Simmerville's Sims

Big and small stuff from my The Sims 4 gaming experience. My 5 years old save contains 60+ households and a detailed community with a council, nobility and local laws and traditions. I might also post a wink when my video series are updated. Massive reads will stay on my main site, with more frequent and smaller drops here on my tumblr.

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Election: 3 Candidates (3:3)

Here are 3 more candidates for my upcoming Council election! This election is run every 5 years, and the goal is to find 18 local Hood Contacts including the 5 members of the Region 12 Council. Top ranked Councilor is offered the Mayor position.

As the number of followers on social media is one of many factors affecting the final vote, all candidates were given a last chance to update their Simstagram, and a picture was taken of some of them. This is the last 3, all in different hoods of Oasis Springs. Election Day is coming up shortly!

Sergio Morck (34), Nookstone OS

Sergio is a new name on the political stage, representing the LEFT party. His position as Hood Contact for Nookstone is already secured as the other parties did not find candidates. This filthy, heavily polluted desert hood will certainly need some TLC, but the task might seem overwhelming.

He resides in a trailer with his parents (Johnny Zest & Sissela Morck). Unfortunately they live off the grid, so his cell phone was not allowing him to update his Simstagram account. Will he have any followers at all? I don’t know as I don’t check any votes until the recording of the Reg12 NEWS Election Special :)

BIO on my online Residents Registry

Josue E. Rosewood (71), Dusty Turf OS

Yes, Josue has become an Elder since you last saw him! Elders can not run for Hood Contact, but he is allowed this final round because he was still an Adult on Nomination Day (1st day of Spring 1 year prior to the main election). He has been the Oasis Springs Councilor for 3 periods straight, leading the Culture & Entertainment Dept. He represents the LEFT party.

Josue grew up at Dusty Turf, and his brother still lives next door. Household currently counts wife Ona and adult daughter Mandy, and Mandy’s toddler from a recent jungle romance, Mirarda. His son Emerson just moved to Evergreen Harbor. Josue’s garden loving wife Ona probably hopes for no re-election, but Josue only has one rival for the Dusty Turf Hood Contact title. Will he keep his Council House office for the upcoming 5 years?

BIO on my online Residents Registry

Razira Jupiter (46), Verde OS

This woman is a mystery even to locals, as she hardly is seen publicly. But Razira has an University degree, is a well selling Journalist and is also the current Verde Hood Contact. Critics ask if she actually did anything while having this position for 5 years? She represents the RIGHT party and has no rivals for this election.

Razira is filthy rich. She inherited the huge Rio Verde mansion, and her parents both died this year. She has one brother residing in Newcrest. But she is married an Archaeologist (Pernold Oswald Jupiter) and they have 2 children, so her life might be way more interesting than gossiping locals suggest.

BIO on my online Residents Registry

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Around the Sims 4 | Functional vending machines * Sneak-peek *

I’m so proud of this! *lol* When a Patreon requested functional vending machines, I first thought I would never be able to do that, but yes, I did! Each one has its own menu, with lots of new snacks. :))))

It will be released  on Around the Sims 4 the 4th of September. It’s available in early access for Patreons right now.

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Dusty Turf Bazar

This is probably Oasis Springs’ oldest community lot, actively run for about 180 years. In the past the outdoor stalls were the busiest part, but nowadays the expanded facility is home to 6 indoor businesses. Just like an old fashioned shopping mall :) The entire complex is owned by Landgraab Trades, Inc.

Donnersmalt Liquor Store is one of the district’s oldest businesses, and is owned by The Verde Trust. This business is the reason why Baron Auphor Saxor of Verde recently met with Malcolm Landgraab, CEO of Landgraab Trades, Inc.

3 of the 6 stores are rentals, and the latest addition is Needle & Thread store, offering yarn, sewing machines and other crafting appliances.

More pictures and text on my main blog :)

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Election: 3 candidates (2:3)

Here are 3 more candidates as we get close to the 5 years Election Day! I gave them all a last chance to update their social media as the number of followers actually affects the final vote.

Fanny Silverbone (64), Sable Square BB

Fanny became Brindleton Bay Councilor 10 years ago, more or less accidentally shortly after moving to Brindleton Bay. She has been leading the Health & Welfare Dept., and enjoyed it quite a lot although stating that she won’t mind if someone else takes her place.

She is married and has one son, and without really wanting it she became a farmer at Good House with full Farm Rights. Her main interest is dogs, which she used to breed for a living, combined with painting landscapes. She represents the LEFT party, and this round her hood will be one of the toughest to win, with candidates from all three parties.

