Tour, while others were made more recently.

The Divination Classroom in the North Tower was slightly redesigned, mainly to include a staircase leading up to the professor’s office.

A ladder from the office leads down to the professor’s living quarters.

The lower half of the North Tower was changed into the garage’s workroom, for easier access from the workroom to the main part of the garage.

Bathrooms were added above the workroom.

On the other end of the garage, the parking spaces now have room for 6 vehicles and were tweaked to all have a square arch.

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Sims 3: Hogwarts Updates - Part 4

Some of these updates were made relatively soon after the original Hogwarts Tour, while others were made more recently.

One corridor was redesigned to make it more similar to the main corridor.

The Devil’s Snare Chamber was redecorated with better looking tendril plants.

Bathrooms were added along the main corridor.

The Clock Tower was downsized and spiral stairs replaced the L-shaped ones.

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☼ It has been hot these last few days. ☼

Song of choice: Nelly's “Hot in Herre” (in Simlish, from Sims 4)

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Sims 3: Hogwarts Updates - Part 3

Some of these updates were made relatively soon after the original Hogwarts Tour, while others were made more recently.

In the Grand Staircase tower, bathrooms were added to the lower corridor.

In the Headmaster’s Office, more portraits and paintings were added.

The area with the desk was redecorated and a chair was added to the loft.

The headmaster’s living quarters were expanded, including a fireplace and additional chairs in the bedroom (above), and a cabinet with various supplies in the adjoining bathroom (below).

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Sims 3: Hogwarts Updates - Part 2

Some of these updates were made relatively soon after the original Hogwarts Tour, while others were made more recently.

The Caretaker’s Office was redecorated to provide living quarters for a potential live-in butler, but will most likely only be for a certain skeleton maid.

Some of the Great Hall’s inner roof structure was removed to provide a clearer view from above, and the High Table was extended with 2 additional chairs.

Large paintings were added to the Kitchen Corridor to better help “disguise” the Kitchen entrance, and the nook with the barrels was moved slightly.

The Kitchen was reorganized to make cooking easier, including more counter space near cooking stations, and fish tanks for quick access to fresh fish.

Fireplaces were added to the Hufflepuff Dormitories for consistency, so there could be one within each dormitory on the lot.

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Sims 3: Hogwarts Updates - Part 1

Some of these updates were made relatively soon after the original Hogwarts Tour, while others were made more recently.

As mentioned in a previous post, the castle was shifted towards the back of the lot (above). Additionally, the Grand Staircase Tower was reduced, The Quad was shifted closer to the Great Hall, and some tower roofs were changed.

Additional towers were added to the roofs of the Great Hall (above) and Clock Tower (below). The Clock Tower now also has dragon roof accents.

With the castle shifted on the lot, there’s more space in the front of the lot (above) to play around with.

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Sims 3: Hogwarts - Lot Position Update

Shortly after making my previous post, I decided to just go ahead and move the castle.

Moved the Viaduct Courtyard back 1 space

Shortened the Viaduct Courtyard by 1 space

Moved the rest of the castle back 2 spaces

Redesigned the Clock Tower and shortened it by 1 space

So the front door went from this...

To this... (walkway design still pending)

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Sims 3: Hogwarts - Lot Position

Soo... I’m thinking of moving the entire castle more towards the back of the lot. The castle is already on a 64x64 lot, so I can’t simply put it on a larger lot and place it further back that way.

I’m thinking of moving it at least 1 tile backwards, and possibly 2. I’d just have to make 2 very minor changes to the Viaduct Courtyard, and then deconstruct and rebuild the castle a piece at a time.

Do I really want to go through all this just to enlarge the area in front of the front door?

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Pit Monster as Devil’s Snare

My Hogwarts lot currently uses a single regular Cowplant for Devil’s Snare, since I designed the room to function more as a big indoor garden. But @danjaley‘s TSM Pitmonster Cowplant just screams "Devil’s Snare" to me.

(Above) Placed on floor tiles with ITF grass rugs

(Below) Placed on floor tiles without ITF grass rugs

Don’t know if I prefer the hole covered up or not. Maybe I could color/style sand piles to cover the dirt and make it blend in more. Also have to decide on the number and placement of pit monsters in the room, since I don’t want to sacrifice too much of the gardening area. I’ll leave all that for future tests.

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Best Trait(s) for Claustrophobia?

Have any of you Sims 3 players tried to make a sim with claustrophobia? If so, what traits did they have?

I’m trying to plan out a sim that has claustrophobia. Preferably, the claustrophobia would be represented in only 1 or 2 traits. I’m thinking of Loner for the “Too Many People” moodlet, which seems like the closest thing. Maybe Neurotic for the ability to “freak out” and have a panic attack?

What do you guys think?

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Sims 3: Medieval Teen Wolf - Danny Mahealani

Clothing [From LEFT to RIGHT]

Everyday Generic tunic for dexterity

Athletic Training Armor

Formal Knight of Beacon Hills

Sleepwear/Swimwear Underwear

Personality Traits

Athletic Likes working out; 2nd fastest member of cross-country team

Brave Not afraid to be friends with werewolves

Charismatic Stiles: "Everybody likes Danny"

Computer Whiz Computer Hacker

Friendly Compassionate

Career Ideas

Investigator In-Game Career that relates to hacking databases

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Sims 3: Installed Store Content - Clean Up

I meant to make another character preview post, but I got sidetracked with reducing the amount of The Sims 3 Store content I had installed. I never really uninstalled Store content, so I had an accumulation of content that I now had little-to-no interest in. This included sets and venues that were bonus content from certain Expansion Packs, as well as other sets or worlds that I’m simply not interested in anymore. But now it feels like I’ve made a decent purge, and I’m pretty satisfied with the remaining content.

There were several instances where I had whole sets and venues installed, just to find out that only 1 or 2 items were being used. So I tried to limit my Store content to sets and venues where there were multiple items of interest, or to items where I couldn’t find a decent replacement elsewhere. Thus far, between uninstalling all store content and then only reinstalling what’s on my list, I’ve managed to free up about 2 GB of space. Hadn’t realized until now how much unnecessary content I had installed.