#riverblossom hills

Looking for the horizon

July, 2020

by@misk-el-lil

@katatty ‘s Riverblossom Hills makeover is beautiful 

Many Sims have relocated to the quiet, comfortable countryside, in the hopes that life and family can firmly plant their roots in the middle of nowhere. Fresh crops aren’t the only thing growing in the farming community of Riverblossom Hills – love is in the air and many a relationship is on the verge of blossoming. 

Unfortunately, problems are bound to sprout in a town this small. Things are looking up, but hearts can always turn cold with the onset of winter.

ALT RIVERBLOSSOM HILLS V2  [Main Hood|Subhood]

More info under the cut.

Required CC:

• Life Stories Buy Bundle
• Life Stories Build Bundle
• Alt Riverblossom Hills V2 CC Bundle

Required Mods:

• Slot Mods: by hafiseazale,byGwenke

Recommended Mods:

• A semi-transparent Plantsim default - some examples include Held by the Rootsfrom@withlovefromsimtown​ or this one by Aquilegia
• MyAromanticism project mods - Alexandra Teatherton in this neighborhood is canonically an aromantic lesbian. I didn’t add the aromantic trait in this download, but I suggest adding some of the mods in to make it more accurate.

KNOWN ISSUES:

• If you use a non-semitransparent Plantsim default, Daisy Greenman’s face might use the AF plantsim face texture. Just apply facepaint to her, then remove it again to fix it.

INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS:

• for main hood (ALRH):  Put directly in your Documents\EA Games\The Sims 2\Neighborhoods folder.
• for shopping district (SDRH): Put in your -INSTALL LOCATION-\The Sims 2 Open For Business\TSData\Res\NeighborhoodTemplate folder.
• FOR ULTIMATE COLLECTION USERS: follow the same instructions, except your base game folder is under Origin Games\The Sims 2 Ultimate Collection\Double Deluxe\Base, and your OFB folder is under Origin Games\The Sims 2 Ultimate Collection\Best for Business\EP3
• DeletetheG002 stealth hood in your Seasons installation folder so you don’t end up with duplicates of the OttomasandRamaswamifamilies
  

Notable Changes:

• All occupied residential lots have been made over. I didn’t touch any of the community lots or the unoccupied lots, but you can find a few makeovers for them somewhere else.
• Two new households: I added in the OttomasandRamaswamifamilies to this neighborhood and integrated them with the rest of the neighborhood as much as I could.
• Basic makeovers for all premades. Most of the clothing and hairstyles should come from the game, but I used some CC for a few premades
  
• Overhauled the Turn-OnsandTurn-Offs for the teen and adult premades.
• Added at least one Petin all households.
• All faces, if necessary, have been adjusted to Maxian face length proportions. This should sort out any interesting genetic quirks that may come from breeding certain premades (although it would not totally eliminate them)
• There are various changes to sims’ memoriesandrelationships.As to what some of them are, it’s for you to find out, but some may be familiar if you’ve played the V1 version.

Household Changes:

Greenman

• Jason Greenman has been made into a Plantsim, given that he has a locked want for it.
• Jason’sface has been lengthened to Maxian proportions.
• Rose Greenman has been given a job in the Natural Science career
• JasonandDaisyshould now have a parent-child relationship and recognize each other as family.

McGreggor

• Leod’shousehold doesn’t have too many changes, but there are a few that should stand out, but will not be mentioned here as to not go into spoiler territory.

Wan

• Patricia Wan andCleo Shikibu have been made a couple, as the Watcher intended.
• PatriciaandCleo should know all their respective coworkers.
• Patricia’s interests have been adjusted to actually make her have interests.

Viejo

• Catherine Viejo andBetty Goldstein have also been made to fall in love with each other. Again, as the Watcher intended.
• AndrewandJacob Martin have been switched to Pleasuresims.
• Catherinenow receives a pension.
• Bettyhas been switched to the Adult track of the Law career.
• AndrewandJacob’sfaces have been adjusted for length

O’Mackey

• Gabe O’Mackey’s face has been adjusted.
• Jules O’Mackey is now in the Journalism career.

Roth

• All the Roths’ faces have been adjusted.
• Stella Roth’s skintone has been changed from S2 to S3.
• Sandra Roth’s skintone was changed from S3 to S2 (and has a tan overlay).
• Stella’scareer level has been increased and should know all her coworkers (and a few others)..

Teatherton

• Alexandra Teatherton now has her own home. Most of the changes go into spoilers so I will not mention it here.

Ottomas

• PeterandDora Ottomas’s faces have been adjusted.
• Dora now draws a pension.

Ramaswami

• SanjayandPriya Ramaswami should know all their coworkers.
• Priya’s interests have been adjusted to actually make her have interests.
  

Credits

• @jodeliejodelie,@katatty,@vimpse,@barbiepinklady, and @simstralia whose lots I used as references for the makeovers
• @katattyand@simhealing who inspired a few touches in the storytelling pieces of the hood
• @meetmetotheriver for the clean templates I used as a base

I’m turning 104 Riverbend Road into a home business. A restaurant/bar with a fishy theme.

Damn, it’s been a minute (well, only a week but it feels like forever). The lot I’m renovating inSuncreekkeeps crashing and pissing me off. 

So I’m trying to focus on this lot makeover instead. I absolutely hated the way 104 Riverbend Road was turning out so I decided to start over.