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100 followers celebratory build:

Simynthos Festival Grounds

When I reached 100 followers back in November I promised you guys I would build something special. And what better way to celebrate than to build some festival grounds for Simynthos?! It was not an easy build, though, and playtesting festival grounds is a bit of a pain. This took a while to finish… But it's finally ready to be shared, yay!

Due to the small size of the lot it was not possible to place all the intended objects for the different festivals. I had to get creative to find activities for the sims to do instead! The festivals on Simynthos will therefor be a little different from your usual festivals. I placed more information on the different festivals at the end of the post. If you want to be surprised in game, do not read that section and do not look too closely at the screenshots 😉 This is also the reason there are only four screenshots up top. They would have given too much away! Don't scroll below the Download link if you do not want to see more screenshot before playing the lot!

Unfix-able issues and things to know (This section contains a few spoilers! I'm sorry for that, it could not be avoided…):

• Sims can sometimes get stuck on the stairs and end up in the room underneath. That's why I added a door there so they can leave.
• The homeless sims who tend the registers at the winter festival stay over night in front of the lot. I assume it's because there are no apartments or roads on the island. Due to being outside so long in winter they will turn blue/frozen, but they will thaw each other out with a blow dryer 🤣
• The vendors at the winter festival will leave their posts most of the time, but will return as soon as you start buying.
• Some of the functional objects have been placed with the "moveobjects on"-cheat in order to make it possible for sims to interact with them in such a thight space! So be very careful when you do any alterations! From the top of my head these objects would be non-functional when moved: Mistletoe, Barista Bar, Nectar Racks.
• I used @omedapixels S3DT (Sims 3 Decorator Tool) to decorate the winter festival market stands. You do NOT need the mod for the items to stay in place, as long as you don't move them when redecorating. Then they may slip back into normal mode and you will only be able to place them back with the mod. But it's only in a couple of places, so even if that happens, it will not have a significant impact on your game.

About the music on the lot:

Initially I intended to assign each festival a different music genre, but this wouldn't work for two reasons: First you can not assign different genres for different seasons, and second the genre would be set back to classic music when the lot is placed in in edit town mode anyway. But here are my recommendations of music genres for the different festivals:

• Spring: French
• Summer: Electronica
• Fall: Songwriter
• Winter: Unfortunately we do not have a holiday music genre in the game without mods. So if you're not using mods, just choose anything that seems most appropriate to you. But if you're open to using mods, there are several music replacement mods out there with seasonal music. I've been using the "Music to their ears"-mods by the creator Nasenfahrrad over on MTS in my game. The Winter Holiday genre can be found in part 2 ( link).

Quickest way to change the music on any community lot:

1. Enter the cheat "testingcheatsenabled true"
2. Ctrl + Shift + Click on the ground anywhere on the lot
3. Select "Build On This Lot"
4. Ctrl + Shift + Click on the speaker
5. Select "Change To…"

Details:

• This lot was build to be placed in Simynthos on the empty community lot near the beaches. Lot address: Ferry Way 2
• Lot Size: 20 x 15
• All Expansion Packs used except for Into the Future
• No CC
• No Store Content
• I recommend @phoebejaysims " Hire Services Mod" so you can hire DJs on community lots 😉

Download Link ( SimFileShare )

More information on the different festivals below

‼️ Spoiler Alert ‼️

Do not read any further if you want to be surprised by the festivals in game!

Spring: Festival of Hearts

• Dance floor
• Wedding Chapel
• Claw Machine
• Kissing Booths
• Photo Booth
• Festival Photo Booth (Spring)

Summer: Simynsonic - Island Beatz

• DJ Booth
• Dance floor
• SimLife Goggles
• Face Painting Booth
• Ice Cone Machine
• Arcade Machines
• Juice Keg
• Festival Photo Booth (Summer)

Fall: Arte Simynthos - Fine Arts Festival

• Band Setup (Piano, Drums, Base, Guitar)
• Dance floor
• Sculpting Station
• Easel
• Drafting Table
• Telescopes
• Festival Photo Booth (Fall)

Winter: Merry Simynthos - Holiday Market

• Mistletoe
• Market stalls (Nectar, Toys/Comics, Elixirs, Books, Relics/Gems)
• Barista Bar
• Santa's Chair
• Festival Photo Booth (Winter)

Thanks to the lovely models for these screenshots: Glenn Clover and Holden Wozny.