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24 Hour Sim Shop
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Mixture of objects, houses, skins, and stuff from several contributors. Accepts submissions from visitors.
Entry created 16 Apr 02
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3D Design for the Sims - Jerome
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A web site within a web site: Jerome's 3D Design is a self-contained web site hosted on
Sim Freaks. Offers a large
variety of body meshes as well as guides for creating meshes. You will also find Jerome's
work throughout the Sims community, notably on SimFreaks and Roman Sims. He also offers some unique meshes at this site.
Entry updated 15 Dec 01
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3D Sister
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Unfortunately, due to her inability to find a free hosting service, Denise Lee has decided to abandon her site. Following is
the original entry, where you will find notes about where else to look for Denise's work:
Temporarily down while they move to a new host. It says here they expect to move some time in the next
two weeks. Meanwhile, visit their forum on
EZBoard. (Heed our regular caution about EZBoard. Don't give them an email address you want to keep unless
you want to be buried in spam for the rest of your life. Set up an address on Hotmail first.)
Characters and objects from Denise Lee. Her selection includes heads with cat-eye glasses and clothing sets for
skinny and fat characters as well as fit. Denise's work also has appeared at SimStructure, Sim Sisters, and
Livin Around the Sims.
Entry updated 30 April 02
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4 Ever Sim Fantasy
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We haven't reviewed 4 Ever Sim Fantasy yet, but we will soon!
Recommended by Kate, webmistress of Parsimonious (page 7), so we know you'll like it!
Entry updated 20 Feb 2004
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6 Volt Sims
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Scott was having bandwidth problems when we visited so we weren't able to explore the downloads, but the front page
news is worth a vist in any case. Hosted on Homestead.
Entry updated 14 Jan 02
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7 Deadly Sims
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One of the best! Cleverly organized in categories of the Seven Deadly Sins.
Lots of new objects with more added continuously. Lots of unique skins. Some heads.
Caddy says, "I found my backpack here! Actually I pilfered it from Lara Croft."
Pasiphae says, "Hey Adam! When are you going to make the Moon Sims this cool?"
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8th Deadly Sim
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New site from Ken "elToro" Thieme and Chad "Claw" Authier of the 7 Deadly Sims. The 8th Deadly Sim
opened on September 3, 2001 as a pay site, charging $3.50 per 30 days of access. The new site has
more mature content than 7DS, and does not accept subscribers under the age of 18. Parental controls
are provided so that kids can access things intended for a general audience.
They intend to continue to maintain and update the 7 Deadly Sims web as a free site, counting
on revenues from the 8th Deadly Sim to pay the bills, so this is a convenient way for fans of 7 Deadly
Sims to donate to the site.
Pasiphae says, "I've added my Livin' Luna badge for the 8th Deadly Sim because most of the
furniture in the Strip Club and Love Bed sets fit the mold for things made in Luna City from locally
produced materials. Leather is a by-product of the meat industry, and the trim for most of the
Love Bed Set furniture looks like metal. Those burlwood veneers aren't really Livin' Luna, though;
even in the year 2102 we will be importing decorative wood from Earth at incredibly high costs.
Carla says, "Some of the clothing reminds me of Luna City nightclubs, too. That is, the private
clubs we like to visit like The Wreck at Raffles Hotel; definitely not the rather tame tourist
spots at the Luna City Hotel!"
Entry updated 8 Mar 02
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Accents
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Accents is all about skins. Clothing only; no heads. Currently has several types
of skins for adult men and women, and place-holders for children. Notes presented on the
site tell you the body type and credit the source, and also tell you where the models'
heads came from.
Opened in August 2002. Hosted on Fate Back.
Entry created 4 August 02
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additions
for the sims
Zubehör für die Sims
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Additions for the sims presents some extremely well-crafted add-ons to
sets created by some of the most outstanding artists in the sims community. Click
on the picture of the pull-out guest bed to get to the main page.
The items compliment sets from
Sim Chaotics
(page 9),
Sim Zalabim
(page 12), and
The Well Dressed Sim
(page 15).
These additions are derivative works created with prior permission from the original artists.
Hosted by t-online.de in Germany. Presented in German and English.
Entry created 27 July 02
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Aenigma Sims' Studio of the Eclectic
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Site opened June 22, 2001; abandoned June 27, 2001.
URL: http://www.strategyplanet.com/thesims/aenigma/index3.shtml
Entry updated 1 Dec 01
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AestheticiSIM
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Opened 23 Jan 02 on Geocities, with several pages of skins for adult females. In the "Twice as Nice" section you will find normal clothes with matching swimsuits, while the "Set" section offers complete ensembles. Now hosted on Storm Pages. No longer updating; last update was June 12, 2002.
Entry updated 4 August 02
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Alley Cats, Inc.