BIO on my online Residents Registry

Catarina Lynx (62), Whiskerman’s Wharf BB

Catarina grew up at the Wharf and all her life she was involved with local politics involving the many cats of this district. She is now a representing the LEFT party, hoping to beat the current Hood Contact. She says a seat at the Council House would be interesting, but if other districts don’t focus as much on cats, she will prefer working locally where her efforts really matter.

She lives with the dad of her only daughter, but they are not married. Not even Catarina knows for sure how many cats they have currently.

BIO on my online Residents Registry

Agathe S. Jupiter (62), Rivercrest NC

She is the current Hood Contact, and she will fight the same rival as 5 years ago. Agathe is also known for founding the Ha-Ha Comedian club. She lives with her Meteorologist husband and their 3 children, all teenagers.

She represents the LEFT party, and her motto is “Foundation of Less Mischief”. Mean critics suggests that she should leave politics to better qualified citizens, and rather focus on her jokes and knitting. Will she be able to surprise her critics by reaching the Council House?

BIO on my online Residents Registry

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Election: 3 candidates (1:3)

Region 12′s Election Day is coming up very soon, and the full day event will be covered both on my main blog and with a Reg12 NEWS Election Day Special on my YouTube channel. 33 candidates will be fighting it out to become local Hood Contacts, then each District (=world) choose one of the Hood Contacts to be their Councilor, and finally the top ranked Councilor will be offered the Mayor position for the coming 5 years.

It’s the perfect time to introduce some of the candidates! Before each election I stop by all candidates to have them update their Simstagram (social media followers is just one of several factors that will decide their final vote), and for some I remembered to take a picture. Here is part 1 of 3.

Ms Siobhan “Joanna” Fyres (42), Fashion District SM

Joanna represents the LEFT party, and is pretty well known as one of the main characters of my As Sims Go By video series. Working as the Council House Secretary since 10 years means she has a pretty good political network. This is her first run for Hood Contact, though, and her hood will be one of the hardest to win, with candidates from all three parties.

She resides alone in a small rented apartment, and is oldest daughter of Dominic Fyres, Lord von Dresden, of Deadgrass and von Haunt. Her son David (5) currently lives with his grandparents in Windenburg. And finally - Joanna is engaged! Will she be capable of having a political career on top of working and starting a new family?

BIO on my online Residents Registry

Rebekah Starks (38), Old Crest NC

Rebekah is a brand new face (even to me), quite young but already determined to make a political difference. She was raised by workers in Evergreen Harbor, now lives alone in Old Crest. She is a regional board member of the national  Green Lipz organization, which is not a political party but a long going interest group with strong focus on environmental matters (Green Lipz was actually founded by my TS2 teen Bambi Ballong ;) ).

Rebekha is running for the MIDDLE party for Hood Contact in Newcrest’s oldest hood, Old Crest, and she is ambitious enough to aim for the Council, too! But will she be experienced enough to beat the current Newcrest Councilor, who is also Region 12′s sitting Mayor?

Charloman Au. C. Dougham (51), Crestville NC

Well known from leading Region 12′s council through the past 5 years, but he was even a Councilor representing Newcrest before that. Charloman grew up in Gloomville’s finest hood, and moved to Newcrest as he married to the wealthy (and dominating) Corinne Dougham, Lady of Crestville. Which eventually made him Lord of Crestville. They have triplets who are about to become teens.

Charloman represents the RIGHT party, and his motto is “No Sim Left Behind”. His local rival is the same Rita Sufferville who he easily won over 5 years ago. But if he keeps his Crestville win, can he also keep the Newcrest Councilor position for the coming 5 years? And if he succeeds, he can’t take for granted that he will rank first at the Council House.

Bio on my online Residents Registry

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Council candidates meeting Press

Region 12′s five years Council Election is only four simdays away! Today the 33 candidates from all three political parties gathered at Hotel de Ferry in Magnolia Promenade. Both the LEFT party and RIGHT party have 14 candidates each, while the MIDDLE party has only 5. The candidates signed up on Nomination Day nearly a year ago (1st day of Spring), then the final lists of Candidates went public on first day of Fall and the most ambitious candidates started their campaigns.

The election is in 3 steps, all in the same day. First each hood finds their local Hood Contact. In some hoods only one party has a candidate, meaning the position is secured already. In other hoods there are candidates from two or three parties, and the battle is expected to be tough at Fashion District San Myshuno, Arts Quarter San Myshuno, Sable Square Brindleton Bay, and at Upperton Gloomville. The toughest fights will include well known residents like Gunther M. Crumpleton and his wife Charlotta Crumpleton (they are candidates for different parties!), Councilor Fanny Silverbone, TV celebrity Antoinette Morck, Council House secretary Siobhan “Joanna” Fyres and the multi talented Anaya Jang.

