i LOVE these longplay videos where you build or tour your builds and let us in on your thought process! you are so creative and clever with building/design so it's really interesting to listen to! the downtown area totally feels like a family-friendly upper middle class downtown strip of a neighborhood or small city/town, i don't think you have anything to worry about -- even the most kid-friendly areas i know of where families are always out walking have nicer places for couples to go on date night, nice gyms, casual restaurants, etc. just like your downtown does. i think families want amenities beyond just those catering to kids! also, for the first floor of the newcrest apartment, you could make part of it into a lobby and the rest a business of some sort (i've lived in a building with a grocery store in the first floor, and another with a hair salon and bakery). or you could make a mail room, a fitness center, a lounge area/community room (even one with little conference rooms), small indoor pool, manager's office, indoor parking garage for a few of the tenants' cars, or even a laundry room. i think you could make some really cool spaces.
I ended up bulldozing the apartments and putting down brownstones (which I think look much better!) But I love these ideas for an apartment lobby and I'll be using them for other apartment builds, thank you!
Im actually wowed to the moon, You're such an amazing builder, I can't wait to see this save file released to the public soon!!! Bestest health to you!!
This house is so beautiful...the fireplace thing is something from 80 90s. I remember my inlaws having houses with fireplaces like that and I had a house with a fireplace that took up a whole wall and had a cubby for the wood...every winter an owl would be up by the chimney and you could hear him hoo hoo all the time. I loved it.
you should defff keep that festival area, maybe add a dance floor or music or something that will take sims to that area aha. ofc you could remove it if you wanted. this is literally such a cool save and it's so cohesive
This save file looks amazing your sims buildstyle/aesthetic is excactly like mine except you execute it so well can't wait for the save file i can't imagine how long this took ❤
Too cute! At 5:08 maybe you can lift the truck up from the basement and then the sim can use the workbench. That would be super cute. I’m gonna try it too 😂
Unfortunately I can't find the link anywhere for some reason (maybe they've been deleted?) but my mods folder says it's by NeluCS, university buildings
Seriously in-love with this save and your videos! I'm a pretty silent viewer, I don't comment much, but I love love love your channel. I actually do have a question about your reshade, I fully understand if you're not super knowledgeable with it- I find it rare anyone really is lol. PLEASE tell me how you fixed the MXAO-UI glitch... that's a summed up title for it but I just mean the annoying mxao shadows that show thru the UI. I found a mask setting that I downloaded- it works OK but it doesn't look nearly as good as yours. I always wondered how tf you got your game to look so damn good with all that mxao effect/showing effect.
idk tbh lol I know that's a terrible answer, and I know a lot of people struggled with this (esp after the update to DX11) The best advice I could give is to check out fellow simmer PictureAmoebae's tumblr, they are VERY knowledgeable about reshade and have tutorials on MXAO settings and helping people troubleshoot!
I love tour save but i feel like adding clutter to the homes would make it so much better because it makes the home feel alive and lived in. I wacht a lot of savegile videos and i always see that missing. Do creators personally hate cluttering or something?
It could be because cluttering is a pain in the ass 😅 but also-- a lot of clutter and CC increases chances of lag and crashing, especially if you’re not playing on a higher end system so I think save file creators take that into account if they plan to share their save files. I can’t speak for Ellie Builds but a few I’ve spoken to try to keep most houses as ‘clean’ as possible with the idea of you personalising those you want to play in and according to what your own system can handle
As of right now, I'm only working on Willow Creek and a little bit of Newcrest, but I want to upload different versions that will contain more worlds as I build them. Ex. Willow creek for version one, then Willow creek AND Newcrest for version 2, etc.
i LOVE these longplay videos where you build or tour your builds and let us in on your thought process! you are so creative and clever with building/design so it's really interesting to listen to!
the downtown area totally feels like a family-friendly upper middle class downtown strip of a neighborhood or small city/town, i don't think you have anything to worry about -- even the most kid-friendly areas i know of where families are always out walking have nicer places for couples to go on date night, nice gyms, casual restaurants, etc. just like your downtown does. i think families want amenities beyond just those catering to kids!
also, for the first floor of the newcrest apartment, you could make part of it into a lobby and the rest a business of some sort (i've lived in a building with a grocery store in the first floor, and another with a hair salon and bakery). or you could make a mail room, a fitness center, a lounge area/community room (even one with little conference rooms), small indoor pool, manager's office, indoor parking garage for a few of the tenants' cars, or even a laundry room. i think you could make some really cool spaces.
