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One Room LivingTRANSCRIPT
May I firstly start the issue by wishing that you
have had a very merry Christmas and a happy
new year. I hope that 2014 will bring you a lot of
happy memories.
As you might have noticed on our website and
on the front cover, we’ve opted for a new start.
Our new logo and branding is now live through-
out our media channels, and I personally think it
looks brilliant.
Inside this issue, we’re going to be having an ex-
clusive interview with TheSimSupply, we’re go-
ing to go back in time to check out the new
store world Roaring Heights, and we’re also go-
ing to be looking at the best designs people
have made with one room and one room only.
Can I also just thank you all for the reception
we’ve received from Issue 2. At the time of writ-
ing the issue has had over 1,200 views and I
want to thank you very much for that.
As usual, I hope you’ll enjoy reading this issue as
much as I have enjoyed editing it.
Lead editor of SMagazine
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LIVE HAPPY
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White Paradise a bedroom set by ung999
White Paradise is a bedroom set by ung999 on The Sims Resource. Inside this
build you’ve got a lot of white. An awful lot of white. The way the creator
coloured this room was very clever. By throwing in a few items that are paler
colours like blue or green, the room looks very
pleasing to the eye, and the Sim.
Berry Living
Room BY SPACESIMS
Welcome to the Berry Living Room by SpaceSims. This set
has three different flavours, all of which give the room a
completely different theme. The most interesting bit
about this room, however, is that the room’s feel can be
completely changed by only changing the colour of the
furniture, and not moving or adding anything.
How and when did you start
playing The Sims?
I started playing way back in 2000
on the very first Sims game! The
reason I started playing was actu-
ally due to my sister, she received
a copy of it for her birthday, and
ever since, I've been a big fan of
the series.
When did you start building in-
side the game?
I can't remember exactly when,
but I do remember the first build-
ing I ever shared publicly on the
internet, which was back in 2005,
it was a row of town houses. Ever
since I first shared that creation,
I've loved sharing as much of my
work as I can.
What’s your favourite thing
about The Sims?
That's easy, building. The creativi-
ty it allows for is simply awesome!
Of all the houses you’ve created
which is your favourite?
That is a super hard question to
answer, it's almost on par with
asking "Of all the children you've
had, which one was your favour-
ite?". But seriously though, it is
quite hard to pick. I would say one
of my favourites in recent times
was "Mirage", I love the clean con-
temporary look it has.
What's the best experience
you've had because of EA or The
Sims?
Definitely meeting other Sim-
mers. Thanks to EA for giving me
the opportunity to attend a Com-
munity Day and Simscamp in Ger-
many, I've met some really amaz-
ing people who previously I would
have simply called online ac-
quaintances, are now great
friends.
If you could add one feature to
the game, what would you pick?
Not sure if this counts as a
"feature", however I would love to
see super large lots, at least
250x250. I know that sounds ri-
diculous, but imagine the things
the community could create;
shopping centres, parks, hotels,
theme parks (with Roaring
Heights), it would just be incredi-
ble.
Thank you to James from
TheSimSupply for letting us
interview him for this issue. You
can check out his YouTube
channel or go and follow him on
Twitter so you can know
whenever he makes a new video.
You can also go and check out his
new official website!
Place all of your items as you’d
want it to look like whilst the
festival isn’t in town by simply
placing things from buy mode.
Don’t touch the marker yet.
Find the Seasonal Lot Marker
under the Miscellaneous section
and place it somewhere on your
lot. Don’t worry, you can’t see it
in live mode.
Enable the cheats
testingcheatsenabled true and
buydebug on, then go to
buydebug by selecting the ‘?’
under buy mode.
Show us your festival lot designs on our forums at
Find your marker and get the pie
menu up by pressing Ctrl & Shift
and clicking the marker. Select
Set Season… and choose one.
Then repeat for each season.
Bypass steps 1&2 by
setting the lot type as
Festival Grounds in
edit town before you
start building.
Now you can set a different
name for your lot depending on
the festival in town by selecting
Set Seasonal Festival Name…
on the pie menu.
Make sure that none of your
seasonal objects overlap with
the translucent objects. To get
back to how you began, press
Common under the menu in
step 4.