How will the Council be affected? Well, it was since long confirmed that Bud von Kaching (Gloomville) and Victor F. Tangerin (San Myshuno) are not among the candidates, and so far we have no clue to who will replace them. And of course, with many new candidates, neither Charloman Dougham (Mayor, Newcrest), Josue E. Rosewood (Oasis Springs) or Fanny Silverbone (Brindleton Bay) should feel safe! In 4 simdays we know!

There is a lengthy article  on my main blog, including names on all pictured candidates and more... 

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Baron Auphor Saxor of Verde observed at Dusty Turf Bazar

His company might surprise us, Auphor met Malcolm Landgraab, Lord of Cacti. The wealthy man who just a few weeks ago tried to grab the Barony of Verde, but lost in Court. However, that wasn’t an attack on Auphor, so there’s probably no hard feelings. Both men looked very casual, while Malcolm’s wife, Aili (von Kaching) Landgraab, Lady of Gloom, was elegant as always. The woman spotted to the right looks like Ms Morgan Fyres from Dresden in Windenburg.

The occasion turned out to be business related. Now that Auphor Saxor is Baron of Verde, he also is sole owner to The Verde Trust, which owns one of the oldest businesses at Dusty Turf Bazar, the Liquor store. Malcolm Landgraab naturally represented the lot owner, Landgraab Retail, Inc. The meeting seemed rather informal, and afterwards they were seen drinking some sparkling nectar in the Bazar Café.

More about Dusty Turf Bazar later on :)

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Just another day at the Painter’s studio

You know when you have it all lined up, then need to adjust one detail in BB mode, and - voila - the groom and bride never were closer :)

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Coronation: Auphor Saxor, Baron of Verde

Finally, the controversies following the surprise verdict of the court trial has calmed down a bit, and on first day of Winter the new baron was crowned!

Auphor Saxor is 83, so it might not necessarily be a long ride, but he is looking good as ever and already moved to reside at Yuma Heights in Oasis Springs, owned by the Verde Trust that he now owns.

The recent publicity made Church of Similius more busy than what is normal for a baron’s coronation, and many familiar faces were to be seen.

Read full article on my main blog :)

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Mossy Lane Dorm term 224/225

This Summer the popular Mossy Lane Dorm was upgraded with a new floor more or less reserved two high standard suites - called “Lady Suite” and “Lord Suite”. The expansion was a gift from Duke Aquess de Cavalier and Duke Jarret Ross of Rossie, who also founded the Noble Moss Foundation which will grant all students who graduates with honors 1% shares in the company owning Mossy Lane. Owning shares will mean priority when sending next generation off to campus.

The two new suites are in addition to the 2 shared bedrooms (2 students each) on 2nd floor, so the year 224/225 term allows for a total of 6 students staying in this old townhouse at Gibbs Hill. There is also two extra beds in a tiny room intended for renting house mates, if the group needs more to contribute to the running bills.

Pictured at the Mossy Lane gate are (left to right): Alice Northdale (Newcrest), Charloman Demitris de Cavalier (Baron de Cavalier), Micka Kessler (San Myshuno), Merielle de Cavalier (Lady de Cavalier), Edward Ba. von Kaching (Lord of Gloom), and Leon de Cavalier (Lord de Cavalier). With 4 out of 6 students from high nobility families, and 3 of them even siblings from the same dukedom, the etiquette might be a little above the expected student level, or perhaps everyone will enjoy slacking and eating student food?

There are rumors that Lady Merielle and Lord Edward found they have more in common than just being students. They have been observed alone on several Britechester locations, like Vinkman Library, cafes and the beach promenade. They still have a couple years until graduating, so maybe an announcement is not coming anytime soon? 

Lady Merielle is reportedly staying at the “Lady Suite”, while her older brother Charlopold stays at “Lord Suite” - despite being a Baron, *shrug*.

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SOLVED!   Clothing outfit tabs messed up?

I just installed Nifty Knitting, including one or two queued patches, and I found this glitch. I tried finding something on this online, as I expected it to be caused by NK, but nothing.

Is anyone else having this when changing a sim’s outfit? The tab icons are messed up, the “everyday” is missing, but the formal icon gives everyday. Swim gives formal, and so on. Surprisingly there are also several new icons, like I never before saw the “career” icon (which now gives sleep outfits), or the Doctor(?) icon.