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Four alley cats offer downloads in every category at Alley Cats, Inc.. It takes a little work to figure out how to navigate the site, but the learning is fun.
Entry created 1 Jan 03
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All For Sims
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After being forced off line for a while because of bandwidth problems, All For Sims reopened on January 20, 2003 on SimsHost. Nay and Claire heralded their reopening with a huge update including lots of furniture sets, skins, faces, rugs, and art.
Here you will find things in every category -- skins for all your sims, furniture sets, rugs, paintings. Paintings are presented in collections, andfeature artwork by Monet and Constable, the Moulin Rouge collection, waterfalls, and landscapes. Nay accepts requests for modifications to the skins; click on the "Design-a-Skin" link to go to form where you can complete your request. Nice collection of tradition rugs to warm your home. All for Sims moved to a new domain in mid-April. The pop-up ads are history. So is the Java navigation.
24 Apr 04: A cybersquatter stole the domain name, but you can still access All For Sims via its IP address. We updated our link; please update yours.
25 Apr 04: Updated the URL again because allforsims.simshost.com started working! :)
This is one of more than sixty great Sims sites hosted by
SimsHost.
You'll want to subscribe to SimsHost so you can download the goodies.
Fortunately, it won't cost you much to subscribe and in addition to getting
access to dozens of the greatest sites on the net, when you subscribe to
SimsHost you are doing your part to keep all of the great Sims sites
on line!
Entry updated 25 Apr 04
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Allsocoast Designs
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Turn on Java before visiting or the site won't work. There are several pages of objects.
The site seems to load slowly, but apparently this is because the Java application loads all the images for the
entire catalog when you first visit the Objects section. We got the site to work with MSIE, but didn't have any
luck with Netscape. Apparently the webmaster of the site gave up on supporting Netscape.
Entry updated 22 Feb 02 |
Aloha Sims
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This site appears to have been lost. The original entry is as follows:
Categories for just about everything!
Pasiphae says, "I found some bathroom objects that could
be painted sheet metal, and some others that could be polished
stone. I want to snoop some more at Aloha Sims before I put up
my Livin' Luna button." Entry Updated 13 Mar 02
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Alta Intimate
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Clothing for adult females.
Entry created 28 July 02
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Altazakin's Tutorial
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Two tutorials for object makers here: One on fixing doors and windows for Hot Date, and one on categorizing
objects so you can use them downtown in Hot Date. Hosted on Geocities.
Entry updated 24 Dec 01
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alt.games.the-sims
Usenet news group
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This link takes you to the interface to the Usenet newsgroup alt.games.the-sims on Google.com. We advise that before you
post to this newsgroup, you read the messages for a few days to familiarize yourself with the local community and get
to know the regular posters.
Entry updated 10 Sep 01.
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Amazon Sims
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Innovative skins for men and women -- some a little Goth; some a little strange.
Entry created 26 Mar 02
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Ambrosia Software
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Not a Sims site. Ambrosia Software publishes role-playing games and utilities, including Snapz Pro
which enables you to make a full-screen capture while The Sims is running. Their latest release is
Pillars of Garendall, an action-oriented fantasy role-playing game available for both MacOS and Windows.
Entry updated 6 Oct 01
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Andrews Sims Page
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Objects in several categories. Really nice user interface is set up to accommodate things in new categories
without showing links to dead ends. Hosted on Tripod, so keep up with closing pop-up advertising windows.
Entry updated 26 Dec 01
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Angela's Sim Smiles
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Formerly known as Angela's Tiny Sim Page when it came on line on Tripod in April 2002, Angela's Sim Smiles has grown
now has its own domain! Angela provides us some sets of coordinating furniture and a collection of
original walls and floors with unique patterns. Turn on Java before you visit because it's required to
navigate the site.
Entry created 5 May 02
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Annie Sims
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Annie Sims was the original name for
Mintha's Sim Garden,
which is parmanently off line.
After a few bounces around the net, from The Sims Resource to Angelfire, Mintha's Sim Garden
found a home right here at Moon Sims. We hosted the site here on Moon Sims until
Annie closed it on November 3, 2002.
Entry updated 25 Nov 02
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Another #%*& Sims Site
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You'll find many of the off-beat things that you have heard about at Another #%*& Sims Site!
Your sims will surely enjoy the live-in butler who never stops cleaning, the costume-changing doors,
and even the skinny-dipping diving board. Sims with large households can hire as many French
Maids as they need to keep the house clean. Want to light up your swimming pool at night? You'll
find what you need here. Everyone who reads Playboy knows that attractive women wear fur bikinis
to play in the snow! And when they' are done, send them to the outdoor shower that they'll use
even if the photographer doesn't leave the room!
Click on the Eye of Horus to find the section do-it-yourself object-hacking.