Show us your festival lot designs on our forums at smagazineofficial.co.uk
Kitchen ALobi This simple but stylish kitchen by Shino&KCR on The Sims Resource us-
es a mixture of woods and whites to create a modern and minimalistic
look for the kitchen. This is a large kitchen too, so there’s plenty of room
for the whole family to come together and cook the dinner.
Kitchen ALobi This simple but stylish kitchen by Shino&KCR on The Sims Resource us-
es a mixture of woods and whites to create a modern and minimalistic
s plenty of room
This is a comfortable, modern office that’ll help your Sims get work done!
The clean and contemporary lines won’t distract your Sims and will keep
them focused, and the skylights will help you avoid a cooped
ll help your Sims get work done!
t distract your Sims and will keep
them focused, and the skylights will help you avoid a cooped-in feeling.
You can see more
great art like this at
your local art gallery.
If you support it.
RHODIUM TEEN BEDROOM
This bedroom is perfect for teen Sims because it offers everything a teen
could need away in their bedroom. The star of the show, however, is the
cleverly created beanbag object. It
can function as a living chair or a din-
ing chair, and works well with the new
table included in the set.
RHODIUM
The Sims 3 H&M Stuff by Pradasims is by far one of the
most amazing CC pieces we’ve ever seen...if you could
call it that. This is a fully-fledged stuff pack, with over 80
different styles and furnishings so you can build your own
H&M store as well with the Savvy Seller
you want some great outfits to deck your Sims out in, be
it everyday, formal or underwear, this pack will have a lot
The Sims 3 H&M Stuff by Pradasims is by far one of the
ve ever seen...if you could
fledged stuff pack, with over 80
different styles and furnishings so you can build your own
H&M store as well with the Savvy Seller’s collection. If
you want some great outfits to deck your Sims out in, be
it everyday, formal or underwear, this pack will have a lot
for you to enjoy.
ONE ROOM
LIVING B Y U N G 9 9 9
ONE ROOM One Room Living by ung999 on The Sims Resource is a
three-room set that shows a completely open plan living
space with living room, kitchen-diner and a bedroom. The
whole set has a modern, minimalistic design and a con-
sistent colour scheme throughout the house.
Kitche n and dining room
Bedroom
Living room
V A C A T I O N I N
Sunlit Tides | Simoleon Channel
V A C A T I O N I N
Sunlit Tides | Simoleon Channel
Empty Worlds
If you want a blank canvas to build on,
then an empty world is the way forward.
There’s a whole host of beautiful empty
worlds for you to utilize, be them big or
small, city or suburbs—you’ll find some-
thing for your building style. Inside this ar-
ticle we’re going to be taking a look at the
best empty worlds available for download.
Serenity Hills Download
Serenity Hills is a completely flat empty world ready
for you to make your mark. This world has an amazing
amount of space so you won’t have any trouble plac-
ing all of the EP lots, that’s for sure. This world is beau-
tifully detailed and the possibilities are endless.
Rosewood Hills Lite Download
Rosewood Hills is a beautifully designed and laid out
world that’s ready for you to build on. It’s medium
sized, with a small wharf area ideal for skyscrapers, a
larger town area that could also be used for skyscrap-
ers should you so wish, and two small suburb areas to
either side of the town.
Storybrook County Lite Download
Warning: This is a huge world. Aiming to completely fill
it with lots is a mammoth task, but the creator of the
world managed it. Don’t let yourself be intimidated by
the sheer size of the world and you’ll do just fine.
Make sure you download the LITE version from the
download link, but the full version is great too.
Finnington Download
I’m currently building in Finnington inside my personal
game. This is a perfect-sized world for seasoned build-
ers and there’s space for most things. You have a city
area to the south-west, a town area perfect for town-
houses and a farming community up in the hills.
There’s only one problem: there aren’t any 64x64 lots.
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Review
Review
Welcome to Roaring Heights,
the newest world released onto
The Sims 3 Store.
On December 12, the Store team released
Roaring Heights, an Art Deco-themed city
world. The world is adorned with lush green-
ery and foliage, and the colourful skyscrapers
tower over the small beachside houses you
can get to over the bridge.