I also noticed that some of my sims were about to freeze to death while temperature was just chilly (a tad in the blue), they were wearing coll outfit and INDOOR. I wonder if they “thought” they were wearing some other category, but even so I never before had sims die from freezing when the temperature was just a bit into the blue. It helped turning the thermostat on. Not sure if this is related to the outfit tab mix up.

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Eleanor Elderberry had the great honor...

... of being first in my universe to both rock a chair and to knit! I simply could not imagine someone better suited than her. She still lives in Gibbs Hill with her hubby and their daughter’s son, who is still in his late teens but eager to start his University degree.

Eleanor has turned 83 and Ekram 84. They both take it slow these days, hoping Rohan will appreciate their plan of leaving the house to him. Eleanor still is the only one who knows the old jam receipt, a secret that is worth quite a lot. Her folks started Yummy Jam, Inc. that long ago moved the jam production from Britechester to Sim City, but Eleanor is still experimenting a bit with a modernized new Elderberry jam. Will Rohan be interested inheriting her shares - and the secret receipt? Will it help if she gifts him this very first knitted beanie?

Yay! The old woman looked exremely happy when completing the black and white beanie! Now it remains to see if a teenage boy will wear it...

Oups... don’t tell her that this was a test run with no mods etc, and no saving. Her crafted gift will nowhere to be found the next time I stop by her house. 

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Lady de Sür-Blyth engaged

Lady Elvira Leonora de Sür-Blyth (40) is not living a very public society life. Her low nobility house, Sür-Blyth Farm, focuses a lot more on raising pigs combined with agricultural science, than red carpets and diadems. She lived alone and worked real hard, and it's great news that she is engaged, finally!

Her fiancé, Hugo Villareal (30), came to the Sür-Blyth Farm 3 years ago. He is son of the recently deceased Jaques Villareal, and grew up at Von Windenburg Estate which his parents rented since Year 190. Hugo is the oldest of 3 siblings, but the Villareals have no rights to the Von Windenburg Estate, especially not now that the Duke von Windenburg is back.

Lady Elvira is the only child of the former Lord Edward August de Sür-Blyth. This peerage accepts successors to be either male or female. Lady Elvira's mother was Lady Arléna Marina, late sister of the current Duke Aquess de Cavalier at the Chateau Cavalier near by. There is an old family curse, suggesting that Lady Elvira should avoid giving birth to girls. Let’s save that story for whenever she gets pregnant. First - the wedding next Spring!

Elvira has been running the Sür-Blyth Farm all alone ever since she took over when her father died when she was still in her late teens. They normally hire a couple young live-in farmers, which is also seen as an education on High School level for future farmers. Hugo Villareal moved to the farm as such a student, but after growing up he has been seen spending more and more time with Lady Elvira, aside of the farm work.

Lady Elvira Leonora de Sür-Blyth is featured on my online Residents Registry.

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StrangerVille - Ted Rossell still infected

Lord of Acres, Ted Rossell (65), is reportedly infected by a weird StrangerVille virus.

It’s been a while since I got the StrangerVille pack, and I must admit that I have not yet worked my way through the full story. I’m currently considering to add a version of it to the 3rd and upcoming season of the As Sims Go By video series. If so, you can be part of the adventure, and if not, I will probably check out the full mystery in a separate save, with some footage to share.

I still like StrangerVille quite a lot, and Ted Rossell’s home has become one of my favorite builds regardless of world.

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Painting Collected Motives

This is probably something you all practiced for ages, but I recently discovered a pretty cool way for Mandy Rosewood to collect motives and a superb reason for her renting a large atelier :)

She is currently preparing the Selvadorada jungle exhibition.

Full article on my main blog.

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That’s wrong attire for a Heat Wave!

Someone must tell Father Winter that the Grims Quarry in Evergreen Harbor is white stone and NOT snow!!! He was observed happy wearing his warm Winter outfit, while others were in their minimalistic hot weather outfit! If you don’t like Father Winter, fine, but if you appreciate his yearly visits, please tell him to pay more attention to temperature the next time he swings by during Summer.

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Ona Rosewood sick?

The garden loving elderly Ona Rosewood (80) of Dusty Turf in Oasis Springs has been featured in must episodes of my first 2 seasons of As Sims Go By. Yesterday she was observed at the Gloomville Hospital, undergoing treatment be Dr. Lucille C. Phlum. Ona Rosewood recently became grandmother, and she is married to Councilor Joshue E. Rosewood. She was wearing the same long yellow gloves that she got so famouse for while participating to the Sims By Numbers Show 40 years ago. She was also seen wearing a headset mic while eating, and the anonymous photographer has suggested that this was not about sickness, but a new radio show testing hospital food? Time might tell...