Entry created 27 August 02
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Arabian Sims
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Have your sims been campaigning for a romantic trip to Morocco? Do they want to meet
Anwar Sadat? You will find what you need at Arabian Sims! The selection includes
skins in every category and some original objects along with featured material from
Moni's and Simternational Imports.
Webmaster Phoenix says, "This is the first Sims site dedicated to the Arabian Culture. Nevertheless even if you're not an Arab, you are more than welcome to visit and download from our site. This site contains a variety of modern Arabian things of the Arab World as well as many of the famous Arabian Celebrities. It will also include Arabian traditional clothing and objects. The site also contains a section for those who love Football, where we present some of the best Arabian Football teams. We also have lots from every expansion pack We hope you will enjoy your stay... have fun looking round and happy downloading. Don't forget to leave a message in our GuestBook!"
Entry created 30 Mar 03
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Around the Sims
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Around the Sims and around the world -- you will find extremely well-crafted, detailed furniture in a variety of styles for every room in the house here, with many unique designs reminiscent of several cultures. The clothing racks are filled with women's styles with a French designer flair and some fresh women's faces. The building section offers coordinated walls and floors with some unique motifs.
Staffing and hosting changes lead simsmaster Sandy to abandon the Livin' Around the Sims site in place and reopen
under her original name, Around the Sims.
Entry updated 22 Feb 02
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Artistic Habitats
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The huge collection of downloads at Artistic Habitats emphasizes and eye
for detail and accessorizing goodies for your sims. They have things for every
room of the house along with walls and floors to go with them. There is quite
a collection of Southwestern-themed items and enough rustic furniture to outfit
several hunting lodges.
Among the unique features of this site you will find collections of
duck decoys and doors with stained glass windows. There are swag curtains to
match several types of decor and paintings of down-home country scenes. Decorative
items (see "Festive" on the menu) include crates of fruits and vegetables and
some more very fancy window treatments.
Don't miss the Downtown section, where you will find the Artistic Avenue
Boutique and downtown appurtenances in several colors.
Pasiphae says, "Artistic Habitats is also the home of
Lunar Habitats, a subject near and dear to my heart! I'll tell you more about Lunar Habitats on page 5!"
Caddy says, "I had some difficulty navigating with the pull-down menu because I was using a machine with a smaller screen. I can get where I'm going, but I can't always see where I'm going before I get there."
This is one of more than sixty great Sims sites hosted by
SimsHost.
You'll want to subscribe to SimsHost so you can download the goodies.
Fortunately, it won't cost you much to subscribe and in addition to getting
access to dozens of the greatest sites on the net, when you subscribe to
SimsHost you are doing your part to keep all of the great Sims sites
on line!
Entry updated 11 February 2004
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ArtSIMz
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When your Sims are yearning for the finer things to adorn their walls, send them
down the ArtSIMz gallery. Anna Kelly's ArtSIMz emphasizes abstract and geometrical
works of art. The collection includes some large paintings with heart-stopping fractals.
Originally named Abstract Sims when it opened in June 2002. Anna changed its name when
she discovered that another site named Abstract Sims had opened on another server
just two weeks before.
This is one of more than sixty great Sims sites hosted by
SimsHost.
You'll want to subscribe to SimsHost so you can download the goodies.
Fortunately, it won't cost you much to subscribe and in addition to getting
access to dozens of the greatest sites on the net, when you subscribe to
SimsHost you are doing your part to keep all of the great Sims sites
on line!
Entry updated 28 June 02
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Aspyr
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Home site for Aspyr, the company that ports The Sims to the Macintosh. You can order The Sims
games directly from Aspyr at this web site, download patches, updates, and utilities, and
peruse Aspyr's other games.
Caddy says, "I often run into PHP errors on the Aspyr web site. Don't worry; it's just
a server glitch. If it happens, just reload the front page and things will start working again."
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ASSIMILATE: The Sim Collective
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Some unusual skins, and more traditional walls and floors.
Entry updated 1 Dec 01
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Alternate Lives
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404 Not Found. Seems to have disappeared from the web.
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Autumn Sims
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Autumn Sims is a new site with just a couple of skins and a recolor set for your sims' autumn buffet.
Entry created 17 Dec 03
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Baloo Sims
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Not a download site, but more a shopping catalog that uses images from other sites to showcase items you will find
there and provides links to where you will find it. We don't know whether Simsmaster Luisa has permission to use images
from the other sites; but if so, it's a really nice service; she's good at finding the good stuff!
Italiano parlato qui. Hosted on Geocities.
Entry updated 17 Jan 02
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Barairo no jinsei, La vie en Rose
Japanese index
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Just the place to find what you need to decorate a Japanese tea room! Offers several pages of skins
and objects with both a Japanese and western flair. Navigating the tea room objects can be tricky due to some
HTML bugs; try it with Explorer.