The design
This world was designed with a 1920s theme,
and the team went all out in creating a very
realistic look. Everything from the skyscrap-
ers that are in the city to the Art Deco hous-
es and venues on the coastline was built with
precision and care. Dozens of new build/buy
items were bundled with the world, from Art-
Deco themed windows and doors, to col-
umns and new furniture pieces. There’s also
an abundance of new Create-A-Sim items
for you to deck out your Sims in (but they’re
not in these screenshots). If you’re looking
for a well-designed world, this is the world
you’re looking for. Verdict: 5/5 stars.
The venues
In this world, the venues were of mixed quali-
ty (we’re going to talk about The Boardwalk
venue later). The outdoor venues are brilliant,
such as the swimming pool, which has a
changing room, bar area and a large pool.
However, it’s a different story for a few of the
indoor venues, namely the library. Any player
will know that if your Sims aren’t very well off,
the library is the best place to go if you need
to get some skills up. However, the library in
Roaring Heights is poor. Really poor. We’re
not sure if it was a trend in the 1920s to have
your libraries half empty, but it seems as if
somebody just simply forgot to finish the li-
brary. That aside, though, the venues are
keeping with the time period and look nice.
Verdict: 3/5 stars.
Premium Content: Fixer-Upper Car
The new fixer-upper car has made it’s return
from The Sims 2 FreeTime. The new fixer-
upper car comes with both editions of Roar-
ing Heights and is very impressive, actually! A
whole host of new interactions come with
the new car, such as car WooHoo, making
out inside the car, and cuddling inside the car.
Sims will even open the car door to get in-
side! It takes about 24 Sim hours to complete
the car, and once that’s done you’ve got a
fully functional car to drive around town in.
The final product is CASt-able, and has all the
functions of the original product. Verdict: 4/5
stars.
The Boardwalk Venue
The Boardwalk has got to be one of the best
venues the Sims 3 team has ever made. For
1,900 SimPoints on the Store, you’ll get this
beautiful venue plus all of the pieces you’ll
need to create your own roller coaster. You
can create any type of roller coaster you
like—after all, there’s no such thing as phys-
ics in The Sims 3! Venue: 5/5 stars.
Final verdict
What can I say? This is an amazing world and
it’s definitely worth the buy. It might seem
pricy, but it’s an amazing world. EA has defi-
nitely done a great job on this world and I
would recommend it to anybody.
Final verdict: 5/5 stars.
Niobiumby wondymoon
Niobium Living
by wondymoon
Kidsroom Heart
By Severinka_
First of all, I’m extremely sorry for using Comic Sans on this page. It was the only font
that seemed appropriate. Anyway, this cozy little nursery for your kids has lots of space
for them to eat, learn, play and sleep. It’s the ideal kids room! You’ve got a cot and a sin-
gle bed to you can cater for the little and bigger ones (or if Mum wants a nap whilst baby
is sleeping). Either way, this kids room is beautifully designed with kids in mind.
Kidsroom Heart
m extremely sorry for using Comic Sans on this page. It was the only font
that seemed appropriate. Anyway, this cozy little nursery for your kids has lots of space
ve got a cot and a sin-
gle bed to you can cater for the little and bigger ones (or if Mum wants a nap whilst baby
is sleeping). Either way, this kids room is beautifully designed with kids in mind.
Curtis Paradis: My Story
DESCRIPTION This is something I have wanted to share with
you all for a very long time and it wasn't until recently that I had
the confidence to really do it.
A big thanks to my Parents for being super supportive during
this time, I often worried how they would respond to this, but
they have been very supportive and I love them so much for it.
continued...
By Curtis Paradis
The best videos we’ve seen for a while
Let’s Play: The Sims 3 Evansdale County
DESCRIPTION Hopefully you will enjoy this series
Ennnjjooooyyy
By MaxieeIsHere
Let’s Play The Sims 3 Collective
DESCRIPTION ￫ Open Sesame ￩
Meet Esmeralda and Erin O'Dell. [They’re two sisters, a young
adult and a teen. They’ve had to move out from home and this
LP follows just how their lives unfold.]
By Khaleesims
The best videos we’ve seen for a while
2013: One Second Per Day for a Year
DESCRIPTION Happy New Year Rachybopppers!
2013 was awesome, let's make 2014 even better!!! :) [This vid-
eo has one picture for each day of the year, it’s brilliant!]
By Rachybop
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