MTS2:Creator Guidelines/Sims 3 Blueprints - Revision history

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 * '''Playability:''' The layout of the room should make sense and allow sims to get around easily, with access to all the items they would want to interact with.
-*'''Compatible Objects:''' Not all objects and functions are supported by the blueprint maker and if you try to use them anyway, you will end up with holes in your blueprint where objects used to be.  It is highly recommended that you read through the [http://www.modthesims.info/download.php?t=502976  known limitations] section of the download before creating your blueprint. You should always test a blueprint in game before uploading here and refrain from using the following incompatible features:
+*'''Compatible Objects:''' Not all objects and functions are supported by the blueprint maker and if you try to use them anyway, you will end up with large gaps in your blueprint where objects used to be.  It is highly recommended that you read through the [http://www.modthesims.info/download.php?t=502976  known limitations] section of the download before creating your blueprint. You should always test a blueprint in game before uploading here and refrain from using the following incompatible features:
 **Cheats or operations on objects or overlapping footprints on objects.
 **Everything in build mode except walls, wallpapers, floors, doors, windows, arches, columns, and fireplaces
 **Windows that don't have a separate resource for placement on diagonal walls.
 **Objects made in game such as food, paintings, photographs taken by sims, plants grown by sims.
 * '''Create-a-Style:''' Get creative with and explore the options available with the CAST tool.  Just make sure your finished CASTing works together with your room's style, makes some sort of sense, and doesn't require sunglasses to view.  Generally this should mean:
 **Use textures that look appropriate on surfaces.  For example, some of the EA stone textures look great applied to a couch when the colours are tweaked to look like velvet.  So you shouldn't feel too constrained by the categories. But most rooms probably don't need a leopard print toilet or a wicker bathtub.

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 * '''Blueprint Price:''' Each blueprint/room must include the room price
-* '''Blueprint size:''' Uploads must include blueprint/room size in your upload text.
+* '''Blueprint size:''' Uploads must include blueprint/room size in your upload text. (If it's an odd shaped room, list the longest side by the widest side.
 * '''Game version:'''You must include your BASE GAME version. In TS3, lots can be installed regardless of the EP/SPs it was built with, as long as the downloader has the same patch version or greater. EP/SP specific content will just leave empty spaces. Please list the BASE GAME version that the lot was built with - NOT the EP version.
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-* '''Floor Plans: '''Please make sure to include a picture of each blueprint room, taken directly from above, and zoomed in just to the room.
+You will need to include certain screenshots with your blueprint. You must show:
-* '''Blueprint: ''' Each blueprint upload must have a blueprint screenshot.
+* '''The Blueprint: ''' Each blueprint upload must have a blueprint screenshot.
-* '''Interior: ''' You should include at least two screenshots that show the interior of the room from different angles.
+* '''Interior: ''' Please show at least two images that show as much of the interior as you can from different angles.
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-* '''Floor Plans: '''Please make sure you to include a picture of each blueprint room, taken directly from above, and zoomed in just to the blueprint.
+* '''Floor Plans: '''Please make sure to include a picture of each blueprint room, taken directly from above, and zoomed in just to the room.
-* '''Blueprint: ''' Each blueprint upload must have a blueprint screenshot
+* '''Blueprint: ''' Each blueprint upload must have a blueprint screenshot.
-* '''Interior: ''' You should include several screenshots which show the interior of the room from different angles
+* '''Interior: ''' You should include at least two screenshots that show the interior of the room from different angles.
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 * '''Playability:''' The layout of the room should make sense and allow sims to get around easily, with access to all the items they would want to interact with.
 * '''Create-a-Style:''' Get creative with and explore the options available with the CAST tool.  Just make sure your finished CASTing works together with your room's style, makes some sort of sense, and doesn't require sunglasses to view.  Generally this should mean:
 **Use textures that look appropriate on surfaces.  For example, some of the EA stone textures look great applied to a couch when the colours are tweaked to look like velvet.  So you shouldn't feel too constrained by the categories. But most rooms probably don't need a leopard print toilet or a wicker bathtub.

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-* '''Architecture:''' The way the blueprint is built should be unique, interesting, and more than just a basic box with four walls and a roof.
+* '''Playability:''' The layout of the room should make sense and allow sims to get around easily, with access to all the items they would want to interact with.
 * '''Create-a-Style:''' Get creative with and explore the options available with the CAST tool.  Just make sure your finished CASTing works together with your room's style, makes some sort of sense, and doesn't require sunglasses to view.  Generally this should mean:
 **Use textures that look appropriate on surfaces.  For example, some of the EA stone textures look great applied to a couch when the colours are tweaked to look like velvet.  So you shouldn't feel too constrained by the categories. But most rooms probably don't need a leopard print toilet or a wicker bathtub.
 **Your textures shouldn't be too bright/saturated, or too dark.  Try to use full-saturation colours sparingly, and if you're making something black, you usually shouldn't use 100% black as it just looks like a "hole" without any dimension to it.  Try using dark grey instead.
 **Avoid using some of the EA stone presets or very busy patterns in large areas, as they look very "repeaty" and can create an overwhelming effect.
-**Try to use harmonious colours that work with the room's style.  Look at real-life decorating sites or magazines for inspiration
+**Try to use harmonious colours that work with the room's style.  Look at real-life decorating sites or magazines for inspiration.
-* '''Playability:''' The layout of the room should make sense and allow sims to get around easily, with access to all the items they would want to interact with.
+Tip: Square rooms are easy for downloaders to place anywhere on their lot but too many of them can be quite dull. Add some architectural interest by creating a non-square blueprint.
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 ! style="text-align:left" | BluePrint (*)
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-|[[File:Blueprint01.jpg|right|500px]]Show the blueprint of each room in your upload. This is best accomplished with an overhead shot, and make sure to have the gridlines showing in this picture.
+|[[File:Blueprint01.jpg|right|500px]]Show the blueprint of each room in your upload. This is best accomplished with an overhead shot.
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 ! style="text-align:left" | Floor Plans (*)
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-|[[File:Blueprint02.jpg|right|500px]]Show a basic layout or floor plan of each room. This is best accomplished with an overhead shot. Make sure these pictures are large enough so people can see details, and have no gridlines showing.
+|[[File:Blueprint02.jpg|right|500px]]Show a basic layout or floor plan of each room. This is best accomplished with an overhead shot. Make sure these pictures are large enough so people can see details.
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	==Credits and Links for Included and Pictured Content==		==Credits and Links for Included and Pictured Content==
−	Before uploading your lots please scan it with [http://www.modthesims.info/showthread.php?t=390235 CUSTARD]. Content that is installed from sims3packs will package with lots, and some patterns will package even if you didn't use them on the lot. '''Note''': Presets of EA patterns do NOT package with lots.

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