Entry updated 23 Sep 01
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BEST OF NET SIMS
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Hundreds of links and concise, reliable site reviews make BEST OF NET SIMS
a great resources for finding some of the best Sims sites. Entries are categorized
by the best objects, skins, houses, walls & floors, pay sites, hacked sites (sites
specializing in hacked objects), pose sites, links and finds sites (aw darn, we're not listed),
and Yahoo groups. We discovered a lot of sites that we hadn't herd about.
The reviewers are anonymous, but reliable.
Site opened October 23, 2003. Hosted on Bravenet.
Entry updated 22 Mar 2004
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Beverly's Sims
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Appears to be permanently off line. Was hosted on simeden.
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Blossom Boutique
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Blossom Boutique is no longer available, but the parent site,
Sim Crazy,
is still on line. (WARNING: massive numbers of advertising pop-ups and spyware cookies) We don't know whether Blossom Boutique moved elsewhere or went off line. Our original notes follow.
Women's heads and clothing. Some really nice faces in Bud's Makevoers.
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Entry created 28 Jul 02; updated 31 Aug 03
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Bikerguy Wallcoverings
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Bikerguy Wallcoverings has an outstanding collection of walls and floors. Each wall has a lot of intricate detail, and the selection covers a range of styles that will look great in a huge variety of upscale sim homes.
Entry created 25 Nov 02
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Blarney Stone, The
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Please see our entry for The Blarney Stone on page 13.
Entry updated 7 Dec 02
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Bigjoejimbob's Simmie Page
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Bigjoesimbob's site says it has walls, floors, and houses; however a cursor-follower script
prevented us from navigating the site. Launches pop-up advertising windows. Hosed on Bravepages.
Entry created 28 July 02
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Bloody Sims
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There's not much here yet -- just a few skins for adult female sims and some NPC and buyable skins converted for
use as normal skins. However, the staff at Bloody Sims tells us that intend to make Bloody Sims live up to
its macabre name. Hosted on Bravenet. Lots of advertising.
Entry created 29 Mar 02
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Bluegenie2's Sims Pages
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Bluegenie2 is back! After a year's hiatus, BG2 has returned at a new location.
Her main Sims page provides links to three Yahoo groups where you can find her old stuff.
Scroll down the page to find the links to her new sets, notably the stunning Black 'n' Blue
collection.
Pay attention to the notes next to the images of the downloads -- they tell you which
version of The Sims you'll need to have installed before you can use that object.
Entry updated 1 Mar 03
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Blueprint
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Blueprint is a Windows program that lets you create objects for The Sims game. You will need
a 3D modeling program and some considerable expertise to use it. The web site also
includes specifications for the key file formats used in The Sims. Hosted by SimFreaks.
Update: Blueprint, along with all of Bil Simser's other utilities for The Sims, is
currently being ported to MacOS. Beta testing starts soon. So Mac users, stay tuned.
Caddy says, "Even if you don't create objects or run Windows, you will enjoy
reading this site. Fasten the seat belt on your desk chair before you read the
software license agreement in the 'Overview' section!
"Hey, Bil! We're still waiting for the Macintosh edition of your utilities!
I want it! I want it! I want it!"
Entry updated 8 Mar 2002
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Boardwalk Sim Shops
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Floors, roofs, art. Some furnishings. Moved to
The Sims Artists' Loft,
hosted by Sim Surfer, when TerraShare shut down in July 2001.
Entry updated 16 Sep 01
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Bodywarp
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Bodywarp is a Windows-only utility by Keith "Spanki" Young that displays heads and skins on
their meshes. It also can scale parts of the meshes, but we found its greatest utility to be
in its ability to export UVMaps.
(See Carla's tutorial on how to make
skins for more about UVMaps.)
The original Bodywarp site is closed; however, the program is still available at
The Sims Resource
(page 14) and also
The Sims Hangout
(page 14).
Entry updated 2 Sep 02
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Boudicca's Sims
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Celtic theme to site design. Historical costumes. Hardwood floors.
Carla says, "Hey, shouldn't hoop skirts count as Livin' Luna? At least that big cage would
keep your skirt down when you're descending a ramp!"
Pasiphae says, "Nah. The hoop skirts are pretty, but I'm holding out for when there's
something in the Future category."
Caddy says, "I just can't abide by frames."
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Boutika Sims
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Boutika Sims is a clothing boutique that offers clothes for adult females in
all categories.
Some skins include custom meshes.
Also has a collection of heads and some walls.
The floors section is still under construction.
We're seeing a Javascript error on every page, but the site seems to work fine.
Hosted by Remarkable Hosting.
Pasiphae says, "Clothes! Lots of clothes! I wish we could get a selection
like this in downtown Luna City!"
Entry updated 2 Sep 02
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