V2 Happy Labour Day Update:
Adjusted the ship meshes & parameters to stop fading out when the camera is at a certain angle
New weather files with improved dawns & dusks (new “blue hour” period)
Added five pre-built ‘shell’ lots- one is a prefurnished “residential” lot to prevent hang-ups when you load up the game with NRaas’ Traveller
You will now need Roaring Heights for some of the objects! See below for details.
The MS Plumbob Dream is a Plumbob-class cruise ship owned by Vacation Island Cruise Lines. Sailing to multiple ports-of-call around the world, the MS Plumbob Dream is truly your home-away-from-home!
Imagine surfing in Sunlit Tides, al fresco dining in Monte Vista, beachside cocktails in Isla Paradiso, and even onshore hotspring excursions in Aurora Skies- all from the same ship! Sound like a fantasy? No- It’s reality.
With Vacation Island Cruise Line’s newest designs aiming for the ultimate “mass-market-blocks-of-flats-on-a-barge”, the Plumbob-class cruise ships are the epitome of that new business ethos.
Director Nick Alto notes: “We found out that on most of our cruises, people don’t want to actually feel like they’re at sea- so instead we’re giving them as many amenities as we can and making the ships as inhumanly large as possible. Furthermore, following the Solomon Queen and Simplicity incidents, our larger ships are guaranteed to be much safer!”
As a result- surpassing even the previous Llama-class ships in scale and amenities, the MS Plumbob Dream along with her sister ship MS Plumbob Aspiration are among Vacation Island Cruise Lines’s largest and most popular ships- though in no little part also due to the enduringly ‘low’ rates, the “”all-inclusive”” packages and even the fabled “””free””” cruises.
There might be a few spills along the way like drunk captains and viral outbreaks, not to mention the occasional iceberg or rogue wave- but if you’re looking for an unforgettable AND affordable break from the daily grind, make the MS Plumbob Dream YOUR next destination!
So basically a one week project that grew into a two-three-four(?) week project. I was inspired in part by @nilxis’s Vacation worlds, a series of small, fast-loading worlds that your sims could escape to via NRaas’s Traveller mod!
The second inspiration is that this world could also act either as an in-between point in your sims’ travels (i.e. actually traveling from Sunset Valley to Sunlit Tides instead of poofing there) or also as a destination in itself!
World with four lot shells & one furnished lot.
Five lots to build on (two 30x50 lots, three 60x50 lots).
Fast-loading! Only 19MBs in size!
Remember to turn off wildlife & horses if you have Pets. The MS Plumbob has kennels, but not stables!
No spawners! Keep that at home or for your on-shore excursions!
Ideally, remove all overriding weather mods as the one included within the files is specifically designed for the world. Otherwise, a custom sea movement package is included, which you can place into yourDocuments\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3\Mods\Overrides folder.
Ideally works best with at least one resort lot, and the rest being community lots of your choice.
Ideal configuration:
- Forward Deck- Showtime venue (stage & theatre for Showtime)
- Mid Deck 1 - Community/Resort Lot
- Mid Deck 2 - Community/Resort Lot
- Mid Deck 3 - Community/Resort Lot
- Aft Deck - Add LN elevators and Island Paradise mini-washrooms, along with additional amenities.
- Aft Deck Option 1 - Turn into apartment with public markers.
- Aft Deck Option 2 - Turn into Basecamp
None, all custom-made CC is included in the world file. No need to worry about installing or removing mods- the mods will remove themselves when you uninstall the world!
Roaring Heights is needed (if you are experiencing issues, get the fancy version from here).
A potted plant from the free Prius/Renault set is included. If you have the packs already, feel free to ignore this file.
However, to get the full experience, you will want at least Island Paradise in order to build resorts for your sims and/or World Adventures to build a base camp/generate tourists.
Alternatively, get it here.
Place mods into the Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3\Downloads folder.
Put on the Sims 1 Vacation soundtrack while you load up the game.
If you don’t have the Sims 3, you can place the file on your desktop and admire it there.
Happy travels, and more importantly, take lots of pictures!
Post ‘em under the tag #Plumbob Dream!
(Actually I don’t really care, no one does this anyways)