I ended up bulldozing the apartments and putting down brownstones (which I think look much better!) But I love these ideas for an apartment lobby and I'll be using them for other apartment builds, thank you!
Im actually wowed to the moon, You're such an amazing builder, I can't wait to see this save file released to the public soon!!! Bestest health to you!!
This house is so beautiful...the fireplace thing is something from 80 90s. I remember my inlaws having houses with fireplaces like that and I had a house with a fireplace that took up a whole wall and had a cubby for the wood...every winter an owl would be up by the chimney and you could hear him hoo hoo all the time. I loved it.
I absolutely loveeee the first house you showed omg, sooo cozy
you should defff keep that festival area, maybe add a dance floor or music or something that will take sims to that area aha. ofc you could remove it if you wanted. this is literally such a cool save and it's so cohesive
This looks amazingggg!! Love that rec center build. That whole area def feels family friendly. You have done such a great job on this!
the first home you showed is incredible. this save is so inspiring! i can't wait to explore it when the time comes!
This save file looks amazing your sims buildstyle/aesthetic is excactly like mine except you execute it so well can't wait for the save file i can't imagine how long this took ❤
Omg? This is jaw dropping work! I can’t even begin to imagine how long this took 😮
Literal months :') and probably many more to come! lol
Too cute! At 5:08 maybe you can lift the truck up from the basement and then the sim can use the workbench. That would be super cute. I’m gonna try it too 😂
I'll have to test this when I get a chance!
that's incredible, i can't imagine how many hours it took you!!
I loveee these longer videos!!
Your super talent I’m good at interior decorating and creating sims, I built a save file and it nearly killed me
I Loooove your savefile, it's sooo detailed!! 😍😍🔥 Where did you get the city hall building and the building at 54:45 ?
Unfortunately I can't find the link anywhere for some reason (maybe they've been deleted?) but my mods folder says it's by NeluCS, university buildings
@@EllieBuilds20 I'm glad people are actually using my conversions! Your save file looks absolutely gorgeous 💕
amazing savefile!
Seriously in-love with this save and your videos! I'm a pretty silent viewer, I don't comment much, but I love love love your channel. I actually do have a question about your reshade, I fully understand if you're not super knowledgeable with it- I find it rare anyone really is lol. PLEASE tell me how you fixed the MXAO-UI glitch... that's a summed up title for it but I just mean the annoying mxao shadows that show thru the UI. I found a mask setting that I downloaded- it works OK but it doesn't look nearly as good as yours. I always wondered how tf you got your game to look so damn good with all that mxao effect/showing effect.
Also thanks lol
idk tbh lol I know that's a terrible answer, and I know a lot of people struggled with this (esp after the update to DX11) The best advice I could give is to check out fellow simmer PictureAmoebae's tumblr, they are VERY knowledgeable about reshade and have tutorials on MXAO settings and helping people troubleshoot!
Maybe add the carnival stuff to an actual park or include the fountain closer to that area 😆
Please tell me you’re gonna make it available for download when it’ll be ready
I'm gonna try!
I love tour save but i feel like adding clutter to the homes would make it so much better because it makes the home feel alive and lived in. I wacht a lot of savegile videos and i always see that missing. Do creators personally hate cluttering or something?
It could be because cluttering is a pain in the ass 😅 but also-- a lot of clutter and CC increases chances of lag and crashing, especially if you’re not playing on a higher end system so I think save file creators take that into account if they plan to share their save files. I can’t speak for Ellie Builds but a few I’ve spoken to try to keep most houses as ‘clean’ as possible with the idea of you personalising those you want to play in and according to what your own system can handle
When is this available omg!
Is she redoing the entire game maps or just the selected few?
As of right now, I'm only working on Willow Creek and a little bit of Newcrest, but I want to upload different versions that will contain more worlds as I build them. Ex. Willow creek for version one, then Willow creek AND Newcrest for version 2, etc.
are there gonna be households and townies in the save or is gonna be empty?
Because of the amount of work going into building everything, it most likely will be released unpopulated